"We wouldn't want any interruption now. Would we?" he asked before coming to stand in front of her as his hands were put inside his trouser pockets. "Don't be scared. I'm not going to hurt you," he said seeing how tensed she looked the moment he locked the door.
"Isn't it what you told me the last time too?" she blurted and she instantly regretted why she said it but it was too late to take it back. "You're right, I said it," he said and silence came to settle between them. "Forgive me, I mean it. I wasn't my usual self that day. I know that the drug doesn't justify my actions and I feel so terrible about it," he said. "Drug? You're using drugs?!!" she exclaimed her eyes wide open. He was forced to let out a small chuckle in such a dire situation because of her perception. He then said," It's not as you think. I was drugged that night."
Surprised, Li Fei asked," Who could do that?" She wondered who had the nerve to drug the mighty Jin Liwei.
"My secretary," he said and her eyes widened in shock. Yun Shi? "Why did she do that?" she asked. "So that she could fulfill her fantasies," he simply said and she immediately understood. Well, she could understand if any woman fantasized about him but going as far as drugging him was a death wish for someone.
She now understood why her cubicle is closed.
"Where is she?" she asked. "I don't know. I didn't find her here the next day," he replied nonchalantly. "Okay," she said and the office got filled with silence once again. "I wanted to thank you for what you did for my parents... thank you so much," she said looking at him. He took a while to say, "Tell me if there's anything else I can do to make it up to you."
Somewhere, Jin Liwei hoped she wouldn't ask going back to Beijing because he wasn't sure if he would grant her request. For some reason, he had gotten comfortable knowing that she was in his possession and it wasn't about the revenge anymore. "What I can ask for is that don't hurt my parents again. If you've decided to give them back what is theirs and even more, let it be for good," she said. "You forgive me then?" he asked and she found it weird that he was asking for her forgiveness. "En," she nodded looking elsewhere but him. "So... are you fine now?" he asked and her face turned red in embarrassment at what he was implying. "Ah..I will take my leave now," she said avoiding the question. 'Did he have to ask that?' she thought to herself. She unlocked the door and immediately dashed out of the office. Seeing her flustered expression, he found it amusing.
In the evening when Li Fei was leaving the company, her eyes looked in the park and she spotted a person dressed in black who hid behind a tree trunk immediately. She wondered if she was hallucinating.
She thought that she should perhaps go and check. Walking into the park, she reached the tree but found no one there. She thought that maybe she was seeing things and decided to head home.
Before she could get inside the house, she felt as if she was being watched by someone and turned to look around but didn't notice anyone. What was wrong with her?
One day, as Liling was packing her things to leave work, she got a phonecall from Jing Yue asking her to go to his office. "I need you to accompany me to an event next week. It's a banquet prepared by a business partner," he said the moment she reached. "Okay then. Thanks for informing me in advance such that I prepare earlier," she said and he gave her a card. "That will cater for everything. You will be able to get anything from any brand," he said and she took the black card.
Since the event was going to comprise of high class women, she had to look her best. She was going to stand next to Jing Yue the eligible bachelor which meant that a lot of eyes were going to be on her. Reaching home, she called Li Fei so that they could get a day and she accompanies her to the mall.
By the time Liling called, Li Fei was on the road waiting for a cab to take her home. "FeiFei, where are you?"
"Waiting for a cab but we can talk. How are you?" she asked as she kept her eyes on the road to spot for a car. "I'm okay. I want you to accompany me to the mall so that I could get a dress. We are going for an event with my Boss," she said. "Hmmm, with your Boss. In all people, he's going with you," she said suspiciously.
"It's for the company and I'm his secretary incase you've forgotten. Shall we go on Friday?" she asked since the event was on Sunday. Before Li Fei could reply, a grey Lamborghini came to park in front of her and when the back mirrors lowered down, it was Jin Liwei.
"I will call you back," she said before hanging up. "Get in," he told her and she opened the door before joining him at the back. It was the very first time riding with him. "Thank you," she told him pushing a bit such that there was a big distance between them. He didn't seem to mind it, and she watched him get a cigarette then lighted it before starting to smoke. A faint fragrance permeated in the air and surprisingly, it wasn't irritating. But that didn't mean that it wasn't harmful to his health, did it? Didn't he care about his health? She decided to ask him why he smoked but he beat her to it and said," We have an event we are attending in a week. I need you to be prepared because we are going to find a number of reporters and paparazzi." She wanted to ask why her, but she decided to keep quiet and nodded instead. "Yin Chen will accompany you to get a dress, if you want," he added. "I will go with my friend. She's also attending an event," she said and he looked outside the window continuing with his smoking.