The Real Truth-1

Malien's eyes locked up with Zhang's as they both stared at each other like it has been ages they've seen each other.

"Hm... Good morning" Malien greeted in a choky breath and Zhang scoffed.

"Yeah... Right." he walk passed her and nearly made her trip.

Malien jaw twitched in anger at the stupid behavior Zhang put on and she turned swiftly to face him in the office, remembering to close the door behind her.

"What are you working on now?"

Malien wished she couldn't respond, but who was she kidding... She needed the job.

"The copies" she said and Zhang faced her, leaning on the wall near the window opposite her.

"And your progress?"

"I have done 22"

He scoffed.

"Don't be pathetic. I don't pay people for the slow part of them, you know"

Malien didn't look back at him, instead, she continued what she was doing.

"Where the prototypes anyway? I bet you haven't even finished it like I said..."

Malien couldn't take it anymore.

She turned to face him as her black hair swinged with her.

"Look if you don't like the part I play here, why not you just find someone else!"

He stared at her in utter disbelief. Of course, he's the boss, so he thought: I need the respect I can get from you!

But Malien is a quite different girl who isn't disrespectful but disrespects when she wants to. That's who she is.

Zhang slipped his hands into his pockets and walked up to her till they were inches away. He couldn't get his eyes off the little girl in front of him.

He bent to her eye level and looked straight into her eyes.

After a while of staring, he smiled and stood erect and walked upto the door.

"I'll send in your partner" he said and left.

Malien sighed deeply and smacked a book on the desk. He shouldn't be always expectant of me giving him respect, she thought.

Malien worked for hours on her own. Shifting documents. Assigning staffs below her. Getting other assignments, her day was so stressed out.

"Yes"

Malien answer at the hearing of a knock on her office door. She quickly stands up and walks upto the door and opens it.

"Malien?"

Her eyes went up to look at the person in the suit and she realized it was Li Jun.

"Oh my, Li?"

He nodded and his face is excitement written over.

Malien couldn't hide the excitement of having him and not Zhang at the door post of her office.

"Um... Can I help you?"

He shot his eyebrows up and smirked at Malien and he leaned on the wall facing her with his side.

"Tell me you don't know"

"That's why I'm asking, right?"

He chuckled with the awkward smirk on his face making Malien feel uneasy.

"I'm your new partner for the office and assignments"

Her face dropped.

"Partner? I thought it's lady for lady?"

He chuckled again.

"Well, no sweetheart"

He passed her into the office and she closed the door feeling the same uneasiness.

"Well, does Zhang knows?"

"Yup. He was he on that said I should move in"

Malien's eyes turned. Her thoughts spinning. Her nose bringing out smoke.

HE WHAT!

'That guy do really hates me, yeah?'

Her face squeezed as she sits on her chair to type some more information into the computer. Li arranges his things in the office in total silence and they both work.

"Malien, Mr Zhang loves it, if you make your way to his office" Chunhua said poking her head into the office.

"I'll be right there" Malien said still typing and refusing to look at her.

Soon, she packages little documents she've worked on for the day and makes her way out.

"Malien"

But she soon stop at the hearing of her name.

She turns swiftly to face Li and trembles as their eyes meets.

"Yeah?"

"Mind to go out sometime? Maybe tommorow?"

Malien thoughts revealed her insights.

"Sure... That-That would be great" she said and they both smile.

"See you tomorrow"

He nods and she exited the room.

She knocks on the door of the office that had the sign of "ZHANG'S OFFICE" on it and entered immediately she was granted to.

The office is filled with other staffs that maybe important for the company. All of them acknowledges her presence but soon goes back to their phones or discussions. She finds a seat, anywhere farther from the front, where Zhang will stand or seat.

"Nice Clothes" a guy, from the guys that always surrounds Zhang, said.

"Thank you"

"What don't you like relating with Zhang?"

The next question hits Malien hard as she looks at him.

"I never said that, did I? I don't even know him"

He was about to reply when Zhang came upto his seat and the staffs dropped their phones, discussions and every other thing they did.

"Today I called you all to let you know the main reason for this company" he said.

Malien looked like she didn't care.

But the next statement hit her hard.

"This is an assassin zone"

Her eyes widen and mouth dropped.

What the...?