By the time she got home to change, Qingran had already left for school.
She dressed up in her work uniform and left for the hotel.
*****
At the Four Wheels.
Zhaolin went to the office in a terrible mood. At the meeting this morning, he had been lost in his own world, scaring out the employee that was explaining his design.
Feng Riuwen shook his head at his childish acts. He smiled when he thought about Xueyan. She's the only woman that has ever made Zhaolin so worked up, and she's still doing it after so many years. Interesting.
He wondered what Feng Jiu would do if she found out, he met her.
Zhaolin was in a very terrible mood as he already cancelled all his meetings. He sat in his office with his face crumpled.
Thankfully, he had gotten a decent sleep last night with Zhihao in his arms.
He thought of something and called the secretary, but he wasn't in the office, so Feng Riuwen took it upon himself to serve the angry lion.
Zhaolin passed him a golden card, "I need a brand new hand phone."
Brand new hand phone? But why? Feng Riuwen wondered.
Zhaolin didn't say anything more and turned his attention to the outside world. The 147m French window had its curtains parted a bit in the middle. Revealing too little to anyone who would look up.
Feng Riuwen submitted a stack of documents on his table.
Zhaolin started signing them without going through them.
Wow, he really is mad... What if I placed the transfer of ownership document in there?
He would be doomed. Feng Riuwen sighed.
"You've a meeting scheduled at th..." He wasn't done speaking and Zhaolin cut in. "Cancel it."
Feng Riuwen was bewildered. Seriously? Riuwen felt the urge of rolling his eyes like his sister.
"Yes s..."
"I have told you severally not to call me that." Zhaolin raised his head from the document and looked at him.
Feng Riuwen smiled a little, "Yes..."
He left, on his way out he saw the lawyer coming out of the elevator.
They half bowed to each other, a sign of greeting.
"Young Master, the lawyer is here."
Zhaolin was done signing the documents so he turned back to look at the beautiful city. "Mhm." Was the only word that came out of his mouth.
"Greetings, Young Master Xing." The lawyer said. Zhaolin swirled around in his chair to face the man.
"Long Tian has decided to pay a billion yuan and work for the rest of his life to pay off the remaining debts." The lawyer, Mr Ming went straight to the point. "He and his secretary will both work for it."
"Mhm." Zhaolin whom wasn't in the mood of speaking nodded in response of what the lawyer said.
"I wanted to know if you were OK with this decision. So we can process the contract."
"Good. Send them down to one of the schools, assign them to clean up the classrooms, wash the toilets...Anything that will make them both tired of living."
The lawyer smiled, taking into account what Zhaolin had just said to him. "Yes sir. I will take my leave then."
"Hmm."
The lawyer left, leaving Zhaolin to his own world.
*
"Hi?" He remembered the smile on her face was so true that it made her eye twinkle, even though it was still a lit day. She always tried to speak to him but he'd rather ignore her. "Can I be your friend? I think I know what your problem is... The reason you don't talk is because you don't want to be questioned by the teachers, tell me, are you scared of the teachers or... You don't know how to talk..." She lowered her voice at the last six word, loud enough for them only.
He still didn't answer. He had rejected her idea of the team work.
"You're probably scared that the whole class will laugh at you when you fail it... But the thing is, we learn everyday and if you make a mistake somewhere the teacher would help you... You need to let go of your fears so they can let go of you! If you keep holding onto them, they would grab onto you forever without letting go." Xueyan paused to breath properly. "Now tell me, what is your name? I promise, if you don't know your name I won't laugh at you. It might be possible you don't know your name because some students refer to you as Young Master Zhao and some Young Master Xing... Oh, maybe you are Young Master ZhaoXing... Hehe, I'm Bai Xueyan. I can be your friend, or buddy, which do you want?"
He still ignored her.
"We're sharing the same desk, you can't possibly become my enemy so I'm trying to be friends with you... Don't take it as I'm pushing you too much, besides I'm the one at lost to befriend someone who knows nothing. And the thing about you being dumb, I can help you." She whispered. "My father isn't a teacher but he helps us with our assignments, so for sure he isn't dumb. You see, if I don't study, I become dumb and when I do study, I recollect all that I have forgotten. You're from a rich family I think because you're a Young Master and so many young masters have illegitimate brothers or sisters and their father rarely pay attention to his children, they become... Tell me, how many concubine does your father have? Well, as for me and my family, it's my mother, father, sister, brother and I... No more, no less. Oh no! Don't tell me the reason you know nothing is because your father doesn't have time to spare for you. Does he have many concubines like Emperor Ju-Long? Wait, do you know him? He had many consorts, but his father only had two... He sure is greedy for women. Tsk tsk." She clicked her tongue. "Now, now, tell me what your name is. Oh, it's ZhaoXing. What's your surname?"