Chapter 42: He Won't Come

Chapter 42: He Won't Come

Qin Shiyue was a person who treated herself like a queen no matter what happened. So even after Shi Yan slammed the door on her, she continued to happily wait for the supper specially made for people in the hotel's suites.

Soon, she was drinking white wine and eating oysters. Since she just came back from a spa too, watching movies alone in the room and enjoying the food was indeed very comfortable.

However, uncontrolled retribution always came at the worst times.

At two or three o'clock in the morning, just after she finished a movie and decided to sleep, she suddenly felt a faint pain in her stomach.

Stomach pain from time to time has already been a common thing so far, so she didn't care and went to bed after drinking some hot water.

However, after rolling around restlessly on the bed for nearly two hours, a layer of sweat had already soaked the sheets.

Qin Shiyue opened her eyes in a daze and took out her phone from under her pillow to look at the time.

Four forty-five in the morning.

The period before dawn was the darkest; there wasn't a single slim of light outside the window.

Qin Shiyue forced herself to close her eyes again, but her stomach became more and more uncomfortable and the pain was magnified by the night.

A few minutes later, Qin Shiyue spent a lot of effort sitting upright, and after thinking about it, she called Shi Yan.

Unexpectedly, the other party picked it up quickly.

"Uncle, you're still awake?"

Shi Yan didn't answer her question.

"Do you want something?"

Qin Shiyue was exhausted by the torture and didn't have time to think about anything else. Her weak voice sounded like she was on the verge of dying, "My stomach hurts"

The man on the other end said impatiently, "Put your clothes on."

Qin Shiyue didn't hear clearly, "Huh? What?"

"Get dressed, I'll take you to the hospital."

After hanging up the phone, the doorbell rang as soon as Qin Shiyue finished changing.

She clutched her stomach and walked over to open the door. Shi Yan was dressed neatly, wearing the same thing he was wearing during the day.

"Uncle, you haven't slept yet?"

Shi Yan still didn't answer her question. He took a look at her pale face, frowned, and asked, "Can you walk by yourself?"

Qin Shiyue looked down and nodded, "I think so."

Shi Yan looked at her, sighed, turned around, and squatted down slightly,

"Come up."

The hotel late at night was quiet enough to hear the wind outside.

Qin Shiyue laid on Shi Yan's back, and at this close range, she could smell the faint smell of wine from Shi Yan's body.

"Uncle, were you drinking? With whom?"

Shi Yan ignored her, he could only feel that his clothes were being tightly held by her.

She was hurting so much from the pain, yet Qin Shiyue was still thinking, although he usually looks cold, he's not a really cold-hearted person.

Not only that, but those who were close to him knew that he cared a lot for others.

From the perspective of extreme moral ethics, maybe this trait of his wouldn't be very remarkable.

But for women, this was a trait women would not reject.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

Therefore, no woman could reject her uncle, none!

"Uncle, what did you mean during the evening?"

At this time, Qin Shiyue still didn't forget to worry about the most important event in his uncle's life.

"Nothing."

"Here, let me tell you, what women say and what they think are very different," Qin Shiyue's voice became weaker and weaker, she was almost clenching her teeth as she spoke, "A man like you, as long as you're a little bit initiative, no woman could resist your charm. I might not be good at everything else, but I'm confident in my knowledge in this matter. Try a little harder and the world will be yours."

"Shut up."

"Oh"

When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor on duty checked on Qin Shiyue and didn't find a serious problem.

During the Spring Festival, there were all kinds of gatherings and reunions. Since she already drank more wine than usual, in addition to the oysters she ate before she slept, this kind of acute gastritis was within expectation.

After seeing the doctor and knowing that it wasn't anything serious, Qin Shiyue instantly felt much better. When she got back in the car, she even swiped Weibo for a while.1Weibo is a social media platform like Instagram, where one can post messages and browse videos/messages from other content creators

After finishing the matter in the hospital, the sky had already started to light up when they came out.

The Spring branches sprouted in the morning mist, and the public janitors have already started to clean the road with their brooms.

It should be a sunny day today.

Qin Shiyue yawned and planned to go back to the hotel to make up for the sleep she missed. Then, she would go to Central Park2Unlike in America, there are a lot of Central Parks in China. They are practically just normal parks except they're called Central Parks and walk around.

Thinking of this, she wanted to ask Shi Yan about his arrangements.

Turning his head, she saw him leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, calm to the point if he was asleep.

But Qin Shiyue knew that he was not asleep and was just in a bad mood.

Having to go to the hospital in the middle of the night, anyone who had to do it wouldn't be in a good mood. So Qin Shiyue knew to close her mouth and not speak.

After a long time, when Qin Shiyue was about to fall asleep, the person beside her suddenly spoke.

The closer it got to ten, the more panicked Zheng Shuyi's heart was.

Sometimes, a hunch would come for no reason, but then it would slowly take root and grow in one's heart.

For example, at this moment, she faintly felt that Shi Yan wouldn't come today.

Once this thought occurred, Zheng Shuyi's heart seemed to be suddenly grasped. It hung high in her chest, blocking her lungs from breathing.

She rubbed her sleeve with her fingers unconsciously, not knowing where to place them.

This feeling of waiting for nothing slowly climbed up her body like a vine, scratching her mercilessly.

After a while, Zheng Shuyi turned around and bought two bottles of water at a nearby shop, walked around for a minute, then continued to wait.

Every second of every minute seemed to be slowed down infinitely. Every one of those seconds seemed like torture.

When the wall clock in the center of the square pointed to exactly ten o'clock, Zheng Shuyi suddenly felt like she was falling into an abyss of water.

The waves were calm and didn't bother her. They just let her slowly sink down, bit by bit.

Cheerful music was played on the big speakers of the square, and groups of children ran and played in laughter.

Zheng Shuyi stared at the wall clock for a while and stared at the wall blankly. An old lady selling flowers passed by her and accidentally hit her.

Zheng Shuyi suddenly returned to his senses but didn't know what she was supposed to be doing. She took a few steps to the side, and then returned to the spot she had been standing on.

Another twenty minutes passed.

It seemed to last twenty years.

On several occasions, Zheng Shuyi wanted to take out her phone and ask why Shi Yan hadn't arrived yet.

Perhaps she feltguilty, or maybe she didn't have the courage to do so. Either way, in the end, she didn't contact him.

Because she knew clearly that Shi Yan would not be late for no reason.

There must be a reason why he didn't come.

Zheng Shuyi just didn't want to admit it and break into the truth with her own hands.

After a while, she wrapped her scarf tighter, held the two bottles of water in her arms, and stood on the steps next to the ticket window.

From there, she could see clearly what was going on at the entrance.

However, on the side of the square, at a place that she couldn't see, a car has been parked there for a long time.

Shi Yan arrived even earlier than Zheng Shuyi did.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, he and Qin Shiyue had already packed up and were ready to go home.

But just when the car was about to hit the highway, Shi Yan suddenly ordered the driver to change lanes.

He didn't know why he wanted to come, he could obviously just leave right now.

But now that he was really here, he couldn't find a reason to get off.

When he just arrived, there was no one there. There were only a few flyers being blown by the wind on the empty square.

Qin Shiyue was sitting in the passenger's seat, sleeping soundly with her coat on.

Shi Yan sat quietly in the car until he saw Zheng Shuyi coming under the sun.

Dozens of meters away, Zheng Shuyi's ponytail swayed gently in the light. She was wearing jeans, white sneakers, and a backpack on her back. She looked like a college student, but Shi Yan still recognized her with just a glance.

He watched her go to the machine to get the tickets. He watched her standing quietly beside the plants with her head lowered, kicking the pebbles with her feet from time to time. He watched her take her phone out several times, but then put them back into her bag.

Shi Yan crossed his hands in front of his chest and just calmly looked at her in the distance.

At eleven o'clock sharp, the first show in the aquarium began. The cheers and the music could be heard from quite a distance.

And at this time, there weren't many people left on the square.

The more lively it was inside, the more deserted the outside looked.

Zheng Shuyi already had the answer in her heart. After Shi Yan was late by an hour, she couldn't lie to herself anymore.

She hadn't even taken a sip from the two bottles of water yet. She wrapped her arms around herself and had the water bottles pressed against her chest.

But the moment she walked out of the gate, she still couldn't help but look back and glanced at the wall clock in the square.

What if?

The hope that was thinner than a strand of hair stopped Zheng Shuyi in her footsteps.

She walked back to the gate and called Shi Yan.

After ringing a few times, the other end was connected. But he didn't say anything, and it was so quiet that she couldn't even hear his breathing.

Zheng Shuyi was also silent for a while.

The call was so quiet that Zheng Shuyi felt that there was no one on the other end of the phone.

After a long time, she asked carefully, "Are you not coming?"

The call seemed to have glitched for a moment.

Immediately afterward, his voice sounded.

"To come and act with you?"

The water bottles in her arm suddenly dropped to the ground and quickly rolled to the side of the road.

Zheng Shuyi stood at the gate blankly, feeling a sudden coldness spread across her body. Her fingers trembled slightly.

Her throat seemed to be soaked in acid. She wanted to speak, but the words were stuck and couldn't come out.

A few seconds later, before she could say "sorry", the other end hung up already.

1Weibo is a social media platform like Instagram, where one can post messages and browse videos/messages from other content creators2Unlike in America, there are a lot of Central Parks in China. They are practically just normal parks except they're called Central Parks