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The hot water cascaded down, and Xi Zheng raised a hand to gather his wet black hair behind his head, looking down at her, his tone inquiring, "Halftime break over, shall we start the second half?"
An Chuyu was thinking about busting his head open.
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The next day was Thursday, a workday, and Xi Zheng still had to go to the company. Her usual biological clock was disrupted, and she didn't hear the alarm. When she woke up, she didn't see anyone on the bed.
She felt as if she had traveled back to that morning in Paris when she woke up to find An Chuyu had disappeared just as silently.
Xi Zheng sat up and rubbed his head. He had missed his dose of cold medicine last night, and his head was aching, as if a string was being pulled in his brain. He squinted and sat still for a long time but still couldn't clear his mind.
The phone rang, and he half-closed his eyes, grabbing it from the nightstand— a fluffy phone case, one touch, and he knew it wasn't his.