Same place not same bed : Ch 2.1

June 10, 2017miumiu596

Chapter 2

The director was actually coming !
“Mr Leung said that your analysis report was very interesting. He saw a lot of potential, so he wanted to personally make a trip to the sports center, an onsite observation.” The Director’s Secretary had a very sweet voice, almost as if she was singing to her.

At that moment, Li Yongxuan really thought that the world had stopped spinning on it’s axis for a few seconds. She did not even breathe, she had no idea what they were talking about and could no longer hear what the secretary was saying on the other end of the phone.

She only knew that “he” was coming !

The last time they had met was last year in the Group’s year end party.
At that time, everyone had their eyes on the graceful, handsome boss. Although he spoke to many beautiful women, he had also taken the time to speak a few words to her. He had personally handed her a glass of champagne and talked to her about her recent work.
They had both chatted away , non stop, till late at night..
Thinking of that night, her whole image had been unfairly maligned.
Even though she hadn’t had a single drop, a rumour spread out that she had been drunk, that the bubbles in the golden champagne had gone to her head..

“Miss, why are you always in the way ?”, she was suddenly startled by a drawling voice, “ you like causing trouble?”
All her thoughts about drunkenness, champagne, bubble, romance vanished and she was back to reality. Back to being angry. Sure enough, he was such a nuisance !

Recently, she had been running to the training centre everyday in order to assess the facilities. The speed skating team were currently the main users of the training centre. She bumped into them frequently and realised that all the ten players in the team were conscientious, well behaved boys. All except Mai Weizhe.
This person…how would she put it.. was always testing her patience with just a few words.

If it were someone else, she would probably have apologised immediately, but Mai Weizhe’s special drawling and disrespectful tone brought out a sharp retort.
“The walkway is quite wide here, why are you always trying to get me to give way ?”
His mouth slightly curled at the corner. He indicated downwards, “ Ice skates.”

Oh! So that’s what it was. He had finished his weight training, and had prepared for his ice rink practice. He had put on the skates, and walking with them on was pretty inconvenient. In fact, with them on, he walked like a duck .
Li Yongxuan was not willing to let go that easily. She moved to the side, quietly muttering, “ You can almost fly with that thing on, how can you not walk ?”
“ Haven’t we taught you ? To allow us to turn corners at high speed, the blades are slanting. That’s why standing on them is very unstable.” Then he deliberately raised his feet to show her the blades.

She had to acknowledge that he was very flexible. The foot was lifted high enough so that she could see the bright shiny blade in front of her. Faced with the shining , sharp coldness of the metal, she involuntarily took a step back.
“ It’s very nice.”
He smiled, “ You’re afraid of it.”
She felt really naive. She glared at him again, but still let go of his comment without a response.
He smiled at her and moved ahead , but suddenly stopped and looked back at her. His light amber eyes looked at her from top to bottom.
Li Yongxuan always felt uncomfortable when he looked at her. But he always loved to stare at her, as if he enjoyed her discomfort.

“ What is it?” She asked, “ I have already given way.”
“What did you have for breakfast today ?”

Faced with this question, her mind suddenly went blank. She must have been reading documents, replying to mails or even having a meeting while having her breakfast, she could not remember what she ate.
“ I had coffee, and…I think bread ?” She wasn’t very sure.
“ Very nice smell.”
He came closer to her and took a deep breath.
“ Did you have a donut, with chocolate sauce? Did you have a hazelnut latte ?”
He was very close to her, her ears suddenly felt numb.
“You…”
She hadn’t even had the time to start cursing him when suddenly all the players came out from God knows where and surrounded her.
“ Hazelnut?”
“Latte?”
“Donuts?”
“Chocolate ?”
Everyone had heard the words and their eyes were shining.
Li Yongxuan was surrounded , unable to move.
“ You…what do you want ?!”
“Our training diets are very strict. Just let us smell it.” Someone answered her with a face almost close to tears.
“I haven’t seen donuts for a long time.”
“ I haven’t seen one for three months!”
“ Please calm down.” She tried to discourage them. But in vain. Looking at her embarrassed and forced calm look, everyone became more intense, they crowded closer to her, “ Oh..the sweetness of chocolate.. the aroma of flour..”

For a while, in their harsh and boring training, the seemingly serious but easily blushing Ms Li almost became like a new toy or a shiny new mascot for the team..
The mascot stumbled in her speech, her calm facade disintegrated. “ No, no, don’t create any more trouble, don’t you want to practice ?”
Fortunately, at this time, the coach appeared. The coach’s voice sounded like a voice from heaven, “ You guys are planning to stand around till the ice melts, right ?”
Everyone obediently left Li Yongxuan and went back to the rink. She found a place on the sidelines and sat down with relief.
She had always been alone, and was not used to having a group of people standing so close to her.
Moreover, how would the ice melt ?
The temperature at the rink was always maintained at about five degrees.
Every time when she came to observe their practice, the athletes seemed to have no feelings, but sitting on the sidelines,dressed in shirts, narrow skirts and standard office lady dresses, she often felt chilled to the bones as she wrote her notes.
“Hey, please hold this for me.” Suddenly there was a shout , and then her head was shrouded in darkness. She had only time to raise her head and in the next second, her face was covered.
He was so hateful !
She angrily snatched off the warm jacket he had thrown on her head , and glared angrily at Mai Weizhe.
He had already slid away to the rink.
Li Yongxuan resisted her first impulse to throw off his jacket on the floor and grind it with her shoes…
But she was very clear. Even if she ruined this one, he would have tens of thousands of such jackets in the future provided by the sponsors.

The jacket had originally been thrown next to her. But as she started feeling cold, she unconsciously stretched her hand and dragged the jacket surreptitiously over her . Thanks to the jacket covering her legs, she was easily able to observe the team the whole day without shivering in the cold.
In the evening , when the practice came to an end, Li Yongxuan packed up her laptop, ready to leave, when someone slowly approached her.

She had been in the training centre from morning to evening for almost a month, and had gotten to know most of the people who came here.
But the two strangers who approached her were unknown faces.The duo was led by a well dressed young woman who stepped forward to introduce herself. “ Hello, I am a journalist from Time Weekly. Are you related to Mai Weizhe?”
“Huh?” Li Yongxuan blinked in surprise.
Seeing the reporter looking at the jacket on her knee, she quickly got up. With one hand she hid it behind her and shook her head, “ No , no, I just..”
“ Who are you ? Friends ? Relatives ? Cousins?” Reporter Miss Lianzhuo directly asked her the question, “ May I know why you have his jacket ? Can we take a picture ?”

As she asked her , the man next to her had already raised his camera and clicked a few pictures.
Li Yongxuan felt strange,this was a sports centre, shouldn’t the media here be something like Sports weekly ? Why would reporters from the entertainment news appear here ?
Facing the aggressive journalist, she didn’t know what to do and took a few steps back till her back bumped against a hard but warm wall of muscle and the jacket in her hands was pulled.
“ Thank you”, said the person behind her. The voice was low, but very familiar.
The reporter in front of her stared with widened eyes at the sound.. it was Mai Weizhe.
Mai WeiZhe didn’t even look at them. His face was expressionless. With the jacket in one hand, he pulled her hand. Even if he was wearing skates, the force was strong.
Li Yongxuan was pulled all the way till the lounge when he let her go.

Looking back, she found that the guard at the training centre had come forward to block the reporter, and the reporter was trying to negotiate with the guard.

In the lounge, as soon as the doors were closed, Mai Weizhe’s frosty demeanor disappeared immediately and he was back to his ruffian like ways. He looked like he was really proud of himself.
“ You remember to write this down in your report. The rules for the media and the placement of security guards needs to be reviewed. Also, access control issues need a thorough assessment. Did you hear me or not ?”
“Uh, did they come to interview you ?” She rubbed the wrist that he had been holding and asked.
“ Of course, but I am also the team’s star, so I have to be interviewed. “
Li Yongxuan could not help but roll her eyes
This person clearly did not know how to be humble.
“You must be busy, I won’t waste any more of your precious time.” She turned to leave.

“ Hey, why are you leaving like this ? Is today’s report done ? You don’t need me to add anything ? “ He didn’t let her go and continued to clamour behind her. “ I’ll give you the opportunity to have dinner with us.”
“ Please don’t trouble yourself”, she said in a low voice, “ your dinner is. Sry unappetising..”
“How can you say that !” Mai Weizhe pretended to be shocked, “ for the main course you can choose boiled fish or chicken breast, for side dishes you can whose asparagus or spinach. Such a luxurious dinner, you still complain !”
He was clearly laughing at her

She really didn’t know how to handle this person.
Really, she didn’t know how these players put up with their severe training regime. Their diets were strictly monitored, they ate super healthy dishes which were extremely boring. After accompanying them once or twice, she no longer dared to eat with them. “ If you want to ask me for dinner, it will at least have to be a candle lit roast steak dinner”, she deliberately answered him.

“ Do you like to eat steak roasted over a candle ?” A naughty smile flashed in his amber eyes. “Normally people like oven roasted steak. Or is it that your sweetheart has a special skill, he can roast steak over a candle ?”

As she heard him, she became cold, the smile on her face disappearing.

“ Didn’t you hear me?” A ruffian was always a ruffian, he didn’t care about saving face. “ Earlier, you stood in the aisle for a long time lost in your thoughts, giggling and talking to yourself. Even now you didn’t hear me, see ?”

Like a thief who had been caught, Li Yongxuan’s heart rate went up and her ears turned red. She said no more and turned away.
As soon as she turned she saw all the players behind her, blocking her exit. They were all looking at her with their eyes wide open.
“ Miss is angry again. “
“ Coach, you see what Mai Weizhe has done.”
Everyone looked at the cold expression at her face and started complying loudly.
Mai WeiZhe, as the captain of the team, the star, appeared serious and dignified on the surface , but scratch a little and he was mischievous underneath. Pulling his leg had become a favourite pastime for the team.

“ Mai Weizhe, I have told you many time, Miss LI has come her to work, we must fully co operate with her .” Regardless of his dress as a coach, his powerful voice was comparable to the ice like tones of a godfather, and was capable of sending a chill down your spine.
“ I was just…” Mai Weizhe said miserably, framed by his team mates once again.
The coach stood at the door , his hands folded. Coldly he said, “ You just love to talk, right ? We stopped you ? Go out right now. The reporter of a weekly magazine is waiting for you to say something.”
“ But…
“ Go now !” The coach waved his hand, indicating the door.
Mai Weizhe gave her a “ I will remember this” look, wore his jacket and walked out reluctantly.

“ If Weizhe causes you trouble later, you tell us. Don’t be polite.”
The coach’s comforting words sounded very scary. Next, all the players followed his words with a fierce nod.
“ Uh.. “. How does one react ? “ Thank you. “ “Be polite.” Coach Leng drifted away.
Leaving her with the players looking at her.
This group of twenty year old boys were looking at her with shiny eyes. The atmosphere was weird.
“ So I’ll leave now ?” She tentatively asked, hoping they would make way.
“ You must be bored. Come and eat with us.”
“ Yes, come .” Their invites were ultra enthusiastic.
Li Yongxuan said heart was touched. However she was not going to get carried away.

She hesitated , and after a moment, carefully asked, “ Do you want me to write about the food in my report ?” This was greeted with bright and praising smiles.
“ Bingo!”
“ That’s smart !”