Chapter 156 - Meet Again

Shi Qinglan sat at the table as he waited for the reports from his people. A young girl sat near his feet with her head down,trying to make herself invisible. Just then a knock sounded on the door and Qin Yung walked in. Plopping down in front of the man,he ignored the fixture at Shi Qinglan's feet and began ranting,"Why do I have to get a daughter? You know I hated that woman and those girls. All my life!All my life I have followed your orders but now I just want to be in peace with you!Why do you have to pursue those people?Why?It is just a piece of old junk! Why are you so obsessed with that jew.."

Before the man could complete his sentence,a hand banged on the table and a steely voice commanded,"Shut your trap Qin Yung! You seem to have forgotten your manners." shi Qinglan gave a pointed look towards the girl at his feet,indicating that Qin Yung should not have spoken anything in front of him. Qin Yung simply scoffed before saying,"As if she would live long enough to say or understanding anything." But still the man did not complete his sentence about what Shi Qinglan was obsessed with. Shi Qinglan glanced at the down turned head of the girl,trying to gauge if she had any reaction but the girl continued to sit in the same position. Pleased, he placed a hand on the top of her head and c.a.r.e.s.sed it. He had finally turned the little girl obedient. Too bad it was time for her to go. He enjoyed her escape attempts too much.

Qin Yung stared at the hand on the girl's head and thought back to the time when he had taken a liking to his elder daughter.  Qin Yung remembered being so jealous that he had almost wanted to beat her to death.

Another knock then sounded on the door and Shi Qinglan's assistant entered,ready to give his report. "Sir,Miss Shi Xaio Ai seems to have told her husband about your conversation. Long Ah Hai has made some quiet inquiries and investigations about the Shi's. So your guess is right that he is protective of her. We have naturally hidden the other things even more well  now. Also as per our person in Elder Shi's confidence,Elder Shi met with Long Ah Hai,to request a meeting with Shi Xaio Ai but was refused directly. Elder Shi is presently trying to look for ways to contact Shi Xaio Ai,unsuccessfully. Regarding the business aspect,KSS has accepted the proposal and are soon going to start their work in the hospital." Hearing all the news,Shi Qinglan nodded,satisfied with everything. But,"I asked you to find in depth about Shi Xaio Ai's last few years."

"This..Sir, we are unable to find any information about her at present. Everything has been suppressed by CEO Ah Hai.  It could be to keep her from prying eyes since many media reporters are also trying to find about her but for  now any file relating to Miss Shi Xaio Ai is buried."

Angrily,banging a fist on the table,Shi Qinglan shouted,"You have been working with me for so many years! I have maintained my network since the time that Ah Hai would have been in his diapers!Are yountelling ke he is so powerful that he can hide information from me too? Twenty four hours,you have twenty four hours to find out how that girl who was supposed to have died in country C sonmany years ago is alive and healthy and living in country A. And if you are unable to find out, younbetter not return."

The assistant nodded his head in understanding but did not leave right away.he had another piece of bad news to give..he was pretty sure he would not be able to survive that..

Seeing that the assistant had yet to scurry away,Shi Qinglan narrowed his eyes at the man and said,"Now what?"

Stuttering,"Sir...Sir,there is a slight snag in the process for fostering the two children you had chosen. But it will be done soon sir."

A deathly silence prevailed in the room. Even Qin Yung,who had been slouching until now sat up straight. In a small voice,Shi Qinglan asked,"What do you mean there is a snag?"

The assistant,did not dare to look up and said,"Sir,the social worker who usually handles our cases has been suspended under corruption charges. It seems a reported did an under cover operation and caught her red handed. There has been a huge huge and cry in the public. As a result,the government has set up an investigation committee to check all her previous cases also. I have used our sources to suppress this and they are not going to investigate for now but it is going to take some time to find a suitable replacement social worker."

"SMASH!!!" A tea cup was thrown across the room at the wall and shattered there making the everyone in the room jerk in shock. Grabbing the girl on the floor by her hair,he pulled her hair and said,"Scram."

Like an obedient little dog,the girl ran away from the room while the two other men shivered in their boots. "Just now you assured me that all problems have been buried so that Long Ah Hai would not be able to find anything.  And now you are telling me this. Do you think that Long Ah Hai is a mere dog? That man is a bloody hungry wolf and younhave just thrown a piece of meat at my step to invite him. Do not use your pea sized brain in the future. Who told you to suppress the news? You should let them investigate so that everyone knows that we have nothing to hide! I am going to skin you alive if this stupid move of yours brings any trouble." 

The assistant nodded again as if there was a spring in his neck and then hurried out of the room. Qin Yung vacated his chair and slowly walked over to Shi Qinglan. Planting his lips on the man's in a small peck he said,"See. This accursed higirl has just returned and is already ruining your plans. Just like her mother. And like I got rid of her mother,I will get rid of her for you. So,my love do not be angry. I am going to request a meeting to meet my darling baby girl.My Xaio Xaio."

Shi Qinglan gave a simple nod at Qin Yung's offer before returning the man's kiss. While the amorous pair played outside,the little girl inside the room was repeating a name like a mantra. Long Ah Hai. Long Ah Hai. Long Ah Hai.

There really was a man is this world that this monster was scared of. She had to escape and find this man.it may be too late to save her but those that would come after her were still innocent! She interlocked her fingers in nervousness as she tried to think of how to find this man. Whoever this Long  Ah Hai was he had to be famous if media was trying to find about his wife. Getting to such a high profile man would not be an easy feat. Kneeling on the ground,the little girl joined her hands in prayer,pleading to God to help her even as tears flowed from her eyes.

And sometimes desperate prayers are answered,because soon her fate would change and the monster she wished to get rid of would be extinguished. Every oppressor needs to remember that some day,there would be resistance and a reaction. Shi Qinglan believed that he had turned the girl into an obedient dog but in fact he had forgotten that a dog's bite is very harmful.

Meanwhile,in Ah Hai's office,Yang Mei received a confidential report from Assistant Yang with instructions to pass it to CEO Ah Hai. As per the protocol,she opened the file to check the contents to summarize but then stood frozen in shock. The file contained the photos of a young girl who she knew was presently in her uncle's grasp and underlined the entire process that would be done to rescue the girl. Yang Mei felt her world come to a stop. She had thought that her sister remembered nothing but now she was not too sure. Why would Long Ah Hai investigate Shi Qinglan otherwise and devise a plan to ruin that man. Yang Mei wanted to run from her office and go meet her little sister. Her eyes were moist at the thought that what she had been trying to do for years,Long Ah Hai had already been able to accomplish. In this moment,Yang Mei decided to come clean with Long Ah Hai and offer her own services. She saw that Xaio Ai would be taking the place of the assistant social worker. There was no need for her sister to take that risk. She would do it. Just as Yang Mei was about to go around her desk,the doors to the private elevator opened and Yang Mei finally came face to face with her little sister.