Hidden Love
Han Yu Pin Yin: Cang Ai
Author: Jennifer
Source: AAE Village
Translators: Evie

[When they meet one another, she is 25 years old, just started work as interior designer and he is 30 years old, and is the MBS business planning department director.]

She was asked to responsible to take care of this case because of San Mei colleagues, Zhao Sun Jing is pregnant so, she voluntarily helps to take over of Sun Jing works. San Mei had make an appointment with Sun Jing's client today to show him the design for his new place at MBS. This Sun Jing's client is very nice as had not asked any special request, preferences or demand on the design at all except that the exact place where the piano should be...

After finding out from the receptionist, San Mei walked toward sixth floor.

There it is... Room 603! And as we walks along the corridor, she doesn't like the design of these office rooms at all. Each office door covers with the heavy jet black paint..., leaving people feeling uncomfortable only...If she every have to work in here, she really can suffocate.

She has knocked on the door lightly, pushes the Room 603 door....
Looks like there's a young lady stood up to greet her....The young lady introduce herself as the secretary...

"I had made an appointment with Mr. Yin Xiang Zhe. I'm from Yang Shen Design Company Limited" San Mei have done a simple self introduction.

"I'm really sorry, Director Yin is in a meeting, please wait for a while?" The secretary guides her to the waiting room and went to get her a cup of coffee.

So...Sun Jing client is the Director of MBS...must be an old man! All this while Sun Jing only managed to contact the director's secretary through telephone...she never talk to this director personally before..

"It's ok...I can wait for him...Don't worry"
In San Mei mind today is Friday, gets through this matter, she can have a good rest throughout the weekend. Furthermore her daddy had promise that he will be home this week. And thinking of she can act like a her daddy precious princess...immediately her mood becomes very good.

She has took a sipped of the coffee, and smile brightly to the secretary: "Miss, your coffee is really tasty, has not drink such good coffee for a long time!"

"Is it? Our Director Yin is fastidious very much to the coffee." In San Mei mind .."looks like this Director Yin is a very detailed and particular person in things. " and...As she looks around and observing the design of the room, cream color is the room's main theme, matches the deep color furniture, looks like brightly does not lose gravely, comparing with the outside dark color and serious type design to the design of this room, it gives people a more comfortable kind of feeling. Looking back at her draft drawing, unexpectedly there are several similarity between it. This increase her curiosity to this Director Yin.

From the next room she often heard voices of several men speaks, but most times there is a young man speaking.

As she waited patiently, Director Yin is late for 1/2 an hour already.

Anyway, she is used to this kind of situation, after working for 1/2 year in this industry. Customer always comes first...that's the rule for this industry...Furthermore, she doesn't to offend a client and loses her job too.
She took out a book from her briefcase which just received this afternoon....Wholly obsessed reading the book, she didn't even realize how fast time flies...Until there's a group of people successively passes by her, she only then realized that she had waited for more than hours.

There's a man stood infront of her, "I am a Yin Xiang Zhe, so sorry to keep you waited for so long, my secretary forgot to remind me. Please come in!" In the expression covers up apology.

This voice sound as if is like the young man who speaks in the other room.

She quickly put her book away and stood up to greet Director Yin back.
As she looks up...in front of her is a young man.
A very good looking and suave man! The high stature, the upright face, big eyes, the thick eyebrow, the fine-looking nose, the rich lip, and still does not lose the heroic spirit, between the forehead reveals to sink steadily is self-confident.

(PS: I don't know how to describe how good looking is Xiang Zhe...you gals know well enough...how to put words to describe him man!)

He realized that it is as though he had caught her attention...he smile...

She hurry take back the 'stare', "Mrrrr.... Director Yin, hello! I am Zhen Shanmei." She handed over own name card.

He nodded and smiles...leading her to his office. He greets her to sit down at the discussion table. San Mei, "This is your draft house design, please take a look." She took out and handed it over to him.

As she was going through with him to illustrate the design and only around five minutes, her presentation was stopped by the phone ring. He felt really bad to walked away to answer phone but he had no choice but sets out to answer the phone. After his call it was already ten minutes later....and throughout the next entire 1/2 an hour, their discussion was interrupted by phone calls, and documents signing brought in by the secretary....She has not ever met any situation that worse than now, in the entire half an hour time, they converses not even to 15 minutes.

Taking a look at her watch it's already half pass 6, in her heart secretly sighed the tone. He is finally back at his seat after all those phones and official business paper works, he unexpectedly opens said: "Miss Zhen, just go ahead with your design, I do not have no opinions on it."

After saying that to San Mei, he just turns around to settle something with the secretary immediately.

She somehow could not help but to be unhappy, in the heart whispers, "What is this? Who does he takes me as?" She don't think this means he is really happy or agreed with her design. Clearly he doesn't take the design of his house seriously... since so, why not simply looked for several type of furniture to fill up the house....why spend money to ask a designer to design...This is her work...He have no respect in it at all.

She had that grumpy look at her face, and whisper to herself.."What does he mean by just go ahead with my design...This is not my house...I'm not the one that going to stay there!!"

"Xiang Zhe, you are not ready yet?"
A slender, pretty lady has entered in the room...San Mei knows her....She is the anchor news reporter in MBS....Liu Yong Xi.
"Oh! You have the visitor?" Yong Xi turn and take a look at San Mei....

"Ohh...This young lady is my house designer, we almost done....Pls wait for me at the ground floor...I'll be there in 10 mins...."

Yong Xi nodded and walked out....(Yong Xi looks very arrogant.... )

"Miss Zhen, are you angry at me?" San Mei was shocked...She hurrily turned over and look at Xiang Zhe...

"Is not that I do not respect your works...It just that I am really ... satisfied with the design, that's why I just want to let you to go about it your way..."

Her complaint,...gosh...he heard it.... "I..." She thought...it is so embrassing...Her face turns red straightaway...a problem that she have since young...she can't never hide it...

She took a deep breath and was just about to answer, the handphone ring....She bow to excuse herself to answer the telephone.

"Hello, This is Zhen San Mei." It was San Mei dad...

"What! You are not coming back again!!!?" Her father broke his promise again, she is so unhappy and unconsciously she raised her voice.

Suddenly she realized he is still next to her...she is kind of awkward, passing a faint smile to him.

As she continue speaking to her dad...but with a lower tone this time..."I purposely went to market yesterday to buy all meat and vegetables to make your favorite dishes tonight...and now you are telling me that you are not coming home already?!! I don't care la...How am I supposed to finish up everything on my own now?

He fascinatingly looks at her, she acts like a spoiled brat with the father, with a moment ago was a outstanding, modern day working woman...it's like a totally different person.

"All right! I know la! I'll remember to lock all the doors and windows up...I'm no longer a small child ok?

As she hung up...feeling really unhappy, annoyed and this unexpectedly happened right infront of this stranger a moment ago.

"I'm so sorry. It was my daddy." She somehow felt kind of embarrassed to said it...

"Not at all...I'm the one who delayed you." He really felt very sorry about it. He knows that if this happened to him, he would felt really unhappy..

"That's all Director Yin..We'll start work on Monday...And we'll able to finish up the renovation by Saturday.."Very happy to have the opportunity at your service, goodbye." She raises slightly take a bow, turns around and take a step out of his office.

"Miss Zhen!" He stopped her "The time is late already, do you want to join me for dinner? Make you waited for me half of the day, I am very sorry about it."

His politeness, gentleness and that sincere expression, somehow helped her unhappiness disappeared...."Thank you, but, I don't to annoy your girlfriend." San Mei replied playfully....

She returned him with a sweet smile of hers and wave (saying bye-bye)...as she walk towards the elevator.

"Hey! I think you have misunderstood... .... ... " She already walks away along the corridor....before he could finish up this sentence....

What a lady! He thought to himself....Her smile is so beautiful, gives people some kind of comfortable and sunlight bright feeling.
He looked at her back, and just smile to himself thinking of her..............

After a week, his new home renovation was completed and he was very satisfied. He wants to express thanks to her, but he may actually not able see that lovable lady, they said she travelled on official business to outstation already. He wondered...she shouldn't be avoiding him right? Is she still angry at him????