Chapter 69

I said, "It doesn't matter whether I was really going down the mountain to buy medicine or trying to escape. It all depends on your perception!" Ophelia was stunned, remaining silent for a while. After a pause, her cold words came through the phone. "If you're still alive, then get back to work! You're not on vacation just because you were slightly injured! "I'm giving you three days. Get back here, or I'll start deducting from your salary!" Before I could say anything, she hung up. Did she really have no idea how serious my injuries were? Three days to get back to work, or else there would be consequences. After the call, I lay there quietly, staring at the trees through the windows, lost in thought for a long time. What if I had died yesterday? What would the scene have been like? Would she have been sad, upset, or even relieved? Thinking back on everything that had happened, the contrast with where I was now made me bitterly smile. Things changed—people, places, everything. E