Chapter 302 Gu Beichen is missing?
Hainan Island, the Gu family courtyard.
Su Yue returned with honors, and her whole family was incredibly proud of her.
It was late at night.
She settled the sleeping children and returned to the bedroom.
The familiar scent of that man still lingered in the room.
She walked to the bedside and gently stroked the pillow that Gu Beichen had used. The long-suppressed longing for him surged up in her heart like a tidal wave.
Counting the days, it's been almost a month since he left.
I wonder if the mission in the South China Sea is going smoothly.
Just then.
"Ring ring ring—!"
A sudden, piercing telephone ring shattered the tranquility of the night.
Su Yue's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly walked over to answer the phone.
It's the military region's switchboard.
The operator's voice was no longer calm and composed as usual, but rather filled with extreme panic, and even contained a suppressed sob.
"Comrade Su... Comrade Su Yue..."
"An urgent telegram has arrived from the South China Sea..."
"Commander Gu... his patrol boat has lost contact!"
The operator's tearful voice came through the microphone, like a steel needle coated with deadly poison, piercing Su Yue's eardrum.
"They've lost contact!"
These two words exploded in my mind like a thunderclap.
The world fell silent for a moment. Su Yue felt as if the blood in her body had frozen, her heart had stopped, and her limbs were ice-cold. The hand holding the receiver felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.
However, this blank period only lasted for three seconds.
Su Yue snapped back to her senses; she wouldn't allow herself to collapse.
"What were the coordinates of the last communication?" Her voice trembled slightly as she tried to suppress it, but her words were exceptionally clear.
"The weather report for the sea area at that time! Wind speed, wave height, visibility!"
"How many ships were traveling with them? What was the last message they sent back?"
A series of chillingly calm questions stunned the caller, who was already completely flustered. She instinctively started searching through her notes and reporting everything.
The news couldn't be kept secret forever.
When Su Yue hung up the phone and turned around to see her mother-in-law Zhang Huilan asking expectantly, she only said, "We can't contact Beichen's ship for the time being." Zhang Huilan's body suddenly went limp, and she fell straight backward.
"mom!"
The entire Gu family courtyard instantly descended into chaos.
Grandma Chen clutched her chest, and tears streamed down her face.
Grandpa Chen Zhongwen leaned on the table, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.
Su Yue endured the excruciating pain that felt like it was tearing her apart, pinching Zhang Huilan's philtrum while growling at the panicked Gu Beixiao, "Go and call the doctor from the military medical station!"
She rushed to the phone and dialed the expedited hotline to Beijing as quickly as possible.
"Second Uncle, it's me, Su Yue. Bei Chen has gone missing in the South China Sea. I need you to use all your connections to coordinate with the South China Sea Fleet for a massive search and rescue operation!"
"Dad, something's happened at Beichen. The official report says it's a major maritime storm, but I doubt it. Please, you must put pressure on the General Staff to ensure the search and rescue operation doesn't overlook any suspicious points!"
Two phone calls, brief and to the point, yet they mobilized the top resources of both the Gu and Huo families.
After doing all this, Su Yue felt completely drained. She leaned against the wall and slowly walked into the study, spreading out the huge military map of the South China Sea.
The official report stated that they "encountered a once-in-a-century major maritime storm."
But when Su Yue marked the coordinates of Gu Beichen's patrol boat that had lost contact on the map with a red pen, a huge question arose in her mind.
Based on her knowledge of 22nd-century meteorology before her time travel, the ocean currents and air pressure in this area at this time of year could not possibly form a storm of that magnitude.
This is not a natural disaster.
It's a man-made disaster!
This thought sent a chill down Su Yue's spine. She immediately thought of someone.
Qin Zheng.
She walked to another encrypted radio station, her fingers flying across the keyboard as she quickly typed out a coded message.
"Gu Beichen has gone missing, and there are many suspicious points. Please use all your channels to investigate the area near where he went missing within the last three days for any signs of unusual foreign military activity. Urgent!"
After sending the coded message, Su Yue dragged her heavy steps back to her bedroom.
In the bedroom, the usually well-behaved and sensible twins, Gu Ping'an and Gu Ningjing, suddenly burst into tears without warning.
The crying was heart-wrenching, and no matter how much Grandma and Zhang Huilan tried to comfort her, it was to no avail.
It was as if they sensed, deep down, that their father was in great danger.
Su Yue walked over and took her daughter, who was crying uncontrollably, from her grandmother's arms.
The little one clutched her clothes tightly with his tiny hands, his big, dark eyes brimming with tears, looking at her with a mixture of grievance and fear.
Su Yue's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
She held her two children tightly in her arms, kissing their little faces again and again, repeating the kisses in a voice only she could hear.
"Dad will come back."
"He will definitely come back."
This sounds like comforting a child, but it's more like hypnotizing yourself.
at the same time.
In a luxurious villa in faraway South America.
Having just reached an agreement with the warlord and believing she had her destiny in her own hands, Lin Wan'er was holding a glass of red wine, admiring the sunset outside the window.
A trusted aide hurried in and whispered a few words in her ear.
Lin Wan'er's hand, which was holding the wine glass, suddenly stopped.
The next second.
"Hahaha...hahahaha!"
A maniacal laugh echoed throughout the villa. She laughed so hard she was doubled over, tears streaming down her face, her expression twisted with extreme ecstasy.
"Gu Beichen has gone missing? Or is he dead without a complete body?"
"Karma! This is all retribution! Su Yue, your biggest backer has fallen! Let's see how you fight me now!"
She downed the glass of red wine in one gulp, her eyes gleaming with a thirst for revenge.
Her good days are coming.
The agonizing wait felt longer than a century.
For three whole days, Su Yue barely slept a wink.
She stayed at the Gu family's residence, comforting her family members who were on the verge of collapse while dealing with messages coming from all directions.
However, all the news was bad news.
The search area was expanded to its limit, but not even a single piece of the ship's hull was found.
Just when everyone was gradually sinking into despair, a turning point appeared on the morning of the fourth day.
A reconnaissance plane participating in the search and rescue operation discovered several pieces of metal debris, suspected to be from a patrol boat, over a deserted island not marked on any map at the edge of the area where the ship lost contact.
Soon, a search and rescue team was airdropped onto the deserted island.
They not only confirmed that the wreckage did indeed belong to Gu Beichen's missing patrol boat, but also discovered a military first-aid kit that had been soaked in seawater but was still sealed in a hidden cave.
The message was relayed back to the command center, and the photos were immediately faxed to Su Yue via encrypted channels.
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