It felt like I had been in a very long dream.

It seemed real yet unreal, and I was in a daze.

Li Yizhou desperately wanted to escape from that illusory dream, but he couldn't wake up no matter what he did.

No one helped him... The man lying on the hospital bed suddenly twitched his fingers, but very slightly.

The connected instrument suddenly made a sound.

"President, you're finally awake."

Has Dr. Jiang arrived yet?

Li Yizhou had just woken up and felt that his memories were somewhat confused.

He rubbed his forehead and frowned deeply. What happened?

How did he get here? Wasn't he already dead?

Soon, his assistant told him what had happened.

Li Yizhou has been lying in the hospital since the car accident, but he has become a vegetable.

So, he didn't die?

Why does he always feel like he's already...?

"President, the company is in a mess right now."

“After all, you’ve been in a coma for over a month.”

The assistant's words interrupted Li Yizhou's thoughts. He turned his head slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The board members are all preparing to run for re-election."

"But the second young master has gone abroad."

After the assistant finished speaking, he looked up cautiously at his boss.

After all, he's still in a hospital bed, and getting too angry would probably be bad for his health.

The pale-faced man showed no signs of anger.

He went abroad? Didn't he always want this company?

He thought that Li Nian would definitely not give up this opportunity after the car accident.

"Tell them that I've woken up."

Li Yizhou said calmly, his tone without any obvious fluctuation.

As expected of a CEO, he quickly reverted to his usual aloof demeanor after waking up.

"good."

After his assistant left, Li Yizhou tried to clear his mind.

He was in a coma for over a month?

Why does he always feel like a lot of time has passed?

Or perhaps the car accident affected his memory.

*

After the car accident, Li Yizhou no longer tolerated those who coveted the company.

Even so, that one could barely be considered his younger brother.

However, he was just an illegitimate child.

His father was so kind to those people outside.

They were so good that those people forgot their own identities.

Li Yizhou's swift and decisive actions temporarily quelled the turmoil within the company.

Having been in a coma for over a month, Li Yizhou has been dealing with past issues at the company recently.

After working until the early hours of the morning again, Li Yizhou rubbed his sore eyes.

I picked up my coat and prepared to go home.

He has been staying at the company for the past few days.

The break room in the office used to be just a place for him to rest when he was tired from work during the day.

I never imagined that I would spend even the nights here these past few days.

Li Yizhou curled his lips into a smile that held a cryptic meaning.

However, there was no one left in his family.

His parents, along with his younger brother, all went abroad.

Perhaps they only visited him during the period immediately following his fall into a coma.

In fact, Li Yizhou sometimes didn't understand why Li Nian had wanted to join the company in the past.

Sometimes, Li Yizhou could even tell from what his younger brother said that he might be blaming him.

Because he was born early, he was destined to be the heir from birth.

Li Nian is the younger brother.

He lost his position as heir from the moment he was born.

His life was destined to be one of living recklessly with money.

Unless Li Yizhou did something terribly wrong, it must have been an accident.

Li Nian can then obtain the right of inheritance.

That's why Li Yizhou didn't understand why Li Nian didn't do that.

He's always been blaming him, hasn't he...?

It was already past midnight, but the streets were still bustling.

The pedestrians and vehicles on the road never stop.

Li Yizhou drove his car to the riverbank, intending to take a walk there.

He loved the sea when he was a child, but he was busy learning different things every day.

Furthermore, no one took him there.

In his memory, his grandfather was always busy, handling all sorts of things at the company.

Later, when he grew up, he became just as busy as he was.

He also saw the sea after that.

It's just that the fondness I had as a child is long gone, so it feels ordinary now.

The water and wind by the river are what he likes now.

Walking slowly along the bridge, Li Yizhou let his mind wander.

Suddenly, a girl's figure appeared in his line of sight, and Li Yizhou's gaze sharpened slightly.

The girl in the white dress was leaning on the railing, watching the ripples on the water below the bridge, seemingly unaware of the person approaching from behind.

It looks really familiar.

Have they met before?

His heart was pounding in his chest, and Li Yizhou tried his best to restrain himself from reaching out to grab the girl.

"Hello," Li Yizhou said softly.

"Huh?" The girl turned around when she heard the voice, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Actually, it's very dark around here in the early morning.

But Li Yizhou managed to see the girl's face clearly.

The girl's face was extremely delicate, and her misty eyes were looking at him with a puzzled expression.

Li Yizhou felt a sense of familiarity.

He asked almost impatiently, "Have we met before?"

Only then did the girl opposite him take a closer look at him.

Li Yizhou could even feel her gaze sweeping over him.

He usually dislikes being looked at like that by others.

But now, he felt a sense of anticipation.

"Perhaps," the girl said softly.

He finally got the answer he had been waiting for.

"Maybe we really have met before," the girl replied with a smile, her eyes holding a deeper meaning that Li Yizhou couldn't decipher.

"My name is Liuyin, what's yours?"

"My name is Li Yizhou."