After getting a haircut, shaving, taking a shower, and changing his clothes, Lu Yuan was pinned down at the table by his father.
The whole family stared intently at Lu Yuan, their eyes filled with love and guilt.
Lu Yuan could no longer hold back.
"Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, stop being so mysterious! What happened to Xiaoshan and her aunt and uncle? Where are they?"
Lu's father picked up a small tin box from the table, pinched off a tiny bit of tobacco leaves, stuffed it into a piece of tobacco, picked it up, and lit it with a lighter.
After taking a few breaths, Lu's father's face calmed down a bit.
"Son, Xiaoshan...she went to look for you, saying...saying she won't come back if she can't find you!"
Lu Yuan immediately became a little angry upon hearing this.
"Then why didn't you stop her?"
Aunt Lu chimed in, "Sigh, why didn't we stop her? But... it's been months, and we haven't heard a single word from you. Xiao Shan was so worried that she threatened to kill herself if we didn't come looking for you. We had no choice!"
"Yes, your grandparents are getting old and they can't handle such a long journey. So, we really did our best. Otherwise, we would definitely have gone with them. Your uncle and aunt tried to persuade them, but it was no use, and in the end, they went with us too."
Lu Yuan felt a sour taste in his mouth. He hadn't expected that his disappearance would cause his family to worry, and even Xiao Shan had gone out to look for him. But in this vast world, how difficult it is to find someone, not to mention that the world has changed so much, and communication has also been affected. A phone call can only be made in areas hundreds of kilometers away.
"Sigh! How long has Xiaoshan been gone? Did she leave any message before she left? Did she say where she was going to look for me?" Lu Yuan asked.
Grandma quickly pointed at Lu Ma and said, "Hurry up, take out the note Xiao Shan left behind!"
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll go get it!"
After saying that, Lu's mother quickly ran to the tent next door and rummaged through it to find a small iron box.
"Son, this is the letter Xiaoshan left for you when she left. It describes her itinerary for this trip!"
Lu Yuan quickly took the note and opened it.
There was a whole page of words written in neat handwriting.
"Little Yuanzi, please forgive my ignorance. If you see this letter, it means we haven't met yet. Please apologize to Grandpa and Grandma for me. I really can't wait for you any longer. This time, I plan to leave the island and head north to find you. I hope I'll have good luck! If I don't hear from you in the north, I'll keep going north until I cross the entire Earth. You can't escape! I will find you in this lifetime!"
Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan felt a sharp pain in his heart. He desperately held the letter, reading it several times before finally folding it up again and putting it back in his pocket.
"It's already the end of November. Xiaoshan set off in October. By the way, what kind of plane did Xiaoshan take?"
Lu's father sat to the side, stroking his stubble and thinking for a while: "According to Lao Wei, they built their own boat and installed an engine on it. It took them more than two months to get this thing done!"
"Well, the boat I built probably isn't very fast. If I go after it now, I guess I still have a chance!"
Lu's parents both looked worried, and his grandmother was wiping away tears. She couldn't bring herself to stop Lu Yuan from going to find Xiao Shan. After all, they were the ones who hadn't taken good care of Xiao Shan, which was why her family had to leave. Now that Lu Yuan was back, they felt like they had let him down.
Grandpa, who was sitting to the side, spoke up: "Grandson, I agree to let you go find Xiaoshan. There's no time to lose, so go now! Try to come back for the New Year!"
Lu Yuan nodded: "Don't worry, Grandpa and Grandma, I will definitely find them. But before I leave, I need to make sure you're settled! I can't let you live such a hard life anymore!"
Grandpa, however, didn't care at all: "What's so hard about it? The earthquake is over, and life is much better now than the first year. Be content. We'll get through this with a little patience. Don't worry about us!"
Lu Yuan shook his head: "It won't take up any time. I'll prepare some food for you now so you won't go hungry anymore!"
Once at the camp, Lu Yuan summoned one of the key members from Qingshui City, but not many people came.
Many people did not survive this disaster. Although the first major earthquake did not kill many people, the volcanic eruption and the endless darkness brought about by the earthquake caused many deaths.
Besides Du Heng and his wife, Zhou Tong's sister Zhou Chen was also present. As for Zhou Tong, the special forces soldier, he had gone with Xiao Shan to find himself.
Sitting to the side were Sun Zhe and his wife. Chen Ke disappeared when the earth cracked open, and her body has not been found to this day. Many people speculate that she must have fallen into the rift valley and died.
Many more people had died, and Lu Yuan began to recall them one by one.
Just then, another woman walked in. It was Kong Hanting. Kong Hanting, whom we hadn't seen for a long time, had lost her former star appearance and looked like a village woman. She had a headscarf wrapped around her head, wore a long gown and faded jeans, and her shoes were different from the ones she was wearing.
"Can I...can I come?" Kong Hanting asked hesitantly, clutching the hem of her clothes as she stood outside the door, but her eyes were fixed on Lu Yuan.
Through the other person's eyes, Lu Yuan could see a very complicated expression, and when the other person realized that he had been seen looking at Lu Yuan, his cheeks immediately turned red.
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