The Cage Of The Past

Everyone holds their breath, they have never seen this kind of suit man that will appear in the city that never sleeps, but they don't know which words to use to describe him, the man was so handsome and beautiful like Satan, narrow eyes inadvertently swept a point, like the dark night sky, fox-like eyes, hidden with the unspeakable cold, that will make a person feel thriller.

The thin lips pressed tightly, slightly drooping but inadvertently, make people produce a sense of coldness as if like a leopard with the purpose of aggression that locked a prey, and showed the self-effacing look.

Then, the person walked through the crowd and towards Xiaoxi Chen's direction.

After a moment of hesitation, Xiaoxi Chen began to pack quickly. She was about to take a set on the plastic cloth not far ahead, but she saw a pair of shiny leather shoes. Even in the dim night, the shoes were polished and shimmered. Heads up and saw someone's broad ċhėst. Slowly raise her head and lookup. Finally, met the pair of cold and puzzling magic eyes. An awkward moment for her but she doesn't have any other choice but to act calm.

"Sir, you step on my things! This is the latest collection that needs nine dollars and nine cents, you can have it but you pay me first!" Xiaoxi Chen held out her hand quietly.

"What are you doing? Selling this kind of stuff at night? Are you getting crazy? Are you short of money?" The speech is still so conceited. No need to ask and this man definitely Rouzhen Gu, her boss.

"Yes, I am crazy because I am poor, I come out in this street to sell these stuff. It is a decent job rather than I do something inappropriate. Now would you like to take a few of it or you buy all this stuff for me to get home early. Pay me now!" He grabbed her pulse out of frustration. This stupid woman really getting into his nerve.

Look across her palm and see a few cocoons, he felt a sudden pity for her. He frowned a little, a pair of soul-like eyes of the eagle, gathering unknown forces. It hit him like a thunderstorm. He wanted to drag her into his arm but they are in a public place.

She still waiting for him to talk. She's puzzled with his reaction and why all of a sudden their paths cross in this kind of situation. She felt humiliated but she needs to earn money.

People around watching! While Rouzhen's surrounding seems to have a strong current of air that kept everyone from speaking, just looking at them.

"I will buy all of this, is a thousand dollar enough? " He asked coldly.

Xiaoxi Chen looked at the few goods left on the box and shook her head. " Don't need so much, five hundred dollars will be enough for the rest, Sir! Are you sure you want it all?"

"Follow me!" Rouzhen Gu suddenly reaches out his hand to pull her.

"Don't want to go with you! Stop! Xiaoxi Chen never thought that she will bump into Rouzhen Gu again, why would he come to the city that never sleeps, most people who gather in this area are students? However, it is after the working hours and he has no right to control her private activity.

Not to be rejected, the large hand wrapped her small hand and directly carried her and walked to his Bugatti park on the other side of the street.

"Let go of me!" Xiaoxi Chen shouted, all her goods, tonight's effort was wasted? Not able to earn a few hundred dollars a night, he's costing her so much!

Xiaoxi Chen was dragged into the Bugatti, directly stuffed her in, closed the door, walked over the car to get in, and drove! Move at one stroke!

Xiaoxi Chen wanted to open the car but realized that it was locked, she stares at the handsome side face with anger.

Is he crazy? He must be ill! What does it matter if she's selling something on the street?

Rouzhen Gu felt her burning eyes but remained oblivious. Wait until the car to slip out of the city and came into a relatively quiet avenue.

She glared at him and shouted, "Sir, it's after my working hours and you have no right to interfere in my personal life, please don't affect me to earn money!"

"How much money do you need?" he opened his eyes, he is Rouzhen Gu's secretary actually sells ċȯndȯms after working hours, damn this woman making him pissed off. If someone can see her who is also working in his company will create gossip and the news will spread easily telling that Gu family are mistreating their employees and the wages given was not enough! "Say!, how much money are you lacking off? He was screaming out of anger. Xiaoxi got shocked by his reaction. "Didn't you hear me? How much money? Say it, say it!" His eyes were looking at her intensely as if he ready to devour her.

" I...just leave me alone! This is my personal life it has nothing to do with you?" she said slowly.

"Ah, really? You make me feel bad, you asked for this". He pulled her into his arms, holding her chin up and give her a forced kiss. He is losing his control, and provoked!

"Hmmp…!!! she's catching her breath after she manages to skip from his kiss. He bites his lips hard and the blood flowed from his lips, he pushed her and suddenly awakened from that moment.

"You are my employee, under the employee's handbook number 25, written clearly, must not work part-time after work!" Rouzhen Gu said in a cold voice.

"You are wrong, it is stated that no part-time allowed which is a related or same job she/he had at your company. How could you say, selling this kind of stuff related to my job as your personal secretary?"

Xiaoxi Chen tightens her eyebrows and looked at his face. This man, what the hell is he doing? Kissing her secretary without permission. Stepping into someone's life. "All right! Since you bothered me, pay me now immediately five hundred dollars then I will give all the remaining stuff. Now, Sir please compensate for the stuff and disturbance you made for me."

"Are you sure five hundred dollars is enough?"

"You have only let me lose these! Xiaoxi Chen met his gaze calmly, without a trace of timidity.

Rouzhen Gu groped up and down his body, unexpectedly there was no cash with him. He takes out the checkbook and signed. "A million, is that enough to compensate you, including the kiss, and all this craziness you've done, huh?

Xiaoxi Chen looked at the cheque and stunned, a sense of humiliation welled up in her mind. " You owe me 500 dollars now, although a million is a lot, I can't accept it. Give a little pride and respect Mr.Gu, you're stepping on someone's life. Save you cheque I don't need it!"

Rouzhen Gu stared at her eyes and found that there were stubborn tears in her eyes flickering, and suddenly pressed up against her thin lips without any trace.

"Open the door!" Xiaoxi felt like she was about to cry when she was humiliated and kissed by him, that moment makes her think again about the night she was nineteen years old ...the man in fox masked was ruthless like him.

Rouzhen Gu looks at her sullenly with his handsome face, silently yet focus watching her for a period of time and scolded. "Say, why do you come out and sell those stuff?"

"Open the door, I want to go down!" she said coldly and trying to endure, she doesn't want to cry in front of him!

"You are lacking money?" Rouzhen Gu's eyes locked at her little stubborn face and asked in a deep voice.

This word triggered Xiaox's endurance, she suddenly turned her face to look at the window outside, hoarse and roared: "Do you think that everyone in the world is the same as you, CEO Rouzhen Gu? You were born in a wealthy family and fated to have the splendor and prosperous life? How do you understand poor people's grief and helplessness? What do you understand? You don't understand at all! I'm short of money. I borrowed money to my best friend because I need to compensate you back, I need to replace you're lighter that I got damaged. What's wrong with me? Huh? Can't I make my own money in this way? Did I annoy you? Did you humiliate me with a million dollars? You wanted to tell me you are rich and you have the right to insult me using your money? Save your money and you can go or maybe support those African refugees or do charity to others. Young master! Your Highness this humble servant have dignity too!" she was crying hard while saying all of it.

He startled by her statement.

Did not expect this honest-looking little girl can have such strong explosive force!

Why is it so hard for her to make money and pay for her debts? Why did she feel so aggrieved at her office and after the working hours still need to look at his complexion?

"Open the door!" she turned over her head and not look at him shouted again.

Rouzhen Gu look at her stubborn face and said unhappily: "stupid woman!"

"Yes I'm stupid, I've always been stupid!" She just shouts it out, if she weren't stupid, she will not sign the contract to become a surrogate mother and if not because of that case, she's not going to be so miserable all these years, wondering where her own flesh blood is? Was so lucky to employed by Gu family as the secretary, I am so stupid, why don't you let me resign?"

Rouzhen shocked upon hearing her statement again. So this woman suffered so much after losing her son. He is the main cause of her agony, but he can't tell her right now. He doesn't know how to ease her pain. He is so stupid too, hurting her and making her life miserable.

"If you run out of money, you can borrow from the company because you are already my employee but not this kind of part-time job. Don't try to make a mess here!" He hired her and now become his fault! Does she know that there are many women that want to be his personal secretary?

"I want to get down the car!" She knows that she will not be going to listen to her explanation.

Rouzhen turned his anger face to look at her face full of tears, he could hardly bear it, "tell me where you live, I'll send you back!"

"No need you to send me. Pay me five hundred dollars and let me go!"

"What?!" You…..He wanted to scream at her but he controlled his emotion. He can't hurt her again.

"Five hundred dollars!"

"I don't have cash in my wallet, I can give you either by check or my atm card!"

"You compensate me!" She said grimly, wiping away her tears.

"Will pass to you tomorrow at the office!" He finally opened the door.

Xiaoxi Chen pushed the door, "Alright! CEO Gu please remember it, you owe me five hundred dollars!"

"Damn woman. Don't want a million but only five hundred dollars."

"I only want five hundred dollars, it is what I should get as compensation for disturbing me and I feel at ease, do not think that everyone is the same as you. Grow up and don't go overboard!" After yelling at him, Xiaoxi Chen got off and strode off.

Rouzhen was shocked, why does she be so different from other women. Xiaoxi Chen walked very fast, almost like fleeing, quickly run away from Rouzhens Bugatti towards the direction of her stuff. She did not know whether her goods are still there, did anyone take her items away?

Rouzhen Gu saw she run to the direction and get down of the car too, followed her there.

Luckily! All the items are still there!

Xiaoxi Chen had a deep breath and started to sell again.

In the distance, Rouzhen Gu looked at her small face in the darkness, decided to take out a cigarette, light up one and begin to smoke in the dark…. He can't leave her immediately, he will wait until she will return home. He decided to follow her without her knowledge.

"Mommy, the business you're doing is not good!" Chao anxiously asked when he saw Xiaoxi came back with a cold face.

Chao, why do you haven't gone to bed?" Xiaoxi looked at the clock on the wall. It's already at 12 midnight. The computer in the living room still on. "Chao, you are creating a game again?"

"Mommy, I wanted to quickly finish done a game disc and sell at a good price so that you don't need to work at night!" Chao doodles his mouth and walked to the water dispenser beside to pour a glass of water for Xiaoxi.

Looking at him so sweet, Xiaoxi heartfelt warm, both satisfied and sad. "Chao, mommy is an ȧduŀt, I can raise Chao!"

"But Chao is a man, man's job is to raise a woman!"

"You are not a man yet, but a little boy!"

"One day later will become a man!" Chao patted his ċhėst and rubbed his eyes. "Mommy, you must be tired. Let me give you a message…"

"Mommy, feel worthy as long as I have you…"

In the early hours of the morning when the sanitation workers clean up, swept a pile of cigarette buŧŧs in some dark corner…It was Rouzhen who consumed a lot of cigarettes last night. Feeling so much pressure while waiting for Xiaoxi to leave that street.

Rouzhen Gu did not come to work, don't know what's the reason? Early in the morning, the atmosphere is somehow dull, Xiaoxi Che is sorting out the documents, regarding the AVL cooperation project, it has been almost complete and only waiting for the final of Rouzhen Gu's clappers.

The phone rang and Xiaoxi answered it. "Xiaoxi, Jenny here, have you shown to Rouzhen our cooperation project?

"Not yet! CEO Gu did not come for work!"

"Show him as soon as possible, anything that needs to amend we will discuss later!"

"Alright!"

After putting down the phone, Xiaoxi Chen looked up at Mei Zhao who busy working. "Mei, why the CEO didn't come to work?"

"Heard that he went for a business trip, secretary Feng said everything will be handled by Manager Ni!" Mei's said to her. "Xiaoxi, I heard that the woman CEO took as a companion on the previous celebration, Emma Brown is the one he is with also this time, did you hear about it?

"Emma Brown?" Xiaoxi Chen intuitionally thinks that it is a familiar name.

"Yes, she's the car model, I heard that she is still a vɨrġɨn, when started with the CEO, ha! The CEO only likes vɨrġɨn, but there is a rumor said that Emma Brown is only faking her vɨrġɨnɨtƴ through artificial treatment, the technology nowadays is in advanced!" said Mei to her.

"Well! I'm going to see Manager Ni for the proposal!" Xiaoxi Chen smiled, but in her heart wondering how Mei knows so many details, even such intimate things.

"Dear Xiaoxi, what are you going to do now?" She met him face to face before she reached the door of Zion Ni's office.

Manager Zion, it is regarding the proposal of AVL, the CEO is not here but Miss Smith is rushing, please have a look!" Xiaoxi Chen explained.

"Okay! Come in!" Zion Ni opened the door and walk in, quickly look at the information she handed, although he read fast but looks serious, he is different from his usual playful looks.

"Although! Finished reading!" Zion Ni raises his head up. "Xiaoxi, I asked you, how much is the cost for the catwalk show this time?"

Xiaoxi Chen astonished, she doesn't even know! " I don't know! I haven't checked it yet!"

"Your proposal is good. The venue for the catwalk show chosen is the open-air Golden Day Square, it is very creative but there's no budget cost and this is your mistakes. If the CEO knows it, he'll strictly comment about it!" Zion Ni laughed and said. "But since I am a good and kind-hearted man, I won't sue you behind!"

Xiaoxi Chen broke out in a cold sweat. "Manager Ni, will five million USD too much?"

"Xiaoxi, you know that fashion shows these days are the foundation of every company in the industry that wants to stand out from the thousands of shows every year, five million USD is not considered too high. Especially, how much is the cost is also needed to depend on the return!" Zion Ni did not deny, but he raised a difficult question, and Xiaoxi Chen understood that his rigor was far from the casual loading.

She finally had a new understanding of Zion Ni. " I will calculate a reasonable and appropriate budget according to the cost of the domestic fashion show, Manager Ni, thank you!"

Today, at least, she learned how to ask questions without answering them, and throwing them to her subordinates, seems like a person who can sit on the Manager's position have a certain talent.