144 Missing You (1/2)
”Screw you, jerk!” Wang Reiji's voice echoed inside the four corners of her office room. Good thing her room was soundproof that the noise she made did not make it outside, thus Rentao did not hear anything.
”Did I just wake up from a nightmare?” Wang Reiji asked herself as she wiped the drool off her chin. Due to her lack of sleep as well as exposure to constant stress, she had fallen asleep for about two hours since she started reading and signing the documents on her table.
”Whew! Sorry self, I slept for two hours!” Wang Reiji cried as she threw a quick glance at the wall clock.
”Good thing I am the boss of this company or I would have been fired by now.” Wang Reiji uttered to herself as her gaze fell on the now wrinkled documents on the top of her table as well as her wrinkled clothing. She then decided to fix the mountain of paperwork first before changing into a new set of clean clothing.
After she tidied her desk, she stood up and walked towards the library wall located at the side of the office room.
As she approached the wall, her steps halted in front of the middle bookcase. Soon after her eyes landed on a bronze statue of a little girl holding a rose in one hand and a basket in her other hand, she quickly reached out for the object.
'Click!'
The moment she tilted the statue, the entire frame of the bookcase suddenly swung open, revealing a wooden door tucked behind the bookcase. She then opened the wooden door to reveal a hidden room concealed behind what looked like a library wall.
Wang Reiji was not really a fan of hidden rooms or secret passageways when she was still Xing Yin. But ever since she became a part of the Wang household, she started to get fascinated by them. So prior to their transfer to Beijing, she had already instructed Rentao to build her a hidden private space within her office for both personal and safety purposes.
The hidden room inside Wang Reiji's office was actually a high-security hidden room that when sealed from the inside, cannot be opened from the outside. She chose this type of hidden room due to her bad experience in the past.
Imagine, if only General Prosecutor Zhang Jun had this kind of escape in his office, that tragedy could have been avoided. He could have just locked himself in while he called for help.
Aside from being an almost impenetrable retreat from possible intruders, the hidden room was also equipped with communications equipment and a cabinet full of ammunition and customized guns.
The room also contained a single size bed and a mini refrigerator. The floor of the hidden room was also carpeted and its temperature can be regulated.
Soon after Wang Reiji finished admiring the contents of the hidden room, she opened the drawer beside the bed and took out a new set of clean clothes she can change to.
As she started to undress, her mind pondered on why she suddenly had a dream of the past. Specifically, the period when she and Zhang Chenric started to spend time with each other.
”Seriously? Among all of the memories of the past, my subconscious mind chose to play the memories I was trying so hard to forget?” Wang Reiji said as she unbuttoned her blouse.
Halfway through changing into a new set of clean clothing, Wang Reiji suddenly wanted to find an explanation of why she dreamed about her past. She then hurriedly finished changing clothes and went outside the hidden room as fast as she could.
After slamming down her body in the swivel chair, she reached out to her computer and opened a browser to search the internet for an answer to her question. She then started typing the words, 'Why do we dream of the past?' on the search bar. After she hit enter, thousands of results flashed right in front of her eyes.
”So many results, hmm which one of these links should I check first?” Wang Reiji was overwhelmed with the number of articles posted online about her query.