Impeccable
*RING|RING*
Haoran sleepily bangs the alarm clock on the desk and yawns widely. It's already 8 o'clock!
He rises with a painful body and sat on the edge of his bed, his eyes are red and the thin lines of his lips are rough due to the fact that he didn't have enough sleep last night.
Another new day. New activities. And new decisions to make.
Gosh, he feels really fed up.
Probably due to the combination that makes up the really weird dinner he had last night.
Coffee and Apple.
He really has to work on his bad mood. He does weird things whenever he's not in a good mood.
Speaking of good mood, he has an interview today!
For some reason he feels so excited!
He has already given a thought to what he will wear today. His best suit alongside with his best attitude.
Sounds lame, but only he knows what he can do when he's not in his best attitude.
He stands up from his bed and walks to the bathroom shirtless. He also pulled his trousers as he entered the bathtub and turned on the shower releasing a sigh of relaxation.
Mei.
No! No, no, no, no! You can't start you day thinking about someone who hasn't even given a thought about you!
But blood, they say, is the greatest bond.
You can't break it no matter what you do, how you tried. You just can't!
After sometime in the shower, he leaves the bathroom after turning the shower off, got dressed, and went straight to his phone.
He had been thinking about talking to Zhi Ruo about the interview today, but something really didn't seem okay if he just called her after talking to her the way he did earlier.
But who is he kidding, he needs to find a life! And he can't do that without resources.
Including money.
So... Yeah, he needs that job.
Plus, Cheng's there, what about him?
He also needs the job at all costs!
He takes the card from his desk and slowly taps the number on the contact list app on his phone.
Drops of cold sweat starts to drop from his forehead. One may think that it's from the hot bath he just had, but no... He has started sweating already.
He closes his eyes as he taps on the dial button.
RING|RING|RING
"Hello?"
"Um... Good morning, my name is Haoran, am I upto…"
Haoran looks down at Zhi Ruo's card and mentioned the name slowly.
"Li... Li... Bowen?"
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In the company that has been opened since 7am, the receptionist standing directly opposite the entrance behind the white and spacious counter, fix her eyes towards the door monitoring whoever enters the company and leaves at the same time.
Her eyes remains calm and steady. Watching with full attention the insiders and the outsiders.
Though her calmness got cut short when a woman with a red rosy hat and red dress with red boots steps into the company with her hat covering half of her face.
'Gosh, she loves making an entrance'
All the employees stop what they were doing at that moment and bowed low to the woman who entered. Zhi Ruo rushes to her and grabbed her bag before it touched the ground.
"Get back to work"
Ai Mi says casually and watches through beneath the edge of her hat how the staff scurries off to their work. The few that passed in front of her almost fell for unknown reasons.
Though, the reasons were unknown to Ai Mi, but they knew why they dared not to be in their worst behavior.
"Has Haoran given a call?"
Zhi Ruo opens her mouth to answer, but was cut immediately she started because of the telephone that rang in the silent hall where everyone stood still, eager to know if it was an emergency or some persons who just got curious about pressing buttons to know about the available job opportunities.
"Hello?"
The receptionist pauses as the receiver of the call spoke from his end.
"No, you are not. Please wait, let me get her"
She hesitated again before she held the call.
"It's the young Master" she hushed and every one of the staff face seems to gleam up.
"Zhi Ruo! Come, quickly!" The receptionist hushed again.
Just as Zhi Ruo placed her foot in front of the other to quickly rush to the counter, Ai Mi stopped her.
"Wait" she whispers and walked to the counter herself, with the receptionist handing over the phone to her.
Zhi Ruo felt her chest tighten. What does this mean? That she can't answer the young Master?!
"Hello?"
In fact, her voice became the same as Zhi Ruo's immediately!
"Um... Hi, Zhi Ruo! It's Haoran!"
"Oh, hello Haoran. Did you call for...?"
Ai Mi paused to see if he would complete it correctly.
"The interview? Yeah, that's why I called"
"You're interested?"
All the employees stares at Ai Mi with looks of hope in their eyes.
"Yes, I am. I was wondering if I could come over"
"Sure, why not? 9am, don't forget"
"Yeah, I'm getting ready. Oh, and um, Zhi Ruo?"
Ai Mi smiles a little. The way he talks... Adorably.
"Thank you once again. Your boss will love me and I will let none of you guys down" he says energetically from his end.
Ai Mi smiles widely. A piece of her becoming soft a little.
"I already know" she whispers. Only the receptionist and Haoran heard her, the rest didn't.
"Please be here by 9 o'clock. I'll be waiting" she says with her real voice, which makes Haoran to become a little confused, but he answers anyway.
"Yeah. Sure do"
He hangs up and Ai Mi drops the telephone with her face a bit soft now.
Zhi Ruo stares at her furiously, but Ai Mi just smiles from beneath her hat.
Only the gods know how she saw Zhi Ruo from the large hat that is capable of obstructing her.
"Like it or not, I am impeccable. I only talk to people who do the right things at the right time with right materials. Me, trying to help you should only be a happy deal between us..." She raises her head and stared into the clear brown eyes of Zhi Ruo.
"Zhi Ruo Bowen. My office. Now" Ai Mi stands up from the chair she was seated on and walked towards the elevator that leads to her office.
Zhi Ruo's anger suddenly turned into fear. Extreme. Fear.
"Get back to work if you don't want a reduction in your funds" the workers that had their eyes fixed on Zhi Ruo began to run helter-skelter with one thought running through their minds.
Their Young Master, Is Coming.