Kapitel 16: Company

"Yes father" Shi Lian answers confidently but her soul is screaming inside her for saying something bluntly. Mo Zheng Yuan looks satisfied and nods. "First of all I am very proud of you my dear Shi that you are graduated now" he congratulates her smiling at her. Shi Lian thanks her father showing her gratitude. "Okay, it's already late now. You should go and take some sleep. The day must be very tiring for you" he commands her gently patting her shoulder. "Yeah, it has" she answers honestly looking down at her knotted fingers. His father just nods and tells her to take some rest because tomorrow is going to be a heck of a day. "What about tomorrow?" she asks looking puzzled. "You will be going to the company with me and the rest I will tell you tomorrow. Now don't take the stress and get some sleep" he says. Shi Lian feels a little nervous because she gets the feeling that tomorrow is not going to be easy, not at all. "Okay, father. You should also get some rest father." Shi Lian tells her father. "Your health is also not in a good state. Please rest well" she orders her father and her father just smiles looking at her. "Alright sweetie, as you say" he replies with a smile. Mo Zheng Yuan looks happy now and Shi Lian wants him to stay like this all the time. She hates to see her father in a distressed mood. Shi Lian takes her exit after saying good night to her father and went to her room.

"So tired" Shi Lian sighs as she lies on the bed.

"I can't believe I am going to the company tomorrow," she thought aloud as she rolls on the bed. She has no clue what will happen tomorrow nor did she know anything about the company or the working functions. From a young age, she was determined not to do anything with the company so she never bothered to go inside the company too.

"Let's get freshen up first" she travels to the bathroom leaving her clothes on the bed; she is only wearing a bra and panties. In America, she stayed like this with her best friend and nobody minded it as it is common there. She is adapted to the American culture very well; it now seems like she never belonged here. Inside the bathroom, she takes a shower and brushes her teeth; applying her skin regimes, she closes the bathroom door and walks to the bed.

Her mind is full of chaos now, after what she saw and heard. Her family, her ex-boyfriend, company crisis, all these are too much for her and in one single day. She chose to keep Atian aside for now and is determined to do anything to help her father. Switching off the lamp, she sleeps putting her eye pad on her eyes.

America

"Sir, here's her information," the manager says passing the document to Fu Zi Chen. Zi Chen ordered his men to look for her but they couldn't even find her shadow. How could they? She is not even there. For the past 2 days, he is all worked up to find her but no luck. After digging more and more deeper he finally got something because the information about her is all sealed by her father for her security.

"Her information is very little; we hired our hackers to find more about her and that's how we got this," the manager explains. Zi Chen takes the document from his hand and asks his manager to stay outside for a while.

"I'll wait outside" his manager takes his leave and closes the door of Zi Chen's office. Zi Chen opens the envelope and takes out the papers inside it.

"Mo Shi Lian, 22 years old, graduated from Saint Nobles of Fashion and Arts, 45 kg, 165 cm…." he read out turning the pages. "Asian….hmm...interesting" he smirks. "No wonder she felt a little familiar" he smiles and the memory of her flashes before his eyes.

"Why did you leave?" he murmurs to himself and feels disappointed, as he may not see her again. He is one of the influential and most powerful men in China as well as part of Asia but his powers do not reside in foreign countries. If he were there then the situation would have been completely different. He would have tracked her down in a few minutes, met her again, and perhaps ask for something more? It is just wishful thinking, which cannot be fulfilled.

For the first time in his life, Fu Zi Chen never felt that anxious or frustrated to dig out someone's whereabouts maybe because he never got into a situation that includes women. From a very young age, he had been taught to be responsible so that when the time comes for him to take over the company and the Fu household, it won't be a problem for him. After taking over the company at the age of 18, Fu Zi Chen became the youngest CEO to uphold the family business. It wasn't as if he liked it, no, he didn't; he never wished to do this but he has to because he was left with no choice.

Eventually, he raised the stakes of the company to the peaks due to his hard work and determination and made him the man he is now today. He is closest to his mother Fu Hai Wei; he dotes on her very much. His father got into an accident and lost his left hand; he was bedridden for almost a year and that is one of the reasons Zi Chen had to take the responsibilities. In his whole 27 years of life, he never experienced any sort of heartbreak or love. He has kept his distance from women very well; he avoids meeting with female clients or his crazy pursuer until she came dangling in the bar. He was completely mesmerized by her, the way she talked, the way her body moved, and the way she flirted with him were enough to drive him crazy for her. He can't stop himself to stop thinking about her.

"Rong" he calls his manager to come inside.

"Yes sir" the manager replies. "Ask them to keep searching for her. Call the top hackers to crack the code of her security." He orders him. The manager nods obeying his orders. "You may leave now" he gestures to him to leave while he signs some documents.