He forced a stiff smile. "Thank you, Mr. Qi."
That scared him to death.
I thought I was going to be fired by President Qi.
He's capable, so being fired isn't so scary. What he was really afraid of was being targeted by President Qi and ending up in a situation where he couldn't live or die.
As dawn approached, the Bentley drove out of Nangong. There were not many pedestrians or vehicles on the road at that time.
Qi Shen stroked his phone, then dialed the girl's number using the latest number provided by Assistant Chen.
Although no one answered, this time it wasn't "unable to connect," but "try again later."
He knew the little girl was sleeping and her phone was on silent.
But it seemed that as long as he called a few more times, whether she answered or not, he could soothe his restless heart all night.
Strictly speaking, aside from when he was away from Haicheng for school or business trips, this was the first time they had been separated.
He was used to her being confined in his world, even when he was away on business, he knew she was in Nangong, in the nest he had built for her. But this one night of her escape had caused a strange emptiness to fester within him.
Once he calmed down, the morbid impulse began to spread again. Qi Shen's knuckles, gripping his phone, turned slightly white. He closed his eyes, his mind filled with thoughts of locking away his own light...
Assistant Chen noticed the man's rapid breathing and saw his pale face in the rearview mirror, so he quickly asked:
"Mr. Qi, are you alright?"
Assistant Chen's voice woke Qi Shen, and the black vines that had spread through his chest quietly receded.
A moment later, he opened his eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly as he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine."
After speaking, Qi Shen looked at the call screen on his phone, switched it to text message mode, and typed: [It's not good for Zhizhi to stay at someone else's house. Go home after you wake up.]
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