Kapitel 13: Meeting

Li Xiaoyi was overseas for two years and had no recent work in the country, but she was still considered a popular celebrity with the continuous support she had from her loyal fans.

Wu Jinyan's mind was bursting with joy as she thought she could talk to the celebrity singer whose songs she enjoyed the most during her high school days until she noticed how the scene before her unfolded.

The light in her eyes dimmed up on hearing the words said by Li Xiaoyi. Was her look really that horrendous? But her present appearance was all a facade.

However, Wu Jinyan still felt she had degraded Gu Zichen's image before others by getting dressed like a horrific person.

Just then, Li Xiaoyi asked with repulsion and hatred evident in her eyes. "You...wild creature.. tell me how much you got paid to act as his wife? I'll pay you double. Just get out of my sight"

Seeing the menacing expression on Li Xiaoyi's face, Wu Jinyan flinched. Her heart started to palpitate erratically with panic as though she was stuck in a vicious trap. She sensed the threat directed towards her.

'Why was Li Xiaoyi acting like that towards me? What's the matter between these two?' Wu Jinyan thought in her head staring at Gu Zichen and Li Xiaoyi but suddenly felt a familiar feeling on noticing the hostility on Li Xiaoyi's face and her gaze filled with disgust.

For a second, Wu Jinyan thought she had seen Wu Meihua's shadow passing through Li Xiaoyi.

Back then, Wu Meihua had the same threatening look on her face and deployed several schemes to ruin her reputation.

Wu Jinyan moved on from her haunted past and was not really bothered about her past. She dusted most of those heartbreaking moments from her memories to start a new life with a peaceful mind and strong heart.

But seeing Li Xiaoyi now, she did not know why she had a strong gut feeling that she would suffer another disaster.

It's not that she was still the same old naive, young girl from the past to get dragged down easily but she was suddenly feeling uneasy and scared to stand in the same space as Li Xiaoyi.

Wu Jinyan clutched Gu Zichen's suit jacket tightly and buried her head into his chest, her eyes wavering in fear.

Gu Zichen was content and satisfied with the heartbreak he caught in Li Xiaoyi's eyes and laughed internally seeing her pale disposition. But she crossed the line and insulted Wu Jinyan. Insulting his wife meant insulting him.

"Shut up...Li Xiaoyi"

He was also afraid Li Xiaoyi would spout something unnecessary and make Wu Jinyan even more uncomfortable.

Sensing the tug on his suit, he looked down at Wu Jinyan's small face. Her tiny face presented all the emotions she was feeling in her heart. Gu Zichen quickly brought her out of his office, leaving Li Xiaoyi alone.

"Send the guest out" Gu Zichen said indifferently. He then watched Chen Fei send Li Xiaoyi to the elevator.

Chen Fei then reminded Gu Zichen about one of the meetings about their product development.

Wu Jinyan was already grateful that Gu Zichen didn't mind her appearance unlike how Li Xiaoyi regarded her as a wild creature and she couldn't let Gu Zichen delay his work because of her. She released herself from Gu Zichen's arms and waved her hand "I'm alright. You can go, do your work"

Assistant Chen was finally relaxed and tried to speak but he heard Gu Zichen say "I'll send you home first"

Gu Zichen was genuinely worried about Wi Jinyan and thought he had to do something to divert her attention and soothe her mood.

"Don't worry about me... I came here alone and will go back by myself" Wu Jinyan tried to stop Gu Zichen from wasting his time on her but with the stubbornness on his face, she thought for a second before saying with anticipation "Then, can I attend the meeting?"

"You want to attend the meeting?" Gu Zichen looked at her with doubt and disbelief. He never expected she would request something simple after asking for a limited edition car.

Chen Fei opened his mouth as if wanting to say their meetings were always confidential and they couldn't let others know about the content. However, he stayed put as his boss already seemed to have come to a decision.

Wu Jinyan didn't think much and replied honestly with sparkling eyes "Yeah...I heard business meetings are boring and you will become sleepy immediately...I want to try"

Her innocent face already made him agree to her request and hearing her answer completely, Gu Zichen couldn't help but laugh in amusement.

Gu Zichen nodded and immediately glared at Chen Fei who was also laughing at Wu Jinyan's response.

"Sorry Boss. But you know, madam is funny" Chen Fei said, struggling to control his laughter.

...

The people seated inside the meeting room stood up to greet Gu Zichen. But as their gaze fell on Wu Jinyan, the staff were bewildered.

From which planet did this crazy character come from? Having a non-staff person in the meeting room was already a rare incident. Moreover, the person next to their boss had terrific dressing sense. What's her identity?

Since their boss was not introducing her, the personnel looked at each other and silently took their seats.

Wu Jinyan sat in a far corner of the room and looked around. It was more or less similar to the settings she watched on television.

Even though she lived with the Wu family in the past, she never had a chance to get involved in business matters. She was made to live the simple, mechanical life of a student. A rotational cycle of learning stuff and producing good results.

Now that she was really in a business meeting, she wanted to know what these people usually do.

She saw a man speak complex terms regarding the market and other stuff and then play an advertisement to publicise the product.

Wu Jinyan did not care about what the employee said but as she watched the clip playing on the screen, she chuckled loudly.

The other members looked at her as if looking at a brainless idiot. They were afraid their boss would be angered and throw a tantrum.

To their surprise, Gu Zichen wasn't angered and merely asked Wu Jinyan to come to him.

Wu Jinyan who was laughing alone stiffened noticing the weird gazes pointed at her. In addition, Gu Zichen beckoned her. She became so nervous she wanted to run out of the room. How could she be stupid? She laughed disregarding that she was in a proper official meeting.

With Gu Zichen staring at her, she had no choice but to walk towards him.

Chen Fei originally thought his boss would scold Wu Jinyan in the same way how he would usually fire up on other employees. He breathed in relief when he saw Gu Zichen make her sit next to him.

Chen Fei was relatively relaxed while the other members in the meeting room were astonished.

Who exactly was this mad woman for their high-headed boss to act this strange?

Gu Zichen made the staff member play the advertisement again. Watching the clip, Wu Jinyan chuckled again, this time her laughter was very controlled.

Watching her actions, Gu Zichen asked "What's so funny?"