You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 37 Part 3

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 37 Part 3

By the third day, Xu Huaisong’s father’s condition had improved a lot. He was able to eat and drink normally. Xu Huaisong began considering going back to China.

Lu Shenglan happened to come to the hospital for a visit. She saw Xu Huaisong had earphones on and the cell phone next to him, the screen indicated that he was on a voice call. She understood right away and wrote on the paper to show him: “I’m done with the case. I can work from here for the next few days. You can go back to China if you have things to take care of there.”

Xu Huaisong took a look at the note and didn’t say anything for the moment.

She continued to write: “Uncle Xu was my mentor in helping me enter this profession. I should take care of him, don’t worry.”

Xu Huaisong was just about to write something in reply when he heard in his earphones Ruan Yu mumbling something in her sleep. It seemed that she woke up crying again.

Xu Huaisong didn’t have time to write anything but said immediately: “Having a nightmare? I’m here.”

Ruan Yu’s voice was unintelligible for a while before it became more clear: “En…… I’m alright. I’ll get up to get some water……”

“En. Turn on the light on the nightstand first. Remember to put on your slippers. Walk carefully. Don’t drink cold water.” Xu Huaisong was speaking very slowly. It seemed that he wasn’t really trying to warn her but was just continuing to talk so she wouldn’t be scared when she walked to the living room.

When she had her drink of water and returned to bed, he said again: “Tuck in the blanket. Go back to sleep. I won’t hang up.”

After more than twenty minutes, Ruan Yu’s breathing grew more even. Xu Huaisong figured that she would probably stay asleep for a while now and carefully turned off the mic. Then he looked up at Lu Shenglan who had been standing next to him for some time now: “Sorry about this.”

Lu Shenglan shook her head to indicate that it didn’t bother her. After some hesitation, she asked: “Anything happened to her?”

Xu Huaisong briefly explained: “A suspect held a hostage and the police asked her to go help with the negotiation.”

“Was the negotiation successful?”

“En.”

“Was she behaving unusually calm?”

Xu Huaisong frowned a little.

Lu Shenglan continued: “I’ve done some research on this respect. Based on her personality, if she forced herself to overcome her own stress to help accomplish the negotiation, she might rebound psychologically.” 

Xu Huaisong’s eyebrows tightened even more: “You mean, I need to contact a psychiatrist?”

“It probably hasn’t come to that. But if she’s all by herself now and there’s nothing else important happening to divert her attention, her psychological health will probably be affected if the condition continues. Either you ask someone to take care of her for a few days or you go back as soon as possible.”

Xu Huaisong picked up his cell phone and navigated to a website for booking flights.

“If she had difficulty falling asleep, try to avoid her sleep hours when you book the flight.” Lu Shenglan added.

He said: “En.” Then he looked up at her to say: “Thank you.”

When Ruan Yu woke up the next morning, she found the voice call to Xu Huaisong had been cut off.

There was a message sent by him half an hour ago: [I’m getting ready to take off now. I’ll be there before you go to sleep tonight. Make sure you eat well and wait for me at home.]

Ruan Yu moved the cursor to the input box and typed “en.”. Then she thought he probably wouldn’t be able to see it and deleted it.

She was about to get out of the bed when her cell phone vibrated again. There was another WeChat message.

It was from Xu Huaishi.

She had gotten Ruan Yu’s WeChat account from Liu Mao when he took her back to Su City a few days ago.

Xu Huaishi: [Jiejie, the package I sent to you is on its way. Remember to sign for it.]

Ruan Yu cleared her head and typed: [What exactly is it?]

Xu Huaishi had asked for Ruan Yu’s address a few days ago and said she was going to send her a very important item but wouldn’t say what the item was.

Xu Huaishi: [You’ll know shortly.]

The doorbell rang when Ruan Yu received that last message.

Ruan Yu hurriedly got out of bed, went to the door and received a package from the delivery man. She closed the door, then went to get a knife to open the package.

When the package was opened, she saw a timeworn, obsolete cell phone.

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.