Pearl Mansion
"Zichen! You are back!" Fu Zhi Ruo exclaims when she sees her son after a long time at home.
"How do you do mother?" he says and hugs her.
Fu Zichen got back to China today as his work in America is finished. His main reason for coming ahead of time is the news of plagiarism with the Mo corp.
"It's good that you came back early!" she says with a satisfied smile.
Fu Zichen rarely visits home, he has his private villa, and only on special occasions, he comes to visit his parents in the Pearl Mansion.
Pearl Mansion is the richest mansion in Shanghai. Fu Helian, his great-great-grandfather built this house with all his passion. It was the most luxurious mansion of his time and till now this has been the richest and most extravagant of all in the entire capital of Shanghai.
"Is father in his study?" he asks.
Although his father has taken retirement from the company, he still has the habit of attending meetings. It is the job of Qian Li Jie; in his place his father doing the job which is not fair. Zichen needs to teach them all a lesson to which they will listen.
"No, he went to a business meeting" she replies, gesturing him to sit. The servants come in a mannerly way and serve the tea and desserts to them.
"I will be going then," he tells, getting up from the sofa.
"You rarely come to visit us. You should forget what your father said. I am your mother, it makes my heart clench seeing you like this" she expresses, sitting elegantly and sipping her expensive chamomile tea.
"The company needs me. I had to come due to it-"
"I don't want to hear about anything the company! Your father is never at home. In this big house, there's no one to accompany me, no one to talk to me….how do you think I feel?" she acts to make her son stay for tonight.
"Alright, I'll stay for tonight," he says rubbing his temples. His mother gives him a wide bright smile and asks the butler to serve the dinner. Fu Zichen goes to his room to freshen up.
He doesn't even know that the girl he has been searching for is also involved in plagiarism. He stopped searching in America as he got to knew that she doesn't reside there anymore. He tried forgetting her but couldn't. In his whole life, he never felt this way.
Looks like destiny ships them together ~
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Mo Mansion, at the same time
After having dinner, Mo Zheng Yuan asks Shi Lian to come to his office. The company is going down and within three months it will be devasted.
"About the plagiarism scandal, the Chairman of Fu corp is also notified," he informs her.
"The Chairman?"
"He always keeps his identity hidden to avoid any rumors. This won't be a simple case as he is involved now"
"Looks like he didn't know what was happening behind his back. I think we should talk with him about this" she suggests.
"Making an appointment with him is not so easy. He is the one who decides with whom to make business"
"But we cannot just sit and watch our company get corrupted! We need his help" she urges.
He sighs, he does not know what do to now. It's like there's no way for him to go.
"Father, we need to think positive now" she encourages, putting a hand on her father's shoulder.
He gives her a weak smile and says, "Rest early. We have a lot to do tomorrow"
"Yes father. Good night" she wishes before exiting the office.
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The next day
At the company, Shi Lian tells her plan about calling the Chairman of Fu corp to Ruxi.
"I don't think it will work. We tried approaching him before but he declined. Fu Zichen is rumored to be ruthless and vicious, he is not simple" Ruxi tells her as well as warn her.
"But we need to at least try. He looks like the best person who can help us" she tries to persuade Ruxi.
Ruxi is not sure whether to go for it or not, she already knows that Fu Zichen won't help them as she tried to contact him for a business collaboration before.
"Let me be the one to approach him," Shi Lian says, mustering confidence. This business would change everything.
She will regret, she will regret but their fate had already been written. It's their turn to work it out.
Taking consent from her father and Ruxi, she prepares herself to go to the Fu International building. The company is nearer to them so it won't take much time for her to reach there. She never attended these kinds of business meetings before so she is nervous and on top of that, the business is to approach Fu Zichen first, the powerful man in Shanghai.
The Fu building looks majestic with its immense height and critical glass designs. Getting out of the car, she stands in front of the big building.
"We can do this. We can do this!" she breathes in and out chanting her mantra.
She walks inside the building with confidence and a professional smile and asks the receptionist for the meeting appointment,
"Hello, I made an appointment with the President yesterday?"
"Just a second, ma'am" the receptionist smiles at her and calls her superior.
After hanging the phone the receptionist says, "I have notified them. Kindly wait here please"
"Thank you" she smiles and travels to sit on the sofa that is kept in the center of the big hall. Shi Lian is hoping that he agrees.
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Fu International
Fu Zichen got a call saying that someone from the Mo company is here for an appointment. He ignores it completely and diverts his attention back to work. One hour later, there's a knock on the door of his office; he orders to come inside and the person that steps in is his old friend and the President of the company, Song Junjie.
"Yo!" he greets with a mischievous smile on his pampered face.
"What are doing here?" Zichen asks.
"What? Can't I even come to visit you?" he says in a playful tone.
"It's working now, in case you forgot," he says sternly.
"Yeah I know", says he waving his hand at him "Anyway, have you got any information about your dream girl?"
Fu Zichen looks up at him gloomily, "Why do you ask that?"
"Because I got something that will surprise you!"
"I am not in the mood to listen to your crap" he with no interest.
"It's about her, your dream girl," he whispers close to his face.
Fu Zichen's eyes go wide and he looks up at him instantly and due to it, Junjie got hurt in his chin.
"Ouch! My chin! Fuck!" he yells in pain.
"What do you know about her?" Zichen asks anxiously, ignoring his friend's hurtful cries.
"Fuck you, Zichen! I am not telling you anything!" he screams at him with anger.
"Don't kid around and just tell me if you want your job" he threatens him, getting impatient.
"F-Fine! I saw her. She was waiting outside in the reception hall" he tells, taking a seat on the chair.
"You think I'll believe you?" Zichen remarks, making an I-don't-believe-you face.
"Why would I lie about it?" he retorts.
*Ring* *Ring* Zichen clicks on the answering mode and the receptionist's voice comes.
"Sir, Miss Mo is still waiting, Shall I say that you are not available at the moment?"
"It must her, the Miss Mo" Junjie points out, caressing his chin.
"No, tell her to wait " Zichen orders her and hangs up the call.
"Are you sure it's her?" Zichen asks his notorious best friend to make sure as he doesn't want any wrong person to get involved.
"Why don't you check it yourself?" tells him,"Here, let me show the CCTV footage of the hall." Junjie opens the footage in a second and the live footage is playing on the monitor. They both watch the footage with the careful attention of not to misunderstand someone as someone.
"There…There! There she is!" Junjie shouts pointing to where Shi Lian is sitting. Fu Zichen's eyes are fixed on the monitor. He cannot believe that he found her and she is the one who came to him.
Shi Lian left a deep imprint on Zichen's mind, he tried forgetting about but he couldn't. when he sees her, there's this unknown relief that his heart is having.
Without wasting any more time, he calls the receptionists and orders her to send Miss Mo to his office.
"Yes sir" she does as she is told.
'She works in the Mo company? No, wait….Miss Mo…she must be the daughter of Zheng Yuan' he remunerates.
"Ooo….office romance~" Junjie comments in an ambiguous way.
"Get back to your work"
"Che"
Junjie makes his leave, closing the door. Fu Zichen is never been that nervous to meet someone, like how he is getting anxious about meeting Shi Lian.
"This time I won't let you leave me"