Rebirth 78, the beginning of the marriage was broken off by the female educated youth

After hanging up the phone, Qin Ruobai sat on the sofa for a moment and sighed slightly.

"Ruobai, where is Xiangnan? Any news?"

Zhu Qiuju walked in from the gate and asked with concern.

"Mom!" Qin Ruobai quickly stood up and supported her mother-in-law. "We've passed Jinan to the south, and then we'll reach Pengcheng. We'll soon enter Southern Anhui Province! Don't worry, he's a steady man, and he'll be fine on the road!"

"Hey, hey, I'm glad he's okay!" Zhu Qiuju agreed hurriedly and was helped to sit down by Ruobai.

"Mom, go get some rest!" Qin Ruobai said with great concern, "You just took blood pressure medicine, you can't let your mood fluctuate again!"

Zhu Qiuju waved her hands with emotion and pounded her knees. "I used to think you were still young, and I always wanted to take care of everything and protect you! Today, it seems that I'm getting old. Sigh..."

"Oh!" Qin Ruobai said distressedly, "Mom, you're so young! It's mainly because Chaodong's incident was too exciting, and you're too worried! Actually, there's nothing wrong with his body! It's normal for blood pressure to rise! You're just worrying too much!"

This was the only way she could comfort her mother-in-law, knowing that she was actually worried about her children, Xiangnan, Chaodong, Dingxi, and Yuanbei.

Moreover, although the three sisters-in-law of the Li family are uncle and niece, no matter whether they are in Chaodong, Yuanbei or Dingxi, to her mother-in-law Zhu Qiuju, they are like her own children and she does not look down on them at all.

This kind of family relationship in the Li family is very rare.

Seeing her daughter-in-law looking at her worriedly, Zhu Qiuju stroked her hand and shook her head, "I've digested it for a while, and I feel much better now!"

After a pause, she recalled, "Although Chaodong was a bit naughty when he was little, he was never as worrying as this time! This is the college entrance examination, which determines a person's fate. How can we be careless?"

Qin Ruobai poured a cup of hot tea and brought it to her mother-in-law. "Xiangnan is gone! I've met Chaodong before. He's a very smart kid. Maybe he ran into something! Xiangnan is back. He knows Chaodong better, so he'll definitely find him soon!"

She comforted her mother-in-law in this way, but she was a little nervous in her heart.

She is a public security officer, and out of professional inertia, she analyzed Li Chaodong's personal stance and perspective last night.

An eighteen-year-old child, under the influence of his elder brother Li Xiangnan, the national top scorer in the college entrance examination, has an immense yearning for a university or higher education.

He studied hard and had a sincere attitude. He was more eager than anyone else to change his destiny by passing the college entrance examination, and to leave the small mountain village of Lijia and enter the big world.

Li Chaodong will definitely not give up the college entrance examination based on his personal subjective will!

If he did not take the college entrance examination, then there is only one possibility.

There must be something or someone that delayed him from taking the college entrance examination!

So, when Qin Ruobai received a call from his uncle Li Fuqiang today, the first thing he did was to ask him to report to the police and let them investigate the matter.

"I remember this happening when I was a kid. That kid went swimming in the river in the middle of the day during his midterm exam, having a blast with some friends. When he got ashore, he realized it was way past school time. He decided not to take the exam, but fearing a beating from his parents, he hid for two days before finally being found in the Li Family Ancestral Hall!"

Listening to her mother-in-law recalling the past, and adding a touch of mystery to Chaodong's current disappearance, Qin Ruobai quickly comforted her:

"Mom, that was when we were little! Chaodong is eighteen now, an adult! Things are different!" After she finished speaking, she couldn't help but say, "Uncle already said that they'll report this to the police as soon as they leave school! With their intervention, they'll find the person quickly!"

"Yeah," Zhu Qiuju turned around and said with relief, "Ruobai, thank goodness you're home. Otherwise, your dad is such a taciturn person. I can't tell anyone about all the emotions in my heart, and I'd be so depressed if something happened!"

"Mom, worrying makes you confused. No one can be so calm! We are not saints..."

Zhu Qiuju nodded in satisfaction after hearing what Qin Ruobai said. Aunt Lu had already come in carrying a bamboo basket.

"Sister, Xiao Qin, I cooked some of this for lunch, you guys can just make do with it!"

Qin Ruobai and Zhu Qiuju hurriedly stood up.

"Aunt Lu, thank you so much for cooking for us!"

"Big sister, thank you for your help!"

Aunt Lu waved her hands repeatedly: "We are not strangers, so let's not be polite! Eat it quickly, while it's hot!"

Qin Ruobai's eyes immediately turned red when she saw a piece of fat meat in the bowl. "Aunt Lu, you gave me the meat. What will Sister Wanchun eat?"

"It's nothing! Your sister-in-law said she has no appetite today!"

After hearing this, Qin Ruobai and Zhu Qiuju looked at each other and felt a little moved.

Suddenly, there was a burst of conversation outside. The three of them looked at each other and went out to see what was going on.

Li Fugui was seen standing in front of the hanging flower gate, waving his hands, rejecting Qin Chunlian's kindness.

"Aunt Zhu," Qin Chunlian said as she saw the three people coming out. She came over with heavy steps, carrying a bamboo basket. "I cooked some braised crucian carp and asked Uncle Fugui to have some, but he refused!"

"Sister Chunlian!" Qin Ruobai was also embarrassed, "You are still pregnant, how can we feel comfortable here?"

"Hi!" Qin Chunlian smiled and waved her hands. "I've already given birth to three children. Even when I was pregnant, I still went to work in the fields! Look at me now, I'm fine! Come on, sister, we're all neighbors. If you have anything to say, just talk!"

As she spoke, she carefully handed the bamboo basket to Qin Ruobai, turned around and left without waiting for a refusal.

"Chunlian, slow down!" Zhu Qiuju was also touched, knowing that she knew that her family was in trouble.

Sometimes, it is just like this. They say that a friend in need is a friend indeed. When you really encounter something, you will know who is swimming naked when the tide recedes.

……

late at night.

Hongshan County.

Li Fuqiang and his wife Tong Yu looked at each other in silence.

There were four dishes and a soup on the table, all of which were Li Chaodong's favorites, but he didn't eat a single bite.

The ashtray in front of Li Fuqiang was full of cigarette butts.

Tong Yu covered her face and wiped away her tears secretly.

"Fuqiang, it's been two days," her voice trembled in the silence, "where did you say our son went..."

Li Fuqiang's eyes were red, and he was about to comfort his wife when he suddenly heard a sudden roar, which was particularly harsh in the silence of the night.

The couple both looked up in confusion and looked at each other.

But the roar stopped abruptly downstairs.

Then I heard a familiar voice of my uncle calling me.

Li Fuqiang was shocked all over and could hardly believe his ears. He reached out and dug around, then listened carefully, but there seemed to be no sound at all.

"Is someone coming?" Tong Yu's voice trembled and she hurriedly grabbed her husband's arm.

"I don't know!" Li Fuqiang didn't dare to miss any movement and hurried to find a flashlight. "I'll go downstairs and take a look!"

He had just found the flashlight in the cupboard when he heard a violent knock on the door.

"Uncle, Auntie, it's me! Xiangnan!"

"Xiangnan?" Li Fuqiang turned around abruptly, his flashlight sweeping over the teacup on the table. "Isn't this guy in Yanjing?"

He and Tong Yu looked at each other and were deeply shocked.

But neither of them hesitated, they ran over quickly and flung open the door.

The flashlight beam illuminated a pair of muddy Liberation shoes.

The beam points upward.

A pair of work pants that were soaked in mud and water and the color could no longer be recognized, and the blue jacket was also covered with yellow mud spots.

Finally, the beam of light stopped on a face.

Li Xiangnan's head and face were covered with dried and scarred mud spots.

His lips had already cracked deep red due to thirst, and his eyes were bloodshot yet frighteningly bright.

He looked like he had just been pulled out of a quagmire. Only his eyes, fixed on people, showed that he was the nephew they were familiar with.

"Xiangnan! Aren't you in Yanjing? Why are you back? You silly boy!"

Tong Yu took a deep breath, covered her mouth with her hands as she was about to scream, and burst into tears.

Not to mention Tong Yu was shocked, even Li Fuqiang, who had been as steady as a rock in politics for more than 20 years, trembled his brows at this moment.

Li Xiangnan wiped the liquid mixed with sweat and mud that had dripped from the ends of his hair onto his cheeks. The dust and exhaustion of a thousand kilometers of travel filled his lungs. He asked, "Uncle and Auntie, is there any news from Chaodong?"