Finally, having exhausted all other options, Tong Xiaohuai had no choice but to call Qin Ming.
"Uncle Ming, could you please check Yanbo's boarding records for me?"
Qin Ming, whose voice still sounded perfectly clear, seemed startled. "Xiao Huai, what happened to the Third Young Master?"
“I don’t know. He texted me around 8 o’clock saying he got home. He usually calls me around midnight, but he didn’t today. I texted him, but he didn’t reply. Later, I couldn’t stand it anymore and dialed his number directly, but it said the phone was switched off. I was worried that something might have happened to him.”
Tong Xiaohuai poured out her unease in one breath, and then let out a long sigh.
"Is that so? Maybe something came up at home and caused a delay. You're just scaring yourself. I'll have someone check his records and I'll let you know in a bit."
Ten minutes later, Qin Ming called back.
“Xiao Huai, the Third Young Master boarded the plane normally. The surveillance cameras at Beijing Airport also captured him walking out of the airport terminal about 20 minutes after the flight arrived, which was around 8 o'clock. A tall man picked him up, probably his family's driver or something.”
Although Qin Ming's investigation results couldn't completely reassure Tong Xiaohuai, at least she could confirm that he had returned to the capital safely.
That night, Tong Xiaohuai tossed and turned all night, clutching her phone, and didn't close her eyes until dawn.
During this time, she tried to call Yanbo every twenty or thirty minutes, but the phone was always switched off.
She got out of bed listlessly, extremely grateful that her parents weren't home; otherwise, they would have been terrified to death if they saw her looking like this.
"Xiao Huai, what's wrong? Are you sick?"
Uncle Yuan was quite frightened by her haggard appearance and reached out to touch her forehead.
"Uncle Yuan, I'm fine, just having insomnia."
Uncle Yuan looked at her with heartache and shook his head helplessly, "Xiao Huai, no matter how hard you work, you must take care of your health!"
Uncle Yuan didn't know that her insomnia wasn't because of work, but because of Yan Bo.
Breakfast was laid out on the table, but Tong Xiaohuai barely touched her chopsticks. She only drank a glass of milk before listlessly putting down her bowl.
"Are you full?" Uncle Yuan asked, looking at her with concern.
"Um……"
Tong Xiaohuai returned to her room and dialed the number again. It was a number that would usually be answered immediately, but it had been switched off countless times since last night. She hoped, with a glimmer of hope, that Yan Bo was just taking care of his mother and therefore didn't have time to charge his phone, which was out of power.
Of course, this reason is actually quite far-fetched; Yanbo is not such a person who lacks responsibility.
Looking at the time, it's already seven o'clock. If I bother someone at this hour, I probably won't get yelled at too badly.
Tong Xiaohuai first dialed Tao Jia's number, and as she expected, the phone rang for a long time before being answered. "If it's not urgent, I'll kill you!"
Tao Jia's resentful voice came through the receiver; she had clearly been woken up by the persistent phone calls.
"Jiajia, it's me, Xiaohuai. I'm sorry to wake you up so early. I just wanted to ask if you know that Yanbo has returned to Beijing. Do you know if you can find him?"
Tong Xiaohuai didn't care about politeness anymore and directly stated his purpose.
A rustling sound came from the other end, and after a while, she heard Tao Jia's voice, which had become much gentler, "Yan Bo is back? I wasn't sure, couldn't you find him?"
"Yes, the last message he sent me was around 8 PM last night, and I haven't heard from him since. He doesn't reply to my messages, and his phone is switched off when I call him. Do you have any other ways to find him?"
Tong Xiaohuai felt a glimmer of hope. She had heard Tao Jia mention before that the Tao family was not far from the Yan family.
"It's a pity, I'm out of town right now. But I can call his house and ask, or I can give you his home phone number and you can call and ask?"
Tao Jia was unaware that the time Yan Bo took Tong Xiaohuai home to Beijing had caused a rift between them; she simply assumed that Yan Bo had forgotten to give Tong Xiaohuai his home phone number.
"Could you please call and ask for me... I'll wait for your call."
After saying this bitterly, Tong Xiaohuai hung up the phone, took out her suitcase, and hurriedly packed a bunch of luggage.
She had already made plans: if anything really happened to Yanbo or Yan's mother, she would fly directly to Beijing.
I had only packed half of my luggage when Tao Jia called back.
“Xiao Huai, Yan Bo returned home last night, but around 10 p.m., he took Aunt Qing to the hospital. Uncle Cui said that Aunt Qing’s condition had worsened.”
Tong Xiaohuai thanked Tao Jia, quickly packed her luggage, and hurriedly dragged it out the door.
"Xiao Huai, what's going on?" Uncle Yuan ran over to stop her when he saw her like this.
"Uncle Yuan, Yanbo's mother is sick. I'm going to visit her. Please take care of things at home. I'll ask Uncle Ming for help with the rest."
The car slowly drove away from the Tong family's gate. Tong Xiaohuai first asked Qin Ming to book the fastest flight to Beijing for her over the phone, and then handed over her work. She then anxiously urged Brother Yang to drive faster.
Her flight arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport on time at 12:00. As soon as she turned on her phone, she received a message from Tao Jia.
Tao Jia sent over the address of Yan's mother's hospitalization and a general description of her condition. Without thinking twice, Tong Xiaohuai hailed a taxi and headed straight for the hospital indicated in the message.
The taxi stopped at the hospital entrance. As soon as Tong Xiaohuai got out, she rushed into the hospital. Yang Ge, who had come with her, grabbed her arm while dragging his luggage. "Miss, if you're going to visit someone in the hospital, you might need to buy some gifts?"
Although Tong Xiaohuai didn't tell Brother Yang the details, Brother Yang deduced the general outline from what she said on the phone.
Tong Xiaohuai hadn't slept all night and had been worried the whole way on the plane, so her complexion wasn't very good.
My mind was still a bit foggy, but after Brother Yang reminded me, I realized that was indeed the case.
Accompanied by Brother Yang, she bought some nutritional supplements, a fruit basket, and flowers at the supermarket next to the hospital, and entered the hospital with her hands full.
Yan's mother is not an ordinary person, so she lives in the special care unit.
Following Tao Jia's instructions, Tong Xiaohuai said that she was a young lady from the Tao family. The nurse looked at her carefully for a few moments. Even though she had a sweet appearance and didn't seem like a bad person, and the young master and young lady of the Tao family were indeed on the list of patients' families, the nurse still made a phone call very cautiously.
She asked a few questions softly into the microphone, then covered the microphone and asked Tong Xiaohuai, "Excuse me, are you Miss Tao?"
"Tao Jia!" These were all details that Tao Jia had provided in the message.
Tong Xiaohuai didn't see anything wrong with this, because her mother had treated visitors with the same care when she was hospitalized.
The nurse carefully checked the information before letting Tong Xiaohuai in, but she wouldn't allow Yang Ge to go in no matter what.
Yang frowned, wanting to say something, but Tong Xiaohuai gave him a reassuring look, "Yang, wait for me outside, it's okay."
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