When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 107: For a Madman

Pei Yan still remembered how in the past, she would blush and push away his touch, furrowing her brows and resisting even when he tried to put a coat on her.

Such a reserved girl, yet outside the library, she silently accepted another boy’s attempts at intimacy.

At that moment, he thought of the scum lying in the hospital.

He wanted Lu Chen to become the second Liang Zixiao.

Yet he couldn’t even take a step forward.

He feared that after this, Jiang Shuyao wouldn’t even spare him the modicum of sympathy she had left.

He would become complete trash in her eyes.

In the quiet street, the sudden roar of a sports car pierced the dark night.

Among the mottled lights and shadows, Pei Yan’s cold eyes stared ahead, his foot madly slamming on the gas as the car’s rear swung toward the end of the street.

Unrequited love, in the end, only leads to tragedy.

He waited for his girl.

Until the day he completely gave up hope.

That weekend, Jiang Shuyao tried countless times to dial the number she knew by heart.

Without exception, after the busy signal, it all led to a notification that the phone was turned off.

Pei Yan had disappeared for a whole four days, not returning to Yasong Residence and not to Pei’s Villa either.

The sports car parked in the underground garage had also disappeared; it was highly likely that the bastard had taken advantage of the break from classes to go who knows where to waste time.

Jiang Shuyao had only finished less than half of the work for Yangjin’s preliminary examination; she should have been calming down to focus on painting.

But when she used her key to open the door of the room opposite, facing the empty studio, her heart felt like it had a huge hole punched through it, any slight disturbance easily distracting her, making it nearly impossible for her to paint during the four hours of the morning.

At noon, Jiang Shuyao prepared some food herself; the steak wasn’t cooked well, charred on the outside, yet still bloody on the inside when poked with a fork.

Without her father around, she couldn’t even have a proper steak.

Jiang Shuyao felt deflated, turned around, and went back to the kitchen, grabbing a cup of instant noodles from the storage cabinet.

At her teenage years, she always had a special liking for this kind of fast food product.

Deliberately ignoring her parents’ advice before they left: eat less instant noodles, play less with the phone, exercise more, eat more.

At this moment, the girl, like a cat that stole a taste, curled up small, crouched in front of the sofa on the floor mat, waiting for the instant noodles while flipping through TV channels with the remote control.

There wasn’t much interesting on TV during the afternoon; Jiang Shuyao settled for a glimpse of a variety show replay from last night.

Placed on the glass coffee table, her cellphone vibrated slightly, displaying a message.

It was the "Local Treasure" app she had downloaded out of boredom a while ago; it sent scheduled pushes of Rong City’s current hot topics and latest news.

Bored out of her mind, Jiang Shuyao picked it up and saw that half an hour ago, there had been a car accident on Jiannan Avenue—a sports car had rear-ended an SUV...

In the picture, the rear of the white off-road vehicle was smashed, and the connected sports car had a slight dent in the front. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Her brain thundered; she zoomed in on the image with her fingers, her pupils dilating rapidly.

The silver sports car, even the model was so similar.

Jiang Shuyao didn’t even care about eating her noodles; she hurriedly rushed into her bedroom to change clothes, grabbed her phone and keys, and slammed the door as she left.

She hailed a taxi on the roadside, reported the address, and looked up Chen Jin’s number in her contacts to give him a call.

After two unsuccessful attempts, she switched to dialing He Qingzhou’s number.

Though her face remained calm, her heart was extremely anxious.

The phone rang for a long, long time before it was finally picked up.

Not waiting for the other person to speak, Jiang Shuyao hurriedly blurted out, "Is Pei Yan with you?"

At that time, He Qingzhou was still taking a nap.

In a daze, he heard Little Fairy’s voice and was instantly awakened.

He Qingzhou switched to holding the phone with his other hand and sat up, leaning against the headboard, "Brother Yan hasn’t come to see us these past few days, what happened?"

Jiang Shuyao felt a sinking feeling in her heart, she didn’t have time to explain, and hung up the phone directly.

She urged the driver to drive faster, but the traffic on the streets was too heavy on the weekend, moving stop-and-go, and by the time they arrived at the scene of the accident, it was already half an hour later.

The scene had already been cleaned up, and the traffic was orderly. She looked around and found a cleaning lady at the entrance of the nearby park, asking her if she had seen the rear-end collision that happened earlier.

Jiang Shuyao was lucky to have asked the right person.

The lady informed her that both drivers were injured to varying degrees, and after the incident, the traffic police called 120 and took the people to the City Center Hospital.

City Center Hospital.

After saying thank you, Jiang Shuyao hurried to the hospital.

She couldn’t describe her own state at that time, every time she thought back to it afterwards, it seemed incredible.

Her mind was clear, and she usually remained calm in situations.

But today, she completely lost her ability to analyze the situation at the most basic level.

How could it be Pei Yan, that sports car’s license plate began with an out-of-town letter, she completely overlooked such an important detail.

Of course, these details only dawned on Jiang Shuyao as she ran to the hospital, heading straight for the emergency room.

Just to be safe, she still asked a nurse at the front desk.

The hospital had rules that patient information couldn’t be disclosed lightly due to non-essential factors, she didn’t even think and impulsively said, "I am Pei Yan’s family."

As soon as she spoke, Jiang Shuyao was also stunned.

The nurse gave her a puzzled look, "There’s no patient named Pei Yan among the injured who were brought in just now, maybe you’ve come to the wrong hospital."

She was just looking for peace of mind, but the nurse’s words made Jiang Shuyao tense up again.

There was a possibility that the lady was mistaken, the closest large hospitals to Jiannan Avenue were City Center, First People’s, and Oil General Hospital.

Jiang Shuyao took a deep breath, feeling uneasy, she simply ran to the remaining two hospitals.

The answer was the same everywhere, there was no patient named Pei Yan admitted here.

By then, the afterglow of the setting sun was spreading across the sky, she stood on the steps in front of Oil General Hospital, looking at the towering City People’s Government building in the distance.

The national flag fluttered, vibrant and full of vitality.

Just like her mood at that moment, even though she felt foolish, she couldn’t help but want to crack a smile.

It was already six o’clock when she returned to Yasong Residence.

Having run around all afternoon on an empty stomach, Jiang Shuyao felt a soreness in her feet and a rumbling in her stomach.

She dragged her tired body out of the elevator and took out the keys from her pocket to unlock the door.

The lock had only turned halfway when a faint sound came from behind.

Jiang Shuyao instinctively turned around.

The door opposite was opened from the inside.

The first thing she saw was Pei Yan’s wet hair, then, dressed in a black home outfit, he stood fully in front of her.

He was holding a bag of garbage, planning to go downstairs to throw it away.

Their eyes met, and the air froze.

Jiang Shuyao held back the tears that suddenly welled up in her eyes, staring at him intently for a while, then turned away indifferently, only to be gripped firmly on the wrist by Pei Yan, "What, you’re so unhappy to see me, can only others make you happy?"

His voice was mocking, cold to the bone.

She thought he was a madman, yet she nearly broke her legs for a madman.

Jiang Shuyao fiercely shook off his hand, said nothing, and with a cold face, she opened the door and went back into her apartment.