My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1024: Chapter 893 Memories of Oneself_5

Old Master Zhang picked up the phone and asked, ”Hello, who are you looking for?”

Zhang Zhentian recognized his father’s voice and said, ”Dad, it’s me. You’re still up?”

Old Master Zhang heard it was Zhang Zhentian calling and asked, ”Zhentian, are you doing well in the UK? Have you found Xia Jing yet?”

”Dad, I’m calling to ask if you know which area Xia Jing is in? I forgot to ask when I left, and I realized after boarding the plane that I don’t know where Xia Jing is.” Zhang Zhentian searched everywhere but couldn’t find her, so he decided to call his father.

”Zhentian, there’s something I’m not sure if I should say or not.”

”Dad, just say it.”

”Zhentian, on the day you left for the UK, which was just yesterday, Xia Jing called shortly after you left.”

”Dad, what did Xia Jing say? Please tell me.” Zhang Zhentian asked excitedly upon hearing that Xia Jing had called.

”She just called to say she’s safe. Xia Jing said she doesn’t want to see you right now and doesn’t want me to tell you where she is.” Old Master Zhang relayed Xia Jing’s words to him.

”Did she give you any specific location?” I asked Old Master Zhang persistently.

”No, she doesn’t want to see you now, so handle it yourself.” Old Master Zhang said to me.

”I understand, Dad, I’ll hang up now if there’s nothing else.”

”Zhentian, remember what you promised your father.”

”I remember.” I hung up the phone immediately.

I sat disappointed on the chair, lost in thought: ”Xia Jing, I know I was wrong. How long will it take for you to come back to me? How long do you need to avoid me? Please contact me soon.”

I closed my eyes and gradually fell asleep, meeting Xia Jing in my dreams.

After some hours, I slowly fell into a dream. As I entered dreamland, Xia Jing groggily opened her blurry eyes.

She stared at the ceiling, silently pondering: Zhang Zhentian, oh Zhang Zhentian, what do you want me to do? Since you’ve said such hurtful things to me, why would you come to the UK to find me? Aren’t you making me lose face and feel embarrassed?

Xia Jing thought for a while and fell asleep again.

At around three in the morning the next day, Zhang Zhentian heard a buzzing from his mobile phone. He woke up and, full of hope, picked up his phone to see if there was a message from Xia Jing. But when he picked it up, he was disappointed; it was just the sound of the phone running out of battery. He glanced at the time and felt it was still early, so he planned to continue sleeping. But he couldn’t fall asleep again. He thought silently about Xia Jing, reminiscing every day spent with her. He missed her deeply, hoping she would appear by his side immediately, but this was just his wishful thinking. He didn’t know if Xia Jing, who was also in the UK, felt the same way, and he dared not be sure.

As dawn broke, the fiery red sun shone into Xia Jing’s eyes. She slowly opened her eyes, rubbing them with her hand. She looked at the sun outside and felt a sense of joy. She cheerfully tidied herself up, preparing to go out for breakfast, but I had barely slept in the latter half of the night and was incredibly tired.

Xia Jing walked for most of the day and saw a restaurant. She walked in and asked the server for a few small dishes. When the server brought the dishes to the table, the phone at the service counter rang.

”Hello, how can I help you?” the server answered the phone.

”Please prepare a few small dishes and send them up.”

”Okay, may I have your name, sir?” the server asked politely.

”Zhang Zhentian.”

”Mr. Zhang Zhentian, is that right?” the server repeated.

Upon hearing the server say ”Zhang Zhentian,” Xia Jing’s chopsticks unknowingly fell to the floor. Xia Jing called the server over and asked, ”Excuse me, did you just mention this gentleman?”

”Yes, do you need anything?”

”No, thank you!” Xia Jing said and let the server go. She took money from her bag and placed it on the table, leaving without eating. She was afraid of seeing me, so she chose to avoid.