Chapter 5 - Survived

She stared herself at the mirror. Scars. Lot of them. They almost faded away but they still there. She swears, she will get her revenge. With burning eyes, she got out from the bathroom after taking her morning routine like brushing her teeth, took a bath, apply some conditioner and apply the cream she made for herself to the scars.

She, Wang Mei Zhen, is alive. Strange indeed. Fate really played her like a fool. She is alive and kicking, she's living at France for now.

She looks at her reflection on the mirror. Now she has new identity, new life. Lucky to her and her sneaky attitude, she always saves her money in the most secretive bank in the world that owned by her 'friend' and made friends with some powerful people from underground society really worth it. She could easily make her new identity for herself.

Now she goes by the name of Charvi Wang, the Mysterious painter in Paris and Wang Rui, the normal college girl who had just graduated from the most popular arts and doctoral university in France at the same time, some are envious of her talent and beauty, some are admiring her from a far. She makes a lot money from those hobby of hers, from painting I mean.

Yes, this is what she need, the new start. She, Wang Mei Zen will make them pay for what they've done. Before she knew their true faces, she was too docile to them but now... not anymore.

Wang Mei Zen, she was the former glory of Wang Tech company. She skipped grade in her middle school and high school. She got accepted into Technology division on the prestigious X University in China, she graduated with the most highest score in every aspect. She is like Goddess. But... Goddess too, have flaws. She's not good at physical education for example, that's why she took material arts class during her free time, to increase her stamina and to protect herself. And... she's to naive, too trusting to her maternal family. Now, trust is not within her dictionary anymore. Trust is only myth.

Her identity as Charvi Wang only had been known by her colleagues who always keep their words and some prominent and powerful figures knows her identity.

After putting little make up and lip gloss, she changed herself from her bathrobe into a long selves green tight dress and matching earrings. The scars already had almost disappear anyway because her excellent method, she has invented healing scars cream for her own excitement. She needed to erase the fact that she's Wang Mei Zen. Nobody should know before she got her revenge.

She have a meeting today. Aside from being painter, she invested her money by become one of powerful shareholder at Mars Company. Mars Company was not entirely hers but it was her nerd friend's, Mark. She only helped him established his company because she indebted to him. Yes, after she jumped from the cruise, he found her passed out at the beach and help her to go to hospital. She's a sharp girl, she knows that Mark had been suicidal because she saw his wrist full of cutting scars. She asked him, how should she repaid him. He sighed and told her his story. His company is going to be the top of technology chain but some people conspiring against him and making his company state in brink of bankruptcy. So, she helped him by being one biggest shareholders in his company while other shareholders take their money out from his company. Luckily his company could be saved, that's how they become best friend but it does not even make her to trust him and he's still cautious of her but he trust her, so she decided it would be best to call it mutual agreement. They have some trust issue to begin with.

She walk out from her house and lock all doors. Yes, she even manage to buy a house in Paris and a sports car from her paintings alone. In other words, she is rich now. She get inside her red Lamborghini and drive to MARS. Co.

When she arrived at the company, at the meeting room to be exact, some shareholders are looking at her, their eyes are saying they wanted to socialize with her while others are looking at her with admiration and some are looking down at her for no reason.

She ignored the gossiping woman who looked down at her and socialize with other shareholders politely. Then a man comes to her side and introduce himself.

"What a pŀėȧsurė to meet you, Miss Wang. I have heard a lot of things about you. Ah, pardon my rudeness, my name is Dominique, pŀėȧsurė to be your acquaintance." The old man with grey hair who is wearing grey suit said.

Wang Rui studied the man, the man was the former owner of the biggest hospital in France. After his son inherited his hospital, he changed his hobby from saving people life to invest his money to some company he sees profitable and he's a bit eccentric when it comes to himself.

She smiles politely at him and says, "It's my pŀėȧsurė to have you as acquaintance, Mr. Dominique."

"Thank you for your advise, Mr. Dominique. I'll be keeping that in my mind." She said, she looked at the time and says, "I'm afraid we need to end our discussion now, we should head to our seat since the meeting is about to start, Mr. Dominique." She inquired politely.

"Ah yes, yes! That's correct. Please, Miss Wang." He gestured her to walk first like gentleman do.

"Thank you." She says as she walked to her seat.

Her seat is between the CEO himself, Mark, and other chair is always empty. She knows about all of the person in this room information but didn't know much about the one whose supposed to be sitting next to her right.

The room gone quiet and the one who opened the door is young man, maybe in his 30's. He has handsome faces that would bring the world into chaos, he is tall like an international model, overall, his appearance is superb. He's wearing black tailored suit made by famous designer. She sighed, well, in her mind she thinks handsome men as a creature that cannot be read. if they are not gay, they are just a beast creature without restrain.

She looked at her teacup silently and took a sip. She brightened. It's her favorite tea. Mark really knows her preferences too well. The gossiping ladies are looking the handsome man as if they're going to pounce on him, lucky him, his arrogant, noble, intimidating, and overbearing aura suppress them.

While she happily drink the tea, the man who's being ignored rises his eyebrow at the young woman who's in the middle of her 20's. His black hair swayed as he make his way to his seat and his emerald eyes are looking at her with interest while other ladies who are looking at him with lovestruck look earlier looked at Wang Mei Zen with disdain. She noticed the glare from the ladies and looked to her right. She saw the handsome man is supporting his head in languid manners with one of his hand, the grey irises meet the emerald ones. He smiled at her, took her hand, and kissed her hand, "Pleasure to meet you, my name is Alaska Zein. May I know your name please?" He said in gentlemen manner.

Wang Mei Zen put on the mask she had been polished well all this year to her faces*, she smiles and says,"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Alaska. My name is Wang Rui."

He smiled at her response and says, "How about we have dinner after this? I'll pick you up."

Then Mark comes in, and he's surprised to see his best friends are getting along well. Then the meeting went smoothly. After the meeting he looks at his two best friends and smile suggestively at them. He couldn't really wait how this soon to be couple will surprise him.