Outside the hospital ward corridor.
Bishop Jon stood at a distance, while Du Wei leaned against the wall of the corridor, making a video call with Alex.
On the smartphone screen.
Alex seemed to have just woken up, lazily lying in bed.
She casually asked, "Baby, how are things on your end? Are you coming back tomorrow?"
To her, her boyfriend's departure from New York was yesterday morning's news, and she was unaware of what her boyfriend had gone through in the past night.
And Du Wei replied somewhat helplessly, "It's mostly resolved. I hadn't expected things to progress so quickly, but I probably won't be able to return tomorrow. I'm currently in Esselgreen and need to catch a plane to the Church Headquarters in the afternoon."
"Ah? Why?"
Alex felt a bit annoyed. They had just made their relationship official not long ago, and she'd managed to endure the business trip since it was only two days—a tolerable wait.
But inexplicably, he had to go to Church Headquarters now?
