In the afternoon, Fu Shen received a call from the police, who told him that his parents wanted Tian Jianshan to go to jail and specifically asked if he was really his parents.
Fu Shen, recalling the vague suspicion that had been lingering in his mind for a few days, paused involuntarily in his hand holding the receiver. "Can we let them answer the phone?"
The police officer readily agreed, "Yes, Xiao Lin, please call Comrade Huo and Comrade Tian in for a moment."
A moment later, Fu Shen heard Huo Xueshen's steady voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Hello, this is Huo Xueshen."
At that moment, Huo Xueshen was called in by the police officers and had no idea who was on the phone.
Fu Shen subconsciously gripped the receiver, his voice filled with undisguised complex emotions: "Dad, do you want to explain to me what exactly is going on?"
His thoughts were in disarray; his mother had returned, and she was trying to keep it a secret from him.
Not only did she keep it a secret, but she also didn't contact him after arriving in Shenzhen; she went straight to the police station.
Tian Huanyan stood awkwardly next to Huo Xueshen. When she heard the person on the phone call out "Dad," she immediately knew that this person was the son she had been longing for.
She was both nervous and expectant, both afraid of her son's attitude and eager to know what he would say next, so she held her breath and listened quietly.
Huo Xueshen glanced at Tian Huanyan, whose face was full of tension, and then said into the phone, "It's hard to explain over the phone. We'll come to the military base to find you after we've dealt with this."
Fu Shen said, "No need, I'll come find you."
After Huo Xueshen hung up the phone, Tian Huanyan stared at him intently, her eyes filled with unease and anticipation, and asked, "Is he coming to see us?"
Huo Xueshen responded gently, "Yes, our son will come to see us later."
Tian Huanyan's nervousness could no longer be concealed. She clasped her hands tightly together, her fingers turning slightly white from the force: "We're suddenly meeting, I'm a little panicked, what should we do? What if our son...?"
She didn't dare say the second half of her sentence, filled with worry that her son didn't want to acknowledge her as his mother, whom he hadn't seen for many years.
After all, her son hadn't mentioned her separately on the phone, only referring to "them."
Huo Xueshen quickly interrupted her, gently patting her shoulder to reassure her, "No, don't overthink it. Have you forgotten how I told you on the train about how our son treats me and you differently?"
During the few days they traveled by train from Beicheng to Shenzhen, as they got closer to Shenzhen, Huo Xueshen keenly noticed that Tian Huanyan was becoming increasingly nervous. He then recounted in detail how he first met Fu Shen and how Fu Shen was reluctant to call him "Dad."
Only after explaining that he hadn't abandoned Fu Shen's mother did Fu Shen agree to call him "Dad".
When talking about Tian Huanyan, Fu Shen had never even met her before, yet he easily called her "Mom."
He even planned ahead to apply for a military post in Shenzhen in the future.
I heard that someone had repeatedly asked him to go to the troops in the north of the city, but he resolutely refused.
When Tian Huanyan heard this, she did feel much more relaxed, but now that she actually heard Fu Shen's voice, she became extremely nervous again.
Fu Shen immediately asked for half a day off and hurried home.
When Su Yue saw him suddenly return, she asked with a puzzled look, "Are you going on a mission?"
Based on past experience, if Fu Shen suddenly returns in the afternoon, it usually means he's going on a mission.
Fu Shen's tone carried a hint of joy: "No, it's Mom and Dad who's here. We're going to find them now."
Su Yue looked surprised: "You mean Mom and Dad came to Shenzhen?"
Fu Shen gave a soft "hmm," and said, "My guess that day was right, Mom is back."
While talking to Huo Xueshen on the phone, Fu Shen almost couldn't resist asking Tian Huanyan to take the call.
But then I thought, some things are better said face to face.
Su Yue said eagerly, "Then let's go there now, it's a bit far from the train station."
As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Fu Shen's hand, hurrying towards the gate.
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