Apocalypse: My Sweetie Is Tough but Cute

Chapter 73: Chapter 073 The Latest News Returned by This Station

C City.

Underneath a residential complex, a black luxury sedan is parked, its emblem indicating its expensiveness, causing passersby to subconsciously avoid it, for fear of accidentally scratching it.

Inside the car, the radio station is interrupting with recent news.

“Dear listeners, good day, we now bring you an urgent report. At 13:46 on the afternoon of May 25th, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Qushui County of T City, D Province, with a focal depth of 25 kilometers. This earthquake has affected a wide area, and relevant government and rescue forces are rushing to the disaster zone for assistance…”

The presenter’s voice is crisp and clear, each word distinctly articulated, but the man in the driver’s seat seems not to hear it, dialing someone’s phone number for the Nth time, only to be consistently met with “The subscriber you are dialing is out of service area.”

Shen Han’s eyes contain a piercing coldness, his patience exhausted over the past two days.

Su Shu, a girl with no close kin, has disappeared without a trace along with a child, not returning home through the night. This isn’t like her at all.

Shen Han grows increasingly displeased with the sensation of losing control over event after event. Yearning for her yesterday, he drove here to find her, only to discover nobody home, and despite his knocking, received no answer. He had initially thought she was simply avoiding him, deliberately hiding inside and keeping silent.

However, a neighbor passing by on their way home from shopping saw him and informed him that they had seen Su Shu leave with luggage and a child that very morning, appearing as if she was setting off for a long journey.

Shen Han’s heart immediately sank. After letting Xie Duo go downstairs, he waited a while longer, and during that time, he called her several times without an answer, frustrating him to the point of throwing his phone onto the car dashboard.

After calming down, he drove away to return to his company.

Today, he faced the same result as yesterday, still without any sign of Su Shu. She seemed to have vanished overnight, not even bothering to inform him before disappearing.

Shen Han waited in the car for a long time, feeling as though Su Shu might drive in through the front gate the next moment.

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Unfortunately, he was too hopeful.

After failing to reach her for the Nth time, his phone suddenly displayed an incoming call from the company. He swiped to answer nonchalantly, “What’s the matter?”

On the other end was the reliable secretary from his office: “President Shen, there’s been an earthquake in D Province this afternoon, and people are inquiring about our company’s situation.”

Shen Han frowned, “What about the other enterprises?”

“No news yet, but President Gao from Hengyang Enterprise has called, hoping you can contact him.”

“Understood.”

“What about our response to the earthquake?”

Shen Han turned up the volume behind him a bit, listened intently for a while, and replied, “Prepare five million in relief supplies and a ten million donation to send immediately.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Shen Han looked up once more at Su Shu’s house, which still showed no activity. He furrowed his brows slightly, started the car, and decided to head back to deal with urgent matters first.

He did not know that the girl he was looking for was currently trapped in the disaster area, her fate unknown.

On the way, Shen Han’s phone rang again, and it was Jiang Meili calling.

Jiang Meili’s opening words were tenderly inquisitive, “Han, where are you?”

Shen Han’s brows knitted slightly; the form of address from her wasn’t pleasant to his ears.

“Driving.”

“Oh, are you heading to the company or going home later? I’ll come over to pick you up.”

“To the company.”

“Back to work so soon after returning to the country? It’s your mother’s birthday tonight, aren’t you going to get off work early? I also don’t know what your mother likes. How about I head over to your office later so you can help me figure out what to do? ”

Shen Han went silent for a moment before asking, “My mom’s birthday is today?”

On the other end, Jiang Meili acted surprised, then giggled in a teasing manner, “No way, old classmate, you’ve been so busy that you’ve forgotten your own mother’s birthday?”

“Yeah.”

Jiang Meili stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows of her villa, her gaze flickering as she listened to the deep voice through her earpiece. Shen Han’s tone seemed somewhat off, didn’t it?