CH 50.1

That day, Zhang Man stayed at the airport until it was dark.

She sat on the cold seat in the departure area, not knowing what she was waiting for.

She was surrounded by travelers who were in a hurry. There were parents who were taking their children on vacation, overseas students who were returning home for the Lunar New Year celebrations, and office workers who were traveling from south to the northern part of the country.

None of them was him.

As she looked for him, she began to remember a lot of memories.

Time flew by. Fate came without warning.

Just a few days ago, she couldn’t wait to get off the bus and run into his arms. He tricked her into picking up the papers, and eagerly kissed her when she squatted next to the narrow desk.

After seeing the sea that day, he sent her back and said her name.

She asked him if he couldn’t leave her.

He didn’t answer.

At that time, he was reluctant to leave her, right? Why didn’t she realize it then?

Zhang Man tussled her hair regretfully, and her heart felt numb…

Winter vacation had begun, and she couldn’t fall asleep.

One nightmare after another attacked her like in her previous life—when she closed her eyess, she saw his blood everywhere and his pale face.

One day, two days… She called Li Wei’s cellphone nonstop every day, hoping that he would turn it on. She looked forward to it wholeheartedly. Maybe he would think of her in the middle of the night while he was in a strange place, and then he would turn on his cell phone to see if there was any information about her.

But he didn’t. He never flew on a plane.

He didn’t want her to find him.

Zhang Man did not dare to think what would happen to him when he was alone. Thus, 48 hours later, she chose to make a report to the police and stressed Li Wei’s very serious depression.

Unfortunately, after hearing her story, the police immediately transferred the information to the hospital. The check up results showed that Li Wei was not depressed. Aside from that, there were no signs of suicidal tendencies in his email to Zhang Man, and he had expressed that he would go to other places for treatment.

So no matter what Zhang Man said, they didn’t believe her. They thought it was just a fight between lovers. The little girl just wanted to find a boyfriend.

It was the end of the year. Besides, a human trafficking group had appeared in N City recently, so the police were very busy. It’s impossible to send manpower and use resources to find him.

Zhang Man tried her next idea. She asked them to check for records of Li Wei’s airplane ticket or train ticket.

The purchase of train tickets and airplane tickets required using a registered name, which could be found through the police station after looking over the records.

Several policemen gave into her pleas and sent the records to her.

Strangely enough, there were none.

The data showed that within the last six months, Li Wei did not have any flight or train travel records.

Did he go there by coach bus?

Zhang Man went home in a panic.

She went outside every day for the next few days and locked herself in her room when she got home. Eventually, Zhang Huifang noticed this strange behavior.

“Zhang Man, what’s the matter? Did you quarrel with your little boyfriend?”

Zhang Huifang sat beside her bed and patted her head.

Zhang Man’s complexion these past few days did not look good. She would only take a couple of mouthfuls of whatever she was eating. Her small face quickly becomes thin and pale.

Zhang Huifang scolded Li Wei a thousand times in her heart. “Did that brat make you cry? Tell your mom and I’ll teach him a lesson.”

No matter how strong and stubborn a person was, they would collapse under the endless anxiety of searching and waiting.

Zhang Man suddenly lost her grip.

She hugged Zhang Huifang and began to bawl.

No one could express the pain and worry in her heart, so how should she say it?

No one would believe her, not even the police.

No one has experienced a previous life like her, and no one knew that Li Wei ultimately chose to commit suicide.

No one would believe that he was now in an extremely dangerous situation.

Zhang Huifang saw that she suddenly cried, and she was perplexed. “Don’t cry, Man Man. Mom is here. If you have a problem, mom will take care of it.”

As she watched her cry like this, she thought, I think it’s the first time this has happened since she went to primary school? She still remembered that when Zhang Man was a child, there was one time where she caused trouble at school and they called her mom. Zhang Huifang hurried over and was angered by what the teacher said. But this child acted fine. She stood to the side and looked down at the ground, as if it had nothing to do with herself.

She had never seen her have any problems or take things seriously.

She felt a “thump” in her heart and suddenly thought that something was not good.

She will not be like how she used to be, right?

Zhang Huifang clenched her teeth and patted Zhang Man on the back. She tried to make her voice as gentle as possible, “Man Man, be good. Don’t cry. Tell me if you have any problems. I will help you find a solution.”

She concentrated as she spoke, her teeth itching with regret.

You shouldn’t have promised Zhang Man that she could spend the night at that brat’s house that day!

They might have gone to Z City that day to…

She continuously blamed herself. How could she have believed those lies? Two young people with lots of energy stayed in the same room. Everyone knew what was going to happen.

Although she was very angry and it had already happened, she still had to try her best to believe that it was not the issue.

So Zhang Huifang tried her best to adjust her attitude. She pretended to comfort her with gentleness. “Man Man, listen to your mother. Medicine is much more developed now than it was for me. If you find out early and abort it, then it will not have any impact on your body, nor will it affect your future.”

Zhang Man burst into tears and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

She raised her head and looked at Zhang Huifang with her mouth open, a little speechless.

Her mother was really like no one else…

tarararawr’s rararamblings: I’ve updated the novel cover to the physical published version. It looks pretty nice, right?