CH 49.2

“Man Man, what’s wrong?”

At this moment, a car slowly stopped beside her. The back door of the car opened, and Chen Feier came out anxiously. From the car, she saw Zhang Man squatting on the sidewalk and was crying.

Chen Feier’s heart was in shock.

She had known Zhang Man for so many years, and she had never seen her like this: crouching on the ground, shoulders shaking helplessly, crying. She was falling apart and giving up hope.

In her eyes, Zhang Man had always been a very calm person. She didn’t have too much attachment to anything, and did not smile easily, let alone cry.

How could she be like this today? Like a person about to drown and was asking the world for help.

“Did he bully you?”

Aside from Li Wei, she really couldn’t think of anyone who can make Man Man like this.

Chen Feier’s father also got out of the car and came over. He asked Zhang Man with deep concern, “Man Man, what’s the matter?”

When Zhang Man heard their voices, she looked up. She grabbed Chen Feier’s sleeve and looked directly at her. “Feier, Uncle Chen, can you give me a ride somewhere?”

The grief and impatience in her eyes surprised them.

What the hell happened?

“Okay, Man Man, don’t cry. Tell uncle. Where do you want to go?”

Zhang Man immediately gave him Li Wei’s address.

When she got in the car and felt it going, her emotions calmed down a lot. She leaned wearily against Chen Feier’s shoulder and controlled herself to stop crying. However, her fingers pinching Chen Feier’s sleeve trembled slightly, and she could not calm down.

Soon, the car arrived at the door of Li Wei’s home. Zhang Man quickly thanked them and rushed upstairs.

She rang the doorbell like crazy.

“Li Wei, are you at home? Open the door, will you?”

Her voice was hoarse and she was already sobbing.

She rang the doorbell and knocked, but no one answered.

At this time, the cold and hard door seemed to be a silent refusal. It was clearly telling her that there would never be a youth who had just woken up and opened the door for her with drowsy eyes, and his eyes lit up with infinite tenderness the moment he saw her and welcomed her in.

She had been completely shut out by him.

Seven or eight minutes later, Zhang Man crouched down powerlessly at the door and knocked on the door desperately. There was too much noise, and the door of the next apartment opened.

It was an aunt in her forties or fifties who opened the door. She had chopsticks in her hand and should be eating dinner.

She had lost her appetite from the continuous knocking on the door. She wanted to yell, but when she saw the broken hearted little girl at the door, her heart softened a bit.

“Hey, little girl, it’s getting late, why are you crying? It’s sad and terrifying.” 

Zhang Man had a burst of hope in her heart, “Aunt, have you seen the boy from this home today?”

Aunt remembered something. “Oh, you’re talking about that young man? I did see him a moment ago when I went to take out the garbage. I saw him walking out with a suitcase.”

He’s already gone…

Zhang Man’s eyebrows jumped and she asked eagerly, “Approximately when was that?”

“I guess twenty minutes ago. He was carrying a very big suitcase. I asked him if he was moving and he said yes.”

As the aunt spoke, she saw Zhang Man’s eyes clear up.

Maybe she had a fight with her boyfriend, and then the little boy left in a hurry.

She shook her head and sighed.

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Young people these days are really crazy.

Zhang Man listened to her and went down the stairs in a daze.

She had just missed him.

He already left. What should I do? Where should I go to find him? When I find him, will he already….

Her forehead broke out into a fine cold sweat. Her legs trembled and she could not stand steadily. She could only force her to calm down.

Okay, I’ll go to the airport first.

N City did not have a high-speed rail. If she wanted to go somewhere far, she had to go to the airport.

What if he got stuck at the airport? He only left 20 minutes ago. Maybe he went to the airport, but it did not take off yet. If she went now, she might be able to catch him.

Zhang Man held on and ran to the gate of the community to take a taxi. Fortunately, she got into the taxi after a short wait.

The airport was in the suburbs of N City, which was very far from the downtown area. It took about an hour to get there by taxi.

Zhang Man sat in the taxi and looked out the window as the night gradually grew darker. The street lights in the city lit up one after another. Her chaotic heartbeat could not calm down after a long time.

Dusk emerged as the sun was setting. Nature was following its own rules and moving through it day by day.

The same was true of this city. On such a cold winter night, everything lit up at the same time as yesterday. It did not change because of a person’s departure.

N City’s airport was not big. It only had one terminal. At this moment, it stood in the dark night with bright lights. Many travelers were coming and going as they pulled their large suitcases. There was a long line at the check-in gate. People were waiting for check-in and for their luggage to be checked in.

As soon as Zhang Man entered the doors, she saw the huge LED screen at the gate. On the black screen, the glaring red letters were looping through the next flights.

She glanced at it and found that there were so many flights: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou… Everywhere.

The world was so big and there were so many cities. She had not even been to a lot of these places in her previous life after living for so many years. It was really too easy for a person to hide.

Where would the person she loves go?

Zhang Man pressed on her temples that were throbbing like boom-boom. She ran around the airport impatiently until she searched through all the gates and several check-in areas.

He wasn’t here.

Looking for someone is always painful because you are waiting for them to appear.

Every time you look in one direction, you will have anticipation in your heart. Maybe the person on your mind will appear next.

But oftentimes in the next second, you will be disappointed because you don’t see him. Then, you will have a new round of anticipation. You will go around in circles through this wheel of anticipation. And you can’t escape it.