Only after Yuan Meng promised again and again did Chai Yanyu let her go. After going through the formalities for the business trip, Yuan Meng was going back to her own office to pack her things.
At this time, Yan Ke'er was still rummaging around. Hearing the sound of the doorknob turning, she quickly hid herself and only peeked out from the dark with her small beady eyes, watching Yuan Meng's every move.
After simply packing the things she needed to take with her, Yuan Meng planned to go home and have a good rest for a day. After all, a surgery that lasted more than ten hours couldn't be recovered from just a short nap.
Stepping out of the door, Yuan Meng habitually locked it.
Suddenly, an urgent voice came from afar, accompanied by a figure approaching rapidly. It was moving so fast that one could almost see its afterimage.
"Sister Ai, wait a minute! Don't go yet."
Yuan Meng had already locked the door. She pressed herself against it to avoid being knocked down by this impetuous person.
"What's up? Is it something urgent?"
Recognizing the person as Mu Ran, Yuan Meng understood. This girl had always been so impetuous.
"Sister Ai! Yan... Yan Ke'er is missing. I just lost sight of her for a moment and she ran away. She's really such a worry."
"I should have just knocked her out and let her sleep for a while!"
"Then she wouldn't have had the chance to run away, and we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble looking for her!"
Mu Ran rambled on to herself, but Yuan Meng caught the key point in these three sentences. She stopped Mu Ran from continuing and directly voiced her doubt, "You came here looking for her. Does that mean she came to the hospital?"
Mu Ran nodded repeatedly, saying that she had searched everywhere else and only found out from the surveillance footage that the person had come to the hospital.
Yan Ke'er had always been curious about Yuan Meng's identity and was always trying to find clues to prove her guess. Who would have thought that this time she would actually come directly to the hospital?
Yuan Meng was a bit surprised. She had to admit that this Yan Ke'er's willpower and patience were really beyond that of an ordinary person!
The two of them started looking for her everywhere in the hospital. Hearing the commotion, Chai Yanyu came out to ask what was going on. Yuan Meng didn't hide it. Thinking that the more people who knew, the more people could help, she told him that Yan Ke'er was missing.
"What? Missing again? Why is this girl so troublesome? She just can't stay quiet for a moment."
Chai Yanyu angrily complained and then joined the search team.
But unlike Yuan Meng and Mu Ran's anxiety, Chai Yanyu strolled along slowly, his eyes scanning around. He wasn't in a hurry at all and even made a few negative remarks from time to time.
"Hey, she's a big girl. She won't get lost!"
"Search slowly. It's okay. If we're in such a hurry to find her, she'll think she's so important. Then she'll get spoiled and keep going missing. If this happens every now and then, how can we stand it?"
Yuan Meng and Mu Ran stopped in their tracks at the same time. They exchanged a knowing look, the corners of their mouths curling up disdainfully. Mu Ran turned around and stared coldly at the man who was still chattering non - stop, waving her fist.
"You're so unhurried and you're even stopping us from looking. Do you know where she is?"
When Chai Yanyu suddenly turned around and saw the fist, he couldn't help but swallow hard. He forced out a few awkward smiles, "How could that be? I'm not in touch with her. How could I know where she is?"
This statement seemed quite convincing, and neither Yuan Meng nor Mu Ran suspected him. They didn't want to bother with Chai Yanyu anymore and continued to search for Yan Ke'er everywhere in the hospital.
They had searched every floor, every toilet, and Yuan Meng had even gone into every ward to check, but they still couldn't find Yan Ke'er's trace. If she was hiding, she had really hidden perfectly. There were a total of more than a dozen people sent by Chai Yanyu.
More than a dozen people and they still couldn't find her.
What puzzled Yuan Meng the most was that Yan Ke'er didn't really need to hide herself.
"Maybe we should look elsewhere. Maybe she got bored staying in the hospital and left."
After a long time, Chai Yanyu said another unlikable thing.
"I saw her come in with my own eyes when I checked the surveillance footage. And there are people guarding all the entrances and exits. If she left, we would receive the news immediately!"
Mu Ran retorted and then angrily slapped him on the head, "If you don't want to look, just go back. Can you stop causing trouble for us? Otherwise, I'll start to suspect that you have ulterior motives!"
"No, no! Let's keep looking!"
After being slapped, Chai Yanyu finally behaved himself.
They had almost turned the whole hospital upside down. Suddenly, Yuan Meng paused. The only places in the hospital they hadn't searched were the dean's office and her own office.
Since Yan Ke'er came for her, the only possible place for her to stay was her own office. And when Yuan Meng left, she had locked the office door!
How could she have been so stupid not to think of such a simple thing earlier and wasted so much time!
"Let's go to my office and have a look. She might be there." Yuan Meng said and then turned around and ran towards her office. Mu Ran quickly followed.
They opened the door of the office and looked around. Sure enough, Yan Ke'er was hiding behind the curtain. She was squatting in the corner, curled up into a little ball. Her face was full of grievance, her lips were trembling uncontrollably, and there were still tears glistening in her eyes.
"Why did you come here? I didn't notice you when I came in just now!"
Looking at her pitiful appearance, Yuan Meng did feel a bit heart - ache, but also a bit guilty. If she had left earlier today, wouldn't Yan Ke'er have been locked in here for a long time?
"Wow..."
When Yan Ke'er saw Yuan Meng, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer. She threw herself into Yuan Meng's arms and her little body convulsed with sobs.
"I'll never be curious again! It was so scary being locked in here!"
"Curious about what?"
Yuan Meng didn't understand what Yan Ke'er meant. It wasn't until she heard the other girl's intermittent explanation that she understood.
Yan Ke'er came to the hospital to prove her guess. But unexpectedly, because Yuan Meng suddenly woke up, she got scared and hid. As a result, she had been locked in here by Yuan Meng until now.
Yuan Meng felt a bit guilty.
She gave Mu Ran and Chai Yanyu a look, hoping they would come and help console Yan Ke'er later. After all, she really didn't have much experience in consoling children, especially a child as old as Yan Ke'er!
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two people on the other side received her look, they immediately turned their heads away, pretending not to see. They really were like the saying goes, "When it's not one's own business, one can stay aloof."
Yuan Meng exhausted all her efforts and finally managed to console Yan Ke'er. She also accompanied her to eat a lot of delicious food.
Ling Qianchen's condition was gradually improving, and Yuan Meng directly handed over all the recovery work to other doctors.
Chai Yanyu couldn't help but complain, "Can't you do it yourself? You don't even care about your own husband!"