All the color drained from her face.
"Huian, why do you look so pale?", her mother asked.
"Nothing mom", she tried to smile, "I will head back to my room now. I want to rest for a little while and then I will leave."
"Okay"
She took the package and quickly went into her room.
"Is she alright? Why did I suddenly find her so scared?"
"She might be still stressed over the child thing. Don't talk to her about it anymore. It will tense her.", Father Xiang said.
She nodded.
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Huian closed her door shut and took deep breaths. She was sweating all over. She felt suffocated like she will die at any moment due to a lack of oxygen.
She opened the package and she really didn't want to but as expected she found a letter.
She tremblingly opened it. This time it was quite long.
Mrs. Liu Huian,
Running away to your parents home isn't going to help you much I'm afraid. I have my eyes everywhere. Now we will make this hide and seek more interesting.
Let's play a game. It will be a race. I will have your dear husband know your little secret. But not all at once. Otherwise, it will be over too soon. And where will be the fun in that?
I will send him letters with a part of your secret in it. If he gets all the letters, he will be able to easily join the dots and know what happened. This is a race. So you have to stop him from getting my letters or prevent him from reading them if he does before he figures out the truth.
Fun, isn't it? So let the game begin.
Huian started sobbing. She was terribly afraid. Because she understood that if he knew her carefully guarded secret, he must be really powerful. He cannot be underestimated, and she had no idea how to stop him. She was now forced to play this game with him where she would be constantly on edge. She cannot possibly hang around Jinhai for the whole of twenty-four hours. And he didn't even say how long this game would go on.
But she wiped her tears.
No. I cannot lose to him. At this stage, I will not give up. I will play this game. And you will lose.
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Over at Liu Corps, the whole company fell in love with all the changes introduced in their canteen. There were additions in food varieties with which they instantly hit it off. When Nana realized that there were few women who had recently given birth, she especially made arrangements for them to serve nutritious food that was in line with their health and speed up their recovery. Which made those newly became mothers very happy and emotional.
Father Liu was the happiest person ever. He thought this was the biggest success he clinched than any other business deals he had. As expected, he was frequently seen hovering around Nana ditching his work. He happily volunteered to become the taste tester, although that job was never needed. His assistant cried and cried because that man would always dump all his work on him and leave to have fun. Poor assistant!
Liu Jinhai was also very satisfied with her work. After his anniversary celebration, he had no doubt about her abilities and he knew the moment his father proposed this suggestion that it would be a big hit. He was just looking over the latest report his assistant Xin handed.
"Sir. The report is really good. There are no complaints but only praises sung for Miss Nana. I don't think we have much to do."
Assistant Xin thought that ever since Nana has become a part of Liu Corps, the atmosphere is really changed for the better. Especially it's also keeping his cold Boss happy which is good for his mental health. He also wanted to shower praises on this angel.
He often heard the chefs Bo and Zhemin's constant babbling that they felt so lucky to work with such an awesome chef like her. It's like they get a treat for their eyes seeing her beautiful face and their soul is cleansed when she smiles. He shook his head.
"En.", he paused and said, "Call her in my office."
"Yes, sir."
He went and called the kitchen extension.
"Hello." A soft voice spoke.
"Ah. Is it you miss Nana?"
"Yes. Assistant Xin right?"
"Yes. I called to tell you that Boss has asked for you in his office."
"Um..is it something urgent? I'm sorry but I'm kind of busy with prepping. I cannot leave now. It will take some time."
Assistant Xin now admired her even more. How dedicated to her job. If it was some other girl, she would have jumped on this chance to meet his Boss. After all, there are so many girls who try to seduce him knowing that he is married. He is handsome and wealthy. What more does a girl want?
"Oh sure. I will inform Sir right away." After already seeing such a job well done he knew his Boss wouldn't get offended.
He went back and said, "Sir, Miss Nana said that she is a little busy in prepping for food. So, she cannot meet you now."
He slightly widened his eyes in surprise. But then he nodded.
"I will personally go and meet her."