An Luowei woke up in utter confusion.
What surrounded her was not her cold (though luxurious) room, but a warm space filled with a strong masculine scent. She was wrapped in a soft down comforter, and Lu Beichen's characteristic cold cedarwood scent enveloped her.
She... had slept in his bed.
She slept so soundly that she didn't know what was going on.
An Luowei jumped up, her mind a little dizzy. She looked at the clock. 6pm! He told her to sleep for 3 hours, but she had slept for almost 4.
She hurriedly adjusted her crumpled office clothes, opened the door and walked out.
The lights were on in the CEO's office. Lu Beichen was still there, but he wasn't working. He stood by the glass window, his hands in his pockets, quietly watching the city lights up. His back was tall, lonely, and... somewhat heavy.
Hearing the door open, he turned around.
Their eyes met. The atmosphere instantly became complicated.
It was no longer the tension and confrontation like in the morning. After she unconsciously said "thirty thousand years", and after she slept on his bed, some invisible boundary seemed to have been broken.
"Are you awake?" His voice was low, no longer a command. "It's almost time to go home."
An Luo Wei felt her face heat up a little. "I... I fell asleep. Why didn't you wake me up?"
"You ('you' again) need to rest." He said calmly, as if it was normal for her to sleep on his bed.
At that moment, the phone in An Luo Wei's pocket vibrated. She quickly took it out to see.
It was a text message from Gu Ming Zhe.
[Gu Mingzhe: An Luowei, I heard about it! Congratulations! The whole company is going crazy! The Tinh Nguyet sketch is truly... genius! You've amazed me!]
A sincere compliment. In the midst of her chaotic life, this compliment was like a stream of warm water. She couldn't help but smile.
"Friend?"
Lu Beichen's cold voice suddenly rang out beside her ear. He had already walked closer to her. He didn't need to look at the phone, just by looking at the smile on her lips, he could guess.
An Luowei's smile immediately disappeared. "It has nothing to do with you."
She quickly put away her phone. That smile... the smile she gave to another man's text message... seemed to have angered him.
Lu Beichen's inner thoughts:
You can hate me, you can scold me. But you're not allowed to... smile at others like that.
The temperature in the room dropped to below zero again.
"Pack up. Go home." He coldly ordered, the "tyrant" cover was put up again.
An Lac Vi was resentful. This man changed his face faster than turning a book! She picked up her bag, hugged her laptop, and walked straight out the door, not bothering to wait for him.
Meanwhile, at the most luxurious penthouse in S City.
CRASH!
A glass of red wine was thrown straight at the marble wall. The red wine splashed everywhere, flowing onto the floor, as red as blood.
Giang To Nhu was trembling with anger.
"Mrs. Luc? Reveal your identity?" She laughed coldly, her beautiful face now twisted terrifyingly. "Okay! Very good, Luc Bac Than!"
"Miss Giang..." Her assistant trembled. "The news just came back... The Board of Directors meeting this afternoon... President Lu approved An Luo Wei's design. 100% approved! I heard... all the shareholders were convinced by her!"
Jiang Su Ru was stunned. "What? Convinced? That bitch... she knows how to design?"
This was even more shocking news than Lu Bei Shen revealing his identity. She always thought An Luo Wei was just a stupid flower vase, using her face to seduce men. But... she convinced the entire Board of Directors of the Emperor God?
"Yes... the idea is called... 'Eternal Star Moon'."
The two words "Star Moon" hit Jiang Su Ru's brain straight away.
She... Su Jin... how could she not know what "Star Moon" was?
That was the Peach Garden of Memories! It was the place that the Northern God Emperor used the starlight and the mist of the Forgotten River to create, exclusively for Fairy Wei!
"Thirty... ten thousand... years..." Jiang Suo Ru gritted her teeth. "You... You dare to remember?"
The jealousy of her previous life, the hatred of being punished by the Northern God Emperor... all exploded.
Lu Bei Shen was not infatuated with a new "flower vase". He was... looking for his ex!
He was looking for the Fairy Wei!
"No! I will not let you have your way!" Jiang Suo Ru roared. "In my previous life, I could make you lose your reputation and jump off the Tru Tien Dai! In this life, I can do it too!"
She had calmed down. The madness had disappeared, replaced by a cold cruelty.
"You think you are a design genius?" She sneered. "Okay. I will make you... become a 'thief'!"
She picked up the phone. "Hello? Find me 'Ghost' - the best underground designer. Tell him... I want to buy a design. One... that's very similar to the 'Eternal Starry Moon' style."
The Rolls-Royce rolled back to the villa.
The air in the car was stifling. An Luo Wei kept looking out the window, but her heart was full of conflict. She had won at the company. She had proven herself. But she was still his "prisoner".
Lu Bei Chen broke the silence.
"Your dream." His voice was low. "Besides the peach tree and the moon... what else did you see?"
An Luo Wei turned around cautiously. "Why do you keep asking about it?"
"I... am just curious."
"It has nothing to do with you."
"An Luo Wei." He suddenly called her name. "I don't care what Liu Shareholder thinks. I don't care what the world thinks. But I care... what you think."
He looked at her. "Eternal Star Moon. Do you really... believe in it?"
"Believe in what? Thirty thousand years of love?" She sneered. "I only used it to convince them. Do you think I'm naive enough to believe in that nonsense?"
Her words were like a knife.
The gentleness that had just begun to bloom in Lu Beichen's eyes immediately extinguished. He turned back to look at the road, his jaw clenched.
That's right.
I drank the water of Oblivion.
I forgot everything. I don't believe...
"Good." He said, his voice cold as ice. "Hold on to that thought. It will help you survive better in the Lu family."
The car stopped. They had arrived at the "prison".
They both walked in, mentally preparing for another "cold war" with Lu Tian'en.
But...
The living room was dark. No TV sound. No Mrs. Li. No "little bun" rushing out.
It was so quiet it was scary.
"Mrs. Li? Tian'en?" Lu Beichen frowned, sensing something was wrong.
An Luowei was also startled. "Xiao Tao! Where are you?"
Lu Beichen ran upstairs. An Luowei ran into the kitchen.
On the dining table, there was only a handwritten note, Mrs. Li's handwriting was shaky.
"President Lu, Young Madam... Young Master Tian'en... disappeared!"