Hello, Mr Li: The Christmas Trip

"Smells like him." Joreen said to herself when she entered inside Hoy's room. It had been a battle climbing all the stairs to get to the room since the young people were given rooms in the top floor unlike the old people who could stay in the second floor. So Hoy's mother hadn't bothered to follow her up here. 

The room was very clean and arranged and everywhere smelled like him.

She went to the bed and knelt down beside it. She would have sat on it but was afraid she would stain the white sheets with her dirty body. While playing earlier, she had fallen on the ground a couple of times. 

She buried her face on his sheets instead and inhaled deeply. When she realised how much of a creep she was acting like, she stood up immediately and went to the bathroom. Just like the room, the bathroom was also very spotless. She noticed some gels and shampoos there which obviously wasn't kept there by the resort. Those were his. It gave him that scent she liked a lot and she was tempted to use it. 

The lazy side of Joreen wanted to settle for a quick shower, but she was sore all over and needed a really warm bath to help relax her muscles. So she didn't spend a lot of time deliberating on it before she began to draw herself a bath. 

She made sure to return to the room to lock the door carefully, afraid her stalker would find her here.

Since she was inside this room illegally, she tried not to leave any trace of her behind, so she was extra careful with everything. 

When her bath was ready with the warm water, bodywash and oil, she began to carefully strip so she wouldn't hurt herself even more. 

She tied her ponytail into a bun and took off her last piece of clothing before hanging them on a hanger beside the bathtub. When she was done, she lowered herself into the tub gently and moaned in pleasure when her entire body except her head was buried inside the warm water.

"This feels nice." She hissed out.

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The woman had been having fun making things difficult for the men who were packing up, so it took a while to organize everything before they were set to leave. 

While the others walked side by side with their partners, Mr Ping and Hoy were together. 

Mr Ping explained a few things to him about most of the cases filed against Wei Yong and he was also able to get a few against Wei Chan. 

Hoy listened to it attentively. He was glad he didn't need to do much because their crimes were enough to throw them in prison. The victims only had to agree to testify against them. Sometimes, most victims usually didn't want to raise the issues again especially if their assailant was from a wealthy family and could easily get rid of them. But since Hoy was also in par with them, he believed they would be willing to testify in order to put them in prison. 

"Any news on the one who took those pictures?" 

"With you and Miss Luo?" 

"Hmmm."

"Nothing yet. It's strange. I wonder what the person really wants." Mr Ping thought about it for a while. No one in their right senses would do something like that when they knew they were going to be going against the entire family. Also, not being able to trace the person who had sent those pictures and informations meant the person was from a top family so he had to seriously look into that.

"Li Hoy!" 

Hoy looked forward when he heard his name. He saw Long Xi standing beside his father. He had been lost in his thought that he didn't know were she appeared from. 

Li Hoy? Why was she calling him like that in the first place? They weren't even close. Only met for the first time during this trip and he hadn't given her his attention once. 

When he looked between her and his father. He could understand the look in his father's eyes. His father was probably thinking that something was going on between them. He wondered what she had said to him to make him think so. 

Long Xi said something to his father and bowed before leaving him to approach his son, Li Hoy. 

"I saw you from afar and wanted to say hello." She said and turned to look at Mr Ping, "Nice to meet you again." 

Mr Ping almost snorted. There was nothing nice about meeting her again because the first time they met, she had almost threatened him into giving her Hoy's number.

She turned her attention back to Hoy and handed him the phone in her hand, "Your number." 

Hoy's facial expression was still normal. When he took the phone from her hand, she looked slightly surprised because she hadn't expected him to agree that easily. 

A big smile formed on her face as she watched him punch his number into her phone. When he was done, he handed the phone back to her. As she took the phone, she tried to suppress a smile by biting her lips.

"That's my secretary's number. If there is any business between us, you should speak with him directly, he knows what to do." He said in an aloof tone before walking away. 

He didn't want to have anything to do with her especially when he had noticed Jaime, Cixi and Reen staring at him. If it got to Joreen's ears, she may throw a tantrum and threaten to go flirt with other guys. 

"That little devil!" He muttered to himself while wondering what she was doing at the moment. 

Long Xi's face turned bright red as she watched him walk away from her. 

Meanwhile, Mr Ping was staring at Hoy's back with a smile. 

"I can't believe he memorized my number!" He squealed. 

When Hoy got to the front of the resort, he decided to freshen up there before going back to the house for dinner. It was already 7:30pm and dinner wasn't going to start until 9pm. Everyone would be using the shower once they got to the house and he really hated it when his shower became slow because every other tap in the house was on. Plus he needed to relieve himself as soon as possible. 

"Going in?" Heya asked. 

"I think so." 

"Then let's go together. I am not looking forward to climbing those stairs alone. Maybe you can carry me?" She joked. 

He laughed, "Sure." He was going to break his waist and die before they got to the top. 

Li Heya and Li Hoy weren't very close, but they usually spoke and joked most times they were together. 

They noticed the receptionist was changing shifts and waited until the new one took over before both called out their names and room numbers to the receptionist who first handed Heya's key to her but noticed there was a key missing from Hoy's bunch.

"Did you lose one of your keys, sir?" She asked politely. 

"No." 

That was the only answer he gave. She assumed it must have been one of the receptionists' fault so she didn't mention it to him and simply handed him one from the spares. 

In a few minutes, they arrived in their floor and Heya went to her room. 

Hoy needed to pee and shower as soon as possible so when he opened the door, he paused when he noticed there was something wrong. 

First, why were the lights on? He always applied the safety measure of making sure all electrical appliances including lights and fans were turned off before leaving. He couldn't rule it out as his mistake. He never made such mistakes. 

He also noticed a part of the bed wasn't very smooth like the other parts. 

Someone had entered inside his room. He concluded. 

He noticed the bathroom's light was also on and truly confirmed it had not been his doing. One light was enough, but two?

Was someone trying to rob him? But then, a faint sound caught his attention. It sounded like his tap wasn't properly locked and he could hear a slight dripping sound. 

Veey slowly, he approached the bathroom. He didn't want to make any noise just in case the person was hiding in there. 

He slowly reached for the door and opened it without making a sound. 

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Joreen was oblivious to the fact that someone else was inside the room with her. She was done with the bath and after showering to wash off the soap lathers, she looked at his towel and began to think if it was wise to use his towel. Hoy didn't seem like the type who liked to share his things. 

She suddenly remembered she was supposed to meet Hoy's mother outside. She didn't know how long she had spent here, but she guessed she had stayed inside for quite long. She decided she was going to wear her clothes back like that without cleaning her body. So she turned around to go fetch her things.

At the same time, the bathroom's door opened and she came face to face with... LI HOY!

He looked as shocked as she looked and her brain took a few seconds to process the fact that she was standing naked right in front of him! And his eyes looked the widest she had ever seen.

Her eyes also widened and she screamed when she returned to her senses, using her hands to cover her breasts and then the mower region, and then she got confused, not knowing where to cover. Everything happened so fast. 

The shock made her lose her footing and before she knew what was happening, she slipped and was almost falling with her back to the floor.

Hoy was already prepared to disappear since it had also taken him a while to process the whole scene but when he noticed she was about to fall, his instincts kicked in and he dashed towards her before she could, firmly catching her by the waist.