Gu Jingze walked casually into his bathroom. His expensive medicine had done a tremendous job. Though the pain was still there, it had subsided drastically. He was good to go.
As he brushed his teeth, he felt something was amiss. His cold gaze swept across his bathroom and landed on a pair of sneakers on the floor. Though, it was black, it looked like a woman's sneakers.
He looked closely and saw it was covered in vomit. He closed his eyes and looked away. He did bring a woman home. What had happened last night?
Wrapped with a towel, nose mask on his face, he was holding the sneakers gingerly with one slender finger, his face masked with anger. Irritatedly, he threw it in the trash can. He pursed his lips angrily and went to have his bath, his aura cold enough to freeze someone's heart.
Gu Jingze pinched his nose out of frustration. The woman had rummaged through his clothes. He was going to call the security to sweep through his house for hidden cameras. How dare she? It was already evident that he brought a woman home.
He walked out in anger but froze in his tracks. She had stolen his seventy thousand watch. It was obvious she was just a slut from the bar, those ones loved stealing less expensive things.
He decided to call his secretary. With a steely gaze, he walked towards his nightstand but was met with a note placed on his phone.
" You'd better not be a coward and stick to your end of the deal. Money for my service; Thirty thousand.
Plus, my clothes that you ruined; Ten thousand. I've taken your seventy thousand watch as collateral. If you don't pay me back, I'll sell it.
I hope you die from the hangover and pain after you send me my money."
Service? What service? He couldn't even remember what happened last night? It was good she was so cheap. Thirty thousand for a night he couldn't remember, he could do that. It's not his fault she was so bad in bed. Normally, the women he brought home demanded a higher price but he could work with that. He couldn't believe he slept with a woman who wore a ten thousand worth of cloth.
This woman was so different. She even admitted to stealing his watch. Collateral his ass, she was just trying to find a way to stick to him.
Just then, his grip on the note tightened and his dark eyes narrowed into dangerous slits. She wished him death?
This woman is so daring! He picked his phone and called his secretary. His secretary was living in the apartment just next to him, for his selfish purposes, of course.
"Be here in two minutes." He hung up instantly.
" Stupid.... Irritating... Tyrannical...beast....I spent all night looking for him whilst he was at a bar and now he wouldn't let me sleep in peace." Ling Xiao yelled angrily but he knew better as he was already wearing his sandals at the door.
"President Gu." He called as he saw his boss sitting on a couch dressed only in a towel. So shameless! Couldn't he at least cover up. However when he looked up he noticed the cold stony aura emitting his boss and he couldn't help but waver.
He's so dead. Who made President Gu so angry early in the morning? Or was it the night before? Immediately he heard his boss was found, he went back to meet his girlfriend. Did something happen later?
"Get me a new set of clothes." Gu Jingze ordered irritatedly.
"Ah..." Ling Xiao gaped. The last time he checked, his boss had a closet full of various styles and colors of designer suits, shirts, trousers, gym clothes, everything he needed was there.
His question was answered with a blank stare.
"I meant...I meant...what happened to your clothes?"
"A rat touched it." Gu Jingze replied dryly. Ling Xiao couldn't help but cough at the president's statement. Rat? There was not a single rodent in this entire building.
Even so, would he throw away all his clothes because a rat touched it? Sensing the temperature of his surroundings increase, Ling Xiao began to sweat profusely.
"Right away." He said as he scampered off. Anything to avoid the big bad wolf's anger.
Gu Jingze glanced at his phone angrily. He called Mingyu immediately.
"Hello, sir, How do you feel?" The latter asked excitedly. Gu Jingze smirked. He dared to ask how he felt? And he seemed so happy.
"From now on don't report anything to me directly, talk to Secretary Ling". He hung up immediately. If he found out he had anything to do with last night, he'll teach him a lesson.
"President Gu, your clothes are here. However, there is bad news, I got a call from your mum." Ling Xiao was fast enough, he didn't want to anger Gu Jingze any more. Gu Jingze frowned deeply. What does that woman want again?
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Yu Yan pouted and turned to Xiaoyu.
"I don't want to go to school tomorrow." They had been best friends since childhood. Yu Yan, the rich pampered girl, Xiaoyu, the independent cute angel and Ximen, their annoying guy friend.
"Yu Yan, you're no longer in high school, you're a freshman, act like one." Xiaoyu scolded her tantrum throwing friend. Yu Yan sighed.
"I wish the holiday would stretch on." Yu Yan complained, ignoring her friend's chiding. With Xiaoyu's meek tone, it sounded more like a plea.
"Just don't cause more trouble in school, you're already popular for being an Ice witch and we've only spent two weeks in school."
Yu Yan rolled her eyes.
" What flavor of ice cream did Ying Yue order today? " She heard a voice say. She turned to see a small girl standing in front of her. She was probably a teenager.
"Actually, Ying Yue hasn't.." Xiaoyu started to tell the kid that Ying Yue hadn't come but was interrupted by their selfish boss.
"Plain chocolate... oh and some Oreos, no waffle." Yang Mei said and Xiaoyu gaped. That was a big fat lie, Ying Yue hadn't even shown her face today. Yu Yan just stared at the ice cream bowl. Ying Yue was signing a deal currently and was out of town with her manager.
"I'll have that." The innocent girl said but Yu Yan made no move to take her order.
" Yu Yan, do you want to die?!!" Yang Mei yelled but it was as though she was yelling at the wind. Yu Yan turned to the girl with an icy glare and the latter ran out of the parlor, after shifting from foot to foot uncomfortably. With a satisfied look, she turned to Xiaoyu totally ignoring Yang Mei.
"Yu Yan, I'm still the boss here, you can't just do as you please. " Yang Mei protested.
" Xiaoyu, I feel so... " Yu Yan wanted to say helpless but she noticed Yang Mei was still in front of her, hence she cut her answer short.
After a couple of hours, the parlor became empty. Lots of people had come to get ice cream. Some for their children, some for their lovers, some for themselves.
"Wifey..." Huaze Lei called out to Yu Yan as soon as he stepped in. Xiaoyu giggled.
"Since when had he claimed you his, so shameless!" Xiaoyu exclaimed but was giggling silently. She really liked Huaze Lei and had always tried to matchmake him with her best friend.
"Darling, you don't even acknowledge me anymore. What did I do so wrong?" He whined, glaring at her playfully. Yu Yan knew that at last she'll have to talk to him but she didn't want to do so now. She didn't want to expose him to any form of danger.
"I'll take my wife's favorite signature." He said chuckling and soon enough Xiaoyu was joining them.
Yu Yan "...." She didn't know what to say. She knew her best friend had been trying desperately to matchmake them but didn't know when she started to do so shamelessly. She sighed again. In about an hour's time, she had to go to her other workplace.
"Yu Yan!" Ying Yue yelled as she entered the parlor.
"Xiao Yue, you look so happy, was it because of last night?" Yu Yan teased her best friend. Obviously she knew Ying Yue was happy because she got the contract she went out of town for.
"What happened last night?" Xiaoyu asked.
"Nothing... nothing, Xiaoyu, I landed my contract."
" As the best friend of my darling, I fully congratulate you." Huaze Lei said and Ying Yue turned to him. She didn't like him at all.
"Lei, I found your nose for you. It was all up in my business." She spat and he touched his nose.
"It's been here all along." He retorted.
"C'mon, don't fight." Being a peacemaker, Xiaoyu interrupted them.
" Anyway, we have to partyyyyyyy." Ying Yue squealed.
" I can't, I'm working full time today." Xiaoyu lamented looking sad that she couldn't join.
" Zee would kill me." Yu Yan complained. Although she had a bit of power, she was very disciplined towards her jobs.
"C'mon, I can just give you my money." Ying Yue whined.
"You know I can't take it."
"Please." She whined.
"No." Yu Yan was firm on her answer. She was happy for her friend however she wouldn't follow her to drink. Ying Yue knew she never takes alcohol, hence always gets drunk, leaving Yu Yan to take care of her.
However, one time, she had accidentally told Yu Yan that without her beside her she would never take more than a shot of alcohol.
"You wouldn't?" Ying Yue's tone turned accusing. Yu Yan shook her head. Ying Yue pouted her lips, her face set with determination. she looked like a child denied of her favorite candy. Suddenly, her face broke into a big smile and she turned and took a selfie. Looking at Yu Yan evilly, she harrumphed and walked out.