"Wait a moment, maybe Dad is busy with something and forgot for a moment."
Xu Wan placed her hand on Xiao Xiao's back, comforting her daughter, but for some reason, she felt a little apprehensive.
In the past, even if Jiang Tingzhou called late, it would only take a minute or two at most. Never before had the phone not come at 9:05.
However, Xu Wan knew that she absolutely could not show any worry.
Otherwise, Xiaoxiao, being so young, would be more prone to overthinking than she is.
Xiao Xiao held her phone, waiting for Jiang Tingzhou's call.
Time passed second by second.
The time on the child's smartwatch turned 10 o'clock, but the phone still didn't ring.
At this moment, Xiaoxiao was lying in bed, already in a drowsy, half-awake state.
Xu Wan didn't call her, but instead took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Jiang Tingzhou: [Are you busy?]
No one responded.
Xu Wan waited a while longer until she took the smartwatch from Xiao Xiao's hand and placed it on the bedside table. Only after confirming that the child was asleep did she get up from the bed and tiptoe out of the room.
Xu Pingrong was already asleep at this time.
Xu Wan returned to her study before daring to dial Jiang Tingzhou's number.
Although Jiang Tingzhou told her the location of the hospital where he had his surgery and rehabilitation before he left, it was a relatively confidential area, and she had no way of finding the phone number online.
Not to mention asking someone about Jiang Tingzhou's situation.
Their only means of communication is by telephone.
Jiang Tingzhou's phone was ringing, but no one answered.
One minute later, the phone rang with a cold, inaudible message: "Hello, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."
Xu Wan kept dialing, and the notification sound kept ringing.
She didn't know how many times she dialed, but finally, the call stopped waiting and directly indicated that the phone was switched off.
The man's phone ran out of battery from all the calls he made.
The weather in Beicheng was fine tonight, with stars shining brightly, but Xu Wan felt as if a thick layer of dark clouds was pressing down on her heart.
A bad feeling crept into her heart.
Jiang Tingzhou is a man who never breaks his word. In the past, he would always call at nine o'clock sharp, but today he couldn't even answer the phone.
Could it be...?
Could it be...?
All the worst possibilities spread uncontrollably through Xu Wan's mind, filling her thoughts and making it impossible for her to think about anything else.
What if, what if something really happens to Jiang Tingzhou?
What should she do?
She should have insisted on accompanying him to the surgery.
Why not persevere to the end? Why compromise in the end?
Xu Wan was filled with self-blame.
She sat in the chair, watching the night outside the window grow darker and darker. Finally, she took out her phone and booked the only flight to the country where Jiang Tingzhou was for tomorrow.
Fortunately, the country where Jiang Tingzhou lives offers visa-free entry to Chinese citizens, and as long as the stay does not exceed one month, he can depart directly by plane.
If the stay exceeds one month, a tourist passport is required.
Xu Wan is too preoccupied with nothing else right now.
She just wanted to get there immediately.
It doesn't matter if I arrive today and come back tomorrow.
She wasn't afraid of hardship; she just wanted to confirm as soon as possible that Jiang Tingzhou was alright and that it was all just a false alarm.
The flight is at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Xu Wan didn't sleep all night. She packed her things quickly, and after Xu Pingrong got up at six o'clock, she briefly explained Xiao Xiao's situation, dragged her suitcase, grabbed her passport, and went out.
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The country where Jiang Tingzhou lives is 8 hours ahead of China.
The flight took more than ten hours, and Xu Wan slept twice on the plane before waking up.
The plane made one stopover, landing around 11 p.m. in China, but it was still around 3 p.m. local time.
After the plane landed, Xu Wan dialed Jiang Tingzhou's number again.
As before, the cold system voice informed her that the number she had dialed was switched off.
Before Xu Wanlai arrived, she had checked the location of the hospital where Jiang Tingzhou was located; it was extremely remote.
There are many ways to get to the airport: either take a train and then transfer, or take a car directly there.
Xu Wan found an ATM at the airport, withdrew some local currency cash using her bank card, then found a car on the roadside, told the driver the location of the hospital, and asked if they could take her there.
The driver quoted a very high price, and Xu Wanming knew that the price was unreasonable.
However, English is not the official language here, so she couldn't communicate smoothly with the driver, let alone bargain, and had no choice but to agree.
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