"What?!" Su Niannian was too shocked to hide her face. It was impossible for him to take so long to go to Heilongjiang Province. On New Year's Eve, Xue Weidong would stay in Ning County no matter how busy he was. This was very unusual. She grabbed his arm and asked harshly, "He hasn't come back yet? Has he contacted you?"
"I don't know..." The young man who was held by Su Niannian didn't dare to look her in the eye for a moment. His eyes flickered and he said in a low voice: "Because of Professor Jin, no one dares to get too close to Xiao Xue. No one knows about him for fear of being implicated. Comrade, you don't understand. It's also very difficult for us who do scientific research..."
Su Niannian felt as if a fish bone had been stuck in her throat, and the joy she had felt while holding the fried fish disappeared in an instant. She stared at the other person and spoke word by word, "Comrade Xiao Duan, others may say they don't know where Xue Weidong is, but you definitely can't.
As far as I know, you are the person Xue Weidong trusts most in the research institute. You are his right-hand man. At the same time, you are one of the people who hate Jin Chuan the most. Don’t you think it’s too late to say these words to distance yourself from him? I’ll ask you one last time, Xue Weidong! Has he ever contacted you? ! "
Regarding the information that Xue Weidong brought over, Duan Zhiheng's name occasionally appeared on it. Having seen it once or twice by chance, for someone like Su Niannian who had a photographic memory, remembering the names and appearances of one or two strangers was a piece of cake. This was exactly why she did not look for other people but instead went to question Duan Zhiheng.
Duan Zhiheng's expression suddenly became complicated: "Around the end of last month, he said he wanted to go out and relax. He didn't know when he would be back. I don't know either. We didn't have any contact."
Su Niannian felt chilled by the other party's ambiguity. She could now understand how difficult it was for Xue Weidong to stay at the research institute. It had only been a week since he left, but these people had changed their tune, ignoring his departure and bullying him because he had no one behind him, regardless of where he drifted. Based on her understanding of Jin Chuan, Su Niannian could not help but have a bad guess in her mind...
She turned around and walked outside without asking any further questions.
Duan Zhiheng felt uneasy at the indifferent look. He chased after him in two or three steps. "Comrade, are you Jiang Xiaofei? We don't know where Xiao Xue's hometown is. It would be harder to find him than to climb to the sky. He is a loner. You really don't need to bother with him..."
"I'm going to call the police now."
Su Niannian's pretty face flushed with anger. She glared at him fiercely and left. She would find out the answer to Xue Weidong's whereabouts sooner or later. She couldn't just disappear like that...
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Su Niannian was not qualified to report the case, and finally, she had to pull up Xue Ya's banner to successfully file a case at the police station. As the Spring Festival was approaching, the police only said that they would do their best to help find the child, but due to the large number of mobile population recently, there are quite a few lost children, and the chance of finding them is very slim.
Su Niannian had to correct herself that she was looking for an adult. For her now, the most important thing was to establish contact with Xue Weidong as soon as possible and ensure his safety.
She also made a phone call to the imperial capital.
Jiang Xiaofei's attitude was very calm: "Tell Xue Weidong that these methods are useless to me. Before the matter has a result, I can't be soft-hearted. I won't turn back."
Even his departure was a means of forcing her to submit in Jiang Xiaofei's eyes. To some extent, this was simply a tragedy. Su Niannian finally understood Xue Weidong's silence during this period. She clenched the receiver tightly and couldn't help but defend him: "Xiaofei, he was going to the capital to propose to you."
There was suddenly a strange silence on the other end of the phone. Just when Su Niannian wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, the phone was hung up with a bang. Su Niannian frowned, picked up the cold fried fish next to her and walked out of the post office. Dusk was falling, snowflakes were falling from the sky, and the coldness went up her neck and into her body. Only when she stepped into Gu's house did she feel the warmth.
Cheers and laughter came from the main room. When Su Niannian entered the room, Wang Guifen and Shen Xiu'e ran out one after another.
"Finally I'm back! I almost missed the New Year's Eve dinner. Hey, why didn't you send out the food?!"
“Are you cold?! You’re covered in snow. Go upstairs and change your clothes…”
With Shen Xiu'e and Su Zhaodi showing off their cooking skills at home, a table full of dishes had already been set. Everyone was staring at Su Niannian with concern. Compared with her, Xue Weidong, who was ignored, looked so miserable. Su Niannian subconsciously looked at Xue Ya, who was holding her younger brother, each of them eating a fried dough twist happily. Perhaps noticing Su Niannian's long gaze, she looked up and gave her a silly smile.
Xue Ya's eyebrows resemble Xue Weidong to some extent.
Su Niannian felt uncomfortable for no reason.
In the midst of all the excitement, only Su Jianshan was able to keenly notice the change in his sister's mood. He approached, leaned over and touched his sister's head, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just feel a little confused." Su Niannian made an excuse to go upstairs to change clothes and put everyone's words behind her.
"Isn't it just happiness?! Who would have thought that our Su family would be where we are today? This is all thanks to Master Gu..."
As Gu Zhiye's wife, Su Niannian received the most and biggest red envelopes. Even Fubao couldn't compare to her. In the midst of the excitement, Su Niannian, who never drank alcohol, rarely poured herself half a glass of wine. When she raised the glass, Wang Guifen's smile froze. She met Su Jianshan's eyes and asked nervously, "Guaiguai, what's wrong with you?"
The atmosphere was stagnant and the joy instantly dropped to freezing point.
Even someone as cheerful as Su Zhaodi didn't know what to say. She always felt that Su Niannian had something hidden in her heart after she went out tonight.
But no one dared to ask, for fear that the couple was having a conflict!
At this moment, a knock on the door saved the stagnant atmosphere. No one even saw how Su Niannian moved. She ran over in two steps, opened the door, and met the eyes of Gu Zhiye, who looked exhausted.
The latter's expression was slightly stiff, with an imperceptible joy. The next second, as Su Niannian threw herself into his arms, Gu Zhiye's joy turned into ecstasy. The luggage fell to the ground, and he hugged his wife.
Wang Guifen heaved a sigh of relief: "This child, it turns out that he misses Xiao Gu..."
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