Spring Branches

"Sorry, sorry, I was distracted just now." Tang Asi entered the elevator and apologized repeatedly.

And that boy's brows were always tightly furrowed.

After glaring at Tang Asi for a while, he continued to look down at his phone.

Being in the same space with this person, Tang Asi felt particularly weird and yet particularly safe.

Where have they met before?

Tang Asi still couldn't remember.

Soon the elevator reached the 13th floor.

Tang Asi walked out.

When the elevator door was about to close, Tang Asi deliberately turned around and looked at the boy again.

He stood in the corner, looking down at his phone. What on earth was in the phone that made him so focused?

After the elevator door closed, Tang Asi sighed softly, entered his fingerprint, and walked into the room.

After having a midnight snack, Tang Asi couldn't sleep. He thought about the manuscript for a while, then took a book about fashion design and started reading it while lying on the bed.

After turning a few pages, the little boy in the elevator appeared in my mind again.

The boy looked quite young, probably around 20 years old. He was quite handsome and dressed coolly, but he had a bad temper.

When Tang Asi was sleeping at night, he had a dream about the boy in the elevator.

The images in the dream were particularly clear.

At the beginning, she was holding hands with a boy and walking in the park with a golden retriever, but at the end, it became a bloody scene. Both she and the golden retriever were brutally killed by the boy. They were stabbed in the stomach one by one.

"what--"

Tang Asi sat up from the bed in a daze.

After being awakened by a nightmare, my body was still shaking, as if I was in a terrifying world from which I could not escape. An indescribable feeling of fear surged in my heart, making me shudder.

Tang Asi was breathing heavily, his forehead was wet with sweat.

Those images lingered in my mind, especially the golden retriever that was brutally killed, staring at me with its pair of clear black and white eyes.

why?

Why would she have such a dream?

Tang Asi orders takeout most of the time and meets different people almost every day. She has never had nightmares, but this time it was extremely strange.

what is the reason behind the scene?

Tang Asi picked up his cell phone and checked the time.

It's 6:30 in the morning.

Lu Yichuan called me three hours ago.

Originally, Tang Asi wanted to go back, but then he thought about the time in City A. It was already early morning, so he put the phone back.

I started to go downstairs and wash up.

Just after brushing his teeth, Tang Asi's cell phone, which was placed on the bed, rang again.

Who could it be so early?

Confused, he walked over and answered the phone.

[Hello, are you Miss Tang Asi?]

[It's me, what's wrong?] Tang Asi took out a tissue and wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth.

I heard the person on the other end say: "I am the person in charge of the S&M brand. We have received your submission email. I would like to inform you that you should come to the 9th floor of Huicheng Center at 30:15 tomorrow morning for class."

[...]

Tang Asi was confused.

She has never submitted any work to any S&M brand, so how come she received an invitation?

Could it be that Lu Yichuan did it to her?

But Lu Yichuan doesn't know his own manuscript.

[Hello, did you hear that?] the other end said again.

Tang Asi nodded awkwardly: [Yeah, I understand.]

After hanging up the phone, Tang Asi edited a text message and sent it to Lu Yichuang.

……

It is now 7:00 in the morning in City A.

The alarm clock woke Lu Yichuan up from his sleep on time.

Lu Yichuang yawned, sat up from the bed, and after being in a daze for less than 5 seconds, he got out of bed and went into the bathroom.

He spent 10 minutes washing up, then took his cell phone and went out to the elevator.

Ana was already waiting in the underground garage on time.

"Mr. Lu, this is today's notice that the secretary sent over this morning." Ana handed a folder to Lu Yichuang.

Lu Yichuang took it, but did not open it to read it. Instead, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyebrows.

Ana looked at Lu Yichuan through the rearview mirror and felt both distressed and angry towards this boss.

He is angry because he does not treat his body as his own body.

I feel heartache because he doesn't treat his body as his own.

After returning from Tang Asi's place, Lu Yichuan went to the company before he had time to relax, and was busy until very late. He slept for less than five hours and got up early to go to work.

Ana didn't know what to do.

"Drive." Seeing Ana staring at him blankly, Lu Yichuan shouted in a deep voice.

Ana: “Oh.”

After returning to the company, Lu Yichuang came to the office.

There were already two piles of documents on the desk, waiting for Lu Yichuang to review and sign.

The secretary brought in a cup of strong coffee and said, "Mr. Lu, your coffee."

Lu Yichuan nodded and said, "Call all senior executives to a meeting in three hours."

After the secretary left, Lu Yichuang yawned twice in succession and plunged into his work again.

It took Lu Yichuang three hours to review a pile of documents.

I've been working with my head down, and my neck is hurting a lot.

Lu Yichuang stood up and stretched his muscles. It was time for the meeting.

Someone knocked twice on the office door from outside. He thought it was the secretary calling him to a meeting, but it was Ana who walked in.

"Why are you here?" Lu Yichuan asked coldly.

Ana was not responsible for the company's affairs. Lu Yichuan arranged some personal matters for him. When they were in the underground garage, he had already arranged for Ana to go to the hospital to take care of Chen Chen.

I didn't expect to come here again.

Ana said, "Mr. Lu, your phone has been turned off."

"Is there?" Lu Yichuan had no idea.

Ana picked up the phone on the table and looked at it, but no matter how he pressed it, it wouldn't light up.

Ana rolled his eyes, "The battery is out!"

"So what happened?" Lu Yichuan asked coldly. He didn't like Ana's attitude just now.

Ana explained slowly, "Sister Tan Tan called me just now and said she couldn't get through to you and was very anxious. I couldn't get through to you either, so I came to the company to look for you."

After hearing this, Lu Yichuan narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Give me your phone."

So, Ana gave her cell phone to Lu Yichuang, and Lu Yichuang called Tang Asi.

He took Lu Yichuan's mobile phone to charge it.

The phone rang twice and then someone picked it up.

Tang Asi asked anxiously: "What's going on, Ana? Have you contacted Lu Yichuan?"

Lu Yichuan laughed softly: [I don’t know if he was able to get in touch with her, but I was able to get in touch with her anyway.]

There was a laugh from the other end of the line.

At this time, there were two knocks on the office door from outside, and the secretary came in and said, "Mr. Lu, it's time for the meeting."

Lu Yichuan said coldly: "Delay for half an hour."

"This..." The secretary was embarrassed.

"Don't you understand?"