196 Trouble (2/2)

Why would she be asking about Liu Wei? He should be with her.

''Is anything wrong? He's not back yet?''

''Can you give him the phone please?''

Liling did not have the strength to explain anything to Xin Yong, at that moment; she wanted to be sure that he was okay.

''Okay, let me give it to him.''

Xin Yong handed the phone over to Jin Yue who was driving. He took the phone and put it to his ear.

''Hello Liling?''

''Jin Yue, have you spoken to Liu Wei today?''

Jin Yue was surprised by the question, he chuckled lightly.

''No, we talked yesterday and he told me that he was coming back today; he should be home by now since his flight was by nine. Isn't he home?''

Jin Yue's brows creased slightly. He could hear muffles from the other end of the line, but Liling did not utter a word. He looked over at Xin Yong who was watching him with worry written all over her face.

''Hello? Liling, are you there?''

Jin Yue asked again, seeing that she was no longer talking.

Liling swallowed very dry saliva and forced some words out of her lips.

''His phone is switched off and he's not back yet. His flight from Japan to China should be three hours, so he should be home by two o'clock, I don't know why he's not back yet.''

Liling could feel hot tears pouring down her eyes. She just had a bad feeling about everything.

''Okay, just stay where you are, we're coming now. He might have had something urgent to do before coming home. He'll be back, okay, stop crying.''

Jin Yue tried to comfort her, although he felt something was off, but he could not tell it right to her face.

Liling could not reply; she was so weak to even say a word. She just sat on the floor staring blankly into space.

''Hello? Liling, are you there?''

Jin Yue did not receive any response from the other end, so he gave Xin Yong back the phone.

''Liling, Liling, are you there?''

Xin Yong asked worriedly. She had overheard the conversation so she was sure that her friend would not be okay.

''Yes…''

Liling weakly replied after a while.

''We're coming right now okay, don't do anything rash. Just stay where you are; okay?''

''Okay.''

As soon as she disconnected the call, Liling began dialing Liu Wei's number again and although it kept telling her that the number was switched off, she could not get herself to stop.

Jin Yue took out his phone from his pocket and dialed Liu Wei's number and as she had rightly said, it was switched off.

Luckily, he had the secretary's number too, so he dialed it immediately.

The number you are trying to reach is currently switched off

It was on loud speaker, so Xin Yong heard it all. She immediately looked at Jin Yue who at the same time looked at her.

They were not saying anything, but their silence said it all.