Something Is Wrong...
"Explain what you said down there"
Zhi Ruo bites her tongue in fear without noticing the taste of blood that was evolving.
She's afraid that if she continues like this, she might commit suicide because of this bad and sensitive woman.
"I-Miss Ai Mi, it's not what you think"
"What makes you think you know my thoughts?"
Zhi Ruo continues to stand there, motionless, speechless, afraid...
"Zhi Ruo, remember why you are here" Ai Mi says and turns to her. Her face is white as if blood has been drained forcefully from her neck upwards.
"If I terminate that contract, your father will have no means of survival"
Zhi Ruo swallows hard. What makes her talk about her father that way?
"Look at me" the girl standing at the door slowly raises her head to stare into the eyes of Ai Mi.
"When things get messy, I clean up the mess myself!" She hushed. Zhi Ruo tries hard to not show how confused she is. If she do, she'll regret it.
"But when it gets too messy, people cleans it for me"
Her heels clanks scarily as she tardily walks towards the girl clothed in fear.
"You are no exception, Zhi Ruo. You have made my life a dangerous abyss" Zhi Ruo remained calm but weak inside.
"Do you think I don't know what is going on behind my back? What you have planned against me, with Munchen? And my father?" Zhi Ruo didn't move an inch.
No organ moved. Her throat didn't. Her eyes remains stagnant.
She feels like an iceberg.
How did Ai Mi know?!
"Don't think I can't terminate my contract with you. If anyone knows an enemy and keeps that enemy.." Ai Mi chuckles as she states "Something is wrong"
Ai Mi's eyes never left the eyes of Zhi Ruo until Zhi Ruo gave up and blinked.
"Arrange for a meeting now" With that, Ai Mi walks past Zhi Ruo to the bathroom in the office, leaving the motionless assistant still at the door.
Hot tears drips down her face, her face becoming red and pale white as she turn to leave.
Everyone down the hallway stares up at her when she exited the office with a bang!
Most of them didn't have to think twice about what happened in there, they already know.
The only people that still questioned themselves fervently are the new workers.
Seeing Xia staring at her pitifully made her even more mad!
"What are you looking at?!" She yells at Xia and the nearby workers.
"Is this what the company's paying you for?! Get to work! Work!"
From the corner of her eyes, she saw Haoran staring at her... But...
The problem is he can't walk upto her and hug her to give her the relief she needs. She bites her lip hard to hold back her emotions from crawling to the surface until she gets to her office.
After Ai Mi's office in the company, it is hers.
She receives complaints about the products and settles disputes arising in one form or another between the company and other companies. But when it has gotten to a certain extent she deprives herself of that position and leads such trouble to Ai Mi.
Nothing has ever gone unsettled when it got to the hands of Ai Mi. No wonder other companies adore her.
She grabs a white handkerchief and wipes her eyes, then she grabs a piece of toilet paper to blow her nose and relief herself a bit.
How does she know her father is working with Munchen? What did this guy tell her that made her think such?
She walks to her desk and rummages through her purse until her hand landed on her phone. Taking it out, she immediately dials a certain number and brought it to her ear before the receiver picked up.
"What did you tell Ai Mi when you went to her house yesterday?"
****
A place in the dark room began to glow from where the lighter got lit and raised to the cigarette in his mouth.
Outside is full of too much light. And he hates the light.
As he smokes with his head back, seated on his chair and looking relaxed, he takes his phone out at the sound of its ringtone and smiles widely seeing the name of the caller.
"Hello?"
"What did you tell Ai Mi when you went to her house yesterday?"
He chuckles as he takes the cigarette between his fingers and draws it out of his lips as he released a smoke ring.
"You got some nerves, little girl. You didn't even greet your man"
"You dimwit!" The lady's voice screams from the other side.
The man's lips curl up in pleasure. Her anger makes him laugh sometimes.
"Munchen! Grandpa Bao never said you should make a hint that directs suspicion to me! Did he?!"
"You really need something to calm yourself down. How about we meet up and catch some air?"
Zhi Ruo laughs hysterically over the phone. Does he think this is funny enough to bring catching some air into it?!
"Munchen, she is thinking that I am the one that's-"
"Sweetheart, I'll go to her house today so leave the worries behind. Call me if you want love, not to complain about things like your boss"
And he hanged up.
Silly girl.
****
Zhi Ruo stared at the phone call that Munchen just hanged up. Is he serious right now? Why will he be thinking about something so unserious at a time like this?
But one thing's for sure, when he says he will handle something, he will. So she just have to trust him and see if her trust will mean anything to him at least.
After a while of hesitation, Zhi Ruo walks to the door of her office and pressed a green button on the wall close to handle.
Immediately, green lights started flickering in all the departments, calling for a brief meeting just as instructed by Ai Mi.
She watches as many workers hurries to the meeting hall with tiredness and anxiety on their faces.
This company will collapse if Haoran don't make it in time, Zhi Ruo thought.
After sometime of staring from the transparent glass in front of her, she left the office with her phone in her hand.
Her eyes made its way to Ai Mi's office before she left for the meeting.