Chapter 84: The End of Han's Travel Notes

  Reality is often unpredictable, when I pushed the door and didn't see Qin Ke Yi, and found my luggage placed on the bed, while Qin Ke Yi's luggage was not in the closet where it should be. I suddenly realized that the situation was much more serious than I had estimated, after reflecting for a moment and starting to accept the fact that Qin Ke Yi had left without saying goodbye. I quickly walked to the phone, picked up the receiver and dialed Jin Yi Na's cell phone.

  About ten minutes later, Jinyi Na appeared outside my room door. After I opened the door, she anxiously asked me, "What's going on with you and Ke Yi? You weren't very clear on the phone just now?"

  "I won't bother explaining it to you in detail! Anyway, we've had a fight! Now come with me to find her!" I didn't have the heart to explain further to Jina, and dragged her downstairs to hail a taxi. After getting in, I directed the driver through Jina's translation towards Soon-young's house according to my memory.

  The car hadn't even stopped in front of Sun-young's house when I hastily opened the door and jumped out, even forgetting to pay the fare. When I pushed open the gate and rushed into the yard, it seemed like only her little daughter was home, who looked delighted to see me and chattered away in Korean, saying a bunch of things I couldn't understand.

  "Ask her if she has ever been here before?" I hastily pulled over Jinyi Na, who was walking behind me, and anxiously asked her.

  "She said she came last night! But left with her luggage this morning!" Ji Yina told me in Korean.

  "Carrying luggage and left!? Where did he go?" I asked even more anxiously.

  "She said she didn't know either, just heard her mom say that maybe Kai went out to clear his mind!" Jin Yina translated the little girl's words to me.

  After hearing this, I immediately felt like a deflated balloon, my emotions suddenly hitting rock bottom. If Qiniang wanted to hide from me in Korea, it would be ridiculously easy - at that moment, I couldn't think of anywhere else she might go except here. After bidding farewell to Sunying's younger daughter, Jiyeon and I walked out of Sunying's house with a sense of loss, taking a taxi back to the hotel...

  "Take care! Don't overthink it! I'm a girl, and I understand how Qin Keyi feels at this moment! When my boyfriend and I fight, I often play hide-and-seek too! After I calm down, I'll reappear in front of him and give him a scare! You can rest assured for a day, I think tomorrow when you wake up, Qin Keyi might just be lying beside you! Besides, you two are going back to your country the day after tomorrow, she'll definitely go back with you." Jinyi Na comforted me as I sat on the bed in my room. However, considering Qin Keyi's usual mischievous behavior and recalling her shocking plot last time, Jinyi Na's prediction seemed reasonable, which might also be a typical way of doing things for girls.

  After sending away Jin Yina, I started lying in bed forcing myself to sleep. I even naively thought that the faster and more dead I slept, the sooner I would see Qin Ke Yi, and it would be like last time when I felt Qin Ke Yi was by my side in a daze, and I would kiss her lips in a daze. This naive behavior of mine also made me think things were too simple, ignoring that people are prone to insomnia when they are extremely lost. Although I kept my eyes closed forcing myself to sleep, I remained very awake. Every time footsteps echoed outside the door, I would subconsciously sit up on the bed, full of hope, waiting for Qin Ke Yi to open the door and come in. But every time I was ready for Qin Ke Yi to open the door and I would rush over to hug her, promising that we wouldn't quarrel again, the footsteps would teasingly pass by the door.

  I remained in that state until dawn, but Qin Kaiyi still didn't appear by my side. I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, never expecting that what I thought was a not-so-serious argument would lead to such severe consequences. Thinking back to Tong Chen's sudden departure, I started to get anxious and worried that I might lose Qin Kaiyi because of this argument.

  With these worries, I also slept several times throughout the day, and every time I opened my eyes, my first reaction was to turn around and see if Qin Ke Yi was already lying beside me. But each time, the result was extremely disappointing, so I continued to lie in bed looking at the ceiling with that emotion until I fell asleep again. And during the day, frequent sleep and even more depressed mood also made me insomnia again at night, witnessing the same state as last night from midnight to dawn.

  At a little past six in the morning, Jina and her boyfriend knocked on my door, ready to take me to the airport.

  "Hey, didn't you sleep well? Why do you look so haggard? There are so many bloodshot eyes!" Jin Yina said to me in surprise as she entered the room and saw my worn-out face. But I was too lazy to even talk, and just smiled at her.

  "Hasn't Ke Er come back yet?" Jin Yina asked with some concern, while I still didn't say anything and just shook my head.

  "You might just appear at the airport like that! Go shave your beard! You look like an African refugee, with this image you'll scare people and they'll think you've been mistreated by the Korean people!" Kim Yina said jokingly to me. So I went into the bathroom to shave and wash up, while Kim Yina and her friend started packing my luggage in the room.

  Holding a razor, in front of the mirror. Suddenly, I saw myself on a certain morning long ago, hastily putting on my tie and preparing for class, when Qin Ke suddenly snatched the razor from me and insisted on shaving for me... This warm scene made my eyes suddenly moisten...

  On the way to the airport, the three of us didn't say a word, the atmosphere in the car was very quiet, and all that could be heard was the faint sound of the car moving. I prayed to every god I knew from the three major religions all along the way, asking Qin Ke to appear at the airport with a smile and reconcile with me. I even vowed that if any god fulfilled my wish, for the rest of my life I would be a faithful little brother to that god, and worship him three times a day...

  Jinna and her boyfriend followed me into the airport hall, where I saw the tour guide and all the members of our travel group who had come with me. The tour guide came over to me enthusiastically after seeing me, shook my hand and asked about my feelings about Korea for the past few days, but I was already out of mood and just casually responded with a few sentences.

  "Where's your girlfriend?" The tour guide asked me after not seeing Qin Ke Yi.

  "Oh... she had something come up and went back home first!"

  "Oh? It's getting late, let's hurry up and go through the boarding procedures, the plane is about to take off!" The tour guide urged me.

  "Are we going to go again? I still have one more person!" I negotiated with the tour guide.

  "Alright! But hurry up! The plane is about to take off!" The tour guide reminded me before leading the others to go through the boarding procedures.

  "Let's go through the formalities... The plane is about to take off!" After about ten minutes, Jinyi Na said to me after hearing the airport broadcast. But I stubbornly stood there, insisting on waiting for Qin Keer's appearance, even though I also knew that the possibility of this happening was getting smaller and smaller.

  "Alright, let's go! But maybe he has already returned to his country!" I looked at the crowded entrance of the terminal hall, but still didn't see the person I was hoping to see. So I sighed and turned around with a very low mood to complete the boarding procedures with Jin Yina.

  "Take care! You're welcome to come back anytime!" Just as I was about to enter the passageway, Jin Yina smiled and said goodbye to me. Upon hearing Qin Ke's name, my heart suddenly skipped a beat and I began to wonder if I would have another chance to meet up with Qin Ke again?

  Said goodbye to Jin Yina and her boyfriend, boarded the plane, and fastened the seatbelt under the stiff Mandarin prompt of the flight attendant. Suddenly, a scene flashed before my eyes 7 days ago when I helped Qin Keyi unfasten his seatbelt as the plane was about to land. At that time, I had the joy of embarking on a trip to Korea, and also the sweet happiness of traveling with Qin Keyi together. But who would have thought that 7 days later, people and things would be different? The originally planned joyful ending of the Korean trip turned into me sitting alone on the plane, returning home with low spirits...