My Boss is my crush

Zhao Mei asked Ye Qing to remove all the plants from her office.

While the workers were busy clearing the office room, Zhao Mei walked toward Mr. Du, who was currently sitting on the sofa.

With an apple in her hand, she offered him.

However, he shook his head left-right like a scared child.

"Don't you know, an apple a day keep your enemies away." Zhao Mei languidly said while sitting on the sofa.

She took a bite on the apple and continued like she was explaining to an elementary kid about proverbs, "You should have an apple before coming here."

"It would have saved…' no cut that'…. given you some brains before coming here to fulfill your greedy wish and kept you away from making an enemy of me."

'Even if I have an apple. It would never save me from hellhound,' Mr. was still cursing in his mind. Like a slimy snake, he was already planning, how to make Zhao Mei fall from her grace.

But he had forgotten, if it was that easy to make her lose, she would not have been able to bring the Huawei Corp. to the soaring heights.

"Did you think I did not know? That you are here to lower the deal amount and put the rest of the money in your election campaign," Zhao Mei easily disclosed his hidden scheme. Mr. Du's face paled again. He thought his plan was flawless but still, in the end, was found out by this hellhound.

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"Ye Qing…" Zhao Mei called her name. "Bring the revised contract…"

"Ok…." Ye Qing obliged. However, in her mind, she was thinking, 'Which revised contract. Boss had not said anything about the new contract.'

Seeing Ye Qing confused expression, Zhao Mei told her to bring the file that, was on her table.

Ye Qing brought the file to Zhao Mei. She wanted to see what was inside the file but held back her curiosity.

After handing the file to Zhao Mei, she obediently stood beside her.

"Here, sign it." Zhao Mei gave the file to Mr. Du. He was just looking at the file in his hand. His mind was in chaos, he did not want to sign it. "Hurry Up! I do not have more spare time to toy with you. I am bored."

With trembling hands, he opened the file. However, the next second his eyes fell on the terms of the contract he again flew out in rage.

"What…. the nonsense is this?" Mr. Du was now trembling with anger. "Are you kidding me? I will never sign this?"

"What's the problem?" nonchalantly Zhao Mei asked.

"Problem! You say. Why that additional 100 million USD is from my pocket," Mr. Du shouted like a shrewd man. "And, why are you paying for 500 million USD worth shares for 10 million USD."

"Hmmm…you are not in a better position to negotiate with me." Zhao Mei dangerously narrowed her eyes at Mr. Du. He felt intimidated by her stare.

"Decision is yours." Zhao Mei gestured at the evidence in her hands and the file in Mr. Du's hands to threaten him again, "This or That?"

Mr. Du with trembling hands and heavy heart signed the documents.

As soon as he signed the documents, Zhao Mei instructed her assistant to show Mr. Du his way out.

"Boss! Do not forget what you agreed in an exchange of these," Mr. Du reminded her to stay loyal at her end of the deal and left.

Mr. Du was in fact on pins and needles. Because he knew that if he didn't finish her soon. He will have to live like a dog under that woman's feet.

However soon his mood changed. Thinking that woman needs him or she would have destroyed him within seconds with those evidence in her hands. She's a hell of crazy bit*h. He can confidently say that she was a greedy fellow. Money can buy her.

She was afraid to hurt him or else she would have to face wrath from those noble higher-ups who are the main force driver of the City K. He was somewhat special and have ties with those persons. They work in the dark that was from every legal to ruthless illegal activities.

Mr. Du's mood started to beam the more he thought about the other side of the coin.

However, what Mr. Du did not know was that?

If Zhao Mei wanted, she would have destroyed him within seconds. He has already signed his downfall in the hands of Zhao Mei. It was just a tiny difference.

She wanted to control the political system of City K in the shadows.

She will let him live a carefree life only till then he did not plan anything that will jeopardize her plans.

She was least interested in an ant-like him who can be crushed with little force of her bare toe.

Just like the assistant that she planted beside Mr. Du who led him here to her trap.

For Zhao Mei playing dirty has became a habit just like one get addicted to gambling and alcohol.

She aimed to conquer the control of City K from those higher-ups. Only then her prowess will be greater than those imbeciles.

Her ambitions are so wild that in future she was going to offend and crush almost all the people whom she found eyesore.

Only then she can save herself and her loved ones from this dirty world. She still wants her revenge.

Because revenge was the only thing that has kept her alive till now.

And for god sake, she will never ever let that fire of revenge subside until her thirst has satisfied.

Zhao Mei recalled the book where she read this particular line but she modified it to her own will.

'When you have the power to screw people over and you don't--well, that's when you get to show who you really are.'

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"Boss!" Ye Qing called Zhao Mei, which brought her back from her wandering thoughts.

"Hmmm…!" Zhao Mei massaged her brows while acknowledging Ye Qing.

"Boss! Mr. Du has transferred the money and shares to your personal account."

After saying this, Ye Qing felt silent. She was just standing there contemplating to ask Zhao Mei about how she was able to crack this deal. In fact, it was not a deal; it was like a loss for Mr. Du but profit for us.

"Don't stand there like a statue," Zhao Mei half-opened her eyes. "If you want to ask something, ask."

"How did Mr. Du agreed? Why were there plants? What he was afraid to be found out by the media and police? Why was he telling you to keep your bargain?" Ye Qing started brawling out her questions nonstop.

"Stop. Stop... You are giving headache with your barrage of questions," Zhao Mei complained.

"Simple, I threatened him."

Ye Qing: "..."

"For others, he has botanophobia," Zhao Mei continued. "He has ruthlessly killed his ex-wife and buried her in soil with plants. No one found out where her wife gone missing. He abused his power as Vice President of Du enterprises to suppress the news. After meticulous planning, he killed his father-in-law and became the Chairman of Du Enterprises."

"Wait…it means Du Enterprises was originally his ex-wife's company. He married his wife's family for wealth and status," Ye Qing finally concluded. "He killed them to become the 'Chairman.' However, he was still haunted by his ex-wife because she never received a proper burial or it was just in his mind."

"Holy..Moly then it was a secret unknown to everyone that Mr. Du was not the founder of Du Enterprises," surprisingly Ye Qing almost concluded everything correctly by herself.

Zhao Mei nodded her head. She was proud of Ye Qing because she was quick to catch on to these things. That's why she can stand by her side all those years.

"He had buried his wife in garden….," Zhao Mei said but interrupted by Ye Qing.

"That's why he developed botanophobia. Because his mind fixated on the fact that the plants that were grown there were his wife in another sense. It was some kind of psychological disease." Ye Qing finished Zhao Mei's sentence.

"Tsk...Tsk... A murderer can never sleep in peace," Ye Qing said in a contempt laced voice.

"No, his condition was not from guilt conscience," Zhao Mei corrected her. "He was afraid that one day someone may rose from the dead, snatch his blood-soaked empire."

"And that was you did," Ye Qing's face clearly showed the happiness she was currently feeling. "You have the evidence that will bring all his crime to light."

Ye Qing was impressed by her, 'Boss.'

She's with her for 4 years still, Zhao Mei never ceases to amaze her. With her witty mind, cruel, cold and ruthless nature. One thing she can say that 'Zhao Mei is the most amazingly smart woman she had met.'

Ye Qing still remembers the day when she reported first to work. That day was like a big bang in her life. Zhao Mei was like an evil heroine in a film. How savvy and sassily she left her enemy speechless.

Zhao Mei became the first-ever person she had a crush on.

Thinking about that Ye Qing blushed slightly.

However, slowly, step by step, she has witnessed her growth and thirst to become powerful. She gradually became friends with her.

But, still, there was some invisible line that she never ever let anyone cross.

Not even, 'Mr. Hua Xiong' the retired chairman of Huawei corporation, Zhao Mei's Grandpa.

She had some ideas about her boss's conditions, but she respected her privacy and never tried to cross that line.

That's why she knew she was in no position to ask why she was not punishing Mr. Du by handing over the evidence to the police.