boyutpedia Chapter 1589 The Disappearance of Li Chaodong
Chapter 1589 The Disappearance of Li Chaodong
"Come inside and talk, Qiuju!"
Li Fugui knocked his pipe on the corridor pillar to remind his wife not to make this matter public for the time being.
"Come in!" Zhu Qiuju nodded, and after entering the house, she poured a glass of water for her son.
"Mom, stop busying yourself and tell me what's going on. I know Chaodong. Why didn't he take the exam? He spent at least two years preparing for the college entrance exam, not to mention three years. This kid's grades are pretty good!"
Li Xiangnan was also extremely anxious at this moment.
In his impression, although Li Chaodong was indeed naughty before his teens, as time went by and he grew up, he became more and more like his uncle and his temperament became much calmer.
With an older brother like me as a role model, my younger brothers and sisters are doing well in their studies and as good people!
He really couldn't figure out why Li Chaodong didn't take the exam!
Is there something wrong with your thinking? The pressure is too great and you don’t want to take the exam at all?
Or was it delayed by something or some unexpected thing happened?
"Your aunt sent him out this morning and saw him riding his bike at the gate, taking his classmates to the middle school. You know your uncle's house. Although it's a rented house, it's only three miles away from the county high school. What could possibly happen?"
Hearing his mother say this, Li Xiangnan frowned instantly.
"So, Chaodong went to take the exam, and he had his classmates with him. His mental state must be fine, otherwise he would have been discovered by Auntie long ago!"
Li Xiangnan pondered in his heart, silently clenched his fists, and signaled his mother to continue.
"But when your aunt didn't wait for Chaodong to come back after four o'clock, she became suspicious! The afternoon exam should have ended at 4:30. From the exam room, it would only take ten minutes to ride home! Your aunt looked at the watch and saw it was almost five o'clock, so she went to the school gate to greet him!"
"I didn't see Chaodong all the way. When I got to the school, the campus was already deserted. There were no students left. Your aunt explained her purpose, and the security guard and several members of the security department rushed to the classrooms, exam rooms, and restrooms to look for him, but they still haven't found him!"
"Your uncle works in the district and is overseeing the college entrance examination. Your aunt has no one to make decisions for her, so she called me right away!"
Zhu Qiuju said this and pointed at the clock, "It's already past six o'clock, and your aunt hasn't called yet! She must not have found him yet!"
"Mom, don't worry! Maybe something delayed Chaodong and he couldn't get home in time! Let's wait, wait, don't worry!"
Li Xiangnan poured a cup of tea for his mother and said, "Well, Mom, I'll cook dinner tonight. Let Dad go to the backyard and wait for the call!"
"Fuguier!" Zhu Qiuju shouted immediately.
"Okay!" Li Fugui didn't hesitate and got up and went to the backyard.
In fact, the phone in the backyard can also be heard here. Among the nearby yards, only the Li family has a phone, and the recognition rate is quite high. As soon as the ringtone rings, you know it is the Li family's phone.
But to be on the safe side, Li Fugui was asked to go and wait.
Li Xiangnan was cooking while thinking about possible situations.
According to the information given by his mother, Chaodong would not deliberately not take the exam!
The college entrance examination is a major event in life, and most people dare not be careless!
What's more, Chaodong has been clamoring to get into Yanjing to keep him company!
There must be something that prevented him from returning home in time!
Could this kid be out for some fun?
It's possible!
"Mom, why are you sitting here?"
At this time, a call came from outside, and Qin Ruobai walked in slowly with a big belly. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Li Xiangnan cooking and was immediately surprised.
"Oh!" Zhu Qiuju sighed and hurried over to support her daughter-in-law. She didn't know whether she should say it or not. She was afraid that Ruobai had a miscarriage.
Seeing his mother looking at him, Li Xiangnan prepared a bowl of fried cucumbers, put it on a plate, and brought it to the table, shaking his head and saying, "Chaodong didn't come home last night!"
"Chaodong?" Qin Ruobai was startled and quickly stood up, asking in confusion, "What's going on? Isn't today the college entrance examination?"
"Yes, yes!" Zhu Qiuju pulled her daughter-in-law to sit down. "Your aunt called and said Chaodong didn't come home last night! There was no one at home. If she hadn't been unable to find anyone to give her advice, she probably wouldn't have rushed to tell us now..."
"Uncle?" Qin Ruobai frowned.
"My uncle is in the region and is also busy with the college entrance examination! These three days are critical, and my aunt is afraid that it will affect his work!" Li Xiangnan explained.
Qin Ruobai took out his water cup from his bag, frowned and took a big sip.
"Chaodong didn't go home. Maybe it's because he didn't perform well during the day and was afraid that Auntie would scold him, so..."
Li Xiangnan didn't say anything, but admitted that this was a possibility.
Qin Ruobai raised her head and saw that her husband and mother-in-law both looked worried, so she comforted them, "Mom, Xiangnan, let's not think too much about it for now. Maybe Auntie will call soon!"
But Li Xiangnan doesn't think so.
He understood Li Chaodong and knew that Aunt Tong Yu understood her son better.
The fact that she made this call showed that she had subconsciously realized that something was wrong.
Under normal circumstances, who wouldn’t go home after taking an exam?
And this is the college entrance examination!
Li Chaodong takes this exam more seriously than anyone else!
It turned out that Li Xiangnan's intuition was correct.
I waited until late at night and never thought about the phone at home again.
Inside the room, Zhu Qiuju, Li Fugui, Qin Ruobai and others became increasingly anxious.
Li Xiangnan waved his hand and said, "Mom and Dad, go back to sleep! It's no use waiting like this. I'll be fine here! Ruobai, you go to sleep too!"
They looked at each other and knew that this was not a solution, so they had to do this.
But by the next day, when Mr. Hao's rooster in the yard next door had already crowed, the phone call still hadn't come.
Li Xiangnan, awakened by the crowing of a rooster, looked at his watch and saw that it was already a quarter past six.
He sat on the sofa all night, his back and waist ached. He stood up and stretched his body, but his eyes were still fixed on the phone next to the kerosene lamp.
That night, the oil in the kerosene lamp burned out, but the phone never rang.
In other words, Li Chaodong has not returned home for almost twenty-four hours since he left home yesterday morning!
Such a thing could never happen in the Li family!
Aunt Tong Yu must have been extremely anxious!
I probably didn’t sleep the whole night last night!
"Hasn't he come yet?" Qin Ruobai came out with her clothes on and tightened her husband's clothes worriedly.
"No!" Li Xiangnan shook his head, tidied his wife's hair, and advised: "You should go back to sleep for a while, it's still early!"
Qin Ruobai hugged him and shook his head, "I can't sleep!"
There was a knock on the door. Li Xiangnan sighed and went to open it.
His parents came over with the dinner tray. Li Xiangnan looked at their panda eyes and knew that they probably didn't sleep well last night.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Qiuju looked at the two of them and asked worriedly.
"Let's eat!" Li Xiangnan shook his head and sighed.
The four of them sat down silently.
Li Xiangnan glanced at the clock and said firmly, "I asked the train station last night, and they said the train schedule has been adjusted. There's no line back to Hongshan now, so we have to go through Wanling! There's no direct train back, so it's going to be very troublesome!"
Zhu Qiuju was shocked.
"After I finish my meal, I'll ride my motorcycle back to Hongshan County to take a look!"
Li Fugui's voice trembled: "Son, that's more than 2,000 miles! It's too unsafe for you to ride a bike alone!"
Although Qin Ruobai felt distressed, she knew that Li Xiangnan would have to go back to Chaodong for this matter, so she immediately got up to help him prepare the package. "Okay, don't go too fast! Remember to refuel along the way! Call home every 200 kilometers. I'm not going anywhere today! I'll be waiting for your call and Auntie's call at home!"
"Yes, my daughter-in-law is right!" Zhu Qiuju choked up and said, "As long as you are safe, go home as soon as possible! You must find Chaodong!"
"Hmm!" Li Xiangnan quickly finished his meal, wiped his mouth, slung his backpack over his shoulder, picked up the keys on the table, and shouted, "I'm leaving!"
After saying that, he walked straight out the door, ran down the stairs, pushed the bike out of the yard, and rode all the way south.
Zhu Qiuju held her daughter-in-law's arm and watched his figure disappear at the alley entrance. Finally, the rumbling sound of the motorcycle gradually faded away, and her mood was extremely complicated.
Li Chaodong, what exactly happened to him?