Chapter 542 Shen Zhichu is gone
Only the emotionless system prompt tone came from the phone.
"Bang--" Before Bai Qiujing could react, the phone in his hand had already fallen from the bed to the ground. The phone fell upright from such a high position, and the screen on the corner cracked into a small hole. The small hole spread out like a spider web, blurring Shen Zhichu's face on the phone's desktop.
The assistant quickly picked it up and wanted to hand it to Bai Qiujing. When he bent down and stood up, he saw Bai Qiujing propping himself up and trying to get out of bed.
He hadn't recovered his strength yet, and he suddenly felt dizzy and his heels were numb as if they had been electrocuted. He fell to his knees and collapsed on the ground like a deboned snake.
But in just a few seconds, a layer of sweat had already appeared on his forehead.
The assistant hurried over to help him. Bai Qiujing had lost a lot of weight recently. Although he was tall, he didn't weigh much. The assistant helped him up with one hand and wanted to take him to the bed, but Bai Qiujing insisted on walking out. His steps were trembling and he couldn't keep his footing.
"Mr. Bai, you can't be discharged yet. The doctor said you have acute gastroenteritis, and drugs were found in your blood. If you leave now, you'll have to be sent to the hospital if your condition worsens. By then, it won't be just a simple hospital stay."
As soon as the assistant finished speaking, Bai Qiujing was instantly frozen in place: "You said that drugs were found in my blood?"
The assistant nodded.
Bai Qiujing's face was even more frightening than before. Various images flashed through his mind, stringing together the events of the entire day, from getting up to going to the hospital, one coherent event after another, like a revolving lantern, and finally pausing at the sentence that Shen Zhichu said to him at the door when he got in the car in the morning.
——"Bai Qiujing, bye."
That was goodbye, not bye. She really didn’t say goodbye.
Shen Zhichu said a lot when he sent him out that day.
She told him to eat well, sleep well, and get enough rest. She was concerned about him and was also making plans for "separation" because she knew that after she left, she would not be able to remind Bai Qiujing of these things every day.
She finished her words in one breath, not giving Bai Qiujing any chance to react.
The drug should have been put in the breakfast by Shen Zhichu. She had already prepared to leave, and he was the only one left, still confusedly thinking about their future.
People don't leave suddenly. Everything is the result of accumulation over time. Something must have happened in the meantime that he doesn't know about.
"I need to go back. Something might have happened to her."
"Madam, is there something wrong?"
Everyone in the company knew that Bai Qiujing and Shen Zhichu had obtained their marriage certificate, and the assistant had already changed the name "Miss Shen" to "Mrs."
Bai Qiujing looked impatient. He had to go back. Shen Zhichu left him. What should he do? He said he would protect Shen Zhichu for the rest of his life.
For a moment he couldn't hear the sounds around him, he just kept his head down and was eager to get out, with an IV catheter still on the back of his hand.
The nurse outside came to her senses after hearing the noise coming from inside.
After learning that Bai Qiujing was anxious to be discharged, the nurse advised: "You can't be discharged yet. You still have a bag of medicine left to be infused. Don't move around. Go back and lie down. You can be discharged tomorrow morning."
Bai Qiujing gritted his teeth and said, "I have to go back!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade him, the nurse had to call a doctor. Bai Qiujing insisted on being discharged from the hospital and no one could stop him.
"If you want to be discharged from the hospital, just keep the medicine infused and remove the needle after the infusion is finished." The doctor tried his best to think about Bai Qiujing, fearing that his condition would be more serious if he went to the hospital again.
This time, Bai Qiujing finally nodded.
The assistant called the driver and went back with Bai Qiujing. He held the medicine in his hand for him. The liquid flowed out of the indwelling needle very slowly. Even if it was opened to the maximum, it would take more than half an hour for this small bag of medicine to flow out.
Bai Qiujing held the phone in one hand and kept calling and texting Shen Zhichu. He kept doing this for half an hour, and his fingers were stiff, but he didn't get a single reply.
Even if someone checked Shen Zhichu's location through his phone, they couldn't find it because the signal was disconnected. If a person really wanted to leave, it would be like he disappeared into thin air.
When they arrived at Quanshui Bay, Bai Qiujing hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car before it stopped. The assistant held the medicine in one hand and made a gesture to help him up with the other hand.
Bai Qiujing didn't let him support her, so he kept stretching his legs behind her, ready to catch Bai Qiujing's swaying body at any time.
Bai Qiujing walked up and reached out his trembling hand to press the fingerprint unlock on the door. The door opened and he pushed it open. It was quiet inside, so quiet that he could hear his own breathing and feel his tense heartbeat.
Bai Qiujing was thinking of Shen Zhichu all the time. There was still some medicine left in the bag, and a transparent tube was holding him back slightly. He grabbed the IV tube near the back of his hand and pulled hard, pulling out the indwelling needle, bringing with it blood, staining the transparent medical glue on the back of his hand red.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, it was already dark in the south in winter. The street lights were dim, and the light shone in when the door was opened.
Bai Qiujing spoke subconsciously: "Chu Chu, I'm back."
No one responded to him, so he turned on the light on the wall skillfully.
With a "click", the light illuminated the entire living room.
The lights were on, but for some reason, everything was blurry. The quieter it was, the more likely it was to start overthinking. Throughout the journey, he had been feeling a surge of panic in his heart, which he had tried desperately to suppress. But now that he was home, the panic was uncontrollable. It grew in size in his chest, and hung over his head like a lingering haze.
Everything was there in the room, even the rocking chair on the balcony where Shen Zhichu usually loved to sit and read was still there, its orientation unchanged.
There were also the books she loved to read, the water cup she used on the table, the flowers she bought, and the tableware she used in the kitchen this morning. They were all there... but now they are gone. Only she...
Bai Qiujing suddenly ran upstairs like crazy, grabbing the escalator with his hands to use the force to rush up, and he didn't even notice the blood flowing out from the back of his hand.
The assistant behind him couldn't stop him at all and could only see his back.
He rushed into the bedroom and turned on the light. What caught his eye was the pot of sunflowers on the bedroom balcony. Then Bai Qiujing's gaze shifted and finally stopped at the bedside table.
He walked over, and when he saw what was on the bedside table, he groaned and felt a fishy-sweet taste in his throat.
When the assistant went upstairs to check the situation, he saw Bai Qiujing sitting on the ground with his back against the bed, holding a few pages of documents in his hands and trembling uncontrollably.
Bai Qiujing's eyes seemed to be stained red with blood, and bloodshot was tangled. Hearing the movement at the door, he raised his head blankly, and warm tears flowed uncontrollably.
Bai Qiujing twitched his lips and said silently: "She left and doesn't want me anymore..."
No one expected that Shen Zhichu would leave without saying goodbye. There was no warning. He just left with the signed divorce agreement.
They had clearly gone to the amusement park yesterday, visited his parents, discussed the wedding, set a date, and even considered where to go for Christmas. How could he... just leave suddenly?
It turns out that those who choose to leave will leave quietly and will not even take away any extra things.
Shen Zhichu only took away his cell phone, leaving all his clothes neatly placed in the closet.
Bai Qiujing's heart was trembling violently. The trembling pain affected the flesh and blood all over his body, even his lips began to tremble and his breathing became disordered.
He read the document in his hand over and over countless times, and the paper was crumpled. He looked at the signature, the three handwritten words "Chen Zhichu", and tried to sense Shen Zhichu's mood at the time from the notes.
Unfortunately... no matter how hard he hit him, he couldn't feel anything. He just felt that the divorce agreement was a bit icy. The window was open a crack and cold wind rushed in, blowing the curtains.
The assistant stood quietly for a while and then sighed. Seeing that Bai Qiujing didn't react, he went over and closed the window.
When the assistant turned around, Bai Qiujing stood up and said, "Call the police and arrange for someone to find her."
This divorce agreement is like the signature that Shen Zhichu casually signed when he left. Bai Qiujing will not sign it.
If Shen Zhichu really wanted to divorce him, then he would let her go, but now she suddenly became ill, her phone was unreachable, and no one replied to her text messages. Something must have happened to her that forced her to make such a decision.
Why can't you just trust him?
The surrounding surveillance cameras were broken, so it was impossible to find the person through the surveillance video. Bai Qiujing suspended his work and searched for the person all night long. He searched until noon the next day and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.
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