Chapter 1

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On the street in the early morning, the bakery had prepared trays of freshly baked bread. Their fragrance filled the street, reminding passers-by to fill their bellies before going to work.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡToHe9HrkZn 維尼

A woman was choosing her favorite bread, she’d do the same there every day. As always, the old baker would be attentive to her.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡEY2xiUgij7 維尼

After getting her bread, she hurried onto the bus. It was soon full of people, with the rows of seats full of passengers. Everyone was shoulder to shoulder, and there was no more space left.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY4ZfZqko6 維尼

The passengers were all immersed in using their mobile phones. This little piece of technology really had everything; you could surf the Internet, watch the news and movies, and even play games. Everyone took full advantage of the technology in this era of explosive information.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO8TFXyg1s 維尼

The woman sat in the seat of three, sandwiched between two big men. She seemed helpless, but she still managed to hold out her arms and painstakingly type out a short message. It was supposed to be a short message but the amount of words in it was comparable to an essay. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1siGa5zZaB 維尼

She sent the message out. As if something had been dealt with, she felt a little at ease. All of a sudden, she raised her phone and started typing again. The man next to her glanced at her several times. He tutted his dissatisfaction, but the woman simply continued.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgzuDalnSO 維尼

The man couldn't help but want to argue with her. He turned around and wanted to complain but he was shocked by the woman's appearance. There she was, staring at him with her big eyes which seemed watery and attractive.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH9DltVgo9 維尼

She was well aware of the man's look of provocation. However, she did not back down, instead, she widened her eyes further. It was her way of showing him “I’m not afraid of you.” 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw1PJIhm89 維尼

The man's attitude softened suddenly, and he gave a silly smile, “I didn’t bump into you right? I'm sorry… I’ve never seen you on this bus.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡSV8AQDnQNf 維尼

When the bus arrived at the stop, the woman stood up and walked away. She turned around and said, “Hypocrite!” before leaving. The other man sitting beside him laughed at the scene.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡhITmaMhteQ 維尼

On the way, she raised her phone and made a call. “Hi, Wendy, I'll be at the company in ten minutes. Get everyone ready for the meeting about yesterday’s proposal.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eU5AWiaKQ 維尼

She walked like a soldier on the road, easily passing by pedestrians that walked slowly. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcpP34hMxA 維尼

Passing by a fruit store, an old woman accidentally dropped a basket of oranges. The woman, unfortunately, stepped on one of them. She was quick to react; as she fell, she turned her body immediately and landed upright. Passers-by were looking with awe, as some even took out their phones to take a video.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd3MBisx0A 維尼

Fortunately I didn’t slip.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyL3V685Op 維尼

She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead and saw the oranges that were all over the ground. Feeling sorry for the old woman, she squatted down to help clean up the mess.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxd3mcSxyF 維尼

Just as she was about to leave after cleaning up, the old woman said to her, “Just now you trampled on one of them. That’d be 10 dollars, thank you.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LLZEM0YkV 維尼

“Hah?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBR3dpF4cz 維尼

“Come on, it's hard for me to make money at such an age.” The old woman had a bitter look, but her begging gesture suggested otherwise. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAU9rTSkgL 維尼

She wanted to argue with the old woman, but when she saw that the old lady seemed somewhat pitiful, she felt soft hearted and gave her the money. “Don't force yourself to carry too many things next time.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡddGLitCiCm 維尼

Suddenly someone called out, “Wun Cin Heung!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlzyWHuY5y 維尼

The person called Wun Cin Heung could not see a familiar face, but someone came to greet her, “Cin Heung! Is it really you?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy0X7Jwsqe 維尼

Cin Heung had some doubt and asked, “You are...?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCdDuBBCSN 維尼

“You don’t remember me? Yu Sum Ting! Remember?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZnDzRZ3g6 維尼

“Oh! Big nose Ting... Ah... Sorry…”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5nXduf6sP 維尼

“You only remembered my nickname! I haven't seen you since high school! Look at you now, dressed up so nicely. You must have it good!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZPHNFiGQs 維尼

“Ha... Just an office worker.” Cin Heung smiled awkwardly.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLUZL6d3Sa 維尼

“What a coincidence! Are you free tonight? I’m meeting up with some old classmates! I haven't seen you for years, you should come! Give me your number!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡNK2LlD4veL 維尼

Sum Ting did not give time for Cin Heung to speak at all.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2q9nozs1r 維尼

Cin Heung only wanted to return to the office quickly, so she gave her number without much thought. Of course, she wouldn’t know at that time that this would change her destiny.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25QiDNBqw2 維尼

After saying goodbye to Sum Ting, she hurried back to the company.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r2557sOns 維尼

“Today, my car broke down and there were no taxis. I met this hypocritical man, forced to pay an old woman, and somehow agreed to joining my old classmates for dinner. Strange, very strange!” Cin Heung muttered.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAGIamMYj1 維尼

She finally arrived at her work place. It was a large trading company with more than hundreds of employees. Wun Cin Heung was the director of the fashion brand marketing department in this company, with only eight subordinates; it was a small department.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjNGW8LGC2 維尼

The receptionist in the office saw her then greeted her and whispered, “Thunderstorm warning for the boss today.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyYJvji0FZ 維尼

Cin Heung smiled and said, “So many strange things happened today. this much is expected!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡcovlNWCDpH 維尼

The staff at the department would greet her sister Heung or sister Wun. They greeted her one after the other and Cin Heung would always respond with a polite “Good morning.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSVx8Rb5AS 維尼

After entering her office, she looked around at all her subordinates. Then she spotted a guy that was not aware of her presence, still eating his breakfast. Someone then called out, “Morning sister Wun!” Immediately, the guy was startled and even pretended to be calling someone.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIZBhEoHn7 維尼

The person called Wendy came up to her and said, “The conference room’s ready for the meeting.” Wendy knew how to dress well; the way she dressed radiated sophistication. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHdYY3xMDX 維尼

After thinking about it for a moment, Cin Heung said to everyone, “Settle the things you’re doing in 10 minutes and wait for me in the conference room.” With a slight sigh, she went into her office. She took out the lukewarm bread, took a bite and felt a little satisfaction. Her day of work would start soon. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa8ukber9o 維尼

Wendy hurried to her desk, tidied up her papers, and said, “Alvis, you're dead today. Sister Wun saw you not working!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡETHB2c5Jk9 維尼

“She seems to be in a bad mood,” Alvis said.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z1PUhZQMN 維尼

“I heard that she broke up with her boyfriend recently. We’ll surely suffer for some time!” Said a pretty girl.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm7EH8InN8 維尼

Wendy advised her, “Siu Huen, you'd better not talk about it. If sister Wun heard about it, you’d be killed immediately.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡfopIlJZX1G 維尼

“So you know about it too!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1VC5H66Oq 維尼

“Do you?! I'd like to know more too. Wendy, tell us more!” Another young woman chimed in.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06QZ6C3syr 維尼

“Ah Yue, have you not heard about it? You’re always slow with these things!” Siu Huen said. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12GtjUfzBP 維尼

Wendy then interjected, “Get into the meeting room already. If sister Wun came out and saw that you guys were still here, then you guys can take care of it yourself!” After leaving that behind she walked to the meeting room.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGzHGrI6VQ 維尼

Everyone took their tablets and quickly left their seats.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡCbeLFrb0L0 維尼

Everyone gathered in the meeting room to wait for Cin Heung. Not long after, Cin Heung pushed the door open and sat in the front of the table. She examined everyone in the room and everyone was silent. Some felt embarrassed, some were flustered, others forced themselves to calm down.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNH37csPRA 維尼

Cin Heung twitched her lips and said, “Wendy, talk about the key points of our earlier proposal.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQpBR9I21A 維尼

Wendy pressed a few times on the tablet then reported, “Lace Clothing will be holding a news conference at the abandoned glass factory. In order to match the romantic features of their new dress, Pellia, a famous harpist, will be invited to Hong Kong to perform in the fashion show.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡLN1YPCxNFr 維尼

Cin Heung suddenly said, “Stop! Stop there.” Then she looked at everyone. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pK3ehF8dL 維尼

Cin Heung then said slowly, “At the head office’s general meeting yesterday, someone else actually said this plan word for word. This person, not me of course, was another brand director in the company!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXbnzuHNAH 維尼

Everyone did not dare to make a sound. Out of nowhere, a mosquito came buzzing in front of Cin Heung. She smacked the mosquito flat on the table top with force. The eight subordinates sprang up in fright and all gulped in fear.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡSd4GHouKhk 維尼

Cin Heung lifted her palm and there was a flattened mosquito on her hand. She stared at it a little, cleaned her palm with a sterile paper towel, and said, “It's useless to investigate now. Here’s another set of information that will allow you people to make a new plan in three days.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡPu6irvXyZ4 維尼

She placed a thick document folder in the center of the table.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQiOYAXuE0 維尼

Cin Heung then said lastly, “I know what’s going on. So don’t let this happen again.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡHk4tsnxiAW 維尼

She said each word clearly while staring at everyone in the room, then left the room after that.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Q6aEim9B 維尼

The moment the door was closed, her staff immediately began to talk.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40itR41qnU 維尼

“It’s all because she broke up with her boyfriend!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgTMw8yugY 維尼

“Ah! We definitely can’t go home tonight!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeztYmkGuy 維尼

“What's the matter with her! Doing all of this for the sake of her boyfriend.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUIr6L1QEU 維尼

Wendy interjected, “Stop talking about her boyfriend!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC7otzN4tR 維尼

Cin Heung, just outside the door, was about to go back to get some information when she heard those words. Silently, she stayed around the corner.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwLysn9MF6 維尼

“Cin Heung, why are you standing there?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡquynydkyU0 維尼

She turned her head then greeted, “Hi! Natalie.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡitZTqaa7EE 維尼

“Good thing I found you! Boss is looking for you.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNE1U6EmM2 維尼

“Okay.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22jfun48f2 維尼

Cin Heung took the elevator to a higher floor where not many people came and went. Only staff members in suits would occasionally walk past her. There were luxurious office rooms on both sides of the quiet corridor, a place reserved for the senior staff. At the end of the corridor, there was a big room with double doors. The female secretary in front of it greeted her, “Miss Wun, please wait a moment.” She then dialed the phone. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uaCMSvN2a 維尼

She then said, “Miss Wun, Mr. Gum invites you in.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOOBRTfoeh 維尼

“Thank you Joey.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6KxmuN4aN 維尼

The Secretary smiled sweetly in response.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6dE6eyE7g 維尼

After opening the door, inside was a spacious room. It wasn’t really an office but more of a luxury house. It had a big living room, luxurious sofas, a bar, and even a large TV! There was probably a bedroom and bathroom somewhere in the inner rooms. Money definitely created strange habits in people. In the middle lay a big desk, and before it sat Mr. Gum, their boss.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4q4NKIhLs 維尼

Mr. Gum saw Cin Heung coming in and slowly stood up to signal her to the bar. She then went there and stood there. 8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡugxuAjGYSD 維尼

There was nothing special about Mr. Gum’s appearance, his facial features were proper, but his smile seemed sinister. Especially toward a beautiful woman like Cin Heung, he looked even more indecent.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t25pqAIuc 維尼

Mr. Gum poured a glass of alcohol and pushed it over to Cin Heung.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgL0EbIjA0 維尼

Cin Heung smiled and said, “Mr. Gum, I don't drink at work.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRPSsvLzuD 維尼

“A little is fine.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPGdLPkZdm 維尼

“No, thank you.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNFfkRddng 維尼

“Well… The sales of the brand you’re in charge of has declined recently. What do you have to say about the sales strategy?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0wCITnm2y 維尼

Cin Heung gazed at the glass of alcohol, turned to look at him, and said calmly, “My responsibility is to package the brand, formulate the market positioning for the product, and create brand topics to enhance its value. The reason for the decline in consumer sales is not a lack of publicity, but because the price point is wrongly set; the sales tactic is also wrong of course. We most definitely had a lot of publicity.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg3j6NM9XR 維尼

“No theory! Get to the main point!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lTOXL04HL 維尼

“The consumer sales department has been promoting sales by means of price reduction. Our products are high end; in doing so, the rich people would stay away, and ordinary consumers wouldn't buy a lot. The result is obvious. In my opinion, Mr. Gum, you should instead ask the sales manager about this.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡch5ghEB1vf 維尼

After hearing this, Mr. Gum was speechless. He raised his glass of alcohol and drank it himself. Suddenly he asked, “Cin Heung! Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrsiQ7rlZc 維尼

She was surprised and said with a smile, “I’m sorry, Mr. Gum. I'm afraid I can’t accept your offer, I’m meeting my former classmates for dinner tonight.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ25HHSamM 維尼

“Cin Heung, you’re missing out on an opportunity… Really?”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU22Iwz5wF 維尼

Cin Heung said with a smile, “Opportunity you say... Right, I'm busy with work. I'll leave first if there’s nothing else.”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkgWlHyfAn 維尼

After a few more words from her boss, Cin Heung finally got away from him and walked out from the office. Clenching her fist, she muttered, “Bad luck! I’m plagued by the gods today!”8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡyItx6ZuZsD 維尼

Every day, Cin Heung not only had to work but also deal with all sorts of people.8964 copyright protection735ＰＥＮＡＮＡWycqXOq4R6 維尼739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8AvFH3UEj