"What?"
Guan Lian asked several times in disbelief, only to feel a throbbing in her temples that made it hard to see clearly, and she almost fell over.
Song Qing quickly stepped forward to support Guan Lian, "Xiao Liang, tell me slowly what happened?"
"I was waiting at the gate, but no one came out, so I asked someone to go into the school to check. The teacher said he had already left."
Chen Junliang looked anxious. He had been taking his younger brother to and from school these past few days, trying to prevent him from having any contact with their father. Although he was angry that his brother was siding with their father, he didn't want anything to happen to him.
"Don't rush, Xiao Liang, go home and check first. Maybe I'll be home by then."
Guan Lian grabbed Song Qing's hand, "Yes, yes, maybe he went back. Let's go back and check first."
"...I've already run home to check."
Chen Junliang couldn't wait for his younger brother and subconsciously thought of his father. He ran home but the father was not there. He asked the neighbors downstairs but they didn't see him come back either.
The disappearance of a child is a big deal anywhere. Soon, people from the dormitory building and the security department came out and started searching.
“Comrade Guan Lian, my classmate saw him carrying his schoolbag and walking out of the family compound. The sentry at the gate also saw him. He left the family compound and went back to the factory area as usual.”
Guan Lian was so anxious she could barely stand. "If he went back, how could he not find him!"
Actually, at this point everyone had already thought of another possibility. Looking at her face, they said, "Comrade Guan, don't panic. Could it be that the child's father took him away?"
Even if Guan Lian is unwilling, this is the most likely possibility now.
When Director Zhang arrived, Guan Lian was crying anxiously in the security office. "Don't worry, this child isn't here for the first time. He knows he can't go anywhere else this season. I guess his father took him away. I've already sent people to ask at the place he's staying and at the train station."
Soon, the people searching for the child split into three groups: one went to the train station, one went to the place where he was staying, and the other searched the neighborhood. Song Qing held Guan Lian's hand to comfort her.
"If I had known he would take me away, I shouldn't have let him see them. It's all my fault."
How could she possibly think that Chen Wei would slink away after being rebuffed here? She was sure he would find a way to make her suffer and take the child away to deliver a blow.
"That kid is really something. It's such a short distance from the family compound to the dormitory area. If he just shouted, someone would definitely come out. How could that coward Chen Wei dare to drag him away like that!"
There were sentries at the entrance of the family compound, and security personnel at the entrance of the factory dormitory. There were also people coming and going. If Chen Wei tried to pull him away, he could have just shouted loudly and he wouldn't have been taken away so easily.
With both the person and the child gone, those who had previously advised Guan Lian to reconcile with Chen Wei no longer dared to say those things.
This is like stabbing a mother in the heart.
"Comrade Guan, don't worry. As long as nothing bad has happened, that's good. At least the child's father is safe since he's taken away."
"Yes, yes, you should try to bring him back. It's better for his father to take him away than for him to run off to the mountains."
Guan Lian wasn't as anxious as before. Everyone was right; at least no one was hurt.
The three groups of people sent out successively reported back that they had not found anyone in the vicinity, and no one had seen a child running away alone. The family where they stayed said that Chen Wei packed his things and left at noon.
"The older woman at that house said he left after lunch, and he was all alone when he left."
"Several people saw Chen Wei with a child. I just went to the train station to inquire, and he did indeed take a child on the train."
"That's good, that's good. Comrade Guan, don't worry. Once they get home, they can send a telegram or make a phone call. The child won't suffer with his own father, so don't worry."
Director Zhang told those people to go home, and Chen Junliang stood next to his mother.
Director Zhang: "Comrade Guan Lian, your family's situation is a bit complicated. No matter what, Chen Wei is the child's biological father. There's nothing we can do if he takes the child away."
You only have two children, and you agreed to each have one when you divorced, but look at the situation now.
Originally, Guan Lian took care of the younger son while Chen Wei took care of the older one. The older son ran away, and now Chen Wei is taking the younger one back. You could say that what he did was wrong, but it's not right for both of his sons to leave him.
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