Chapter 81 - 78....hungry....

The next morning.........

PI PI PI PIII.... PI PI PI PIIIIIIII

WHAM!

CRASH!!

You see, that was the 7th martyr of the month.

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"Linlin....Linlin....wake up ba!"

Meilin felt like she was in a dream, there was no annoying alarm to disturb her peaceful sleep and her Xuanxuan in his husky voice, probably he just woke up too, was calling her; a warm hand, which she designated was of her Xuanxuan, was softly caressing her cheeks too, ah...it was very close to the best sleep ever!

After a few moments, she felt like she was floating, or more like, she was being princess carried by the strong arms of Xuanxuan, yes, she was definitely dreaming.

"eep", a soft shriek left her mouth when she felt like she was placed in a cold slab.

Finally, returning to reality, she drowsily opened her eyes to see white.

"...."

After ZiXuan used the towel to clean her face, he saw her sitting with a blank look, this unusual expression from her, ' how can be she this cute?', he wondered as he gave her her toothbrush.

Meilin, who was still a bit out of it, took it and mechanically started brushing.

Finally, as she used the slightly warm water to cleanse her mouth, she woke up as a slight red painted her cheeks, 'ahhhhhh! Qin Meilin, what are you doing? Showing your sloppy side to him?', she inwardly chastised herself.

ZiXuan who was watching everything from beside her and understood her the most to read thoughts, finally couldn't control it and a burst of hearty laughter left his throat.

Meilin who was startled by his sudden movements, looked back, connecting the dots, her blush from earlier deepened and made her go scarlet spreading till her neck.

She hurried back to her room only to see a wrecked clock beside the wall and on the ground.

"Poor clock", she heard him whisper with a chuckle.

When she turned back to face him, ZiXuan bent to give her a peck, "Good Morning, Linlin."

".........Good Morning", even she wanted to sulk sometimes.

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Breakfast for today was Tuna lettuce wraps and Chia & Yogurt pudding with berries, both were very easy to make, brushing the tuna with rapeseed oil on both side, she fried each side for a minute and a half in an already heated non-stick pan, Xuanxuan helped her mash the stoned and fleshed avocados, mustard powder and vinegar into a smooth mixture like mayonnaise and finally stirred in the capers, she finally cut the tuna whose inside was a lovely pink and placed them onto lettuce wraps coated with the mixture, placing some cherry tomatoes they were done and as for the pudding she already had kept the gelatin in cold water yesterday night so the whole process was a no-brainer for her, both the dishes were packed with omega-3-fatty acids and one was sweet too, it was killing two birds with a single stone.....or maybe three because Xuanxuan was delighted by the treat.

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The car was already ready for them as they came out from the Heavenly Apartments, yes, finally they started living together and as decided, they will stay in her condo for the time being, changing to a bigger one would have been better, but both of them chose to stay in here, as for the reason...it is a known secret to the both of them.....

A foolish thought of converting his penthouse into the CEO's office also passed away like a fleeting cloud in both their minds, it was an instant SHIFT + DELETE thought, there was no way they were going to give access to anyone else to that place, plus it was a good place to rest on busy days.....

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The day was as busy as any other day, visiting the left of the companies, taking care of plethora of paper works, lunch appointment with potential partners, yes, it was similar to any other day, if there was a change, it would be that Meilin was working at a faster pace than usual.

ZiXuan who was aware of her inner mechanisms, instantly knew that she was trying to get the thought of the dinner meeting out of her mind, the more she wanted to kill a thought, the more she concentrated on the given work, her work efficiency increased which pressured the rest of her colleagues to work faster to match with her, the members in the secretary office were still the best of among the lot and even if they couldn't match her pace, their work efficiency did increase...Zixuan would have loved to say, 'all's well that ends well', but this process had a demerit and that was when doing so, she forgets everything unrelated to work like, her immediate surrounding.

ZiXuan, who was given a three-layered bentou*1 with lots of onigiri*2, clear soup, a veggie salad with dressing and karage*3, looked up from his lunch towards the secretary office, saw the ongoing process of fossilization as the members weren't even given a minutes break from early morning, he sighed.

Thinking that it was his job to give his workers some pity, he directly went into the Secretary office.

Noticing his presence, everyone stood up to greet him in unison, "Good Afternoon, CEO Qin!"

"You may take a break. I have some work to do with Secretary Qin, if there is no important matter, do not disturb us for the next hour," saying this he strode back to his office and waited till everyone was out to go to her room.

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Meilin had a separate room for herself, today too she was working there and a young apprentice was responsible for conducting her messages to the other staff.

She wanted to pass another dozen of papers to them and hence, called for the girl.

The phone rang for a while but no one responded, she was puzzled, 'What happened?', she wondered.

She waited for a few moments to see if someone was coming, but no one did, she directly stood up and was about to go outside to check them when the door opened from outside, she was fast enough to avoid the impact but not the man who directly came inside and collided with the Meilin who had just dodged the door.

Meilin was unstable for a second but was pulled up.

Before she could say something, she heard a soft growl followed by a whiny voice, "Linlin,....I'm hungry!"

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Japanese styled lunch box?*rice balls with fillings and nori/seaweed*I don't know what they are called in English, but they are very close to Chicken Cutlets, though it can be made with other meat too..*