The next morning, before the sun had fully risen, Liang Zhen was already standing outside Shen Yueran's room.
It was only six o'clock now.
But in truth, he had been there since five.
For nearly an hour, he had been knocking on the door again and again while calling from outside in his steady voice, "Miss, please open the door."
"Old Master ordered that today is the first day. We must arrive there on time and begin our work properly."
But no matter how many times he knocked, the room inside stayed quiet.
It was as if the person inside had died in her sleep.
Liang Zhen's expression did not change.
He simply continued knocking like a tireless machine.
Then, suddenly—
Vushhh!
The door was pulled open at full speed.
A sleepy figure stood there with a dark expression on her face.
Her long hair was slightly messy, and her eyes were full of irritation. She looked like someone whose sweet dream had just been brutally destroyed.
"Shut your damn mouth! Shouting at my door this early in the morning... are you sick? Do you want to die that badly? Even roosters are not this annoying!"
Shen Yueran stared at Liang Zhen coldly and snapped, "What if we go late by one hour? Will anyone die?"
"Are we going to war or what?"
Then she pointed at him and continued cursing without pause.
Her curses did not stop.
For a full five minutes, she cursed him from head to toe.
Only after venting enough anger did she finally calm down a little.
Throughout the whole process, Liang Zhen stood there like an expressionless stone pillar.
It was as if the curses were only some meaningless morning wind blowing past him.
Only after Shen Yueran stopped did he raise his hand and hand over a neatly folded set of clothes.
"Miss," he said, "this is the uniform you have to wear to work from now on."
Shen Yueran lowered her eyes and looked at what he was holding.
A white shirt.
Black pants.
she said nothing. She snatched the clothes from his hand, turned around, and walked back into the room.
Bang.
The door closed again.
Inside the room, Shen Yueran looked down at the clothes in her hand.
Her gaze stopped on the white shirt.
Then, without hesitation, she threw it aside like trash.
She walked straight to her wardrobe, opened it, and looked through her clothes.
A moment later, she pulled out her favorite black shirt and placed it together with the black pants.
Only then did she head into the bathroom.
After bathing, she dried her hair, changed her clothes, and got ready.
The black shirt and black pants fit her perfectly. After that, she took out her favorite leather gloves and put them on.
On the back of the gloves, the silver-printed word Mingxiao shone faintly.
Then she put on the custom-made silver jewelry she liked the most. The black diamonds attached to them caught the light with a cold and luxurious gleam.
When everything was done, she looked at herself once in the mirror.
Only then was she satisfied.
In total, it had taken only half an hour.
Even many men could not get ready that quickly.
Outside the room, Liang Zhen was still waiting quietly.
Soon, the door opened again.
He looked up and saw Shen Yueran walking out.
The first thing he noticed was that she had not worn the white shirt at all.
Instead, she had changed it into her own black shirt.
But Liang Zhen did not say anything.
He had no mood to argue over clothes.
His only thought now was to get there on time on their first day.
So he simply lowered his head slightly and followed behind her.
Outside the mansion, many men were already waiting for their young leader.
The moment they saw Shen Yueran appear, they all straightened and saluted respectfully.
"Young leader!"
Shen Yueran gave them a calm nod.
Then she looked at everyone and said in a crisp voice, "Get ready, everyone."
"We must reach there on time."
"There is no time to waste."
Her earlier sleepy irritation had already disappeared without a trace.
Everyone moved at once.
The men quickly entered their assigned vehicles in perfect order.
After everything was ready, Shen Yueran walked toward her car.
Liang Zhen immediately stepped forward, opened the door for her, then closed it after she got in. After that, he went to the front seat and started the car.
Inside the car, Shen Yueran lowered the window, raised one hand, and shouted lazily, "Go fast."
At once, all the vehicles behind them started moving in the already arranged order, one after another.
The convoy drove out together.
The movement was neat and imposing.
For the first five minutes, everything was quiet.
Liang Zhen kept both hands on the steering wheel and focused on the road ahead.
Then suddenly, a faint sound entered his ears.
A small snoring sound.
He paused for a second, then turned his head slightly.
What he saw made him sigh inwardly.
She had somehow stretched herself across both seats and was already fast asleep.
She looked completely carefree, as if the person who had shouted about being on time earlier was not her at all.
Liang Zhen sighed silently and turned his eyes back to the road.
Then he continued driving steadily.
An hour later, the convoy finally arrived in front of Huo Corporation.
Four cars and ten large vans rushed over at full speed before braking sharply and coming to a stop in front of the company building.
The sight instantly shocked the people nearby.
Then the doors opened one after another.
Men in black and white suits began stepping down from the vehicles at once.
One after another.
In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred men had gathered.
Their movements were disciplined and clean.
Without a single wasted action, they quickly assembled into two straight rows.
A large gap was deliberately left in the center, clearly meant for someone important to walk through.
The whole entrance of Huo Corporation was instantly filled with an overwhelming and intimidating aura.