Chapter 47
The sky lights up again . A few seconds later, a clap of thunder rumbles .
Then, big raindrops start falling .
“It’s way past five . Why do you want me to pick her up? You should’ve arranged for someone to pick he up a while ago!” Han Qilu’s face is filled with disdain .
Jiang Yuan is fuming . Her silence is eerie . “I was about to arrange for someone to pick her up and not have you do it . But now, I’m instructing you . ”
“What?!” Originally, he didn’t intend to join in his wife’s humor but Han Liuhai is shocked . He jumps up from the sofa and says, “She certainly did not bring an umbrella . Why didn’t you send someone to pick her up?”
“Oh, I thought Qilu should go!” Jiang Yuan regrets not telling her son sooner . Han Qilu immediately turns around and runs out in the rain .
Han takes big steps to the hall, through the long stone road, and into the garage . It takes as long as half a minute, and from the garage to the door, another three or four minutes .
In a flash, Han Qilu’s car engine launches . He disappears at the end of the long stone road .
This rain is not that heavy . However, three or four meters away from the place, the weather has been unclear .
“I hope the child is quietly in the classroom waiting for for us to send someone to pick her up . ” Liu Hai looks at the dark vast sky, softly praying .
Jiang Yuan quietly hugs Liuhai from behind . Wrinkling her brow, she asks, “What do you mean?”
Han Liuhai turns around and wraps his arm around his wife’s shoulder . “The child may not want to give us trouble, so will choose to come back by herself . This rain is heavy . If that’s the case, she will certainly be cold!”
Palms together, Jiang Yuan earnestly prays, “Rain, please stop . Do not let our An Chuxia get caught in the rain . ”
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On the other side of town, An Chuxia bids farewell to the few students she was with in school . There is no car to pick her up . She stands for a while, waiting . But when a few streaks of lightning appear in the gloomy sky, she ponders .
She can either leave now or be like a chicken and wait in the shed .
Originally, she wanted to make a phone call and ask Jiang Yuan for a ride but her cell phone is not in her bag and is left in the classroom . She doesn’t have the heart and wouldn’t want to trouble the Han family, so she decides to limp back to the Han mansion instead .
On the road, a classmate offers her a ride home but she is afraid of being found out that she is residing at the Han property so she politely apologizes and rejects the offer .
Now she braves the hard rain and she has to move forward . Looking ahead, she feels confused and frustrated .
She actually forgets about Qilu… .
She looks ahead at the fork in the road . She can’t remember which path leads home . Unable to think as the rain gets heavier and heavier, she chooses the road on the left .
Despite deliberately walking along the roadside and shielding herself under the rooftop eaves, she is still being poured on .
In order to keep her books from getting wet, she takes off her coat and covers the books as she walks . Because of her sprain, walking has become an inconvenience . But for now, she’s away from Stein College .
But where is she?
Farther and farther, the houses gradually become scarce . After some time, she finds herself in front of a cemetery .
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