Smiling brightly

These words looked, so.... familiar. Some faded memories occurred in ZouMi's mind.

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"Xiao Ming, dear flowers are the best, why are you removing them. Hey, not that, that's from your mom."

"Dad, flowers has baseless concepts, they blossom one day, and the next day they turn down. How are they best? Would anyone want to be like them? Shine one day and the other day find themselves in a garbage can? No, right. So... these flowers are going to be replaced by the plastic one. Spray your likeable perfume on it, and enjoy"

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ZouMi smiled, she had long back seen the similarities in their thoughts, may be that's why they were fine being in each other's company? She set her phone aside and started working, totally forgot the other living being who was shock by the smile she just flashed. Tina obviously was shocked, and happy, this was the first time seeing ZouMi smile, so.... blissfully. Like a little child getting its favorite toy. Tina slowly retreated, and came out smiling, she bumped into a hard yet something soft. She rubbed her tip of the nose and looked up angrily, but that soon faded with surprise.

"What are you smiling, so brightly for?" Si Ban's not so pleasing tone was heard.

"She just smiled, and she.... Wait, does that matter to you? What ever I'm smiling for has nothing to do with you" Tina, was obviously in love with him, being soft won't help it, so she started being rude to him, just as ZouMi advise. And, she has seen the change in his attitude, he used to ask her why is she smiling, and she was a love struck fool would reply. But now when she is just avoiding him, he isn't as calm as he used to.

True enough, Si Ban didn't like her reply, he was about to ask her, when the door behind her opened.

"Isn't she true? What ever she is smiling for has nothing to do with you, so leave her alone. Tina go and prepare for the papers, and as for you…" ZouMi pointed at Si Ban, "You go and do your work. Stop creating noises and stop disturbing me." She finished and slammed the door.

Both outside the door stood stupefied, and went back to their respective work.

This day went same as the others, ZouMi working late, but a slight change, ZouMi had her dinner and meds on time, and didn't continue working past eleven like before. She went home, logged in her game, just like the other night, both of them played till the sun rise. ZouMi had her breakfast went back to the office, Si Ban reported her about the projects and Tina about her schedule. She didn't have any meeting before lunch, so she just sat in her office and worked.

Past lunch, ZouMi had a meeting to attend, and was doing that. Sitting on the end of the long table, in a white room, covered in dark, just the projector emitting its light. ZouMi was seriously concentrating on the presentation...

Zzrrr

Zzrrr

Zzrrr

Her phone on the table started vibrating, she glanced at it was about to turn away, but the sender name caught her interest.

//[ Sender:FRIEND!!!!!

Emergency]

Sender: Is this designed by you?

ZouMi: Mm-yes. Wait, are you here? More specific, why are you here?

Sender: Am I not welcomed?

ZouMi: You got that.

Sender: Hmfph, but that's not important now, help me out.

ZouMi: Help you out with what?

Sender: Stuck with fools, want to get out, and only you can do that.

ZouMi: Fools?? Let me guess, your manager? Didn't you say, you broke the ties?

Sender: I want to, but the contract has few days left, they can take legal action on me, so I've to go along for a while. But, first come down and help me.//

Who could it be that can bring smile on ZouMi's face any time, anywhere, except of Gu Huan? That's what happening with ZouMi right now, her serious face, which was maintained from the past one hour of the meeting cracked a smile.

A smile on their, cold, aloof, stone hearted CEO, was definitely a shocking thing, everyone present were looking at her with a stupefied expression.

The one who never used the phone, the one was never distracted by anything, was now actually using the phone and... smiling?

ZouMi stood up, her eyes still on her phone, "Your plan is good, but there are some loopholes. Let Mr. Han help you with it, submit it by tomorrow. Meeting adjourn." Just like that she left, leaving the shocked ones behind.

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Downstairs,

Gu Huan was already fed up with the over acting, and roam around. His eyes fell on many amazing clothes hanging, he walked ahead and stopped, turning around, he held out for a Tang suit. It was in dark blue color, with golden embroidery. On the hand sew traditional dress, shades of Modern Art were seen, adding more to its better out look. Being on shopping with her only for once, Gu Huan got an idea of her mind towards fashion. Without seeing the designer name, he could tell that ZouMi was the designer.

"Ewwu, don't tell me you're going to choose that?" A voice which brought nothing but irritation to him fell in his ears. "There is nothing good here, this is City A's famous shop? Isn't this just over-rated?" Her rude attitude wasn't liked by the saleswoman attending her, but kept quite, not wanting to offend her.

"If you find this shop not suitable to your liking, they aren't forcing you anyway, so you can leave. And weren't you the one who suggested?" Gu Huan's cold voice had a hint of irritation in it.

"Gu Huan is that the way you talk to her? Aren't you getting to bold? I think those wings of yours should be cut, that are trying to fly too high..." Hu Shi, his manager, would never leave a chance of boot licking the daughter of the CEO.

"Try it." Gu Huan two words left them speechless!