Chapter 14

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

In order not to be suspected, I cautiously picked up the document and browsed through it.

These documents contained the corporation’s development history, product information, outlet information, general organization structure, and so on. They were more comprehensive than what I had previously found online. With the information I had previously found online as a foundation, I quickly finished reading all the documents.

While I was trying to find something else to look at in the room, Bessy came in. She put her things on the table and took out a mirror to touch up her makeup. “I’m going out for a while. You’d better hurry up.”

After touching up her makeup, she picked up a stack of papers and went to knock on Edwin’s door. Edwin came out, and they left the office together.

I closed the door and began rummaging through the small room for any useful information.

In the afternoon, the administrative staff took me to meet the other colleagues. Since Edwin’s staff were mainly working on the sixth floor of the office, they only took me around the sixth floor to get to know some of the people I should know.

I kept observing my surroundings while walking around, hoping to find something unusual. However, I ended up only finding out that the Hall Corporation was much busier than ordinary companies.

By the time I got back to the small room, it was time to end work. People were starting to leave the office one after another, and I went back to the small room to continue rummaging.

As I searched around, I found a notice that spelled out that they weren’t allowed to use silver products in all Hall Corporation’s offices. Looking back at what I saw in the company today, I realized that there were no silver products in the entire company.

Jeffrey’s in the jewelry business. Mado, the town I was been born in, had a huge silver mine. Jeffrey would always bring back some silver ore he’d dug out of the mine when I was a kid. He’d also bring us lots of nice silver products.

I was extremely familiar with silver. Even if I couldn’t tell just by looking, I could definitely tell if it was real or fake by touching it.

I recalled that none of my colleagues wore silver accessories.

This is strange. Why would the Hall Corporation ban silver.

I walked out of the small room and saw that someone was still working, so I invited them to have dinner together.

The branding department in charge of the liquor products sat not too far away from the small room. Job Dana and Bonnie Aston from the branding department took out the instant noodles they just bought once they heard my invitation. Bonnie held up one of the boxes and told me, “I originally wanted to eat two boxes. Now I’ll give you one.”

“Oh…” I didn’t know what to say at that moment. “Um… I meant that… we can go downstairs and eat.”

Bonnie shook her head. “I’m sick of eating that.”

“You guys always have dinner here?” Hall Corporation’s cafeteria offered only breakfast and lunch, not dinner.

Job stood up to get some hot water. “Of course. We don’t leave until eight or nine.”

“Really?” I tried to keep my emotions in check. “What about the people who usually get off work at five or six?” I remember Abraham always got off work at 5.30pm every day.

Bonnie opened the instant noodles box. “Some people are like that. Those in the financial services end on time, the administrative staff also leave quite early.”

I saw a lot of pictures on Bonnie’s computer, so I asked, “Are you a designer?”

“Yes.”

“Where are the designers? Do they all end late?”

“It depends.” Bonnie stood up to get some hot water as well. “Are you not going to have some?”

“Yes, please.” I took the bowl of instant noodles from Bonnie’s table, opening the packaging and I poured the hot water in, eating together with them.

I noticed the pearl earrings Bonnie was wearing and said casually, “Your pearl earrings are very special. The chain is made of tin, and it looks really good with the pearls.” I took a bite of noodles. “My father is in the jewelry business. The silver accessories sell really well. You can have some if you want.”

Bonnie hurriedly said, “No, no, no!” She quickly explained, “You just came, so you don’t know. We can’t wear silver accessories in our company.”

“Why?”

“They said that the CEO is allergic to silver products. Didn’t the administrative staff tell you today?”

I shook my head, and she immediately said, “Oh, right. The President hasn’t been in the office for a while. Maybe the administrative staff became a little lax about it.”

Job had already finished eating. When he heard that, he leaned over and whispered, “I heard some rumors about the company recently. We might have a new President soon.”

Bonnie was shocked. “Why though?”

“Who knows?” Job shrugged his shoulders.

I thought about it. If I suddenly mentioned the missing employees, it might alert them, but I still decided to test the waters. “Could it be because of the few people who went missing a few days ago?”

Hearing that, Bonnie rushed over and covered my mouth. “You can’t say that.”

She looked around and made sure that no one was looking, before she whispered, “The company has made it clear that the missing people have nothing to do with the company. They told us not to mention it again. If anyone mentions it again, they will be fired.”

I couldn’t help but wonder, if the Hall Corporation’s executives really thought that this matter had nothing to do with the company, they shouldn’t have to make it such a serious matter.

Just as I was considering whether to ask if they knew the missing people, a phone call from an unknown number came in.

I picked up the call. The other party’s voice was very formal. “Hello, I’m Claire from the Hall Corporation’s human resources department. You should still be at the office, right? Please come to the 10th floor. I need to give you some instructions.”