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Capítulo 46: A Single You

A person doesn't always hide in the murk because he's fearful of the people around him.

Oftentimes, a person just conceals himself in the dark because he's petrified of his own silhouette.

'You keep a lot to yourself because it's difficult to find people who understand.'

More often than not, your own silhouette rather than grasping the mayhem running wild in you, end up abandoning you.

It's not strenuous to find a person to hear you out.

But...

It's arduous to find a person who cares. Who actually understands you. Who actually gives a damn.

From the moment Xu Mey entered her office, she placed Ye Jie in the far backseat of her mind. She would have loved to kick him out of it completely but apparently, not just her heart, even her mind was not ready to pay heed to her desires. Humph, Traitors!

-The President's office at Vintage Gems-

Xu Mey's typical serene, alluring and beaming semblance was nowhere in sight. The prim and proper President Xu was just like a lethargic old lady. With her hair sticking out of place, shoulders drooping in a sluggish manner and the lack of energy was clear evidence of her withdrawn interest in working.

For Qin Hao, this behavior was more terrifying than the one, when she goes on a rampage. As much as he was familiar with her, he'd observed how she always prioritized her work. As if her life and death depended on achieving something.

"Boss?" He called her cautiously.

Xu Mey looked up with weary eyes. Qin Hao gulped down his saliva with great effort. "I just received the news that Jade Stones' representative team met with Ms. Louise from the CoCo Jewels."

"What about it?" Xu Mey's disinterest in listening to his report was visible. We might lose our investors and Boss is acting like it's not even a big deal? What's wrong with her today?

Qin Hao could only swallow these words and continue on with his report. "They might try to end their contract with us. After all, the contract is just verbal even after a month's discussion."

Xu Mey sighed. Qin Hao saw the way her fingers were tapping on the office tabletop rhythmically. In the tranquil office, the rhythm was audible and it seemed beautiful to Qin Hao. His uneasy heart was calming down unknowingly.

The frustration that was adorning her beautiful features since the time she walked in the office was substituted with her enchanting serene bearing. It was one of those moments when Qin Hao couldn't take his eyes off of her face. Even with that haggard look, just her facial expressions were enough to put someone in trance.

He remembered the time he first came for an interview for the job right after graduating from college. The first time he saw her gorgeous looks, just like a normal person, his views were, "Just another beautiful face trying to climb up through daddy's wealth." He clicked his tongue and shook his head.

But the way she won him over in just a single day made him worship her like a goddess.

"Put that expression and your cheap mind out of this room, if you want to continue with this interview." She had said with a stern face.

"What?" Qin Hao frowned in confusion.

"My face and my mind are two different things. If you want to judge me on the basis of my face, you can get the hell out of here right this moment." Qin Hao's mind went blank hearing her words. Her expression and tone were like she was talking about the weather but those words... Those words were like sharp swords cutting him. "Also, my company is quite small and I don't think people with such splendid minds like yours can work at such a congested place."

Qin Hao felt bad about his self conjectures. He respectfully stood up from the chair and bowed his head a little deeper than necessary saying, "Ms. Xu, your company is not small. It's my own mind that is. I'm a fresh graduate with no experience of the world. For me, everything is true what the world believes to be true. I won't lie. I did judge you on the basis of how you look. But I'm sincerely sorry about it."

He turned to leave the room when he heard her calm voice. "Mr. Qin, You're hired." Qin Hao abruptly turned his body to look at her poised countenance. She wasn't looking at him. Her eyes were reading through the Resume in front of her. "Don't look so baffled. I like honest people. It's easy to make mistakes but it's not that easy to accept it and ask for forgiveness. For your sincerity, I'm hiring you. Don't let me down."

Coming back to the present, Qin Hao's face held a faint smile thinking about that interview years ago.

The rhythmic tapping came to a stop. "Continue keeping an eye on them."

Her order was odd. He expected her to contact the CoCo Jewels to demand an explanation or something else but he never expected her to say, 'keep an eye on them.' But no matter how odd the order was, for Qin Hao, it was like an Imperial decree.

He would do whatever she wanted no matter how odd her wishes were. It was not because she was his boss rather it was because, in these years of working with her, he came to have trust in her. A trust that was unparalleled. He had always seen her calm and collected bearing even in the most difficult of times.

And maybe, it was that calm aura that allowed him to feel relax and have full faith in her. He nodded his head and replied. "I will, Boss."

We don't always need words of assurance to put us at ease. A casual smile or a casual look can do magic. Sometimes, a person's aura is enough for another person to feel relaxed.

A smile can overturn the gloomy sky...

A word can overturn the frenzied mind...

An action can overturn the absurd heart...

But you...

A single you can overturn someone's whole world...


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
XiaoMeeHee XiaoMeeHee

We always question ourselves; Who is going to stand on my side? Who's going to push me? To encourage me?

And we often end up saying; "No one stood by my side."

You're wrong. There is always someone standing by your side.

Who?

Stand in front of a mirror. The person looking back at you is always there just for you.

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Capítulo 47: We All Broke Ourselves

Doubt...

It's a very complicated word. We all have doubts. Doubts in ourselves. Doubts about our abilities. Doubts about our relationships. There is doubt everywhere around us.

We have caged ourselves, our creativity, and our passions between the shafts of the doubt.

A single word, doubt. It destroys us.

There is a very peculiar thing about doubt; once it's seed makes a place in a person's mind. There is no way to get it out. It doesn't even need the water of evidence to sprout. It just grows on its own. And keeps growing on and on and on...

When Xu Mey first started out on this journey of revenge, she was filled with doubts. She had no confidence in herself. The timid, weak, and unapproachable girl. She was someone who always avoided standing in front of the mirror.

She was scared of her own reflection. Why? Because she believed that the reflection in that mirror always asked her questions, she had no answer of.

She had the talent but no conviction. She asked back then, "What if I fell?"

Back then her sensei was standing beside her. That person brought her before a mirror and made her look at her own reflection. "Make the mirror your best friend. And, you'll never be alone again..." Was the reply she heard in that familiar calm yet alluring voice. "If you fell, just stand in front of this mirror. And your reflection will tell you how to stand back again."

"The mirror only tells the truth, Sensei. It'll only criticize me on my failure like it always does." Xu Mey was exasperated.

"If you'll have the ability to accept that criticism, you'll be able to stand back up. Even taller than before. Stronger than before." Those brown eyes looked into her own black ones. "Don't hide from the truth. Don't hide from criticism. And most importantly, don't hide from the mirror. It's true that people like to hide behind the mirrors of lies and we wish that those around us were like glass; transparent. But when it comes to us, we need to face that reflection of reality in the mirror."

Xu Mey fell into another dilemma back then. But that moment and those words made her wish to grow out of her cocoon of self-doubt. She'll never be able to forget the words her sensei told her at the end:

"Some people like to escape the reality.

Some people like to face reality.

But...

No one likes to embrace reality..."

The doubt, the nagging question in her mind that frustrated her from the morning was still not answered. Even until the afternoon, she had no idea what to do?

Li Qiao was right that she needed to hear her heart. But it wasn't as easy as he made it sound like.

There was only one person who could answer her questions. She picked up her phone and typed a single sentence. "What if he broke me?"

She knew she didn't have to type the unnecessary details. That person didn't need her words to know what's running in her mind. But then again, that person didn't need to hear words from anyone to know about their personality or thought.

She waited for 2 minutes before the reply came. It read: "At least once in our life, we all broke ourselves for the sake of someone else."

That sentence hit the deepest part of Xu Mey's heart. No. It struck at her soul. The meaning was clear; even if she'll have to break, she'll have to walk through this experience. She needed to experience every feeling herself without anyone else' interference.

Xu Mey was staring at the flashing screen deep in her thoughts when the phone in her hand started ringing. The caller ID made her so jumpy that she almost dropped the phone. Calming her nerves through the breathing techniques she learned in the morning, she finally managed to pick up the call.

"Hello, my dear wife!" Came the sweet, soft and husky voice from the other end. Ye Jie was standing in line waiting for his turn to get the tteokbokki for Ye Jun when the reminder on his phone caught his attention. It was a reminder he set yesterday to call Xu Mey at the exact time he called the day before.

"Why are you calling?" Xu Mey was really curious about it.

Ye Jie frowned a bit at her reply. "Didn't I just tell you yesterday that a husband doesn't need a reason to call his wife?" He heard a low 'oh' from her side. "When will you be home?" He asked.

"Mmm, I don't know. Why?"

"Well, I left work early today. So, I was thinking why not we go out for dinner tonight?" Ye Jie was cautious and expectant at the same time.

"I don't think so." She replied without taking a minute to think.

"Why?" He was feeling dejected.

"Your brother is sick. And it doesn't seem nice to leave him alone at home while he is running down with a fever. A sick person always needs company." She had a sad tone in her voice as if reminiscing about something.

Ye Jie suddenly felt the urge to snap Ye Jun's neck with his bare hands. This was the second time in a single day that he became a lightbulb and a bright one at that too. Thinking about something Ye Jie said, "So, we can go out for dinner tomorrow if Ye Jun is better by then?"

"Yeah, sure." Her reply appeased him a bit. "If there is nothing else-"

Ye Jie interrupted her speech. "Ms. Cherry?"

"Mhm."

"Why are you so worried about Ye Jun? You see, he's my brother." He emphasized on 'my brother' a bit more than necessary.

"That's exactly why." She replied calmly.

"Huh?" Ye Jie didn't get her meaning.

"He's your brother, Mr. Rain. That's why." Xu Mey disconnected the call after her sentence. She said it very casually. But those casual words were not so casual for Ye Jie. He was completely stunned on his place.

The person standing behind him in the line pushed a little and broke his train's route to merry land and brought it back to reality. 'Because he's my brother.' Ye Jie was smiling idiotically.

'Ye Jun... My brother... You finally came to some use...'


REFLEXIONES DE LOS CREADORES
XiaoMeeHee XiaoMeeHee

Ye Jun: *Achoo* Someone bad-mouthed me? *looking around while sniffling*

Ms. Author: Poor Ye Jun *feeling definitely not pitiful*

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From my own experience, I learned that it's very easy to fall.

People always believe around me that I'm a very strong person but in reality, I'm a very sensitive person. I'm that sensitive person that laughs with her own characters and cry with them as well.

Falling really didn't make me strong but at least, it made me good at pretending that I'm strong.

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