"Report!" A resonant baritone interrupted her thoughts. She looked at her watch and realized that she had been musing for quite a while now.
"Please come in," Daisy replied. Judging from the way he knocked, which was very formal and polite, she knew it wasn't Mark. He was a lot less serious but always looked as if he was on his way to deal with some kind of emergencies.
Entering the room was a young man full of vigor and vitality. His name was Lee. He saluted Daisy first and then reported, "Colonel, Major General Gu asked me to give these documents to you before he left. He said you might need them." After saying that, he stepped forward to hand over the documents.
"I see. It's very nice of him to be so thoughtful, but it seems that he doesn't really trust my working abilities," said Daisy with a faint smile, as she picked up the folder and sat down on her chair.
"No, you should not get it wrong. I am sure this was not his intention. He sorted out this information for you to use it as a source of reference. The next call of action and the final decision are in your hands only, colonel." Daisy was amused by how Lee took her words so seriously. She obviously knew Kevin well and didn't take any offence in getting help from him.
To reassure him, she said, "Okay, I get it. I appreciate both yours and his help. Please don't take me so seriously. I was just joking." 'Why couldn't he see that I was only joking?' thought Daisy to herself, knitting her brows, 'Have I always been serious in the past?'
Lee moved his lips but couldn't think of anything to reply. In fact, he didn't even think that Daisy was joking, because he didn't find anything funny about it. He had always been used to Daisy's conscientiousness and preciseness. So, today when she talked in a rather casual way, it was a little hard for him to accept.
Seeing that his work was done here, Lee excused himself and left the room. Though Daisy was a little annoyed by the idea that Kevin thought that she was't competent enough to handle the work all by herself, she knew he meant well. Therefore, she opened the folder and went through the whole file that he had prepared for her. To her surprise, there was a list of exactly all the things she needed to do today. This would save her at least a couple of hours. A surge of gratitude overtook her as she thought about how considerate and supportive Kevin was to her.
Feeling a little overwhelmed, Daisy bit her lip unconsciously. After checking the time, she finally picked up her phone and dialed.
"Hello?" replied Leena, half asleep. She was sleeping when her phone rang, and she picked it up without bothering to open her eyes to see who it was. She had been up all night to finish the drafts for her impending winter clothes press conference.
"Leena, are you still in bed?" Daisy looked down to check the time again. It was past eleven in the morning. She almost thought she called at the wrong hour.
"Oh, it's you, Sis. Do you need anything?" asked Leena, shaking her head a little to wake herself up.
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