Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1349: Chapter 1350: Leave Now

”Besides him, she didn’t have anyone particularly to worry about now, did she?”

”Yes, three people disappeared at the same time.”

”His mission isn’t classified from the family, is it?”

”It can be disclosed to the closest family members.”

”So, I know what he went to do,” Chiang Xiao took a deep breath and said, ”I want to ask, did they complete their mission?”

”They did!” Yang Zhiqi said in a deep voice, ”They completed it perfectly! However, based on the issues raised by those people, there was one point that required Xinian and his team to investigate further. That’s why, three days ago, Xinian went to the place they specified with Zhao Xin and Dai Gang.”

”Which place?”

”A subterranean Dark River.”

”What were they doing at the Dark River?” Chiang Xiao knew she shouldn’t be asking so much, but now that Meng Xinian had disappeared, how could she not ask?

Yang Zhiqi sighed and said, ”They reported that there was a makeshift arms manufacturing site there.”

Now that they had tracked it to this point, Meng Xinian’s team naturally had to find that arms depot.

For the past two years, those people had constantly been disturbing the peace along the border, causing casualties among our border troops. They had long been considered a cancerous tumor that we wanted to completely eradicate.

Now that this tumor had been removed, they naturally had to find that batch of arms.

But, Meng Xinian’s team had been investigating for three days without any news coming back.

”Can’t we send military personnel to search for them?” Chiang Xiao’s heart sank once more.

Yang Zhiqi said, ”The location is at a sensitive spot on the border—if we go out, we cross our boundary, and we can’t just send troops out recklessly. We’re already communicating with the military of the neighboring country, requesting permission, and they have agreed to send their troops to search for Xinian and the other two first.”

When it came to international affairs, Chiang Xiao had nothing to say.

But for some reason, after hearing what Yang Zhiqi had said, the anxiety in her heart grew even stronger.

After hanging up the phone, she stood silently for a long while before turning to Ge Liutao on the rooftop and saying, ”Grandma, I need to take a long trip.”

Ge Liutao was startled, ”You’re going on a long trip now? You’re supposed to take the gaokao in just over two months.”

Chiang Xiao had been studying hard before, hardly even drawing anymore. Now she suddenly mentioned leaving?

What about her studies? What about the examination?

This is the gaokao, after all.

Chiang Songhai had just bought a fish and came back, and he too was startled by Chiang Xiao’s words, dropping the fish on the ground.

”Little, where are you going? The gaokao is not something to take lightly.”

”I have an urgent matter and must go out,” Chiang Xiao didn’t want to tell them that Meng Xinian had disappeared, as it would only worry them every day at home and wouldn’t help the situation.

”It’s related to my studies, it’s okay, I won’t fall behind and I will definitely come back to take the gaokao.”

Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao both kept questioning her for a while longer, but Chiang Xiao refused to say anything, leaving them helpless.

Chiang Xiao had been making her own decisions on many matters since she was thirteen, let alone now.

”That’s fine, we trust that you know what you’re doing, when are you leaving?” Chiang Songhai asked.

Chiang Xiao replied, ”I’m leaving right now.”

After she spoke, she went back to her room, packed a backpack, slung it over her shoulder, and got ready to leave.

She still needed to ask for leave from school; at this critical moment, asking for over half a month off might make her teacher want to throttle her, so asking for leave over the phone was out of the question—she had to explain it to them in person.