You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 443 Cancel The Wedding

"Oh, my God!"

"Mr. Shi..."

"John! John..."

"Uncle John!"

"Oh, my God! What happened?"

"Help! Help!"

The banquet hall descended in total chaos. Adrian ran out with Henry on his heels.

Only Sam stayed where he was and kept calm. He asked Jake, his butler, to wheel him close to the window.

Very few people ventured about in the winter. There were no people walking around the river as the place was out-of-the-way.

They could do nothing but watch John's car sink into the river.

At this critical moment, James jumped out of nowhere, tore off his clothes, and ran straight to the river. He jumped into the ice-cold water to look for his uncle.

"Uncle John! Uncle John!" The icy water instantly numbed James's body, but there was no time to think about that.

Just now, they saw John's car plunge into the river.

John had a fear of water. He would feel dizzy and couldn't breathe when he saw rivers. James wondered how his uncle must be feeling now that he was at the bottom of a freezing river. Not letting his anxiety get the better of him, James kept swimming with all his strength.

"Uncle John!" Emma, who ran to the river after him, stood there with her eyes wide with horror. She watched as James paddled through the water like his life depended on it. When she finally found the courage to speak, she yelled after him, "Please be careful, James!"

She waited by the river anxiously.

At this time, Adrian and some others also rushed down and jumped into the river to look for John.

Henry stood by the river fretfully and looked around. He saw Michelle standing not far away. She had her hand over her mouth, and her eyes brimmed with shocked, fearful tears. Wynn quietly appeared beside her and put a phone in her pocket.

Then, Wynn looked straight at Henry.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds before Wynn turned around and left.

The river was deep, and its undercurrents flowed steadily out of the city. Looking in the direction of the river, Henry found some ripples at one corner that seemed to be bigger than the rest.

"John, John..." Vivian also came over and sobbed by the river. "Where are you, John?"

The people who decided to help expanded their search, but they found no signs of John. Many of them surfaced.

"I don't see him here."

"He's not here either." James looked at Adrian and asked, "Have you found him?"

Adrian raised his hands and brushed all his hair up with his fingers. He then wiped his face. "The river is too deep. I failed to get to the bottom."

"I got to the bottom. I saw the car. One of the windows was broken. Uncle John must have smashed his way out, but he's afraid of the water. If only I had reacted quickly and rushed down before the car! Shit! What do we do now?" James said remorsefully, flapping the water with one hand.

"We've searched this area and didn't find anything. It could only mean that John was washed downriver. Damn it! Why did Richard let him drive by himself?" Adrian's eyes burned red with anger.

"Let's go ashore and get more help to search along the river. If we don't take action now, John will be washed toward the confluence. We won't be able to rescue him then."

"Right. Let's go ashore first." James swam for the riverbank.

The search party followed after him.

The moment James stepped out of the water, Emma rushed to him and held him in her arms.

"Are you okay? Where is your uncle? Where is John?" Jessica was the first to rush over and ask. Her eyes and nose were red from crying.

How could this be? How could there be a car accident?

"We haven't found him yet. We suspect he's already somewhere downriver." James gently patted Emma's back. "I'm fine, dear. You stay with Dad, Mom, and Grandpa, okay? Adrian and I will look for Uncle John. I'll be careful, I promise."

Then, James pulled away from Emma, boarded a boat with Adrian and some others, and searched for John downriver.

A group of guests and media were standing by the river, the cold wind doing nothing to shake them. The cameras still flashed, documenting every moment of the accident.

Vivian sat by the riverbank, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She was wearing a black wedding dress and behind her, the black-and-white wedding venue peeked through the horizon. She looked like someone who was grieving a loved one's loss.

"Well, I told you it's ominous to wear black at a wedding. Look, something bad really happened."

"They've been looking for Mr. Shi for a long time now, but they haven't found him. It's so cold. I'm afraid he won't be alive when they find him."

"Don't say that. Now everyone is anxious. Let's just pray for Mr. Shi."

"Yes, yes. Let's hope Mr. Shi is alive and well."

"The groom met a car accident on his wedding day." A woman looked at Vivian, disgust painted all over her face. She pulled the woman beside her and whispered in her ear, "Do you think she's a jinx?" "Stop talking nonsense, will you? Someone might hear you talking ill about the bride."

"I'm not talking nonsense. My sixth sense is right most of the time. I posted a photo of the wedding venue on WeChat Moments earlier and asked in my caption whether this was a wedding or a funeral. Look, it's as if we're about to attend a funeral. I think Vivian is a jinx."

"Shh, stop it!"

The other woman shushed her nervously.

But what the woman said just now was recorded by a media staff. He thought that dishing tomorrow's hot topic would be a good addition to his work.

John had a car accident. To some who loathed him, it was a source of pleasure. There were some who benefited greatly from John's misfortunes.

Sam asked Jake to wheel him out of the banquet hall, and Chester followed silently behind him. The grandfather and grandson looked extremely calm compared to the others.

"The wedding will be called off temporarily. Please leave now." Sam waved his hand. "Jake, see all the guests out of the park."

"Yes, sir." Jake went and sent all the guests out of the venue.

Soon, the park was empty save for the Ye family and some members of the Shi family.

The rest of the Shi family went to look for John.

Sam said, "It's cold outside. Let's go back to the banquet hall and wait for updates."

They went back to the banquet hall and waited quietly.

However, Sam already knew that no piece of good news was coming. John had executed everything perfectly. With Richard's help, no one was able to notice that something did not feel right. Sam guessed that only Richard knew the details of John's plan.

He himself could only guess.

"Howard, what do you think we should do regarding the wedding?" Sam looked at Howard's worried face.

Howard was concerned that the cooperation between Ye Group and Time Group would be affected because of this matter.

If something happened to John, the development and future of Time Group would be jeopardized.

Ye Group would also land on shaky ground.

As for the wedding, if John turned out to be safe, it would push through. But if John was still nowhere to be found, then no wedding could take place.

Howard thought for a while and said, "The wedding is the least of our concerns right now. Mr. Shi's safety is our priority. We can talk about the wedding after making sure he's all right."

"Okay." Knowing what was on Howard's mind, Sam turned to Vivian and asked, "Vivian, what do you think? Alas, no one here is an outsider. Everyone here knows that John is afraid of the water. I really don't know what would happen."

Tears welled up in Sam's eyes as a lump formed in his throat. Despite knowing about his son's plan, he still could not help worrying about him.

Why did John have to choose the most dangerous way?

"Alas..." Sam sighed heavily.

Vivian raised her red and swollen eyes to the Shi family patriarch and was about to speak, but her mother stopped her. Vivian pushed Julie's hand away.

"I have waited all these years to marry John. I don't mind waiting some more until he comes back safe and sound," Vivian said firmly, her voice sounding nasal and broken from endless weeping. Julie glared at her daughter.

Judging from Sam's words, John was likely to return in a body bag. She didn't understand why her daughter said that.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐