Chapter 4 The Vampire Boss

Almost everyone in the company left as soon as I got off work in the afternoon.

Luo Shu stood outside the window and looked at Qin Heng waiting downstairs with flowers in his hand, and couldn't help feeling ridiculous.

Qin Heng was an ordinary government employee in the city. His father had gone to great lengths to bribe his way into the position, but he was only nominally employed.

His father is the CEO of the largest car dealership in City A. He strongly opposes the relationship between Luo Shu and his son, but prefers Liao Xian's family background.

Liao Xian's parents also work for the government. If the two families were to marry, some government projects might be directly linked to the Qin family's transportation business.

So Liao Xian was determined to get him, but because Qin Heng was still in a relationship with Luo Shu, the two of them could only get along in secret.

Luo Shu stood at the elevator door, her earphones in, answering Qin Heng's call.

While looking at the comics on the tablet, she feigned disdain and used a coquettish voice to flatter him.

Okay, honey, you go ahead first, I'll be there shortly, don't worry.

She didn't realize that the elevator doors had already been opened, but Shen Yan had been holding the doors shut with his hand to prevent them from closing.

Her feigned coquettishness elicited a barely perceptible smile from Yu Zhan in the elevator.

Ana Shen didn’t dare to laugh and turned her face away.

Yeah, you know, our boss is a vampire...

She wanted to say something, but when she looked up unintentionally, she bumped into Yu Zhan's dark face and Shen Yan's dead look.

She was so scared that she hung up the phone.

"President Yu..."

"Um."

For some reason, she thought she saw a slight upturned smile on Yu Zhan's lips.

"Come in!" Shen Yan gave her a meaningful look.

Luo Shu forced a smile, went inside, and stood next to the elevator.

An awkward atmosphere immediately enveloped the three of them.

How much trouble can a single sentence cause? It's probably this big -

"Teacher Luo, are you going on a date?" Yu Zhan.

"No, I just wanted to take a friend to the crematorium," Luo Shu blurted out.

"Do you need any help?" He wasn't surprised by this answer.

"Not for now." She forced a smile.

Shen Yan understood the unspoken meaning in her words.

Because the affair between Qin Heng and Luo Shu was not a secret among the three of them.

bite--

On the 18th floor, the floor for the publicity department, seven or eight people suddenly rushed in.

Shen Yan and Luo Shu hurriedly retreated.

"Hello, Mr. Yu!" Everyone greeted him and it didn't feel awkward.

Yu Zhan simply nodded slightly.

People in the publicity department are really outgoing; they're always laughing and joking, even chatting away in the elevator.

"There's no room here, move over a bit."

Someone said something, and the elevator started to get crowded.

At this moment, Luo Shu felt a tightness around her waist, and a burning body temperature assaulted her through her thin shirt. She was pulled to Yu Zhan's side, and her powdered face brushed against his black suit, leaving a faint white mark.

However, he quickly let go.

In an instant, her face became as hot as a furnace that had been practicing for forty-nine days.

Upon reaching the first floor, the propaganda department staff swarmed out, and their discussions could be heard occasionally.

"See that strawberry mark on Mr. Yu's neck?"

"I heard that President Yu had breakfast with someone this morning. I don't know who it was, but judging from the love mark on his neck, it must be a woman!"

...

Hi, the Propaganda Department is worthy of being called the 'Propaganda Department'!

At this moment, she wanted to go out, but when she saw Qin Heng still standing at the door waiting, she quickly shrank to the side.

Yu Zhan glanced at her, but remained expressionless.

"Are you going?" Shen Yan asked with a smile.

Luo Shu was certain that he knew something.

If I go out, I will meet some scumbags. If I don’t go out, will I go with them?

I came here in my boss's car today, so I can't just leave in his car, can I?

"I left something upstairs. You guys go down first, I'll come up later." Luo Shu casually made up an excuse.

It was so long, even this elevator with only one floor felt very long. It was like someone was holding a knife to my neck and could die at any time.

They finally made it out from the basement.

I can't leave, so I'll just go back to my workstation and start drawing.

——

28th floor.

Luo Shu breathed a sigh of relief. She returned to the windowsill and looked out at the scene of thousands of lights in the city.

She sat back down at her workstation, put on some music, and started drawing.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Heng called again. She didn't answer and turned off the phone. She made a cup of coffee in the tea room and continued painting.

I'll make you, you time management master, pay!

10:30.

Luo Shu pursed her lips, looked at the draft, and was quite satisfied!

She closed her laptop, stretched, picked up her bag, and headed for the elevator.

"Huh?" The lights in both elevators are off?

She checked her phone and saw a message in the group chat: the elevator is under maintenance and won't be open until 8 a.m. tomorrow!

Does that mean you have to walk down 28 flights of stairs?!

She took out her phone and snapped a picture of the elevator.

[I am trapped, is there anyone who can come and protect me...] I posted a circle of friends with the picture.

Then he walked weakly to the gloomy fire escape next to him.

She sighed, mustered her courage, and walked downstairs.

She had only taken two steps when her phone rang. Startled, she screamed and dropped it into the middle of the stairwell before she could even see who was calling.

There were bursts of ringing sounds coming from the stairs, and then they stopped. In an instant, darkness enveloped the room, and only her faint breathing could be heard.

She fumbled to get her phone, but the screen was black, probably broken.

Oh my god! I can’t be so unlucky!

She pressed the power button, hoping to salvage the situation from this sudden disaster and get it back on track.

But the phone didn't light up; instead, the motion-sensor light upstairs turned on.

Immediately afterwards, a crisp sound of someone walking downstairs rang out.

"Da da da..."

The sound of leather shoes, and faint breathing.

"Who? Who's there?" She shrank slightly into the corner, with beads of sweat on her forehead.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a tall figure stood on the stairwell.

He was backlit, his perfect silhouette hidden in the shadows, illuminated by the dim motion sensor light, making it impossible to see his expression.

"I am the vampire boss."

I could tell it was his voice.

"Mr. Yu, why are you here too?" The frightened Luo Shu asked tremblingly.

"Vampires usually commit their crimes at night, don't they?"

It seemed as if one could hear the fawning smile on Yu Zhan's face as he said those words.

"..."

This person in front of me is quite vengeful.

But she finally felt relieved, at least he was not some indecent person.

But never mind, he doesn't seem to be a good person either.

"Come up." He said.

"I'm going home."

She suddenly felt that the man in front of her was more terrifying than she had been in any other situation.

Yu Zhan sighed almost imperceptibly.

"The first floor is locked; you can't get out."

He paused for a moment: "The elevator usually takes one to two hours to repair. If you don't mind, come up and have a cup of coffee."

Can I say I mind a lot?

But it seems there is no other way.

He didn't wait for her response and went straight up to her.

Looking down at the dark, bottomless pit below the stairs, Luo Shu chose to follow him up.

On the 30th floor, even the fire escape has access control.