"I’m sorry, Ye Zifeng didn’t tell anyone about his whereabouts, so if you have the time, could you please come to New Jersey, USA, or if you have any news of him, please contact us as soon as possible, thank you." After relaying the message in broken Chinese, the other party hung up the phone.
Ye Shu panicked and dialed the phone number Ye Zifeng had sent her after he’d gone abroad.
The call wouldn’t go through!
"Zifeng, oh Zifeng, where on earth have you gone? To just lose contact like that!" Ye Shu frantically pulled at her hair.
Seeing her so distressed, Sheng Shuai asked, "Who’s Zifeng?"
"He’s my brother, my half-brother from the same father," Ye Shu said, then suddenly slapped her thigh hard and said, "I know now—he must have seen the news of my marriage online and become upset. That kid, how could I have forgotten him? I should have told him about my wedding. Oh, what should I do now?"
Sheng Shuai muttered to himself, "Nowadays, when students studying abroad lose contact, most of them have already—"
"Shut up! Can you please not scare me?" Although Ye Shu promptly told Sheng Shuai to shut up, what he was implying was indeed a possibility; countless students abroad had met with foul play. "No, I need to go find him!"
"New Jersey, USA, at Princeton University, Handsome B, please take me home to get my passport—no, I need to talk to him first!" After speaking, Ye Shu stood up and ran toward the exit.
"Hey, is there such a rush?" Sheng Shuai was about to follow her out when a bar waiter stopped him, "Sir, the lady just now spent a total of 3,650 yuan. Will you be paying with cash or card?"
After leaving the bar, Ye Shu wanted to call Sheng Shaochen, but felt that going abroad was a big deal and that she had to tell him face-to-face and get his approval.
So she hailed a taxi and headed straight for the hospital.
Ye Zifeng had grown up with her, and in a family like that, warmth was a rarity. Fortunately, her brother Ye Zifeng had always been good to her, and their sibling bond was much stronger than that of other families.
It had also been her idea for Ye Zifeng to study abroad, and now that he was missing, she had to find him as quickly as possible.
Jin City Noble Hospital, VIP ward!
Han Ruixin stared intently at Sheng Shaochen as he lost himself in thought, while Sheng Shaochen was engrossed in the phone screen.
"Brother Chen, are you waiting for Ye Shu’s call?" Han Ruixin asked with a tinge of acidity.
"Mhm." Sheng Shaochen only nodded, thinking to himself why Ye Shu still hadn’t called him. That woman, what on earth was she up to?
"Brother Chen, if you’re worried, you should go back first. I’m fine, you should go. If you stay with me overnight here, Ye Shu will definitely misunderstand. I’ve done many things to wrong you both before, but I won’t anymore, I’m sorry." As Han Ruixin spoke, tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
Sheng Shaochen had intended to leave as well. He stood up and said, "You rest well, I’ll visit you again when I have the time."
"Mhm, I understand, thank you, Brother Chen, thank you for staying with me, thank you." Han Ruixin kept expressing her gratitude, hoping to increase the guilt in Sheng Shaochen’s heart.
But Sheng Shaochen just nodded, then headed towards the door of the ward.
At that moment, Han Ruixin suddenly saw from the reflection in the window glass that Ye Shu was quickly approaching. Casting aside all caution, she leapt off the bed and flung herself at Sheng Shaochen!