I'm Super Worried

Shiling's Mother had lunch with Liu Shiling, Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen'er, then took them to the airport, and then sent her daughter to school. She herself went home and had a nice nap—she had been working overtime every day and was really exhausted. It was a rare opportunity to take a day off and have a chance to sleep in.

Of course, around four o'clock in the afternoon, she still set her alarm and got up to pick up her daughter from school.

For a long time before that, whether it was kindergarten or the first few days of elementary school, Liu Shiling's pick-up and drop-off were basically "contracted" by Yang Zhen'er and Tang Baona, mainly Yang Zhen'er.

As for the summer vacation, Xiang Kun and the others took her to Chongyun Village to stay for a long time, so she could basically be a "hands-off manager".

Moreover, Shiling's Mother was very relieved that her daughter was being cared for by Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, Yang Zhen'er, Lao Xia, and Little Apple, knowing that they genuinely liked Liu Shiling, and that Liu Shiling also liked them very much.

This allowed Shiling's Mother to focus on her work. During this time at "Soaring Dragon Interactive Entertainment," she really learned a lot and felt that she was growing rapidly. The work she did was somewhat worthy of the salary Zhang Qian paid her.

Although Tang Baona and Yang Zhen'er were not in Peng City, and Liu Shiling couldn't go to Chongyun Village with them because she had to go to school, Zhang Qian still helped her solve the problem of picking up and dropping off her daughter every day in advance. There was a newly hired senior executive in the company whose daughter also went to the same primary school as Liu Shiling, so he asked his wife to pick up and drop off Liu Shiling when she picked up and dropped off her child every day, since they lived in the same community.

However, since Shiling's Mother has already taken the day off, she will personally pick up her daughter again, something she hasn't done in a long time.

At the school gate, holding her daughter's hand, walking among the crowd of students leaving school, Shiling's Mother asked questions such as, "What did you learn in class today?", "Did you make any new friends?", and "Which teacher do you like the most?"

As they walked, they came across a famous dessert shop, Shiling's Mother suddenly said, "Shiling, would you like some Ice Cream?"

Liu Shiling paused for a moment, glanced at the dessert shop, then looked up at her mother, and asked somewhat suspiciously, "Mom, is there something you want me to do?"

Shiling's Mother smiled wryly, "No! I just thought it's been so long since I bought you Ice Cream!"

Liu Shiling scratched her head. "But Sister Laoxian bought me Ice Cream last night, and we still have several in the fridge, all of the same brand."

"Oh? I see..." Shiling's Mother scratched her head subconsciously, not even noticing that there was Ice Cream in her own refrigerator.

In the end Shiling's Mother still bought her daughter two boxes of Ice Cream —different flavors from the ones in the refrigerator at home.

Back home, Liu Shiling sat on a small stool in the living room, eating the remaining half-box of Ice Cream by the coffee table. Shiling's Mother sat on the sofa, watching her daughter eat Ice Cream while casually scrolling through social media feeds on her iPad, all the while thinking about what to cook for her daughter for dinner.

After a long absence, Shiling's Mother experienced her previous life as a housewife once again.

Suddenly, Shiling's Mother was drawn to a news report that a plane had malfunctioned near Jianzhou Airport in Haixi Province, with its engine on fire and the plane plummeting straight down.

She clicked on the video, which showed a passenger plane plummeting downwards, emitting smoke, as if it were about to crash headfirst into the mountains below. Fortunately, after falling for a while, the plane managed to adjust its attitude and take off. But seeing the smoke coming from the engine still made one worry about its fate.

Shiling's Mother sat up straight immediately. She saw in the comments section of the video that someone said the plane had flown in from Peng City.

The video seemed to show something that had just happened, near Jianzhou Airport, and it was a flight from Peng City. This made Shiling's Mother's heart tighten.

"Shiling, do you remember what time your sister Nana and Uncle Xiang's plane took off at lunchtime?" Shiling's Mother asked instinctively.

She regretted it as soon as she spoke. She shouldn't have let Liu Shiling know about this and worry about it together. If it really Xiang Kun's flight, she couldn't imagine how anxious Liu Shiling would be.

However, Liu Shiling had already heard her voice, climbed onto the sofa, and snuggled up to her to watch the iPad together. Then, she said a four-digit flight number, "Uncle Bald, Sister Laoxian, and Sister Pretty took this plane." She's particularly sensitive to numbers now; whenever she hears a number, she thinks about practicing addition and subtraction. So, after Sister Laoxian sat next to her at lunch and mentioned this flight number to her once, she started calculating how much each digit added up, and naturally remembered it clearly.

Upon hearing this, Shiling's Mother turned pale, because she had just casually checked a media platform's latest news about the plane accident, which listed the flight number of the plane, and the last four digits were exactly the ones Liu Shiling had just read out.

As Liu Shiling watched the video footage shot by netizens playing on the media platform, she asked, "Mom, is this the plane that Uncle Baldy and his group are on?"

Shiling's Mother wanted to lie to her daughter and say no, or simply that she didn't know, but as soon as her daughter finished reading the flight number, the flight number was mentioned in the video. She couldn't lie through her teeth, so she could only say, "Hmm... it's possible, but don't worry too much. Uncle Xiang, Sister Nana, Sister Zhen'er... they're all such good people. God will surely protect you, nothing will happen."

To Shiling's Mother's surprise, when Liu Shiling watched the videos of airplanes smoking and plummeting on the iPad, she didn't show any worry or fear, but rather seemed to be just curious.

After watching various news videos related to the passenger plane with her mother for a while, Liu Shiling suddenly got up and went to her room.

Shiling's Mother paused for a moment, then instinctively asked, "Shiling, where are you going?"

Liu Shiling turned around and asked curiously, "I need to do my homework. I need to finish the homework the teacher assigned as soon as possible. I also have to learn to draw with Da Lu and Pretty Sister tonight."

Shiling's Mother slightly raised the iPad in her hand and asked, "Aren't you... worried?"

Liu Shiling glanced at the iPad and said, "Mom, don't worry. Bald Uncle, Old Fairy Sister, and Pretty Sister are on that plane. The plane is fine, and everyone else on it will be okay too."

Shiling's Mother was momentarily confused, and after a couple of seconds of hesitation, she said, "No... I mean, aren't you worried about your bald uncle and the others?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Shiling's eyes widened slightly. Realizing that she might have made a mistake, she exclaimed "Ah!" and quickly nodded, saying, "I'm worried, I'm really worried about Uncle Baldy and the others. That plane was even smoking! I'm so worried, but... but I still have to do my homework."

Shiling's Mother was even more confused. Although her daughter said she was "very worried," her expression, tone, and demeanor showed no sign of worry whatsoever. If she didn't know her daughter very well and was also very clear about her relationship with Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen'er, she would have suspected that Liu Shiling was too heartless and cold-blooded.

"Well... Mom, I'm going to do my homework now? You go cook, Mom. By the time you're done cooking, Uncle Baldy's plane should be fine."

Seeing Liu Shiling go into her room to do her homework, Shiling's Mother looked away in a daze. Naturally, she didn't go to cook, but continued to browse the news on her iPad. She thought to herself that her daughter probably didn't understand what the situation and behavior of the plane meant, and didn't know that the plane might crash, or that her bald uncle, pretty sister, and fairy sister might be in danger. Yes, that must be it.

However, a short while later, Shiling's Mother came across a video posted by CCTV News Network. It showed a CCTV reporter at Jianzhou Airport, speaking with excitement and enthusiasm, "... The plane has landed safely. According to our information, no one, whether crew or passenger, has died in this incident. Only three passengers sustained minor injuries and were shaken. The captain was seriously injured, but his life is not in danger..."

The video even included footage of the plane successfully landing on the airport runway, scenes of cheers and jubilation in the control tower, and several clips of passengers descending the inflatable slide. Unfortunately, Shiling's Mother didn't see Xiang Kun and Tang Baona from the video.

Seeing this news still made Shiling's Mother breathe a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, Xiang Kun and the others were truly blessed and nothing bad happened.

She couldn't help but think of her daughter's incredibly confident judgment just now; sometimes you really have to admit, children's intuition is quite accurate.

Meanwhile, back in her room, Liu Shiling closed the door, made a face at Egg Pie who followed her in, stuck out her tongue, and chuckled, "I almost forgot about the confidentiality agreement. I was careless, so careless."

Egg Pie meowed, lazily went to its usual spot on the desk, curled up, and continued dozing off.

Liu Shiling also started taking out her textbooks from her schoolbag, preparing to do her homework.

Yes, she wasn't worried at all. In her understanding and judgment, the situation on the plane should be easy for Uncle Baldy to handle, there shouldn't be any major problems or dangers, and the people on the plane would definitely be protected if they were with Uncle Baldy.

She didn't even need to verify with Alice; she possessed that basic "magician's judgment."

Even now, she worries about herself far more than about Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen'er.

Based on her guess, the plane was probably attacked by a monster similar to the one that injured Gold Glitter in Chongyun Village before. The number of monsters was increasing, and the pretty older sister and the old fairy sister were starting to show their "magical talent," while she was still only in first grade, a very, very, very long way from the middle school graduation standard set by her bald uncle. She had to hurry up and improve, otherwise when would she be able to help her bald uncle and the others fight the monsters!?

Just as Liu Shiling was burying herself in her homework, driven by a sense of urgency, her Shiling's Mother pushed open the door and walked in, holding an iPad. She said, "Shiling, I just saw the news. Your uncle and his plane landed successfully. They should be alright."

Liu Shiling, holding a pencil, blinked, took a small breath, and then exclaimed loudly, "Ah! That's wonderful!"

Let alone Shiling's Mother, who knows her daughter very well, anyone who sees Liu Shiling's adorable and clumsy acting can tell that she has no surprise or delight at all, but is just deliberately trying to express surprise.

Why did Liu Shiling do this? Standing by the door, Shiling's Mother subconsciously leaned back, her mind filled with even more questions.

The Egg Pie on the desk couldn't help but let out a long yawn.

Inside a private room at Youlong Restaurant in Tongshi Town.

Xia Tianhuo looked at a video shared on You Meng Moments, focusing on a plane with smoke coming from its engine, seemingly falling downwards, and exclaimed in surprise, "When did this happen?"

Then he immediately saw the subtitles on the video, which said "near Jianzhou Airport," and his heart skipped a beat as he thought of a possibility.

"Do you know the flight number that Akun and the others took back? I saw someone on my WeChat Moments say that the plane seems to have taken off from Peng City. Could it be the same flight that Akun and the others took?" You Meng said anxiously, his brows furrowed.

Xia Tianhuo picked up his phone and dialed Lao Xia's number while saying, "Let me ask."

The call with Lao Xia was quickly connected, "Lao Xia, have you arrived at Jianzhou Airport?"

"Arrive."

"Well, I just saw a news report, uh... how should I put it, it might be a rumor, not necessarily true, but... by the way, which flight did Xiang Kun and Yang the Third take? What was the flight number?" Xia Tianhuo said somewhat hesitantly.

"I know what news you're talking about, it's about their flight," Xia Libing said straightforwardly.

Upon receiving Xia Libing's confirmation, Xia Tianhuo was taken aback, holding his phone and momentarily at a loss for words.

Xia Libing waited a second before continuing, "That's all for now, we'll talk more when we get back," and then ended the call.

Seeing Xia Tianhuo staring blankly at his phone, You Meng quickly asked, "So, what did Lao Xia say? Did you pick up Akun and the others?"

"Lao Xia said that Xiang Kun and Lao San were on that plane," Xia Tianhuo said blankly.

"Ah!" You Meng dejected, no longer caring about anything in the kitchen.

Zhao Feng and Wang De'an had also gotten up and walked over. Through the videos on You Meng's phone, they learned the general situation— Xiang Kun's plane had encountered a problem; the engine had caught fire, and there were even videos online showing the plane nearly crashing. The situation was probably very serious.

They were both greatly surprised, never expecting such a thing to happen at this time.

The four of them lost interest in chatting and were all nervously scrolling through related videos and news on their phones. Soon after, You Meng's wife, Liang Yulong, also entered the private room and waited anxiously with them.

Not long after, Chu Xiuwen and Liu Caifu, who were just about to have dinner, also came to the private room and sat down with them.

The atmosphere in the private room was very oppressive, but compared to the others' pure worry, Chu Xiuwen had a tiny bit of anticipation and a vague premonition.

"It landed successfully! The passenger plane landed successfully! It's alright! It's all alright!" Liu Caifu, who had just seen the latest news, was the first to stand up, and then the others subconsciously followed suit, and they all crowded around to watch the video.

Only Chu Xiuwen had a slight smile on his lips, feeling a sense of relief that said, "Just as I thought."