Until one day, a Tuesday, Sheng Shi was waiting downstairs of Gu Lanshan's building as usual, hoping to see her before rushing to the airport to fly to Shanghai for a meeting.
The flight was at nine thirty.
But today, at eight o'clock, many people from Gu Lanshan's building rushed out as usual to catch the bus or subway to work, but the person he wanted to see was not among the crowd.
Sheng Shi thought maybe she was running late today, so he continued to stand aside and wait for Gu Lanshan to come out. However, by a quarter past eight, Gu Lanshan still hadn't come out.
Could Gu Lanshan have taken the day off?
Not going to work today?
Thinking this, Sheng Shi continued to wait another fifteen minutes.
It was already half past eight, and his secretary had called several times urging him to go to the airport.
He thought maybe Gu Lanshan wasn't going to work today.
