shenqiyingyuan

Tired and frustrated, he headed to the only washroom in the apartment and turned on the hot water tap but after turning it on for several minutes he saw that nothing came out of it, a nerve throbbed in his temples but he took a calming breath and turned it close and opened it again —— Nothing.

After several attempts, he realised that the hot water tap was simply not working and had to give up before switching to the cold water tap and taking a cool and refreshing bath —— not. Fu Yu Sheng was used to bathing with hot water streaming down from a shower head when has he used a bucket and a wooden scoop? But for the sake of being next to his family, he was willing to make this little sacrifice but now he wasn\'t even getting hot water for a bath?

That was simply too much, once he was done taking a quick bath, he fished out his phone and called his assistant who has been missing from work for several days. The call was picked up after a couple of rings and Assistant Xu\'s cheery voice came from the other side, " Hello boss, how may I help you?"

Just listening to Assistant Xu\'s cheery voice was enough to make Fu Yu Sheng chew on his tongue, he wanted to hurl several diatribes at the latter but he couldn\'t. After all, Assistant Xu went through so much trouble and it was only right for him to take a break, so, with another calming breath he asked, " Where are you?"

" Umm.. boss do you need me for something?" asked Assistant Xu with a hint of hesitancy in his voice and Fu Yu Sheng who was quick to notice, narrowed his eyes as he repeated,  " Where. Are.  You. Now. Assistant Xu?"

" O..Osaka," Assistant Xu who couldn\'t bear the weight of his boss\'s heavy tone, hurriedly replied and then to lighten the mood, he cheekily added, " Actually, my family was worried for me, they thought that I was talking bullsh*t after overworking for so many days, so they dragged me to Osaka, they said that I was losing my mind working so hard and because the lady boss gave me a week\'s holiday I thought why not?"

What Assistant Xu didn\'t know was that every word of his hit Fu Yu Sheng like an arrow aimed at his heart. He too has been working overtime and without his assistant, the job has only become even more tiresome because, among all his assistants, Xu Ming was the only one who was capable of becoming his personal assistant and bears all the responsibilities flawlessly. Without him, Fu Yu Sheng was drowning in overwork, yet neither his wife nor son cared about him.

Forget about arranging a trip to Osaka they haven\'t even come to meet him! How could he not envy Assistant Xu for having such a loving family?

" Assistant Xu?" said Fu Yu Sheng, his smile turning a bit eerie as he looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall opposite him and said, "It\'s midnight already."

Assistant Xu, who did not understand the meaning of his boss\'s words, let out a low \'hmm?\'

" Which means that your week\'s long break including an extra day holiday is now over, I will be expecting to see you in the office early asap in the morning." Fu Yu Sheng\'s words were like the hammer of doom and Assistant Xu who has been enjoying his break stood up from the hot springs and looked at his phone. It was just as his boss said——- it was really midnight and he did plan to return today but that was after taking another dip in the hot springs and a good walk around the inn before heading to the airport in the morning but if his boss wanted to see him the first thing as soon as he opened the door to his office then it meant he has to leave right now!

Flustered, he slipped out of the spring and answered, " I... I got it, boss, is there anything else?"

" Yes," said Fu Yu Sheng nursing the ache in his forehead. " The assistant you left behind made a mess of the documents regarding our deal with the Zhou pharmaceuticals, you need to redo it and——" Fu Yu Sheng spouted out a number of things that made Assistant Xu\'s eyes swirl, he didn\'t expect that the two assistants that he was training were so incapable, now he couldn\'t understand how the boss spent the last week without him.

Did the boss even get a wink of sleep?

The heavy circles under Fu Yu Sheng\'s eyes screamed that he hasn\'t. After finishing what he had to say, Fu Yu Sheng turned to his bathroom and added, " And send someone to fix this building\'s water supply system before I demolish it."

" Yes, Yes." Assistant Xu knew that because of all the mishaps that happened this week, his boss was in a foul mood and immediately agreed, that he might be gutsy but he wasn\'t gutsy enough to poke an angry tiger in the eye. But then he remembered something and he immediately stiffened, ah looks like he will have to poke the tiger in the eye, after all. " Umm, boss there is one more thing."

" Hmm?" This time it was Fu Yu Sheng\'s turn to be confused. " what is it?"

" CEO Song called, he has arranged a meeting with you tomorrow."