webnovelfull Chapter 449 The Disappearing Woman
Chapter 449 The Disappearing Woman
According to Wang Shiyu's recollection, when she returned home from evening study that day, she clearly felt that her mother was in a low mood, as if she had been crying.
Her mother spoke a few words to her quickly and then returned to her room alone.
Wang Shiyu remembers it very clearly. Her father said he was working overtime that night and did not come home.
While she was washing up, she heard some noise in her mother's room, as if she was making a phone call.
Wang Shiyu was unsure at first, but soon her mother's voice became louder and louder, and sounds of quarreling were heard in the bedroom.
She couldn't hear what was said on the other side, but she heard her mother say: "Dad! Is there any way you can be an old man?"
Wang Shiyu's grandfather passed away many years ago, so the "Dad" her mother mentioned should be her grandfather.
Wang Shiyu wanted to stick to the door to listen, but accidentally made a noise.
The bedroom soon became quiet. Before Wang Shiyu could react, her mother opened the door and scolded, "Hurry up and go in and do your homework!"
Wang Shiyu was startled by her mother's sudden scolding, but she was more worried about her mother. She stood there without moving and whispered, "Mom, what happened?"
The mother frowned, with anger still on her face, and said, "Don't mind your own business, kid. Go do your homework!"
Wang Shiyu curled her lips and didn't dare to ask anything else.
Her mother seldom lost her temper with her, and she was eavesdropping and felt guilty.
After returning to the room, Wang Shiyu hesitated for a while and called her father, but her father did not answer the call.
The next morning, the alarm rang.
After Wang Shiyu got up, she saw her mother busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen.
After she finished washing up, she came over and asked, "Mom...what happened last night?"
The mother paused, her eyes evasive, and she forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. Your grandfather is not feeling well. I told him to go to the hospital, but he didn't go."
"It's better to treat a minor illness while it's mild. It's not good to keep delaying it! If his condition is really serious, I will worry about him. I asked him to consider his children and persuade him to see a doctor as soon as possible."
"Your dad has gone to your grandpa's place, so don't worry about him. Hurry up and eat breakfast and go to school." As she spoke, the mother unconsciously avoided Wang Shiyu's gaze and quickly put the freshly fried eggs on the plate.
"What if I call grandpa and try to persuade him?" Wang Shiyu didn't have a deep affection for his grandfather. His grandparents lived very far away and he could only see them during the Chinese New Year.
Her mother rolled her eyes at her and urged, "I can't persuade her, so why are you trying to persuade her... Hurry up and eat, don't be late."
Wang Shiyu nodded and didn't take the matter too seriously.
In the days that followed, she would occasionally call her father.
My father said that he took Grandpa to the hospital. It was nothing serious, just old age diseases, but he had to stay in the hospital for a while.
But the strange thing was that every time she wanted to say a few words to her grandfather, her father would refuse.
Either grandpa is taking a rest, or dad is out shopping...
Until three days ago, my mother suddenly disappeared.
Wang Shiyu panicked, and her father rushed back from her grandfather's place.
Shen Sangning frowned slightly, looked at Wang Shiyu meaningfully, and said softly: "Shiyu, don't worry. Your mother is fine..."
Hearing this, Wang Shiyu's originally tense body softened instantly, and her voice choked: "Really? Master Shen, you didn't lie to me? Mom is really okay?"
Shen Sangning nodded gently and patted Wang Shiyu on the back: "Why would I lie to you? She's just tired and wants to be alone and quiet."
Wang Shiyu was stunned, with a trace of confusion on her face: "Master Shen, you mean...my mother hid herself? Why?!!"
Shen Sangning didn't answer directly, but smiled and shook her head slightly, "You are quite brave. You came here by train alone?"
Wang Shiyu looked at Shen Sangning, a trace of bitterness squeezed out of the corners of her lips: "I really have no other choice, so I thought of you."
"I was really scared. I was afraid something had happened to my mom."
"I asked my father to come with me, but he refused to come, and he wouldn't let me come either. He said it was all a lie..."
Shen Sangning chuckled, thought for a moment and said, "Shiyu, how about this, you call your father now and ask him to come over. Some things are better to be discussed in person."
Wang Shiyu nodded, took out her cell phone and called her father. The call was quickly connected, but before Wang Shiyu could say anything, her father's angry voice came over: "Wang Shiyu! Why are you so disobedient!"
"Who the hell told you to go to Lingyun Temple! Come back here right now! Do you hear me!!!"
Wang Shiyu was stunned. She hadn’t said anything yet, so how did her father know she was here?
Could it be that my father watched the live broadcast? Or did someone familiar inform my father?
But my father shouldn’t react so strongly, right?
Wang Shiyu took a deep breath and said carefully: "Dad, don't be angry first. I really have no other choice but to come here to ask Master Shen for help."
"Master Shen is really amazing. Master Shen said that mom is fine. She just hid herself..."
"Dad, please come over here. Master Shen can help me figure out where Mom is. Can we go find her together?"
The father on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and still said angrily: "What master or not, it's all a lie! Come back here quickly!"
Wang Shiyu explained anxiously: "Dad, I'm not lying. Why don't you believe it?" As she spoke, Wang Shiyu was almost crying.
"I won't go! Whether you want to come back or not, I'm hanging up!" My father's voice became increasingly stern.
Wang Shiyu listened to the "beep, beep, beep" sound coming from the phone and stood there in a daze, tears welling up in her eyes.
Her father's ruthless termination and his resolute distrust were like a sharp knife that pierced her heart.
She held the phone tightly, her body trembling slightly, her heart full of grievance and helplessness. "Why can't Dad trust me this time? Why doesn't he want to come and look for Mom together?" She murmured to herself, her voice tearful.
Wang Shiyu's lips were bitten white, and she tried hard to hold back her tears. But in the end, the tears still rolled down uncontrollably, and she felt extremely desperate and helpless.
Shen Sangning pursed her lips and sighed softly: "Since he doesn't want to come, forget it. Your mother is already on her way."
"Don't cry. You will be able to see your mother in about half an hour."