As she walked out of the bathroom, Cheng Wushuang felt inexplicably annoyed, as if shrouded in a gloomy mist, her whole body feeling uncomfortable. Especially when she thought about what that woman had just asked her, and the way the employees had looked at her earlier.
"Child?"
She muttered a sentence under her breath and decided that she would get to the bottom of it later. Whoever brought him here, she was going to make him leave immediately!
As she walked into her office, Zhang Shu, who had just graduated from university, greeted her warmly.
"Good morning BOSS! Good morning little classmate!"
"You too, just now... wait! What did you just say?"
Cheng Wushuang was stunned, she turned her head and stared at the secretary's smiling face, her body involuntarily trembling slightly.
Jian Cheng's expression changed, and Secretary Zhang's smile also froze. He hastily explained:
"I said good morning BOSS."
Cheng Wushuang realized he was a bit out of sorts, hastily adjusted his breathing, but the expression on his face didn't change:
"Bring over the documents I asked you to prepare yesterday in a bit. Also, go check who brought their kid today."
"Uh...oh, I see."
Secretary Zhang didn't dare say more and hastily nodded his head.
Cheng Wushuang finally sat down, gently rubbing her temples on both sides, feeling that everyone in the company today was a bit strange. This feeling she couldn't quite put into words, it was as if something had appeared out of thin air, and it all seemed to be directed at her.
She shook her head vigorously, and then as usual, opened the computer to start today's work. Perhaps she was affected, but her work efficiency today was not high, and she only did a small part of the case sent from above before she couldn't go on.
Just then, Secretary Zhang walked in with a stack of files. Taking the files, Cheng Wushuang casually asked:
"Has anyone found out who brought the kid to the company?"
"I've asked around and no one has brought their kids here."
Secretary Zhang said so, but in his heart he was secretly thinking:
"Didn't you come with just the kid today!"
As she thought so, her eyes involuntarily glanced to the side of Cheng Wushuang, where a small boy was standing, about eleven or twelve years old, with a pale and serious face, looking dirty.
She was very suspicious, how could someone as high-ranking as Cheng Wusuo bring such a dirty child over, wasn't this just asking to be laughed at by other employees, shouldn't he have changed into clean clothes before bringing him over?
She wanted to say this, but looking at Cheng Wuyi's current mood, it didn't seem very good, so she forcibly swallowed it back.
When Zhang Shu said that no one brought their children to the company today, Cheng Wushuang blinked in confusion, but thinking that the child might have run in to use the restroom, she felt relieved.
"That's good, you go ahead and get busy."
She lightly replied with a sentence and had Zhang, her secretary, leave. Then she continued working on what was in her hands.
Cheng Wushuang started working, Secretary Zhang smiled cautiously and waved at the child, but the child didn't respond to her. Instead, she put her dirty hands on Cheng Wushuang's body. However, Cheng Wushuang seemed completely unaware of it and didn't stop the child's behavior, letting his clothes get stained.
This scene made Secretary Zhang secretly purse her lips and didn't even bother to glance at that mouth, she turned around and left with a gloomy face.
At noon, Cheng Wushuang finally completed her work and leaned back in her boss chair to stretch comfortably. The gloomy mood she had before was suddenly swept away.
She got up from her chair and left the office. Seeing Cheng Wushuang was about to leave, Zhang Shu, who had been holding back for an entire morning, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She came to Cheng Wushuang's side and said in a very cautious tone:
"Boss, what I'm about to say is absolutely not malicious, and I hope you won't get angry."
"You're so scared, just speak up if you have something to say, are you afraid I'll eat you?"
Cheng Wushuang couldn't help but be amused by Secretary Zhang's words. Seeing his superior reveal a smiling expression, Secretary Zhang continued to say:
"I don't know who he is to you, but I think it's not good to bring him here like this. At least... change into some clean clothes. After all, you're the boss, and there are many gossiping people in the company. If they see you bringing a kid like that, they'll definitely have something to say."
"Xiao Zhang, did you take the wrong medicine today?"
Before Secretary Zhang could finish speaking, Cheng Wushuang coldly interrupted her:
"When did I bring the kid here? You tell me clearly!"
Secretary Zhang's heart tightened, and he awkwardly pointed to Cheng Wushuang's side, asking in a low voice:
"Didn't you bring him?"
Cheng Wushuang turned around and took a look. What child is here? She looked at Secretary Zhang with suspicion, then changed to a comforting tone:
"Xiao Zhang, I know it's a lot of pressure to enter such a large company right after graduation. I also went through that period, but work is work and rest is rest. Otherwise, I can give you a few days off, go back and adjust well. You're so young and yet so suspicious, how will you work in the future?"
Secretary Zhang was left speechless, and in fact, looking at Cheng Wushuang's serious expression, she really wondered if she had gotten a nervous breakdown. But now, other colleagues were all discussing this child, so she couldn't have made a mistake, right? This child had been following Cheng Wushuang from the beginning.
What can she do, she can't refute her superior, pointing at Cheng Wushuang's nose and telling her, you're the one who's mentally ill! Helplessly, she could only swallow this tone hard and take it as a warning, resolutely not to owe this unprofitable mouth in the future.
"Sorry, I may have made a mistake. Don't worry about the holiday, I'll try to adjust as much as possible, please don't worry, boss."
"Don't you really need me to give you a few days off?"
"You really don't need to."
"Alright then, if there's difficulty just tell me directly."
Cheng Wushuang smiled and left, of course, the child also left with him. The child turned back to look at Secretary Zhang, only to see a pale face with a hint of a strange smile still on it.
Secretary Zhang shuddered all over and quickly withdrew her gaze, no longer daring to look at the child who filled her with fear.
Because she was about to leave the company, Cheng Wushuang once again walked into the bathroom, intending to tidy up her makeup before leaving. However, as soon as she entered, she heard the voice of that security guard again:
"Little friend, your uncle told you before, this is a women's restroom, boys are not allowed in."
Upon hearing the sound, Cheng Wushuang hastily wanted to chase out, but when she inadvertently looked towards the mirror, she discovered... her clothes had become very dirty! On top of them were black mud stains, one strip after another, as if a hand had been on top of them...
Cheng Wushuang suddenly shuddered violently and his body, which was about to chase out, stopped abruptly.
That boy... could he really have followed her in?
Thinking of this, Cheng Wushuang didn't even bother to tidy up her dirty body and ran back to the office like a fugitive. Seeing her rush in with a gloomy face, Secretary Zhang, who was drinking coffee, almost spat it out and quickly put down his cup to ask:
"What's going on?"
Cheng Yuexiang kept looking around without stopping, and after searching in vain, she asked Secretary Zhang:
"Did you really see a child? When did that child appear?"
This question was actually quite inexplicable for Secretary Zhang, but she still replied clearly and concisely:
"When you came, I saw him following you, and then he accompanied you to work."
When she heard Secretary Zhang's words, she suddenly remembered the scenes in the elevator that morning. There was a large space there, but her colleagues said it was also crowded. Yes, because at that time... there was an invisible child standing there!
No wonder colleagues would stare at her in astonishment, no wonder Manager Wang would say such things, because there was an invisible child that she couldn't see, who had been following her all the way here!
This fact made Cheng Wushuang unbelievable, her heart beating extremely fast, and she asked Secretary Zhang again with a trembling voice:
"That child now..."
"He's been behind you all along!"