Chapter 182, Lying on the Sofa Ⅱ (Second Update)
"Sa Chiko——"

There was also his father Xiuyi's voice in a low voice on the phone.

A rare tone of reprimand.

"I know... Zhuo, listen to me." Sa Qianzi complained, and then immediately spoke into the phone.

"I'm listening."

Zhuo looked at the constantly jumping numbers on the pause time limit on the computer screen, feeling a little anxious.

I hope mom can hurry up.

“Don’t interrupt!!”

His casual response was like throwing a spark into a bomb, and Sa Chiko on the phone scolded him again.

"..." Zhuo pursed his lips and dared not say anything else.

"Sa Chiko."

"Kumai~...Listen, we have booked a flight for you to plant flowers tonight. You pack now... Forget it, don't pack. Take your phone and go to Tokyo Haneda Airport immediately. The flight notification text message has been sent to your phone. Don't tell anyone that you bought the ticket. Go alone. And..."

Although I don't know what Sa Chiko is doing, I guess she might have suddenly got a particularly good job opportunity, which is why she is in such a hurry.

He minimized the call box and opened the text message box. He indeed saw the flight message from Tokyo Haneda Airport. The time was 22:22 tonight, a pretty neat number.

Tokyo→BJ.

From capital to capital.

International Flights.

But why suddenly ask him to plant flowers? Didn’t he go to watch the Olympics four years ago?

Zhuo was curious, so he opened the browser to look through the recent news about flower planting, trying to find out why.

"... and Xiuyi has transferred all the family money to the International World Trade Bank. The password is your birthday. I have locked the family documents in the inner layer of the makeup box. Mom also put the valuable jewelry in there. If you can find it back, you can handle it yourself..."

"..."

Hear this.

Zhuo gradually stopped swiping the screen of his mobile phone and his expression became stiff.

"Mom..." Zhuo spoke hesitantly.

But he was interrupted by Sa Chiko.

"Don't say anything. Listen to me. Xiuyi and I have been purchasing shares of the company over the years. Although it's not much, we can still receive a certain amount of dividends every year. Remember to go through the formalities..."

"mom--"

Zhuo suddenly raised his voice.

"..."

There was silence on the phone.

"Mom, what happened? You're so scared..."

Zhuo was speaking when he suddenly stopped.

After Sha Qianzi stopped her incessant chatter, Zhuo was finally able to hear the noises that were covered by Sha Qianzi's incessant nagging.

The most obvious thing is all kinds of strange howling sounds. It's hard to tell what they are coming from. They sound like the crying of a woman or a baby. It's creepy enough to hear them through the phone.

There was also the sound of waves hitting the walls and glass, the windows banging, and a banging sound - like something huge was banging on the door.

Sa Chiko's voice continued to ring out.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, Zhuo. You're already grown up and can take care of yourself."

"mom?"

"Mom is so happy that you were admitted to the University of Tokyo. I want to apologize to you. Shuichi and I thought you would drop out of school, so we bought so many shares. If I had known you were so capable, why would I have spent all that money? It would have been great if we could travel more as a family..."

"mom?"

"…Mom is here, Mom is listening."

Sa Chiko's voice was very soft, without the anxiety and irritability from before. She seemed to calm down suddenly, making people feel that all the previous premonitions were illusions and the matter had been resolved.

This fantasy was soon ruthlessly shattered.

Through the phone, he could vaguely hear the sound of someone covering her mouth and crying. It was definitely Sa Chiko's voice, definitely - even though the voice was very soft and weak, and she was trying hard not to let him hear it. But that was his mother, he would not misunderstand it. Not even if he died.

"Shuichi!! Shuichi!!!" Then came Sachiko's shout.

"Mom - what happened? Tell me what happened first!!! ? -"

Zhuo could no longer bear it and shouted at the empty student dormitory.

There was no more sound of Sa Chiko on the phone, only that strange voice that gave people goose bumps.

Zhuo was as anxious as an ant on hot pan. He stood up and walked around the apartment, but there was nothing he could do.

after awhile.

"Zhuo." It was his father Shuichi's voice on the phone. His voice was much calmer, which calmed Utsunomiya Zhuo's anxious mood a little.

"Dad, what happened? Why is my mom like that?"

Zhuo's tone was much sharper than usual, and it didn't have the usual listless tone.

This made Shuichi chuckle on the other end of the line.

"Your mother... doesn't want you to hear her crying. Haha, she's crying so hard right now. It's nothing, son. It's just that Sa Chiko and I may have to leave."

"……gone?"

Zhuo stopped in his tracks, his shoes seemed to be glued together and he could no longer lift them. He was stunned for a moment, and uttered these two words byte by byte.

"Yes, but it's not certain. It's possible that he will survive..."

"What on earth is going on? Tell me—"

"Calm down, calm down."

"You suddenly told me all this, making me--"

"It's okay, calm down."

Zhuo and his father Xiuyi are like two extremes, one is extremely anxious, the other is extremely calm, as if they were switched and it was Zhuo who was in the other's environment.

"Zhuo, you are already a man, I don't want to tell those lies. Something did happen here at home, or it could be a disaster. I don't know the details, but I may die. From now on -"

"I'm sorry, Xiuyi, let me talk to Zhuo again, I'm sorry..."

"..."

"..."

For a few seconds, there was only a faint conversation on the phone. It was my father and mother talking.

During this period of time, Zhuo was so dazed that he couldn't speak. Until now, he has more than half thought that his parents were teasing him. Maybe Sha Qianzi wanted him to go back again, so she came up with this idea to play a trick on himself.

Until Sa Chiko's voice sounded again.

"...Hu...Hu...Zhuo?"

First there were two obvious breathing sounds, and then came Sa Chiko's voice, with a particularly obvious nasal tone.

I just cried.

"..." Zhuo was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "Mom? Is what my dad said true? You are not kidding me, are you?"

"Haha, I'm just playing with you—"

Although Sa Chiko's tone was already smiling, the nasal tone in her words was so abrupt that just by listening to the sound, he could imagine Sa Chiko wiping her tears and forcing a smile.

Suddenly my throat felt dry.

"Zhuo, Mom doesn't want to say this, but Mom and Xiuyi are really going to die, you..."

He was talking halfway when he suddenly burst into tears and then covered his mouth with sobs.

Zhuo still has some questions to ask.

But it seems there is no time.

There was a loud bang from the phone, followed by the obvious sound of water. The sound was so loud that it seemed as if a huge wave was right in front of us. The strange screams became more obvious, and there was more than one place. All kinds of cries, screams, and insults poured in from the outside world... It sounded like purgatory.

At last.

Sa Chiko suddenly jumped up and left a message "Mom and Dad love you", and the call was disconnected.

Listening to the two remaining 'beep-beep' sounds from the phone, Zhuo tilted his head and then lay motionless.

(End of this chapter)