Love O2O- Beyond a Beautiful Smile

Chapter 46- Countdown

A/N: I am soooooo happy! Got marks back today and pretty stoked with the result. And that's my brag moment because now I need to concentrate on the next assessments. Sigh. 

Hao Mei glared at the countdown clock as it refused to tick down the minute that had just passed fifteen minutes ago. Okay, maybe he was exaggerating, even in his mind, but he had never realised just how long an entire minute could be. The count down to Demo-Day was driving him crazy and that bloody clock with its smug refusal to count do... nope. There it went. 1 day, 10 hours and 13 minutes. Unable to concentrate on the coding (he'd managed to lose a 7. At least, he thought it was a 7 but it could have been a T) because that blasted countdown clock was giving him the evil eye, Mei headed to the office foyer. 

    "Food de...liv...ery?" The orange clad delivery man looked nervously at Mei when he stepped through the doorway. More often than not, around this time, Mei could be found crouching against the entranceway wall and it was beginning to scare the delivery drivers. To be honest, it was past the beginning stage and well in to the 'scared all the other drivers off so now only one was willing to make delivery's anymore" stage. 

    "Come get lunch!" Bei Wei Wei rescued the delivery man, taking the bags of food off him and palming them off to Ban Shan. 

    "This is today's lunch; this is last week's bill. Please review it." He handed the paperwork over to Wei Wei while trying not to twitch when he happened to see Mei from the corner of his eye. He leaned towards Wei Wei. "What's the deal with your company? There isn't even a proper reception desk. Everytime I come here, he's over there in a strange pose. If I weren't so brave, I wouldn't dare to make deliveries here. Is your company a legitimate business?"

    Mei sneered but Wei Wei answered the man seriously. "We are a bonda fide gaming company. We're absolutely legitimate."

    "Then.. he..."

    "Ah... this you don't know. Inspiration congregates in this area. It's really easy to find ideas here." Wei Wei helped Mei stand and leaned him against the wall. "When our programmers are stuck on their codes, they come to this spot."

   The delivery man's eyes widened. "That's some advanced sci-fi technology. But that hair of his looks like it hasn't been washed in days."

    Snickers could be heard from the direction of the conference room. 

    "Is that hair style also for inspiration?"

   "Look. Upright hair like this makes it easier to receive inspiration. It's just like an antenna."

    To everyone's surprise, the delivery man nodded. "That seems reasonable."

    "This bill looks fine. I'll get the money." Wei Wei quickly made her escape before her laughter gave the game away.  Left with the delivery man, Mei rolled against the wall until he was facing it, forehead pressed to the surface and eyes closed. Behind his eyelids he could still see the numerals from the countdown clock and he groaned loudly, dropping to his knees once more. From his left the was a sudden scurry and a clatter as the delivery man bolted down the stairs. Wei Wei wandered back over with money in her hand. 

    "Oh? Where did he go?"

    "ET phoned home and scared him off." Li Qiang's contribution was entirely unnecessary and Mei turned to scowl at him. "Now Mr Beauty, with a smile like that you look less like Mr Beauty and more like Mr J."

    "Mr J...."

    "Mr J. Joker? Batman? What kind of a nerd doesn't know a Batman reference when he hears it?"