457 Rose Young’s Dream Part III (1/2)

Later that night, Rose Young arrived home at her condo unit after Jenny Tseng's driver dropped her off from the bar. The two friends were drunk but not completely wasted. They were able to hold back, as both still had work the next morning.

She was about to sleep when her phone started ringing. At first, she ignored it but it rang again. It kept on ringing.

”Who the fuck are you?!” she roared.

Despite her irritation at being disturbed so late at night, she still checked her phone. It was her father. Her irritation immediately disappeared.

”Hello, dad?” she slurred.

A few seconds of silence.

”You're drunk?” her father, Romeo Young, asked. Disapproval was clear in his voice.

”I only drank a little, dad. Don't worry. And I was with Jenny. We're both adults now.”

Romeo Young only harrumphed and didn't comment about her drunk state anymore. He immediately went straight to the reason of his call.

”The hacker I talked to said that his group couldn't trace KittyBaby's identity. The person behind that account is very careful,” he said.

”That hacker sucks, dad. Can't even do something so simple.”

She was looking forward to learning about the person behind KittyBaby, but it turned out that the hacker her father contacted was useless.

”You shut your mouth!” Romeo Young's angry voice shouted at her on the phone.

Rose Young's eyes widened, shocked at her father's fury. She didn't understand why he would be so mad at her for telling the truth. The hacker couldn't trace a simple anonymous account. Wasn't that incompetence, especially for a hacker?

She could hear her father trying to calm himself on the other end of the line by taking a few deep breaths. A few moments later, he spoke again.

”Don't ever say that again. Do you hear me? You can anger anyone, including me, but don't ever anger those hackers.”

”Huh?”

The drunk Rose Young didn't understand why her father sounded so paranoid.

”Let's not talk about this anymore,” he said in a calmer tone. ”We have to focus on your mission there. Your mother and I spent so much time, effort and resources in order to get you the CMO position. But look at your current situation! I'm very disappointed by your lack of progress!”

Rose Young's expression immediately soured.

Her father continued, ”That move you made with Jenny Tseng was so stupid! You graduated from a world-class Ivy League university but you acted like a dumb teenage girl! Use your brains!”

”Dad…I know already. You don't have to rub salt in my wounds,” she said through gritted teeth.

”You need to do something about your current situation or all the effort our family, the Youngs, and your mother's family made for you will be for naught. We are all counting on you to become the next Madam Jin. Your mother and I already made things easier for you by getting you promoted directly to an executive position instead of following the regular route of starting from the bottom at the main headquarters,” he told her.

Rose Young's mind wasn't very clear because of her drunkenness. Despite this, she still forced herself to focus on what her father was saying.

”Yes, dad. I know. I'm grateful for your help and mom's. I just…things just went out of my control. I'm in a tight spot right now. Big Brother Liwei refuses to talk to me. Even when some of the uncles and aunties from the Jin branch families who are also members of the board of directors complained directly to him, he didn't budge. He warned them instead to not give me any special treatment.” Then her face scrunched up and she burst into tears. ”Daaad! I love Big Brother Liwei so much but he's ignoring me!! It hurts so much!!!”