You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 587 She Was The Gift

Nina was stunned and so was Charlie.

"Ma'am, didn't you ask Mr. Shi to register it?" Charlie asked hesitantly.

"No, I didn't," Nina immediately answered. Didn't I tell you to avoid him?"

"I did," Charlie said. "But Mr. Shi found me. I tried to stall him, but he took out your plan and design drawing."

Nina was speechless.

It turned out that John had really seen the plan and the design drawing in Vicente's study.

She realized that she was not the only one who had the ability to remember things with just one glance. John was capable of that, too, and he was even better.

He had been born like that, while she had the ability because of M.C.

So why did she even bother trying to hide her firm from John for two years?

"What else did he do?" Nina asked.

Charlie pointed at the books on the wall and said, "There are over ten thousand books on those shelves. Half of them were bought by Mr. Shi's people. There are also some precious books with only one copy left in existence. It took Mr. Shi a lot of effort to find them.

And there's a gym and a swimming pool at the back." Charlie led Nina to the back of the first floor.

A huge swimming pool sprawled in front of her. The clear water rippled slightly and shone under the sunlight.

The fitness room was on the other side. Through its glass walls, she could see all the brand new exercise equipment.

Nina felt her cheeks grow hot.

Everything she was seeing was not like a workplace. It was like a tourist attraction.

However, Charlie was at ease. "This place is also equipped with an excellent security system. The slightest effort of a break-in will trip all the alarms.

All in all, everything is ready. You just need to pick out seven or eight candidates to fill your staff, and we can begin. I'm good at sorting out files." Everything seemed perfect, but Nina had a bad feeling.

She had originally planned to start her business first and then tell John. However, John had acted faster. He must be planning something crafty.

"Did John say anything strange to you, Charlie?"

"Like what?" Charlie was confused.

Nina looked at Charlie and said, "When you spoke to him, did he mention me?"

"Oh, Mr. Shi always mentions you." Charlie raised his head and smiled. "I don't remember his original words, but he said that you agreed to his condition in order to start your business." Nina froze, her face turning stiff.

It was as she expected.

She secretly started the firm, and John took it that she had accepted his condition.

If she had not done it secretly and had negotiated with him first, she would have been able to object to some excessive and unreasonable condition.

But it was too late now.

She had no choice but to do as John said.

Nina sighed and said, "Thank you for your help. I have to go."

At this time, she could only prepare a gift for John and see if she could turn the tides to her favor.

After leaving the firm, Nina hailed a taxi. This time, she did not wear a mask or a pair of sunglasses.

She did not even speak to the driver after getting into the car. She just closed her eyes and took a nap for more than half an hour. When she woke up, she was already at Time Group's building.

After getting out of the car and entering the building, she saw the driver take a big wad of cash from the front desk. She felt a sharp pang of guilt in her heart. She had to drive herself next time to save money. It had only been a year since she came back to Lexingport City, but it seemed that the same agreement still existed.

All the cab drivers in the city knew her as well as everyone in Time Group, so she did not have any problems catching a ride or walking in and out of the building.

She took the private elevator to the top floor and took out her phone to call Amy who confirmed that John was in a meeting at the moment.

Nina hung up after telling her to not let John know of her arrival.

Amy expressed her understanding and waited for her at the elevator area. The moment the elevator doors whirred open, Amy slightly bowed to Nina and said, "Good day, Mrs. Shi. There's still forty minutes before the end of Mr. Shi's meeting."

"Forty minutes is all I need." Nina looked at her watch. "In twenty minutes, go downstairs and fetch a package for me. It's large and may be a little inconvenient to bring up here, but it's not heavy."

"All right." Amy had not seen Nina for a long time, so she could not help smiling at her.

Even though Amy's smile disappeared in a flash, Nina was still stunned.

The people around John always wore a cold face like he did, especially Richard. And Amy's default expression was even less friendly since she was Richard's subordinate.

Her sudden smile was like a red flower blossoming in the snow, unexpected and beautiful.

"You look good when you smile, Amy. You should do it more often," Nina smiled.

Embarrassed, Amy lowered her eyes and said, "Thank you, Mrs. Shi."

Nina was quite familiar with John's office. And there was a bedroom in the office. John had it built so that he could stay the night whenever he got too busy with his work.

Besides the two-meter wide bed, there was also a wardrobe and a clean bathroom stocked with toiletries. Everything was there.

Nina went straight to the bathroom and took a shower. There was a hint of rose fragrance in the air, which was John's favorite scent.

Twenty minutes later, Amy came in with a large square gift box. She found Nina already dressed in a black slip dress and holding a dry towel in her hand. Her hair was still dripping wet, and it clung to her back. Amy looked at Nina and then at the box, which was big enough to contain a fully grown adult.

"Are you going into the box, Mrs. Shi? If so, how will you be able to breathe?" Amy asked. "Where do you want me to put it?"

"Just leave it there. I want him to see it right away," Nina said. "And I'm not going into the box. I just want John to think that I'm in it, but there's indeed a gift inside."

Amy was not convinced that the box contained anything. It was very light when she lifted it.

But she was in no position to ask questions, so she just dipped her chin in acknowledgement, set down the box, and walked out.

Another twenty minutes passed, and John's meeting ended.

A large square box with a big bow on it greeted him when he entered his office.

John stopped, dropped the document in his hand, put his pen into his jacket pocket, and walked over to check out the box.

A heart-shaped card was sitting on top of the box, and the handwriting on it was elegant and familiar. With one glance, he immediately knew whose handwriting it was.

With a smile, John picked up the card with his slender fingers. The writing on it read, "Hey, honey. Unwrap the box."

It seemed that his little girl had come back.

She came back without telling him again.

How could she not remember to inform him of her whereabouts? What if something bad happened to her while he was kept out of the loop?

If he did not teach her a lesson today, she would be more unscrupulous in the future.

The smile on John's face slowly disappeared. When he saw the air holes on the box, he set down the card and walked away.

He decided he would let his little girl reflect on her unwise decisions while crouching inside a tight, dark space.

Not hearing the box open just as planned, Nina pursed her lips and smiled. She had guessed that John would ignore the box, so she did not hide inside.

Instead, she hid under his desk. As his footsteps got closer and closer, she hugged her shins even tighter and swallowed her chuckle.

A few moments later, a pair of shining leather shoes appeared in front of her. John pulled out his office chair and saw someone squatting under his table. Impulse told him to throw the chair at the intruder. For a moment, he thought that someone had come to assassinate him.

But seeing Nina's familiar face and smug smile, he loosened his grip on the chair and squinted at the gift box.

What was she doing under the table when she was supposed to be in the box?

Nina seemed to understand what John was thinking and blinked at him as if telling him that the box was a decoy.

Looking at the woman he missed so much, John wanted to get her out from under the table and hold her in his arms.

But his reason stopped him. He must punish her for sneaking back without telling him.

"You look comfortable enough in there. You can squat a little longer." John sat down in his office chair and stretched one of his legs right next to Nina.

Nina said nothing, but she was not angry. After a while, she put her hand on his leg.

All of a sudden, John's body went numb. He looked down and saw a pair of amber eyes staring slyly at him.

"You taught me one thing on the lunar July 7th on C Island. I'm here to hand in my homework."