When Li You saw Pei Jingzhou's figure, the haze above his head was swept away. He directly put his bag on his arm, quickened his pace and ran towards Pei Jingzhou's direction.
She ran to Pei Jingzhou and stopped, panting.
Pei Jingzhou stretched out his hand to straighten her bangs that were blown by the wind in front of her forehead, and deliberately joked: "We haven't seen each other for two days, and you miss me so much?"
Li You's expression looked gloomy, and he jumped directly into Pei Jingzhou's arms and hugged him: "Pei Jingzhou, I'm in a bad mood."
Pei Jingzhou slowly raised his hand and paused. There were words of concern on his lips but he didn't ask a single question. It was not appropriate to stand here and talk. He took her hand and said, "Let's talk after we get in the car."
She obediently followed Pei Jingzhou into the car.
In country T, Pei Jingzhou drives by himself, and Li You sits in the passenger seat. Pei Jingzhou adjusts the route to the hotel where he stays every time.
Along the way, Li You told Pei Jingzhou all his suspicious things.
After everything was said, she asked: "Do you also think that I am just thinking wildly?"
There was a traffic light in front of her and the car stopped slowly. Pei Jingzhou looked at her sideways and said, "You are not wrong to worry about your mother. This is not a random thought. Also, don't you always trust your intuition?"
This sentence awakened Li You.
Yes, she always trusts her intuition.
But this time, she actually convinced herself that it was just a hallucination of her own imagination.
Pei Jingzhou readjusted the navigation, and the destination was Li You's address: "I didn't know what was going on just now. Now that I know the general situation, it's better to go back to your home first."
Li You nodded: "That's fine. I called my mother before I came out of the consulate. She said she was at home."
Pei Jingzhou: "It's good if my aunt is at home. You'll feel at ease when you see her when you go back."
These words were also meant to comfort Li You.
After a ten-minute drive, the car arrived at Li You's home address.
Pei Jingzhou parked the car, got off the car, and accompanied Li You inside.
As soon as he walked into the community and saw the two-story black windows, the expression on Li You's face suddenly fell: "Pei Jingzhou, there is no one at home."
Pei Jingzhou naturally saw it too.
Li You took out her mobile phone and called Li's father, but Li's father didn't answer. She called Li's mother again, and the system voice directly told her that the other party was temporarily unavailable to answer the phone.
Li You was obviously anxious.
She obviously called her mother before leaving the consulate. Her mother answered her call at that time and said she was at home, but when she called her now, no one answered the phone.
Her face turned a little pale with anxiety.
Pacing back and forth, he dialed his mother's phone number eagerly and repeatedly.
Pei Jingzhou took her arm, stopped her pacing back and forth, and gently comforted her anxious mood: "Don't worry, my uncle and aunt must have something to do, and they can't answer the phone for the time being."
"It's best like this, but... when I called my mother more than ten minutes ago, she still answered my call..." Li You almost burst into tears.
And this time.
After she made five or six unanswered calls, Li You received a call back from her father.
Seeing the word 'Dad' on the caller ID, the big stone on Li Youyou's heart suddenly lightened up. When she answered the phone, she suppressed her cry: "Dad..."
Li Huaisheng's tired voice came from the phone: "Xiaoyou, don't worry, your mother is fine, I'll stay with her."
For someone who doesn’t know anything about Li You yet, Li’s father’s words undoubtedly confused Li You. She hesitated and asked: “…What’s wrong with mom?”
Li Huaisheng didn't want to tell Li You the cruel truth over the phone, so in the end he only told him the address of the hospital.
After hanging up the phone, Li You was so distracted that he almost dropped his phone to the ground.
Pei Jingzhou didn't hear the conversation between Li You and her father, so he took the phone that she almost dropped and gently held her in his arms: "Don't think about the worst yet, do you remember how you often mentioned Murphy's Law to me?
The more you think about bad things, the more bad things will happen. Don't think about those bad things. Do you want to stay at home and wait for them to come back now, or do you need to go somewhere?"
Li You's eyes were red and he put his forehead against Pei Jingzhou's arms: "Mom is in the hospital."
Pei Jingzhou gently hugged her back: "Since uncle told you that your aunt is in the hospital, he should have told you the address of the hospital. Do you want to go to the hospital or stay at home and wait for them to come back?"
Li You answered firmly: "Go to the hospital."
Pei Jingzhou promised her: "Okay, let's go now."
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On the next way to the hospital, Li You was very silent and almost didn't say a word.
She thought about what Pei Jingzhou reminded her: Don't think about those bad things. The more you think about it, the easier it will happen. Why not wait calmly until she sees her mother in the hospital.
Pei Jingzhou did not drive very fast and arrived at the hospital at a constant speed.
Before getting off the bus, Pei Jingzhou received a phone call.
Seeing the caller ID, Pei Jingzhou glanced at Li You. Li You was very emotionally sensitive now. When Pei Jingzhou looked at her, she guessed that the call was probably from her father.
She did guess right.
It was her father calling.
She subconsciously checked her cell phone. It was not turned off and the signal was very good. But her father called Pei Jingzhou alone at this time. He must have something to tell Pei Jingzhou alone and avoid her so that she wouldn't hear it.
Li You suppressed the urge to take the phone from Pei Jingzhou's hand, and said in a loud voice: "You pick it up."
Pei Jingzhou hummed and answered the call from Li's father in front of Li You.
Li You didn't deliberately want to listen to what her father said to Pei Jingzhou. She only paid attention to Pei Jingzhou's expression. Unfortunately, Pei Jingzhou's expression had always been reserved and she couldn't see any change.
When the call ended, Pei Jingzhou put away the phone and said under Li You's eager gaze, wanting to know the content of the call: "Uncle told me the ward number."
Li You had a lump in his throat: "...Is there nothing else?"
Pei Jingzhou looked at her eager to know, and suppressed the soft part of his heart: "There is nothing else."
Li You didn't ask again.
She was still very quiet on the way in, and did not keep asking questions about Pei Jingzhou. She walked obediently beside him until she reached the floor where her mother was hospitalized. In the long corridor, she saw just
Li's father looked haggard after not seeing him all afternoon.
There's still a long way to go in between.
She was stunned for a long time before shouting: "Dad."
Li Huaisheng heard Li You's voice and looked sideways this way.
He seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. It was not until the moment Li You appeared that a very difficult smile appeared on his face, but in Li You's opinion, it was a smile uglier than crying.
"dad."
"dad……"
She cried loudly, let go of Pei Jingzhou's hand, and walked towards Li's father while sobbing.
She had grievances written all over her face, and her mouth was pouting. Just like when she was a child, she went to her father for support when she was wronged. She walked up to him crying and twitching.
When she approached Li's father, and before she could properly cry out and explain why she had called so many times without answering the phone, she choked on the words.
Because through the glass on the ward door, she saw her mother lying on the bed in the ward and wearing a ventilator.
