At seven o’clock the next morning, Nanxi got up, but in fact, she hadn’t slept much the entire night!
The car had already been arranged by Mo Yan. Gui Xi thought of Mo Yan as a miracle worker, as she wondered if he had even slept the night before, yet still had ti to arrange for the drive!
There were still two cars, both filled with gas. Because they were not familiar with the route, they hired a local Thai resident to act as a driver and lead the way.
The main occupants in the lead car were Li Weihuan and Gui Xi. Lun Ying stayed in the rear car with Mo Yan, along with Lu Yinchu, who was there to take care of Nanxi!
The damage to the road was more severe than they had imagined, so a journey that should have taken forty minutes ended up taking almost an hour and a half!
Lu Yinchu was worried about Nanxi, but Nanxi just waved her hand, insisting that she was okay. In fact, she was really okay. At that mont, she was grateful for her decent physical condition that kept her from getting carsick!
Around half-past eight, their cars finally arrived at the entrance of the Nursing Ho.
The mont their car stopped, Nanxi felt as though her heart had skipped two beats!
They had arrived!
She was about to see her parents!
The scene she had dreamt of countless tis was about to beco reality!
She could hardly believe it!
Really, she could hardly believe it!
The people in the car in front of them got out first. Gui Xi stood at the entrance of the nursing ho, his brow furrowed deeply. The poor condition of the nursing ho was worse than he had imagined!
Lu Yinchu turned his head to look at Nanxi, gripping her hand tightly. He said, "Don’t be scared. I’ve got this."
Nanxi looked into his eyes. Suddenly, she rembered the first ti she had gone to the Lu Family ho. At that ti, Lu Yinchu had also reassured her in the sa strong and serious manner, saying, "Don’t be scared. I’ve got this."
Nanxi responded, "Lu Yinchu, I’m not scared."
At this point, I can’t afford to be scared anymore!
...
Lun Ying threw up! After vomiting, she leaned against a tree, gasping for air.
A bottle of water was passed to her from behind. She took it, took a sip, and thanked the person who had handed it to her.
"Don’t ntion it."
Recognizing the voice, Lun Ying was startled!
She had thought it was Gui Xi who had passed her the water. She hadn’t expected it to be Li Weihuan!
"Didn’t you take your motion sickness dication before getting in the car?"
There was a hint of reprimand in Li Weihuan’s tone because he had clearly seen motion sickness dication in Lun Ying’s bag the day before!
"In the rush to leave this morning, I forgot to bring it!"
After stating this bluntly, Lun Ying turned around and walked away, not wanting to engage in further conversation with him.
The bottle of water she held in her hand was full. But what good was it? Her heart was empty!
...
The person in charge of receiving them at the nursing ho arrived soon after. He was a man in his seventies who spoke Thai, a language that the rest of them didn’t understand very well!
However, there was a young man who understood Chinese helping with the translation!
The man introduced himself as Zha Lun, a local Thai who had spent so ti near the Chinese border in the past. He loved Chinese culture, which had helped him pick up so of the Chinese language!
Zha Lun explained, "We have so Chinese people here in our nursing ho. I often ask them about the Chinese language and study Confucius and Laozi. I think they are really impressive..."
——Zha Lun was quite a chatty Thai guy!
But when he said this, Nanxi’s heart skipped a beat again and her grip on Lu Yinchu’s hand tightened slightly!
Lu Yinchu raised his hand to support her, and asked Zha Lun, "Among the people you’ve just ntioned, is there a Chinese couple? The man’s na is Basong and the woman’s na is Nina!"
Upon hearing this, the Thai guy imdiately gave Lu Yinchu a thumbs-up, "You are so smart! You actually know Uncle Basong. He usually doesn’t talk much and hardly has any friends. But, he is a very upright person. He taught how to write Chinese characters, hehe..."
"Chinese... characters?"
Nanxi bit her lip, her voice choked up. If it wasn’t for Lu Yinchu holding her up, she might have collapsed!
"So, can you take us to see Basong? We are all his family, who have specifically co to Thailand to take him ho!" Gui Xi continued to ask.
Hearing this, the young guy was noticeably taken aback. He then looked at the director, spoke a long sentence in Thai, probably conveying their words to him!
After listening, the director frowned, responded in Thai, and the young man nodded his head. He then turned to the group and said, "The director says he is very pleased that you are here to take Uncle Basong ho. But unfortunately, Uncle Basong is not ho right now. Yesterday Aunt Nina was feeling a little unwell and Uncle Basong took her to the hospital, they have not returned yet!"
...
Nanxi and the others had not anticipated this. They had driven for an hour and a half to the nursing ho, only to learn that her mother had suddenly felt unwell the day before and had been taken to a county hospital by a hired car from the nursing ho!
Due to this unfortunate turn of events, they had missed not just a short hour and a half.
When they got back in the car, Li Weihuan was a bit worried about Lun Ying, but she insisted that she was fine.
Her attitude was still cold as ever.
As the car started, Gui Xi nudged Li Weihuan with his elbow. "Tell , did you offend our Jiajia?"
Li Weihuan frowned. He hadn’t had the opportunity to see Jiajia recently. How could he have offended her? Except...he did recall disappearing without a trace to break up with Yi Mu!
But would Lun Ying care about that?
Pressing his lips together, Li Weihuan turned his gaze out of the window. As he saw the Thai countryside gradually receding, he felt an odd sensation in his heart.
"You thought you could keep it a secret from ? Ah, Weihuan, share with how you feel now that you’re a married man! Are you excited? Is it thrilling? Or do you feel oppressed that your heydays are over?!"
"This question, go ask my second uncle!" Li Weihuan was impatient.
"Who says I didn’t ask? I did. Naturally, he felt very happy, but asking more people provides a more comprehensive assessnt, so now I’m asking you!"
"I’ve got no feeling!" Li Weihuan declared, "I don’t feel anything! So, stop asking!"
The vibrating sound of a mobile phone echoed. With a frown, Li Weihuan picked up the phone; it was a ssage from Yi Mu: ——Weihuan, where are you now? Are you okay?
Li Weihuan didn’t reply. He quickly put the phone back in his pocket. Seeing this, Gui Xi laughed, "What, is your wife checking up on you with a text? It’s no surprise, given how you look and your unusual job. If I were your wife, I also wouldn’t feel secure!"
"Enough, stop talking," Li Weihuan said irritably.
"Oh, quite the temper," Gui Xi didn’t take offense, but rather leaned closer to Li Weihuan and said, "Alright, kiddo, truth be told, if I had known you were coming, I would have forbidden Jiajia from coming! Do you understand?"
At these words, Li Weihuan was visibly taken aback.
...
Two and a half hours later, their car reached the only hospital in the small town.
And it was there, in that hospital, that Nanxi was reunited with her parents after almost seven long years!
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I’ll have to prepare myself for the emotional reunion I’m about to write!
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