Chapter 75 (1/2)

Chapter 75

It was ten o’clock in the morning. The weekly meeting for J’appelle was in progress.

After the CEO and CFO had spoken, the advertising department announced some good news, “ We have already got 15 seconds of prime time in the TV station” , the head of the department said as his assistant circulated the relevant documents.

This was the first time that J’appelle was able to break Li’s attempts at blocking a favourable advertising slot for J’appelle

But this was also the fourth time that Yan Liang’s mind seemed to be somewhere else during the meeting.

The assistant again reminded her, “ Ms Yan.” Yan Liang suddenly recovered, looked around and realised it was her turn to say something now.

After the meeting, Yan Liang was back at her office. Computer , files on desk.. all were waiting for her attention.

The Ya Yan project that was shelved two years ago was also restarting, and would keep her very busy for a while.

The thought of visiting the R&D centre in the afternoon and then have dinner with Lu Zheng so she could socialise with the industry big wigs gave her a headache.

She had not slept at all at night. As she forced herself to stay awake, her brain wondered and she unconsciously doodled on the document in front of her. When she looked down to see what she had written , she was startled…

You can’t do this now..

Don’t..

Don’t do this …

Wrong

This is retribution..

Retribution..

Scrunching the paper , she threw it in the dustbin. She widened her eyes to keep the sleep away. While opening the document she dialled the intercom and asked her secretary to get her some coffee.

Soon someone knocked on the door. She thought this was her secretary, she could smell the mellow aroma of the coffee. Yan Liang took the coffee while looking at the document.

But the secretary did not leave. Puzzled, Yan Liang put the one down and looked up.

Lu Zheng was standing at the table, his arms folded as he looked down at her . She was surprised by his appearance and faintly smiled,

“ Why are you here ?”

“ I was just passing by. Thought I’d come up and see you.”

She smiled in response. Then she picked up the phone to instruct her Secretary again,” Please get Mr Lu some coffee.”

She hung up the phone and gave Lu Zheng an apologetic smile,” I’m very busy today, I have no time to chat with you.”

Lu Zheng did not react. He looked at the table full of documents and looked at her with worry, “ I heard your assistant say

that you are working very hard for a long time. You are not getting enough rest.”

“ There is..” lu Zheng suddenly leaned close, he bent his head near her neck. Her neck had always been her most sensitive place, Yan Liang immediately sat back, but Lu Zheng moved back as well.” How some you smell of hospital disinfectants ?”

“……” “…”

“ Are you sick ?”

How could she tell him that she had been going to the hospital every night, not because she was ill, but to just sit there

night after night ?

She couldn’t

So she only smiled

She knew he was gentleman enough not to ask again.

**** ****

In the evening dinner, although there were enough senior officers of J’appelle including the marketing manager and so on, as host , Yan Liang had to drink a glass or two of wine and felt slightly fuzzy.

There were some large scale distributors. Many of the second and third tier cities that J’appelle could not touch earlier were in the hands of these people. They were old friends of the Ming Ting Group and had no direct interest with Li Group. Hence Yan Liang was asking them for their co operation .

Many of them agreed , “ Ok! No problem. Tomorrow we can sign the contract. If Lu Zheng is here, how can we say no ?”

After a while , the dealers were helped by their assistants out of the hotel. A follow up event was arranged in a nightclub . People scattered in all directions and Yan Liang got into her car.

As she got into the car, she told the driver the name of the nightclub. Unexpectedly, Lu ZHeng came to her car. With half of his body leaning down, he told the driver, “Please take Ms Yan home.”

Yan Liang turned around to see him.

“ I asked him to take you home, I will continue to accompany them to drink in the next event.”