Bab 9: Han Meixiu
"I will be visiting K Country soon!" Those were the first set of words Aunt Yi Min said when Han Meixiu called her. She was about to meet Li Xiaozhi in a couple of minutes and she's on her way to the lobby.
"That's great Aunt Yi Min. Today Xiao Xiao will show me around. I'll take note all the interesting places and show them to you when you come here. When are you going by the way? It's a good thing you choose K Country for your overseas trip."
"Oh, it's not a personal trip. I'll be going with my family there in a week's time to attend an event."
Madam Liu saw Little Zi leaving for work like he normally did, she verified her conclusion that in deed, all was well now.
Since after her lunch with him, he never asked anything again. Though from time to time he showed a negative reaction if the incident was mentioned, he didn't say a word. She believed that her son already let it pass. So when her husband mentioned during dinner that they should attend the inauguration of their newly acquired asset in K Country she agreed easily. This was in contrast to what she felt after breakfast that same day when she was worried sick.
Two days prior to the Liu's Family trip to K Country, Liu Zijian was still busy arranging some last minute instructions to different department directors. He would be away probably for more than a month as he's scheduled to inspect all the properties of Imperial Hotels in K Country. His brother already went to another country so scout new properties and would only meet him on the inauguration day.
When Ye Ming came in bringing his lunch, he didn't even lift up his face until he said, "We have the name of the woman who cooperated with Madam Liu." It wasn't easy tracing the woman thru the Third Young Master of the Chen family. But once they got her name, obtaining the information about that woman was simply effortless.
He slowly smiled sadistically and released a chilling gaze that Ye Ming felt the sudden drop of the room's temperature. He stopped what he was doing and accepted the report from his assistant.
"Han Meixiu." He repeated the name and let his tongue rolled her name several times more. He read the entire content while Ye Ming was standing and waiting for his next order.
'So she was from an influential family. A young lady doing an indecent act to escape. She has guts.'
As he silently read on, the corner of his lips constantly twitched while his fingers sexily traced the photo attached on the the report and nobody could guess what he was thinking.
After he finished reading, he ordered Ye Ming to go to K Country as soon as possible and find the whereabouts of this woman named Han Meixiu.
When his assistant left, he took out his phone and dialed a number. It rang several times when a sweet sounding voice that could recall the spring over answered from the other line.
"Hello,"
"Han.Meixiu." He lazily muttred her name emphasizing every syllable.
"Yes?"
"Han Meixiu." He said it again like it was a mantra. He was holding the phone in one hand and the report containing her picture in the other. He was imagining the picture talking to him with the voice on the phone.
"Uhm, yeah. I'm Han Meixiu. Who's this?" Han Meixiu politely asked though her voice sounded a bit worried and perplexed now but still it was really a pleasing sound for the man on the other line.
He didn't answer. He ended the call instead. He was staring on the picture for a few more minutes with a smile but not a real smile when he decided to call his mom.
On the other side...
'That was weird.' Han Meixiu thought. She knitted her eyebrows and pouted a little showing a confused expression. She then looked at Li Xiaozhi who was busy reading some labels of cereals. They were now buying groceries. "Xiao Xiao," she called her best friend.
"Hm?" She answered without looking. She was holding two boxes and examining the nutrition facts and listed ingredients.
"Someone called me. A man. I don't know him though, but he has an enigmatic voice. I actually didn't imagine that my name sounds so beautiful and sweet." Han Weixiu said with a dreamy tone on her voice that made Li Xiaozhi abruptly focused her attention to her.
"What? An unknown man called you and your fantasizing about his voice? Seriously? Han Meixiu!" Li Xiaozhi exasperatedly exclaimed. "Change your number. This isn't good." She snatched the phone from her best friend's hand and look at the recent call list. "It's an international call. It originates in Q City."
"Uh huh. That's why I answered it. I thought it was from Han Family. But he didn't introduce himself."She recalled the way he said her name. She actually felt intoxicated and imagined how nice would it be to hear it everyday. But looking at Li Xiaozhi, she felt somewhat worried.
"We should changed your number first. We'll get a local one. It would be cheaper, too."
They then finished buying groceries immediately and got a new phone for Han Meixiu.
On their way home, they ordered take out rice toppings and when they finally arrived in her apartment, it was already past 8.
Li Xiaozhi didn't stay longer after dinner. She has an early appointment tomorrow. Her intensive training will start three days from now so she helped Han Meixiu as much as she could to settle down. So far, she's doing a good job.
She really couldn't leave her behind. Clearly they have the same age but between the two of them, her role was undoubtedly the older sister. She actually liked being one.
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