Hearing Jian Yixue’s trembling voice as she cried, Ning Xixi was thrown into disarray, "Xiaoxue, don’t cry, tell clearly what happened."
Jian Yixue stifled her sobs and recounted the incident between gasps, turning Ning Xixi’s face ashen.
"Where is he now?"
"He’s already gone... His bag and coat were left in the shop where we worked together." Thinking of Qiao Nancheng’s last departing silhouette, unease spread boundlessly in Jian Yixue’s heart, "Xixi, do you think he might have..."
"No, he wouldn’t!" Ning Xixi interrupted her, "Don’t scare yourself! I’m heading back to Ying City right now!"
She hurriedly booked a flight ticket, not bothering to pack her luggage, grabbed a backpack, shoved her phone charger and wallet inside, and dashed out.
She bumped into Ji Yebai, who was coming down from the rooftop.
Seeing her carrying a backpack and looking anxious, Ji Yebai frowned, "It’s so late, where are you going?"
"I have an ergency, I need to get back to Ying City!" Ning Xixi glanced at her wristwatch, "I’m almost going to miss my flight!"
"How are you planning to get to the airport?" asked Ji Yebai.
"I’ve called for a ride." Ning Xixi replied without thinking, only to see Ji Yebai’s already sullen face turn stormy, like dark clouds gathering before a tempest.
"Didn’t I tell you not to go out alone?" Ji Yebai’s words ca biting hard, as if squeezed through clenched teeth.
Ning Xixi bit her lip, looking at him with unease: "I just... didn’t want to ruin your trip."
Everyone was happily out and about; she didn’t want to spoil it. She wanted Ji Yebai and the others to remain and continue enjoying their trip.
Ji Yebai ripped off his tie in irritation, "Do you even consider your boyfriend? Ning Xixi, why is it when you face troubles, I’m not the first person you turn to, but instead you choose to solve it yourself?"
Their argunt attracted Xiao Xichen and Cheng Youran.
Both erged from their respective rooms, and in an attempt to lighten the mood, Xiao Xichen joked, "What’s going on here?"
"I’m sorry." Ning Xixi looked at Ji Yebai, "Please, no more arguing, I really am about to miss my flight..."
"What is it that’s so urgent?" he demanded.
"Qiaoqiao is in trouble. I need to go back and save him." Ning Xixi explained and stamped her foot, "I’m off, goodbye."
She trotted away, followed by Ji Yebai’s voice, chilly to the extre, "Ning Xixi, if you dare leave, I’m breaking up with you!"
Ning Xixi’s pace faltered; she turned back, her face pale as snow, prompting Xiao Xichen, unable to bear it, to say, "Stop arguing! Sister-in-law, I’ll take you to the airport; Youran, try to calm Ji down."
Xiao Xichen, with the car keys in hand, went to take Ning Xixi. In the room, Ji Yebai, frustrated, kicked the coffee table, and thought of Ning Xixi’s hurried, tear-rimd eyes, stirring up inner turmoil.
Qiao Nancheng... are you that important to her? Ning Xixi.
...
Ying City, Airport.
Xiao Xichen, unable to relax, bought a ticket and ca back with Ning Xixi.
"Sister-in-law, you say you’re going to save Qiao Nancheng, but where, and how? ... You have to tell !" Xiao Xichen felt on edge, sure that he would wake up with blisters in his mouth the next morning.
Ning Xixi fidgeted with the strap of her backpack, appearing hesitant.
"Sister-in-law! Ning student! Dear mother! Will you just speak!"
"We’re going to find soone. His na is Grandpa Qiao, the foster father who raised Qiao Nancheng. Qiaoqiao’s life is in his hands."
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