The Li Group building had thirty-six floors, with the top floor being Li Mohan's president's office.
Below that were other areas, and the bottom six floors housed the Li Group's shopping mall.
With a large number of people, a tight schedule, and the female ghost's ability to move freely during the day as long as it avoided areas directly exposed to sunlight, finding it seemed like an impossible task for Ye Huohuo.
However, Ye Huohuo was not one to give up easily. After frowning in thought for a moment, she glanced at the window in Li Mohan's office and the sunlight on the floor.
Closing her eyes, she recalled her previous experience in the mall. A moment later, she opened her eyes.
"I have an idea! While I can't find Lihua immediately, I can at least narrow down the search area. She said, casually picking up a pen and paper from Li Mohan's desk.
"I remember the building's exterior walls are all made of tempered glass for better lighting, right!" She asked Li Mohan, of course.
Li Mohan understood her meaning and nodded, but then pointed out a different fact, "But that glass is specially treated to block light. A large portion of the sunlight is blocked, and very little enters the rooms. It might not achieve the effect you want."
Ye Huohuo dismissed his concern, "Mr. Li, you're mistaken. Ghosts fear not the intensity of sunlight, but the Yang energy carried within it. As long as sunlight enters, they dare not approach any place it touches.
Even ghosts like Lihua, who can move during the day, wouldn't dare to get close. Before I came, I saw many promotional banners hanging outside the mall, blocking most of the walls. Could you please have someone take them all down?
Also, there is a large glass dome on top of the mall. Have it cleaned thoroughly, and open the skylights. I've calculated that this way, most areas in the mall section below the sixth floor will be bathed in sunlight.
This will make the areas below the sixth floor, which have the highest foot traffic and are hardest to control, safe. Lihua wouldn't dare to go below the sixth floor, which allows me to focus all my energy on the office areas above the seventh floor."
Li Mohan pondered for a moment, then pressed the intercom, calling his secretary in.
His current head secretary, Mina, entered.
Mina was responsible for most of the matters Li Mohan handled at the company.
She had three subordinate secretaries who managed different departments, and she delegated specific tasks further down.
She could be considered the link between most people in the company and Li Mohan, and she had always taken pride in this role.
Mina felt uncomfortable seeing the always-unapproachable Mr. Li bringing a young girl into his presidential office and not coming out for such a long time.
After all, she had worked wholeheartedly for Li Mohan for ten years, and at thirty years old, she hadn't even had a boyfriend. Perhaps Li Mohan was the only one in the entire company who didn't know what she was thinking.
Or perhaps Li Mohan knew but hadn't explicitly addressed it, as he recognized Mina's work capabilities. He had even tried to set her up with someone.
It was a university alumnus of his, who was also a company boss, young, promising, and handsome.
But Mina had rejected him without even looking, citing that she wasn't ready for a boyfriend.
Later, Li Mohan had also advised her outside of work, but sometimes, people engrossed in something cannot be awakened by outsiders.
Although Li Mohan's attitude had been clear, Mina always believed that affection grew over time. They spent countless hours working for the company together, and Li Mohan spent more time with her than with any other woman.
Most importantly, Li Mohan had never dated any woman in all these years.
Mina increasingly felt that Li Mohan was destined for her, and only she could provide him with the greatest comfort and help.
The reason Li Mohan hadn't had a girlfriend for so many years was because she was by his side, and he had subconsciously come to regard her as his girlfriend.
However, all her previous assumptions were challenged today.
How could he bring a girl into his office, and stay in there for so long without calling her in, not even to bring a glass of water?
If she hadn't known that Acheng was inside, and then another person with a large bag had gone in later, she might have driven herself crazy with her imagination.
Just as she was about to smash her computer in frustration, she received Li Mohan's instruction to enter, and her heart finally settled.
However, as soon as she entered, she saw the young girl sitting in Li Mohan's seat, while Li Mohan stood beside her, watching what she was drawing.
They were very close to each other, Li Mohan's chin almost touching the top of the girl's head.
This...
This proximity...
It was known that Mr. Li of Li Corporation in Haicheng had always kept his distance from women, maintaining a distance of at least five steps.
Even she could only stand next to him at most, never touching the corner of his clothes.
This close, and with Li Mohan actively approaching, this...
Mina felt her head spinning, and a buzzing sound filled her ears. She didn't hear a word of what Li Mohan said.
It wasn't until Acheng nudged her with his elbow that she regained some semblance of composure.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I didn't hear what you just said!" Mina's face was a little pale. Looking at Ye Huohuo's unadorned, delicate face, she felt an indescribable anger.
That girl looked so young, not even twenty, didn't she? Why would Li Mohan like such a shallow little girl?
It must be because he was attracted to her youth, she thought. She still had a chance, after all, once this novelty wore off, he would finally realize that she was the most suitable woman for him.
Ye Huohuo's cat-like eyes looked at the woman in the exquisite business attire, dressed professionally yet alluringly. Although she wore only light makeup, it perfectly accentuated her gentle beauty.
This woman, at a glance, was the type to be cunning, highly rational, patient, and very goal-oriented.
Out of professional habit, Ye Huohuo's gaze swept over Mina's face, and she couldn't help but sigh inwardly, another person who liked Li Mohan!
Seeing the look of utter disdain in her eyes as she looked at her, Ye Huohuo felt her head ache, feeling as though she was becoming an enemy to all women!
However, this was not the time to dwell on such matters.
Seeing that the others hadn't realized the issue and no one was repeating it for Mina, Ye Huohuo sighed inwardly, "Miss Mina, could you please, as per Mr. Li's instructions, have someone take down the banners and painted decorations from the exterior walls of the building? Also, please have the dome above the sixth floor cleaned further, and open the skylights!
Try to let more sunlight into the shopping mall areas below the sixth floor."
Ye Huohuo was actually trying to be helpful, wanting to spare Mina embarrassment, but in Mina's eyes, this was Ye Huohuo taking it upon herself to give her orders on behalf of Li Mohan.
And Li Mohan was standing by, tacitly approving!
A little brat had climbed above her, and a flame of jealousy and anger ignited in Mina's heart. The last shred of rationality made her politely say, "Yes!"
After she exited Li Mohan's office, she could no longer suppress the flame in her heart, her teeth grinding.
"Little girl, we'll see about this!"
And the instigator, Ye Huohuo, despite her mastery of metaphysics, had underestimated women's jealousy, and she would pay the price for it.