1133: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred Sixteen: Really Not the Right Ti 1133: Chapter One Thousand One Hundred Sixteen: Really Not the Right Ti Gao Yang felt that it was ti to give Yelena a call.
He had told Yelena not to call him unless it was sothing very important while he was away, and Yelena, being sensible, never took the initiative to ring him.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed, and who knows how worried Yelena must be.
Gao Yang broached the topic, and Eileen stood up, saying loudly, “I’m going to make the call.”
Gao Yang also left the big house and dialed the number in a quiet corner.
It was only after the call went through that he rembered the issue with the ti difference.
Yelena and Morgan and Uriyangko were different.
Yelena would have her phone turned off during class, whereas people like Morgan had to be available 24/7.
Having made so many calls to people like Morgan, he had forgotten to check the ti difference first.
The call connected, but Gao Yang quickly hung up.
He glanced at his watch—it was 10 a.m.
There was about a seven-hour ti difference between Damascus and New York; it was still only 3 a.m.
in New York.
Gao Yang didn’t intend to call again, but his phone rang almost imdiately.
It was Yelena calling him back.
Gao Yang answered the call and, for a mont, did not know what to say.
anwhile, Yelena on the other side of the call, spoke with an extrely anxious voice, “Darling, is that you?
Gao?
Is it you?”
Gao Yang coughed lightly, smiling as he said, “Hi, sweetie, it’s .
Sorry for calling you in the wee hours, I forgot about the ti difference.”
Yelena let out a long sigh of relief but still sounded very anxious as she said, “Darling, are you, are you alright?
Is everything fine over there?”
Gao Yang felt sowhat apologetic.
He knew Yelena was worried; calling in the middle of the night and then hanging up after just one ring was indeed very distressing.
He would have been better off letting Yelena answer the call right away.
Gao Yang chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, everything here is fine, your dad and I are both well, really, it’s almost Christmas, I just rembered and wanted to call you.
Then I realized it’s the middle of the night over there, and I worried I might wake you, so I hung up quickly.
But rest assured, I’m fine.”
At that mont, Gao Yang heard Natalia’s anxious voice exclaim loudly: “Darling, whose call is it?
Whose call is that!”
“Mom, it’s Gao’s call; they’re fine, nothing’s wrong.
Gao just forgot about the ti difference.”
“Really?
If there’s nothing wrong, that’s good.
You guys continue, oh, my phone is ringing, keep talking, I think it might be your dad calling.”
Families of those in high-risk occupations dread receiving calls in the middle of the night, and Gao Yang felt even more remorseful for overlooking the issue with the ti difference.
His midnight call, while not a big deal for him, must have scared Yelena and Natalia half to death.
After speaking a few words with Natalia, who also ran off to answer her phone, Gao Yang suspected that Glolov had also forgotten the ti difference; otherwise, he would have reminded him earlier.
Having gone to answer the call, Yelena spoke in a soft voice, “Darling, when will you…
uh, never mind, there’s no danger, right?
Are you still adjusting well to the food?”
Yelena never dared to ask Gao Yang when he would return.
Gao Yang’s heart soured upon hearing this, but this ti he really couldn’t promise when he would be back.
So, he laughed with an easygoing tone: “There’s no danger here, I’m far from the war zone.
The food is also quite good, we’ve got our own als, and they are specially nice, don’t worry.
I’m not soone who’d mistreat myself.
But I honestly don’t know when I can return, I might not be able to spend Christmas with you because there are still so matters to take care of here.
But rest assured, there’s definitely nothing…”
Before Gao Yang could finish, suddenly there was a loud boom, muffled and very impactful, like distant thunder, and he could feel the ground shake beneath his feet.
“What was that sound!
What sound was that!
Gao!
What’s happening over there!”
After a mont of shock, Yelena urgently asked Gao Yang what the sound was, her voice almost breaking into tears.
Gao Yang hurried to reassure her lightly: “Don’t worry, they’re firing artillery; that’s the noise it makes, large-caliber guns.
We’re doing the shooting.
Life here is really monotonous, spending each day at the airport, honey.
If it were really dangerous, I wouldn’t have ti to call you.
Really, don’t worry about .
If you worry, then I’ll start to worry about you.
Think about it, if it were really dangerous, we’d have run back long ago.
Do you think I’m a fool?”
Gao Yang was anxious inside, but he still had to use a relaxed tone to deceive Yelena, yet it seed that she accepted his explanation.
Finally taking a deep breath, she spoke softly: “As long as you’re fine.”
Gao Yang chuckled softly: “Enough about that.
You’re on holiday now, aren’t you?
I’ll call you again after daybreak on your side.
You should get so good sleep now and have sweet dreams.
Love you, bye.”
Yelena sounded a bit more cheerful, and she quickly responded: “All right, I’ll wait for your call.
Take good care of yourself, be sure to stay safe.
I’ll be waiting for your call, hm, waiting for your call.”
After a mix of cajoling and deceiving finally made Yelena feel at ease, Gao Yang hung up the phone and bolted outside as he shouted: “F**k!
Damn it!
There’s been an explosion!
An explosion over there!”
It was definitely not artillery fire, nor the sound made by an exploding shell.
Gao Yang’s experience told him that the sound and vibrations from the explosion were not sothing any shell could produce.
As Gao Yang was running outside, he saw Glolov holding a phone and also running out enraged.
After exchanging a glance, they said in unison: “How did you explain it?”
“Artillery fire!”
Once again speaking in unison, after realizing the other person’s lie matched their own, thus not giving themselves away, Gao Yang and Glolov each let out a sigh of relief.
To them, keeping their loved ones in the dark to prevent them from worrying was more important than anything.
At that mont, Rafael ca running out, furious: “Those damned bastards, bitches’ sons, where’s the explosion!
Damn their timing, it went off right while I was on the phone, sons of bitches!”
Although angry, Rafael did not forget to offer his professional opinion.
After cursing a couple of tis in indignation, he waved his hand and declared loudly: “You couldn’t get that sort of noise without several tons, or even tens of tons of Fake dicine.
It wasn’t too close, but it couldn’t have been too far either, at most a few kiloters away, it’s got to be an ammunition depot that blew up!”
Gao Yang and the others rushed to the rooftop to see where the explosion had occurred.
Just then, Saidev, who had co running back from outside, panic-stricken, cried out as soon as he saw Gao Yang: “Kendy Hospital blew up!
There’s been an accident at Kendy Hospital!” (To be continued.
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