When the Sleeping Dragon Awake

It's been a week since Daichi returned to the island, but Shun still hasn't come back yet. His hotel will build soon, and they are preparing for the groundbreaking ceremony.

Cassie is cooking in the kitchen when Daichi comes back from monitoring the covered court construction at her school.

"Wow, Missy! That smells so good!"

"Brother Daichi! Don't forget to wash your hands!" Joanna yells at him.

"Eh..." he was about to pick some vegetable rolls that Joanna wrapped.

He scratched his head and walked toward the sink to wash his hands. Why does that Rudolf not even here but still feel like he left one minion behind?

"We're not done yet, so have waited for the ladies to finish!" Joanna lectures him.

"Ah! I knew it! You are Rudolf's minion!"

"Huh? What did that mean? It makes little sense..."

Joanna doesn't understand because all those years since Daichi and Rudolf have been friends, Daichi, the silliest one, and Rudolf is always the one who will scold him for all the troubles he gives them.

Daichi takes out his phone and begins taking pictures of the food on the table. He also takes a selfie with them.

"Missy, look this way."Cassie turns her head. "What are you doing, brother, Daichi?"

"Just smile, Missy!" Daichi raises his two fingers and wink while opening his mouth.

Joanna jumped behind Cassie to be in the photo. Even though she wasn't prepared, Cassie smiled, and then they made more poses before they resumed cooking. 

"Wow. This one looks delicious! I didn't know you could cook well this much, Missy," he praises her.

"I just learned them from my mom. We always cook Dad's favorite dishes, so I grew up helping her, and I learned them."

"Ah, that's so nice, Missy."

She smiled. After they finished cooking, they ate happily at the long table in the dining hall. They invited the three bodyguards that had left behind to watch Cassie.

And because it was Saturday, Cassie insisted that auntie Ling and Uncle Jong take the day off until tomorrow because Joanna would stay during their day off to accompany her.

While eating, Daichi took another photo of them and sent it to Rudolf and Shun. He boasted that it was Cassie who prepared them all.

"You know, Missy. You should enroll at Baudelaire Academy."Cassie lifted her head and glanced at Daichi.

"The popular cooking school in France?"

"Uh-huh." Daichi nodded. "Shun knew the owner as they were very good friends. But what I know, they are actually a distant cousin, too distant." 

"Really? So, he actually knew Mr. Bastien?" she asked.

"Oh, you also lived in Paris for four years."

She nodded. "I attended Ms. Bennett's French class after six months when I arrived in France. I have often seen Mr. Bastien since then..."

"I see. That makes sense."

"Brother Daichi, would you slow down eating?" Joanna complains. She's at it again.

Cassie giggles watching these two like a cat and a dog."No doubts. You really are Rudolf's minion!" Daichi cried.

She shook her head, but now she began wondering. She was twelve years old when she moved to Paris to live with her uncle and adopted him.

Is it possible that she had already met Shun in France before?

* * * 

EMPIRE DRAGON HOTEL

All the executives are lining up outside the President's Office to give their reports. They were doing it every month, but still, they were like facing a judgment day.

The boss has already been yelling all morning. He did not make one or two mistakes, but he made the whole document re-done. His employees have already been shaking in nervousness. 

"What's the use I hired you when you can't properly do your job?" 

Rudolf and Kier, standing beside his desk, keep sighing. Both of them knew him well, but he needed to act like the boss when working. It triggered his mood once again. 

They could see him somewhat bored over his irritation. When someone texted his phone, he even picked it up to read the message.

They waited for his reaction to the messages he received, and it looked like it was bad news because his face darkened even more, and he yelled at the Hotel Head Supervisor to get out.

"Do you want a break, boss?" Kier took the courage to suggest.

Rudolf's phone vibrates in his pocket, so he reaches for it and reads the messages.

It froze him. Don't tell me his boss received this as well? Daichi, you bastard! Rudolf screams inside his head. He wanted to drown that guy again.

Daichi sent many photos of him eating delicious food that Cassie made. There's also a photo of him and Cassie in the background in front of the stove, then the one on the long table with others.

The President's Office became gloomy like it disturbed the sleeping dragon from his slumber and now breathing fire. He heaved a sigh.

Kier's phone's ringing, so he runs a distance before answering it. He holds his forehead and massages it.

"Okay, understood."

I'll be damn... Why are people so unfortunate? They troubled the dragon when he was in his worst mood.

"President," Kier inhales. "Master De La Rue arrives at the airport."

Shun raised his head and gave him a deadly gaze.

"I'll go talk to the executives to postpone their reports today," Kier stated.

"Okay," Shun replied coldly.

Kier bowed, then left his office abruptly."Rudolf, give me your phone."

Confused for a moment, Rudolf handed his phone to his boss. After a minute, Shun gives back his phone.

"Do you want me to bring some food?"

"Okay… and ordered the hotel manager to prepare Uncle Martin's suite."

Rudolf nods, then leave the office and gives a call to the Hotel chefs to fix some food for the President. Everyone could sense that the sleeping dragon had awakened again, so they immediately made his meal.

While Rudolf took the lift, he checked his phone to see what the boss had done with it. He found out that Shun had deleted all the pictures Daichi sent to him. He scratched his head, heaving a helpless sigh.

His boss could just ask him to delete them by himself. He will do it instantly. 

'What's wrong with that guy?' 

He scrolled his phone upward he found that one photo Shun missed deleting. 

'Wait, this can't be.' He sighs. It seems intentionally left behind because it was just focused on the food, but the girl in the photo is Joanna. It may not focus on her but could clearly see her silhouettes.