A Heartfelt Talk With The Boss

As Li Meilin walked the long hallway filled with picture frames and paintings on the wall that will lead her to Mr. Lim's office, she can't help but be anxious about his presence.

Though she knows that Mr. Lim is kind of approachable and amiable in nature, Li Meilin can't still deny the fact that he is her boss and that she is merely a lowly servant in this household.

Li Meilin begins to wonder what set of questions will Mr. Lim asked her and practiced her answers inside her head just to give her a sense of preparedness and to help calm herself down.

Finally, the minute Li Meilin arrived at her boss' office, she tried to groom herself as quickly as possible and straightened the wrinkled parts of her uniform before she found the courage to knock on his door.

"Come in," says the subtle, manly voice from the inside. That was the only cue that she was waiting for before Li Meilin decided to enter Mr. Lim's office.

"Ah, there you are," Mr. Lim uttered the moment he saw Li Meilin entering his office.

"G-good afternoon, sir," Li Meilin greeted, for it was still past five in the afternoon at the moment.

Mr. Lim must have sensed the growing tension in Li Meilin's eyes and thought of a way to make the girl comfortable around him.

"Have a seat please," Mr. Lim politely said upon seeing that the girl refuses to sit for the past few minutes that she's been here. "And there's also a bowl of mint candies on the table. You may pick as many as you like,"

After hearing him say that, Li Meilin immediately sat down and waited for her boss to say something afterward. Then she happened to look at the glass table in front of her and there was, indeed, a bowl of wrapped mint candies placed at the center of the table but she refused to pick one.

"Well, I won't really occupy much of your time today. All I wanted to ask is how was your experience teen-sitting my delinquent son so far?"

It was as if Li Meilin had already guessed what Mr. Lim would be asking from her and prepared the necessary answers for it.

At the back of her mind, she badly wanted to tell her boss how rude her son is and how much of a bully he is.

Li Meilin wanted to tell him about her bad experiences that she had so far at school because of what his son's doing along with his set of friends, not to mention that she was almost picked by a group of boys at school just a while ago.

However, Li Meilin doesn't have any evidence that could indicate that Lim Xian was at the center of everything, so she tossed it aside for now.

But every time that sad and vulnerable face of her demon master plays inside her mind, Li Meilin can't help but feel pity for him.

If she and Lim Xian are only close to each other, maybe she would even have the urge to hold him in her arms and give him a tight hug while trying to soothe his pain.

Li Meilin only sighed within herself for feeling sympathy for his master when all he did to her was to make her life a living hell at Shenzhen High.

Like, she starts to wonder inside her head, 'What the hell am I even feeling sympathy for that bastard?'

Eventually, Li Meilin ended up telling Mr. Lim all the things that contradict much to her thoughts now. She told him that his son could be annoying at times, but he is not a delinquent kid as Mr. Lim thought of him.

"More like…" Li Meilin trailed off as she thought of the right word to say, "He's just like every normal teen that needs affection from time to time,"

Why the hell am I even defending that jerk? Li Meilin could sometimes hate herself for being such a kindhearted person sometimes.

"Like Ms. Yu had advised me the other day… Maybe all I need right now is to gain his trust and try to understand him more." Li Meilin added.

But she also can't help but ask herself, "Wait, this should best be done by a parent. Why am I even bothering myself to do all of those things?"

Li Meilin now starts to wonder as well if Mr. Lim has extended his best efforts in reaching out to his son. Like what she said just now, Lim Xian is just a problematic child who only needs genuine affection at the moment.

"I must say I'm impressed by how you assessed my son's current situation. Now I can tell to myself that I definitely hired the right personal maid for my son," Mr. Lim said proudly after hearing all those things from Li Meilin.

Unsure what to respond to that, Li Meilin only replied, "Err… thank you, sir,"

Mr. Lim didn't say something for the next few minutes and only placed his head on top of his hands that are now clasped together on his desk as if he is now in some deep thought.

On the other hand, Li Meilin started picking mint candies from the bowl after deciding that she needed all of it to distract herself after all.

At last, after a couple of minutes, Mr. Lim decided to break the ice inside his office by speaking his thoughts regarding what Li Meilin said just now.

"I am a failure as a parent and as a husband, there can be no doubt about that. I even hired personal maids to look after him all these years, how pathetic of me, right?"

Hearing this from a successful and wealthy person such as Mr. Lim surprised Li Meilin so much yet at the same time it also makes her sad somehow.

Who would have thought that the richest persons in this world also have their fair share of problems just like any human being would have.

"Oh, no sir! I think you are just trying to do your best to show your affection to your son," Li Meilin blurted these words out loud without thinking about it.

"Maybe both of you had some misunderstandings with each other, that's all," Li Meilin added with a little nervous laugh.

Mr. Lim now lifted his head once more and looked in Li Meiln's direction.

"Thanks, you're so kind Li Meilin,"