Trash, garbage, this were Yi Xieren's thoughts as he drop the spoonful content in his mouth, instantly grimacing at its horrible taste, slowly dropping the fork, he could feel the thick tension in the room as his hand moved towards the huge red button on the table before him, without giving it any further consideration he brought his hand down on the huge red button which immediately blared. He sighed as he listened to the defeated sigh of the contestant and the gossiping whispers of the other judges and the executives in the room,
"What to do? Mr. Yi has been failing every contestant who had shown up today, at this rate nobody will win..."
"Isn't that too much, we know we are not that important but at least he should pretend our opinions count,"
"T-this, this..." immediately Yi Xieren's assistant rush forward to defend him only to receive a glare from him causing the assistant to instantly back down but not before shooting a deadly glare towards the judges who immediately cleared their throat in embarrassment before composing themselves. Turning back towards the stage Yi Xieren gestured for the next contestant to be ushered in, he was particularly not in the mood today for reason strange to him, maybe because this was his least favorite time of the year.
"Next," the next contestant whose eyes was immediately fixed on Yi Xieren was ushered in, and from the corner of his eyes, Yi Xieren could see the huge smile on everyone's face, 'must be a famous chef' Yi Xieren thought before allowing his thought to wander far away from the room as he stares at the huge billboard with his face on it.
"Mr. Yi, Mr. Yi," he heard a voice call, immediately pulling him out of his thoughts turning to face the source of the voice, his eyes landed on the female contestant who was staring at him with a huge smile as she place a plate on his table before walking back to her initial position, he could already hear the judges whispers of how beautiful the dish was and so on as he stare at the cracker that was supposed to be steak in front of him, Yi Xieren swore he wasn't a normal person, picking up his utensils to take a bite, he sighed loudly as he continues to chew on the rigid meat before stretching his hand towards his assistant who gently place a handkerchief which he slowly raises to his mouth to pour out the horrible content, causing the contestant whose shoulder was already raised due to proudness to gasp loudly. Without further consideration, Yi Xieren brought his hand down on the huge red button before roughly tugging at the napkin tucked in his shirt as he stood up,
"We are leaving," he said, causing his alarmed assistant to dash after him.
"Boss, boss Mr. Pierre, the investor from Paris is here and he's requesting for you," Jiang Jiang said as tried to catch up with him
"Tell him I'm busy," Yi Xieren said as he straighten his suit before walking towards his car without sparing a glance at the older men who were waiting outside the door with their heads bowed,
"What! boss you..." Jiang Jiang calls after him before rushing to get in the car
"Mr. Yi," Luoyang, his driver acknowledged, finally settling in the car, Yi Xieren gestured to Luoyang to drive while Jiang Jiang continue to shuffle around in the car,
"Boss, Mr. Pierre is a huge big deal, bigger than all the big deal, God knows how miss Bei was able to get to him and she has specially requested you attend to him," Jiang Jiang said causing Yi Xieren to raise his brow at his remark,
"Boss if you don't attend this dinner, miss Bei will kill me, I'm still young I haven't even fulfilled my dream of buying a house by the beach and getting married to a lady who loves cats,"
"Boss, you are not that cruel, are you? please let's just attend," Jiang Jiang said causing Luoyang to snicker at his dramatic state,
"Luoyang stop the car," Yi Xieren said while yanking off his necktie,
"What! boss where are you going?" Jiang Jiang shrieked as the car was suddenly pulled to a stop,
"Boss, you can't leave now, we have to prepare for the dinner," Jiang Jiang said as he watch his boss step out of the car,
"Don't follow me, tell Bei Weilin to attend to her guest herself," Yi Xieren said as he continue to walk off,
"Ah, and deduct a penalty fee from salary," Yi Xieren said, slightly turning to check the expression on Jiang Jiang's face before walking off.
What!" Jiangjiang shrieked,
"That's for thinking you work for Bei Weilin instead of me,"
"Boss wait!"
Finally getting rid of Jiang Jiang, Yi Xieren sighed as he continue to walk further into the heart of the busy street, which was filled with people walking on and off and the different smells of different food lingering in the atmosphere, he could feel the different gazing at him as he walked by, probably because his dressing was out of place. Taking off his expensive watch and jacket, he dropped it in front of a beggar sitting by the roadside who immediately scramble for it and continue to walk.
"Today we are going to talk about the entrepreneur of the year, Mr. Yi Xieren, the CEO of RT Incorporated, unfortunately, Mr. Yi could not make it to the stage today but miss Bei Weilin, the director of Kingdom who has won the second place is here, miss Bei what do you think is the Mr. Yi's secret behind this success, I mean he has managed to keep RT incorporated at the top, first place for consecutively for three years, we could say he is the perfect man, I mean he's hot, and only 29..."
"Ah Bao, get over here, instead of helping to attend to the customers you are busy staring at the tv, useless!"
"Ma, I'm coming, Yi Xieren has won first place again,"
"What! look at you talking, this man is your age and he's so successful and you are sitting here watching him, Why are you so shameless?"
"Ma..."
Yi Xieren who had stopped walking on hearing his name continue to stare at the television while listening to the woman as she scolds her son before walking off again.
Moments later, Yi Xieren finally stop in his tracks as he stare at the familiar colored stairs in front of him, he slowly lifted his eyes, connecting them with the familiar building in front of him, he snickered lowly as realization dawned on him, it was today, and just like every other day on this time of the year, his feet had unconsciously brought him back to the place,
"Yi Xieren you are such a joke," he muttered to himself. He continue to stand outside the small noodles restaurant until he suddenly notice a movement from the corner of his eyes, shifting his attention to the view, his eyes landed on a female figure causing him to suck in a breath as he stood frozen on the spot while watching, her face was littered with flour as she jumped with enthusiasm around in the little kitchen, he continues to stare as she rolls her hair into a bun, pinning it down with a chopstick before clapping her hand together resulting in puffs of flour blowing across the room, not even realizing he now had a huge smirk on his face as he watches the female who was now coughing while furiously trying to fan it away with her hand, Yi Xieren continued to stare when suddenly the female turned to face him, although startled, he decided to stay still as she stared back at him before shyly dropping her gaze when she realized he wasn't going to back off, he was finally able to take off his eyes when he suddenly heard a familiar voice call his name,
" Xieren get in,"
"Bei Weilin," he said as he stare at the woman who reach out her hand through the car window and gestured for him to get in the car,
"You spying on me now?" he asked as he walk towards her,
"Boss," Jiang Jiang said, Yi Xieren could tell from his expression that he had got an earful from Bei Weilin,
"I won't dare, I just got lucky," she said.
Few hours earlier, Jiang Jiang who was anxiously pacing by the roadside as he waited for his boss's arrival had received a call from Bei Weilin who after her meeting had immediately dialed Jiang Jiang's number to ask if they were ready,
"Why isn't he picking up the damn phone? he's such an idiot I wonder what Xieren sees in him,"
"Ai Li, return this file to the office, and bring me the tie I bought for Xieren he has to wear it tonight," she said before saying goodbye to her business associates.
Meanwhile, Jiang Jiang who was sweating profusely as he kept staring at his cell phone sighed,
"It's over, I'm sure this time I'm going to get fired, Luoyang what am I going to do?" he cried out
"First stop pacing, you are making me dizzy," Luoyang who was casually leaning against the car said,
"And pick up the damn phone, will you? you are such a sissy,"
"H-hello, miss Bei," Jiang Jiang answered nervously,
"You, where did fuck did you put your cell phone?" Bei Weilin yelled before composing herself as she notice the strange looks that were coming her way,
Miss Bei, I-I..."
Anyways I will deal with you later, Xieren's meeting must have ended hours ago, so are you guys ready?" she asked while lightly stroking the lines between her forehead,
"No," Jiang Jiang squealed out,
"What do you mean by no, where is Yi Xieren?"
"T-the thing is... b-boss is gone,"
"What!"
"I'm sorry, I tried to stop him, b-but he suddenly left," Jiang Jiang stuttered out,
"I gave you one job and you can't even do that," Bei Weilin whisper yelled
"I'm sorry miss Bei," Jiang Jiang replied with his head bowed
Forget it, just send me his location," she said
immediately hanging up.
"Luoyang, what am I going to do?" Jiang Jiang cried out
"Why didn't you tell her you don't know where he is?" Luoyang sighed as he stare at Jiang Jiang's state.
"Luoyang where do you think boss would have gone to?"
"It's today, where else will he go to, you dummy."