When Qin Chengyao came out of the kitchen, Ji Siyue was nowhere to be seen.
His brows knitted together. After searching around, he finally found Ji Siyue on the balcony. She was sitting on the ground, staring into the distance in silence.
"What's wrong with you?" Qin Chengyao sat down beside her.
When Ji Siyue turned her head, Qin Chengyao panicked.
At this moment, her face was streaked with tears, and her eyes were filled with despair. This was the first time he had seen her like this.
Qin Chengyao immediately became flustered.
"You... What's wrong, Siyue?"
When Ji Siyue saw Qin Chengyao, she couldn't hold back anymore. She threw herself into his arms and started to cry. Qin Chengyao, caught off guard by her action, sat down on the ground. He was propping himself up in a very strange position.
Even so, he didn't push Ji Siyue away. Instead, he asked, "What's wrong, Siyue? Tell me. I'm here."
He felt Ji Siyue trembling violently, as if she was scared or extremely sad.
He tentatively reached out his hand. When he found that she could calm down under his soothing touch, he hugged her reassuringly.
"What's wrong?"
"My... My parents are getting divorced."
In an instant, Qin Chengyao felt a buzzing in his head. His mind seemed to go blank, and then he was involuntarily sucked into an abyss by a whirlpool of thoughts.
"Mom, Mom, please don't go, okay?"
"Sister... Sister, no! Don't!!"
In his memory, someone was shouting hysterically, but no one around paid any attention to him, as if he didn't exist.
"Qin Chengyao! Qin Chengyao!"
Qin Chengyao came to his senses and saw Ji Siyue pulling at his arm, calling him with a worried look on her face.
"I'm okay. I just remembered something. I'm sorry. I should have been comforting you."
Qin Chengyao hugged Ji Siyue and didn't say a word for a long time.
Ji Siyue also calmed down. Even though her heart was still pounding, she could think calmly.
She remembered that Qin Chengyao had once told her about his family. Maybe the words she just said had stimulated him.
"Sorry. I've affected you." Ji Siyue staggered to her feet and started to pack her things.
"What are you doing?" Qin Chengyao watched her start to gather her ID card, passport and other things. A sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.
"Going to the United States." Ji Siyue said as she packed, "I'm going to the United States to find my parents. I'm going to ask them why they're getting divorced and yet telling me this in such a way. I didn't even have a chance to stop them!"
"Don't be so impulsive. In this state, how can I be at ease with you going abroad alone? And what about the plane ticket? The visa? Who will pick you up at the airport when you arrive? Where will you stay? How can I find your parents? Have you thought about all these?"
Qin Chengyao's words were like buckets of cold water splashing on Ji Siyue's head.
Suddenly, she felt cold all over...
Yes, where could she find her parents? Didn't they use this way to inform her just to avoid her trying to save their marriage?
They had already made up their minds... What was the use of her going?
Ji Siyue slumped onto the sofa as if she had lost all her strength.
"You're right. I really... can't go to find them. If they want to get divorced... let them..."
After saying this, Ji Siyue's vision went black and she fainted.
Just before her mind completely lost consciousness, she only heard someone shouting hysterically in her ear.
"Siyue! Siyue! Wake up, Siyue!!"
...
When Ji Siyue woke up, she only smelled the pungent odor of disinfectant.
She hated this smell so much that it was deeply ingrained in her bones. So she immediately knew that Qin Chengyao had sent her to the hospital.
Ji Siyue propped herself up to sit up and found that her hand was being held by someone.
It was Qin Chengyao.
He was holding her hand and lying on the edge of the bed, fast asleep.
Ji Siyue gently moved her hand, and Qin Chengyao woke up immediately.
"You're awake? How do you feel? I'll go and call the doctor now!"
"No need, senior." Ji Siyue grabbed his hand. "No need. I'm fine. I was just angry for a moment. I'll be okay from now on..."
After a moment of silence, Qin Chengyao took out Ji Siyue's phone and handed it to her.
"When I brought you to the hospital, there was a message on it. I think it's from your parents."
Ji Siyue's pupils trembled. Finally, she reached out and took the phone, then opened it.
[Your father and I have already completed the divorce procedures. Don't be angry. We'll go back and explain this to you during the Chinese New Year.]
After reading it, she put the phone face - down expressionlessly.
"Thank you."
"Don't say thank you to me anymore. Are you really sure you don't need to call the doctor?"
"No need. I'll be fine after a rest."
Ji Siyue lay back down, turned over, and stared blankly until dawn.
After dawn, Qin Chengyao completed the discharge procedures for Ji Siyue and sent her home.
"Are you still going to the United States?"
"I'm not going. I don't have a home anymore. I don't have my parents anymore." Ji Siyue said expressionlessly.
Her reaction worried Qin Chengyao very much.
Qin Chengyao thought for a while, then went back to his own room. When he came back a little later, he was holding two things in his hands.
One was a household register, and the other was an ID card.
"If you're willing, I can marry you. If you want a home, I can give it to you."
This time, it was Ji Siyue's turn to be surprised.
She looked at the two things in Qin Chengyao's hands and couldn't say a word. She could clearly feel that the hand Qin Chengyao was holding out was trembling slightly.
"You... What's wrong with you?"
"I'm not... I'm nervous. Siyue, everything I said is true. If you're afraid of not having a home, I can marry you. I'm serious. I mean it."
He emphasized countless times that what he said was true.
Ji Siyue looked at the things in his hands. Finally, she couldn't hold back. Her eyes welled up with tears, and she hugged Qin Chengyao.
Of course, in the end, Ji Siyue still didn't agree.
She had never thought about getting married, and she didn't have the confidence to take good care of Qin Chengyao. Moreover, Qin Chengyao might just be acting on impulse. This whole thing was absurd.
But undeniably, when Qin Chengyao said he wanted to marry her, she almost couldn't help but agree. However, reason finally overcame her impulse.