Chapter 247 - What is wrong with Him? (Part-1) (1/2)

In the room where the curtains were drawn to bar the sunlight from getting in, Song Jia woke up with the loud ringing of her phone that had been ringing for a very long time now. She groggily answered the call after checking the caller and closed her eyes again after putting it on her ear.

”Why are you calling so early in the morning, Wei Xin?” A yawn escaped her mouth.

”Early?” Wei Xin frowned at the other end. ”Are you still sleeping?”

”Yes, I am very tired.”

”My dear young miss it is past one in the afternoon.” Just a small reminder from Wei Xin and Song Jia's sleep ran out of the window. She threw away the duvet and sat up in the bed, with her back straight as a ramrod.

She unlocked her screen and checked the time. It was forty minutes past one. She ran her fingers in her now messy hair with a worried look on her face. ”Wei Xin, I will be—”

”If you are so tired, just take a day off.  There isn't much work here.” Like a good secretary, she suggested.

”Are you sure?” Song Jia as she tried to get off the bed, but her legs quivered when she stood and she sat back on the edge.

”Yes, I just called to check up on you. Stay home, I will take care of everything here.” Only after Wei Xin assured her, did she hung up.

She threw the phone aside and looked down at herself to find a blue oversized silk shirt covering her body, that reached her mid-thigh. With great difficulty, she headed for the bathroom to take a hot shower and relax her body.

When she undressed in the bathroom, she saw glaring red hickeys on her smooth white skin, covering a major portion of her chest and neck. Good thing she took a day off, she thought to herself.

She felt much more relaxed after she stepped out of the shower and went straight to her walk-in-closet to pull out the most conservative blouse that she could find. The entire time she rummaged through the closet, she cursed Wu Zhang in her mind.

At the Wu Corporations, Li Jing entered into Wu Zhang's office with a tablet in his hand and creases on his forehead. His steps were urgent and he looked troubled. He saw Wu Zhang on a call and waited until he hung up.

Wu Zhang lifted his head to look at Li Jing, and even though he didn't speak anything, his body language clearly indicated Li Jing to continue.

”It's bad news, a machine in our workshop collapsed this morning and a few of our workers got injured, while one of them is in a very critical condition.” He broke the news. ”Our influence has kept the news from spreading for now, but it cant be kept under lock for very long if we don't take immediate action.”

”Prepare for our departure to F City as soon as possible.”

Injury to workers was a very sensitive issue, which could serve as a major blow to the reputation of any company and Wu Corporations was no exception.

”We can leave in two hours. The next flight to F City is around seven.” Li Jing had already made the preparations beforehand.

Wu Zhang nodded his head and then Li Jing presented him with a plate of fruits since Wu Zhang has skipped his lunch today like many other days and then left. Wu Zhang was thinking to call Song Jia and tell her about the meeting when he bit his cheek.