Watching in the dark night

Chapter 14 Paralysis
  From the size of the feet, Yan Shuang could infer that its owner was a woman.

She tried to raise her eyes, and as far as she could see, she could only see. A dark purple cotton skirt is exposed above the ankle of the canvas shoes.

But from the direction of the feet, it could be seen that the man was standing facing her and motionless.

What is she looking at here? She didn't dare to think about it.

Although Yan Shuang knew this was in her sleep, she still tried hard to suppress the sounds she made out of fear.

Under the double blow of fear and suffocation, she felt like she was about to faint.

Suddenly, those feet moved!

As the person moved, the dark purple skirt occupied more and more space in Yan Shuang's sight, until it completely covered her sight.

That’s just a moment! Just when Yan Shuang's eyes were about to be completely overwhelmed by the dark purple color. The office chair creaked, and her eyes became bright again.

Yan Shuang watched the man sitting at the desk, skillfully opened the computer and started operating it.

She first typed on the keyboard for a while, then put her right hand on the table and tapped a few times with her fingers, and then started typing on the keyboard again.

This set of actions made Yan Shuang extremely familiar.

Because this was her daily working pattern, she could guess even with her eyes closed that the person who tapped his fingers on the table just a few times was using a calculator.

Yan Shuang's breathing became more and more difficult, but she had no way to get rid of this scene. She could only keep watching the woman in front of her repeat the actions over and over again, as if she was not tired.

When will it end? In such a depressing environment, Yan Shuang still couldn't help but complain in her heart.

I’m tired enough from working during the day, but I still have to watch others working overtime in my dreams at night. Is there any justice in the world?
  Just when her heart was extremely broken, something that made her scalp numb happened again.

The woman who was working over and over again seemed to feel something watching her from behind.

She suddenly stopped what she was doing, and her body seemed to be frozen, completely motionless.

Just when Yan Shuang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she had not been noticed, the woman started to move again.

She stood up very slowly, then moved one foot to the right and back. Yan Shuang completely held her weak breath.

The feet stayed still, standing in the direction of Yan Shuang for a long time without making any next move. Unable to hold back, she began to look upward with her peripheral vision.

Suddenly there was a burst of red mist in front of her eyes, and she suddenly realized what she had seen.
  "Wow" Yan Shuang was frightened and jumped up from the sofa, pushing away the heavy quilt on his body.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Yan Shuang's mother, Ruan Xue, rushed out of the kitchen with a rag and asked loudly.

"Mom, why did you cover me with such a thick quilt?" Yan Shuang said angrily. She was having nightmares under this heavy quilt!

"Aren't you afraid of being cold? When you wake up, take a shower and go back to bed." Seeing that she had nothing to do, Ruan Xue went back to the kitchen to do her own business.

"Okay." Yan Shuang replied, dragging her reluctant steps to take a shower.

The warm water splashed on her face, and she gradually came back to reality from the nightmare she had just had. Why do I always dream about that woman, and the scenes become more terrifying each time?
  Who is that woman? Among the people I know, I don't seem to like women in purple skirts that much.

Look at the series of actions that woman just performed, her skillful gestures of typing on the keyboard and using the calculator. Are you also in finance?
  Yan Shuang picked up a handful of water and poured it on his head several times.    Forget it, don’t think about it anymore! Maybe there is no such person at all. There must be too many people in the company having trouble recently, so she would have such a ridiculous dream.

a week later
  Yu Su'an had some computer problems and asked Yan Shuang to go to the Information Department to find someone to help.

When she walked into the Information Department, she didn't see Qin Budong, and she breathed a sigh of relief. He told Fang Zheng, another colleague from the information department, about Yu Suan's request.

"Okay, I happen to be free now, let's go with you." Fang Zheng said to Yan Shuang with his eyes bent.

Seeing Yan Shuang glance at Qin Budong's desk, he explained: "Brother Qin seems to be sick. He hasn't come to work for almost a week."

Nodding, Yan Shuang looked up at Fang Zheng beside him.

A man with particularly regular features, he doesn't talk much, but his eyes are always bright when he smiles.

Although the two of them had not had much contact, Yan Shuang had completely remembered him since she saw his smile for the first time.

After leading Fang Zheng into Yu Su'an's office, Yan Shuang thought about going downstairs to buy a cup of coffee. She couldn't sleep well during this period, and she had to work during the day, which was really hard on herself.

In the coffee shop, as soon as Yan Shuang scanned the QR code and paid, Yu Suan's call came in immediately.

She answered the phone and walked back to the office. When she got to the third floor, she realized that she had forgotten to take the coffee.

Go down and get it later. What Yu Su'an just explained is a bit urgent and she needs to finish it quickly.

Just as she was typing hard on the keyboard to complete what Yu Su'an told her. A cup of coffee was gently placed in front of her.

Yan Shuang looked up in surprise. It turned out that the owner of the coffee shop personally brought the coffee to her.

"Thank you, I'm really sorry for troubling you." Yan Shuang stood up quickly. Although she was saying thank you, what she was thinking in her heart was, how did he get in? The security guard downstairs is usually so strict.

Seemingly reading her thoughts, the coffee shop owner explained: "I know the uncle downstairs. I told him I was just coming in to give him a cup of coffee and then leave, so he let me in."

That's it, Yan Shuang nodded. On the first day she came to work, the HR phone number couldn't be reached, and the security guard didn't let her in no matter what he said.

She picked up the coffee and took a sip, just as she was about to say thank you again.

But she found that the coffee shop owner was looking at her with a very strange look, as if the two of them had known each other for a long time.

Did she have something on her mouth? She pulled out a piece of paper and wiped her mouth. No, it's very clean!

She was a little uncomfortable, and the coffee shop owner seemed to notice it. His eyes returned to normal in an instant, "Then I'll go back to the shop first, there are still customers." After saying hello, he left in a hurry.

I'm a bit busy today, so Yan Shuang worked overtime for a while. By the time she got off work, everyone in the other departments had left, but the office of the Information Department was still brightly lit.

After returning home in the evening, I had just finished eating. She picked up her phone and found that the number of messages in the company group suddenly exploded. After scrolling up and reading all the messages, I realized that the company's network was completely paralyzed.

The managers of the information department are instructing people in their departments to go back and work overtime. No wonder no one from the Information Department had left when she got off work.

Seeing Fang Zheng and Qin Budong replying with anxious voices, Yan Shuang guessed that there must be a big loophole.

(End of this chapter)