Gu Qiangwei did not cease her shouts, but by the end her voice had cracked from exertion, and tears streamed down like a spring unbridled, leaving her unable to weep, finally she lowered her hands.
"But, where are you now... why don’t you answer my messages."
The final sentence was choked out.
Tears filled her eyes, blurring her vision so she could no longer make out the sea that had swallowed Sijue.
Behind her firmness was merely a show of toughness; she was much more fragile than she thought herself to be.
The January sky, still cold.
Especially by the seaside, where the sea breeze lashes against the face, icy and piercing to the bone.
Seeing the pretend toughness behind her strength, Li Yuan felt a sourness in his heart and, worrying about the baby inside her, had no choice but to speak up, "Qiangwei, let’s go back to the hotel first."
After her shouting, all that responded to her were the howling sea wind and the sound of the waves. Gu Qiangwei wiped away her tears; for the sake of the child, she had to take care of herself, and did not linger much longer.
She knew that although this was the place where Sijue had disappeared, the reality was that no matter how long she stayed or waited, Sijue was not likely to appear here again.
What she needed to do now was to protect herself, protect the child, and wait for him to return to tell him that she was pregnant.
Looking up at the sea one last time, she did not stay any longer but turned around and returned to the hotel with Li Yuan.
Meanwhile, Qin Guozhong’s people also did not cease their search, continuing day and night to look for Sijue’s whereabouts.
Soon, Qin Guozhong knew that Gu Qiangwei had arrived in City C.
But fearing that he would insist on her returning to Jingcheng if he knew about her pregnancy, so the fact that she was pregnant, Gu Qiangwei asked Li Yuan to keep it from anyone for the time being.
Whether it turned out to be life or death, she must wait for an answer before returning.
Meanwhile, at a secondary county town hospital.
"The injury is too severe, and he has lost too much blood, the key issue is the gunshot wound. Ling Xi, how did you come across such a man?"
The girl, named Ling Xi, glanced at the speaking Doctor.
Actually... she didn’t even know who this man was, nor why he ended up in her car’s trunk.
She had just returned from City C the day before yesterday. Just as she got home, preparing to retrieve her luggage, she discovered that a man had suddenly appeared in her trunk.
She didn’t even know when he had sneaked in, covered in blood.
Initially, when she discovered him, she thought he was dead and intended to call the police, but then noticed that he seemed to be moving, that he wasn’t dead, which led her to forego the idea of calling the police and instead take him to the hospital.
Looking at the man on the hospital bed who still hadn’t awakened, Ling Xi pursed her lips, "I..."
She opened her mouth, then suddenly paused.
She didn’t know whether this man was a good person or a criminal.
"I found him on the road!" she blurted out.
"Found him?" the Doctor frowned, clearly puzzled.
Ling Xi seemed not to want to continue on this topic, appearing somewhat irritated as she looked at the Doctor, "Just tell me, can he be saved, will he wake up?"
Feeling her irritation, the Doctor did not pursue the matter further, but instead focused on the man in the bed, "As of now, it’s unclear when he might awaken, but his fever has subsided, I think there shouldn’t be any problems."
"But it’s been two days, and he still hasn’t woken up!"
The Doctor looked at the girl, unable not to worry about her, "Ling Xi, he was shot with a bullet, aren’t you afraid he could be a criminal, awaken, and kill you to silence you?"