Are You Single?

Ten minutes later. Lu Fengmian and Li Min arrived at the Z restaurant. Decorated with Chinese traditional theme, the restaurant was well-known to be the most expensive one in the city. They went to the V.I.P. private room with no reservation. As expected of CEO Lu's influence. Rich people always have special privileges, unlike ordinary people. The world was truly unfair.

"You can choose the menu you like. I'll have the same as you."

"CEO Lu, I'm afraid I don't know your preference well enough. Maybe…"

"I don't have any preference. Just order what you like."

Well, if he said so. Li Min started ordering all of her favourite dishes and some famous menus in this restaurant. She once came here with her family before she went to the U.K. to study for her PhD.

"You seemed to like seafood, Miss Li Min."

"Well, Just a little. It's been a long time since I ate seafood. Do you not like it?"

"As I said, I can eat anything you like."

Li Min tried to read her new boss' mind but failed. She didn't understand him at all even if they spent the whole day together. If she came to work tomorrow, will she have to sit and watch him working again? Just thinking of how much she could earn from watching him working, she felt useless and unacceptable. She came to work to gain more knowledge, not sitting idly.

"CEO Lu, should we talk about work now?"

"What do you want to talk about?"

"To be honest, I'm quite uncomfortable if you don't assign me any work. I know I just came to work on my first day. But I'm confident in my ability…"

"I got it. I'll give work to you tomorrow. Tonight, I'll write all the tasks you need to do and send it to you when I'm done considering."

"Thank you, CEO Lu."

"By the way, can you stop calling me that? I'd like you to call me 'Fengmian'."

"About that, I'm afraid it'll be inappropriate due to our positions. I can't just call you by your name like we're close.", can I? I must be weird to call him by his name.

"Call me Mr. Lu then. I don't like it when you keep a distance from me."

"…" Why does he talk like we're once lover?

As the waiter came in to serve the foods, the room was filled with some weird awkward atmosphere. Li Min ignored what her new boss said and started eating the foods on the table. After both of them were done eating, Li Min noticed that Lu Fengmian was staring at her for a while.

"Mr. Lu, why do you keep staring at me like that?"

"Nothing. You remind me of someone important to me."

"Is that so?" Li Min left out a dry laughing.

"Miss Li Min, are you single?"

Li Min almost choked her drink when she heard his question. Wait! This must be the real question for her interview. Perhaps Mr. Lu didn't want a woman who had a boyfriend because she mightn't take the work seriously. A woman who was in love tended to prior her boyfriend over her work. This is what Li Min read from a self-improvement book.

"Yes. I never have a boyfriend. Works always are my priority."

"That's good to hear." Mr. Lu curved his lip into a mysterious smile.

Li Min thought her answer was right. Mr. Lu seemed to be a workaholic. He must be worried that she will slack off.

"Is Li Wei your brother? I've met him a few times. Both of your eyes look similar except for the colour."

"Yes, he is. Big brother talked about you too."

"Oh, what did he say?"

He said you were a reliable businessman but also ruthless and flirtatious. How could she tell him the truth? She must be courting death if she said so.

"He said you're a reliable businessman when I told him I'll apply to work in your company."

"Really? I thought he doesn't like me and speak something bad about me to you."

"…" Well, your guess was right. I can also sense that my brothers don't like you.

"Will you quit my company later and come back to work at Li corporation?"

"…" He knew me! Will he become angry if I told him the truth?

"I didn't plan that far. For now, I want to do my best as your secretary."

"Don't quit. If you quit, I won't have a secretary again."

"…" Seriously? Is he trying to lock me in his company until I turn to the company's ghost?