Unexpected Second Chance at Love

”What’s going on here?! Why are you dragging me?!”

”This is outrageous! Do you know who I am?!”

”Let me go! I can have you arrested for false accusations!”

”Scram! I have a business meeting with a very important client! Are you trying to make me lose face?!”

”Why are you doing this to me? Who sent you here?”

”This is slander! I haven’t done anything wrong!”

A loud commotion resonated throughout An Qing as six middle-aged people were escorted to a room. Each person had been inside their office when someone suddenly burst through the door and dragged them out.

They were all being held at the arm by a younger man they’ve never seen or encountered before. However, as they try to free themselves from this embarrassment, they soon come to a stop in front of the conference room.

”Ah!”

Guo Rong groans in pain as he was shoved forward by Lin Hui. He stumbles in his steps before he was able to steady himself.

”Y-You! This is preposterous!”

He flips around and glares viciously at the young man. If eyes could kill, Lin Hui would have been stabbed to death by his glaring eyes.

However, that all changed and all the colors on his face pale like he was staring at a ghost.

”This…. How… Why are you guys also here?”

Standing near him were four middle-aged men and a woman around the same age. They were his colleagues and the very few he is closest to at An Qing.

”What is going on here?”

Just like him, they had been brought to the conference room with someone. He stares at each person and could not process the situation at all.

”Inside.”

Guo Rong’s question had only escaped his mouth when Qi Li gives a low growl to them.

Despite his docile appearance like a good company worker, the air around him was as cold as his facial expression. He takes a few steps towards the conference room and opens the door.

”Now.”

Seeing this, Guo Rong and the other five people were rendered speechless. Each person held a high position in An Qing. How dare someone treat them with ill-manners?

However, the longer they didn’t move, they felt a nervous chill crawl inside them.

There were millions of questions in their mind but seeing the six young men that surrounded them like police officers, they could only do as they were told.

One by one they enter the room and felt a wave of fear crawl inside them.

It was only the conference room that they frequently enter, but why do they feel like a group of children entering a scary haunted house?

The moment all six people were inside the room, they were even more speechless than ever. Compare to the atmosphere outside the room, inside was even more dreadful.

Guo Rong stares with his mouth open before his lower lip starts to tremble.

”H-Han Yue Ling.”

Yue Ling sat calmly in the main seat inside the conference room. Both her hands rested on top of the table with her fingers entwined together.

She was never one to wear too much makeup unless she was working a photo shoot. However, her appearance at this moment looked virtuous with a noble aura.

Standing behind her was Liu Shan, who looked easy-going and someone who is not reasonable. To his left stood Ju Suo, who could be mistaken as a teenager. To her left stood Lian Ni Shang, who looked as cold as the night.

Yue Ling stares at the six people her subordinates had brought in and she smiles politely at them.

”I’m sure you are all aware of who I am. I can also see it on your faces that you are confused by my sudden visit.”

Her smile widens, but it didn’t reach her eyes and she gestures with a hand to empty seats around her.

”Have a seat and I will explain.”

Guo Rong swore he thought he was looking at an immortal fairy. However, the more he felt her sharp gaze on him, he was beyond terrified.

As the COO of An Qing, he has never once felt this scared. Even when he was standing in front of Chen Limei, he was able to keep his composure together.

However, Yue Ling was different.

Compare to his encounter with Lin Hui earlier, right now, he swore his soul had left his body and was now kneeling in front of the Heavenly Emperor.

Like an entire day had gone by before he was able to return to normal. He struggles a hard gulp and forces a chuckle.

”You… I mean, Miss Han, why are you suddenly here?”

He stutters his words and quickly walks over to the empty chairs to sit down.

”I-If I had known that Miss Han was v-visiting, I would have informed the employees to straighten the place.”

Seeing Guo Rong sit down, the other five people didn’t hesitate to follow in his steps. Their positions in An Qing was high, but compare to Guo Rong, he is their superior when the CEO is not present.

Liu Shan watch the group scatter to sit like a bunch of ants. He scoffs incredulously at them before holding both his hands behind his back.

”Insolent humans with no morals. How dare you address your boss in an informal manner?”

His easygoing appearance turns domineering like that of a warrior. He stares at each person with sharp eyes like a tiger ready to tear off his enemies.

”Could it be that every one of you is getting too old that your brain is slow to uptake who An Qing’s real CEO is?”

Ju Suo and Lian Ni Shang held a bewilderment expression as both women stare at the assistant. The tips of their palms lightly tap together, and they applaud his sudden aggressive behavior.

It wasn’t every day that they get to witness this manly side of him.

However, unlike the two women, those sitting at the table with Yue Ling were sweating in fear.

They had been so full of themselves since the CEO seat was vacant. How could they forget that even with Chen Limei gone, there was still Han Yue Ling?

Being the only woman out of the six people, the middle-aged woman glances nervously at Yue Ling. Her brain concludes that since Yue Ling is also a woman, she cannot be a saint as she appears to be.

She inhales a deep breath and raises her head stares back at Yue Ling with a polite smile.

”Miss… I mean, CEO Han, it is my greatest pleasure to finally meet you in person. I am—”

”Liu Xiaoqing.”

Before the middle-aged woman could finish her words, she was cut off by Yue Ling.

The room quickly turns silent as Yue Ling’s bluish green eyes stare directly at the woman name Liu Xiaoqing. It was like she was staring straight into the woman’s soul and could see all the evil within.

Her eyes slowly flutter but her expression was that of an arrogant princess who didn’t care about what others have to say. She reaches for a black folder that had been placed in front of her and looks down.

”No need for the introduction. I know who you are.”

She opens the folder and a stack of documents can be seen inside as she picks up three sheets of paper that had been pin together.

”You are An Qing’s Account Manager, Liu Xiaoqing.”

Her words fell as she averts her gaze to the two men sitting on the right of the middle-aged woman. Doing the same with two more stacks of pinned documents, she laid them side by side with the first one.

”Textile designer, Xu Zhengyi and Art Designer, Tang Yimou.”

She then looks to the other three men and her words continue as she does the same with the remaining documents in the folder.

”Chief Operations Officer, Guo Rong. Production Manager, Yang Chao, and Retail Buyer, Ge You.”

She spoke each person’s name with a mischievous smile, and she leans closer to the table.

Her elbows gently touch the top of the table as her fingers entwine together and she rests her chin on top of her hands.

”I know exactly who all of you are.”