Ah Feng then came in and saw this scene of them hugging each other tightly, first froze for a moment. Zoey also wanted him to sleep more comfortably, so she nodded her head and agreed. Only then did Ah Feng come over and carefully carried him to the bed.
Zoey sat on the edge of the bed, staring at him in disbelief, not daring to take a step for fear that something would happen to him again.
Afon looked at this scene and couldn’t help but be a little moved. He pushed the door and went out, and a moment later, poured another glass of water and brought in paper towels.
He handed Zoey the water , “Drink first.”
“Thanks.” Until now, Zoey’s voice had trembled. She held the glass of water tightly in one hand, and reached over with the other, gripping his large palm tightly. His palm, barely warm, was shockingly cool.
“Secretary Baker, here, wipe your eyes.” Afon set the tissue down and compared it to the corner of his mouth, saying with Zoey, “And here, a little blood.”
Zoey followed his instructions and touched her hand. Only then did she realize that her lip, in fact, had broken a piece of skin.
Zoey didn’t care much about it, and only drew a tissue to silently wipe the cold sweat on Jerry Xiao’s face. The glass of water that Ah Feng poured was also used by her to dot on his dry and cracked lips.
“Jerry, you must be good … Nothing can happen … “She ruffled the hair on his forehead and bent her head at his heels, murmuring. Hopefully, he, indeed, could hear!
But he couldn’t respond to her, only, subconsciously, tightened her fingers.
Zoey knows, he hears. He heard it all. …
She sat quietly in the lounge for who knows how long. Gradually, actually fell asleep on top of him.
…
Zoey felt a bump in the road in a blur and her eyes snapped open.
“Jerry!” actually subconsciously calling this name that Heart Nabi, even in her dreams, was chanting.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Xiao he is already fine.” The one who responded to her was not Jerry Xiao, but Ah Feng. Zoey looked at him with surprise, and only then noticed that she was actually sitting in the car. Outside the window, the sky was already completely dark, and the streetlights were slowly receding from the side. The neon signs in the bustling city are gradually flickering.
It’s actually nighttime?
“Why am I here? Where’s Jerry? How is he?” Surprised, she slammed over a series of questions that clearly gave away her worry at the moment.
“Mr. Xiao asked me to send you home.” Ah Feng simply answered this question. Zoey suddenly had a bad feeling in the bottom of her heart, “What about him? Where is he?”
“After Mr. Xiao woke up and was fine, he continued his business trip according to his schedule.” Ah Feng explained.
“A business trip?” Zoey stared, “You knew he was in such poor health, why didn’t you stop him?”
Ah Feng sighed helplessly, ”You should know what kind of temper Mr. Xiao has. What the president wants to do, basically no one can stop him. At that time, if Secretary Baker you were awake, it might still be possible.”
Zoey is so angry and upset, how can he be so frustrated? He doesn’t know how to value himself! Doesn’t he realize that there are still many people who care about him and worry about him?
“Where did he go on his business trip? I’ll go over and look for him! How could he do this to himself?” Zoey said, choking on her words and even more annoyed.
As soon as Ah Feng saw those tears, he quickly pacified, “Don’t be anxious first. The president has already gotten on a plane to England at this moment, and I heard that his parents are both over there now, so there will be someone to take care of him for you.”
He went to England?
Zoey froze, then, dismayed, leaned back into the soft seat.
Across the ocean, she suddenly felt that her heart, which had been hanging on to her, had become nowhere to go. It was empty, hanging in the air.
“Why didn’t he even wake me up when he left?” She muttered despondently, dropping her disappointed eyes. The extremely soft voice seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be asking Feng. Under the neon, that small face was also dark and colorless.
She really wanted to chase after him and find him, and in the process ‘educate’ him severely and order him to love his body, but …
There are his parents on that end.
Come to think of it, she really shouldn’t have to worry about it.
She, soothed herself with this. A moment later, before raising her eyes, “He’ll call me when he gets to England, won’t he?”
Afon laughed a little, “The president hasn’t really mentioned this to me. However, from what I know about the president, a call to report safety is always rare.”
Zoey barely managed to keep her spirits up. Only murmuring, “Hopefully he will. About when will he get to England?”
Feng glanced down at the clock before saying, “Conservative estimate is that we’ll be there by two in the morning, but it could be a little later.”
“Oh.” Zoey responded softly, then snapped and said nothing more. She just leaned her head against the car window, staring blankly out the window at the night. The colorful neon light swept past her face, leaving no color, only more pallor.
Ah Feng slightly side-eyed her, looked at her like this, and couldn’t help but sigh. This relationship, I’m afraid that the deeper she is in love, the deeper she will be hurt in the future.
…
When Zoey returned to the Xiao Family, she was alone in an empty house. She just couldn’t feel motivated to do anything but hug herself and sit on the couch. The thought of Jerry’s agonizing attack today still haunted her.
There was still some time before 2:00 a. m., knowing that the phone must be unavailable, but still couldn’t help but dial it again. Stick to the phone, hear those ‘beeping’ busy tone, just feel a heart was thought all over the invasion, like ants gnawing as difficult.
She hadn’t eaten dinner yet, but she didn’t feel hungry at all. But in the end, her body was her own, so she wandered into the kitchen and made dinner, and when she finished eating, it was actually a little after 0:00 p. m. Zoey slumped her shoulders in frustration. Zoey slumped her shoulders in frustration. It was the first time she had ever felt that time was passing so slowly, so slowly that she had completely lost her patience.
She tried to find something to fill her thoughts with, first writing her job application and then wandering upstairs to take a shower. After everything was done and it wasn’t even two o’clock yet, she went upstairs and lay down on his big bed in her pajamas. Auntie Bell had changed the freshly laundered sheets, which smelled of sunshine and his …
It somehow added some comfort to her heart. She lifted her lips in a smile and waited for her cell phone to ring.
But …
A little bit of time passes. At one o’clock, her cell phone is quiet. At two o’clock, her cell phone was still silent. She began to hang a heart, not daring to sleep. By two thirty, the uneasiness in her heart gradually expanded and swelled …
Not caring that it was already this late, she took her cell phone and dialed Feng’s number directly.
Afon seemed to be asleep, and Zoey wrung her hands and waited for a while before she heard Afon’s confused voice coming from the other end, “Secretary Baker, why are you calling so late?”
“Sorry, Assistant Feng. It’s so late to disturb your rest.” Her tone was not too steady.
“It’s okay, is something wrong?” Afon heard something.
“I wanted to ask, has Jerry arrived in England by now? Have you gotten in touch?” Her anxiety was palpable.
Over there, Afon paused for a moment before asking suspiciously, “Didn’t the president call you? Half an hour ago, he had already talked to me on the phone, and is now safely in London, and his health condition is also fine for the time being.”
Zoey froze for a split second. It was a while before he barely pulled his lips together, “So, he’s already here …”
And then, squeezing out a small smile, he spoke as easily as he could, “It’s good to be here, and I can sleep in peace.”
Even so, Ah Feng could easily hear the loss in her tone, so thick that it could not be melted. He tried to comfort her, “The president shouldn’t want to disturb you this late at night. Secretary Baker, you rest early. Maybe, you will receive a call from the president in the morning.”
“Okay.” Zoey responded softly, apologizing again, “Sorry to bother you tonight.”
“Don’t say that, you’re worried about the president too.”
The two said goodbye before hanging up the phone. Zoey’s hand holding the cell phone just felt powerless. Probably, he in another country, has forgotten that there is another person in his home who is always worrying about him … London, hospital.
After a series of examinations, the white-bearded doctor began to pack up the examination equipment. Jerry Xiao sat up and tiredly pressed down his painful brow.
The old doctor turned his face sideways and spoke in pure English, “I’m sorry, for the time being, we can’t offer you much medical help, this kind of case is still in the research stage as of late, and we also hope that there will be a major breakthrough in the near future. However, thankfully, our hospital developed a drug some time ago that can bring the condition under control for the time being.”
“How long will the condition be under control?”
“In your current case, as long as you take your medication on time and develop good habits in your life, it’s not a problem to keep it under control for two years at a conservative estimate.”
Two years …
“Is it true that, in two years time, if there is no medical breakthrough for this disease, I’m going to die?” He snapped, his tone slightly cool.
Dr. Whitebeard looked at him with a regretful expression for a moment before nodding, “I’m sorry.”
Jerry Xiao sat there for a long time, the doctor’s sympathetic look made him feel incredibly bad, so annoyed that all he wanted to do was to swear to vent the damn emotions in his heart. He was just having a disease, but it was just that he would die anytime after two years, what was there to sympathize with? Why on earth were you looking at yourself like that?
Taking the medicine, he walked out of the clinic. Outside the door, a figure greeted him sharply, “Jerry! How’s the situation?”
It was Sunny Qin. When Jerry Xiao saw her, his mood didn’t change and he only asked lightly, “Why are you here?”
“Auntie is still uneasy and asked me to tag along for a look. What did the doctor say? Are you getting better?”
Jerry Xiao gave her a look before answering, “Of course it’s getting better.”
He, didn’t want to make his mother worry. Sunny Qin heard his answer before she unfolded a smile in relief, “That’s good. Now that medicine is so advanced, it will definitely be fine.”
As she spoke, she stepped forward and took Jerry Xiao’s arm. He froze for a moment, and then, coldly pulled his arm away from her hand. The smile on Sunny Qin’s face stiffened, and in the next second, he again wrapped himself around it without dying.
This time, Jerry Xiao had dodged away. His complexion was slightly cool, and he looked at her before saying with a straight face, “Sunny, in the future, you go back and don’t stay by my mother’s side anymore.”
Sunny Qin didn’t expect him to say something like that out of the blue, and she was confused for a split second before she said, “This is my home!”