As per the plan, Li Shi would stay in Shanghai for two days, then visit Ai Lan and Ai Ya in Jie Yang, and see their critically ill father as a friend.
This was decided a while ago.
Ai Lan was delighted when she heard Li Shi was coming to Jie Yang, and asked several times when exactly he would arrive.
Li Shi typed hurriedly, asking, "What happened? Is everything okay?"
After he sent the message, it took a few minutes, the scenery outside the train window became increasingly urban. Ai Lan's message came in return.
"Well, I was quite happy that you said you would come to visit us, but some unspeakable things happened at home yesterday.....It's a long story. It's not convenient for me at the moment, can I tell you tonight?"
What happened at home?
All kinds of guesses emerged in Li Shi's mind.
As a literature enthusiast, he would make various assumptions based on plot lines on TV shows, and now he had thought of seven or eight possibilities.