Chapter 45: Missing and Searching

Wen Qingchuan finished his training early today, so he hurried home after leaving the training ground.

Shen Xu stood beside him, noticing Wen Qingchuan’s impatient look, he said with a smile: “Tsk, married men are different.

In the past, you wanted to stay at the training ground all day, but now you can’t wait to run home after training!”

Wen Qingchuan didn’t argue. He thought about his life with Shen Sangyu. The past few months hadn’t been easy. He could avoid arguing with her every day.

But now, things were different. When he got home, Shen Sangyu would either be lying on the table doing homework or sleeping.

When she heard the door opening, she would wake up, her round cat eyes shining with joy as she said: “Wen Qingchuan, you’re back!”

Then she would go to the kitchen to cook. At dinner, Shen Sangyu would chat about family matters. His heart had never felt so full.

But now, Shen Sangyu was about to fill him up. Wen Qingchuan thought, left a sentence “You don’t understand” and quickened his pace, eager to get home to cook.

Shen Xu clicked his tongue twice: “Boss, I’m all alone. Could you please be kind enough to let me have a meal at your place tonight?”

He had wanted to do this for a long time. When Wen Qingchuan wasn’t around, they always went to his house for a meal.

After Wen Qingchuan got married, Shen Sangyu didn’t like them. The brothers were afraid of causing trouble for the boss, so they never came to his house again.

Although Shen Xu knew Shen Sangyu had changed, he wasn’t sure if she would be willing.

After thinking about it, he said: “Forget it. It would be bad if my sister-in-law quarrels with you again.”

He didn’t know which sentence pleased Wen Qingchuan, but he actually agreed: “Sangyu hit her head last time, and she doesn’t remember a lot of things. Her personality is similar to when she was a child. She will agree.”

Wen Qingchuan was sure of this.

But Shen Xu’s observation point was different: “Doesn’t remember?”

“Well, after this big competition, I plan to take her to a better hospital for a checkup.”

Shen Xu thought for a while: “I think my sister has a good personality now. What if there is a problem after the examination, and her temper becomes worse after the treatment? It’s better to be like this now.”

Wen Qingchuan didn’t speak. He had thought the same thing last night. Compared to the previous Shen Sangyu, she was now much more likable.

But he couldn’t be so selfish. It was okay to have a changed personality, but if there was a problem with her brain, it would be life-threatening.

Wen Qingchuan didn’t formally answer Shen Xu’s words. He said let’s go and took him back to the family compound.

Wen Qingchuan knocked on the door first after going upstairs, but no one opened it.

But he usually carried a spare key, so he opened the door himself.

The house was still the same as when he left in the morning, and the bed in the bedroom was still in the shape of a tofu block.

Usually Shen Sangyu would sleep on the bed when she returned home. She didn’t have the habit of folding the quilt, and at most, she would spread it out.

“It’s already five o’clock, why hasn’t my sister come back yet?” Shen Xu couldn’t help but ask when he saw the empty house.

Wen Qingchuan frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

The army’s car would be back around four o’clock, and it should have been back by now.

Shen Xu could clearly feel that Wen Qingchuan’s face was not good, and hurriedly comforted him, “Maybe something delayed her.”

Wen Qingchuan shook his head, “She said last night that she would be back after finishing her business, so it’s impossible for her to miss the car.”

After Wen Qingchuan said this, he immediately entered Shen Sangyu’s room and took out a piece of white paper from the cabinet with a string of phone numbers on it.

He remembered that Shen Sangyu had said that this was the number from the 49th Steel Plant.

Without thinking any more, Wen Qingchuan ran downstairs to the office. In the past, there were many people on the phone in the office at this time.

Wen Qingchuan waited until the person in front hung up the phone, and then quickly called the number on the white paper.

In the steel plant, Xu Weiguo was about to get off work, but someone came to the office and said that someone was looking for him.

When he answered the phone, a deep male voice said that it was Shen Sangyu’s husband.

Xu Weiguo was stunned at first, but he did hear Shen Sangyu talk about her marriage.

“Director Xu, may I ask when did Sang Yu leave?”

Xu Weiguo thought for a moment and said, “Today, Secretary Gu talked to Comrade Sang Yu about the draft drawings for a while.

It seemed that she left at around three o’clock in the afternoon. I was going to see her off, but she said she had to submit the manuscript and buy two pounds of meat, so she didn’t let me.”

After a pause, Xu Weiguo suddenly realized that something was wrong: “Comrade Sang Yu hasn’t gone home yet?”

Wen Qingchuan was already panicking when he heard this. Shen Sang Yu only did these things, so she would definitely be able to go home in time.

Wen Qingchuan had some bad thoughts in his mind, but they were instantly dispersed by him.

Compared to encountering an accident, he believed that it was because of a delay.

But even so, Wen Qingchuan still planned to drive out to find it himself after hanging up the phone.

There are many military vehicles in the military district, and they can be used for anything on weekdays, but he will tell Lin Hua later.

It was the first time Shen Xu saw Wen Qingchuan in a panic, and he stumbled when he walked out of the office because he was in a hurry.

“Boss, I’ll go with you. I just asked Sister Cao to call the farm office if she comes back before eight o’clock.”

Wen Qingchuan didn’t hesitate at all. He looked flustered, but he had sorted out the things in his mind.

Director Xu said that Sang Yu left the steel plant at three o’clock to submit the manuscript and buy meat, but according to the time, the supply and marketing cooperative would definitely be out of meat at three o’clock in the afternoon, so the only place to sell meat was the black market.

Wen Qingchuan’s face changed, he fastened his seat belt and drove out in an inverted triangle.

It was obviously a journey of nearly forty minutes, but Wen Qingchuan shortened the time by nearly half.

It was almost dark when he arrived in the city. After parking the car, he walked while observing if there was any sign of Shen Sangyu.

When he was about to reach the end, Shen Sangyu suddenly found something on the ground in the distance.

After taking a closer look and seeing the familiar backpack, Wen Qingchuan’s pupils shrank.

Shen Xu followed and also saw the cloth bag scattered in the snow: “Isn’t this my sister’s bag?”

There was some new snow on the cloth bag, and it looked like it had been there for some time.

There were also some white papers and an English manuscript everywhere.

Wen Qingchuan saw these things lying alone in the snow, and his heart was immediately relieved.

He took a deep breath: “Shen Xu, go back and call people, Sangyu is in trouble!”

Shen Xu reacted immediately and ran back. Finally, he found a farm house that was not closed outside the black market.

He borrowed a phone and asked someone to come over.

“Boss, everything has been explained. My sister… will be fine.”

Wen Qingchuan’s whole body seemed to have dropped to freezing point, with a cold face and no words.

Just when Shen Xu thought that Wen Qingchuan would be impatient, he suddenly heard the other party’s trembling voice:

“Shen Xu, you said that I offended so many people when I was on a mission. What if they retaliate against Shen Sangyu?”