Just in Time Chapter 93
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 93 Rain
“Sugar.” Tang Yi knocked on the door, and after a moment, she pushed the door open and saw Yun Fang sitting at the desk, lost in thought while looking out the window.
“You need to eat.” Tang Yi couldn’t bear to see him like this, “It’s already two in the morning, don’t be like this.”
Yun Fang turned his head and smiled at her, “Mom, I’m fine, I just can’t sleep.”
Tang Yi put the milk on the table in front of him, “Drink the milk.”
Yun Fang picked up the cup and drank it clean, “I’m fine, I’ll go to sleep now.”
Tang Yi took the cup, accidentally touching his hand, “Why is your hand so hot?”
Before Yun Fang could avoid it, she reached out and touched his forehead, her face changing instantly, “Sugar, aren’t you uncomfortable?”
“I’m fine.” Yun Fang leaned back in his chair, his eyes downcast and silent.
The son in front of her made Tang Yi feel a bit strange, but her worry overcame her surprise, and she slapped Yun Fang’s back, “You call this being fine with a fever like this?”
Yun Fang sat still, and she went out to get a thermometer and fever medicine.
Yun Fang felt as if he had been split in half, one half of his head was splitting with pain and he was on the verge of going crazy, while the other half was extremely restrained and calm, trying to analyze the answer he wanted.
Su Shengwen took Yi Chenliang away, withdrew him from school, and transferred his household registration.
He made it clear that he didn’t want Yi Chenliang to stay in Wu City anymore.
Go back to Beijing?
No, with Su Shengwen’s cautious attitude, since he had adopted Yi Chenliang in the name of adoption, but with their overly similar faces, anyone with clear eyes would know what was going on, he was not the kind of person who would even want to leave a handle in the hands of others.
So, he would still send Yi Chenliang abroad.
Thinking of this, Yun Fang felt his brain buzzing as if it was about to explode.
Where was he going to send Xiao Yi?
Xiao Yi was only sixteen, he couldn’t even cook, his stomach was not good, if no one was watching him, he would only eat instant noodles and sausages, he was still afraid of ghosts, sometimes he couldn’t sleep and was afraid of the dark, if he wasn’t reminded that it was cold, he was too lazy to add a piece of clothing, his English was not fluent, every time he had to memorize words it was like taking his life…
Where was Su Shengwen sending him alone?
Yun Fang suddenly stood up, the legs of the chair scraping across the floor, making a teeth-gritting sound. His vision blacked out for a moment, then a wave of nausea came up from his stomach.
He just remembered that he hadn’t eaten all day.
Tang Yi had finally found a packet of fever medicine, just as she was dissolving it in a cup, she saw Yun Fang rush out of the bedroom, his pale face, whether from fever or agitation, was unnaturally red.
Yun Fang pulled off Yun Heyu’s car keys hanging on the hook at the door and ran out.
Tang Yi’s face changed, “Sugar, where are you going in such heavy rain!? Old Yun! Old Yun! Wake up!”
Tang Yi ran out after Yun Fang, but before she could chase after him out of the corridor, she lost sight of Yun Fang. She was so anxious that she shouted, “Tangtang! You’re still running a fever! Come back!”
Yun Fang had been running around looking for people all day, she thought that he would finally be able to rest at night, but he ran out into the rain with a fever.
Half-asleep, Yun Heyu chased after him, “Where’s Sugar?”
Tang Yi was about to cry, “He ran off with your car keys!”
Yun Heyu was instantly awakened by the cold wind and rain, “He can’t even drive! Isn’t this nonsense!”
“Quickly chase him back!” Tang Yi was at her wit’s end, grabbing Yun Heyu’s arm, “Where did you park your car?”
Yun Heyu pulled her to where the car was parked, only to find that their car was still parked in its original place.
“Where did this kid run off to in such heavy rain, and he’s still running a fever, what can we do?” Tang Yi wiped her tears.
Yun Heyu pulled her towards the nearby parking shed, “Don’t stand in the rain, did Sugar bring his phone? Let’s give him a call.”
Tang Yi was relieved that she still had her phone when she came out, and quickly dialed Yun Fang’s number.
[Sorry, the number you dialed is currently in a call, please try again later——]
Tang Yi looked at Yun Heyu helplessly, Yun Heyu comforted, “It’s okay, since he’s calling someone, he should know where he’s going, let’s call him again later, come on, let’s go back first.”
Tang Yi clutched her phone tightly, looking through the heavy rain curtain at the dark distance, her heart full of unease.
Yun Fang sat in the back seat of the taxi, and dialed Chang Ziqi’s number.
“Hello? What’s up?” Chang Ziqi’s voice was still sleepy.
“Where does Su Qingbai live?” Yun Fang’s vision was dizzy, he braced himself against the backrest, “Give me a detailed address.”
In the middle of the night, Chang Ziqi was even more dazed than him, “They just moved here not long ago, I haven’t been there yet, are you in a hurry? If not, I can ask for you tomorrow.”
“It’s urgent, I need it now.” Yun Fang said in a deep voice.
On the other end, Chang Ziqi finally woke up from his drowsiness, hearing Yun Fang’s serious tone, he couldn’t help but get nervous, “Then wait for me for five minutes, I’ll ask for you.”
“Thank you.”
Chang Ziqi dialed Chu Dong’s number, it rang seven or eight times before it was picked up on the other end, “Ziqi? I’m in a meeting, it’s three o’clock in the mainland, right? Why aren’t you sleeping?”
“Mom, do you know where my aunt and Qingbai live in Wu City now?” Chang Ziqi asked.
“I remember your aunt mentioned to me, they live in a residential area called something like Fang… Fang Xinyuan, I think, in the villa area, uh B3…yes, B3, why are you asking this in the middle of the night?” Chu Dong asked.
“It’s nothing, I’m going to sleep.” Chang Ziqi hung up the phone, then called Yun Fang.
“Fang Xinyuan Villa Area, Building B3.” Chang Ziqi asked him, “Do you have an urgent matter with Su Qingbai?”
“Mm.” Yun Fang responded, “Thank you, I’ll hang up now.”
Before Chang Ziqi could say anything, the other party hung up the phone. His muddled mind suddenly remembered something, “Didn’t Su Qingbai return to Beijing today?”
Or did he remember it wrong?
He called Yun Fang back, but his phone was turned off.
“What are you doing in the middle of the night? It’s so noisy.” The person sleeping next to him was awakened and kicked his leg impatiently.
Chang Ziqi put down his phone and didn’t bother anymore, reaching out to pull the person into his arms, “It’s nothing, go back to sleep.”
Qi Huo frowned discontentedly in his half-asleep state, then fell asleep again with his arm as a pillow.
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Yun Fang looked at his phone that had automatically shut down after getting wet, his head was a bit muddled, the driver asked him, “We’re almost at Fang Xinyuan, should we stop at the east gate or the north gate?”
“Go to Villa B3, which one is closer?” Yun Fang asked him.
“The north gate.” The driver told him, “This high-end residential area has strict security, taxis are not allowed in, so I’ll drop you off at the north gate?”
“Okay, thank you, master.” Yun Fang took out money from his pocket, a fifty-dollar bill was already half wet, the driver stopped the car and he handed over the money, opened the door and ran into the rain.
“Hey, young man! I haven’t given you change yet!” The driver opened the car window and shouted at his retreating figure, but he didn’t even turn his head, the driver muttered under his breath, “Hey, what’s he doing in the middle of the night, acting crazy.”
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, Yun Fang, wearing glasses, was drenched by the water and couldn’t see the road clearly, but without his glasses, he couldn’t even see the number plate of the building, he was irritable, but still stubbornly went on to find it one by one.
It seemed like all the skills he had learned before were useless, he clumsily used the most primitive method, braving the rain to find it one by one, he didn’t know how long he had been looking, but finally saw a villa with a B at the beginning.
“Hey–that one over there, what are you doing!” A security guard in a raincoat and flashlight shouted at him from a distance, probably thinking he was a thief or something.
Yun Fang ignored him, ran forward two steps, and stopped in front of Building B3, looking up, all the windows were pitch black.
That’s right, it’s the middle of the night, no one would have the lights on.
He comforted himself.
All he had to do was climb over the wall, find Xiao Yi, take him out, and they could go back together.
“Are you looking for someone?” The security guard bravely came over, but didn’t dare to get too close, this person running around in the rain in the middle of the night like a madman, obviously wasn’t normal, he held an electric baton in one hand, and tightly gripped his phone in the other.
“Yes, I’m looking for someone in Building B3.” Yun Fang spoke in the rain.
“Hiss–” The security guard looked towards Building B3 in confusion, “But they moved out.”
Yun Fang abruptly turned his head to stare at him, “When?”
The security guard was startled, gripping the electric baton in his hand, “They just moved out yesterday afternoon, when the rain wasn’t that heavy. The lady of their house is so beautiful, and she’s a good person too. When they left, she even had her maid send us some pastries.”
The security guard’s words were not very clear in the rain, but they hammered into his heart one word at a time.
They left yesterday afternoon.
What was he doing yesterday afternoon?
Yun Fang suddenly couldn’t remember, the rain was pounding on his head and face, making his ears buzz. The security guard next to him seemed to be saying something, but it sounded like he had cotton in his mouth.
I should have thought of it earlier, he thought.
What was I doing yesterday afternoon? He asked himself.
But for some reason, his mind was a mess, and he just couldn’t remember.
Why didn’t I come earlier, what was I doing today?
Yun Fang thought numbly, it’s all my fault.
What the hell was I doing?
As the sky began to lighten, the rain outside gradually lessened. Tang Yi sat in the living room, dialing Yun Fang’s number over and over again, but it was always turned off.
Yun Heyu had been looking for him outside all night, but when he came back, he still had nothing. The couple were worried and at a loss, when the door was suddenly opened from the outside.
Yun Heyu and Tang Yi quickly got up, only to see Yun Fang standing emotionless at the door, his clothes soaked by the rain, his hair still dripping water.
“Sugar!” Tang Yi called him cautiously, “Come in quickly.”
There was no color in Yun Fang’s face, his pale lips moved, he asked Tang Yi, “Mom, what was I doing this afternoon?”
Tang Yi’s eyes reddened instantly.