When Xia Yuanfang said this, his tone was neither hurried nor slow, like a standard timepiece.

But it gave people an invisible sense of oppression, which was more effective than any harsh words she could say.

The little bit of "courage" that Meng Guanghui had just felt disappeared in an instant.

His straight back even bent a little, and with a bit of flattery and humility that he himself was not aware of, Meng Guanghui said in a low voice: "Aunt Xia, we are already looking for..."

As he spoke, he paused slightly and glanced quickly at Huo Yushen, wondering if he could tell Xia Yuanfang the latest news.

Huo Yushen shook his head slightly at him.

Meng Guanghui's voice dropped even lower: "...But there is no news yet. But don't worry, as soon as we have first-hand information, we will inform you immediately!"

Xia Yuanfang stared intently at Meng Guanghui's every move on the virtual display screen, not missing the moment he paused.

Although it was only a moment, and even difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, Xia Yuanfang's keen intuition and amazing observation skills still allowed him to detect a slight difference.

Just now, Meng Guanghui seemed to look in one direction.

Xia Yuanfang was not particularly unfamiliar with that action and expression.

That was the look of asking for instructions from the superior present.

Superior?

Xia Yuanfang's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked calmly, "Really? Are you looking? How did you find him? Can you tell me, the only direct relative you met, about your actions?"

Meng Guanghui smiled awkwardly and said, "That can't be said...it has to be kept secret."

Xia Yuanfang nodded: "So you did take action. Did you take action recently, or did you start taking action as soon as you knew my niece was missing?"

Meng Guanghui thought, Huo Shuai went with him, who knew he could lose Xia Chujian?

But he didn't dare to question his immediate superior...

Moreover, after Huo Yushen came back, his mood was visibly extremely bad. Who would dare to ask what happened at that time?

In the past, they had no other feelings about Huo Yushen except that he was like a thousand-year-old ice that no strangers could get close to.

His emotions have always been reserved, and no one can sense his mood changes.

But this time, they felt...

So I became more worried, more scared, and more at a loss.

Now being questioned by Xia Yuanfang, Meng Guanghui was overwhelmed.

How could he answer this?

Meng Guanghui hesitated and said, "Well... of course we have to look for it, but our actions are indeed confidential."

When Xia Yuanfang heard him say this, he realized that he had no say in the matter.

So Xia Yuanfang threw out the next question he had prepared long ago: "Excuse me, is your superior, Inspector Huo, here?"

"If he's here, I'd like to talk to him."

Meng Guanghui's scalp tingled, and he didn't dare look in Huo Yushen's direction. He said bluntly, "Our Chief Inspector is in a meeting. If you have anything to say, you can tell me and I will pass it on to the Chief Inspector."

This time, he was not negligent at all.

Even Xia Yuanfang was wondering at this moment, was she overthinking the slight change she had just noticed?

Because this time Meng Guanghui did not show any micro-expression of asking for instructions from his superiors.

Xia Yuanfang turned off the video call and sat in his study, looking out the window, feeling uneasy.

At this time, it was night in Mulan City on Guiyuan Star in the Beichen Galaxy.

It was already the end of May, and more than a month had passed since Xia Chujian joined the interstellar expedition team and embarked on the starry sky exploration.

She hadn't spoken to Xia Chujian for more than a month.

Half a month ago, the space exploration team of the First Military University of Beichen Empire returned home, and the students returned to their respective planets and schools.

At the beginning, Xia Yuanfang didn't know that Xia Chujian had not returned.

It was a classmate of Xia Chujian, named Chen Yanjun, who secretly found the address of Xia Chujian's villa near the school and told the housework robot there that Xia Chujian had disappeared while exploring the starry sky, and asked it to pass the message to Xia Chujian's family.

Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang bought this housekeeping robot after they arrived at the Imperial Capital Star.

It contains the contact information of Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang.

After learning this news, its extremely limited mechanical intelligence can also judge that this news is very important.

Therefore, it was forwarded to Xia Yuanfang as soon as possible.

At that time, Xia Yuanfang was conducting an experiment that could not be disturbed.

By the time she finished her experiment, it was already the next day after the housework robot sent the message.

Xia Yuanfang was skeptical at first.

Because since Xia Chujian went to the Imperial Capital Star to attend university, he didn't contact his family every day. Sometimes he didn't contact them for more than a month.

With the attitude of giving it a try, she sent a message to Xia Chujian, saying that she was not feeling well and hoped that she would contact her family.

Xia Yuanfang knew that if he talked about other things, Xia Chujian might not respond immediately.

But if she said she was not feeling well, Xia Chujian would definitely contact her immediately.

But she waited for three days and still didn't get any reply from Xia Chujian.

Only then did Xia Yuanfang confirm that something must have happened to Xia Chujian.

So she first sent a video call invitation to the political affairs commissioner of the First Military University of Beichen Empire.

If you have any questions about student safety, you should definitely contact the administrative affairs specialist of that grade.

The political affairs commissioner was Zong Ruoning.

He saw Xia Yuanfang's video call invitation and answered it immediately.

The conversation between Xia Yuanfang and Zong Ruoning was not pleasant.

It’s not a problem of Zong Ruoning’s attitude, nor is it that Xia Yuanfang is unreasonable, but the result makes both parties very sad.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!