Xia Sha tried to work after the meeting. But her father's words keep disturbing her mind. She keeps losing her concentration and temper. Added with the lack of sleep, she ends up getting a headache.
When Xia Sha felt her stress is getting uncontrollable, she used to go to a solo karaoke and screams from the top of her lung. But because the Xiao family mention karaoke about her at that dinner, she suddenly didn't want to do that.
"Boss, you should take a rest. You haven't slept since yesterday," Fu Qun reminded Xia Sha while making the fourth glass of coffee today.
Xia Sha massage her temples take the coffee he made.
"Can you make an appointment with our company lawyer?" She asked him another question instead of listening to him.
Fu Qun nodded his head.
"Okay, Then I'll head home early today," She takes her purse and stands up. Xia Sha felt her head spinning once she. She stops and leans to his desk, stabilizing her body.
"I'll arrange the driver," He suggested with a worried face.
Xia Sha nods her head weakly, then pondering about going back to her mother's home. However, glancing at the heavy workload she has to finish, she hesitates.
"Please inform my mother that I can't come back today. I'll go home tomorrow night. I might have to pull another all-nighter today." She murmured.
In the end, she decides to sleep in a hotel near her office. Such a foolish decision because she ends up thinking more about her father's words rather than falling asleep.
Does he also use her for something?
The pain she feels just by imagining this is too much to bear. And he hasn't even done anything to her. Just imagine if she let him enter her heart even more profound than this.
"What should I do," she mumbles while looking up to the bright ceiling.
There is no way she can refuse him with all his charisma inside of him. He is like the Mr. Big to Carrie Bradshaw, Mr. Rhett to Scarlet O'Hara when he's gone with the wind, Daisy Buchanan to Jay Gatsby.
Something unreachable that her souls yearn.
To walk away from him, she needs to shut him off completely from her life. Thus, she takes her phone and goes over to his contact. There is a message from him on the notification list.
She took a deep breath and peeked at what he wrote.
My Handsome Boyfriend: Don't forget to take a rest.
My Handsome Boyfriend: :)
She felt a big hand is squeezing her heart. Hard and merciless. Waters filled eyes socket when she brings her finger to block him.
"Goodbye," She whispers to the wind.
***
One month.
One month has passed, and she is still ignoring Guan Xian.
She works like a robot for a whole month.
When Guan Xian found out he has been blocked, he tries to reach her out in several ways. She logs out from all her social media.
The only way to reach her now is via email. When Guan Xian realized this, he starts bombarding her emails on the second day she logs out from her Wei Xian. She orders Fu Qun to shift all his emails to the trash file.
Fu Qun thought she is so cold, treating Young Master Guan like this when he has helped her a lot of time. Especially when they win this case with Bright Electronic.
What he didn't know is how she fight herself to stop checking that trash file every night. She sees him trying to contact her every day, every hour, every minute before he gives up.
She felt her heart is a big hallow right now. And to fill that hollowness, she dedicates all her time, energy, and mind to her work.
She makes immense progress in her work portfolio and carrier.
Yes, The Xia Corporation finally acquired Bright Electronic.
She wins the lawsuit for the smart TV and sues Bright Electronic for plagiarism.
The Government chooses to accuse RY of Xiao's group.
She gains back the respect and trust of the higher-ups, and her grandfather never mentions Xiao Zhan's matter again.
In the meantime, she can't do anything to Xiao's family, yet. But she has a precise plan on her mind. The only trouble she needs to go through now is Xiao Zhan. He still stubbornly hanging on to the company even though she tries all her best to kick him out.
"This is my initial mood board. The images we need to create is this futuristic, clean, and modern feel that we offer to our guest. With your Boho-Chic styles, no one will believe this is a hotel with robotic service," Xia Sha snarls at Xiao Zhan on the head meeting chair.
"It's too plain. We need something unique to enchanted our customer." Xiao Zhan said with a smile.
"Do you even understand this project? It's all about experiencing the modern world. You, what? Want to take them back to the past? Fix your twisted mind!"
"Well, we can offer them beyond their expectation. We will let them experience a modern Boho-Chic, robotic hotel. I think this is a great idea," He said with confidence.
Xia Sha felt Xiao Zhan is being impossible to discuss right now, and she didn't have enough patience to deal with him. She furiously walks out of the room and slams the door at everyone.
Unprofessional. Xia Sha knew she is unprofessional in reacting to Xiao Zhan in this way. But every time she sees him, she just can't stop her blood boiling from anger.
She felt frustrated in her office afterward.
Fu Qun enter her office with a tab in his hand. "Miss Xia, Christmas is coming soon, what should I prepare for your family present? Should we make a list?" He asked.
Xia Sha turns her head around to the big windows from her office. Winter and Christmas are coming soon. Usually, she will spend Christmas day with Ling Guang and his family at U city.
This is the first time in five years she will celebrate Christmas with her own family. Present List? She probably should get the Christmas gift herself, right?
In the end, she strolls around the mall mindlessly while trying to forget about her problems. She asked Kai Xin to companied her. That is when they bumped into Xiao Ni, who claims she is under therapy to mend a broken heart.
"Good thing you are here. Quick choose whatever you like. I'll treat you today," Xiao said, raising a black metal credit card in her right hand.
Xia Sha and Kai Xin: "..."
What kind of God of Wealth is blessing them this morning?
She drags Xia Sha and Kai Xin into one of the most expensive brands in the mall and starts to shop like crazy. Kai Xin's jaw almost dropped as she directly bought two colors of dress because she can't choose what she likes better.
"Guan Xiao Ni, you always shop like this? Why did I decide to be your enemy back then?" Xia Sha shook her head.
Xiao Ni pouted and pulled other clothes from the rack. "I'm shopping to mend my broken heart. Consider this as my mental health treatment," she murmured.
"Still, you almost emptied this whole store. Wouldn't your mother scold you for being so wasteful?" Xia Sha asked again.
She remembers aunty Guan scolding Guan Xian for spoiling Xiao Ni at the ice cream parlor. Thus she knew mother Guan is opposing Xiao Ni's extravagant attitude.
"Oh, you do know a lot about my mother," Xiao Ni teased while Xia Sha averted her gaze quickly from her. Xiao Ni smiles when she saw Xia Sha's cheek turn into shades of pink.
"My mother wouldn't know because it's not my dad's money." Xiao Ni smirked and waved the black card in front of Xia Sha. "Tonight, even if this card is limitless, I'll drain all the money inside!"
"Don't tell me it's Senior Wang Kai's card? Is this your broken heart revenge?" Kai Xin gasps before clapping her hand with satisfied looks.
Just a week ago, Wang Kai call of their engagement. Xiao Ni going crazing in a shopping mall is not too surprising. But who would have guessed she planned to make Wang Kai's bankrupt?
Xiao Ni nodded and went back to her shopping spree, didn't even think when she said, "All this tie, packed them up for me."
"Xiao Ni, if you want to burn money, you shouldn't use the black card. It will be hard to reach the transaction alert," Xia Sha, the daughter of a famous banker, though she needs to tell her wealthy friends about this.
Xiao Ni gaps and freeze in the spot. She looked at Kai Xin in disbelief and asked her, "Are you kidding me? So even though I emptied this shop, he wouldn't know?"
Her aggrieved looks make Xia Sha confused.
"Wouldn't it be better? He wouldn't notice, and he won't ask for his card back. You can continue to make him bankrupt while he works hard to get money."
Xiao Ni pouted and murmured, "What is the point of that."
Xia Sha raised her eyebrow at Kai Xin in a puzzled expression. Kai Xin took a deep breath and rolls her eyes. Aiya, this hopeless friend of hers, when did her EQ grow? She is so stupid.
"She wanted to make him come after her. That is why she is diligently burning his money. Aiya, emotional blockhead like you won't understand," Kai Xin and Xiao Ni snorted at the same time.
Xia Sha's lips twitched.
"Does a woman has to work very hard to be noticeable?" She mumbles in a low voice.