"It's still early in the morning and you already seem to be crying!" Yifei's voice rang out loud in the quiet room.
Xu Beihan frowned.
She was right, he was stressed.
There were many things that were not going right. He had to find them out and control them in his own way.
Not minding Yifei's intrusion he kept on thinking about his plans and did not pay any heed to her.
Yifei was not happy being treated like a thin air. There was nothing she could do, stomping her feet in anger she left the room leaving Xu Beihan all alone to enjoy his thinking time.
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In the office,
Xu Beihan had seven files in front of him. Each file had a thick stack of papers and was thick with several sticky notes stuck on it at various pages.
Zhi Ruo was the first to arrive at the office before time. As compared to Xu Beihan she seemed to be calm and confident.
"Early?" Xu Beihan noticed her coming so early and asked her.
"Uh-huh," Zhi Ruo replied while setting up her desk. She had been a clean freak who liked to set up everything every day. Every night the cleaning lady would mess up things at her desk but she would still arrange them neatly before beginning her work.
"Why don't you tell her not to mess it up?" Xu Beihan questioned.
He always wondered why like every other person Zhi Ruo would not tell the cleaner to not mess up her things and keep up with her habit of messing things up.
"She must be in a hurry. When I can do it during my working hours in a single moment, why should I waste her time." Zhi Ruo replied nonchalantly as if it was not a big deal.
This was her way of looking at life. If she can do something, she will never force someone else to do it to prevent her work. She would always try to understand the other person before she thinks about herself. This was also the reason Xu Beihan liked her.
Xu Beihan remembered how it was due to Zhi Ruo's help that he was able to figure things out within a single night, "I went through your..." He wanted to praise her.
Zhi Ruo noticed Xu Beihan wanted to say something to her. Interrupting him in the middle of his sentence, "Senior, let's go for a coffee?" She winked while questioning.
Xu Beihan quickly understood what she was trying to do. Not making it seem like act he took a moment to think before nodding to her suggestion.
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In the coffee shop in front of their office, Zhi Ruo entered and went towards a particular spot.
Just as they were about to occupy the spot a waiter came up and interrupted them, "Sir, Madam can you please choose another spot?"
Xu Beihan frowned. Even though he could have given up that spot easily it was not a good customer service to ask guests to choose another spot without any appropriate reason.
Zhi Ruo's question had put the waiter in a difficult spot. Unable of how to answer her he stammered, "That... there is another... regular..."
Zhi Ruo's face fell, "Is there a regular customer who usually takes this place?" she questioned with her sad eyes.
How can the young boy not fall for such a young and beautiful girl's pitiful appearance?