Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 267 - 258 Baby Comes Home

Chapter 267: Chapter 258 Baby Comes Home

"Let’s just forget it, I’ll wait here." He was afraid of troubling others late at night.

"It’s okay! Come in!" The neighbor opened the door and warmly invited him in. "Your Yueyue sent things from her hometown to us, so why can’t you rest at our place late at night? Besides, it’s not like Yueyue hasn’t worked through the night and not come back before. If she doesn’t come home tonight, you can stay over at ours."

He wanted to decline, but the male host of the neighbor had already pulled him along, "Come on, distant relatives aren’t as good as near neighbors, that’s something your wife always says!"

He gave a wry smile and followed them inside.

Yeah, he had such a good wife, how could he fall in love with someone else? Why couldn’t Yueyue trust him?

The neighbor asked him to sit on the sofa and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, he hurriedly said, "It’s so late, I’ve caused you trouble! You go on with what you were doing, get some rest early, don’t mind me!"

"It’s fine, we just got back and can’t sleep yet anyway. Want to watch TV?" The master of the house turned on the TV to the local station’s midnight news.

Cui Pei was in no mood to watch TV, clueless about what was being said, constantly looking at his phone, his heart restless and uneasy.

He didn’t know why, but he felt frazzled all day, restless, with occasional inexplicable palpitations. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up arguing with Yueyue in the morning and couldn’t stay calm late at night, forcing him to come back home.

The message he sent went unanswered by Yueyue. He didn’t know if she hadn’t turned on her phone or saw and didn’t reply...

He reached for his tea cup, trying to take a sip to calm down, but he didn’t even grasp the cup firmly and almost spilled the tea.

At that moment, the male host of the neighbor pointed at the TV, shouting, "A car accident! The car is smashed like that! This person, I’m afraid... Oh God, death on the spot..."

Just as Cui Pei steadied his teacup, he glanced at the TV distractedly, but the host’s voice was alarmingly high-pitched, "Cui Pei, isn’t that your car’s license plate?"

There was a loud clatter as Cui Pei’s teacup fell to the floor.

Everything before his eyes started to shake...

He couldn’t see clearly what was on the TV screen; the chaotic images, shaking figures, and the glaring pool of blood.

He couldn’t hear what the broadcaster was saying, everything turned into a buzzing roar that made his head spin.

The TV was blocked by the male host, "Cui Pei! Cui Pei!"

The heart-wrenching calls snapped him awake.

He uttered an "Ah," bewildered, as if in a dream.

"Cui Pei!" The male host, concerned, grabbed him, "Don’t be upset yet, let’s go check the situation first. Wait, where should we go at this time? I don’t know if traffic police are still working or which hospital to go to... Cui Pei, I’ll come with you to ask about it! Maybe it’s not Fan Yue in the car?"

Cui Pei still looked dazed, as if his soul had left him, his eyes devoid of spirit as he stared at him, muttering dreamily, "Yueyue? Hospital? Why go to a hospital?"

The male host was getting anxious; Cui Pei’s state was clearly out of his mind! He picked up Cui Pei and started to leave, "Come on, I’ll accompany you to find out!"

Cui Pei was forced to stand up, the TV had already switched to other news, he suddenly laughed, pointing at the TV, "It’s fine! Nothing! There’s nothing! No blood! No Yueyue... You saw it wrong! There’s no Yueyue! Yueyue is fine! Yueyue is fine! She’ll be back soon! Yes! Yueyue is coming back! I’ll go down to meet Yueyue! I’m going to meet Yueyue!"

"Cui Pei..." The male host watched him in agony.

Cui Pei pushed him away forcefully and ran towards the door, but losing his support, he only managed to make it one step before his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Cui Pei!" The male host hurried over to help him up, "Cui Pei, I’m going with you!"

"No! No need for you to go! I will pick up Yueyue and bring her home... I will pick Yueyue up and bring her home..." He repeated the phrase over and over, stumbling out of the neighbor’s house.

"Hey!" The neighbor, still worried, followed him out.

However, his movements were swift; he had already entered the elevator and was on his way down.

"Wife, don’t be scared, I’m coming to take you home... Wife, don’t be scared, I’m taking you home... Wife... don’t be scared..." he recited mechanically, from inside the elevator and all the way until he stepped out.

Last night’s snow had mostly melted by today, and the main roads of the complex were now clean, with only a little remnant snow left in the gardens.

But the weather that melts snow is colder than the snowfall itself, especially in the deep night, when outdoor temperatures had dropped below minus ten degrees.

The neighbor hurried out wearing only a coat, having not put on a hat or scarf, and felt a piercing cold wind as soon as he stepped outside the unit door. Meanwhile, Cui Pei, who had gone downstairs earlier, had already vanished without a trace.

With worry in his heart, he hurriedly tried to call Cui Pei, but couldn’t get through no matter what, so he hastened to chase after him, hoping desperately to catch up.

Cui Pei staggered through the cold wind, unable to feel the chill, not even knowing where he was heading, still muttering under his breath, "Baby, I’m coming, don’t be afraid... I’m coming to take baby home... Baby, don’t be afraid..."

He fumbled with trembling hands to take out his old cell phone and turned it on. There were countless missed calls, familiar and strange ones, but not a single one from Fan Yue...

But among them were calls from Tu Hengsha! And they were made today!

He clutched the phone tightly, veins on the back of his hand bulging, but he was too frightened to make the call.

His fingers trembled, and somehow, he finally managed to hit the dial button. The phone’s "ring—ring—" standby tone wrapped tightly around his heart like a thorny net. Each ring pricked harder, each thorn piercing deeper into his heart.

"Hello?" Finally, Tu Hengsha’s voice came through from the other end.

"I’m Cui Pei..." After one sentence, he could say no more. He didn’t know what to say next or how to say it...

"Cui Pei, you beast!" Tu Hengsha’s cries echoed, "Give Yueyue back to me! If you don’t want her, give her back to me! Why... why did you let her walk alone!"

He closed his eyes, tears streaming down one after another, clinging to the last sliver of hope, his voice shaking so much it could barely form words, "The person in the car... was it her?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Three affirmatives, each one unleashing the pain and sorrow on the other end with Tu Hengsha.

The night grew deeper, the ground gradually frosting over, then turning to ice.

He missed a step, toppling backward, crashing heavily to the ground with a loud thud, but he felt no pain.

He just lay there, on the ice-cold winter night ground, frosted over by the freezing cold, staring up at the pitch-black sky, where it seemed Fan Yue’s face appeared, smiling cheerily, sweetly calling him "husband."

"Husband, what time are you coming back? I’ve been so good today, I made you a love-filled dinner! Aren’t you coming back to eat?"

"Husband! When we’re old, let’s buy a house with a garden. I want to plant a whole garden of flowers! On sunny days, I’ll prune the flowers while you sit and read beside me, is that okay?"

"Husband, we should have twins in the future! A boy that takes your surname and a girl that takes mine!"

"Husband, I miss you, when are you coming home?"

"Husband, I’m going to finish work late today, come pick me up!"

Eventually, he burst into tears in the winter night, his sobs mixing with tears as he faced Fan Yue’s smile in the dark sky, "Baby, I miss you too... I’m coming to take you home! I’m picking you up... come home with me... let’s not fight anymore... come home with me... let’s go home, okay?"

The tears fell and turned to ice in the cold night.

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