He's Not

Luo Xiyun staggered back to her room and slammed the door shut. Leaning against it, her body slowly slid down until she was sitting on the floor.

She curled up her legs, wrapped her arms around her knees, and buried her head in her legs, letting her wet hair hang down. Water droplets dripped from her hair onto the floor, gradually forming a puddle.

She sat motionless. After an unknown amount of time, a faint musical sound came from her handbag.

A minute later, the music stopped. After a few seconds, it started again.

It went on and off like this, four or five times, before she finally moved. She reached out, took the phone out of the bag, answered it, and held it to her ear.

"Why did it take you so long to answer the phone? How is it? Are you sure? Is that person the same as in the dream?"

Liu Yumeng's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

She was silent for a while, then said, "He's not."

"Oh, isn't that a good thing? Why do you sound so unhappy?"

"I'm hanging up now." After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone, turned it off, and threw it aside.

After a while, she repeated, "He's not."

Gradually, a deep weariness washed over her. Her eyelids grew heavier and heavier. In a blur, she saw Chen Xu again, saying "To hell with gentlemanly conduct" word by word.

The Chen Xu whose heart was harder than iron, who could ignore her for months because of a single sentence she said.

The Chen Xu who couldn't stand a little grievance, whose mind was smaller than a needle tip, who only knew how to be fierce to her, the utterly bastard Chen Xu.

The Chen Xu who wasn't willing to say a nice word before he died, who left her alone and still hypocritically told her to live well on her own, the irresponsible scumbag...

"He's not you..."

Her faint voice echoed in the room.

As Luo Xiyun left, Chen Xu watched her back. For some reason, his heart ached, and he suddenly felt an impulse to go up and support her.

Was she sad?

He restrained the impulse, but felt some confusion in his heart. Just now, for a moment, he actually felt that she seemed very sad.

It must be an illusion.

When her figure disappeared at the door, he felt a sense of loss in his heart.

The others completely relaxed. Under Secretary Guo's guidance, they officially started the game. Without the director present, everyone let loose, and soon there was laughter and cheerful voices.

To some extent, Luo Xiyun's initial goal was achieved.

Only Chen Xu was absent-minded, drifting apart from the crowd.

The others understood. After all, being criticized by Director Luo in public, it was normal to be in a bad mood.

Someone advised him to go back to rest first, and he readily agreed, returning to his room first.

He lay on the bed, calmed down, and seriously reflected on himself. He felt that he was just too concerned.

Even though he had spent a lot of time preparing himself mentally beforehand, treating everything as a dream.

However, how could the feelings he had for her during those months in the Dream Realm be forgotten or severed so easily?

When they didn't have much contact, the problem wasn't so big. But like today, when they were face to face, he realized that his mental preparation was extremely fragile. He couldn't help but care about her.

Having figured this out, he sighed and muttered, "My head must have been caught in a door back then. Why did I have to copy someone I knew in reality into the Dream Realm?"

The intimate lovers in the Dream Realm became strangers after waking up. And they had to meet every day. No one could stand it.

"No, I can't stay in the company any longer. I'll resign after this month."

He made up his mind to make a clean break. As long as he didn't see her, after a period of time, all of this would become a beautiful memory in his heart.

"Don't overthink it. She's not the her in the dream."

He said to himself silently, gradually falling into a dream.

The next day, Chen Xu woke up on time. After a night's sleep, his mood had basically calmed down. After washing up, he went to the restaurant on the second floor, which was where they were gathering today.

Just as he reached the second floor, he ran into a colleague and learned from him that Luo Xiyun was sick, and Secretary Guo had taken her to the hospital overnight. She hadn't returned yet.

This news was sent to the work group, but Chen Xu hadn't seen it yet.

"Is she alright?" Chen Xu's heart tightened, and he blurted out the question.

The colleague said, "They said she had a high fever. After getting an IV, the fever has gone down. Now, Secretary Guo is taking Director Luo home first. You can see it in the group."

Chen Xu picked up his phone and scrolled through the group messages, just in time to see the message Secretary Guo had just sent, saying that she had already taken Luo Xiyun home. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Then what about today's activities?" Chen Xu remembered something.

"Let me ask." The colleague picked up his phone and sent a message to Secretary Guo.

Soon, Secretary Guo replied, "Free time."

The structure of their Electronic Sales Department was rather strange. Theoretically, Liu Kun was the first person in charge, but in reality, Luo Xiyun was responsible for the daily management. It could be said that the two of them had the final say in the entire department.

Below them would be Secretary Guo. She was Luo Xiyun's assistant, and many orders were issued to everyone through her.

And that was it. The rest of the colleagues were ordinary employees, with no distinction in rank.

Chen Xu guessed that Liu Kun and Luo Xiyun wanted to implement flat management. The idea was good, but if Liu Kun and Luo Xiyun were not around, it could easily become a mess, with no one knowing who to listen to.

Even now, with Luo Xiyun and Secretary Guo gone, they couldn't even find someone to take charge, so they could only have free time.

Chen Xu didn't go looking for Dai Zixin. After what happened last night, she was avoiding him a little.

Presumably, Luo Xiyun had scared her quite a bit last night.

To be honest, he was quite gratified. After reality gave her a lesson, she was finally not as careless and thoughtless as before.

He didn't want to stay in the hotel either. Seeing that the weather outside was nice, he strolled out and wandered around.

The surrounding scenery was good. Unknowingly, he walked to the basketball court where they had the team building activities yesterday. He saw that the hosts were playing basketball.

They also saw him and stopped one after another.

"I heard them call you Chen Xu yesterday." The leading man took the initiative to walk over and greet him, "I'm Zhao Gang."

Chen Xu showed a friendly smile, "You haven't gone back yet?"

"We have to wait until the afternoon to take the bus back with you." Zhao Gang said, pointing to the basketball court, "Want to play a few games together?"

Chen Xu shook his head and said, "Forget it, my little body can't handle you guys bumping into me."

"Come on, we're technical players, we won't bully people with our bodies." Zhao Gang invited enthusiastically.

Chen Xu wasn't falling for it. His skills were terrible, and he didn't want to go on the court and embarrass himself.

"How about we have a shooting contest?" At this time, the man who had almost doubted his life after Chen Xu's shooting yesterday suggested.

Chen Xu glanced at him, thinking, Isn't this asking for a beating?

PS: Seeing so many rewards, I'm really feeling the pressure. I won't say more, I'm going to code and save up chapters.