Chapter 16

Xiu Ying was going through some notes when she received a call from an anonymous number. She frowned and wondered who it was. "Where is this number from? certainly not from my class. I have everyone saved."

She hesitated before licking the call but was surprised to hear a smooth deep voice talking. She found this voice familiar before recognition swelled in her eyes. 'It's Mr. Zhang.'

She answered meekly as if speaking too loud would make him end the call. She wondered what he was calling her for. She doesn't remember owing him anything. She gave up trying to remember and had to ask him. "Mr. Zhang what a surprise. Is anything wrong? I'd there anything I have or can do for you?"

She waited for a while and heard no answer. She thought he hung up but the call was still going. She was nervous. Then she eventually heard him respond.

"You promised Weixi a visit. She keeps asking when pretty sister Ying will come." Xiu Ying became more nervous. Did he take it seriously?

She responded "Mr. Zhang you must be busy and I couldn't possibly intrude. Besides, it was the gratefulness talking. She must have forgotten about me by now."

Zhang Wei's lips curved up the littlest. He wondered why she was avoiding it. He clearly told her just now that Weixi had been asking about her. She must have ignored it.

"It's fine. If you are not comfortable with coming, we could always meet outside. We don't break promises." He insisted.

She did not understand why he was insisting. All he had to do.was tell his sister that she was busy and couldn't make it, but she couldn't say no to him. She didn't want to offend him.

"Won't meeting outside be too troublesome? People will see us together and rumours might start. I don't want to tarnish your reputation."

She was stating their statuses right away and Zhang Wei rose his brow again. She's one of the first people to distance himself from him. People want to be seen with him any chance they get but she's blatantly saying no. Interesting.

"I will book a private room. No one will see us. I guarantee it." Now Xiu Ying had no other excuse.

She sighed and eventually nodded then realize he couldn't see her so she said yes and they discussed the time and place and hung up shortly afterwards.

Zhang Wei looked satisfied with himself. He never thought he would be convincing someone to have a meal with him. Well technically, it wasn't for him but his sister and he nodded to himself but somewhere very deep in his subconscious, he was more interested.

Secretary Bai on the side was watching his boss mutter to himself and wondered what could be making him like that. His boss almost looked confused.

He was brought out if his reverie when Zhang Wei cleared his throat. "What is my schedule today?" Secretary Bai brought out a tablet and scrolled through.

"You have a meeting with the board at twelve p.m to address this morning's event. Then at two pm, you have another meeting with AIKO to discuss strengthening the system. You have been invited by the Ye family for early supper by five p.m. Should I accept the invite?"

Secretary Bai looked towards his boss for an answer and saw his sneer. He shivered.

"Investigate deeper into this morning's event. There is something deeper going on here and I have a hunch it involves that Ye family. Accept the dinner. No matter what, we have to give them face for now."

Secretary Bai nodded and edited the schedule. He was about to leave when he was stopped by Zhang Wei's voice.

"Also, schedule a private dinner as West Dragon restaurant, as private as possible." He wondered if he should rent the whole place but realized it would bring more attention.

"Yes, that is all. Schedule it for Friday at four pm. Weixi is coming along too so prepare everything well." Secretary Bai nodded and added it to the schedule. He faced his boss.

"President if it isn't too much trouble, what kind of business deal is it to bring Weixi?" Zhang Wei Wei thought for a while before saying "I am repaying a favour." He said nothing more and Secretary Bai excused himself.

Zhang Wei was left alone in the huge office. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost time for his afternoon meeting. He got all materials ready and left his office.

Xiu Ying had not recovered from her call. She immediately made a reminder about their Friday rendezvous because she couldn't afford to forget. She hoped all would go well.

She wondered if she could tell Li Na but decided against it because what if when she brought her along, Mr. Zhang would be angry and punish her. She shivered thinking about it.

She got back to study her notes and again got a call from another unknown number. She frowned again. It wasn't Mr. Zhang so who could it be?

She picked it up and heard an annoyingly familiar voice. One she hoped she would never hear again.

"Why are you calling Lu Yifeng?"

Lu Yifeng laughed at her defensiveness on the other side of the phone. 'How cute.'

"Hello, Xiu Ying. How are you?" Xiu Ying rolled her eyes and almost ended the call right there. How did he even get her number? Did Li Na give it to him?

"Well, I was just calling to ask if you would like to go out this week. Say Friday. Come on it'll be fun. Let's get to know ourselves better."

Xiu Ying wanted to scream no and end the call, but she was decent enough to politely decline. "Sorry I will be busy this Friday. I have something to do."

Lu Yifeng could feel that she was being distant and was a little bit displeased by this. 'What is her problem?' He smiled again. "We could always do it together. We could get to know about ourselves better."

Xiu Ying was getting frustrated but held it in. "I appreciate the kind offer but I'll be fine on my own." She dare not bring a crowd to her meeting.

"Okay fine. We'll go another time. I'll see you this weekend. There is a little party going on in the evening, around seven pm. Let's go then. It'll be fun. See you then." He hung up before she could say anything else.

Xiu Ying face palmed herself. Why was this happening to her? She wasn't able to decline because he hung up before she could respond. She contemplated blocking his number but realized he could find other ways to call her again.

She saved his number as 'Block Later.' She was quite satisfied with herself. She then saw Zhang Wei's number and contemplated on what to save his name as.

She couldn't save his name as Zhang Wei in case her friends were looking at her phone or it was hacked. She decided to save it as Mr. Favor. She'd change it later. She also needed to talk to Li Na. She feels like Li Na is feeling something from her. With that in mind, she continued to study.