White Roses Dyed Blood Red

The next morning Yaorui was pleasantly awoken from her dreams by her wonderful boyfriend.

Yesterday, she had come back quite content from the day's events, who knew face slapping could be so fun! She watched along with Mr.Chu and the future (present) board of directors as the victims of the fired sc.u.mbags were humiliated time and time again.

She must admit that it was a delightful show! It would definitely be a box office hit.

Today was the day she was supposed to leave for America. She frowned at the fact.

"Time to get up Rui'er,"

She pouted, "I don't want to,"

"Too late for that now, isn't it?"

She frowned some more and reluctantly made her way to the bathroom, grabbing a change of clothes on the way there.

When Yaorui exited the bathroom, she wore a white t-shirt and a pair of black leggings. She did not plan to sit in a dress on the plane for fourteen excruciating hours.

She grabbed her bags and kissed Samuel goodbye after about fifteen minutes of kisses and snuggles.

"Wait!" She turned to look at her boyfriend, "Kissu me~," he puckered his lips like a fish.

She giggled and complied with his request only to regret it right afterwards.

The second she planted her lips on his, he pulled her into a deeper kiss. Before her needy boyfriend could insert his tongue, she pulled back and left without a word.

. . . . .

"Good morning Uncle Tang!"

"Morning cupcake, anywhere you'd like to go to before the airport?"

"Can you stop by Fifi's Delight then the company,"

"Your wish is my command cupcake," Uncle Tang tipped his hat and started the car.

While Yaorui observed the moving scenery, she decided to give Samuel a little extra Christmas present. She pulled out her phone and sent him a short voice message, smiling as she did it.

"We're here,"

Ecstatic, Yaorui jumped out of the car and skipped towards the entrance of the bakery.

It was just as she remembered it to be. Smiling, she inhaled the wonderful scent of fresh-baked pastries.

"Hello, table for one?"

"No thank you, I'll just order and go,"

"Very well miss Li," The server bowed and left her to herself.

She made her way to the counter where several delicious looking pastries were displayed on the display shelf. There was a sample tray by the beginning of the line that held nothing but crumbs.

It was still a bit early for someone to be out and about on a weekend day, there were about twenty people in the cafe. Avoiding the morning rush she assumed, she was the third person in line and most definitely the youngest customer there this chilly morning.

"Hi, what can I get you?"

"A box of assorted macaroons, two shortbread cookies, a box of Palmiers and one Creme Brulee, please and thank you,"

"281.79 RMB,"

A/N: 281.79 RMB is equal to $40.21 (USD)

Yaorui nodded and pulled out her black card, it displayed her name and picture in shining gold clearly for everyone to see.

"Y-your order will arrive right away miss Li, your number is 23,"

"Thank you," She smiled at the bashful employee and left to find a seat while she waited for her number to be called.

Not long after, her number was called, and she left the cafe carefully cradling the delicate pastries, humming to herself a happy tune.

"To the office, I'd like to check on the new board of directors before I leave,"

"Right away,"

Two minutes later they arrived at the towering building called Li Corps, the headquarters of the Li Family business, she stepped out of the expensive car and without hesitation, made her way up the steps of the majestic building and through the doors.

When she entered, her secretary, Kim Seongpil, fell into step right behind her. The other employees currently in the lobby bowed in respect, not daring to lift their heads to look at the Ice Princess.

"The new Board members are already seated and waiting in meeting room 3," She nodded, "Your flight will be at 9:45 am, I suggest the meeting ends in one hour to provide enough time to arrive at the airport for boarding,"

Kim Seongpil was a man in his early twenties and fresh out of Seoul's National University. He was the top student and attracted a lot of employers looking to make use of him. Luckily, she was able to snatch him fast enough.

Kim Seongpil had a more masculine face with no trace of any feminity. He had a face handsome enough to rival any male K-pop idol, and one could make out his strong build just by looking at him. It wasn't secret that many female employees l.u.s.ted after her secretary.

But she trusted him enough to know that he would keep is professional and private life separate. Plus her secretary was just as cold as the menacing CEO's you read about in books.

Stepping out of the elevator, she made her way over to meeting room 4, her pastries still carefully tucked away in her arms.

Inside the meeting room sat thirty people, all nervous and sweaty. Although they had met President Li Yaorui yesterday, they never had any direct contact with her. Hence the silent screaming.

"Good morning, everyone! I hope you are all settling well in your new positions," Yaorui walked in cheerfully, scaring the living daylights out of everyone except for her secretary.

They all nodded, afraid to offend the young girl seated at the head of the table.

Yaorui gleefully placed all of her pastries down on the table and begun to dig into her surgery delights.

"No need to be afraid, I'm in a good mood right now, what information do you have on your departments?"

Ms. Gu Lingyu of the Research and development department stood up, "So far, I have managed to catch twenty-three spies in our department and had them fired after collecting as much information as I could from them. Those that would not submit, were sent over to the security department for farther interrogating. We are currently working on two projects, one is researching and developing a completely organic skin care cream, and the other is finding ways to provide unlimited wifi aboard our planes and cruise sh.i.p.s,"

"How far along are the projects?" Yaorui proceeded to her box of macaroons, having finished the creme brulee.

"The beauty cream is 78% completed, and the unlimited wifi is just about ready to be sent to the manufacturing and engineering departments,"

"Very good," She praised the Research and Development director. Her secretary deserves a raise. "Next,"

Gu Lingyu sat down and looked at the man next to her.

Liu Chun, a dignified and playful man who knew when and where to be serious and when things needed a bit of a lift. He was the director of the Sales department.

"The sales have not gone up yet, and there have been seven spies found in our department, the leading product is currently beauty and cosmetics, which comes as no surprise. We suggest building another shop in the new district as well as one in the downtown location due to the increasing sales and popularity in those areas,"

She nodded and motioned for Liu Chun to sit.

The rest of the meeting continued as so, her delightful treats helped her through the boredom of it all. But she was not impressed with the number of spies in the company, she decided that she needed to have a thorough chat with her second elder brother when they reached America about the security detail.

And so, after dropping by Fifi's Delight once again, Li Yaorui started towards the airport.

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Meanwhile, Samuel was having some fun of his own.

"...love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you..." Said his phone in Yaorui's voice.

. . . . . .

Li Aishi watched resentfully through the crack of the door while Samuel foolishly grinned at his phone.

In her hands was a crushed clumsily wrapped present soaked with tears.

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you too..."