Pinnacles' Edge

A week ago,

Administrative Chief's Office,City U, Country K,

"Alas! There's nothing l could do for this water supply project because it's not approvable according to the constitution of the country. A large number of people will be badly affected if I give my consent to this, which I'm definitely not going to do."

Administrative Chief Xi Jingfei was discussing some important project with one of the key industrialists of the city, but wasn't satisfied with the proposal.

"Maybe we can both help each other..."

the businessman was ready to use any kind of underhand techniques to get the approval.

Jingfei: "I see where you're getting at, Mr Zhao. But Sir, please don't defy the position I'm sitting in. As an Administrative Chief, it's my duty to abide the law and not surrender to any kinds of malpractices. It's not my first day in the office. I've been transferred many times thanks to people like you. But as long as I'm here, I'm definitely not going to give my approval. Please go back and if possible, make amends to the proposal according to the law, I will definitely give a green signal then."

Jingfei had always been clear, concise and aphoristic. She knew her jurisdictions and also the extremities within which she had to work. After all, it had been three years since she worked in Administrative Office in different cities and various positions, and recently got promoted as Administrative Chief in City U.

...

After finishing all her meetings for the day with the authorities and officers of various departments of the government, Jingfei finally took a deep breath. At the very moment her phone rang. Soon as she pulled out her phone, her eyes sparkled and a tender and gentle smile curved through her face as she looked at the number flickering through the screen.

It was her fiancè,Lu Cheng, an accountant in a multi national company. Though they both met on a blind date set by their parents, but in the end it was them who chose each other. Talking to him in an extremely calm yet intense voice as she had always done, Jingfei set in her car, provided by the government, followed by a bodyguard, and leaned in her seat to relax after a long day.

As she got home, she excused herself from the call as she was dead tired and slept on the sofa itself with no care of the world what so ever.

...

It was twilight, when a deafning sound was heard outside the house. Her watchman quickly got alert and looked around. He could feel something was off but couldn't tell. Someone trespassed the house fencing and came directly to her doorstep. By now Jingfei had already woken up and looked for something to hit with in case someone sneaks in. She was all alert and was about to hit the person knocking her door with the wiper (she couldn't find anything else or maybe she watched too many dramas so she thought the thing was reliable), but as soon as she opened it, she couldn't bring herself to hit him anymore.