Chapter 322: Mumu, Is That You?
Translator: 549690339
“Master, weren’t you going to look for someone?” the little assistant blinked, suddenly slapped his forehead, and realized, “Ah, could it be that you were looking for this woman?”
“I see, so Master, what should I say to persuade President Shen?”
“You can’t persuade him. Xu Chaomu, missing for half a year, maybe…”
The assistant fell silent. How likely was it for someone missing for half a year to still be alive in this world?
“President Shen loves her too much,” Xiao Mo sighed.
The assistant wondered, what kind of woman could make Shen Chi remember her so fondly, love her to the bone?
After all, Shen Chi had all kinds of women by his side. Once a man has seen enough women, it’s hard for him to be devoted to just one.
Many times at banquets, business partners would overtly and covertly send a few women to accompany Shen Chi, but every time, Shen Chi cursed them and sent them back.
Now that I think about it, Shen Chi truly loved Xu Chaomu too much.
The next day, Shen Chi woke up in the hospital ward.
The weather was good, and sunlight streamed in through the window.
His body felt much better, only his head was still in pain. He got up from the bed and stood by the window.
There was a layer of misty vapor on the glass. He remembered how at times , Xu Chaomu used to love writing on the glass.
But now, she was not by his side.
And she never would be again for the rest of his life.
His eyes instantly reddened, and his large palm slowly covered the window, not caring how cold the glass was.
Wearing hospital gowns, he was stripped of all his assertiveness and dominance, looking exceptionally forlorn from any angle.
There would never again be a little girl sitting by his side, chattering away.
Just as Shen Chi stared blankly out of the window, Xu Chaomu was packing her belongings in another hospital room.
“Chenglang, I’ve packed everything. I need to pick up something at the place I’ll be staying later.”
“So secretive, you still won’t tell me.”
“It’s nothing much, just a doll.”
“You’re so fond of it.”
“Where are we headed to next?” Xu Chaomu swung her backpack over her shoulders.
Nie Chenglang had bought her many things, coats, skirts, backpacks, and lots and lots of snacks…
At the moment, she wore a pink woolen coat and carried a cute, large-faced cat backpack.
She had stuffed a lot of snacks into her backpack.
“We’ll go to the place you stayed first, and then I’ll take you to our new home. After we’re settled in, we’ll go out for fun.”
“Great!” Xu Chaomu responded cheerfully.
“Let’s go, downstairs.”
Nie Chenglang put his arm around Xu Chaomu’s shoulder, walking side by side with her toward the stairs.
Nie Chenglang was much taller than Xu Chaomu. Walking by his side, she felt very safe.
“Chenglang, will your driver come to pick us up? Is your family very rich?”
“Are you afraid to say because you think I’ll rob your house?”
“With your little frame, you think you can rob?”
The two joked and laughed as they headed downstairs together.
A Cayenne was parked in the lot downstairs, belonging to Nie Chenglang’s family.
As Xu Chaomu turned the corner of the corridor, her shoelace came loose, so she bent down.
“Chenglang, hold my bag for me. I’ll tie my laces.”
She squatted down after speaking.
Shen Chi, standing by the window, suddenly heard her voice. His whole nervous system was as if it had been jolted.
He quickly pushed open the door and rushed out!
No one responded to him; the hallway was still full of nurses and patients walking back and forth.
He was running in the wrong direction, even the opposite direction from which Xu Chaomu had left…
After Xu Chaomu tied her laces, she took her backpack from Nie Chenglang’s hands: “All set, let’s go!”
She happily bounded down the stairs, heading toward Nie Chenglang’s car.
“Walk slower, no need to rush.”
“I haven’t seen my treasure for days, I miss her!”
Xu Chaomu was referring to the silly and adorable doll.
It was the only thing she had taken with her when she left C City and the only thing that remained after eighteen years of wandering.
Xu Chaomu got into the backseat of the Cayenne. As soon as she was seated, Nie Chenglang also entered the car.
“Young master, where to?”
“To the place I live!” Xu Chaomu shouted first.
The driver was confused: “Miss, where do you live?”
“Oh, alright,” the driver replied indifferently.
The driver pressed the accelerator, and the Cayenne started and moved forward.
Just as the Cayenne was driving out of the hospital gates, Shen Chi was running down from upstairs!
“Mumu, is that you? Mumu, come out…”
Ignoring the gazes of all others, he stood below the building, facing the sun, looking around.
The voice he had just heard was definitely Xu Chaomu’s, it had to be!
Shen Chi called and searched anxiously, his eyes and brow revealing a desperate look!
People around him cast strange glances and whispered among themselves.
However, in the crowded throng, he did not see Xu Chaomu.
He believed he could recognize her in a crowd in a single glance, but, looking around, there was nothing…
“Chaomu! Chaomu, where are you?! I just heard your voice… Mumu…”
Shen Chi shouted Xu Chaomu’s name until his voice was hoarse!
No one responded to him. He grabbed a nurse and asked, “Did you just see a little girl, about this tall, with a sweet smile when she laughs?”
“Sir, sorry, I have no idea.”
“How could you not know? I just saw her…”
“Sir, how would I know.” The nurse was getting impatient.
“Help me look for her.”
“Sorry, sir, I’m busy with work.”
After speaking, the nurse left without much emotion.
When Shen Chi’s assistant went to the ward and didn’t find Shen Chi, he hurriedly came out to look for him.
As soon as he arrived downstairs, he saw Shen Chi wearing hospital clothes and standing under the sun, asking anyone if they had seen a little girl, his face full of anxiety.
He looked particularly foolish.
This was nowhere near the image of Shen Chi, dressed in a black suit, commanding the stage with a spirited and confident air.
The assistant thought to himself that love really can make a person foolish.
Foolishly and incurably so.
“President Shen, come upstairs with me. It’s time for your medication,” the assistant approached Shen Chi.
Shen Chi wasn’t listening. “You go find Xu Chaomu! I just heard her voice!”
“President Shen, why would Miss Xu come to Paris? Did you see her with your own eyes?”
“I heard her voice, it was her. Eight years, I would not mistake it!”
“President Shen, could you be… hallucinating…” The assistant dared not continue.
Cases of hearing delusions due to deep yearning were all too common.
“It’s her, it must be her. Go look for her!”
“Alright, alright, I’ll go look. President Shen, please go upstairs first, and I’ll go find her.”
The assistant didn’t really believe Xu Chaomu would be in Paris; he was certain Shen Chi was hallucinating.
Paris and Sumatra Island were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.