After checking into the hotel, Yi Ming put his things in order and then flopped face-up onto the bed.
Jiang Wei hadn't replied to his messages yet, and her calls went unanswered. It had been nearly five hours since their last contact, and Yi Ming felt as if a million ants were moving house in his heart, devouring his sanity in a flurry.
"Jiang Wei, if you don't reply to me again, I'm going to call the police."
Yi Ming frowned and ruffled his hair, staring up at the ceiling and mumbling, "I'll give you five more minutes. If you don't reply within five minutes, I'll..."
Yi Ming's words were cut short when his phone screen suddenly lit up.
Almost instantly, Yi Ming bolted upright from the bed. Moving too quickly, the blood didn't have time to rush back to his brain, and his vision went completely black for a moment.
He quickly shook his head a couple of times, and as his vision began to clear up, Yi Ming saw it was a call from Jiang Wei and immediately answered.
"Jiang Wei, what are you doing? Are you trying to scare your future husband to death so you can find some young stud?"
Yi Ming's emotions got the better of him for a moment as he fired a barrage of accusations at Jiang Wei on the other end of the line.
Although his words were harsh, his tone softened with each syllable.
God knows, the moment he received Jiang Wei's call, Yi Ming's heart seemed to go from stagnant to pumping blood again. The time he couldn't reach her felt like an eternity of torture.
"I'm sorry, Yi Ming."
Jiang Wei had expected Yi Ming to be riled up. It was just a coincidence that she had just received his message saying he was safely on his way when her phone suddenly turned off by itself. In a panic, she tapped her friend Xiao Liang next to her, wanting to borrow her phone, but unexpectedly...
That little brat Xiao Liang was actually secretly watching anime on her phone, hiding it behind a cup...
When Jiang Wei tapped her, she gave her quite a fright.
"Ah..." Xiao Liang let out a soft cry as the cup slipped from her hand, spilling cold water all over her lap and thoroughly soaking her phone.
"Oh no." Xiao Liang looked like she was about to cry as she picked up the drenched phone, shook off the water, and tried pressing the power button a few times, but of course it wouldn't turn on anymore...
Jiang Wei quickly apologized, feeling very sorry, as the teacher at the front shot them both a sharp glare. The two of them obediently sat up straight, eyes forward.
After a pause, Jiang Wei carefully moved her lips, whispering to Xiao Liang, "I'm sorry, I'll go with you to get your phone fixed after class."
Xiao Liang also moved her lips, feeling like they were two undercover agents exchanging coded messages in a crowd. "It's okay, I can go get it fixed myself, but you can't reach Yi Ming, he must be worried."
Jiang Wei thought about borrowing someone else's phone to message Yi Ming, but after that, the teacher kept shooting them sharp glares for the entire class, so the two of them didn't dare cause any more trouble...
"Then why didn't you call me after class?"
Yi Ming hopped off the bed and went to the table to open a bottle of water. He'd been thirsty for a while, but his worries about Jiang Wei had made him forget to get something to drink.
"After class, I borrowed a classmate's phone to try to call you, but then Senior Shen suddenly showed up..."
"Wait, who did you say?"
Yi Ming's heart skipped a beat when he heard the name, and he choked on the water he was drinking, having to force it down.
"What did he do? Did he bully you again?"
Yi Ming slammed the water bottle down on the table, his tone instantly chilling.
He should have known. That's why he'd been uneasy before leaving - he knew that guy was still around, constantly pining after his sweet Sweetheart.
It was no wonder Yi Ming felt so unsettled leaving Jiang Wei unattended for a few days. Senior Shen must have been about to burst out of his chest with excitement at the chance to swoop in and try to "dig under the fence" while Yi Ming wasn't around to guard his Sweetheart...