บท 12: Planning (Contd.)

At around 7 p.m. he arrived.

He most surely went to his home to get changed as he was in a light blue washed out denim jeans and a white T-shirt, printed on it was red hearts and a black and white doddle man saying 'Hello', weird.

He saw me observing his t-shirt so he teasingly spoke: "Hello love".

I was stunned at his courage to flirt with me so blatantly.

"We will decide on that after dinner. First, let's get back to business." I hurriedly spoke before this man turns into a predator. (After all, I never had an affair in my previous life experience.)

I invited him to my study room on the third floor, "Here, come in. This is my private study room. We will work here. First let us discuss the current market for cybersecurity programs, the technologies as well as the research project in the pipeline and potential development. We will customise it accordingly. Otherwise many foreign intelligence as well as national intelligence would hound us like a pack of starving wolves. It is not a good idea to become a tall tree all of a sudden."

He raised his eyebrows at me "Then what was the level of attack you did on our company?"

I duly noted he didn't say 'his' company he definitely said 'our' company. (I like the sound of it.)

"It was too advanced for the current technological world. Something I promise it will take those fifty years to another hundred years just to understand surface-level details. Rest I leave it to your imagination."

"That long" he sounded intrigued.

"Okay, I asked 'Jiffy' to run stimulation as well as jot down the data on cybersecurity trends both military and commercial world as commercialization of the intellectual property needs right evaluations as much as buyers." I pointed to my Artificial Intelligence built super system.

"It is your own company. You do whatever you want to do. I am here to support your back and become your shield. You just play around."

"Playing around isn't fun. You need to take responsibility for your own actions otherwise why bother to make a move?"

"What do you have in your mind?"

"I want to build an underground Empire for technical and medical support and our present company would become the front while they become our power." I subconsciously replied.

There was a bright smile on his face. I was lost in that smile. It is not a wide smile at all, it is a very textbook smile but accompanying it is the shining black orbs of his eyes; they had a hint of allure in them. It took me some time I finally realised what made him happy? I unconsciously referred to us as a team. That happiness is simply infectious.

I tapped him on his shoulder, "let's get back to work."

It took us four hours of discussion. Then Li Jie called us seeing that it is getting too late.

"It is pretty late, I am so sorry to keep you going for such a long time." I apologized.

"It is alright. I enjoyed it but I sense this is not even the start of what you want to discuss right."

"Yeah… We have a lot to discuss and work on and less time to execute my plans."

"You are in such a hurry, what is bothering you? Let's discuss it."

(Concern was clearly portrayed in his eyes and his voice. There was no deceit.)

"After dinner, we'll continue."

After dinner, Zhang Wei served a glass of wine to Hu Qiang and a glass of turmeric milk to me. We headed back to the study room. I finished the glass of milk in one breath. I sensed his amusement.

"Do not bother to comment I need to develop strength; my health is not appropriate yet."

"Why? What happened?" he squished his brows.

(I realise I told him something I didn't mean to, it was a natural response that this body is used to this man in front of me. It came naturally because of this body previous interactions - 'mind might forget but the body remembers' I concluded.)

I thought for some time and finally asked "Are you aware that I am a person with golden blood condition as well as an unregistered one at that?"

He is surprised by my question, he still answered unhesitantly "I am aware, so are my parents but we never register you to the system to keep your medical records private."

"How private are there?" I interjected.

"Only my family, which includes me, my mother and my father, along with Dr Yun Lee."

He saw my slightly perturbed expression.

"Hey... What are you thinking? Talk to me."

"I need to develop a private medical unit something that is mine alone. No need for human resources all I need is technical support. I have a framework in my mind I need resources to put it together."

He was flabbergasted by the revelation.

We talked all night long about finance, resources, medical units, strategies to re-route our money and many more things.

(This man in front, he is different. I summarised him as a daring person as well as a man with 'Alpha' male qualities but before me, he becomes a 'tamed lion'. Aesthetically he is very pleasing to the eyes and knowing him in person is no shame. I admit I wanted to know him more, to give a commitment is a far cry from what I can give but I am attracted to him.)

At the early hours of the morning, as the air felt slightly chilly and birds twittered in the garden, we finished our discussion for the day. He promised he would deposit the 1 billion for the intellectual property of the cybersecurity program by the end of the day and would return at night to learn the codes. Throughout our discussion, he patiently listened to me. I like that. I waved him goodbye at the front porch and he went to get some sleep.