SHE-DEVIL 27

Mr Hun sat there in his office, Wisps of gray smoke curled from the tip of the cigarette held loosely between weathered fingers. Mrs Lun Weishan walks Into his office.

'. Long time no see!'. Mr Hun stood up walking towards her.

'. I thought you stopped smoking!'. She sits on the couch.

'. Did I?'. He smiles at her.

'. [Sighs]'. He hands her a cigarette.

'. I already guessed why you are here!'.

'. [Scoffs], how can you let that bitch win against Shanggue!, seems like you have gotten too old for this job!'.

'. Mrs Lun, how can you say such!, you and I both know that Mei Xia isn't someone we both want to mess with!'.

'. She's just a little girl who thinks she has seen the world!'.

'. A little girl?, doesn't seem like it, she got a contract with Future Group company, the same company Shanggue couldn't even enter, she might be a young girl but very cunning!'.

'. Then I will do everything in my power to stop her!'.

'. [Smiles], you don't have to worry, I will deal with her myself!'.

'. Mr Hun, I hope you won't fail me this time!'.

'. Have I ever failed you?'.

'. [Scoffs], you have failed a thousand times and surprised me a few times!...get yourself together and don't mess things up for me!!'. She glares at him and walks away.

He takes a deep breath and picks up his phone, he dials an unknown number.

'. You can get to plan!'.

'. [Mr Hun, don't forget our deal!]'.

'. 10 million CNY, I won't forget, as long as you keep your part of the deal!'.

'. [You don't have to worry, Mr Hun!]'.He hung up.

'. Ài Mei Xia!'. He laughed and took another cigarette.

In the conference room...

The board members sit there waiting. They kept checking the clock as it ticks.

'. Seems like my sister got quite overjoyed last time and forgot what today is!'. Yuayua said.

'. If she isn't here, we can begin without her!'.

'. I don't think so!'. Mr Jinzhao said.

'. Why?'.

'. Miss Xia is also part of this meeting, starting without her, isn't a good thing!'.

'. Someone who isn't punctual, how can she make deals in the future? sounds like a failure to me!'. Mr Hun smiled.

'. Mr Shanggue, you can step forward, please!'.

'. Okay!'.

Miss Xia enters a room...

'. Mr Dong, you called me here for what?'. She takes a look at the room.

'. [Smiles], Miss Xia, you worry too much, we are just here for business deals!'.

'. And you chose a bar instead of your office!'.

'. Currently, my office is going through renovation, so I had to choose here!'.

'. Oh!'. She fakes a smile as she sits.

'. So Miss Xia, what would you like to drink?'.

'. Just get to business!'.

'. Miss Xia is sure a straightforward person!'.

'. Mr Dong, could you please get to business, my time is worth a lot!'.

'. So you don't want anything?'.

'. [Sighs]'. She stands up to leave.

'. Miss Xia!'. He gets up.

'. Do you think I am here for some drinks? Huh?'.

'. Okay, I will get to business now!'.

'. Sorry, your time's up!'.

'. What?'.

'. You said you needed just 5 minutes of my time, it's up!'.

'. Oh!'. He laughed.

'. What's funny?'. She stared at him.

'. Sorry Miss Xia!'. He signaled his men and Miss Xia was held against her will.

'. You bastard!!, do you know you can get arrested for this!'.

'. Arrested?!'. He laughed and picked up a bottle of champagne.

'. Normally, I just wanted to go the easy way, but Miss Xia is a little bit rough. His hand tightened around the bottle, his knuckles turning white as he felt the weight of the glass in his grip. In a moment he swung the bottle at her, directly on her head. And she fell unconscious from the hit.

Fan Yin, Mulang, and Chuxi were panicking. It's been about an hour and Mei Xia still hasn't been at the company.

'. She said she would be back in less than 10 minutes!'. Chuxi kept tapping her phone, trying to call Mei Xia.

'. What are we gonna do?!'.

'. I will try tracking her down!'. Mulang said tapping his computer.

'. Could it be something happened?!'. Chuxi asked nervously.

'. Let's just hope she's fine.

'. I take some men to go check nearby places!'. Fan Yin said.

'. And I will keep tracking her!'.

'. Chuxi, stay here with Mulang, if anything occurs call me!'.

'. Okay!...be careful!'.

At the company, Shanggue stood in front of the board members, he explained what was being shown on the projector.

'. I think Improving our staff and satisfying our clients, is a major concern for the company, and investing in others would also be a great achievement for us!'.

'. Hmm!.... I think Mr Shanggue is right!'.

'. We need to focus on our staff, the treatment the client receives determines our quality and efficiency!'.

'. So shall we cast our votes?'.

'. The other party isn't here yet, am afraid we can't do so!'. Mr Jinzhao said.

'. Miss Xia isn't present, so we can only vote for Mr Shanggue!'.

'. Why don't we adjourn the meeting?'.

'. We can't afford to delay any longer, ZGDX needs someone!'.

'. Seems like some people got fooled!'. Yuayua said indirectly referring to Mr Jinzhao.

'. I prefer doing things partially, than the other way!'.

'. Mr Jinzhao is a man of integrity, we all know that but we can't delay any longer!'. Mr Hun said staring at Mr Jinzhao fiercely.

'. So can we continue?'.

'. Well, what can we say!'.

After a few minutes of silence and chatter, the board members made their votes.

'. Well, since Miss Xia is absent from today's meeting without an explanation, the votes for Shanggue have been made!'.

'. ...'.

'. Check every single place!!...don't miss a spot!!'. Fan Yin told the men who searched the whole room.

'. [Mei Xia was last seem at KTV!]'. Mulang said through the phone.

'. KTV?...you!!...move to KTV now!!!'. He instructed them.

'. [No matter what we have to make sure she is safe!]'.

'. I will do my best!'. He Sighs.

'. From the results of the vote cast, Mr Shanggue wins!'.

'. Yes!!!....brother is the best!!'. Yuayua ran towards Shanggue and hugged him.

'. Mr Shanggue congratulations!'. The board members stood up clapping.

'. Thank you so much!'. He smiles happily.

'. I told you no one else is better than him!'. The meeting ends and the board members gradually walk out of the conference room.

'. Congratulations!'. Mr Hun smiled at him.

'. Thank you!'.

'. [Smiles]'.

'. My sister must have gotten way too proud!!, she even intentionally missed the meeting!'.

'. [Wonder what she's up to!]'.

'. Mr Shanggue, I will take my leave now!'.

'. Wait a minute..!'. He turns to Yuayua.

'....Yuayua, please excuse us!'.

'. Brother!...'.

'. We will talk later, okay?'.

'. Hmm!'. She walks away.

'. Do you need anything?'.

'.What's going on?'.

'. What do you mean,'.What's going on?

'. Mr Hun, did my mom come to see you?'.

'. And why would she do so?'.

'. [Sighs], I know my mom, she would anything to get anything, and I know me winning back there wasn't luck or anything!'.

'. Mr. Shanggue, if you have any questions you can ask your mother, I am just a personal assistant to your father and your mother is just someone I respect!'.

'.....'. He rubs his hair.

'. You should be happy you won and not standing here being unnecessarily curious!'. He places his arm around his shoulder.

'. [Sighs]'.

'. Let's go have some drinks!'. Mr Hun pulls him out of the conference room.

Mei Xia slowly opened her eyes, she was tied to a chair in the middle of a room. Her gaze was unfocused and disoriented. Her eyelids flutter slightly before fully opening, and blinked several times, trying to adjust to the light and the surroundings. She looks around and realizes she's in a room more like an abandoned room. Dust blankets every surface, and cobwebs hang in the corners and along the ceiling. The air is stale, carrying a faint musty odor.

'. Hahaha!!'. A man walks in with a gun.

'.....'.

'. Isn't this Miss Xia?'. He laughed.

'. Mr Dong?'.

'. You don't have to be surprised, okay!'. He squats and gently places the gun on her chin.

'. [Scoffs], seems like this is the business you were talking about!'.

'. What a smart kid!'. He gets up.

'. What do you want?'.

'. What could I possibly want!...absolutely nothing!...but, someone else wants something!'. He turned to her smiling.

'. What a psycho!'.

'.you are pretty young, unfortunately, you can't just mind your own business, such a pity that you have to die at a young age!'.

'. Guess someone sent you right?'.

'. Did you just realize that? huh?!'.

'. Go on tell me, who sent you?....is it Lun Weishan or Shanggue or maybe.....you know whosever that sent you!'.

'. You are quite bold, love those eyes of yours!'. He smiles walking to the dusty window.

'. Holding one hostile is against the law, lest I remind you!'. She stares at him.

'. The law?....the law?'. He moves to her and holds up her chin aggressively.

'....'.

'. I thought the law was only for the powerful people, the law?.....what's that?'. He laughed. '.Heheheheh," shifting suddenly to a manic "Hahahaha!" before descending into a disturbing "hohohoho" that echoed eerily in the silence. He aggressively let go of her chin.

'. Hah.... Hah.... Hah...!'. She pants.

'.....aren't you afraid of spending the rest of your life in jail?!'.

'. What could be worse than that? Huh?....it's just jail!.... Hahahaha!'.

'. You need a mental check!!....you are a psycho!!...who gets pleasure in doing things that would endanger their lives!!'. She yelled at him and received a slap leaving handprints on her face.

'. You are just a prey caught by me!!....how dare you judge me!!'. He points the gun at her.