A year later.
The morning sun has already been up and the roads were crowded with people going to the offices.
On such a morning there was a lonely soul trying to find a way to enter the building through the sea of people. The girl had a normal height of around 5.5" with black wavy hairs touching her waist.
Just looking at her back view could make people turn their heads around.
One can predict how many ladies around her would be jealous of her beauty but the reality was completely different.
A beauty from behind will not always be a fairy from the front. Darker skin tone freckles around her nose and cheeks graced her face, paired with big thick spectacles making the person look studious and geek.
Xiao Lienji was not ugly to look at, she had sharp features and beautiful lines. But the overall feeling that she gave was quite plain as if concealing her true self.
She had just joined the Yan Empire as a management intern for two months and today was her first day of work. A certain type of excitement filled her heart to the brim. After all, it was very difficult to make through their selection cut, and out of thousands and lakhs of applicants, only two were selected every year. Yan Empire not only checked their background but also their academics. She felt truly blessed walking through their doors into the lobby.
All the employees were in their respected places within seconds of entering while the interns were asked to wait in the waiting room.
Xiao Lienji was surprised to see that there were not two but three interns including her. Looking at these two people's faces upon her entry Xiao Lienji gave a faint smile. Both the interns had an unpleasant expression on their faces but they concealed it well and managed to give a stiff smile.
Well, no one can blame them and she was too used to this type of expression and cruel words that would flow out of their mouths soon.
At the end of the day, human nature was too predictable. We always admire the good-looking things and loathe the ones who do not come under people's prejudice of beauty.
Could she blame them? Maybe she was already immune to such eyes. This is the choice that she made. Two more months, just two more, and then she will be free from all of these things. One should endure and work towards their goal.
Taking a deep breath Xiao Lienji entered. Showing her respect she introduced herself and sat down, even so, the other parties tried to ignore her. Although through the corner of their eyes they could see her clearly. Maybe one cannot avoid both appealing and obnoxious things.
"Sorry, but why don't you get treated?"
"Oh," touching the huge scar on her face Xiao Lienji faintly smile. "It was poisoned at an early age and thus cannot be treated easily, but the doctor said that with time it might disappear"
The scar covered the large volume of her face, from her eyes down to the middle of her cheeks. She had beautiful doe shaped eyes, one can only say it was blue in color but the exact shade was undetermined as they were perfectly hidden under her specs. Having dark skin was normal, the girl was beautiful in her own way if only she didn't have the scary-looking scar on her features.
Feeling pity for her the girl who asked her the question was unable to resist further and introduced herself "I know it's late, but, umm I'm Li Na and this here is Li Wei"
"Are you guys from the Li family?"
"Yes," Li Na was not surprised. Almost everyone knew them. Their family was into the entertainment industry and have been ruling for decades now.
Looking at the women in front of her Xiao Lienji was engrossed in her thoughts. She compared the two people and soon came to her senses. Of course, how could she miss this, they resembled their parents so much. Thinking about this her eyes sparkled.
"Is Miss Mu your mother? I have to be right, you look so much like her." Looking at the girls sparkling eyes Li Wei's eyes darkened. The story always repeats itself. 'Great now the girl will want to be our friend'
"I love your mother's work" with this Xiao Lienji gave a gentle smile and made no move to befriend either of them. This was something unusual for Li Wei but still, he was more focused on something else. The reason why he came here was more important than looking at some random girl and evaluating how she was different from others.
"You look a lot younger" getting absolutely bored Li Na started evaluating Xiao Lienji. Both the siblings were 25 this year and would be starting their own firms soon. They were here for business and not a single mistake could be possible.
"I'm 23"
Once the words were out of her mouth, footsteps were heard approaching them. All three of them straightened their back and with full professionalism sat still with a smile on their face.