"It's me," Qin Si Ye's voice was deep.
Tears instantly welled up in her eyes. Yin Xi took a shallow breath and asked hoarsely,
"Where on earth are you? What are you doing? Why can't I ever get through to you on the phone?"
After a long pause, the man's voice finally came through, "I'm sorry, I made you worry."
Hearing this, the tears in Yin Xi's eyes "splashed" down her cheeks.
"Si Ye, are you hiding something from me? You... hang up the phone, I want to video call you on WeChat."
"No. I'm just handling some business matters," Qin Si Ye replied immediately. "I'm out right now, and it's not convenient to video call.
Don't worry, it's really nothing major. I haven't contacted you because of bad signal."
But from his tone, Yin Xi could tell his breathing was uneven. "Really? You're not lying to me?"
"Mm," the man on the other end sounded very firm. "I've finished dealing with things here, and I'll be back tomorrow."
"Okay. I'll wait for you to come back." Yin Xi blinked, half-believing.
She hoped he was telling the truth.
"Rest well, don't overthink things. Goodnight." After saying these words, the man hurriedly hung up the phone.
Yin Xi had no choice but to reply to him on WeChat with two words, "Goodnight!"
She lay in bed for a long time, still unable to sleep. She sat up and left another line of text on WeChat.
"Si Ye, I miss you."
Whether he saw it or not, she put down her phone, a smile blooming on her lips, covered herself with the quilt, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, as soon as the alarm rang, Yin Xi opened her hazy eyes and quickly sat up in bed.
She suddenly remembered the WeChat message she sent before going to sleep and wondered if that man had seen it and what his reaction was.
She quickly turned off the alarm and opened WeChat to check.
She saw that Qin Si Ye had replied below her message: "Me too. I miss you, I miss you so much."
Instantly, a sweet smile spread across Yin Xi's face.
She exited WeChat, opened her contacts, and decided to change the name of Qin Si Ye's phone number.
The name "Qin Si Ye" felt too distant.
What should she call him? Brother Si Ye?
No, she didn't want to use the same address as Meng Qi.
Her beautiful eyes darted around quickly, and Yin Xi typed "Brother Ye" in the name field.
This address was good, both intimate and unique.
She guessed that in this world, no one else would call him this way except her.
She rolled out of bed, humming a tune, and walked towards the washroom.
If yesterday was filled with dark clouds for her, then today was filled with bright sunshine.
After breakfast, as she was driving onto the main road, her phone suddenly rang.
She picked it up and saw it was Jin Jing Chen.
Yin Xi put on her Bluetooth and answered immediately.
"Hello?"
"Hello? Yin Xi? Where are you?" Jin Jing Chen's voice was clearly anxious.
"I'm on my way to work," Yin Xi also heard it and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"I just received a call from the security guards at the hospital. They said Wu Mei went out early this morning to buy breakfast and hasn't returned yet," Jin Jing Chen replied.
"What? Could something have happened?" Yin Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she continued, "Doesn't the hospital have a cafeteria? Why would she go out to buy something?"
Jin Jing Chen replied, "They said Dai Ming wanted to eat the buns from outside, so he asked his mother to go buy them.
I don't know the specifics. Can you call Butler Wu on your end and ask him if Wu Mei has contacted him."
"Okay, I'll call now." Yin Xi hung up the phone and immediately called Butler Wu.
Butler Wu replied that he was out of town on urgent business and hadn't contacted his sister since this morning.
It seemed this matter was not that simple. How could a living person just disappear into thin air after going out?
No, she had to go and see for herself.
Yin Xi immediately turned the car around and drove towards Ankang Hospital.
On the way, she called Xie Yi Fei and told her she had something urgent to deal with and wouldn't be coming to the company this morning.
Half an hour later, Yin Xi's car stopped at the entrance of Ankang Hospital. As soon as she got out of the car, Jin Jing Chen ran towards her.
"Yin Xi, I'm really sorry. This shouldn't have troubled you, I..."
"Don't be so polite. Wu Mei agreeing to transfer her son here is a sign of trust in me.
I have made promises to her and Butler Wu, and I cannot stand by and watch her get into trouble."
Yin Xi stopped and looked at him. Just as she was about to walk into the hospital, Jin Jing Chen suddenly grabbed her arm.