Within a spectacular skyscraper of a corporate building in Beijing city, A lone woman sat within an exceptional looking office that looked no different than one higher ranking member's of a corporation would use.
Her jet black hair was tied into a bun with a lotus styled jade hairpin keeping it in place, The clothes she adorned was a nice 3 piece suit specially tailored to her liking.
The lady had a pair of mesmerizing golden pupils that reminded one of the sun's enchanting rays, Skin as fair as a top Asian beauty, Bright red lipstick masked luscious lip's and a long yet proportionate pointed nose not to mention her eye catching figure that would make most men salivate at the meer sight of it.
With an appearance matching that of a legendary beauty most could only dream of seeing once in their lifetimes, The woman within the office was no short of an enchantress capable of collapsing cities with nothing but her beauty alone.
Her face looked calm though stern as she sat behind an exquisite desk made of imported Italian maple with her legs crossed, her hand below her chin elevating her head in place.
While she attended to the bunch of paperwork on her desk, Her office door's were carefully opened.
A white collared office worker walked in respectfully, She made sure to give an appropriate bow before making her way into the room.
The person who'd just entered was Zhao Li's new Assistant, The matter regarding her new status was all due to Zhao Li's unhealthy habit of getting rid of her close staff.
Some say it was due to her sensitive character, others said it was because of her egotistic personality, in such their were multiple rumours about it but non really knew for sure.
Her Assistant stopped a meter Infront of her desk waiting for the enigmatic looking woman to finish with her work first.
After a few moments, The lady with golden eye's finally lay'd her eye's on the office worker, Her face remained cold and detached as she asked.
" Is their a problem miss Yi?" The lady behind the desk asked in a tone not too hurried nor to slow.
" There is Miss Zhao Li, Apparently the head of the Black star corporation just requested for another meeting with you" Miss Yi informed her.
"Also, The Studio manager said that his done reassessing yesterday's photo shooting and can't wait to shoot the following scenes with you today" She added.
Zhao Li just listened silently to what she had to say while going through the pack of documents, letters and invitation cards in her hands.
As an extremely influencial person within Beijing not to mention China, Things like these were an every day occurrence for her, She had opened so much of these in the past year than the amount of money a lower class person had amounted in their entire lives.
" I see, Well then please tell Chairman of the Black Star corporation that I still have no interest in discussing anything else with him, As for the photo shoot...." She replied casually.
Zhao Li was almost half way through the documents when something unexpected caught her eye.
For the first time in a while, her expression actually faltered, her mouth was left slightly agape with her eye's blank but she quickly recovered, Fortunately it was to short of a time for her guest to notice, Such a reaction showed just how incredible the madame was.
" On second thought.., Cancel all the meetings for today, No, Cancel my entire schedule for the next 2 day's" Zhao Li said though her voice sounded a bit more urgent than last time.
" Excuse me?" Miss Yi blinked her eye's a few times in confusion wondering whether she had just heard wrong.
" Did I stutter?, I said cancel all my appointments for the next 2 day's..." Zhao Li creased her brows in displeasure, Miss Yi felt her heart race when she stared at her with those two golden eye's of her's.
With just a simple look from her, it felt as if she was no different than an insignificant existence Infront of two encompassing sun's.
Miss Yi wanted nothing more than to leave that office at that moment but she knew doing that would only make matter's worse so she decided to steel her nerves before saying.
" Forgive me madame, B-Butt madame what about the company meeting you had scheduled with all the shareholders and executive members of the company?, Plus theirs also the discussion for who is to be the next chairman since the current head, Your mother is on the midst of stepping down from her position.." Miss Yi reminded her with a panicked look on her face.
" With the current turmoil within the company am sure you wouldn't want chaos to ensue with your abrupt departure " Zhao Li's subordinate reminded her once more.
The office turned deathly silent after Miss Yi had spoken, The temperature felt as if it was rising at a noticable pace.
Lady Yi who was already panicked felt as if she had maybe gone to far and accidentally infuriated her Boss.
She was just about to get on her knees and beg for mercy when the temperature slowly started returning to normal.
" I appreciate your helpful words Miss...?" Zhao Li raised a brow as she inquired for her name.
' Did she just forget my name?' Miss Yi felt a bit incredulous at the thought but on second thought she was from the higher class of society, people like that usually didn't bother much with her who remained in the lower levels of society.
" It's Miss Yi madame, my name's Shen Yi" Shen Yi blurted out, her voice sounding a bit hurried.
" Oh Shen Yi?, Well then Miss Yi when do you think I'll be free from my busy schedule?" Zhao Li asked her, The faster she knew when she would be free the better she thought.
" J-just a minute madame." Shen Yi hurriedly reached for her tablet, it would appear that she was still unnerved even now.
" You should be free in about a week from now Miss Li, The company voting for the election of the new company head should be over by the end of this week so you should be free to do as you please afterwards"
" Hmm that's not to bad, Please take your leave now miss Yi, I have a few things to think over"
" Of course madame " Shen Yi gave a respective bow before quickly making her way out of the office.
' Hmmmm a week huh?, Well that's still better than nothing I suppose '
' I just hope my prize's will still be in perfect condition upon my arrival ' She flicked a stray strand of her hair backwards while curling her lips into a sinister looking smile.
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Meanwhile another woman was busy discussing with an old man about a certain someone within a simple looking house.
" I have no idea as to how we should proceed with this matter, News of another monster entering our forest is not something we can deal with at the moment..." An old man who say crossed legged on the floor said, his brows creased into a frown filled with displeasure and worry.
Beside him sat a Young lady with jade like features, Though her appearance was stunning it still didn't do much to hide her tear stained cheeks.
" Then what should we do father?, We can't just stand by and watch?, Shang-hai is already a hand full, What do you suppose we do if it becomes another problem just like him" She said with a trembling voice, her eyes looked as if they would shed even more tears if this went on.
" But weren't you the one who said he saved your life Yi-Fei?" The Old man known as Fa Shu let out a sigh as he asked his daughter.
" I know what I said father but as the village's only guardian I can't be too sure..., Lives are at stake here...I can't.." Fa Yi-Fei bit her lips like one who was in pain but didn't know what to do.
" I can't risk losing anyone else " She closed her eyes as a stream of tears came pouring out.
Fa Shu who saw his beloved daughter in such a state felt as if his heart was being pricked by several niddles, He stood up from the wooden floor before making his way towards her, Then he gave her a warm hug.
" It's ok my sweet daughter, How about we consult Lord Cangdi, Am sure he'll know what to do" Fa Shu reassured her.
" Really?, But will he actually respond this time, it's been a long time since Lord Azure Dragon has conversed with us" Fa Yi-Fei sniffled within his embrace.
" Well my dear I don't know but we might as well try instead of waiting for your saviour to get stronger, If Lord Cangdi still doesn't reply then am sure we'll think of another way to get through this" His deep voice said firmly.
" Father am scared..." Fa Yi-Fei sniffled while trembling within her father's arms.
Not only because of the arrival of the new monster who had saved her, She was feeling more and more pressured of her job as the guardian of the forest, With each passing day she felt as if she would never be able to live up to her benefactors expectations.
Unlike Shang-hai, She wasn't the best fighter nor was she the most cunning or quickest, Fa Yi-Fei couldn't understand why the Azure Dragon had chosen her to bear such a mantle, As far as she knew she wasn't anything special.
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While she was still lost in self pity, Her loving father's warm embrace at least gave her a sense of belonging, appreciation and warmth, Even if she couldn't live up to everyone's expectations of her, At least she still had her loving father by her side.
" It's ok my dear your fathers here, There's nothing to worry about"
" I promise we'll get through this together, Your father's always here for you and don't you ever forget that.." he patted her back in a soothing manner so as to calm his sweet daughter down.