The Meeting Room

Chen Bai stood silently. He wasn't in a crowded place, awkwardly surrounded by strangers, or standing in a corner, hiding his existence.

Just a minute ago, he wished to file millions of reports just so he doesn't see the annoying brat again. Now, all the complaints just got shredded to pieces after that one short incident.

"Do you have the files?" Xie Feihao interrupted the silence. From the look on his face, it was too silent.

Chen Bai handed the reports that Xie Feihao asked for. He could understand why Xie Feihao's annoyed. Chen Bai would also have a headache if he's the owner of a company and finds out one of his employees is committing theft, especially when the employee has a high position and committed a crime against the company.

The both of them walked in the same place to the entrance of the meeting room. Chen Bai can hear arguments and complaints from the inside, but the first thing Xie Feihao did was kick the door open.

"Shut up and make yourselves useful!" His yelling did quiet everyone down, but the plan of 'having-a-great-first-impression' failed.

"We're waiting for Madam Zhen, what is this brat doing here?" A man scoffs, it was the same guy who committed theft.

Xie Feihao didn't say anything until he took Zhen Liyue's chair and leaned on one arm. Then he rolled his eyes as people start to complain.

"Quiet!" Chen Bai silenced them. Xie Feihao looked a bit annoyed by how Chen Bai was able to shut them up completely while he can only get their attention.

"Let's get straight to the point: That annoying old lady is gone for a week so any complaints will come to me." Not just everyone else who was in the room was shocked, Chen Bai was too when Xie Feihao called Zhen Liyue an 'annoying-old-lady' instead of being respectful.

"Oh and if you have any complaints, it better be worth it or you're just wasting my time, and when you waste my time you will be fired. Simple, right?" Xie Feihao acted high and mighty. It's a bit annoying but Chen Bai will allow it, once.

"And who are you telling us what-"

"Are you complaining or are you asking a question? If you are asking a question, I didn't permit you to speak, and if you are complaining the door is on your left." He said one line and shut the woman's mouth, the other reason is probably Chen Bai didn't complain about Xie Feihao's behavior.

Everyone sat silently until Xie Feihao opened his mouth again, "Wonderful, so everyone knows the rules." He gave a polite smile while crossing his hands on the table, "Hey you, fly number one." He looks at the woman who complained earlier, "Rewrite that recent report about that customer-service thing, did a terrible job and I'm about to call it fraud." Chen Bai was surprised many times he isn't even shocked anymore that Xie Feihao actually read the paperwork.

"And if you're going to get your subordinates to write it go double-check before you lose your job. Now, the wallflower." Xie Feihao points at a slim lady at the other side of the room, "Stop getting pushed around and following people's orders like a servant. The excuse, 'I'm a weak lady' doesn't work here. Your friend here filed not once, but at least ten times worrying about your mental health, so go meet a therapist or you lose your position."

"Last but not least, mister Su." His tone became calm and gave another smile, the atmosphere of the room instantly changed, "You're fired."

"Why!?" The man stood up while slamming both of his hands on the table.

"Tsk," Xie Feihao rolled his eyes, "Who do you think you are? A saint for giving your subordinates 15 minutes of break time every hour? You have a good relationship with your co-workers and wrote a great reports about the company's situation."

"So why am I fired?"

"Writing fake reports about the company's stock and earnings, also for committing theft like a wife keeping embezzlement from her husband." Xie Feihao turns his head towards Chen Bai who was predicting what might happens next, "Don't give him a letter of recommendation and make sure he never gets a job again. Just kidding, send him to prison so he'll never see the light ever again."

"But- what about the main point of the meeting?" A man asks next to the presentation board.

"No point presenting the rate of the company's earning when the report is fake, so the rest of you go back doing your job or learn a new language." Xie Feihao gets up and head to the door, Chen Bai follows behind silently as he watches Xie Feihao's movement.

"But I have a complaint." A woman quickly chases after them and hands Xie Feihao a handful of paper.

"Thanks!" He gave a bright smile before throwing it in the recycling bin, "Keep it short next time before I burn it."

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Li Honglie was distracted during her last class of the day, she stares across the room just to look outside. The past few days have become quite boring without Xie Feihao here, especially when there's no one else in the city that can compare to his lousy attitude.

"Hey." Li Honglie turns her head to look at Yang Li when he walked over to knock on her desk, "I said the school is over, are you dead?"

"Don't worry," Li Honglie packs up her bags to get ready to leave, "I'm more alive than your future."

Yang Li pretends he didn't hear, "How's Haohao?"

"He came home yesterday and beat a punchingbag to death. When I asked him why he didn't come back two days ago, he told me he almost got shot in the head."

"Looks like Haohao is really pissed at something if that punchingbag is spilling out it's insides." Yang Li mumbled with a straight and innocent face.

"How are you not shocked that he almost got shot in the head?" Li Honglie was surprised that Yang Li didn't start up jumping and running around panicking.

"I checked Haohao's backgrounds, it happens often."

Li Honglie stares at Yang Li for a few seconds then continues to speak, "It's true that you can check anyone's background with ease, but why are you sweating bullets and bitting your nails?"