A Meeting
The Next Day...
Ai Mi walks into the company in a green elegant dress that has a little hole on the chest, exposing a little of her cleavage.
The hat she is wearing today comprises of mostly net and a little fabric. Her black hair is held up in a high bun with strands of it falling to the sides of her face. Her purse is in her hand and her stilettoes clicks the floor as she walks in a bit of a hurry to the receptionist.
"Good morning, Ma'am" the receptionist greets prostrating
"Nothing's good about it" Ai Mi whispers and the receptionist nods slightly.
The way she appears everyday makes most of them think that she has changed every single time.
But nothing happens all the time!
How foolish they are to think that things changes overnight.
"Has Zhi Ruo come yet?" Ai Mi asks as the receptionist inputs Ai Mi's check-in card into the computer.
"No, Ma'am" she replies as the computer beeps, recognizing Ai Mi's check-in card.
So she hasn't come yet? Is it because of the slap?
Ai Mi takes her card and walks upstairs.
"Good morning, Ma'am" the new workers greets her as she walks to her office.
She passes the department of Haoran, staring through the glass as each of the departmental workers gathered at the desk of Bella receiving their assignments.
Just as Haoran collected his, he turned just in time to see Ai Mi climbing the first stair to her office.
His eyes met hers, but Ai Mi didn't give the chance for an absentminded stare again.
As she entered her office, she drops her purse on her desk filled with documents and walked to a shelf filled with books.
She stretched her hands out and took a book out. On the cover is a stylish writing which says "My Diary".
Ai Mi took the book to her desk and sat down, facing the office door as she slowly opened it to read.
Not long after, a knock on the door was heard.
***
"Good morning" Haoran greeted the receptionist at getting to her desk.
"Good morning, Mr Haoran" without being told, Haoran swiped in his check-in card and waited patiently for it to be recognized.
As he waited, his eyes went up to Ai Mi's office, but it was locked.
She hasn't arrived yet.
What about Zhi Ruo? Is she in her office?
"Umm.... Miss, is the boss's assistant here yet?"
"No, Sir. She hasn't arrived yet"
That's... Odd.
Is it because of the slap yesterday? Did she get ill?
"Here you go, Sir" Haoran takes his card and walks to his department. Immediately he enters, Zhi'ai and another guy he wasn't given the chance to know his name yesterday, greeted him with broad smiles.
"Good morning" Zhi'ai says childishly.
Haoran, a little taken aback, turns abruptly to face her from wiping off some dust off the seat. On his face is a small smile as he replies her greeting.
"Good morning"
"Hey, man" the guy beside him greets.
He's the guy that laughed out loud yesterday, at the meeting.
Haoran eyes seems to widen a little as he blinked.
"Hey"
"Name's Sheng" Haoran accepts the outstretched arm of Sheng and shook it casually.
"Haoran" Haoran introduces himself too.
Sheng nods and then diverts his eyes to his computer. Haoran takes his seat and switches on his computer as he skims through the paper of the pitch he sketched out yesterday.
Not long after that, Bella walks in with a pile of files in her arms, her purse hanging on her shoulder and nearly slipping off it as she drops them on her desk with a bang!
Haoran and the others quickly stood up and walked towards her to collect their files.
"Good morning, Miss" one by one they greeted Miss Bella with smiles on their faces and she responded likewise.
"Good morning, Ma'am"
Bella turns to Haoran with a broad, wry smile on her face.
"Good morning, Mr Haoran" Haoran releases a small smile as he accepted three folders from Bella.
As he was about to leave, Bella grabs his elbow for him to turn back.
"Um... Haoran?"
Haoran's face became mushed up for a second. He hates when he's about to leave somewhere and he's being called back. What happened to the people mouths when he was standing in front of them?!
Though he felt angry, he still managed to allow a smile to break on his face.
"Yes?"
"I wasn't given the chance to apologize yesterday"
If you know something will lead to an apology, why do it anyway?
"I am really sorry for how I treated you yesterday. Miss Ai Mi is a bit provocative, and things always get tense and messy when she gets angry. I didn't mean to send a bad message over someone new in my department. I'm sorry"
Haoran felt his heart melt over hearing what Bella said. She looks sincere about her apologies.
"It's okay, Ma'am. I didn't take it that way. Everyone gets angry" Haoran smiles widely to show his acceptance.
"Thank you" Everyone in the department smiled widely at the scene. Such a great thing to look at.
"Okay, everyone get back to work!" Bella says as she turn to head back to her computer.
Haoran turn to leave with a wide grin plastered on his face, but it melts when the eyes of Ai Mi glues to his.
It doesn't take a second before she breaks the eye contact and went upstairs, to her office.
Haoran furrows his eyebrows in wonder. Is she angry? Or is the tough spirit around her again?
"Okay, everyone…" Bella calls for their attention when Haoran got seated and she remained the only one standing.
"Today is the board meeting. As we all know, 12pm today, Miss Ai Mi and the elders of the company, coming from different parts of the world, are going to pick the best pitches so far. From the creative department down to the designers department" Everyone continue to stare, listening attentively.
"Also, if you are eligible for joining in the Police, you will be working double, both as a Police and as a designer at GJP"
Sheng immediately became confused, and he didn't hide it
Yesterday, Ai Mi mentioned crime detection, assassination and spying and some other stuff, but she is mentioning the Police.... What does the Police has to do with anything Ai Mi mentioned?
Yes, they are included in almost everything, but still!
Haoran, who is the first person to turn to look at Sheng, gave a signal that he shouldn't spill a word out if he didn't want the burning furnace of Miss Ai Mi to fall upon him via a slap.
It seems her hand is very good at slapping, and not just a sounding slap, a slap that can awaken the ancestors.
Seeing his signal made Sheng to have his normal expression on again, and the two faced Bella, proceeding in hearing what she has to say.
After a while of talking, a knock was heard on the door and from behind it was a soft voice.
"Ma'am, Miss Ai Mi has called for a meeting"