"So this is how it is. Your life really has aning!"
I listened to my father’s words. He had eaten more tonight than ever before. He thought to himself that as long as his old dad agreed to them being together, everything would be much easier. Yet here he was, enjoying the mouthwatering al, while Xia Jing was on her way to the UK, rushing around.
I held back again and again. Day and night, he thought about going to Xia Jing’s house to find her. He wanted to ask her why she was still angry. Why hadn’t she made a single phone call? Even if Xia Jing wasn’t going to call him, surely if he called her, she should pick up!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he beca. He couldn’t understand how Xia Jing was avoiding even answering his calls. He figured she must still be angry, so Zhang Zhentian made several more calls to Xia Jing.
"I’m sorry. The number you have dialed is currently powered off. Please try again later..." Zhang Zhentian listened to the robotic voice on the phone, and then redialed.
"I’m sorry. The number you have dialed is temporarily out of service. Please try again later..." The sa robotic voice repeated. Hearing it only fueled Zhang Zhentian’s frustration. He stord downstairs, determined to go to Xia Jing’s house to find her, but his father stopped him.
"Zhentian, where are you going?" Old Master Zhang looked at Zhang Zhentian’s flustered appearance, thinking sothing serious had happened.
"Dad, I’m going to find Xia Jing. I’ve called her so many tis, and she hasn’t picked up. Since yesterday, she hasn’t called back even once. I’m worried sothing may have happened to her." Zhang Zhentian said and wanted to leave.
His grandfather listened to his remarks and thought his son was foolish. Old Master Zhang thought to himself: "You silly kid, if you had just been smart enough to ignore my advice and rushed out to find Xia Jing, things would’ve been different. She’s probably almost in the UK by now. Of course, you wouldn’t be able to reach her on the plane!"
"Zhentian, Xia Jing not answering doesn’t necessarily an sothing happened to her. Maybe she’s still angry with you, so she turned her phone off. She’ll probably get over it in a few days. Besides, it’s already so late today—Xia Jing must be asleep by now." Old Master Zhang secretly hoped Zhentian wouldn’t listen to him this ti and would run out to find Xia Jing. However, Zhentian was so overjoyed that his father had agreed to him being with Xia Jing that he couldn’t think straight and listened to his father’s advice.
This ti, he followed his father’s words again and stayed ho, not going to Xia Jing.
The first day, I called, and no one answered. The second day, I called again, and still, no one answered. On the third day, I called, and still, no answer... On the seventh day, I called, and there was still no answer. I felt sothing strange. Even if she didn’t pick up on the first or second day, how about the third or fourth? Even if three or four days went by without her answering, now it’s the seventh day—why hasn’t she answered?
Over these days, he endured and endured, staying ho and resisting the urge to go find Xia Jing. He wanted to wait until Xia Jing’s anger subsided, then go to her and apologize. But now, Zhang Zhentian couldn’t hold it in anymore; he felt he had to see Xia Jing.
He dashed upstairs to the study to find his father and threw open the study’s door. Old Master Zhang, seeing Zhang Zhentian enter, frowned and said, "Zhentian, what’s the matter? Don’t you know you should knock before entering my study?"
He ignored his father’s rebuke and said, "Dad, it’s been seven days now. Xia Jing still hasn’t answered my calls. I can’t stop worrying. I need to find her."
Old Master Zhang saw that Zhang Zhentian couldn’t wait any longer, so he said nothing further and waved him off to leave. Zhang Zhentian bolted out of the study, flying down the stairs like a man possessed.
He drove straight to Xia Jing’s house. When he arrived, he found that her ho was already deserted. Zhang Zhentian went to ask the landlord.
"Hello, may I ask where the girl who rented your place went?"
"Are you talking about Xia Jing?" The landlord asked Zhang Zhentian.
Hearing the landlord rember Xia Jing’s na, Zhang Zhentian eagerly nodded.
"Yes, yes, that’s her! Xia Jing! Do you know where she went? I haven’t been able to contact her for several days now," Zhang Zhentian said anxiously to the landlord.
"I don’t know exactly where she is, but I think she went abroad." The landlord’s words hit Zhang Zhentian like a thunderbolt out of the blue. He was speechless for a long mont. The landlord waved his hand in front of Zhang Zhentian’s face, pulling him back to his senses. He asked the landlord again.
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