178 I Want ZFC

Su Linyu paced in her office full of jitters. She still has not decided yet how to bring up the matter with her son.

Verdan Zhou is back in the office after a week of being away.

Since Michelle Park is working from home, only Liu Fei Long is there to attend to his needs.

"Liu." Dan's indifferent tone called in his assistant.

Liu Fei Long bolted from his swivel chair. The action was quick enough to leave the chair spinning for some time. He hurriedly knocked on the door to the CEO's office, and entered after being given permission.

"CEO." He bowed.

Dan tossed the folder he was looking at onto the edge of his large desk.

Liu Fei Long's eyes widened as he was startled by the gesture. Is he supposed to get that?

Before he could reach out to get it, his boss spoke.

"Liu, do you have a girlfriend?"

Liu Fei Long was leaning forward to get the folder when he was shocked by the question and he almost tripped.

"Wha-what?" He was still astonished by the randomness of the question.

"I read in your resumé before that you're unmarried. I assume you at least have a girlfriend...given your age..." Dan leaned back on his leather swivel chair as his arms were on its rests and his fingers interlaced. He was waiting for the answer in a relaxed manner.

The words 'unmarried', 'girlfriend' and 'age' hit Liu Fei Long like sharp arrows, directly hitting his core. At the age of 28, he only had one ex-girlfriend, and that was a short-lived relationship when he was still in high school. He tried courting girls after that relationship ended, with no success. It even became more difficult for him to land himself into a relationship since he was an unpopular nerd in college.

He gulped. "I...I don't have one right now." he answered weakly. Indeed, he does not want to declare that he will not be having one anytime soon. One can say that he is quite hopeful.

He furrowed his brows. He thought he was receiving orders when he came in, but was taken aback by the question.

"Oh..." Dan raised a brow. "Then, what did you used to give your previous girlfriend?" Dan assumed that he had a girlfriend before, based on his answer.

'Can I say 'nothing'?' Liu Fei Long deliberated in his mind. His previous relationship barely existed for just two weeks. He had only paid for the girl's meals. He had yet to buy her gifts when it ended.

Dan was getting impatient. "What do you suggest would be a perfect gift for a lady?"

In reality, Verdan Zhou had a lot of ideas for expensive gifts. However, he had given Midori such gifts before. He wanted to approach her birthday differently, so he turned to ask his assistant for something less extravagant.

"Uhm...jewelry?" Liu Fei Long was thinking of alternatives.

"She had a lot of those." Dan turned the idea down.

Liu Fei Long frowned. Did his boss not cancel the engagement with Miss Song? Is he trying to get her back, or does he have another woman? Is she the reason they broke off the engagement?

"Uhm...a car?" His brain is turning into soup.

In his shock, his boss's face lit up, and a smile featuring his pearly whites flashed across his face.

"A car...not bad...not bad..." Dan rose from his chair, put on his coat and strode out of his office.

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Chairman Song took his gold-plated cutter and cut off the end of the fat cigar he just retrieved from an oak box. He then took a bronze statue and flipped the head to reveal its true purpose of being a lighter. He puffed a few then took the glass filled with brandy from the table near him.

He smirked as he thought how foolish Su Linyu is to go with his suggestion.

Just then, there were a couple of knocks on the wooden door of his study.

"Enter." he commanded.

The brass knob twisted and the door creaked open slowly.

"Boss." A young man bowed. Then he went towards the old man with steady strides.

He handed his boss an envelope, the size that could fit a legal-sized folder.

"Hmmm...good record. Can we trust him?" The old man's eyes were skeptical.

"He has never failed even once, Chairman."

"Tsk tsk tsk. Tang Jinxuan...we both know that you had to kill your brother to be the successor of your father. You have to admit that your judgment is not one of the best." His tone was mocking the young man.

Tang Jinxuan clenched his teeth discretely as he lowered his head subtly. 'Just endure it...for now.' he told himself.

"Should we get another then?"

Chairman Song frowned. "No need. Just make it flawless. I want ZFC in my hands before the month ends."

"Absolutely." Tang Jinxuan had a subtle sly smile as he bowed and strode out of the study.

Chairman Song's face contorted. "You little bi***! Now, you will be at fault for what will happen to that Young Master Zhou." He snickered.