The afternoon when Zhuang Nainai and Ding Mengya broke up, they didn't go anywhere.
She returned to the small bungalow in despair, feeling anxious and uneasy.
When facing Ding Mengya, she retorted confidently and rebuked fearlessly. But when she returned home, she thought about the pomp and circumstance of Ding Mengya's appearance, and those bodyguards wearing sunglasses and black suits who were obviously well-trained. , she felt faintly scared.
I didn't eat at noon, so I just sat blankly in the living room, hoping to tell my mother the troubles in my heart when she came home.
At that time, Zhuang Nainai was only an eighteen-year-old child. Even though she was poor, apart from going to school, she had not been exposed to the various dark sides of human nature.
On a hot summer day, she was alone in a stuffy little house, sweating profusely.
The time slowly slipped from two o'clock in the afternoon to six o'clock.
She started to stand up and walked to the window, looking out frequently.
Mom gets off work at 5:30 every day and gets home on time to cook dinner for her at 6:00, but today...
Five past six…
Ten past six...
It wasn't until half past six and she still hadn't come back.
Zhuang Nainai's hands and feet began to feel cold inexplicably, and he felt panicked.
Thinking of Ding Mengya's words again, she became restless, picked up her cell phone, and called her mother over and over again.
But no one answered my mother’s cell phone!
Seven o'clock.
Zhuang Nainai couldn't hold it any longer and went out to look for her mother.
At seven o'clock in the summer, the sky was still bright, and the screams of vendors outside were heard one after another. In the chaotic environment, Zhuang Nainai seemed to be unable to hear anything.
Mom works at a cleaning company very close to their home, and it only takes 30 minutes to walk there.
She arrived at their company because all the workers had gone off work, and only the doorman was still standing there.
The uncle is very familiar with Zhuang Nainai. She has been playing here after school since she was in kindergarten at four o'clock. While playing, she was waiting for her mother to go out to sweep the streets and come back from get off work.
So when the uncle saw her, he immediately waved with a smile, then took out an orange and gave it out, "Nana, why are you running here at this time?"
Zhuang Nainai looked into the company building. It was empty. Everyone was obviously off work.
Zhuang Nainai asked, "Grandpa, where is my mother? Is she off work?"
The uncle said, "She left a long time ago. She got off work at half past five. I watched her leave talking and laughing with others!"
Zhuang Nainai was surprised when he heard this, "But she hasn't come home yet!"
The uncle smiled and said, "Maybe she went shopping for groceries? She's such a big person, so she won't be lost. Don't worry. If you go home, she might go back."
Zhuang Nainai could only suppress the anxiety in his heart and ran home.
But when I ran home, I found that the house was still empty.
Zhuang Nainai picked up the phone and was about to call her mother again when the phone rang. It was her mother calling. Her heart suddenly relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief.
She answered, "Mom, where have you been? Why aren't you back yet?"
But a businesslike voice came from the other side, "Is this Miss Zhuang Nainai?"
Zhuang Nainai's heart skipped a beat, and her voice trembled inexplicably, "Yes."
"Hello, I'm a police officer from Balizhuang Police Station. Here's the thing. Your mother had a car accident and is now at Shougang Hospital. Can you come over now?"
When Zhuang Nainai heard these words, he felt that his whole brain was buzzing and exploding.
(End of chapter)