"Mr. Lu, y-you called me?" the manager stood up nervously and asked.
"Yes, right. He wants to talk to you. Just talk to him," Lu Shun smiled and pointed at Lu Zhihang, who looked a bit unhappy.
Seeing this, the manager almost cried. He looked at Lu Zhihang pitifully.
"Did you recruit a college student named Lin Wan?" Lu Zhihang asked directly without beating around the bush.
The manager was stunned for a moment, and at the same time, he heaved a sigh of relief. He glanced at Lu Shun and hesitated before saying, "Yes. She was recruited just yesterday. It was Mr. Lu who made the arrangement. She was hired without an interview and is under Wen Yan in the Design Department. But she didn't come to work today."
"Wow, there really is such a person," Lu Shun laughed and waved his hand to let the manager leave.
"Tell me, who is this girl?" Lu Shun looked at Lu Zhihang. Only after he said this did he remember Lin Wan's identity. Blinking his eyes, he said, "I remembered. Isn't she Lin Yueyang's niece? You know her?"
Lu Zhihang was stunned. "Lin Yueyang?"
"Yeah, Songlin Entertainment. You know it, right? I remember you had dealings with them not long ago," Lu Shun said even more cheerfully.
"..." Lu Zhihang stared at Lu Shun expressionlessly. After a long while, he compromised and said, "She will be your sister - in - law in the future."
"Damn it, it's really so!"
"Yeah, so you understand, right?" Lu Zhihang squinted his eyes.
"Hey, this will make people gossip. But even so, you didn't need to look like that just now. Who bullied my future sister - in - law?" Lu Shun said.
"There's an employee, probably from the same department as Lin Wan."
"Wow, you're going to cause trouble. Don't forget this is my company," Lu Shun said discontentedly. But meeting Lu Zhihang's gaze, he still agreed and led Lu Zhihang to the Design Department.
When the boss came to inspect the work in person, the employees in the Design Department were extremely nervous. Usually, the bustling Design Department was as quiet as if there was no one in it today.
Lu Shun led Lu Zhihang around. After looking at everyone, he led him back to the office.
"So, did you recognize who it was?"
"Song Yize."
"Okay." Lu Shun nodded, then turned to his secretary and gave a few instructions. He looked at Lu Zhihang again. "It's done. You won't see this guy tomorrow. Now can you accompany your brother to a banquet quietly?"
It was only then that Lu Zhihang's expression softened a little.
Lu Shun took Lu Zhihang to the banquet.
Strangers didn't know Lu Zhihang's identity, but all the guests at these banquets knew that he was the most beloved youngest son of the famous Lu family.
At any banquet that Lu Zhihang attended, he was always the center of attention.
Lu Shun patted Lu Zhihang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I'll go find someone. You stay here. If you're tired later, wait for me in the car. I'll take you home."
"No need. Give me the keys. I'll go back by myself later," Lu Zhihang said expressionlessly.
Lu Shun was stunned for a moment and then nodded resignedly, handing the keys to Lu Zhihang.
The banquet started at 8:30 p.m. Lu Zhihang hadn't received any news from Lin Wan. He instinctively felt that Lin Wan might be in a bad mood today. But since he was at the banquet, he was embarrassed to check his phone in front of others, so he had to endure it.
It wasn't until 9:30 p.m. that he finally couldn't stand it anymore. He left the banquet and went home.
...
Lin Wan hadn't been in a good mood since she answered the phone yesterday.
Especially now that the exam was over, Ye Zi was leaving school on the same day, and she also moved from the dormitory to her home.
In City S, she had a two - bedroom duplex apartment bought by Lin Yueyang. She never thought much of it before, but today she just felt extremely bored.
After putting down the suitcase, she just lay on the sofa and didn't move.
She was basically an orphan. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother... ran away with someone after taking all the money. If her uncle hadn't found her later and taken her home, she might be begging somewhere now.
Her uncle was very kind to her, just like his own daughter. He would always think of her in everything. But Lin Wan just didn't want to go back. She didn't want to see her uncle, let alone her aunt. She was afraid of making her uncle embarrassed because her aunt had always disliked her.
Lying on the sofa, Lin Wan unconsciously fell asleep while thinking about things.
She didn't sleep well this time. She had a lot of dreams, all in a mess. She dreamed of her mother and also of her father. Although she didn't remember what her father looked like, the strange man in the dream was most likely her father. The pictures in the dream kept changing. It was like she had drunk 200 pounds of fake wine and was so dizzy that she could do a spiral ascent on the spot.
After that, she also dreamed of her uncle and aunt.
Her aunt pointed at her nose and scolded her with red eyes. Finally, she struggled to choke her neck. Tears fell from her eyes like a heavy rain onto Lin Wan's face, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Lin Wan didn't feel anything, but she was panicked by the thunder.
There was an indescribable feeling in her heart, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Why did you bring her back? Don't you know what her family has done? Are you crazy?!
The voice was like it was coming from a stereo with surround sound.
The whole dream was very fragmented. There were shaking figures, deafening screams, unwillingness and roars, and an English BGM playing continuously.
...
When Lin Wan opened her eyes, everything in the dream seemed to have receded like the tide and disappeared, leaving only the rumbling sound of water and the continuous ringing of the phone.
Lin Wan frowned and rubbed her eyes.
The phone stopped ringing just at this moment. The sky outside had already darkened. The room was completely dark except for the weak light from the phone's lock screen.
She reached for the phone and took a look. The call was from an unknown number. It was quite persistent, ringing for more than forty times.
She sat on the sofa and was in a daze for a while. Her throat was a bit dry, but she wasn't in the mood to pour water to drink. She just sat there quietly.
There was no sound in the room. It was terribly quiet. But finally, Lin Wan could think calmly in such an environment. Time had passed too fast recently. She hadn't had time to think about some things properly, and it was already summer vacation. Many things had changed.
Lin Wan didn't go back to sleep. She just sat on the sofa in a daze and didn't want to do anything else. She sat there like this until 3 a.m.
Finally, she came to her senses. She wiped her face and groped her way to the bathroom to wash her face in the dark. Looking at her expressionless face in the mirror, she couldn't help sighing. Even though she had come to her senses, she still had no sleepiness at all. She found a pack of instant noodles and made them. Then Lin Wan turned on the TV.
Flipping through the channels aimlessly, Lin Wan somehow stopped at the entertainment news channel.
There wasn't much news at this time. All were the hot topics of recent days. At the bottom of the TV screen, the time of Lu Zhihang's personal concert was scrolling.
Lin Wan calculated. It would be around the time of the new semester.