Chapter 195 Deadline
I Hate You, Devil!
"Donât you miss your husband?"
Upon hearing those words, Luo Xiaolei paused as if she just heard the police yelling at her the word âfreeze!â.
The truth was that Gu Jinyang had been worrying about Luo Xiaolei. She was working a little too much, she almost didnât even find time to rest. Lately, mentioning Yu Chen was the only way Gu Jinyang could make her stop working.
It was obvious that she was burying herself in the work to distract herself. The longer Yu Chen stayed unconscious, the harder she worked. It was hard for everyone to watch her like that but they couldnât really do a thing for her.
"Of course," Luo Xiaolei half-smiled as she slowly put down the document in her hand. "Of course, I miss him. I miss him so much."
Suddenly, she became emotional. This was why Gu Jinyang didnât like to remind her about Yu Chen, because she would inevitably become like this. But he had no choice, she had to stop working and get some rest.
"You should go home now, Miss. Iâm sure heâs waiting for you." Gu Jinyang said and Luo Xiaolei buried her face in her palms. Her working mode disappeared and now she looked quite drained.
"Mm, okay. Iâll leave the rest to you then, Mr. Gu." She finally stood and left the office.
Luo Xiaolei was leaning her head on the carâs window as she mindlessly stared outside. She could see Xiao Mimiâs face on a huge billboard. Her ad with Yu empire months ago made her popularity boom and many businesses had offered her contracts. But in the end, she accepted only two ads because they were the only ones who agreed to her terms. Despite releasing just one single in the past four months, Xiao Mimi remained strangely popular.
Next to Xiao Mimiâs masked photo was I.x.Uâs, the super rookie boy bandâs billboard. Luo Xiaoleiâs lips curved up a little when she saw her babies on an even bigger billboard everywhere. I.x.Uâs debut was as expected, huge. They easily swept over the country as a monster rookie and just after three months, they were preparing for another comeback.
Luo Xiaolei was truly proud of them. Even though she could no longer check on them every day as she used to, she was always monitoring them through video calls and messages.
Her life in these past few months, since Yu Chen fell into a coma, drastically changed.
She knew that what she was doing was a bit extreme. She knew she should at least take it easy sometimes but if she slacked off even for a while, she would start overthinking. As much as she could, Luo Xiaolei didnât want to think too much. That was why she buried herself in work. She was trying to stay positive and wait for him to wake up but it wasnât easy to avoid thinking negatively. And she couldnât help but feel her heart squeezing in pain every time she thought of him. She was missing him so bad and it was getting worse as the days passed by.
She thought she was strong enough but it seemed like she was wrong. She didnât want to think about the what ifs but she couldnât help it. Waiting wasnât easy, she knew that but... what if he really didnât wake up again?
These kinds of unpleasant thoughts were the reason why Luo Xiaolei was forcing herself to forget about anything else and just work. She hated thinking that way so she could only overwork herself to avoid thinking.
...
By the time she finally stepped inside Yu Chenâs room, she weakly leaned on the door, looking at him.
"Iâm back," she said, forcing a smile. She slowly walked towards him, stared at his face, bent and then gave him a kiss on his forehead.
Lately, Luo Xiaolei had stopped talking to him about everything. The words that she was uttering were getting less and less as the days passed by. It wasnât because she was tired, it was because she could no longer force herself to stay cheerful when she talked to him. Her emotions become chaotic whenever she saw him, still in a deep sleep, without any sign of him waking up again.
That night, even though she had been away for five days, the words "I miss you so much," was all she said, before she fell asleep right beside him.
The next morning, she woke up on the couch. It seemed that Juu or Kyuu carried her again to the couch again last night. She stood up and immediately went to the other room to get ready. As always, her schedule for the day was tightly packed so she had no time to even enjoy her morning.
When she returned to Yu Chenâs room to say goodbye, her attention was pulled from Yu Chen to the phone vibrating inside her bag. She was surprised that the phone ringing was Yu Chenâs cellphone.
The old man gave that phone to her that day she took over as the empireâs CEO. The phone was the one that important people used to contact her so she took it. Of course, she had a browse when she got handed the phone but all she found in it was their cute photo as the wallpaper and her number labeled as âmy little thunderâ. There was nothing more personal in it, not even music or photos. Just private emails and calls from other CEOs.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Thinking that an important person was calling, Luo Xiaolei quickly brought out the phone to answer it but to her surprise, it wasnât a call, it was a reminder.
She had never put any reminders in her husbandâs phone since she received it so this made her curious.
With a curious frown, Luo Xiaolei tapped on the reminder.
The reminder was entitled âDEADLINEâ. When she tapped on its details, there was nothing else written in it, just dates.
âStart: 07-22-20XX End: 12-22-20XXâ
The lines on Luo Xiaoleiâs forehead deepened as she looked at it. She sat next to Yu Chenâs bed.
"What is this? 12-22-20XX is today..."