132 Let’s Mee (2/2)

Hui Yin was momentarily taken aback. ”You're in Shanghai?”

”Yes.”

She carefully thought it over. Fine, it was better like this. She could state whatever she needed to say directly to his face.

”Okay then,” Hui Yin agreed. ”Let's meet tomorrow.”

But Lu Shen was dissatisfied. He had already waited for so long. He needed to see her.

”Today.”

”...?”

”We'll meet today.”

After telling her the time and the place, Lu Shen lingered without saying anything. He was not willing to hang up first.

”Xiao Yin...”

But Hui Yin had already pressed the end call button. Only a series of beeps answered Lu Shen, and he stood for a long while inside the bathroom, his bare feet numb against the cool tiles.

Exhaustion showed in the tense lines around his face, and in the dark shadows underneath his eyes. He had been too busy this past month, as there were a lot of documents needed for the takeover of a private company. In addition to being unable to sleep, he had spent the majority of his nights smoking in the veranda, pensive and distracted.

Although his eyes were focusing on the view, who knew where his thoughts had flown off to?

Shaking himself out of his stupor, Lu Shen casually threw the phone into the sink and stepped into the shower.

He had an appointment he couldn't miss.

[1] Chinese idiom that meant to to inadvertently alert someone.