Someone brought Xia Lei to the door of Shentu Tian-Yin’s office. Fu Ming-Mei was standing there and she rolled her eyes at Xia Lei as soon as she saw him. 

Xia Lei knew what she meant by that and he shrugged helplessly. 

“Sigh, you. Not even a phone call,” Fu Ming-Mei chided quietly. “And I kindly reminded you too.”

Xia Lei smiled. “Aren’t I here now? Being here in the flesh is surely more sincere than a phone call.”

Fu Ming-Mei glared. “Hurry up and get in. Make sure to make her happy.” She opened the door. 

Xia Lei walked in. 

It was a fairly impressive and luxurious office, all in cool colours, of course. The place exuded cold and seriousness. Shentu Tian-Yin was at her desk looking at a white Apple monitor. She looked up to glance at Xia Lei when he walked in, then smiled and waved at him to tell him to come over.

Xia Lei was worried that she would be upset at him and give him a bad attitude or something but she was calm, and even smiling. He did not know why but he relaxed a little. He walked over and said, “I really am sorry, Tian-Yin. Recently,...