Li Ying sensed that everyone was hiding something from her. Unpleasant images flashed through her mind, and her body felt an uncontrollable urge to fall.
Jing Yingyan instinctively reached out to support her, and once Li Ying was steady, he quickly let go of her hand with a serious expression.
"Ye Jingchi has gone missing."
Li Ying had imagined countless bad things, but she never expected Ye Jingchi to disappear.
“I went to his unit, but he wasn’t there. His bodyguard said that he left alone after arranging the troops, and now his unit is being led by someone else. Ye Jingchi is missing.”
Looking at Li Ying's calm face, Jing Yingyan really wanted to reach out and hug her, but he held back.
"If you want to cry, just cry. Don't hold it in. It's bad for your health."
Li Ying shook her head slightly, a smile appearing on her lips.
"His disappearance means he's still alive."
Li Ying comforted herself.
Jing Yingyan gave a self-deprecating laugh: "These past few days, I've been thinking about how to tell you about this, but now it seems I was overthinking it. You're stronger than I imagined!"
Li Ying smiled bitterly. Her strength was only because she didn't love him enough. She didn't love Ye Jingchi enough, which was why she had such a rational calm about his life and death.
"Young Master Jing, thank you for telling me all this. I'm a little tired and want to go and rest for a bit."
Li Ying stepped into the room.
Zhou Qi led Hei Hei into the courtyard and greeted Jing Yingyan.
"Young Master Jing, good!"
Jing Yingyan saw the well-trained black dog that Zhou Qi was holding and asked, "Did you buy it?"
"No, it was sent by Tong Danian. His trained hunting dogs are pretty good, aren't they?" Zhou Qi praised sincerely.
"It shouldn't have been Tong Danian's idea."
Jing Yingyan knows Tong Danian too well; that kid doesn't have that kind of brain. It should be Ye Jingchi.
He's back!
"It was Commander Ye who asked Officer Tong to deliver it to Miss Ying so she could guard the door." Zhou Qi never stopped mentioning Commander Ye, not wanting him to be forgotten.
Jing Yingyan squatted down and reached out to stroke the black dog's muscular body.
"It's being raised very well."
Ye Jingchi has loved raising dogs since he was a child. Because of raising dogs, he was beaten so badly by Tang Qiao that his skin was bruised and swollen. He even ran away from home with a stray dog to protect it. He ate and lived with the dog and wandered outside for a month before being found and brought home.
He didn't believe that Tong Danian could raise a dog so well, except for Ye Jingchi.
Have you seen Commander Ye recently?
Zhou Qi shook his head: "Didn't Commander Ye go to join the Self-Defense Forces?"
Jing Yingyan guessed what was going on and smiled.
Perhaps Ye Jingchi was deliberately avoiding him and didn't want to see him.
After the Lunar New Year, February passed, and March began.
Li Ying heard Tian Li and Zhou Qi talking in the courtyard when she got up early.
"Does that mean the whole team has returned?"
"Yes, they're all back! My sister and I are going to deliver steamed buns to the victorious soldiers. Do you want to come? Ask Yingying if she wants to."
Zhou Qi thought of Ye Jingchi and nodded emphatically: "Go, go, go. Commander Ye must be back by now."
Li Ying opened the door and came out.
Tian Li hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Ying, whose belly was getting bigger and bigger, making it very inconvenient for her to move around.
"Sister Yingying, my sister has packed a lot of steamed buns to send to the victorious soldiers. Do you want to go?" Tian Lixing said hurriedly.
"Yes, I'll go with you."
Li Ying couldn't quite describe her feelings. She wanted to know if Ye Jingchi was alright, but she also didn't want to know anything about him. She was conflicted.
Li Ying and Tian Li went to the steamed bun shop first, and then went with Tian Bingbing to deliver steamed buns to the army.
When they arrived, Hua Qingqing, representing the drama troupe, was visiting and comforting the soldiers, along with some comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hua Qingqing saw Li Ying and leaned closer.
"You came too?"
"Yes, Tian Li and I will deliver some steamed buns to the soldiers."
Hua gently pulled Li Ying aside and hesitated before speaking, "Yingying, I just came over and asked about Ye Jingchi. His team is now being led by Commander Fu, but Ye Jingchi has disappeared."
"Did he disappear after the victory, or before the battle?"
"They disappeared after the victory," Hua asked clearly.
Because she came with Ye Wenchi, and Ye Jingchi is Ye Wenchi's younger brother, she would naturally tell Ye Wenchi about Ye Jingchi's affairs as soon as possible.
Hua Qingqing only realized that Ye Jingchi was missing.
"What's wrong with him? He won the battle, but he's just disappeared?" Hua Qingqing asked, puzzled.
Li Ying knew why; the toxins in Ye Jingchi's body must not have been completely cleared yet, and he was afraid that his appearance would frighten her.
"It's okay, he must have his own things to do."
Tian Bingbing and Tian Li are distributing steamed buns to the soldiers.
"It's a small gift but a big token of affection, please don't mind it." Tian Bingbing was much more cheerful than before.
"How could that be? The Tian family's steamed bun shop is a century-old establishment; it's the best steamed buns I've ever eaten!"
"Yes, I've been eating at Tianjia Steamed Bun Shop since I was a kid. I crave it if I don't eat it."
Everyone chattered amongst themselves, enjoying the food immensely.
Tian Bingbing carried the steamer to another team.
I came across several leaders talking.
Tian Bingbing saw a familiar figure in the crowd, paused, but quickly regained her composure and continued distributing steamed buns to the soldiers.
"These steamed buns were delivered by Tian's Steamed Bun Shop as a token of our appreciation to the soldiers," Commander Yan said with a smile.
Ye Wenchi frowned slightly, his gaze falling on Tian Bingbing before shifting away.
"This victorious return has enhanced our national prestige, and there will be fewer border conflicts in the future," Ye Wenchi said, spouting a lot of official jargon.
"It's a pity that Ye Jingchi didn't come back. He was brave and resourceful in this battle, and many of the battle plans came from his hands. I just don't know why he disappeared when victory was just around the corner." Commander Yan said with great regret.
He had high hopes for Ye Jingchi.
"Does Commander Yan know why my brother is missing?" Ye Wenchi asked.
"I asked Commander Fu, and he said that Commander Ye seems to have injured his arm, but they don't know what kind of injury it is. What a pity!"
Ye Wenchi fell into deep thought.
The main gate of the Ye family's residence.
Tang Qiao helped Grandma Ye and her family stand at the gate, waiting for Ye Jingchi to return in triumph. They waited all morning, but Ye Jingchi did not appear.
"Why haven't they come back yet?" Grandma Ye looked around anxiously.
The fact that Ye Jingchi's name wasn't on the list of the dead means that his grandson is alive and well. Given his abilities, he will surely be praised.
But what's going on? The neighbors have already sent plaques to their homes, so why hasn't Ye Jingchi come back yet?
Not long after, Ye Wenchi's car returned.
Everyone gathered around.
"Wen Chi, where's your brother?"
Ye Wenchi frowned, and after a long while, he slowly said, "I don't know why, but Jingchi has disappeared."
"Gone?" Grandma Ye looked bewildered.
"Second Brother, what does it mean that Third Brother is missing?" Ye Zhonghong pressed.
Ye Wenchi said with a face full of grief: "Before going to the battlefield, Jingchi injured his arm, but he didn't tell us. Now we don't know if his injury has relapsed and he's hiding because he didn't want us to be sad."
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