Stuck in you

"You are never my burden..." Bill's voice become very low. He picked up the note again and read it word by word. The blue veins on the back of his hand popped out in a shocking manner.

"I'm sorry."

A mixture of shame, guilt, and regret overwhelmed Rachel like a tide. "If it weren't for me, maybe such a thing wouldn't have happened."

After a long silence, Bill seemed to have calmed himself down. Without looking at her, he said, "This has nothing to do with you."

He threw the note on the floor and walked to the hospital entrance. Rachel bent down and picked it up. Andy's handwriting was strong and powerful. "Bill, I have reached retirement age, but I have been worried about you so I haven't mentioned it. Now, I can take this opportunity to retire. Take good care of yourself, and don't worry about me. I'm going to take advantage of the next two years to move around and go to places I have always wanted to go to. Maybe I can live a more free and unrestrained life than now.

You should pay more attention to your health. You can find a girlfriend. If you want me to come back early, you should get married as soon as possible. I will definitely come back for your wedding."

Andy had prepared this note in advance. It was not written only at that moment, but was instead burning a hole in his pocket all this time. It looked like he had no intention of getting examined and only found the appointment to be the perfect opportunity to leave.

How could he be so cruel, just leaving like that? What about Bill?

After putting the note back into her pocket, Rachel walked out of the hospital. Bill was waiting for her in the car, his face now back to its normal expression. He said lightly, "Rachel, get in the car. I'll drive you to work."

Rachel replied, "There's no need. I drove here by myself."

Seeing the worry and uneasiness in her eyes, Bill forced a smile and turned to comfort her, "I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I will keep looking for Andy."

"Okay."

Rachel nodded and told him to be careful on the road.

However, she didn't head toward the parking lot. Instead, she turned around and went back to the hospital. She knocked on the door of the monitoring room and politely asked, "Hello, my family has gone missing. Can you get the surveillance video for me?"

Although everything was planned by Andy, Rachel couldn't help but wonder⁠—if she hadn't persuaded Bill to let Andy go to the bathroom alone, would he have the opportunity to leave?

No matter how she looked at it, she had something to do with Andy's disappearance.

The security guard looked at her up and down and said, "I'm sorry, but if you want to check the CCTV footage, you have to get the instructions from the superiors. If everyone was like you, coming here demanding to see footage just like that, the hospital would be in a mess. This place is not a market."

she didn't retort even if the man's tone wasn't pleasant.

those people, the security guard's voice softened. "Miss, don't worry. Try to look around

office, Rachel

entering and leaving the hospital, and Andy had been gone for some time. It was impossible for her to

the hospital, and if so, through which door and which direction he went. With these clues, it should be much easier to

anyone in this

heard a man's clear

around and looked up at the man who spoke. His bronze skin and features looked familiar, but she could not recall his

can't believe you look the same after all of these years! Have you forgotten who asked you that question

expected, the mention of academics jogged Rachel's memory. Her eyes lit up,

said with a faint smile, "Jasper Zhang. There, I introduced myself

took the proffered hand in a firm handshake and smiled up at him more brightly. She had met Jasper

Rachel was able to counter his argument and prove that his idea was wrong, but he never was totally convinced at the

to heart at the time. Little did she know that she

noticed the name plate hanging on Jasper Zhang's

up his chest with a

"Not very good,"

replied, uncaring about how her reply might sound to the man. She opened her mouth a few times

surprised. "Hey, Rachel, what's

ask your help about something. Since you are a director here, it should be easy for you to go to the security room to check CCTV

tone, "Look, Rachel, you may be my junior in medical school, but you can't just ask me to help you look at our CCTV footage.

thoughts. She was so anxious just now

shook his head and said, "Oh,

still, as

figure out what he was thinking, so she asked, "Can you

old man inside. He sighed and said, "Rachel, although I'm only your senior, I still have to tell you that you can't be so impetuous when you

going to say, but she couldn't wait any longer and interrupted him, "Jasper, if you want to help, please tell the security guard now. If you don't want

realized that he had talked too much just now. He smiled

more smoothly. In ten minutes, all surveillance