Chapter 215 – Jiang Ye’s Xiping
There were people who advised Wei Chen to rest, but at this moment, Wei Chen seemed to have locked himself in a separate world, cut off from the outside. Others tried to talk to him, but he couldn’t listen anymore.
“Achen,” Wei Hua stopped Wei Chen, who was about to continue walking forward. However, Wei Chen just looked at Wei Hua with red eyes and bypassed him to keep moving forward.
Wei Hua grabbed Wei Chen’s hand and said, “Achen, rest for a while. You haven’t even had a sip of water since yesterday. Can you stop now, eat something, drink water, and continue later?”
Wei Chen seemed not to have heard and directly shook off Wei Hua’s hand, stubbornly moving forward. He searched quietly in every corner.
Wei Hua wanted to go and hold Wei Chen, but Cookie extended a hand to stop him, shaking his head at Wei Hua. “Let him search.” The current Wei Chen was like a machine with the only command in his brain being to find Chen Li. If someone disrupted this command, Cookie believed that Wei Chen would immediately collapse, despite him appearing only slightly fatigued now.
The calmer a person appears in the face of events, the more intense the turbulence in their heart, because there’s no way to vent.
Wei Hua understood this truth but could only reluctantly give up persuading Wei Chen. He looked at Cookie and said, “Are you tired? If you are, go back first. I’ll stay with Achen. I’m worried about him, and I’m worried about Chen Li too.”
Cookie shook his head, “Let’s stay together.”
…
The next morning, in the early light, the sunlight poured down, and the morning dew had not yet faded. Under the sunlight, everything seemed refreshed. The sunshine in the dorm erased the gloom of yesterday. The fear of the scorching sun vanished, leaving no trace.
Jiang Ye got up from the bed and looked at the bed opposite. The introverted teenager from yesterday had already left at some point. The bed was neatly arranged, the sheets neatly folded.
“He’s gone.” At this moment, a crisp voice sounded, and Jiang Ye turned to see a pair of bright eyes. Jiang Ye smiled and said, “Xiping, good morning.” The dimples on both sides of his cheeks sank deeply. In the morning sunlight, he looked exceptionally handsome.
“Morning.” Lan Xiping responded with a smile, climbed down from the bed, went down the ladder, and walked to the bed where the introverted teenager had slept yesterday. The bed was already cold, evidently, the person had left very early. “Do you know when he left?”
“I don’t know,” Jiang Ye shook his head. His sleep was always relatively light, and any sound could wake him up. The teenager must have been very careful when leaving; otherwise, he wouldn’t have woken up.
Yesterday, a classmate with a mental disorder attempted to stab Jiang Ye with a knife. Jiang Ye agilely avoided and remained unharmed, but the assailant got injured. Consequently, an ambulance took both the assailant and Jiang Ye to the hospital.
After finishing classes, Lan Xiping heard about the attack on Jiang Ye and hastily borrowed a bicycle from the street. He quickly provided the dormitory information and the name to the person and rode the bicycle to the hospital to find Jiang Ye.
Later, since there was no serious harm, Lan Xiping, Jiang Ye, and another roommate went to have barbecue skewers. They returned to the dormitory just before curfew.
When the three of them returned to the dormitory, they saw a sleeping young man at the entrance. Lan Xiping approached and remembered he had borrowed the young man’s bicycle; the young man had come back to wait for him.
At that time, it was already very late. Lan Xiping noticed the dormitory building’s door was closed and left the young man in the dormitory, allowing him to spend the night.
Looking at it now, the young man probably didn’t sleep much the whole night and left as soon as the dormitory building’s door opened.
Perhaps, it was urgent, which made the young man so anxious.
After Lan Xiping finished washing up in the bathroom and came out, Jiang Ye handed him a phone, saying, “Is this the young man we let stay over yesterday?”
Jiang Ye had seen a repost in his friends’ circle, which made him aware that yesterday evening, almost half of the school was looking for this young man. “Indeed,” Lan Xiping raised his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Yesterday, both he and Jiang Ye had been drinking, so when they let the young man stay, they forgot to inform his family. Lan Xiping had noticed some psychological issues in the young man, so he could imagine how worried the young man’s family must be right now.
“Do you have his family’s contact information? Let’s notify them,” Lan Xiping said.
Jiang Ye thought the same, so he had already found the contact information. He was about to dial when he suddenly found the sequence of numbers quite familiar. As the phone number appeared on the dialing interface, he realized there was a label for this number on his phone.
[Wei Chen.] Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, surprised that things were so coincidental. The young man from last night turned out to be Wei Chen’s family.
Soon, the call was answered, and before Jiang Ye could say anything, Wei Chen’s hoarse voice came through, “Young Master Jiang, I don’t have time now. Contact me later regarding any matters.”
Just as Wei Chen was about to hang up the phone, Jiang Ye quickly said, “I have news about Chen Li.”
After Jiang Ye said this, there was an urgent voice on the other end of the phone, “Young Master Jiang, do you know where Li Li is?”
“Yes,” Jiang Ye said, briefly explaining the events of last night. “Chen Li should be home now.”
“I got it. Thank you, Young Master Jiang,” Wei Chen said, then immediately hung up the phone.
“How did it go?” Lan Xiping asked as he saw Jiang Ye put away his phone.
“I guess his family is still looking for him now. It’s been a frantic night for them, and it’s true that we were negligent,” Jiang Ye answered.
“Yes,” Lan Xiping nodded in agreement, thinking that the next time they encounter the young man, they should definitely apologize to him properly. After all, it was their fault for borrowing his bicycle.
Jiang Ye knew what Lan Xiping was thinking and reached out to ruffle Lan Xiping’s hair, saying, “You’re also anxious, don’t worry too much.” When he said this, Jiang Ye was actually somewhat pleased. Could Lan Xiping’s extreme anxiety yesterday be interpreted as having feelings for him?
*
After hanging up the phone with Jiang Ye, Wei Chen turned and ran towards the school gate. He ran so fast that Wei Hua and Cookie couldn’t react in time.
“Is there any news?” Wei Hua was in a daze for a moment before murmuring.
“Probably,” Cookie agreed.
Then the two caught up.
Wei Chen didn’t drive back. After reaching the gate of Q University, he directly waved down a taxi. After giving the address, he couldn’t help but urge the driver to go faster.
The driver was actually startled by Wei Chen because he did look quite frightening at the moment. His eyes were bloodshot, and his facial expression was somewhat fierce due to urgency. There was stubble on his face, and his clothes were wrinkled.
He not only looked fierce but also resembled a homeless person.
However, the driver could still sense Wei Chen’s urgency, so he stepped on the gas, and the taxi immediately sped away. It was still early in the morning, and the roads weren’t very crowded, so the driver accelerated the speed of the car.
The drivers in the capital liked to chat, and seeing Wei Chen in such a desperate state, the driver, speaking in a local accent, tried to comfort Wei Chen, chattering on incessantly.
Wei Chen was too preoccupied to listen and didn’t interrupt, anxiously looking out of the car window, wishing to rush back home immediately.
Fortunately, Q University was not far from the residential area where Wei Chen lived, and the driver’s speed was fast. In about ten minutes, they arrived. Wei Chen directly handed a red bill and rushed into the residential area.
The security guard in the residential area recognized Wei Chen. Seeing him return like this, they didn’t stop him but were somewhat surprised by his disheveled appearance. Did he go bankrupt or something?
Wei Chen didn’t pay attention to what others might be thinking. As soon as he got out of the car, he ran towards his home. Unfortunately, the elevator hadn’t come down yet at the top floor, and Wei Chen didn’t even have the patience to wait for it. He directly opened the door to the emergency exit and hurried up the stairs.
Wei Chen ran up ten floors in one breath. By the time he was waiting at his own doorstep, he was already heavily panting. But he didn’t pause for a moment and went straight to retrieve the keys to open the door. However, he left the keys in the car, and the car was in the Changfeng Group’s parking lot.
For a moment, the impulse to break the lock directly surged in Wei Chen’s mind. However, he remembered Jiang Ye’s words. Jiang Ye had said that Chen Li might already be home.
Had his Li Li already come back home? A wave of endless hope surged in Wei Chen’s heart. He cautiously extended his hand and knocked on the door, gently and carefully.
His ear was pressed against the door, trying to listen to any sound inside. However, the door was of excellent quality and had strong soundproofing, and he couldn’t hear a single sound from inside.
“Click.”
Just when Wei Chen felt like a century was passing, there was finally a sound from the door. He stood up straight, and the face he had long engraved in his heart appeared in front of him.
“Achen, you…” Chen Li’s words were not yet finished when Wei Chen reached out and pulled him into his arms, holding Chen Li tightly.
“Li Li, as long as you’re okay, that’s all that matters.” Wei Chen buried his head in Chen Li’s neck. At this moment, all the emotions couldn’t be held back anymore, and tears welled up, but the heart that had been empty for a whole night was now finally complete.
Chen Li felt Wei Chen’s tears, hot and wet against his skin, instantly touching his heart.
Achen, he was actually crying.
“Achen, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…” Chen Li realized what was happening at this moment, tightly holding Wei Chen’s waist and repeatedly saying sorry.
He shouldn’t have stayed out all night. He shouldn’t have made Achen worry.
“Ding,” the elevator door opened. Wei Hua and Cookie, who had followed Wei Chen and arrived at the scene, saw the two people tightly embracing at the door. They both let out a sigh of relief simultaneously.
Thank goodness, everything is fine now.
Chapter 215 – Jiang Ye’s Xiping
There were people who advised Wei Chen to rest, but at this moment, Wei Chen seemed to have locked himself in a separate world, cut off from the outside. Others tried to talk to him, but he couldn’t listen anymore.
“Achen,” Wei Hua stopped Wei Chen, who was about to continue walking forward. However, Wei Chen just looked at Wei Hua with red eyes and bypassed him to keep moving forward.
Wei Hua grabbed Wei Chen’s hand and said, “Achen, rest for a while. You haven’t even had a sip of water since yesterday. Can you stop now, eat something, drink water, and continue later?”
Wei Chen seemed not to have heard and directly shook off Wei Hua’s hand, stubbornly moving forward. He searched quietly in every corner.
Wei Hua wanted to go and hold Wei Chen, but Cookie extended a hand to stop him, shaking his head at Wei Hua. “Let him search.” The current Wei Chen was like a machine with the only command in his brain being to find Chen Li. If someone disrupted this command, Cookie believed that Wei Chen would immediately collapse, despite him appearing only slightly fatigued now.
The calmer a person appears in the face of events, the more intense the turbulence in their heart, because there’s no way to vent.
Wei Hua understood this truth but could only reluctantly give up persuading Wei Chen. He looked at Cookie and said, “Are you tired? If you are, go back first. I’ll stay with Achen. I’m worried about him, and I’m worried about Chen Li too.”
Cookie shook his head, “Let’s stay together.”
…
The next morning, in the early light, the sunlight poured down, and the morning dew had not yet faded. Under the sunlight, everything seemed refreshed. The sunshine in the dorm erased the gloom of yesterday. The fear of the scorching sun vanished, leaving no trace.
Jiang Ye got up from the bed and looked at the bed opposite. The introverted teenager from yesterday had already left at some point. The bed was neatly arranged, the sheets neatly folded.
“He’s gone.” At this moment, a crisp voice sounded, and Jiang Ye turned to see a pair of bright eyes. Jiang Ye smiled and said, “Xiping, good morning.” The dimples on both sides of his cheeks sank deeply. In the morning sunlight, he looked exceptionally handsome.
“Morning.” Lan Xiping responded with a smile, climbed down from the bed, went down the ladder, and walked to the bed where the introverted teenager had slept yesterday. The bed was already cold, evidently, the person had left very early. “Do you know when he left?”
“I don’t know,” Jiang Ye shook his head. His sleep was always relatively light, and any sound could wake him up. The teenager must have been very careful when leaving; otherwise, he wouldn’t have woken up.
Yesterday, a classmate with a mental disorder attempted to stab Jiang Ye with a knife. Jiang Ye agilely avoided and remained unharmed, but the assailant got injured. Consequently, an ambulance took both the assailant and Jiang Ye to the hospital.
After finishing classes, Lan Xiping heard about the attack on Jiang Ye and hastily borrowed a bicycle from the street. He quickly provided the dormitory information and the name to the person and rode the bicycle to the hospital to find Jiang Ye.
Later, since there was no serious harm, Lan Xiping, Jiang Ye, and another roommate went to have barbecue skewers. They returned to the dormitory just before curfew.
When the three of them returned to the dormitory, they saw a sleeping young man at the entrance. Lan Xiping approached and remembered he had borrowed the young man’s bicycle; the young man had come back to wait for him.
At that time, it was already very late. Lan Xiping noticed the dormitory building’s door was closed and left the young man in the dormitory, allowing him to spend the night.
Looking at it now, the young man probably didn’t sleep much the whole night and left as soon as the dormitory building’s door opened.
Perhaps, it was urgent, which made the young man so anxious.
After Lan Xiping finished washing up in the bathroom and came out, Jiang Ye handed him a phone, saying, “Is this the young man we let stay over yesterday?”
Jiang Ye had seen a repost in his friends’ circle, which made him aware that yesterday evening, almost half of the school was looking for this young man. “Indeed,” Lan Xiping raised his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Yesterday, both he and Jiang Ye had been drinking, so when they let the young man stay, they forgot to inform his family. Lan Xiping had noticed some psychological issues in the young man, so he could imagine how worried the young man’s family must be right now.
“Do you have his family’s contact information? Let’s notify them,” Lan Xiping said.
Jiang Ye thought the same, so he had already found the contact information. He was about to dial when he suddenly found the sequence of numbers quite familiar. As the phone number appeared on the dialing interface, he realized there was a label for this number on his phone.
[Wei Chen.] Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, surprised that things were so coincidental. The young man from last night turned out to be Wei Chen’s family.
Soon, the call was answered, and before Jiang Ye could say anything, Wei Chen’s hoarse voice came through, “Young Master Jiang, I don’t have time now. Contact me later regarding any matters.”
Just as Wei Chen was about to hang up the phone, Jiang Ye quickly said, “I have news about Chen Li.”
After Jiang Ye said this, there was an urgent voice on the other end of the phone, “Young Master Jiang, do you know where Li Li is?”
“Yes,” Jiang Ye said, briefly explaining the events of last night. “Chen Li should be home now.”
“I got it. Thank you, Young Master Jiang,” Wei Chen said, then immediately hung up the phone.
“How did it go?” Lan Xiping asked as he saw Jiang Ye put away his phone.
“I guess his family is still looking for him now. It’s been a frantic night for them, and it’s true that we were negligent,” Jiang Ye answered.
“Yes,” Lan Xiping nodded in agreement, thinking that the next time they encounter the young man, they should definitely apologize to him properly. After all, it was their fault for borrowing his bicycle.
Jiang Ye knew what Lan Xiping was thinking and reached out to ruffle Lan Xiping’s hair, saying, “You’re also anxious, don’t worry too much.” When he said this, Jiang Ye was actually somewhat pleased. Could Lan Xiping’s extreme anxiety yesterday be interpreted as having feelings for him?
*
After hanging up the phone with Jiang Ye, Wei Chen turned and ran towards the school gate. He ran so fast that Wei Hua and Cookie couldn’t react in time.
“Is there any news?” Wei Hua was in a daze for a moment before murmuring.
“Probably,” Cookie agreed.
Then the two caught up.
Wei Chen didn’t drive back. After reaching the gate of Q University, he directly waved down a taxi. After giving the address, he couldn’t help but urge the driver to go faster.
The driver was actually startled by Wei Chen because he did look quite frightening at the moment. His eyes were bloodshot, and his facial expression was somewhat fierce due to urgency. There was stubble on his face, and his clothes were wrinkled.
He not only looked fierce but also resembled a homeless person.
However, the driver could still sense Wei Chen’s urgency, so he stepped on the gas, and the taxi immediately sped away. It was still early in the morning, and the roads weren’t very crowded, so the driver accelerated the speed of the car.
The drivers in the capital liked to chat, and seeing Wei Chen in such a desperate state, the driver, speaking in a local accent, tried to comfort Wei Chen, chattering on incessantly.
Wei Chen was too preoccupied to listen and didn’t interrupt, anxiously looking out of the car window, wishing to rush back home immediately.
Fortunately, Q University was not far from the residential area where Wei Chen lived, and the driver’s speed was fast. In about ten minutes, they arrived. Wei Chen directly handed a red bill and rushed into the residential area.
The security guard in the residential area recognized Wei Chen. Seeing him return like this, they didn’t stop him but were somewhat surprised by his disheveled appearance. Did he go bankrupt or something?
Wei Chen didn’t pay attention to what others might be thinking. As soon as he got out of the car, he ran towards his home. Unfortunately, the elevator hadn’t come down yet at the top floor, and Wei Chen didn’t even have the patience to wait for it. He directly opened the door to the emergency exit and hurried up the stairs.
Wei Chen ran up ten floors in one breath. By the time he was waiting at his own doorstep, he was already heavily panting. But he didn’t pause for a moment and went straight to retrieve the keys to open the door. However, he left the keys in the car, and the car was in the Changfeng Group’s parking lot.
For a moment, the impulse to break the lock directly surged in Wei Chen’s mind. However, he remembered Jiang Ye’s words. Jiang Ye had said that Chen Li might already be home.
Had his Li Li already come back home? A wave of endless hope surged in Wei Chen’s heart. He cautiously extended his hand and knocked on the door, gently and carefully.
His ear was pressed against the door, trying to listen to any sound inside. However, the door was of excellent quality and had strong soundproofing, and he couldn’t hear a single sound from inside.
“Click.”
Just when Wei Chen felt like a century was passing, there was finally a sound from the door. He stood up straight, and the face he had long engraved in his heart appeared in front of him.
“Achen, you…” Chen Li’s words were not yet finished when Wei Chen reached out and pulled him into his arms, holding Chen Li tightly.
“Li Li, as long as you’re okay, that’s all that matters.” Wei Chen buried his head in Chen Li’s neck. At this moment, all the emotions couldn’t be held back anymore, and tears welled up, but the heart that had been empty for a whole night was now finally complete.
Chen Li felt Wei Chen’s tears, hot and wet against his skin, instantly touching his heart.
Achen, he was actually crying.
“Achen, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…” Chen Li realized what was happening at this moment, tightly holding Wei Chen’s waist and repeatedly saying sorry.
He shouldn’t have stayed out all night. He shouldn’t have made Achen worry.
“Ding,” the elevator door opened. Wei Hua and Cookie, who had followed Wei Chen and arrived at the scene, saw the two people tightly embracing at the door. They both let out a sigh of relief simultaneously.
Thank goodness, everything is fine now.
