safe in distress

Mr. Li couldn't see through his smile, Qiao An looked bitter and sweet.

He said, "You know I'm abroad...do you know everything about me?"

Qiao An didn't know what Li Shuyang meant, so he nodded subconsciously.

"Yeah, I heard someone mention it."

Mr. Li's face turned pale, his breathing was stagnant, and the apex of his heart was tightened.

You say you know about me, but do you know—

I beg you to come back.

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Li Shuyang did not go smoothly from the beginning.

He was separated from Joan at that time, and he had almost no money on hand, and his work was not going well during that time, and he was squeezed out everywhere, so he resigned in a fit of anger.

Later, he chose to go abroad for further study, and went to the other side of the ocean with the scholarship he applied for.

Everything has to start from scratch.

It took Li Shuyang a lot of effort to gain a foothold there.He is busy studying and working all day long.In order to be recognized, he is exhausted every day, and often forgets to eat and sleep, and spends twice as much time and twice as hard as others to prove his ability step by step.

But the overload of work eventually hurt his body.

Li Shuyang didn't even notice that he was uncomfortable.

His appendix was festered and perforated, and he gritted his teeth. Of course, he fell down at work.

Illness seems to give people fragile courage. Li Shuyang, a working machine that never stops working, was forced to have a chance to breathe.

He was lying on a hospital bed in a foreign country, looking up at the drips dripping down, and finally he could miss the person who left him.

Li Shuyang tried to contact the little prince who abandoned him.

He has a lot of things to say to the other party.

He wants to say——he is now much better than before, he can earn a lot of money, and he can also buy you many things that he couldn't afford in the past.

He wants to say——he is no longer a proud poor boy, his work is getting smoother, and he will work harder in the future to give you a better life.

He wants to say——he has been working hard for so long now, and has taken many steps upwards, whether he can get closer to you, whether he has the opportunity to pursue you again, and whether it is possible for you to return to him.

Unfortunately, all Li Shuyang's contacts were in vain.

He could only watch as all hope was dashed, and he gradually got better, became stronger, and gradually got used to his rose not being by his side.

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"what happened?"

Qiao An was a little flustered. He didn't know why Li Shuyang's face suddenly looked sour. He rubbed his hands unconsciously, feeling scared and anxious.

And Mr. Li smiled, he didn't want to show misery in front of Qiao An today, complaining about everything that happened in the past, he tried his best to smile, and lightly told the past that made his heart hurt.

"Not long after I went abroad, I actually tried to call you and send you a text message, but you seem to have changed your contact method, so I couldn't get in touch."

"I..." Joan's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't know about it at all, and regret swept his heart all of a sudden. Joan felt as if he had fallen from a high altitude suddenly, and he was about to be unable to breathe.

He forced himself to shake his head sadly, and explained: "The phone was broken at the time, so I changed it."

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"Where's my phone?"

"Mom doesn't know either."

Joan just left his phone at home for a day, and couldn't find it when he got home from get off work.

He rummaged through boxes and cabinets, but still couldn't find them in hysterics.Joan was so desperate that his throat tightened, and he stared at his mother, his eyes were red.

"Did you... Did you sell it to me! Did you!"

He always carried that mobile phone with him, because he was afraid of being stolen, and he was nervous to wear it next to his body.

The photos of him and Mr. Li, the only memories left, are all inside.

But now, he even lost his only thing.

For a date, for a relatively decent dress, and for a new relationship, his mother stole her son's most important things and sold them off, and even refused to admit her mistakes in every possible way.

"Don't you know how important that mobile phone is to me! I can give you the money you need! What are you going to do..."

Qiao An couldn't close his eyes all night, he thought he could still leave a little bit of Mr. Li's thoughts, but he was useless.

I can't even stop thinking about it.

At that time, Qiao An didn't even know that the number could be kept, so he re-applied for a number in a daze, and disconnected the red line that was holding Li Shuyang ever since.

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Joan blinked and pursed her lips.

"Maybe I changed my phone number later, so I can't get in touch."

It turned out that Mr. Li had contacted him on his own initiative, so he was very happy.

It's just the bitter taste after the sweet icing melts.

"Really..."

that's too regretful.