Chapter 28 (1/2)

Shan Shan stays at home until the seventh day of Lunar New Year before going back. In this period of time, she has had four telephone conversations with the President, each calling the other person twice. The main topic of her calls was about eating and drinking, asking if he has been eating and drinking well. Big Boss mainly talked about the finalization of the return journey and the customer satisfaction survey after giving away the Lunar New Year’s gifts.

Both parties are also satisfied with the quality of their few conversations.

“You are taking the plane ah? You used to take the train?“

At Shan Shan’s home, Shuang Yi is lying on Shan Shan’s bed and watching her packing her luggage.

Shan Shan is also not speaking, quietly takes out her mobile phone, searches and shows a text message to Shuang Yi. She takes a look, “The airline company sent ticket booking confirmation to you? Why are you showing me this?”

“I did not make the booking…… The day before yesterday, he suddenly sent it to my mobile phone =  =”

“Ai yo, very overbearing, the desire to exercise control is very strong.” Shuang Yi holds up her face with both hands and there are many stars in her eyes.

Shan Shan shuts her mouth and decides not to tell her the message is followed by a phone call by someone who wants to exercise his strong desire to control. He ordered her not to wander around after getting off the plane and must wait in the airport for his flight to land.

Shuang Yi  is starry-eyed infatuated for a moment: “I am asking you, what are your plans after going back?”

“Uh firstly, pay him back the plane ticket money.” Shan Shan honestly speaks her mind.

Shuang Yi really wants to hit the wall and says: “Don’t you think returning the money is spoiling his good intention?”

“But I also cannot take advantage of him ah.” Shan Shan is very insistence.

“Of course the money has to be repaid, but don’t you feel by doing that you are being icy cold? Do you think your boss will care much about this twenty pieces of papers? You cannot do it in another way!”

“Then what should I do?” Shan Shan is struck dumb by what Shuang Yi said. She really feels she will look silly if she gives that little money to Big Boss.

“You do not know, soon after the Lunar New Year is Valentine’s Day? You do not know how to buy something and give people ah!”

Shuang Yi rants. She is a romance novel author so why does she have such a friend who lacks love IQ ah!

With Shuang Yi‘s encouragement, the two get dressed and go straight to the city’s most upscale shopping mall.

While they are on their way, Shan Shan is pondering over what to buy.  Shuang Yi leaves her alone to her thoughts. As a result when they are approaching the mall, Shan Shan grabs her and says seriously: “Shuang Yi, I think we cannot buy something costing $2,000. You think, ah, I owe him $2,000 so if I buy something worth $2000, it will not be considered a gift but a debt repayment. Thus, we will buy something costing $2,500 …..”

Shuang Yi glances at her and quickly ends the dialogue: “Xue Shan Shan, shut up!”

They stroll around in the mall and realise it is really difficult to buy a man’s gift, especially for a man such as Feng Teng.

“Shall we buy a pen?” Shan Shan proposes.

Shuang Yi: “Can you be even more old-fas.h.i.+oned?”

“What about a belt?”

“Also, no good, too sensuous.”

“How can it be …… Sensuous …… ”

“People say that men give women clothes to take them off. What you want to do by giving your boss a belt  ………” Shuang Yi laughs. “The female lead in my last book unfortunately gave a belt and it is the reason used by the male lead as an excuse to eat her up in the first chapter.”

” …… Shuang Yi, you write erotic novel ar?”

They stroll for exactly two full hours in the mall and finally buy a satisfactory gift. The next day, Shan Shan brings the $2,580 gift selected by the two of them with the utmost care to board a plane to return to S City.

The plane lands at three something in the afternoon while Big Boss’s plane will land a few hours later at the same airport. Thus after getting off the plane, Shan Shan drags her luggage to the café right across the arrival hall, on the second level.

This is what Big Boss commanded, to wait for him here and leave together.

After ordering a drink, Shan Shan finds a seat that can see the pa.s.sengers coming out from the arrival hall on the ground floor. She sits down and calls her family to inform them that she has arrived safely. Then after every few minutes, she will look at the exit of the arrival hall.

After looking a few more times, finally she also feels bored and drinks her juice. Before long she takes out the gift to Big Boss from her small bag.

The gift is a pair of silver cufflinks.

Dark silver metal inlaid with black gems, the side is very Chinese style, delicate workmans.h.i.+p brings out a low-key but luxurious feel.

Shan Shan lays them out on her palm. How to give them to Big Boss?

Does she have to wait until February 14th?

When she takes them out, what shall she say?

Big Boss will have what kind of reaction?

She rests her upper body on the table and looks at the cufflinks in her hands. Various kinds of images pa.s.s through her mind. Gradually, Shan Shan is feeling a little sleepy. She clenches the cufflinks and decides to close her eyes to rest for a while.

Slowly, she loses consciousness. She does not know how long has pa.s.sed, but in her drowsy state she seems to hear the sound of the collision of chinaware.

Shan Shan sleepily looks up and notices a well-tailored black s.h.i.+rt. The brain is not fully awake yet. She sits up and is surprised to see Big Boss’s gentle and handsome face.

He is holding a white porcelain cup in his hand and reading a magazine.

“You are awake?”

” …… ”

Shan Shan is completely awake now, “When did you arrive?”

“Half an hour ago.”