Mother An nodded and sighed, "It's okay if there's no relationship."
"You should rest early," Song Ge said. She was extremely tired and just wanted to rest.
Mother An went back to her room, and so did Song Ge. She slept until the morning alarm went off.
Song Ge turned off the alarm. She intended to lie in bed for a couple of minutes, but unexpectedly overslept.
She jolted awake, checked her phone, and exclaimed, "Oh no, I'm in trouble!"
She quickly threw off the covers, got out of bed, dressed in a hurry, washed up, and rushed downstairs.
Mother An knew she was going to be late, so she put the breakfast in a bag for Song Ge to carry.
After Song Ge went out, she anxiously looked around on the roadside, hoping to hail a taxi. But it was the rush hour, and it was difficult to find one.
Helpless, Song Ge made a two - pronged plan. If a bus came, she would take it; if a taxi was available, she would take that.
There were many people anxiously waiting at the bus stop.
From afar, a bus was coming. Some people had automatically moved to the front. Song Ge was squeezed forward by the crowd and also squeezed onto the bus.
The bus was packed with people. Song Ge felt that the person behind her was almost sticking to her. She wanted to move, but it was so crowded that she had no choice but to endure it.
Suddenly, she felt her bag being tugged. Song Ge thought it was just because there were too many people on the bus, so she didn't pay much attention.
Finally, she reached her destination and squeezed off the bus.
The moment she got off, Song Ge let out a sigh of relief. The bus was really crowded.
Although she had reached her destination, there was still a long way to the company. She checked the time and saw that she only had ten minutes left. So Song Ge had to run there.
Song Ge was running too fast. A man came towards her, and they bumped into each other.
Song Ge's bag fell to the ground, and the man also fell.
Song Ge covered her sore knee and looked up. She saw the man looking at her bag. Realizing what was going on, she instinctively got up and tried to grab her bag, but she was a step too slow. The man quickly picked up her bag and ran away.
"Catch the thief! Catch the thief!" Song Ge instinctively shouted. At the same time, she stood up and wanted to chase the man.
But her knee hurt so much that she almost fell again.
"Are you okay?" a voice asked.
Song Ge looked up. It was as if she had caught a life - saving straw. "Please help me chase the thief in front. He took my bag."
It was Lin Ze, an assistant in the company's department. He usually had a pretty good relationship with Song Ge.
Lin Ze took a look. The man had already run far away, and he was a bit tempted to give up.
"Go quickly!" Song Ge urged. Helpless, Lin Ze had to chase after him.
Actually, there was nothing valuable in the bag, just a photo of her and Zhai Cheng, their only photo.
Lin Ze quickly chased after him. Since it was a road near the company, he knew where there was a shortcut, so he took another route.
He successfully blocked the thief at a turning and retrieved the bag.
Lin Ze came back with the bag. Song Ge was slowly limping along.
Lin Ze sighed, went into a pharmacy, bought two Band - Aids, and put them on Song Ge's knee.
Song Ge took her bag, opened her wallet, and found that all the money was gone. But when she saw the photo, she felt relieved.
"Was the money stolen?"
Song Ge shook her head. "Forget it. Let's go."
The two took a taxi to the company together.
Only then did Song Ge realize that she was going to be late. She checked the time and found that she was already twenty minutes late. "I'm sorry. I made you late too."
"It's okay. It's just a small thing."
Song Ge sighed. "My luck has been so bad recently. I'm late for work, and my bag gets stolen."
Lin Ze nodded in agreement. "You've really been unlucky. But I think there might be more bad luck coming."
Song Ge gave Lin Ze a hard pat on the shoulder. "You're such a jinx."
But soon, Lin Ze's words came true.
Afraid of being caught by the supervisor for being late, they specifically checked if the supervisor was around before entering the office.
After making sure the supervisor was not there, they swaggered into the office.
"Lin Ze, Song Ge," the supervisor's voice came from behind them.
Song Ge and Lin Ze looked at each other, then turned around simultaneously and gave the supervisor a silly smile. "Good morning, supervisor."
"Supervisor, are you tired? Let me give you a massage," Lin Ze said obsequiously as he rushed behind the supervisor and started his act.
But the supervisor waved him off. "Do you have anything else to say?"
Song Ge and Lin Ze both apologized immediately. "Supervisor, we won't dare to do it again. We promise we won't be late in the future."
"This is your last chance. Otherwise, I won't be able to protect you."
"Thank you, supervisor. We knew you were the best," Lin Ze said, trying to hug the supervisor.
The supervisor dodged. "Go to work."
"Sure thing."
Song Ge and Lin Ze returned to their workstations and started working.
During this time, because a big client was coming to the company unexpectedly, but some materials were still in another branch. So they had to send someone to the branch to get the materials.
That someone was Song Ge.
After Song Ge left, she took a taxi directly there. When she arrived at the branch and explained her purpose, the other party directly gave her the documents.
As soon as Song Ge got the documents, she rushed back. But when she passed by a large square, the person on the big screen looked familiar.
"Driver, can you stop the car?" Song Ge asked anxiously.
"This is a no - parking zone," the driver said, looking a bit embarrassed.
Song Ge felt even more uneasy. "Then I'll just get off at the next place where I can stop."
After getting off the taxi, Song Ge quickly ran to the big screen. A familiar face came into view. It was Xu Qin.
The result of the previous case was out, and Xu Qin was acquitted.
Song Ge felt even more uneasy. Xu Qin would surely cause trouble after getting out. Leng Jing's wedding was approaching. She hoped nothing bad would happen then.
Song Ge kept thinking about it and tried to comfort herself that nothing bad would happen.
With an uneasy heart, Song Ge returned to the company and handed the materials to the relevant colleagues.
When going downstairs, she accidentally saw a fleeting black shadow, which made her feel strange. She walked over slowly. Just as she was about to turn the corner, Lin Ze suddenly called out to her. "Song Ge, what are you doing? Everyone in the company is extremely busy right now, and you're slacking off here."
Song Ge pointed at herself. "Me? Slacking off?"
"Sure you are," Lin Ze said as he pulled Song Ge out of the office. Song Ge glanced back at the corner, then thought she might be overthinking it and didn't take it to heart.