Volume 4: Return of the Dead Chapter 0079 That Child
Coming out of the bathroom, Cheng Wushuang felt inexplicably irritated, as if she was shrouded in some haze, and she felt uncomfortable all over. Especially after hearing what the woman had asked her just now, and the way the employees had looked at her before.
"child?"
Muttering something, she decided to get to the bottom of it later. No matter who brought him here, she had to make him leave immediately!
When she walked into her office, Secretary Zhang, who had just graduated from college, greeted her enthusiastically:
"Morning, Boss! Morning, little classmate!"
"You too, wait a minute! What did you just say?"
Cheng Wushuang was completely stunned. She turned her head and stared at the secretary's smiling face, her body trembling slightly.
Seeing Cheng Wushuang's expression change, Secretary Zhang's smile froze, and he quickly explained:
"Good morning, Boss."
Cheng Wushuang realized that he had lost control of himself and quickly adjusted his breathing, but the expression on his face did not change:
"Bring over the documents I asked you to prepare yesterday. Also, check who brought the child here today."
"Um...oh, I see."
Secretary Zhang didn't dare to say anything more and nodded quickly.
Cheng Wushuang finally sat down. She gently rubbed her temples on both sides and felt that everyone in the company was weird today. She couldn't explain this feeling, as if it was made out of nothing and was directed at her.
She shook her head vigorously, and then turned on the computer to start working today as usual. Perhaps due to some influence, her work efficiency today was not very high. She only finished half of the case sent by her superiors and couldn't continue.
At this time, Secretary Zhang came in with a stack of documents. After taking the documents, Cheng Wushuang asked casually:
"Have you found out who brought the child to the company?"
"I asked, and no one brought a child here."
Secretary Zhang said this, but in his heart he was thinking:
"Aren't you the only one here with the child today?"
As she thought this in her mind, she subconsciously glanced to the side of Cheng Wushuang, where stood a little boy, about eleven or twelve years old, with a very pale face and looking dirty.
She was very skeptical as to why a high-ranking person like Cheng Wushuang would bring such a dirty child here. Wouldn't this just be a joke to other employees? He should at least change the child into clean clothes before bringing him here.
She wanted to say this, but seeing that Cheng Wushuang didn't seem to be in a very good mood, she held it back.
When Cheng Wushuang heard Secretary Zhang say that no one brought children to the company today, she blinked in confusion, but when she thought that the child might have run in to use the toilet, she felt relieved.
"That's good, you go ahead and get busy."
After giving a faint reply, she sent Secretary Zhang away and continued with her work.
Seeing Cheng Wushuang start working, Secretary Zhang smiled cautiously and waved her hand at the child, but the child ignored her and put her dirty hands on Cheng Wushuang. However, Cheng Wushuang seemed to be unaware of it and did not stop the child's behavior at all, letting her clothes get dirty.
Secretary Zhang secretly smacked her lips at this scene, but she didn't bother to talk back. She turned around and left in shame.
At noon, Cheng Wushuang finally finished the work at hand. She leaned back in her boss chair and stretched comfortably. Her previous gloomy mood was immediately swept away.
She stood up from her chair and left the office. Seeing Cheng Wushuang was about to leave, Secretary Zhang, who had been holding back for the whole morning, finally couldn't help it. She came to Cheng Wushuang and said very carefully:
"Boss, I have no malicious intent in what I'm about to say. I hope you won't be angry."
"Look how scared you are. Just say what you want to say. Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
Cheng Wushuang couldn't help but be amused by Secretary Zhang's words. Seeing his boss smiling, Secretary Zhang continued:
"Although I don't know who he is to you, I don't think it's a good idea to bring him here like this. At least... he should change into clean clothes. After all, you are the boss. There are many gossipy people in the company. If they see you bringing a kid like this here, they will definitely say something. So..."
"Xiao Zhang, did you take the wrong medicine today?"
Before Secretary Zhang finished speaking, Cheng Wushuang interrupted her coldly:
"When did I bring the child here? Explain yourself to me clearly!"
Secretary Zhang's heart tightened, and he pointed to Cheng Wushuang's side awkwardly and asked softly:
"Didn't you bring him here?"
Cheng Wushuang looked back. There was no child here. She looked at Secretary Zhang suspiciously and changed her tone to comfort him:
"Xiao Zhang, I know how much pressure it is to work in such a large company right after graduation. I have also been through that time, but work is work and rest is rest. How about I give you a few days off so that you can go back and adjust yourself? If you are suspicious at such a young age, how can you work in the future?"
Secretary Zhang was speechless. In fact, seeing Cheng Wushuang's serious expression, she really wondered if she was mentally ill. But now, other colleagues were talking about this child, so she couldn't have made a mistake. This child followed Cheng Wushuang in from the beginning.
But so what? She couldn't refute her boss and point her finger at Cheng Wushuang's nose and tell her that she was a psychopath! Helplessly, she could only swallow her anger and take it as a warning, determined not to owe this thankless mouth in the future.
"I'm sorry, I may have made a mistake. I won't use the holiday. Anyway, I will do my best to adjust. Please rest assured, Boss."
"Really don't need me to give you a few days off?"
“Really.”
"Well, if you have any trouble, just tell me directly."
Cheng Wushuang smiled and left immediately, along with the child. The child looked back at Secretary Zhang and saw a strange smile on his pale face.
Secretary Zhang shuddered all over and quickly looked away. The child frightened her.
Because she was leaving the company, Cheng Wushuang once again went into the bathroom, intending to fix her makeup before leaving. But as soon as she came in, she heard the voice of the security guard again:
"Little boy, uncle told you that this is the women's bathroom and boys are not allowed in."
Hearing this voice, Cheng Wushuang hurried to chase after him, but when she accidentally looked in the mirror, she found that... her clothes had become very dirty! There were black mud all over them, one after another, as if there was a hand on them...
Cheng Wushuang shuddered violently, and his attempt to chase after him suddenly stopped.
That boy...could it be that he really followed her in?
Thinking of this, Cheng Wushuang didn't bother to clean up her dirty body, and ran back to the office like a desperate man. Seeing her rushing in gloomily, Secretary Zhang, who was drinking coffee, almost spit it out, and hurriedly put down the cup in his hand and asked:
"What happened?"
Cheng Wushuang kept looking around, and after searching in vain, she asked Secretary Zhang:
"You really saw a child? When did the child appear?"
This question was actually very confusing to Secretary Zhang, but she still answered it in detail:
"When you came, I saw him following you, and then he stayed with you in the office."
Hearing Secretary Zhang's words, she suddenly remembered the scenes in the elevator that morning. She clearly had a large space there, but her colleagues said it was also crowded. Yes, because there was a child standing there that she couldn't see!
No wonder her colleagues looked at her in surprise, no wonder Manager Wang said those words, because there was a child she couldn’t see who had followed her here!
This fact made Cheng Wushuang unbelievable. Her heart was beating very fast. She asked Secretary Zhang with a trembling voice:
"That child is now..."
"He's always behind you!"
