The moment I heard Xiaoman's voice, all my negative emotions suddenly disappeared.
I said "Oh" and said, "Xiao Man, just listen to your mother at home. Your father will bring you a gift soon."
"I don't want a gift, I want my dad to tell me stories." Xiaoman's voice became clearer and clearer now.
"Okay, I will come back when dad is done with his work and tell Xiaoman stories every day."
Xiao Man responded obediently, and An Lan and I continued chatting for a while, then ended the call.
I continued to stay in the hotel for the next time without leaving the room. Even when I ate, I had the hotel staff bring it to the room.
I spent another two days safely like this. I was also going to take another test. If everything was fine, I was ready to go back. An Lan and the others were also worried about staying here.
However, at this moment, I saw a post online.
He said that his wife was alone in Wuhan, and he was out of town now and couldn't come back because of the epidemic. She kept calling his wife but couldn't get through, and his wife was about to give birth. She hoped someone could go to his home to see him.
There were many replies to the post, and most of them were questioning whether it was true. Is there anyone else who doesn’t have parents? You can definitely ask your parents to take a look.
The person who posted responded to everyone's comments one by one. He said that he and his wife have no parents because their poor relatives and friends have no contact with each other.
I suddenly thought of An Lan. She was about to give birth and was alone at home with a child.
But I am luckier than the person who posted this. I have friends around me. Even if something like this happens, our friends will do their best.
Originally, I didn't want to take more care of this matter. I was about to go to the hospital for testing, but I still couldn't let go.
So I contacted the man who posted the message online and asked him if anyone has visited your wife now?
He replied that I didn't. There were quite a few people who responded to his post, but no one was willing.
I smoked a cigarette, and then I made up my mind and said to him: "Let me go to your home and have a look. Where is your home?"
He quickly replied: "Brother, thank you, my home is here."
After I wrote down her home address, I said to him: "Okay, it happens to be not far from my place. I'll go take a look now. Don't worry, I'll get back to you after I take a look."
He also gave me his mobile phone number and asked me to call him directly later.
I could feel that he was very anxious.
We were almost at the hospital, so I had to go back to the address he told me.
It only took ten minutes to arrive. It is a relatively old-fashioned residential area.
Because of the epidemic, the community was empty, with almost no one visible.
In fact, I was quite nervous because the news said that I should not go out unless necessary.
With an uneasy heart, I finally found the place where the poster on the Internet told me about.
After arriving at the door, I checked again before knocking on the door.
But there was no response, so I tried calling twice more: "Hello, is anyone at home?"
I shouted twice, but still no response.
I was a little panicked, so I had to call that person again.
He hurriedly asked me: "Brother, have you found her? How is my wife?"
"I've arrived at your door, but there's no response when I knock on the door!"
"Oops! I keep calling her but can't get through. What should I do?"
I could feel that he was very anxious and his voice was trembling.
I hurriedly said to him again: "Don't be too anxious. If it doesn't work if I scream again, I'll call the police and let the police come."
"Okay, thank you, brother."
"By the way, what's your wife's name? I'm afraid she might think I'm a bad person and deliberately didn't agree."
"My wife's name is Ye Rong. You can say that I asked you to come. My name is Zhu Hao."
After hanging up the phone, I continued to knock on the door and shouted: "Ye Rong, are you at home? I am your husband Zhu Hao's friend, and he asked me to come and see you."
There was still no response, and I panicked a little, just when I was about to take out my cell phone and call the police.
A voice came from the corridor: "Who are you?"
I turned around to follow the sound and saw a woman with a big belly standing at the entrance of the corridor. The woman was holding a shopping bag from the supermarket, which seemed to be quite heavy.
I stared at her blankly for a few seconds and then quickly asked: "Are you Ye Rou?"
"I, I am! Who are you?"
I took a long breath and confirmed to her: "Zhu Hao is your husband, right?"
She nodded and looked at me with confusion.
Then I said to her: "I am your husband's friend. He couldn't get through when he called you. He was worried about you, so he asked me to come and see you."
She then put down her guard against me, smiled and said, "Tell him I'm fine. My phone accidentally fell into the water yesterday and broke. I'm about to find someone to contact him so I can tell him."
I nodded quickly and quickly took out my cell phone to call Zhu Hao.
He answered almost instantly: "Hey, brother, have you seen my wife?"
"I saw you. Don't worry. Your wife is fine. Can you talk to her?"
With that said, I handed the phone to Ye Rong.
After they finished communicating, Ye Rong returned the phone to me and said, "Thank you, brother, it's okay."
I took the phone with a smile, looked at her belly and asked, "You should be giving birth soon, right? Why are you still going out to buy so many things?"
"There are still two weeks before the due date. Didn't someone in the community say that the community might have to be closed down? So I went out to buy some daily necessities."
As she spoke, she bent down to pick up the shopping bag.
I hurriedly ran over and said to her: "Don't move. I'll help you lift it. You can't lift heavy objects now. You should order takeout for these things."
She sighed and said: "Takeaway is too expensive, and no one is taking orders at all. It's impossible to order at this time."
"Then your husband knew you were about to give birth, why didn't you come back early? It's so irresponsible."
But she smiled and said: "It's not his fault. He was also temporarily sent to another place. We didn't know that this happened suddenly. He was supposed to be back in the next two days."
I sighed and said, "I don't know how long this situation will last. You are about to give birth. What will you do if your husband can't come back?"
She seemed quite optimistic, smiled and said, "It's okay, I can just take a taxi to the hospital."
I'm still a little worried, and I think there must be more people like her in this city who need help.
So after a very long period of weighing, I made a decision.
I want to help these people, even if it is to gain virtue for myself.
After I brought the shopping bag to her house, I finally said to her: "Well, please remember my mobile phone number. When you change your mobile phone, you can give me a call and let me know when you are about to give birth."
"Brother, will this be too much trouble for you?"
I smiled and said, "No trouble, my wife is about to give birth. If I can't go back home, I hope there is someone like me to help her."