Imperfect Desires

-NBIR Headquarters-

Intelligence Division...

Yan Ying's eyes were stuck to the screen of the computer while she held her head in both of her hands. The information before her was very detailed. Chen Xiu's mother slash manager; Chen Hana's life history was displayed before her. The only problem was that it lacked exactly what she had been looking for; Chen Hana's current location!

"You're telling me we are not able to track a civilian?" Ying's voice was low, dangerously low as her eyes lifted up and moved over every face in the room. "We are one of the best intelligence teams in all of Asia! Bloody hell! You're making us lose face here!"

"Team Leader, it's not that we can't locate the normal civilian. The issue is that the civilian isn't in our country for the past three years. Chen Hana took a flight to Thailand three years ago and she never returned."

Ying took a deep breath to calm herself and said, "Isn't her maternal family from Thailand? That makes it very easy to find her!"

"Actually, we have already checked. There is no living person in her maternal family."

"Then why did she go to Thailand?" questioned Ying.

"How would we know that? But since she never took any flight back that means, she is still in Thailand."

"Great! That makes it easy for us to find her." Ying jumped up to her feet with a newfound vigor and a lead.

"Investigator Yan, are you purposely forgetting that there are many islands in Thailand that don't even have the access to electricity. That means no internet as well. We can't get any information unless..."

"Dispatch the field agents," instructed Ying without hesitation. Seeing them hesitating, she asked, "What now? Can't I even depend on field agents now?"

"Team Leader, we can't dispatch any member of the team unless there is an official order from the higher-ups. For now, this mission had been assigned by you. All we did had already gone against the rules."

"Oh, that's the problem..." Thinking about it, she turned around to head towards the door saying, "You guys decide who is taking on this mission. I'm gonna go get that permission letter."

"Roger that!"

Yan Ying was about to head towards Xin Zimen's office but halfway through changed her direction and went over to Director Su's office instead. Knocking twice, she headed in and saw her aunt sipping on her tea languidly. 

"Having fun, Feifei?" teased Ying.

"Did you lost your way, dear niece? Your godfather's office is on the other side of the hallway."

Ying didn't mind her remark as she sat down without waiting to be asked to sit down and even poured herself some tea saying, "I originally wanted to see my godfather but I thought my aunt is also resourceful."

"Oh." Su Feifei's lips curled up slightly as she said, "You could have just lied that you're really here to see your poor, lonely aunt. Just to make me happy for once!"

"Lonely? Don't you always say you married your work?"

Su Feifei narrowed her eyes at her dearest niece as she said, "You always have an answer for everything, eh?"

"Thank you! I believe you taught me well."

Shaking her head Su Feifei put her cup down elegantly and asked, "What is it? How can this aunt be of help?"

"I want to dispatch some field agents for a personal mission. Can you sign the permission letter?"

Su Feifei hummed softly before asking, "Give me the details of the mission and let me see what I can do?"

"It's top secret. Can't you just sign the permission letter?"

"Then how about trading something for that permission letter?"

Ying's brows furrowed up. "What is it?"

Placing her phone before Ying's eyes, she went on, "Tell me where did this boyfriend come from? Not that I mind though, he is pretty cute and most importantly have a very clean record."

"Did you actually looked through his background?" Ying was feeling irritated suddenly.

"Hold your horses! He is my best friend's nephew. I've been hearing about him since he was a young kid. His uncle is his background. I didn't need to do anything."

Ying finally relaxed and leaned back in her chair.

"So? He is really the boyfriend?" 

"Do you have any doubt?" retorted Ying knowingly.

"No, I don't. But I do wonder if you really like him or not?"

Ying snickered, "If I didn't like him, why would I even date him?"

"I just don't want you to rush up with this stuff just because your grandmother had been pushing you incessantly. It's about your life. It's about your happiness. And don't forget, for this aunt of yours, your happiness is all that matters. I would never want my niece to take a decision against her wishes."

Ying couldn't help smiling at her. There was a rare kind of expression on Su Feifei's face. Although Ying always knew that her aunt loved her dearly, today she just felt it even more greatly. Unlike her grandmother, this woman would never force her to do anything she never wanted to. In fact, she knew that if she said it once, Su Feifei wouldn't hesitate before going against Shania Chuan. 

Ying extended her hand and placed it on top of Su Feifei's as she said honestly, "Aunt, I didn't decide to date him because I was under some pressure. I'm raised by you, how can I give in so easily? I'm pretty stubborn like you." Su Feifei's smiled gently at her but didn't speak, letting Ying continue, "This is all that idiot's fault who came like a storm in my life started wreaking havoc in my heart. I don't know what is it about it, I'm supposed to push him away but he somehow kept sneaking in. There is something about the way he says he loves me that I'm not able to reject his advances."

Taking a deep breath, she added, "Maybe I'm fickle. Or maybe for once, I want to be loved and not to be the one who loves. Does that make sense?"

Su Feifei stood up from her leather chair and came around the desk to rub her niece's head. "It makes a lot more sense to me now." She kissed her forehead and asked, "Tell me honestly, does he make you happy?"

"He does," answered Ying.

Su Feifei ruffled her hair. "Then that's enough for this aunt of yours." Saying that she went back to her seat and added, "I'm gonna sign that permission letter."

"Thanks!" 

Su Feifei waved her off but didn't forget to mention, "Oh, by the way, you should check up on your godfather. I heard he had been absent for two days. Someone even mentioned that he is sick."

Ying's expressions changed as she hurriedly stood up and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Seeing how her niece ran off without even getting her permission letter that she came for, Su Feifei shook her head as she muttered, "I was being selfish. Because I wanted my niece to sit down with me for a while as well. If I told you earlier, you wouldn't have stuck around for tea talk."