Gu Qichen saw Xia Yangyang’s distressed appearance.
His heart ached terribly.
He knew what Xia Yangyang’s physical condition was right now.
Xia Yangyang stood up and took a sip of water.
Gu Qichen said, "You should rest here for a bit, leave the rest to ."
But Xia Yangyang had no mind to rest now.
Although practically the entire city had been mobilized by now.
Xia Yangyang’s heart was still in chaos.
Little Xingxing is still so young.
Where could a little girl like her go?
It’s been two hours since it happened.
How is it that there’s still no news at all?
In Xia Yangyang’s heart, Xingxing is not that kind of willful child.
Even if she ran away herself, she wouldn’t be so stubborn as to never co back.
Maybe she would co back once she figured things out.
Xia Yangyang still held onto this hope in her heart.
Xia Yangyang searched through every street and alley, asking practically everyone she saw if they had seen a little girl, five years old, with pigtails.
But there was nothing.
The streets grew increasingly deserted.
At two in the morning, Xia Yangyang returned to the place where Xingxing had gone missing.
Ten hours had passed.
Xia Yangyang was now almost completely exhausted.
Her stomach was still churning.
Not only that, her head ached as if it would explode.
But little Xingxing had not been found.
The police also had no news.
Xia Yangyang felt she could no longer hold on.
She staggered as she walked down the street.
Little Xingxing didn’t know where she’d gone.
Xia Yangyang’s worry felt like a venomous serpent, tightly wrapping around her, suffocating her.
Gu Qichen kept trying to get Xia Yangyang to go back.
But Xia Yangyang refused to leave.
She traversed every street and alley.
So Gu Qichen could only follow behind Xia Yangyang.
The two of them were a ter apart.
They hadn’t spoken the entire night.
Xia Yangyang took two steps, and suddenly, her body swayed, and she fell backward.
Xia Yangyang fell into Gu Qichen’s arms.
In a daze, she only heard Gu Qichen calling her na loudly.
But Xia Yangyang had no strength to open her eyes.
And just like that, she fainted.
When she opened her eyes again, she was in the hospital.
Xia Yangyang could only feel her eyelids were so heavy.
No matter how she tried, she couldn’t open them.
But the strong sll of disinfectant told her that she was definitely in a hospital.
Finally, she managed to open her eyes.
Xia Yangyang felt completely drained.
But her mind was still very clear.
Xia Yangyang knew that little Xingxing was missing.
Xia Yangyang hoped this was just a dream.
That she would awaken and everything would be a false alarm.
But it wasn’t.
Xia Yangyang turned her head with effort.
She saw a tall figure standing at the door to the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.
It was Gu Qichen.
Gu Qichen was on the phone now.
It was already the dead of night.
The sky outside was a dark blue.
The horizon was like an overturned bowl, spilling endless ink.
Gu Qichen’s figure was cold and distant, his silhouette even colder.
Vaguely, Xia Yangyang could hear him telling soone to spare no expense and to find that child no matter what.
Perhaps Gu Qichen was already employing forces operating in grey areas.
But Xia Yangyang knew from this that little Xingxing still hadn’t been found.
Despair felt like water in the abyss.
Xia Yangyang felt her body was very heavy, slowly sinking down.
There was nothing she could hold onto.
The air in her lungs was slowly fading away.
That feeling was truly unbearable.
Xia Yangyang convinced herself that now was not the ti for despair.
No matter what happened, she had to stay strong.
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