Li Da Zhan's assistant, Wu Liang waited patiently for Li Da Zhan and the Flamingo interior designers arrival at the entrance of the resort. He checked the time on his phone screen, sharp 10 a.m.. He sighed.
While fixing his glasses which a little bit off from it position, his eyes became alert if the people he waited for were not far around. However, not even their shadow caught by that short-sighted man. Wu Liang sighed for a second times.
Unlike Li Da Zhan who had his own place to stay in this city, Wu Liang in the other hand, had to check in at the nearby hotel with the other staffs, but was under company fund, thus he arrived few minutes earlier than his own boss.
"Should I call Mr. Li?" he whispered to himself. Wu Liang almost cramp waited out there without hadn't have seated for half and hour now.
Therefore, rather than waited for another 30 minutes, Wu Liang took out his phone, searching for Li Da Zhan's number at the contact list, and click the icon 'call'.
Seconds later, Li Da Zhan answered his call, in his normal voice, flat tones but not so rough or showing he was distressed in the middle of long traffic jam.
"Yes, Wu Liang? What is it?"
"Err.." Wu Liang carefully choose the words he wanted to say, although the vice-president he worked with for five years would never lose control, but he still need to be alert, anything could happened. "I just want to know at what time will you arrive?"
"Hmm.. I think another 20 minutes. I will call you when I arrived."
"Okay Mr. Li."
"Okay then. See you then." Li Da Zhan was the first one to hang up, without waiting for his assistant reply.
Wu Liang exhaled in relieved. At least he had time to do some inspection in the resort before their arrival. Making sure everything was clean safe.
He headed inside, with a few employees working under him, and checked the base, including the lobby and cafeteria.
In the other side of the city, in the middle of the traffic, Li Da Zhan just turned off his phone after the call with his assistant, President Zhang who was silent the whole time, spoke for the first time. "Anything wrong at the site?"
Li Da Zhan shake his head. "No. My assistant want to make sure of our arrival. He must have waited for a long time over there."
President Zhang chuckled.
Li Da Zhan turned his head to the president, raised his eyebrows. "Hmm?"
President Zhang shake his head, but the meaningful smirk still attached on his masculine face. His falling sharp bang almost cover his wide forehead, made his handsomeness stand out.
"Your assistant was way better than Miss Chen when she started to work with me.."
Li Da Zhan delighted seeing the opportunity to acquire more about Chen Rou Jiao opened wide before his eyes and he would never let it pass.
"What was she like?"
President Zhang "Not much talking. Just do the work place on her." He paused for a few seconds, thinking something he missed about Chen Rou Jiao's characters.
"Except Miss Xie, my father and her clients, our chief manager would never get too close with anyone else in the office." he continued.
"Aaa.. Really?"
Li Da Zhan chuckled awkwardly after listened to President Zhang's explanation. The guilt in his heart grew bigger everytime he heard anything about Chen Rou Jiao.
"Is she also like that during her study?"
"That's.." Li Da Zhan clear his throat. "We were not so closed back then, so I cannot say anything about her in the college days."
President Zhang nodded. "Guess that is her real behavior then."
"Mn.. maybe." That young man nodded. In his mind, he relieve because he managed to hold himself from spilled anything about her.
Everyone here would never knew her real characters. The lively and cheerful person he ever seen in his life. Despite of her great deeds, helping a lot of people including him, she received a great backlash and he was the one that done that to her. He was the one who cause the beautiful smile on her face vanished and turned her to the cold person.
Li Da Zhan turned his face to the busy road as the cars started moved again and they finally freed from the overwhelming vehicles. He afraid if President Zhang saw his gloomy expression. Then that president might find something wrong between him and Chen Rou Jiao.
He promised himself to not burdened Chen Rou Jiao anymore. He was here to make amend with the chief manager and that's that. He promised to leave after he got what he wanted from her. Did not want to ruined her life any longer. That's the promise he made when he decided to further their collaboration.
"Any news about that interior designer?"
Li Da Zhan was in his world when President Zhang asked him. He did not paid attention to it thus making President Zhang had to call his name several times.
"Mr. Li, are you with me?" President Zhang
Li Da Zhan startled on his seat. "Huh?" his faced President Zhang in dazed.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. I am totally fine." He widely smiled towards President Zhang. "Just think about the project." He lied but his intonation made it like he said the truth.
"I get it. You must exhausted with the current problems you faced right now."
Li Da Zhan sighed. He agreed with President Zhang. The interior designer that disappeared with the payment gave a toll on him. And the due date to finish the resort only had 2 months left.
"If Chairman Bai did not introduce your company, I might received a huge loss." He chuckled. In this situation, only laugh could accompany his soorrow and distressed.
"And I will never see Chen Rou Jiao again." he whispered to himself. He was delighted and thankful for the opportunity.
"I am sure you do." President Zhang had seen a company or two that also faced the same problems, and unfortunately for them, the cases took years to settle.
"So, what the latest news about your case with the designer team?" President Zhang asked again the first thing he wanted to know about.
"I already met the project manager, asking about the project."
President Zhang interested about it. This was the first time for him hearing the culprit met his victim face to face thst quick. "And?" He patiently waited for Li Da Zhan story, while he still focus driving.
Li Da Zhan did not know how to explain in front of President Zhang, because he also clueless about it.
"The designer agreed to return all the money but he firmly refused to work for me. When I ask why, he did not say anything."
Li Da Zhan remembered the project manager's frightened face while saying that to him. As if there was something he hid.
"As long as the case settled, you do not have to worry. Maybe he has his reason."
"Mn. Maybe."