Chapter 36

Clouds were looming over the horizon, and the room was also gloomy. Summer Mu wrapped herself tightly in the blanket and sneezed, feeling dizzy. Her colleague who lived next door walked in and asked, "Summer, what's wrong with you?"

"I seem to have a slight cold."

Her colleague reached out to probe her forehead and said, "Oh, it's burning. Should we go to the hospital?"

"Can you help me get the thermometer and fever reducing medicine? They are both in the second drawer."

"Okay. "The colleague said as she took it," you're so thoughtful, you still keep these medicines on hand."

Summer Mu hoarsely said, "Of course, how thoughtful I am..." Her colleague was amused by her.

Actually, this habit started with living alone. Working in the supermarket was very hard, and she also had to self-study university courses. She cannot get sick or take constant leave. However, her health had always been good. She fell ill today, probably because she recently opened a store and was too busy.

Her colleague saw that her condition was okay, so she went to work and asked for leave on her behalf. Summer Mu took medicine and became increasingly drowsy. Before falling asleep, she suddenly thought of Beck and whimsically wondered: Will he miss her?

She didn't know how long she slept, but in a daze, she felt a cool hand probing my forehead. She tried to open her eyes and saw a soft light in the room. His eyes were under the light, looking at her with a hint of displeasure.

"Why not go to the hospital? "He asked.

"You don't have to worry."she stubbornly replied.

He remained silent for a moment, and Summer Mu's eyes were also hard to open, confused.

After a while, she felt her hand being held by someone.

After a while, the room darkened and quieted down.

Her heart was like an open field, only the wind blew softly.

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 Everyone can see that the young boss was not in a good mood today. When inspecting the factory workshop, his face was always gloomy. Someone came to talk to him or report something, and his speech was normal, but his attitude was neither cold nor warm. So soon no one touched this mold anymore, leaving him standing alone in front of the production line.

Beck looked coldly at the finished products coming out of the production line, they were very good and he was very satisfied. But when he thought of Summer Mu in her illness, a certain restless emotion silently spreads in his heart. However, these emotions, like underwater rocks, did not protrude from the calm surface of the water. After a while, he chuckled self deprecatingly, took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, and went to the production management department to check the completion status of the production plan.

The security guard came to report that it was after 11 o'clock at night.

"Mr. Beck! A group of thugs have arrived at the factory gate, smashing and causing trouble."

Everyone was taken aback, Beck said," Did you call the police?"

Security Minister: "Report immediately."

Beck whispered to a manager beside him, "Go say hello to Deputy Director Huang." "Yes."

Although things happened suddenly, the response was very orderly. When they walked out of the workshop, they saw that the lights in the entire factory area had already been turned on, shining brightly. This undoubtedly had a certain deterrent effect on the criminals gathered at the door. Looking around, he saw more than thirty people holding iron bars surrounding the door, but they didn't come in.

Of course, the main reason they didn't come in was that there were about twenty security guards blocking the entrance. Although the number of security guards was slightly small, they were all tall, strong, and fierce, holding iron bars and hammers in their hands... The two sides wre facing each other through the door, shouting and cursing at each other, and a brawl was imminent.

"Fortunately, Mr. Beck had foresight. "The security minister said with lingering fear.

Beck smiled slightly and said, "To deal with hooligans, we naturally need to use rogue means. What tricks can X, a lost dog, play with? Tell them not to really fight, just hold me back. The police will be here soon."

"Yes."

The night was dark and the overall situation was settled.

Beck turned around and was about to enter when a person next to him put down his phone with an anxious expression and said, "It's not good, Mr. Beck. A thug ran into the employee dormitory and smashed it."

Beck was taken aback, and someone asked, "What's going on?"

The two female colleagues who lived in the dormitory had just returned from work when they saw thugs surrounding them downstairs. They didn't dare to go over and ran back to the office to hide.

"Is there anyone else in that dormitory?"

"I'm not sure, there shouldn't be anyone around, right?"

 Beck remained silent for a few seconds and coldly said, "Who said there was no one?" The other person was puzzled and his face had already turned cold. He took a step towards the back door of the factory.

Outside the door was a quiet road, with only the streetlights reflecting silently. Beck walked for a while, his face becoming even uglier. He calculated the factory accurately, but missed the dormitory. He dialed Summer Mu's phone, but no one answered. Hit other female colleagues, but no one knew what her current situation was.

Beck didn't drive over today and walked for a while before finally getting a taxi. Sitting in the car, he calmed down. Called and instructed subordinates to report to the police immediately, and asked them to come over with a few more people. Then they kept calling Summer Mu over and over again, but no one listened.

They quickly arrived downstairs from the dormitory.

A police car parked nearby and some residents were surrounded. Two police officers are asking them what. A wooden stick fell from the ground, and there was a overturned trash can, indicating that a fight had occurred.

Beck ignored the police and went straight upstairs.

The door was open and there are still many smashed marks on it. Beck felt a chill in his heart as he pushed the door open, but there was no one inside. He rushed into her room, but the blanket was still messy, indicating that she had hastily woken up and left.

When the other colleagues arrived, they saw Beck standing in Summer Mu's room, with a terrifyingly gloomy expression.

"Where is Summer Mu? "Someone asked.

The girl who lived with her burst into tears and said, "Isn't something going on with her? I just heard the police say that they seem to have confiscated a phone from a girl who was robbed by those criminals."

"Don't overthink it, she won't get into trouble! The police have caught those criminals, but they haven't seen her yet."

"Where did she go? She's still burning! People are confused."

Beck suddenly turned around and walked out the door.

Back outside the factory again, it's a mess. The sound of police cars and sirens, criminals fleeing, police chasing and arresting, security guards and workers also mixed in.

 Beck avoided them and walked through the side door, asking a familiar employee in the face, "Have you seen Summer Mu?"

The employee looked bewildered and said, "I didn't see it. Mr. Beck, this place is too chaotic. Please take a break."

Beck ignored him and strode towards the factory area.

The night was noisy, with many people walking and shouting coming from afar. The vast factory area seemed to have no peaceful place. Beck walked through the factory building and then to the office building, but did not see her figure. The fire in his heart was burning stronger and stronger.

He walked towards the remote rows of factories behind him, but as soon as he walked down the shady avenue, he saw a familiar figure standing ahead. His footsteps suddenly stopped, watching her turn her back to him, coughing softly, and then continuing to walk forward. Her footsteps appeared heavy.

Two workers walked over from the front, and Summer Mu spoke up, "Have you seen Beck?" Not every worker knew the company's boss, and they shook their heads in confusion, "Who?"

Summer Mu felt a little discouraged and coughed twice before saying, "Can you lend me your phone? I'm Summer Mu, the marketing manager."

The other party handed her the phone half believing and half doubting, and one of them said, "Um... manager, don't worry about the injury on your face, do you want to go to the hospital?"

"It's okay. "Summer Mu replied.

From Beck's perspective, he couldn't see her face, only faintly heard their voices talking. He watched her cover her mouth, coughing heavily, and then picked up her phone.

Then his phone in his pocket began to vibrate. Keep shaking, keep shaking. He didn't answer, just looked at her. Beck was dominated by a complex and secretive emotion that had been brewing in his heart for too long. He didn't want to answer, he just wanted to continue watching her, see what else she had to do, watch her return the phone to the worker, and then continue walking forward.

Beck brushed past two workers and followed them up. On this quiet road, only the two of them are left.

Finally, at the entrance of the workshop, she stopped and turned inside.

This was the finished product packaging workshop, and at this point in time, there were no more people inside. Only a row of night lights on the wall gently illuminated. Beck stood for a while before chasing after her. As soon as she arrived at the door, she climbed onto a pile of clothes and sat with her back to him, muttering to herself.

"Beck, you're really hard to find."she sighed.

Beck stood still, but his mouth slightly curved upwards.

 She raised her hand to cover her forehead, seeming somewhat uncomfortable. Beck could imagine that his forehead must be extremely hot. He also saw her small side face, bruised and swollen. This instantly made Beck's face turn cold again.

"It should be fine, you're such a clever person... "she murmured," but I'm just afraid that someone surnamed X will specifically catch you for revenge."

She suddenly lay down slowly, among the pile of clothes, and then her hand slowly moved down, blocking her eyes.

"Don't worry... I'm really confused. I can't find you, so I'll be here guarding the goods for you."

Beck looked at the lights shining together above their heads, pouring down like flowing water. She laid awkwardly in a pile of clothes, motionless. Only the slim shoulders swayed gently with occasional coughing. Beck had never been someone who easily experiences emotional fluctuations, but at this moment, he couldn't control his mind and imagined that she could have hidden in the dormitory and not come out, but went out because she was worried about him; Imagine her struggling to break free from the criminal, with her face injured and her phone stolen, in a terrible state, but she still looked towards where he was.

She's not a stupid woman, how much help can she do by standing up now?

She just wanted to find him and be with him.

When she missed him.

Beck suddenly realized like a sudden enlightenment that he was the one who had lost his head.

These days, how ridiculous and how foolish.

It's not that he can't see the faint affection in her eyes, it's not that he can't realize the small undercurrent between the two - from the night they first met in the car accident, it grew silently and everywhere.

But he chose to stop moving forward. Both reason and emotion were resisting.

Because everything he had received since birth was the best. The best family economic environment, the best university, wealthy friends, and rapidly accumulating wealth. How many women flock to him, but he never easily fell in love.

Because he wanted the best and felt that he deserved the best. The best woman who matched himself in all aspects. He was waiting for that woman to appear. He also considered whether to start with Xenia. Because from any perspective, Xenia was a very suitable partner. But inexplicably, he always didn't want to take that step.

Even though he sensed the attraction to Summer Mu, he believed that this love was easy and could be given up. He was unwilling to surrender his true feelings to her like this.

But why, as he gazed at her figure, did he feel that there was no better woman in the world than her?

No more. Before her, after her.

 Although Summer Mu was exhausted, she did not completely fall asleep. In a daze, she suddenly noticed movement behind her. Someone also climbed up the stack. She was suddenly startled and woke up. Just as she was about to turn around, she heard the person shout softly, 'Summer...'

Summer Mu was taken aback as he hugged her from behind. Summer Mu froze all over, but he held her tightly, didn't speak, and didn't let go.

Summer Mu couldn't say anything for a moment, but when she looked up, she saw two entangled shadows reflected by the lights on the wall next to her. That was him embracing her on this cold winter night.