Chapter 77 - Nightmarish Awakening (2/2)

The corner of Ke Liuyi’s mouth twitched. Jiang Shaocheng was in good health; of course he was capable of the act.?He just wasn’t interested in you, you idiot.

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When Tang Qiu went to class, she kept staring at her phone, hoping that Jiang Shaocheng would reply her. However, a day passed by, and there was still no news from him.

Xie Qingqing couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you staring at your phone, Qiu?”

“My husband went abroad for treatment. I’m worried about him, and he’s not responding to my texts.”

“Maybe he doesn’t have time to look at his phone,” Xie Qingqing said comfortingly.

Tang Qiu was a little dejected. “If only I hadn’t gone back to sleep last night. I can’t even focus on studying now.”

“Don’t overthink it,” Xie Qingqing assured her, hearing the self-reproach in her friend’s voice. “With his health, I doubt it’s anything out of the ordinary for him to need a hospital.”

Tang Qiu met her gaze. “I miss him very much.”

Xie Qingqing shook off the goosebumps that broke out over her skin. “Then hurry up and book an air ticket so you can fly over and see him. It’s the weekend tomorrow; don’t tell me you don’t know how to take a plane?”

Tang Qiu smiled. Xie Qingqing was right–she could go and find him! She quickly took out her phone to book a ticket, but realized that she didn’t know which country her husband was in. Only Ke Liuyi did.

When she asked Ke Liuyi about her husband’s whereabouts, the other woman’s lips took on a calculating curve. “He’s in a hospital in N Country. I’ll send you the exact address when you arrive.”?But you might not have access to the internet then…

Tang Qiu quickly booked a plane ticket. After school, she boarded the plane to N Country. She was extremely excited at the thought of meeting Jiang Shaocheng. She might even be able to give him a surprise. However, she was in for a rude–or rather, nightmarish–awakening.

When Tang Qiu arrived in Country N, she didn’t know if it was a problem with the internet, but she couldn’t reach Ke Liuyi through call or text. She had no choice but to go to the largest hospital in Country N–her husband probably wouldn’t be in a small or less established one, in his condition.

Still awaiting Ke Liuyi’s call, Tang Qiu embarked on a search for her husband. She couldn’t find any patient called ‘Jiang Shaocheng’, even after visiting several hospitals. She tried to contact him, but the call didn’t get through. The time difference between the two countries meant that the sky was already dark in N Country, so she decided to take a quick rest at the hotel she had booked before continuing to look for Jiang Shaocheng. Maybe the cold weather was disrupting her phone signal.

She didn’t expect to run into a thief on her way back.