The phone buzzed just as Ning Wei was about to put down her phone. The light in her eyes lit up the moment Ning Wei saw the name on her phone screen.
She did not expect that the other party would get back to her this quickly.
Ning Wei glanced at the door. Seeing that the door was closed tightly, Ning Wei finally slid her finger on the screen to pick up the phone call.
"Wei Wei." A woman's cheerful voice was heard on the other line. "I thought you had a meeting with your group? Is the meeting boring? That's why you text me? "
"It ended a while ago," Ning Wei said. There was a trace of helplessness in her tone.
"It's good that you texted me," Ling Shuang said. "Coincidentally, I have something to tell you."
Her brow rose in puzzlement, noticing that Ling Shuang's tone had suddenly turned serious. Ning Wei leaned on her seat and waited for her friend, Liang Shuang to continue.
"Remember when you asked me to find the whereabouts of your family?"
Ning Wei sat up straight. The light in her eyes flashed with anticipation when she heard Liang Shuang's words. "You have some news?" Her throat felt dry, making her voice croak slightly.
Ning Wei has been looking for the whereabouts of her maternal grandparents for years. She was starting to give up, thinking that perhaps her maternal grandparents had died. But then, even if her grandparents had long passed away, Ning Wei wanted to know about their final resting place.
Ling Shuang volunteered to help her find some news about her family members.
Since Ling Shuang mentioned her mother's family, it should mean that her friend had some news.
"Mhm…" Ling Shuang nodded. "It was hard to find them. To tell you the truth, I am not hundred percent sure if the people are your family. But from the little information you gave me, I think there is a high chance that the old couple was the person you are looking for."
Ning Wei's heart was beating fast.
Her instinct told her that she should look for Ling Shuang and demanded she let her meet her grandparents. At the same time, Ning Wei was afraid.
The grandparents that she wanted to meet might not be the person she hoped they would be.
After all, the scene where her birth mother died would always be fresh in her head.
Ning Wei was kidnapped when she was four and was taken to an orphanage.
She grew up until seven, believing that her parents had died.
It wasn't until one day, a beautiful woman with reddened eyes came to look for her and claimed to be her mother.
The woman told her how she had been searching for her ever since she went missing. The woman said that now that they had found each other, she was going to take her home.
They will never part again.
Looking at the woman's gentle eyes and the photos that the woman brought with her, Ning Wei decided to trust her.
Unexpectedly, they ran into an accident on the way home.
It was a rainy day and the car swiveled and crashed into a tree.
Ning Wei remembered how her mother looked at her anxiously as the car started to swivel. She hugged her tightly before the car crashed.
Fortunately, someone was driving past the area.
Seeing that someone had come to rescue them, her mother insisted that Ning Wei escape first.
She was taken to a safer place not too far away from the crashed car when they heard a loud boom.
The fire was too big.
The kind person who came to rescue them did not have the chance to pull her mother or the driver out.
Ning Wei could only watch as the fire grew bigger before she was taken away.
"Wei Wei?"
Ling Shuang's voice snapped Ning Wei out of her trance.
"Are you still there?"
Ning Wei cleared her throat. "I'm here. Just… I just can't believe that you found them." Her lips tilted up. Ning Wei wanted to smile but her cheek felt a bit stiff. She raised a hand to run her fingers through her hair and realized that she was trembling.
"Hey, I'm not entirely sure of the couple is yourー"
"I know." Ning Wei sighed. "But it has been a long time since I got any news about them."
Ling Shuang pursed her lips. She knew that Ning Wei had always been searching for her family to know who she really was.
"Let's not talk about this on the phone," Ling Shuang said.
"Mhm…" Ning Wei nodded. She inhaled a deep breath to compose her mind. "Shuang'er, where are you? I'll come and find you."
The call ended after the two girls made their arrangements.
Ning Wei stood up quickly and finally remembered that she was supposed to meet with Fu Ming Shi in the lobby. She left the private room and put on her mask again. Ning Wei was planning to ask Fu Ming Shi to drop her at Ling Shuang's place.
There were a lot of things she wanted to ask Ling Shuang.
She was in a hurry and did not notice one of the doors along the corridor swung open.
Her body collided with the person who came out of the private room, making her stumble a few steps backward.
She was about to scold that person for his carelessness when she finally saw the man's face.
This person… Wasn't he the tall man she had seen earlier?
"Sorry." The man apologized.
"Watch where you are going." Her anger quickly dispersed. Ning Wei turned around, wanting to leave. However, after a few steps, someone tugged on her arm, making her turn again.
"You…" Ning Wei frowned, noticing that the person who was tugging her arm was that tall man. The light in her eyes flickered when she realized that there was something wrong with the man.
His face reddened and his eyes unfocused.
He seemed different from a while ago.
"What's wrong with you?" Ning Wei asked.
The man shook his head, hoping to stay focused. His eyes narrowed as he saw the concerned face in front of him. "Help me."