C521 - 521: I Need To Remember My Enemy
"Space helped me a lot. I'm very grateful to the person that leaving the space to me." Yu Qi looked up and stared at Long Hui's eyes. "And the greatest thing that happens in my life right now is you. Meeting you, fall in love with you... The things that I never could expect after relived my life. Thank you... Thank you so much."
Long Hui leaned over and kissed his beloved Qi Qi's forehead. "Meeting with you is also the greatest thing that happens in my life. Being with you is completed my life."
Yu Qi smiled when Long Hui said something like that.
"I just want to know, did you already meet the couple that killed you in your previous life? In this current life?" Long Hui was curious about that. His tone was currently sounded like he was holding back his anger.
"Yeah. I also met with them." Yu Qi nodded.
Long Hui frowned.
"You also already met with them." Yu Qi told him.
"Who?"
"The girl... Hmm... That person currently admiring you. As for the man, he wants me to be his girlfriend, back he was at my university."
"Bai Shu Jin...." Long Hui made a correct guess.
"Oh, you are true." Yu Qi was impressed that Long Hui made correct guessing in his first try.
Long Hui guessed after considering the same hints. The first person that popped out in his mind was that Bai Shu Jin. He also knew since when he took his beloved Qi Qi, someone always looked at them.
"As for woman, who do you think was it?" Yu Qi sneered.
As for woman, probably that woman who always come and disturb our date... Is it right?" Long Hui smirked.
"My Hui is right. But why don't you remember her name?" Yu Qi asked.
"She is not an important person in my life that I should remember her name." Long Hui answered.
Yu Qi chuckled. "Then why did you remember Bai Shu Jin?" Long Hui was clearly remembered about Bai Shu Jin.
"Of course, I need to remember my enemy." Long Hui nodded seriously.
"Why?"
"Since he is the man that wants to covet my girl." Long Hui told her.
.....
After revealing the biggest secret on her life to Long Hui, Yu Qi felt her heart was being free by the burden. She did not expect that Long Hui would accept a bizarre thing like a normal phenomenon.
"Qi Qi, hurry up." Long Hui reminded her.
Yu Qi quickly wore her shoe and went out. Long Hui pulled her right hand and held it as they walked together leaving the ryokan.
The plan for today that the couple would be going to the Illusion Museum. The Illusion Museum was a location where the limitations of the human eye were limited. From exhibitions, all things that related to the history of magic, collections of materials used in magic, could be seen here, in this illusion museum. They even had live magic performances.
When they arrived there, there were not many people there since it was a weekday. Usually, this place would be busy during the weekend.
They spent about two hours in the museum. Yu Qi was amused by the things that she saw inside the museum. Long Hui was chuckled seeing the reaction given by his beloved Qi Qi.
After that, Yu Qi wanted to see Osaka Castle. She did not know why she liked the old building very much. The shrine, the temple, the pagoda and especially the Chinese castle, Yu Qi loved to look at them.
The castle was very beautiful but the couple did not plan to enter the castle. When Long Hui asked about that, Yu Qi told it was a waste of money since the inside castle already modernized. They even had an elevator in it.
She did not want to waste money because of that. However, the view of the park around the castle was magnificent. It was very beautiful.
"It would be a perfect place to picnic, right?" Yu Qi asked.
"Hmm..." Long Hui responded. He did not care where was the place as long as he was with his beloved Qi Qi, it would be perfect. They walked along the castle park and relaxing under the tree.
"Where do you want to go next?" Long Hui asked.
They were currently sitting in a restaurant nearby for dinner. It was Takahiro Ramen Restaurant near Osaka Castle. It's located within the grounds of Osaka Castle Park. So, it was convenient for a quick lunch or dinner before and after visiting the castle.
Since its name had 'ramen', so the speciality here was rich tonkatsu ramen called 'Kasumi', which featured awesome rare chashu, menma, yuzum, and green onions as well delicious and tasty toppings.
The basic bowl was just 750 yen and could add the additional toppings. Yu Qi added an egg and extra chashu for her bowl.
"Order for me too." Long Hui requested.
Yu Qi nodded. "Do you want to add something?" Yu Qi turned to Long Hui.
"Okay." Yu Qi called the waiter and made the order. As for the drink, both of them just chose normal tea.
"Do you want to try 'sake'?" Yu Qi looked up and saw the 'sake' that been offered by the restaurant. 'Sake' was the rice water that had been fermented for a long time. It had to undergo a series of process to become 'sake'.
"No need. We can try after we return to the ryokan later." Long Hui denied the offer. "If we drink that here, the probability for we go to the next location is zero."
Yu Qi looked at Long Hui. "Wait, I'm a good drinker."
"Well, I'm not. I'm probably would be drunk and take you with me." Long Hui replied. It was a pervert reply but Long Hui could say it with a serious face.
That reply made Yu Qi speechless.
C522 - 522: The Trip Ended
Everything would end as well as their holiday. Long Hui had been called by the military as they requested him to report to them as soon as possible.
At that time, the couple was about to go to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan for their night date. It was a shame that they could not arrive there.
"Sorry, Qi Qi." Long Hui was feeling guilty towards his beloved Qi Qi.
"No... No... No... Don't feel like that. I'm okay. It is your duty." Yu Qi did not want Long Hui felt that way. She did not blame him. In fact, she was proud of Long Hui.
Yu Qi did not blame him but Long Hui still felt guilty. They packed their things and checked out from the ryokan on that night. They head to the airport.
Luckily for them, there was a flight that flew to Binhai Nation on the schedule.
The military was already waiting for Long Hui to land. So, he could not send his beloved Qi Qi back to her place. Yu Qi assured that she would be okay alone. So, Long Hui did not need to worry about it.
Long Hui left with the military. Yu Qi was about to get a taxi and bumped into someone whom she really did not want to see.
"Miss Tang?"
Only by hearing the voice of the person, Yu Qi could tell who he was. The person whom she had hated so much. She did not respond to him. She wanted to leave immediately.
However, the person did not want the chance to meet her slipped out. So, he blocked Yu Qi's path.
"Miss Tang. It is nice to meet you here. Are you going somewhere?"
It was Bai Shu Jin that had Yu Qi did not see for such a long time. He had something to do here. He was pleased to see Yu Qi. From what he had seen, Yu Qi must be going somewhere and just came back from it.
"Don't... Block... My... Way..." Yu Qi glared to Bai Shu Jin.
"Miss Tang, how about we have a talk?" Bai Shu Jin tried his chance.
"Don't make me do something to you?" Yu Qi gave her warning.
However, Bai Shu Jin treated it as nothing. He wanted to engage in some talk with Yu Qi since it was a long time he had met her.
Feeling angry, Yu Qi kicked him straight on his abdomen. It was a light kick but still, powerful making Bai Shu Jin fell on the ground.
"Ouch!" Bai Shu Jin placed his hand on the place where Yu Qi kicked. It hurt so much.
"Young Master." The group of men came and helped Bai Shu Jin to stand up.
Yu Qi glanced. 'So, there are his shadows.' Bai Shu Jin was indeed a second generation richie rich. He also was groomed as the family's heir. He had a group of bodyguards that protected him everywhere he went.
Yu Qi knew that there were people around him. She knew since she had met them in her previous life. They were also the people that cut her hands as well as her legs and threw her limbless body left to die.
Those bodyguards just followed whatever their boss said without hesitation and pity for the person. They cruelly cut her hands and legs.
Yu Qi scanned the bodyguards' faces. She recognised some of them. She remembered very well the faces of the people that night.
"Miss, you better apologise to our young master right now." One of the bodyguards gave his warning while glaring to Yu Qi.
"Apologize for what? He is shamelessly blocking my way." Yu Qi answered and looked at the bodyguard who had given her warning. It was one of the people on that night.
The bodyguards wanted to scare her by glaring at Yu Qi. However, Yu Qi did not care about those glares.
"Miss, our young master just wants to talk to you." A bodyguard said after Bai Shu Jin whispered something to him.
"No need. I have nothing to say to your young master. Step aside." Yu Qi replied.
"Miss, please." The bodyguards blocked Yu Qi's way.
"Do you need to do this?" Yu Qi glared to Bai Shu Jin.
"Well, I just want to have a talk with you." Bai Shu Jin smiled.
"Well, then..." As soon those words left Yu Qi's mouth, she already started to attack the bodyguards.
One of the bodyguards flew back and bumped into the wall. Yu Qi had kicked on his chest.
"Anyone want some more?" Yu Qi sneered.
The bodyguards seemed angry when one of them had been treated in this way. When they became the bodyguards of the young master of Bai Family, no one dared to disrespect them just like this. It was humiliating for them.
"Comrades, we should teach this girl a lesson ." One of the bodyguards said.
They circled around the young girl. The onlookers stopped to see what was happening. They could see that the group of burly men had trapped a young girl.
"What is happening over there?"
"They have trapped a young girl."
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"Have someone called the security?"
"I don't know."
On the other side, Yu Qi felt calm. She did not even show any trace of scared expression on her face.
"This is the way you want to play, hmm... Alright, I will tag along." Yu Qi smiled coldly. Her aura around her had changed.
The bodyguards were on guard. They did not want to end up like another one earlier.
C523 - 523: Came To Help
"Try not to hurt her." Bai Shu Jin ordered.
The bodyguards felt it was not easy to do so. The girl seemed harmless but somehow had a murderous aura around her.
One of them tried to grab Yu Qi but she slipped away and gave a kick on the man's chin. The man flew up and dropped like garbage.
"I don't have time to deal with you. Step aside." Yu Qi glared to the bodyguards.
"What is happening here?" A man came and shouted. "Oh, it is Young Master Bai. What is happening here?" The man recognised the young master behind the group of the bodyguards.
"Nothing, I just want to invite my friend to talk." Bai Shu Jin smiled.
"Oh, " The man looked at the girl who was standing alone facing the bodyguards. He then turned to the girl. "Young miss, you better follow Young Master Bai. You will not regret it." The man told the girl.
The man wanted Yu Qi to follow Bai Shu Jin. It was her privilege that someone like Bai Shu Jin fancied her.
"Follow him? Are you an idiot?" Yu Qi asked the man.
"What?" The man was dumbfounded. He could not understand why this girl did not want to follow Young Master Bai.
"Bai Shu Jin, I have already told you that I'm not interested in you. Don't waste your time." Yu Qi rolled her eyes and with the expression that she was annoyed with the man.
"Wow, the girl sure has guts. From what I can see, the handsome man comes from a rich family and he likes the girl. Unfortunately, the girl doesn't like him." One of the onlookers made an assumption.
"That man is handsome and rich. I don't understand why is the girl does not like him." Another one said.
"She probably already has a boyfriend."
"Then this man is trying to snatch her?"
"Probably."
"Usually, a woman will just leave her boyfriend if she can have someone handsome and rich man like him."
"That is you."
"So, what?"
The onlookers argued among each other.
On another side, Bai Shu Jin had frowned when he listened to the onlooker's words. The girl in front of him indeed already had a boyfriend. But he wanted the girl so much.
"Miss, Young Master Bai just wants to invite you to have some talk. You should not delay and disturb the peace of this place." The man who had come just pushed the blame on Yu Qi. He wanted to gain some favour from Young Master Bai so that Young Master Bai would remember this and reward him on another time.
"Disturb the peace of this place?" Yu Qi glanced coldly at the man who had just talked.
The man stepped back. 'The girl... Why is she so terrific?'
"Tang Girl?" There was one voice who had called for her.
Yu Qi turned and saw Grandpa Long with two men behind him. Grandpa Long approached Yu Qi.
"What are you doing here?" Grandpa Long asked.
Before Yu Qi could manage to answer him, someone shouted. "Wait. It is our Great General Long."
The onlookers suddenly looked at the man who had approached the girl.
"Great General Long? Really?" One of them did not seem to believe him.
"Of course. My father is a soldier. My house has a portrait of the Great General Long. And the man in the photo is indeed him." The onlooker from the earlier talk rebutted.
"He is so young and handsome." There was a girl's voice.
"I want to be his second wife if he wants too."
"Keep dreaming."
"Great General Long." Bai Shu Jin whispered. He did not expect to see the Great General Long here. It was the Grandfather of Long Hui, the boyfriend of Yu Qi.
"I have just come back from holiday." Yu Qi explained.
"Holiday? Where have you come back from?" Long Fei Yi inquired.
"Japan." Yu Qi answered short.
"No wonder... No wonder.'' Long Fei Yi played with his chin. "Well, but what has happened here?"
"Someone has blocked my way." Yu Qi was being honest.
"What? Dare you block my people?" Long Fei Yi did not say much but his loud voice could be heard.
The man who had asked Yu Qi to follow Bai Shu Jin was dumbfounded with this situation. He did not expect that the young girl had some connection with the Great General Long and it was quite a close relationship.
"Great General Long, Miss Tang and I are from the same university. We are friends." Bai Shu Jin tried to explain.
"Who is friends with you?" Yu Qi rebuked. 'Friend? Don't be kidding with me? I don't want to die yet.'
Bai Shu Jin hoped that Yu Qi would understand his meaning. But the girl did not seem to want to cooperate with him.
"Young man, let me advise you something. Don't covet something that does not belong to you." Grandpa Long said.
He knew that the young man in front of him had feelings for Yu Qi. But he could not ignore his grandson. That boy just came out from his nest when he met this young girl. This young girl made him more like a human being. He did not want Long Hui to return back so, the young girl must be with his grandson.
"Tang Girl, let's go." Grandpa Long said to Yu Qi.
Yu Qi followed Grandpa Long together with the two men who stood behind Grandpa Long earlier.
"Young Master?" One of the bodyguards called their young master.
"Let them go." Bai Shu Jin clenched his fists.
That Long Hui just knew her earlier. If she knew him earlier than Long Hui, she would be with him, not that Long Hui.
C524 - 524: Chat With Grandpa Long
"Thank you, Grandpa Long." Yu Qi bowed respectly to Grandpa Long.
"No need to thank me. I just want to do it." Grandpa Long waved his hand.
To be honest, Grandpa Long was satisfied with this granddaughter in law. She was the one who could get into his grandson.
Yu Qi looked at Grandpa Long. It would a old version of Long Hui. She bet that Long Hui would be the same as his grandfather right now in the future.
"How about we have a drink right now?" Grandpa Long suggested.
"Okay." Yu Qi agreed.
Grandpa Long asked his driver to drive to his favourite restaurant. When Yu Qi saw this restaurant, she knew that the restaurant was famous for its varieties of teas.
Grandpa Long was a VVIP at this restaurant. He even had his own room. The waitress knew Grandpa Long. As soon she saw him, she immediately led them to the room.
The room was quite nice. With an open sliding door, Yu Qi could see the garden of the restaurant. It had a variety of flowers that could go well with the tea.
"Tang Girl, what do you want to eat?" Grandpa Long asked.
Yu Qi opened the menu book. It showed a list of menus. But Yu Qi did not feel hungry yet. So, she chose a gingerbread with peppermint tea.
"Why have you chosen that tea?" Grandpa Long asked.
"Well, the peppermint tea has many benefits such as ease digestive upsets. It also helps to relieve tension headache and migraines. Peppermint also has antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Because of this, peppermint tea may fight clogged sinuses due to infections, the common cold and allergies." Yu Qi began to explain in long detail. Then she stopped. She forgot that in front of her was Grandpa Long, not Grandpa Tang.
"Sorry, I have talked too much." Yu Qi gave an embarrassed smile.
Grandpa Long smiled when he heard about it. It seemed she really knew her profession. This girl was indeed the Tang Jiang Man's granddaughter.
"It's okay. You know your stuff. Then, can you choose one tea for me?" Grandpa Long said.
Yu Qi looked at the list of tea. She scanned the teas and listed the benefits of the teas in her brain. After giving a thought of it, Yu Qi had made her choice.
"Rosemary Tea." Yu Qi said.
"Why rosemary tea?" Grandpa Long expected that Yu Qi would choose green tea for him.
"Well, rosemary tea is high in antioxidants, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory compounds that can prevent chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. It also can help lower your blood sugar and can support brain health." Yu Qi explained.
"I see. Let's order that tea then." Grandpa Long called the waitress to take their order.
"You have told me that you have just come back from a vacation, right?" Grandpa Long asked.
"Yes." Yu Qi nodded.
"From where?" Grandpa Long asked again.
"From Japan."
"You have gone to Japan with my boy?"
Yu Qi nodded with a slight blush on her face.
Grandpa Long observed Yu Qi's face. His lips curved up. He thought that he could probably be able to hold his great-grandchildren soon.
"Is he treating you well?" Grandpa Long threw a question again.
"Yes, he treats me very well." Long Hui indeed treated her very very well.
"Good. Tell me if he treats you badly. I will beat some sense into him." Grandpa Long said.
Yu Qi chuckled.
"Then, let's talk about earlier. What has happened earlier?" Grandpa Long seriously wanted to know about it. "Who is the boy?"
"Well, he is indeed a student from my university. To be exact, ex-student." Yu Qi explained. "He wants to talk with me but I don't want. So, he wants to force me. I retaliate."
"He dares to force people in the broad daylight?" Grandpa Long felt angry. "You retaliate... Good... Good..."
Grandpa Long nodded. A girl should know to defend herself. He had also taught his granddaughter, Feng Yue like that.
The food and tea arrived. They enjoyed the food and tea together.
After one hour of chatting, Yu Qi excused herself. Grandpa Long asked where did she want to go. She told him that she wanted to go back to university.
Grandpa Long told that he could send her to the bus station. Yu Qi appreciated that.
Grandpa Long sent her until she went into the bus. Yu Qi was tired actually from the flight. She slept through the road until she arrived at Wenya City.
She called Su Yu Hi to pick her up. However, the one who had shown up was not him but Ming Xuehai.
"Miss Yu Qi." Ming Xuehai called.
"Eh, I have thought Brother Yu Hi will come." Yu Qi was surprised that Ming Xuehai was coming.
"Well, he has another work. So, he has asked me to pick you up." Ming Xuehai explained.
"Oh, okay." Yu Qi accepted that reason.
"Let's go. Let me send you back to the university."
"Okay."
They entered the car. Ming Xuehai started to drive.
"How was the trip?"
"It is nice. Oh, we shall suggest having a vacation there." Yu Qi planned to give her employees a vacation.
"Fanghai Nation?"
"Nope. But in Japan."
"I thought that you have gone to Fanghai Nation."
"Well, I did. After that, I went to Japan."
"I see."
Ming Xuehai knew that her boyfriend accompanied her on this trip. He could see the happiness on her face. Even though he liked this girl, he would not disturb her happiness. She was his benefector.
C525 - 525: Her Friends Bickering
The new semester. Yu Qi did not fell much difference since she already stayed at the hostel for the time period. The usually quiet university began to become noisy as the student came back for the new semester.
Yu Qi walked around the university with Aoi. Aoi was eager to walk since it was a long since he had a walk with his master.
'Master, there are a lot of people today.' Aoi looked around.
'Of course, the new semester is about to begin. The students have come back.' Yu Qi answered.
Then suddenly someone hugged her from the back. "Yu Qi." Song Ha Ting called Yu Qi.
"Long time no see." Song Ha Ting said.
"Hmm... Long time no see." Yu Qi looked at Song Ha Ting up and down. "You look different."
"Different like what?" Song Ha Ting was kind of expected that nice thing.
But she was bounded to be disappointed. Yu Qi said the complete opposite to that. "Did you add some weight?"
"What? Do I look fat?" Song Ha Ting looked down at her body.
"No... No... I don't mean that way. It is just... You look different than usual. But I think it is good to have more weight on her body. It will not nice if you look so skinny." Yu Qi explained. She did not want to hurt Song Ha Ting's feeling.
"Really? You think so?" Song Ha Ting still looked at her body.
"Yeah." Yu Qi nodded.
Song Ha Ting then lifted up her face and looked at Yu Qi up and down. "Yu Qi, your body looks amazing. Do you have a diet routine to practice? Can you share to me?" Song Ha Ting begged. Her current look resembled a puppy that wanted a meal.
"To be honest, I don't do the diet at all. I just eat and exercise regularly." Yu Qi really did not have a diet to practice.
"Really?" Song Ha Ting asked.
"If you don't believe me, why don't you follow my routine?" Yu Qi suggested.
"Girls, long time no see." There was So Pang Lim and Mei Lilli followed by Ding Na An.
"Hi, long time no see." Song Ha Ting said. "Girl, let's be honest with me." Song Ha Ting immediately put on the serious expression on her face.
"What is wrong with her?" So Pang Lim pointed to Song Ha Ting while asking Yu Qi.
"Do I look fat?" Song Ha Ting asked her other friends.
"Well, not fat but you did gain some weight." Mei Lilli answered.
"I become fat." Song Ha Ting cried.
"Why did you tell her so?" So Pang Lim said to Mei Lilli.
"She asked us to be honest. So, I'm being honest." Mei Lilli replied.
Yu Qi chuckled seeing her friends bickering in front of her. Ding Na An approached her.
"How's your holiday?" Yu Qi asked Ding Na An.
"Nice. I got some training with my sister." Ding Na An told her.
"Training? Yeah. To defend myself. I took note of what happened to you on our volunteer programme. If something like that happens to me as well in future, I will be able to stay calm and access the situation." Ding Na An explained.
"Great. But let's hope that something like that would not happen to us in the future." Yu Qi smiled.
....
The class started. Yu Qi began back her student's life. Class, practical study and her business. She was busy as usual. However, something changed.
Song Ha Ting followed Yu Qi jogging in the morning. She fought herself to keep following Yu Qi. Yu Qi did not change her pace. At first, Song Ha Ting only could follow about 1/4 of distance that Yu Qi ran. After a while, she managed to half of the distance.
Yu Qi really impressed with Song Ha Ting. Song Ha Ting body began to change back to her usual size. She was happy with her shape. However, she did not stop following Yu Qi.
When Yu Qi asked about that, Song Ha Ting told that she wanted to keep this routine since she thought it was nice. At first, she just joined Yu Qi because she wanted to her body shape returned to her previous shape. But now she wanted to keep her body healthy. She could feel that her body felt different right now.
Yu Qi was happy with Song Ha Ting. She could tell that Song Ha Ting was a pampered girl with her character. Whose knew that she had a strong determination when she decided to do it.
On the weekend, Yu Qi decided to go to one of the shops of her brand skincare that just opened a few weeks ago. She wanted to see the shop since she did not go to see the opening ceremony.
The shop located at the neighbour city, Jing City. It was at the mall. Since it was the weekend, so there was a lot of people that currently in the mall.
Yu Qi walked into the shop. The shop was full of women that wanted to buy the skincare. The staff in this shop were the new staff. So they did not know that their big boss to look at the shop. Only the branch managers would recognize her since she already met Yu Qi in the meeting. However, the branch manager was not here.
Yu Qi looked at the arrangement of the shop. She already set up the plan that all of the shops would be arranged in the same interior design to make sure that they were standardised.
C526 - 526: Trouble At The Shop Part 1
While the staff was busy assisting the customers, someone came into the shop. Her face was covered by a mask. She also brought some plastic bag.
"I want a 100% refund. The product has damaged my skin." The woman shouted.
All of the women inside the shop looked at the woman who had shouted earlier. The shop became silent. One of the shop assistants approached the woman.
"Miss, can you tell your problem? I will help you." The shop assistant said with a smile.
"Help me? Your product has already damaged my face. I want my money back. You are a bunch of liars." The woman started to shout again.
"Miss, if you continue to shout like this, we can not help you." The shop assistant still talked in a soft tone.
"All of you, don't buy this brand. It has ruined my skin." The woman started to talk to other customers.
"Miss, please, don't act like this." The shop assistant said to the woman.
"What? You still want to continue to trick others to buy your product?" The woman turned to the shop assistant.
"It is not like that." The shop assistant did not know what to do next.
Then someone patted her from behind. The shop assistant turned around and saw someone. She was grateful that she could leave now.
The one who patted her was the branch manager. Apparently, someone from the staff went to call the branch manager. The branch manager immediately left her office and came in front.
"Miss, I'm the branch manager here, Jian Nie. May I help you?" Jian Nie smiled.
"Branch manager? Humph!!! I want a refund." The woman said.
"Can we move to my office? We can talk over there." Jian Nie said.
"What? Are you scared? To let others know about this?" The woman mocked Jian Nie.
However, Jian Nie did not feel provoked by it. She still maintained her smile.
"Okay, miss. We can talk over here. Miss, you tell us that your face has already been damaged by our product. Can I see your face, right now?" Jian Nie asked.
The woman reacted so badly. She stepped backwards avoiding Jian Nie who had wanted to touch her face.
"Don't you dare. I will not let you see my face." The woman shouted again.
"Okay. Calm down, miss. Let me know your name." Jian Nie asked her name.
"Why do you want to know my name?" The woman was guarded.
"So that I can call you with your name." Jian Nie smiled.
"You can call me Miss Qian Xiao Mi." Qian Xiao Mi said arrogantly.
"As your information, Miss Qian Xiao Mi, if you have bought our product, your face and your name would be registered in our database." Jian Nie smiled slyly.
"You!!! You tricked me." Qian Xiao Mi pointed her finger at Jian Nie.
Listening to Jian Nie words, one of the staff that sat in front of the computer quickly type the name in their system.
"Miss Jian, there is no such name in our system." The result came out immediately.
"Oh, Miss Qian Xiao Mi, your name is not in our system. That means you are not our customer and you have not bought our product." Jian Nie looked at the Qian Xiao Mi.
"Of course, I have not bought it. Someone has gifted it to me." Qian Xiao Mi did not seem to give up.
"Okay then. Tell me the name of the person who has gifted our product to you." Jian Nie replied back.
"Erk..." Qian Xiao Mi hesitated.
"Or can you show me, the bottle which you have claimed is our product." Jian Nie suggested.
"Are you telling me that it is not your product? It is your product." Qian Xiao Mi shouted.
"Miss Qian Xiao Mi, then show me the bottle." Jian Nie began to stress her tone.
"Then take it." Qian Xiao Mi was angry so she threw the bottle to Jian Nie.
Jian Nie quickly caught it. It was the evidence. She would not let the evidence to be broken. She was also not afraid to touch the bottle since she wore the gloves when working. All the staff required to wear gloves.
Jian Nie asked one of the staff to scan to bottle. Qian Xiao Mi started to panic when she saw their doing. She suddenly thought it would be bad if they knew that bottle was not their product.
Qian Xiao Mi started to think about how to run from here. While the others were waiting for the result and looked at the staff, Qian Xiao Mi thought that it was a good time to run away. She turned and wanted to head out but someone blocked her.
"Where do you want to go?" Yu Qi appeared and blocked Qian Xiao Mi. "Why are you not waiting for the result?" Yu Qi smiled but her eyes were not.
Qian Xiao Mi was trembling when she faced this young girl. She did not know why. But to her, the young girl in front of her was terrifying.
"Miss Yu Qi." Jian Nie called. She did not know that their big boss would be here today.
"Good job on handling this matter." Yu Qi praised Jian Nie. "How about the result?" Yu Qi then asked the staff member who had scanned the bottle.
All of Qi Qi Skincare had a special code in their bar code. Yu Qi invented this system to prevent the forgery of her products. The bar code would be scanned, there would be some word appeared after scanning the bar code. The word should appear was 'Rebirth'.
"The word has not appeared." The staff answered.
"Oh. That means the bottle which you have given us is not from our product." Yu Qi looked at Qian Xiao Mi.
C527 - 527: Trouble At The Shop Part 1
Qian Xiao Mi was trembling while facing Yu Qi.
"You know, the Qi Qi Skincare has a special word on its bar code. It determines whether it is the genuine one and the forgery one. And the one that you have given to me earlier doesn't have that special word." Jian Nie explained.
"No... No... It shall not be like this." Qian Xiao Mi mumbled on her own.
The words that she mumbled caught on the ear of the two young girls. They looked at each other and understood something.
"Miss Qian Xiao Mi, we will send you to the police station." Jian Nie said.
"No. You can not send me to the police station. I have not done anything wrong." Qian Xiao Mi shouted.
"One, you have lied to get some money from us by saying our product has damaged your face but it is not." With a swift move, Yu Qi managed to remove the mask that covered Qian Xiao Mi's face.
Qian Xiao Mi screamed horribly. She did not manage to protect the mask from being taken from Yu Qi. All the people in the shop could see that Qian Xiao Mi's face had not been damaged at all. Her face was fine.
"Two, you have claimed that the product has come from us. Third, you have slandered our good reputation. That all is enough to put you into the jail." Yu Qi threw the mask into the dustbin.
"No, don't bring me to the police. Please. I beg you." Qian Xiao Mi begged. She even kowtowed in front of Jian Nie and Yu Qi. She kowtowed a few times until others could see the blood.
Others began to pity Qian Xiao Mi. Yu Qi observed others. Even her staff also felt that way. However, someone seemed was not moved by Qian Xiao Mi's act.
"Stop." Jian Nie ordered.
Qian Xiao Mi stopped. She looked up at Jian Nie as she saw an angel that would save her from all of this.
"Do you think that I have stopped which means you can escape the police? Don't dream. Even if you kowtow until you die, I will still send you there. You have come here with a bad motive. Now you have been caught. You dare to beg?" Jian Nie mocked Qian Xiao Mi.
Yu Qi was smiling. This girl was a good seedling. She knew that sometimes, mercy would not be given to someone like Qian Xiao Mi.
"Please." Qian Xiao Mi begged while crying.
"Call the police." Yu Qi told the staff who was standing at the counter.
The staff looked at Jian Nie. Seeing Jian Nie nodded, the staff reached out to the phone and called the police station. She asked for the police to come to their shop.
Yu Qi was not angry when the staff ignored her. They did not know that she was their big boss.
Qian Xiao Mi cried while sitting on the floor. Everyone did not dare to comfort her. They were pitying her earlier but after listening to Jian Nie's word, they realized that Qian Xiao Mi was a bad person.
After 15 minutes, two police officers came. They saw a woman sat on the floor crying. The police officers asked for what happened. Jian Nie stepped forward and explained the whole situation to the police officers.
The police officers frowned as they were listening to the story. The look that they gave to the woman who was currently sitting on the floor changed. Earlier, it was curious and pity. Now, it already changed to disgust.
"We will bring this woman back to the station first. But Miss, you still have to come to the police station for us to collect your statement." The police officers said.
"Okay, sir. I will be there." Jian Nie nodded.
One of the police officers tried to grab the Qian Xiao Mi, wanted her to stand up. Suddenly, Qian Xiao Mi acted aggressively by slapping the police officer who had grabbed her. It was loud.
"You dare to attack the police officer?" The police officers were angry.
Two of them grabbed both of Qian Xiao Mi's hand. Qian Xiao Mi struggled.
"Let go. Let me go." Qian Xiao Mi screamed. "Wait, someone wanted me to do this."
The sentence caught Yu Qi's attention.
"Sir, wait." Yu Qi said. She looked at Qian Xiao Mi. "What did you say just now?"
"Someone give me some cash to make some troubles in this shop. They also prepared the bottle. I swear." Qian Xiao Mi said. She did not expect that easy money that she got, she would end up in this situation.
"Do you know them?" Yu Qi asked.
"No."
"Do you remember them?" Again, but the question changed.
"No."
"So, you don't have evidence to support what are you saying?" Yu Qi glared at Qian Xiao Mi.
"No." Qian Xiao Mi's voice became slow. Yeah, she did not have evidence. But she had the money.
"Wait. I have the money given by them." Qian Xiao Mi was suddenly excited.
"That can not be used as evidence, right, Sir?" Yu Qi asked the police officers.
"Yeah. That's right. Let's go." The police officers brought Qian Xiao Mi out of the shop.
"Sorry for the disturbance. Well, for today, you can enjoy 20% discount off on each of the purchase." Yu Qi looked at the current customers who were still in the shop after the things happened.
"Really? It will be great. The Qi Qi skincare is very expensive but so effective. Discount 20% off is indeed good."
"Yeah. I shall buy a lot today since they have a discount of 20%."
The staff were shocked. They did not understand what this young girl was saying. How could she just say something like that?
"Miss Jian." The staff called Jian Nie.
"What?" Jian Nie turned.
"Miss Jian, you just explain to the customers that there is no 20% discount." The staff were in panic.
"Eh, why?" Jian Nie did not understand.
"That young girl said that. Why is she say something like that?" The staff whispered to Jian Nie.
"Oh, I forgot that you don't know her." Jian Nie understood the situation right now. "Let me introduce to you the owner of our Qi Qi skincare brand, Miss Tang Yu Qi. You can call her Miss Yu Qi." Jian Nie introduced Yu Qi to the staff.
The staff were dumbfounded while looking at Yu Qi who was smiling widely. They did not expect that this young girl was their big boss. And she was so young. The Qi Qi skincare brand had just started this year. So, it was not an inheritance business. Meaning this young girl in front of them started this business.
C528 - 528: Someone's Plan
Yu Qi sat in front of Jian Nie in Jian Nie's office after the incident. Jian Nie already went to the police station to give her statement regarding the incidents.
The police officers concluded that someone probably was jealous of the success of the shop and decided to destroy the reputation of the shop. They would be trying to investigate the person behind Qian Xiao Mi.
"What do you think about this incident?" Yu Qi asked Jian Nie.
"As the police officers have said, someone is jealous of us since we are going up on the chart of the skincare brands. " Jian Nie agreed with the police officers statement.
Yu Qi nodded. But she thought it was more than that. She could not conclude since there was no evidence about it.
"You control the situation very well. You don't panic when facing this kind of situation which is very good." Yu Qi praised Jian Nie.
"I have just done my job, Miss Yu Qi." Jian Nie was humble.
.....
"The plan has failed, Sir." A young man informed something to the middle-age man that stood seeing the view outside his office.
"It's okay. It is not considered to fail yet. When something like that happens, it is bounded to spread. A little crack can do some damage." The middle-aged man was watching the view said.
The middle-aged man smiled. "How is my son?"
"Young Master is currently at our branch. He is doing great." The young man reported.
"Call him back." The middle-aged man ordered.
"Yes, Sir. I will call him right away." The young man bowed and left the room.
No one knew what was in the middle-aged man's thoughts.
...
Yu Qi got the call from Mu Li Zei regarding Mu Rong Xie's matter. Yu Qi seemed to forget about her.
Yu Qi smiled. It was about time for her to give the medicine to Mu Rong Xie. Yeah, medicine.
So, Yu Qi decided to fly over to Fanghai Nation for that reason. So for the next weekend, she went to Fanghai Nation.
Yu Qi gave the medicine to Mu Rong Xie. When Mu Rong Xie used the medicine, she became better and better. The Mu Family was obviously happy with this result especially Su Yu Qing.
Su Yu Qing thanked Yu Qi so much for treating her daughter. Mu Yian did not say anything about it. She actually did not like to be owed to Yu Qi.
Yu Qi told them that the treatment was not done yet as Mu Rong Xie still needed to take the medicine. She gave out one small container to Mu Family and said that it was after treatment medicine that Mu Rong Xie needed to take.
Su Yu Qing did not think for a long time and took the container. Yu Qi explained about the things in the small container.
Actually, the thing inside the small container was a medicine but a slow-acting poison. Since Mu Family gave a slow-acting poison to Grandpa Mu in her previous life, she wanted one of them to experience the slow-acting poison themselves.
Yu Qi still remembered it. She did not forget how Fung Meng Xuan told that the Mu Family had poisoned Grandpa Mu in order to take control of the Mu Family's business and power.
Since it was a short time, Yu Qi did not manage to see Grandpa Mu. Grandpa Mu also was out of the station. He had work outside. So he was not in the town.
She did not hear the news from Long Hui for about months. She assumed that he was going on the mission. She missed him so much.
The thoughts about which she had experienced in Japan made her blush. She did take some precaution. She also did not want to get pregnant yet. That could wait until both of them got married and have a stable life.
Her study was going just great. She participated in many live surgeries since the university itself had its own hospital. The medical students could feel the feeling of being a doctor.
Since she wanted to be a surgeon, that was why she participated in many live surgeries. By watching the surgery in close up, she could see and learn about the techniques that the doctor performed in the surgery.
.....
"I suggest having a spokesperson for our Qi Qi Skincare brand will be showing increasing in our sales." One of the managers said at the meeting.
"However we already meet to consider the fee of a spokesperson. If we use someone who is famous, the fee is probably high. It will be contra with our sale. If we use non- famous one, there will not be much difference using the spokesperson or not." Another one gave out his opinion.
Some of them agreed with the first one. Others seemed to agree with the second opinion. Everyone looked at Yu Qi. They were waiting for their big boss's opinion.
Yu Qi thought about that. The suggestion did feel good at the same time, she also thought about the second opinion. However, she thought with a correct way, a spokesperson was a good strategy on making the sales of the Qi Qi skincare increased.
"Okay. I agree on having a spokesperson for our Qi Qi skincare but we need to choose someone with great consideration. As for who, everyone can come out with one person that is suitable for our Qi Qi skincare's image." Yu Qi made the decision.
"Then, I already consider one." Su Yu Hi suddenly spoke.
C529 - 529: Choosing The Spokesperson
Yu Qi's eyes lifted up. She was interested to know which artists had caught the attention of Su Yu Hi. The person who had caught Su Yu Hi must be good since Su Yu Hi was good at judging other people's character.
Everyone also looked at Su Yu Hi wanted to listen to his choice. Su Yu Hi always gave a good suggestion. They would consider his choice. So that they would not brain themselves thinking which artist that they needed to choose.
"You." Su Yu Hi pointed straight to Yu Qi.
"Eh?" Yu Qi was blinking several times. '"Me?" She pointed at herself. She did not expect that Su Yu Hi would suggest her. 'Am I that good for brother Yu Hi? I don't think that my character is good, though.'
"You are the most suitable for the image of our brand." Su Yu Hi said confirming his choice. He did consider all the factors. If she became the spokesperson of their Qi Qi skincare brand, they would not have to worry about the budget to pay the spokesperson. Their big boss was a good person too. It was a pretty good suggestion.
Other staff thought so too. They nodded. Their thoughts were particularly same as Su Yu Hi's thought.
"Yeah, our Miss Yu Qi is suitable for our Qi Qi skincare brand."
"Yeah, not to mention, Miss Yu Qi is young and beautiful."
"Yeah, as Brother Yu Hi said, Miss Yu Qi is a good choice."
"Miss Yu Qi should be our spokesperson for the Qi Qi skincare brand."
Everyone seemed to agree with Su Yu Hi's choice. Yu Qi glared at Su Yu Hi. She thought he wanted to mess with her.
"Brother Yu Hi, don't joke around." Yu Qi said.
"What? You have told me to suggest. I have just made my suggestion." Su Yu Hi smiled. "In fact, I really think that you are suitable."
"Yeah. We agree."
Her staff started to say that. Yu Qi sighed.
"Sorry to disappoint you, everyone. But, I don't think that I will be the spokesperson. As you know, I'm a medical student. I don't think I will have time to do the spokesperson's job." Yu Qi declined. She did not have any intention to be famous.
"Oh, we forget about it."
They actually forgot that their big boss was still a student, a medical student.
"So, back to our suggestion just now, everyone can consider one candidate." Yu Qi said.
"How about we do an interview? We can choose from there." One of them suggested.
"Then, do you know what kind of interview, we should conduct?" Yu Qi asked.
The person was silent. Yeah. She did not know what kind of interview should they conduct.
"Sorry. I don't know." The person apologized.
"Never mind." Yu Qi smiled. She also did not have an idea of how to conduct the interview for this occasion. "As I have said before, everyone can consider one person. One week from now, we will have one meeting to discuss the most suitable person. And the person that suggests her will be the person that will go and negotiate with her."
"What if the person that we choose does not want to join us?" One asked.
"In the meeting, we will rank the person. If the first person did not agree, we will go to the next person. But remember, everything that she wants, you need to tell us, and we will discuss whether to agree or not. Don't make your own decision. Understand?" Yu Qi looked at her staff.
"Yes, Miss Yu Qi." Everyone answered.
"Okay. Meeting adjourned." Yu Qi finally ended the two hours meeting.
Everyone seemed excited about deciding the person that was going to be their spokesperson.
"I still think that you are the most suitable person." Su Yu Hi said when they went out together from the meeting room.
"Yeah. I agree too." Ming Xuehai also joined.
"I can't. I don't plan on going to that direction." Yu Qi shook her head.
Seriously, she never considered that path. She did not like it. And someone also would not like it. He might produce gallons of vinegar if she was going to be a spokesperson for her skincare brand.
"Well, I am just suggesting." Su Yu Hi said.
"Brother Yu Hi, you..." Yu Qi gave a pat on Su Yu Hi's shoulder.
"What are you thinking, hum?" Su Yu Hi asked when he looked at the look given by Yu Qi.
"You shall find a girlfriend." After saying that, Yu Qi quickly ran away.
"You brat!!!" Su Yu Hi shouted angrily.
Yu Qi already knew Su Yu Hi for a long time. She could tease Su Yu Hi. She always liked to joke around with Su Yu Hi.
The other employees knew that their big boss liked to mess with Su Yu Hi. They were already in a close relationship like that of a brother and sister. They always watched that Su Yu Hi liked to shout at their big boss.
"Brother Yu Hi, I have just told the truth. You shall get married soon." Yu Qi shouted as she grinned to Su Yu Ji.
"Humph!!!" Su Yu Hi rolled his eyes at the girl.
This girl always reminded him about getting a girlfriend or marriage. She seemed to like that topic very much.
"You shall get married since you already have a boyfriend." Su Yu Hi said.
"Well, we will. But not now. Since I'm still a student." Yu Qi replied.
Su Yu Hi could not rebuke it. This girl always knew what to reply.
C530 - 530: Numerous Candidate
Yu Qi did not have many criteria about the spokesperson for her skincare brand but one. The spokesperson must have a good character. That was the only criteria that Yu Qi had in her mind about her spokesperson.
Her staff gave numerous candidates that they thought were suitable for their skincare brand. Yu Qi looked at the list of the candidates. Su Yu Hi came to the university and gave the list to her.
About twenty candidates that her staff had sent. How could she choose one out of these twenty candidates? Yu Qi pinched her forehead.
She currently sat at the chair near her dormitory. When suddenly, someone patted her from behind.
"Hey, what are you doing?" So Pang Lim looked at the paper that Yu Qi was holding.
"Wow, these names are the artist's names. What are you doing to do with them?" Mei Lilli recognised the names on the paper since one of her favourites celebrity was there.
"Wait, Yu Qi, is this a hit list of yours?" So Pang Lim opened her eyes wide.
Yu Qi and Mei Lilli threw a look at So Pang Lim like saying, 'Are you stupid?'
"Hey, I'm just joking, okay?" So Pang Lim pouted. She was just joking.
"What are you doing with this, Yu Qi?" Mei Lilli asked again.
"Choosing my spokesperson for my skincare brand." Yu Qi told them.
"Why are you bothering about it? You can be the spokesperson for your own skincare brand." So Pang Lim said.
"Yeah. I also think that it is a great idea." Mei Lilli also thought that it was a good idea.
"No, I can't." Yu Qi rejected that idea.
"Why?" Mei Lilli genuinely felt that Yu Qi was the most suitable person to be the spokesperson for her own skincare brand. It also would cut the cost for the spokesperson. Even she was not a businessman, she knew as it was basic knowledge.
"To avoid future trouble." Yu Qi answered.
"Trouble?" So Pang Lim did not understand. What kind of trouble, Yu Qi would have if she became the spokesperson.
"Oh." Mei Lilli suddenly understood what Yu Qi meant. She laughed at Yu Qi. "I see." She nodded.
"What? What?" So Pang Lim asked her two friends.
"Usually you are the first one to understand. Why today you seem to be stupid?" Mei Lilli said.
"Yu Qi, tell me, please?" So Pang Lim really wanted to know.
"I don't want to be a spokesperson as it will put me onto the limelight. Someone will not like it." Yu Qi gave the hint.
So Pang Lim thought about Yu Qi's talk. "Oh." She finally understood that.
"He is really like that?" Mei Lilli asked.
"He is basically a vinegar producer." Yu Qi chuckled.
So Pang Lim and Mei Lilli laughed.
"So, you need to choose your spokesperson from the list?" Mei Lilli asked.
"Yeah. But, to be honest, I don't know about them." Yu Qi sighed. She did not pay much attention to the entertainment world.
"Don't worry about it. You have your friends." So Pang Lim grinned. She knew about the people on the list. Since she looked up to them. She studied them because she wanted to know about their skin. She ended up reading a lot about them.
"Great." Yu Qi said.
So, So Pang Lim started to tell Yu Qi about them. Mei Lilli also interrupted when came to her favourite artist. They talked for about 3 hours. Yu Qi took notes about the artists that they had talked about.
This really gave good knowledge about the artists. Yu Qi would use this information on her next meeting with her staff. They would have another meeting to choose one spokesperson from the list.
So, the next weekend, they had a meeting. Her staff seemed excited to have this meeting.
Everyone already in the meeting room. So, Yu Qi handed out the paper. When her staff read the information on the paper, they were shocked. They then looked at their big boss with widely opened eyes.
"Miss Yu Qi, where did you get this information?" One of her staff asked.
"Oh, this? My friends told me about them." Yu Qi told them.
This information was basically a complete detail about the artists especially their skin complexion. They wondered why would someone had this kind of information.
"My friend is studying to become a dermatologist. She has studied the artists' skin." Yu Qi explained when her staff seemed to wonder about it.
"So, let's start the meeting." Yu Qi started the meeting.
They discussed who to choose among the list. Yu Qi listened to their explanation comparing with the information that the one she had.
After a long discussion, probably about two to three hours in the meeting room, they made the decision. There was a rank list for it.
They made the rank list so that in case the one that they first chose could not accept their terms, they could move to the next one.
All of them were satisfied with the rank list that they had made. So, the one that submitted the name in the first place, would be the one that would go and negotiate with the artist.
"I still think that you are the best choice." Su Yu Hi said.
"Brother Yu Hi, I think you shall get the girlfriend first." Yu Qi said.
"You!!!" Su Yu Hi rolled his eyes.
"Miss Yu Qi, your boyfriend has come." Someone came and informed Yu Qi.
"Oh, he has arrived." Yu Qi smiled happily. Turned to Su Yu Hi, she said. "Listen to my advice. Find a girlfriend." After finished saying it, she ran away.
"That girl." Su Yu Hi sighed.