Chapter 14: She still had shame.
The robot butler returned with some tea, light porridge and fruits. Mei-Mei picked up the steaming cup of tea and looked out of the window. Even from this room, she could see the dazzling phoenix statue on top of the Phoenix company building. Once upon a time, she was on her way to being crowned the next CEO.
That too had been thrown out of the window thanks to Mo Liang. She recalled the day he told her not to take up the position, that he felt emasculated dating the next powerful female CEO of a company worth billions while he was just a poor space pilot in training.
The day he told her that, he had been drunk and when she sent him home, Mrs. Sun had cried and lamented. She had told Mei-Mei to stop making her son feel inadequate, that he had almost died for her once so why didn't she give in and make him happy.
Mei-Mei had gone home feeling guilty, called her mother Chi Lian and told her to put off the plan to make her the company CEO. Not long after that, she quit entirely to start Space M with Mo Liang.
After abandoning the company like that, how could she waltz back in seven years later and demand for the CEO position back? In the last seven years, she had not contributed anything to the Phoenix organization, she did not have the heart to return and face them like this.
"No, I can't do that. My sister Rose has been doing a great job as CEO. I can't go back home and just..." She sighed. "I can't."
"Then, do you want to be the CEO of Space M?" C4 asked, offering an alternative.
"No." Mei-Mei was quick to reject that option too. "I hate the company as much as I hate the co-founder."
She put down the cup of tea and closed her eyes, trying to figure out what she wanted. Who was she outside of the daughter of the Jun family? Who was she beyond an heiress or former heiress? Who was she outside of being Mo Liang's wife? What did she even want?