Chapter 47 - 47. Follow Protocol..

Finally, everything Secretay Qian had said, after he came in, registered themselves in her head.

Though she knew that she was his secretary, it hadn't actually 'fit in' her brain that she was with him 'alone' when he goes out, she had assumed that Secretary Qian would be with them!

She was too inside her world to notice that and now that she knows it, she was feeling a bit stuffy inside her heart, 'What is it?' she wondered and before she knew it, she had already spoken to cut Secreatery Qian off--

"Are they busy?"

Secretary Qian almost scoffed.

'Now you ask?'

He used a respectful but flat voice to tell her, "Miss Xun, as I said, I haven't been informed but considering Secretary Qin is out with him without any mention in his 'schedule', yes, it must be urgent." He enunciated the word 'schedule' because he wanted her to know that she was practically not welcomed here.

Anyway, it's not everyday Secretary Qin took off without early notice, the number of times this has happened could be counted in one hand over the few months, so he wasn't actually bluffing when he said that it might be urgent or emergency, then again, that was the most he would disclose, in the first few months when this lady came here to visit the CEO and he was not around, the other members in the secretary office gave away his location without hiding anything, he had disliked the fact because there was no sense of secrecy but the CEO always let it slide but after Qin Meilin took over her position, his location, what he was doing, with whom he was going to meet and everything were hidden and without permission from Secretary Qin herself, no one was allowed to disclose it, even if it's the Chairman asking for it.

Of course she didn't give any reason but offhandedly said that if it was really an emergency then they can directly contact her but still under no circumstances were they allowed to give the information away to others and she had clarified that doing so, will result in termination of contract with the employee and suing them for information disclosure.

Back then it sounded like she was bluffing and two among the team gave away the location of CEO Qin on one occasion, and BAM... they were actually fired and not only that, they were scolded and reprimanded publicly in the lounge area of the building by the Empress and then slapped with their termination letters in their faces...after that, who will further dare do it, right?

Why so much talk you ask?

Well you see, he knew what was coming--

"No need to call him. I'll get to him. Can-Can you give me his current location?", she asked with a tremble in her voice, she appeared pitiful.

He wondered for whom she was acting this play, it was like he was bullying her.

Anyway, you see!!

'See!! She asked for it....haaaah...Like I said, ask him yourself ma. You're his fiancee, right? You've his number with you, right? Why make my days hard?? Do hell with your surprise ba! ..tch...Oh! MY Dear Lord, I'll really hate for my future girlfriend to be stupid like this..please give me your blessings..Why can't every woman be like Secretary Qin...haaaah...calm down Qian Cheng, calm down. This might be your future lady boss. Behave. Behave. '

hmm... it seems our secretary has a split personality and he is also a huge fan of our Meilin, anyway, his professional smile still plastered over his face which, by the way, It took all in him to keep it, he spoke in a low voice, "Miss Xun, I can't do it. I mean the CEO's location and schedule can't be publicised under any circumstances."

She was startled because the last time she checked there was no rule of this sort but then a name automatically crossed her mind, 'Qin Meilin', who was also not here back then. She had an inkling, call it a woman's intuition but she felt that 'she' had a hand in this, still she asked in a tiny voice, "But last time..." and trailed off.

Secretary Qian almost had a vein popping out of his forehead, he wanted to complete his tasks and go home early, it was busy for him to begin with and now with her pushing his time, he knew that he might be forced to do overtime today.

As a result, he couldn't control the sarcasm in his voice because of his ill-temper, "I'm sorry, Miss Xun. These are the orders from the top, even the chairman is not allowed here without prior notice and appointment. I hope you understand."

He indirectly told her that she can't come here without an appointment any more, to be exact, he wanted to say that 'Don't treat our office like your meeting spot and please arrange your 'dates' in other spots there are tons of places out there to be explored by walking banks like you people, you're disturbing my peace', still, he could only say as much as he did in the beginning, at times like this he really hated this hierarchy system, the basic right of talking his mind out was being shackled ba.

After hearing his words, she paused a little before asking, "Orders from top?"

Well, although she didn't understand anything about business, being the pampered princess of the Xun family, she knew that the CEO was at the top following the chairman but the chairman of the Qin Empire had left everything under ZiXuan's hands so, she was not sure who actually passed the rule, she knew it was not him because there was no such rule before that means--

"Secretary Qin's orders. I'm sorry but speaking more is also not allowed considering it's the Qin's official matters." which can be translated to 'you don't belong here and have no right to know about official matters as you are only the rumored fiancee..'

The light in her eyes dimmed a bit as she clenched her fists, 'it was really her!'

She still had the small smile on her face even though she felt that there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone and honestly replied, "Oh...! Sorry, I was not informed....umm..still can you ask when they will be back?"

".......En"

As asked he dialed Qin Meilin's number.

"......"

She didn't pick it at the first call, that was rare.

She always picked it on the first call as he was only and only allowed to call her during an emergency and he had always followed her words..maybe something kept her busy....he tried again.

Actually, he knew this wasn't an emergency for the company and he should actually directly inform the CEO but he was unsure of their current situation and he couldn't make a rash decision in either end.

The CEO's love life is an emergency, right? He joked around in his head with a poker face as the other side still had the dial tone.

It kept ringing for a long while, just when he thought to cut the call, it went through.....but the voice that came was not of Secretary Qin but--

"CEO Qin?"

He knew it was weird for the CEO to respond to her call on her phone but he didn't probe, it was not in his personality to do so plus, even if he asked their CEO who treated his words as gold, he would never get an explanation anyway.

He changed his gears and put his words concisely and to the point,

"Sorry to disturb you sir but...um..Miss Xun is here and is asking for your schedule and would like to know when you'll be back?"

There was a small pause before he heard him say in a cold voice,

Before Secretary Qian could digest his words, he hung up.

'haha...why me?' our pitiful Secretary lamented.