The second day without Xie Yanci.
Work still had to go on, or he would not be able to pay the six thousand in rent each month.
The wind was strong on the rooftop. Xu Shi leaned lazily against the concrete parapet, his thick, slightly long hair tousled in the wind.
His head was lowered, his long legs crossed, a slim cigarette held between his lips.
Smoke curled around him, obscuring those eyes that always held a faint sadness.
Marlboro. He could not get used to it.
"Cough, cough." Xu Shi choked and coughed several times. Bracing one hand against the parapet, he lowered his head and struggled to catch his breath for a long while.
Sooner or later, staying up late would kill him.
He did not care about this body anyway.
Dying sooner would simply mean being free sooner.
"You're here alone?" A familiar male voice suddenly came from a distance.
Xu Shi instinctively looked up.
It was his colleague, Zhou An.
They had attended the same university and studied the same major.
Zhou An had completed his postgraduate degree at HKU and gone straight to working as Chen Yu's assistant when he first joined Liva.
Everyone had said he was lucky. The chief designer was beautiful and kind, and working as his assistant meant he would be promoted to designer within two years.
Xu Shi had even teased him that his future was so bright he would not be able to sleep.
Yet he had asked to transfer to Zhang Ya's team.
Zhang Ya never gave his subordinates any opportunity for promotion. That was an open secret throughout the company.
No one knew what Zhou An had been thinking.
Xu Shi covered his mouth and coughed a few times. "Xu Yu's preparing to get promoted to chief