Chapter 174 - EZ Express (1/2)

As Scarlet and Alex were slowly getting used to their university life, a certain company was starting to make major movements behind the scenes. CEO Zhu didn't want to disturb Scarlet from her school life. After all, it had only been a month since it officially stated. However, the situation was becoming worse and there was no way he could contain it for long.

Scarlet just came back from the university and was about to update her blog when she received an email from CEO Zhu. Immediately, the writer read the email. CEO Zhu did say that he would let her settle down into her school life before consulting her about other matters concerning Golden Pineapple Collaboration or Anastasia. It had only been a month so she doubted that CEO Zhu would contact her so quickly for a courtesy call.

The email started out courteous enough but Scarlet quickly noticed something amiss. Both CEO Zhu and her had agreed on only using certain phrases when there was a situation concerning Anastasia's movements in any messages. The phrase was well blended into the email that congratulated her on her university acceptance. It had a casual tone to anyone who was reading it so the phrase ”go get 'em” would easily be overlooked by anyone else who intercepted the email.

The writer chose to compose herself before drafting a reply. To match with CEO Zhu's friendly and casual tone, she weaved in some replies about her mundane university life before introducing her concern for the collaboration details. Using that as an excuse for the new fashion line and production, Scarlet asked if they could meet up soon for a face to face discussion as well as a factory tour.

Naturally, the factory tour wasn't just a regular facility tour. If CEO Zhu was reaching out to her this early, it would only mean that EZ Express was doing something huge in the warehouses of subsidiaries that the Pineapple Group owned. She wanted to know which warehouses and factories were involved in Anastasia's new scheme so that she could tip off Elfie even though she had been warned to lay off the case.

According to the email, CEO Zhu randomly brought up the topic of security in America differing from China. He mentioned gun laws in a passing remark but Scarlet wondered if there was more to it. CEO Zhu could have easily kept to a generic message. Why did he deliberately drive the topic towards guns? Unless it had something to do with Anastasia, Scarlet couldn't think of another reason why Ming Yang would bring it up.

After checking through her drafted reply, Scarlet sent it and went to shower. She had some assignments to be done today and Scarlet wondered if a certain someone could help her out seeing as they were studying psychology.

Claire kept an eye on Scarlet. For some reason, Scarlet seemed to be glowing ever since she started going to university. Maybe Alex was right about her sister needing a break from all the limelight. Ever since Scarlet announced her hiatus, the girl had returned to her quiet origins and dressed down tremendously. She hid behind nerdy fake glasses, didn't wear any make-up and was almost unrecognisable from her red carpet looks. Scarlet looked like the sweet girl next door and was almost out of place in the Beverly Hills neighbourhood with her get-up.

Alex, on the other hand, was still a popular social butterfly. It didn't make much of a difference if Alex was in front of cameras on the red carpet or going to lectures. She was still the centre of all attention. Unlike Scarlet, Alex made no attempt to hide her wealthy status. Her social media was extremely active and even after her hiatus announcement, Alex still continued to gain followers. The model wanted to involve herself with Scarlet's social media account as well but Scarlet refused to participate and even begged Alex not to tag her so Alex stopped. Instead, Alex helped to manage Scarlet's social media account to promote Golden Frost's new collaboration project with the Pineapple Group.

”Dinner will be ready in two hours,” Claire said. ”I will fetch Alex in an hour. Will you be alright at home by yourself?”

Scarlet thought that it was an odd question to be asking. Of course, she would be alright by herself in the apartment. Why would Claire ask? Still, to reassure the worried head maid, Scarlet nodded with a smile and told Claire to busy away.

Claire looked unsure but promised to be back as soon as possible. She also told Scarlet to call her if anything happened while she was gone and Scarlet had to agree to make the head maid give her breathing space.