On the third day after Yun Jin left home, three people from her hometown came to the family compound.

He Tingchuan is still on vacation. This vacation is quite long. His hand injury has not fully recovered, and he also has to take care of Xiao Niangao.

Little Rice Cake has lost weight from hunger. Today she wasn't looking for her mother as much as she had the previous two days, and she was still listless, which was heartbreaking to see.

Upon hearing from Li Aimei that someone from Yun Jin's hometown had come, He Tingchuan assumed that Yun Jin had also returned. He carried his daughter and strode out the door. With a long stride, the father and daughter quickly arrived at the gate of the compound, where they saw the mother and her two children being stopped by the guards.

Not seeing Yun Jin, He Tingchuan glanced at the road outside again.

Once he realized Yun Jin hadn't returned, He Tingchuan's heart, which had been pounding with excitement, cooled down. He picked up Xiao Niangao and prepared to go back.

The mother and her two children, who were standing at the door staring at the father and daughter, blinked at each other and pushed each other. Finally, the old woman, who looked sharp and mean, spoke up: "You are... Commander He, right?"

He Tingchuan turned around and glanced at the disheveled woman in front of him: "I am, who are you?"

"Oh, this is wonderful! We've finally met you! I'm Yun Jin's aunt, and I raised her. You should call me aunt!" Aunt Yun looked at He Tingchuan ingratiatingly. She could bully Yun Jin, but she dared not be presumptuous with this man who looked fierce, cold, and unapproachable.

He Tingchuan looked at her coldly: "Why did you come to the garrison? Didn't my wife go back to her hometown? Didn't you run into her?"

"She went back to her hometown?" Aunt Yun asked in surprise. "When did she go back?"

"They should have arrived yesterday." He Tingchuan had a bad feeling.

"Then I'll call back and ask why she didn't even call when she went back to her hometown?" Aunt Yun complained, making them come all this way for nothing. Without Yun Jin in the family compound, how could they act so recklessly?

He Tingchuan immediately took people to make a phone call. Aunt Yun got through to the brigade and quickly asked about Yun Jin's situation: "She didn't go back? Her husband said she took the train the day before yesterday and should have arrived home yesterday."

"What? I don't see anyone?"

"How is that possible?"

"Lost?" Aunt Yun almost cursed.

Come to think of it, that silly girl could indeed be easily tricked if she were alone.

The train station is in chaos right now; she almost got scammed.

As He Tingchuan listened to Aunt Yun's phone call, his heart sank again and again. He snatched the phone from Aunt Yun and asked, "My wife hasn't gone back. Where could she have gone? Could you please go to her house and check?"

"You...who are you?" The other person was taken aback by He Tingchuan's question.

He Tingchuan said, "Yun Jin's husband, He Tingchuan from the Artillery Regiment."

Upon hearing his identity, the other party immediately said, "Call back later. I'll go to her house and ask if she's home yet. Don't worry, even if your wife wants to run away, she can't go very far."

He Tingchuan frowned: "My wife won't run away."

You're the one running away!

Your whole family ran away!

My wife wouldn't bear to leave.

He Tingchuan hugged Xiao Niangao tightly. He watched as Xiao Niangao looked pitiful, her big eyes filled with tears, on the verge of crying, when she heard the name Yun Jin and asked for her mother. It broke He Tingchuan's heart.

Their daughter is so adorable, how could she possibly bear to abandon them?

The thought that Yun Jin might be in trouble made He Tingchuan extremely anxious and at a loss. He wished he could fly to Yun Jin's side, but he didn't know which way to fly.

He Tingchuan made a phone call every few minutes, seven or eight times, until finally someone answered after half an hour. It was the same person again: "Yun Jin is really back?"

He Tingchuan's heart skipped a beat: "She didn't go back to the village?"

The other person nodded: "No, no one saw her, and there was no one at home. They said her aunt took her children to look for her."

He Tingchuan clenched his fist: "If you see her return to the village, please tell her that her husband and daughter are waiting at the station, and ask her to call back as soon as possible and go home."

“Okay, I saw it and told her, you… why don’t you look for her? She might be with someone at the train station…” Before he could finish his sentence, He Tingchuan had already hung up the phone.

I knew what he was going to say.

If it weren't for the phone line separating us, I really would have liked to punch him.

His wife would never run off with someone else.

Startled by He Tingchuan's words, Aunt Yun swallowed hard and cautiously inquired, "How is it? Has she gone back to the village?"

Suppressing his emotions, He Tingchuan stared at Aunt Yun and asked, "Does my wife have any close friends back in our hometown?"

Before Aunt Yun could speak, a woman who was a little older than Yun Jin said, "She doesn't have any playmates, but she did have a male comrade she used to like."

As soon as she said this, He Tingchuan glanced at her, making her tremble with fear. She shrank behind her mother and said, "I...I'm not lying. She used to be quite close to a young educated youth who went to the countryside. Later, that young educated youth retired due to illness and returned to the city."

He Tingchuan took a deep breath, suppressing his doubts: "What were those educated youth called, and where were they from?"

Yunna said, "Yangcheng, his name is Cai Yongsheng."

He Tingchuan narrowed his eyes, picked up Xiao Niangao, and headed to the train station.

Yunna said, "Brother-in-law, you don't know anyone. You won't know who Cai Yongsheng is if you go. Why don't you take me with you? I know him. I know which street his house is on. I've seen his package address."

He Tingchuan paused, turned around and glanced at Yunna: "You know the address?"

“Yes.” Yunna looked expectantly at the handsome, tall, and imposing man in front of her.

That brat Yun Jin is eating way too well!

She doesn't cherish such a good man; that brat seems to be stupid after all.

"Give me the address," He Tingchuan said succinctly.

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