I took a deep breath and looked at the hallway. Selena didn''te out to look for


    me. Perhaps she was upied with work.


    But, Selena, soon, you wouldn''t have to work hard like this.


    "I''ll discuss this with Selena. There''s nothing more to talk about. This is how it''s going to be, whether you agree or not."


    Without waiting for Zion''s reply, I hung up.


    When I returned to the room, Selena wasn''t looking at herptop. She was watching a TV show.


    Even though the program on the screen was aedy, Selena wasn''t smiling. There was not even the slightest desire tough. She fixed her gaze on the screen, as if lost in thought.


    When I sat beside her, she turned to look at me and said quietly, "Hudson, you''re here." There was no joy in her voice.


    Seeing her like this, I wasn''t sure if my suspicions were correct, so I asked tentatively, "Why do you look so down? Was it something Andy said that upset you?"


    Selena shook her head and sighed.


    She nced at the TV, then picked up the remote and turned it off. Turning to face me, she sighed again, looking lost.


    "I... I don''t know. I don''t feel like there''s anything to be happy about. I just suddenly feel so lost."


    "I''m here in the hospital every day, and I don''t feel like going anywhere else. I feel like I have nothing to do, and that life is boring. Yet it also feels like there are so many things waiting for me to do. I want to do them, but when I try to get up, I don''t feel like doing it anymore..."


    Selena rambled on, and I just sat quietly, listening to her.


    Back then, to distract myself from the pain of Selena''s infidelity and pull myself out of that sorrow, I threw myself into work.


    I worked hard, negotiating with clients and securing projects, running around constantly, picking up calls every second. During that period, I was so busy that I couldn''t even get six hours of sleep a night.


    I contributed a lot to thepany, to the point that they held a celebratory banquet for me. I was publicly praised in meetings more than once, but I was still unhappy. I was faking smiles throughout.


    Later, I epted a transfer to Carzonia. Though it was still an executive position, the pace of life there was much slower than in Adenville. Everyone lived at a leisurely pace, and that atmosphere gradually influenced me.


    I learned to ept that the promotion might actually be a demotion, trying to ease some of my homesickness.


    But there were drawbacks too. When I had free time, it was easy to ck off. I yed games or watched videos, and the whole morning was gone. I achieved nothing and wasted a whole day.


    At that point, I felt truly lost. What was the point of a life like this?


    I hade here to help the head office manage the branch in Carzonia. But what had I done? Nothing. There were no results and no achievements. Thepany was the same as when I first arrived.


    Eventually, I learned to let go.


    Carzonia was just a subsidiary. It didn''t have a solid foundation. In the days that followed, I led my team to develop business, attract clients, spend money on data, and understand the market.


    The beginning was always the hardest. Although those days were tough, we made it through.


    So, there was nothing to fear, and no challenge was too great. As long as one persevered, one would always see a rainbow after the storm.