And there it was again, that same place three days before, that same aura emanating from that same person as he sit right there waiting, watching, listening to the proposals as they present it one by one in the room.
"Is this the best you can do?"
The cold-blooded CEO turned to them. The employees shivered as they lowered their head avoiding looking at their CEO's angry face. But that case didn't quite apply to Xiaoqi as for her, looking at him was just worth doing. He was cold but rightful; he was mad but still handsome. It seemed that in front of him, she could become dumbfounded, dazed in a moment.
"Am I giving you a lot of time recently!? Your performances continue to drop. Are you even doing your jobs properly? Now you're giving me this? What kind of proposal is this? Tell me, do you do this job for leisurely? If so, you can pack your things and get your remuneration…"
It was 10, almost 11 o'clock in the morning and the day started with a gloomy atmosphere because of that meeting. He truly was cold, but Xiaoqi understood his point. However, it seemed like the others weren't also doing their job right. Moreover, Suyin, their team leader was out for a sick leave and the other teams weren't good enough.
Thankfully Xiaoqi cut in and suggested an idea that pleased the cold-blooded CEO which also pleased Xiaoqi. But just as how pleased she felt was, the others didn't feel the same at all. Instead of being thankful for handling the situation or you may say getting them all out of what happened they felt angrier to her.
Their CEO already went away after that said meeting and they all went back to their works and so as Xiaoqi who went back to her desk and continued her work. Meanwhile, it seemed that people there really did have a lot of leisurely that they could still find time to talk about others behind their backs without a single hint of hesitation after being scolded just like that.
A trail of ill-meaning words crept in the office as it came out of their mouth.
"She's such a show-off, how dare she seduce our CEO?"
"I know right, if she had an idea like that in the first place she should've just presented it and not just say it after we get scolded"
"Now she's being praised by our CEO, she's definitely something"
"Yeah, who knows she must be a bitch who likes to seduce anybody…"
For some reason, those ill trail of words just evolved by themselves; what an imagination they have. First and foremost, although Xiaoqi liked their CEO, she didn't seduce him. Instead, she helped the employees get out of the situation they were in. Second, who are they calling a 'bitch'? Do I look like a dog to you who just does it with anyone? I'm a virgin! Where did you get the idea of me being like that? We barely even met. And more importantly, why is it that they say 'our CEO'? Is he your property? If you say it's because you're working in the same company, then I am very much included in that 'our'.
It was just so hard, no, impossible to not hear what they were talking about. She can have a blind eye, but not a deaf ear. They are not only distracting her but also ruining her work making her unable to concentrate in what she is doing.
Frustrated by herself, she went out to the hall to get some fresh air. She felt quite suffocated inside that she couldn't stand it. She remembered being envied by the others, but she wouldn't be surrounded by them and those wouldn't really affect her as there were more people who liked her. However, this time it was different, it seemed like no one actually likes her and she was pushed into the side helplessly. Moreover, her only friend that she could turn to is floors away from her.
She let out a great sigh letting all her frustrations out of her body.
"You seem to have a problem, Miss Xue,"
A voice from the right said closing to her. Xiaoqi looked only to see Mr. Choi closing forward.
"Mr. Choi, it's nothing… What brings you here?"
"About that, I'm here to see you,"
"Me? Why?"
"There's something I'd like to discuss about with you. Would you like to discuss it here or to the office?"
"If it's not important, then I guess here would be fine, but if it's something confidential it would be more appropriate to talk privately."
"Oh, then let's head back to the office first…"
They headed back to the office located on the 30th floor which people who aren't allowed couldn't step into. And for the first time in for the first time in her life, it was a real pleasure to speak with him privately for a reason that if they talked outside and some employees sees them talking, Xiaoqi would definitely have a hard time.
Although Xiaoqi is quite used to being hated by others, but they wouldn't be that many gathered at one place, which unlike how it was now where their eyes felt like monsters lurking and watching her talking behind her with their thorny tongues.
Deming invited her in his office, where he let her sit at the sofa as they started to discuss what they would be talking about.
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*Sigh* I can't seem to work freely now, and everyone around me doesn't seem really friendly. Now, my heart is somewhat fluttered as an angel sent by heaven had come to visit me… but why? What would be the reason of him coming to me? What did he want to talk about with me in the office?
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