Mu Feng, a 6ft 20-year-old young man with a face which could rival a top face model of any country stepped into the My family home after having received an urgent SOS distress call which he had long perceived was fake from his mother. He had calmly walked up to his mother asking what the problem was. She'd instantly thrown a tantrum about him never visiting home unless forced to and only after much coaxing did she finally relent asking him about his work and lifestyle. Mu Feng was the current president of his father's establishment Mu Corporation. He had joined the company a year ago after graduating from college at 19. He was fiercely independent and had always loved to stay alone moving out of the family home at 16 when he'd graduated from high school.
After dealing with all the questions his mother had asked him to stay for lunch and to accompany his dad and her to a dinner appointment. Sensing something amiss in the entire scenerio he had kept probing until his mother had finally told him it was a dinner appointment with the Lu's.
He questioned the reason and his mother had begun a long story of a promise between best friends throwing out a plethora of reasons for Xinya to get married to him. Instantly he'd recalled the piece of news he'd been told as a kid. He'd been engaged before birth to a young girl, the Young heiress of Lu Corporation, Lu Xinya. A wave of anger hit him as he instantly stood to leave only for him to hear a voice behind him "Feng'er if you walk out of this house today, it means you will be giving up all rights to inheritance of all my properties and desolving all familial bonds to your mother and I"
Mu Feng froze, his expression darkening as he wondered why his mother wanted him to marry her and why his father would force him to marry a girl he neither knew nor loved. He turned, asking,
"Why? Why do I have to marry a girl I neither love nor know?
His father had insisted she was the best choice for him and so he relented wanting to meet the so called best. Just like his mother had done he'd also thrown in a lot of reasonable looking reasons.
He headed for his room and sat down, his memories moving back about 15 years ago.
It was Summer and he was on break from school he was only 5 and his mother had taken him to go and see her best friend Aunty Elaine, he remembered her to be a nice lady that had given him many treats and ruffled his hair nicely. She had a 3 year old adorable girl who he had liked and played with and he had been happy with her. He remembered he had been bombarded with questions all day and he had found that little ball of energy funny. At the end of that day she'd gone from calling him My Feng to calling him Brother Feng, to calling him Ah Feng. She'd pretty much followed him around that day, in a white gown and pretty pigtails. She'd swing his hand insisting he played with her.
On getting home his mother had asked him what he thought of her and he'd replied that he'd liked her. She'd smiled and dropped the bombshell on him "She'd be your wife when you grow up" .
He had no idea about what marriage meant but understood that the both of them might be inseparable in the future.
Later that day he came down from his room to hear his parents discussing and his mother had said "I wish little Xinya was my daughter then I'll be able to take her shopping and pamper her all day" to which his father had responded: " she'll be your son's wife anyways which will make her your daughter in the future so you can just continue treating her as your daughter". In that instance he told himself that if Xinya was not his wife then his mother will not take her out and he'll still be the only one in his mother's mind. To him the reason why his mother had reacted in the way she did was because of the fact that he'd accepted Xinya as a wife as a result he decided to be mean to Xinya. He felt that if he was mean to Xinya and if he hated her then she won't be his wife and his mother will belong to only him and from that moment on, over the next ten years he had been incredibly mean and rude to Xinya.
Thinking back Xinya hadn't really done anything but he'd viewed her as a threat because after that incident, anytime Xinya visited his mother, his mother would put all her attention on her, having her favorite food prepared, talking to her, and planning outings with her. It had always seemed like Xinya was her daughter and he was the outsider, he hated it and slowly he'd begun hating her.
He decided not to think too much, regardless of what happened he'd just go with the flow and see how things went until, he'd gone downstairs to get a cup of water only to hear his parents discussing the conditions for his marriage.
His mother had mentioned the fact that the Lu's were having issues with their company and needed about 100 million to offset their loan and could only rely on his father to provide the funds. In exchange, he'd marry off the daughter to him. Mu Feng felt disgusted and stormed up the stairs telling himself that he'd never see Xinya Lu as his wife regardless of what happened and that he'd make her willingly ask for a divorce since she and her father had tied him into a marriage without any consideration for himself. To him being tied to a marriage he didn't want was something he would never like and would never accept but since he had no choice but to marry her, he'd have to come up with other ways of dealing with it.
Xinya walked through the doors of Lu Corporation dressed in a classy black trouser suit, a pair of heels and a smile plastered over her face. As she walked in she soon became the topic of discussion across the reception since she had become one of the most controversial topics in the company. People could not fathom how a girl with seemingly no background could easily complete all the tasks assigned to her with no mistakes and how she always seemed to be classily dressed, even in nameless brands. A lot of people believed she was someone's mistress but there was no evidence to prove it and because of the fact that she had refused to date anyone regardless of who and the extreme politeness and coldness she seemed to exude she had earned the title of the ice queen yet somehow she never seemed to care.Nodding at the people who said a greeting to her, Xinya made her way to the accounts department, where she got blocked by Kira, an intern with the Finance department whi
At the same time on the topmost floor of Lu Corporation, the CEO/Chairman, stared at his phone incredulously, he could not believe that the little girl who would quiver at his presence would oh so openly ignore him. To his surprise, she had dared hang up on him, something that has never happened in all 18 years of her life and for him in more than 20 years. He'd chuckled darkly, wondering if he was wrong. Calling his assistant into his office, he'd sent him to inquire on exactly what happened, after all, regardless of how he viewed his daughter, she was still the sole heir to his company. In less than 30 minutes, his assistant was back, sporting an incredulous look, he presented a file before his CEO and while the former was perusing the file, started telling him exactly what had happened in the company that morning. It was only then that James Lu realized that his daughter whom he had looked down on was an interesting girl, she was better than what he thought. He turned his attenti
After a tiring 4 hours before a laptop, Xinya found herself with a new Swiss account and a bank balance of a few tens of millions. Her name once buried under the dust along side thousands of others, had once again swept through the list in the space of a couple of hours, she'd made it into the top one thousand, her eyes lingered on the verification button besides her name. She didn't know it but at that moment her actions had caused a ripple in the Hacker world. She had jumped into the nine hundreds and still moving upwards. She smiled, wondering to herself if her father would let her back out of the marriage agreement if she filled in the gaps in finances and if she found him a good financial advisor. "If I handed him a few couple of millions, would he die of a heart attack"She wondered to herself"or would he accuse me of robbing a bank?" Xinya chuckled at her thoughts.
Mu Feng raised his brows wondering exactly what the woman beside him planned to say. He watched as she walked pass him and out into the night. The lights formed a hallow around her making her look distinctly beautiful. He sighed, getting up and wondering to himself exactly what she planned to say. As soon as Mu Feng entered the garden he caught sight of Xinya who was leaning on a tree, a stem wound round her in her hand. She looked quite at ease and very different from the girl he'd seen the moment he'd entered the Lu's home. "What's up" A cold voice fell through Xinya looked up, her distracted thoughts interrupted, reminding her of the reason she stepped into the cold night. "Young Master Mu, I don't know how this engagement fell into place and I am really not interested in fulfilling it neither do I think that based on your attitude so far that you are interested. So I would like you to talk to your parents while I speak to my father a
It was another anoyingly slow day for Lu Xinya in the office, while she loved getting back at others, doing it in secret was more of her but now she had to get the company on track as well as join the board of directors meeting that afternoon as well as a contract discussion which meant everyone will know her identity. She had promised her Dad that she would be able to get the money required to get the company back in track without the help of the Mus but instead of agreeing to call of the marriage, the man had told her that her marriage was a must. He had reiterated that while he wasn't extremely fond of her and while he hadn't spent much time on her, he still loved her and that the reason for her marriage was even more serious than company funds. He hinted that it was very serious but refused to say anything else. Lu Xinya had begun wondering if she had been wrong. At that point there was a knock on her door. "Come in" A young girl of about 22, dres
It was currently 1:45pm. Lu Xinya walked into the boardroom. There were more than ten men already seated there. Four of them were minor share holders with no decision rights and who merely came to the board meetings to establish presence and fill up space. She ran through the information she had of the company in her head. Her father was the major share holder with 53% of the shares. Her uncle held the position of the second largest with 19%, she held third with 18%, The Mu's held 5% and the four shareholders there shared the remaining 5%. This made her father the major share holder with major decision making right especially since he could access the 37% held by this brother-in-law and his daughter. However with Lu Xinya turning 18, she gained access to managing both her own shares but the shares owned by her uncle by default since she was also her uncle's legal heir. She greeted the men and sat down on the seat reserved for the third largest share holder even though she co
While Lu Xinya tore the executives apart, exposing their stupidity, a man was fascinated while watching her. Mu Feng stood in the hallway with his people, his expression filled with shock. He felt like he was seeing her for the first time. It turned out the little girl of that year had grown up.Her
It was late in the evening at The Everglades, one of the most upscale bars in F city. Two men could be seen sitting in a private room on the second floor. They were talking as they drank. The two men were Mu Feng, Vice President of Mu Corporation and Nate Yang, CEO Blaze Conglomerate, another international company on par with Mu Corporation. Both men were best friends who had gone to high school and university together. Together with Franklyn Saunders, a world class hacker, they made an invincible trio. Unfortunately, Franklyn had been called back to the headquarters by the Hacker Lord owing to the return of the Young Master of the Hacker Alliance.The three men, despite being best friends had vastly different characters.Nate, was a typical young rich heir. He was basically a sunshine boy as well as a player. He was technically a clown. His love for gossip was unrivalled and his ability to dig for it was as professional as that of the paparazzi. Well what could on