Chapter 188 - A Wild Goose Chase

Shi Ai woke up abruptly disoriented of her place. But soon realized where she was and what was missing. There were two panicky faces starting at her and with no sign of her 'hurt' husband in the room. She looked at the note that was left in the table and nodded,"So sister Alicia had left without speaking to Ah Hai and from their note one thing was clear,"Ah Hai had been asleep when they left. So why was it that now he wasn't here? Shi Ai looked at the dark sky outside and then the two people who were quietly packing up the stuff,"Where is Ah Hai?"

Zhang Min and Knox looked at each other before Zhang Min turned to Shi Ai and said easily,"He has been discharged and now we need to go too. The entire day has passed and we have not been back to visit Yang Mei. She, too must be worried by now.."

In an eerily calm voice, Shi Ai asked,"What you are trying to not tell me is that Ah Hai has disappeared and you don't know where he is. And you think that I distracting me you will make me forget that he is now avoiding me and has obviously discharged himself against the doctor's orders to achieve the same."

Knox and Zhang Min nodded simultaneously at this quick summary. Narrowing her eyes in anger, Shi Ai made a first,"That man is trying to get himself killed, running around a week after he was literally at death's door!You just wait Ah Hai Long, let me catch you and then I will kill you myself!"

This caused Knox to side whisper to Zhang Min,"Is she angry he ran away?Or that he is trying to get himself killed or that she wanted to kill him and is unable to do so?"

This caused both Shi Ai and Zhang Min to glare at the man. Trying to distract Shi Ai from an impending explosion,Zhang Min tried again,"Umm,you'be had an eventful day today,Shi Ai.No need to get angry!Why don't you go home for a while and sleep it off?"

Knox turned disbelieving eyes to Zhang Min.How did the man become a doctor with zero IQ?She had just slept for a few hours and now he was suggesting she do the same again?Shi Ai did not even bother to reply to Zhang Min.

Ignoring the two men, Shi Ai then stormed her way out of the room. Since he wanted to believe in nonsensical notions, he was welcome to do so!She was not going to bother anymore. She marched out of the hospital and flagged a taxi to head off to another hospital to see her sister.

On the way,her emotions seesawed between anger and sadness."Did he really believe her to be like that?"Her tears once again started to fall and she angrily wiped them away."Maybe something was wrong with her eyes today.They kept tearing up!"

Once at the hospital,Shi Ai paid off the driver and after checking herself in the mirror to erase any signs of crying,Shi Ai made her way up the stairs. 

Yang Mei was sitting on the bed watching television and as Shi Ai entered the room,she received a big smile from Yang Mei,making her feel happy. But in the next second,Shi Ai froze."You like to watch Tom and Jerry?"

Yang Mei threw a glance at Shi Ai before refusing,"Ofcourse I don't. It is really childish.But your husband apparently likes to watch. Or he wanted to avoid talking and put the most ridiculous thing on the TV. Anyways this specific episode was exciting so I decided not to bother with his intentions and simply enjoy myself."

Shi Ai was even more outraged at this. In as calm a voice as possible,she asked,"Ah Hai was here?"

Yang Mei simply gave an affirmative,"hmm.' before continuing,"He just left. Since you were resting,he came straight here from the hospital. We got to have a long talk.He even showed me pictures from his brother's wedding where you both danced together. You looked like a real princess,Xaio Ai!"

Shi Ai smiled distractedly and sat to watch the cartoon though her mind was elsewhere. The man was challenging her deliberately. Wanting to play the game of cat and mouse with her! She refused to believe that her coming just as he left was a coincidence. His judgements were too accurate in the past to make her think that this all chance. He wanted to punish her for hurting him.Well she would show him how to playbhat game!She was going to chase him down and once he was on the ground make him believe that those words were all lies!. Throughout the night and the dinner, Shi Ai planned and plotted to various ways to bring down Ah Hai.

But in the morning, the main problem still plagued her. Where to find her husband? She was still pondering this problem when a knock in the door interrupted her musings and a nurse walked in with a scrumptious breakfast. Shi Ai felt her brows raise to her hairline and even Yang Mei's eyes widened. They were in the VIP suite but this breakfast seemed to surpass it. The nurse grinned at their expressions before turning to Shi Ai,"Madam, your husband brought this here. He said he was in a hurry so asked us to deliver it!"

This statement caused Shi Ai to jump up from her seat and race towards the window. He really was playing with her!She wanted to race after him but all she saw was the man's back as he stepped into a car.

Grimacing, she scolded her self to buck up and went back to enjoy the breakfast. Maybe food will help her to think faster..

As the two sisters enjoyed the breakfast,each was occupied in their own thoughts thus not noticing the other preoccupation. Finally,starting intently at her chopstick, Yang Mei asked as casually as she could,"Shi Ai?Does your Zhang Min have a lover?"

Not paying much attention to tone of the question, Shi Ai answered,"No he doesn't.I have only ever heard him talk about his love for Bella. And nothing ever since Bella died."

Shi Ai continued to eat,even missing out the disappointed expression on her sister's face. Yang Mei's face showed her dismay as she put another bite into her mouth. What a sad thing to happen to someone so young. Curious and sympathetic, Yang Mei asked,"Was she very beautiful?"

The answer to this question almost caused Yang Mei to choke on her food.

"Yes, she was very beautiful. Tall and handsome lines of her body. She was a majestic horse."

"Cough,cough,cough." Yang Mei looked at Shi Ai's face carefully .Her sister was not teasing her!This Bella was a horse. Yang Mei felt a relief and excitement course through her but suppressed it forcefully.Just then she remembered something,"Grandfather was here yesterday afternoon! He wants us to visit him when I have been discharged. I already told Ah Hai but forgot to tell you!And now,you need to leave and stop babysitting me.As you can see,I can sit and move about on my own!So go and stay with your hubby!"

Pouting,Shi Ai looked at her sister and complained,"You heard the nurse.He went for some meeting!How do I go and stay with him?"

Yang Mei made moony eyes at her sister before sighing,"Oh to be so in love!But fear not when you have a sister like me,your Ah Hai is with his brother Matt at this time.He received a call last evening when he was here. And I heard his conversation.

The next moment,Shi Ai was gone like the wind leaving a bemused Yang Mei behind who w.h.i.n.ed,"Could have thanked me atleast." But her grin was that of a chesire cat.She patted herself on the back.She had played her role well and kept the clue to herself uptil the last moment. Picking up the leftovers from Shi Ai's plate,Yang Mei enjoyed her breakfast thoroughly. Ah Hai,I have done what you said.Now it is upto you!Cheers!

Hailing another cab,Shi Ai fished out her phone from her pocket and made a call to Brother Matt half expecting the man to not answer but he unexpectedly answered in the first ring,"Hello dear sis in law.How are you doing now?"

Shi Ai wanted to ask him if Ah Hai was with him but before she could get a word out,she heard a low voice murmur,"If it's my wife,don't tell her I am here."

Cutting off the phone,Shi Ai narrowed her eyes and urged the driver to drive faster. She was going to catch her huisband soon!