He bounced into his expensive looking car and left the park-aide. As he drove out, the road packed with ongoing traffic, he waited another three minutes before squeezing into the main street. During the three minutes he waited, he saw her again. This time she was helping an older lady as she pushed a cart of recycled bottles, trying to cross in front of him. The girl, up close looked so petite, yet she acts as if she can push the whole cart herself, not allowing the old lady to help her.
Once they crossed over, the girl would smile and help the woman before leaving. Watching her somehow made his heart skip a beat. The corner of his lips curled up, and he surprised himself as he thought, "What the heck am I thinking?"He drove out as soon as he got his chance, sometimes he would look at his rear-mirror hoping to see a glance of her. The drive back to his office building wasn't long, he got off his car and his assistant, Tseng Kuan-Yin Went to the driver seat and drove the car off to the parking spot for him.The prized company name, Yang Corporation, also known as Yang Corps. The proud and majestic logo of Yang Corps hang outside of their headquarters. The two security greeted him, "Good afternoon, President Yang!" as they stand guard outside while Yang Tian-Xu entered the building. Inside the building as he got in, the staff greeted him.There was two other security guards on duty inside the building, The older looking man greeted him with a simple, 'Good afternoon, Mr Yang.' The other guard looked younger, he was nervous as he bow his head down and shouts, "Welcome back, President!"He got inside, and the front receptionist greeted him with a bow, he walked his way to the elevator. There would be an elevator-greeter lady standing there to welcome him. Instead of asking him, "Which floor?" She decided he would go to the highest floor. A man with such superior status within his own family-operated company, his final destination must be at the top, she imagined.With eight floors total, starting at the bottom at ground level, the lobby host the custom service counter in the building's centre. It allows the staff to greet the customers or clients as soon as they step foot inside.At Yang Corps headquarters there were only a limited amount of office space available for rent, with a high rental price. However, Yang Corps had other locations and malls as well for small business owners to rent. Yang Corps was a huge company, and they had a lion’s share in Real Estate Development.The first and second floors were part of the shopping centre, while the third floors were the food court, and extension of the shopping mall. The fourth and fifth floors were office spaces, like lawyers or doctors' offices and so on. Marketing, Advertisement, and Human Resources were in floors six and seven. Employees have access cards for their respective level, and Visitors must sign-in at the reception desk. The final floor belonged to Yang Corps and functions as its Headquarters, it was inaccessible to the public and only people of importance within Yang Corps had access to, no exception.The Elevator-Lady instantly thought he would go up to the eighth floor. However, as she pushed for the button, he immediately reaches out his index finger to push the button to the seventh floor.The Elevator-Lady quickly apologised. He remembered about a Chinese idiom his grandfather once said, so he told her, "It's alright, it's not like you're a worm in my stomach, how could you know what I want?"The girl was embarrassed as she blushed, she stood by his side through the entire trip up, it was a good thing the whole journey was 30 seconds long. However, she can feel the pressure of standing next to the only heir of the Yang Family. The elevator reached the seventh floor. Yang Tian-Xu got off, and she bows her head to see him off. Yang Tian-Xu walked with complete confidence, as always.It was 2 p.m, the office was busy, and the staff greeted Yang Tian-Xu as they saw him passing through. It didn't take long for him to reach the office on his long legs. The sign on the office door display was 'Manager Jiang Fei'. He was the manager in charge of this floor. However, with his sudden disappearance, it gave Yang Tian-Xu a colossal headache.It could be possible for him to leave all work to Assistant Tseng, but he wouldn't do that and neglect his duty as Yang Corps President. Yang Tian-Xu was a major workaholic, it's never his nature to do something like that. Also, his assistant might end up hospitalised with all the amount of duties and responsibility; he would get stressed to death with all the other workload related to the different departments of the company.Nothing missing or stolen, and it wasn't like Jiang Fei ran away, he was a trustworthy and well organised employee of Yang Corps. The manager, Jiang Fei's disappearance was a misfortune. Missing for two years in a plane along with 239 people on flight, he disappeared without a trace, no one knew for sure what happened, but everybody wanted answers.Families and friends continued searching for the truth, but found nothing. People wanted to know, hoping that their loved ones would return home safe. With those thoughts, they did not give up, missing them every day, hoping for a miracle. However, they must carry on with their lives. Yang Tian-Xu needed to find a replacement, but for now, he couldn't find anyone he could trust as much as he did with Manager Jiang.When he got inside the office, he pulled out the chair and sat down at the desk. He didn't immediately work on the computer. He sat there and closed his eyes as he felt all the anxiety from the piles of documents on the table. Suddenly, the images of the girl appeared in his mind.He thought to himself again. "If it was me... Would I've been so kind?" The corner of his lip curled up again. Then he shook his head. "Why did I think of her!?"Time quickly passed by before he realised it was already late. The staff left for home, one by one, while he remained in his chair, lost in his thoughts. A knocked on the door and his assistant, Tseng Kuan-Yin's head pop in. "Hey boss, if there's nothing else, I'll leave for the day, okay?" "Sure thing." He replied. He was a man with few words. But he was competent in his line of work. He had a lot of work as the president of a significant enterprise company. Although, his assistant helps out a lot, he did most of the work; Yang Tian-Xu needed to read over the documents and sign them. Once he could find a proper replacement for Manager Jiang, his workload would lessen, but for now he had to monitor the projects on the seventh floor. The plane disappearance was massive news in the country, but people's' lives must go on, with work seemingly endless, Yang Tian-Xu needed a break for a minute. He thought about how it could have been, if he was on that fligh
Cheung Lan-Er, known by many as Mrs Yang, she is in her late-40’s, however, she still looked young and had taken care of her beauty well. She asked him, “You remembered Yue-Yan right?” as she placed her hands on the girl’s shoulder. Mrs Yang smiled at the girl next to her as she continued, “Yue-Yan arrived from City A today, and drop by to give us a visit.” Tong Yue-Yan smiled at him and gave a slight nod as a greeting.He slightly nodded back at her and his mother caught his father by surprised as she blames her husband, “This is all your father’s fault! Yang Fei-Hung!” Mr Yang choked on the tea he took a sip of, coughing as he put the cup down on their expensive maple coffee table, he asked, “Why is it my fault?”“Yes, it’s your fault, you let my poor Tian-Xu work late every night! If you have been the President instead, our Tian-Xu would have opportunities to find himself a lovely girlfr
Yang Tian-Xu knew her mother’s intention was to have him spend more time with Tong Yue-Yan. Even though he finds it a little annoying, he stills obey his mother’s commands. His mother hope their relationships could improve into something more than just friends.“Yes, mother.” He replied, thinking of how short it would be to take her home, he couldn’t careless about it if it makes his mother happy.“Oh no, it’s okay, President Yang just got home. I wouldn’t want to bother him so much. I have my driver waiting outside.”“Oh please, both of you should stop being so polite to each other, Tian-Xu is only three years older than you. You can call him by his first name.” Then she turned to look at her son, “You too Tian-Xu, stop being so polite and treat each other friendlier.”“Yes, mother.” Tian-Xu obediently replied. “Yue-Yan, shall I see you to your car then?”&
He dresses up like he would for work, just like he would attend a business meeting. Proper, in a blue suit that matches his body and skin tone. It was already 9:15 a.m when he left home. His parents were more excited than he was, they reminded him to be sure to treat her for brunch and so on. Yang Tian-Xu was always obedient, even though he feels like this was more of a business than it was a romantic relationship, he still shows up on time at 9:55 a.m.The Tong Family has a small villa in City Y. Their villa has a beautiful garden, in which Tong Yue-Yan's aunt had maintained. She took care of the businesses the Tong family has in City Y while her brother; Tong Yue-Yan’s father would take care of activities in City A.By the time he rang the doorbell, she was ready. He said his greetings to Tong Yue-Yan’s aunt when she opened the door to greet him. As he waited by his front door, by 10:00 a.m. sharp, she ascended down from the stairs and saw him by the do
Chapter 3: Where are you? Part 1With his cold attitude towards her—Yang Tian-Xu's mother had already warned her last night, telling her how he could be such a workaholic. The thoughts of his seriousness made her felt like he would become a great husband. She remained by his side without saying another word: she was in his presence silently watching him. Unaware he was thinking about another. Tong Yue-Yan thought perhaps she had taken a step closer to Yang Tian-Xu's heart. Enjoying the silence surrounding with him, being as patient as she could. "Do you want another cup of coffee?" Tong Yue-Yan asked him politely. At 1:30 p.m., they were sitting around for over an hour. Yang Tian-Xu had finally turned to look at her and said, "Sorry, I must bore you. Would you like to go?" "Oh, it's okay, we can stay if you like!" Nervous, not wanted him to think she was bored. "Are you—" Then her stomach growls a little. She had not eaten breakfast because she spe
Chapter 3: Where are you? Part 2Assistant Tseng text back, "Everything is doing great, boss. No need to worry, I can handle it, and I will keep you updated." Yang Tian-Xu never worried about his assistant's work, he knew the guy was competent. It's just that he felt a little bored. How long does it take someone to finish a salad? As Tong Yue-Yan took her sweet time with her meal, Yang Tian-Xu didn't bother to rush her, he sat there quietly as he reads over the latest news in the business industry. Occasionally, he would pretend like he was having lunch with her, and let out a small gentle smile. He wondered about the girl again. Where are you? If only you were here.A bright, beautiful Friday afternoon, the girl, with long shiny light-black hair, with light-brown eyes almost as if they were hazel. She appeared at Yang Corps' front entrance. With her name displayed on the visitor tag as Wang Yi-An. Comparing her and Tong Yue-Yan, she wasn't as pretty. However, she wa
Chapter 3: Where are you? Part 3"Yang Corps has the best benefits," She replied honestly. "You know Pan Holding's Inc has good benefits too," said the manager on the left. Wang Yi-An didn't think before she said, "But I like Yang Corps better." They smiled, and Assistant Tseng asked, "Why do you like Yang Corps better?" "Because Yang Corps cares deeply for their employees." This fact was that Yang Corps featured in an Employer of the year magazine. It highlighted them, and at the top 10 listed companies selected by employees in City Y, Yang Corps topped the list in first place. All the employees were proud to be part of Yang Corps compared to the other nine companies. In fifth place was Pan Holding Incorporated, although they had a higher paying salary than Yang Corps, and the other companies, their treatment for employees were not as good and fair. Pan Holding Incorporated was a company of competition among each other. Where, if their monthly rep
Just as Yang Tian-Xu waited for Tong Yue-Yan to finish the salad, Yang Tian-Xu was thinking about her, the girl he had a dream about and couldn't stop thinking of. He imagined the girl sitting across from him was her instead of Tong Yue-Yan. The corner of his lips curved up, and Tong Yue-Yan thought it was a smile meant for her. It made her happy and smiled back. Preoccupied with thoughts of another, Yang Tian-Xu completely ignored Tong Yue-Yan.Yang Tian-Xu snapped out of his thoughts, back to reality as he heard a notification chime from his smartphone. He looked down to read the message."Boss, you would be in shock! This student I interviewed today, just wow! An amazing talent! A photographic memory, I tell ya! I already informed the student to start the internship in two weeks."- Sent from Assistant Tseng at 2:50 p.m.Photographic memory? Yang Tian-Xu ponders, since it was his assistant that made the claim, Yang Tian-Xu was positive he has proof and b