The silence on the other end of the phone prompted Gao Sheng to speak again, "Yiran, girl, did you hear ? Leng Yichen has news! He’s still alive! Still alive!"
Tears burst forth at this mont, Bai Yiran was so overwheld with emotion that she didn’t know what else to say, she didn’t know what else she could say.
Just when she had already reached a point of despair, Gao Sheng’s words revived her. She choked as she asked, "Where is he? Where?"
"He’s still in F Country, he’s been detained by the governnt there this whole ti!"
"In prison?" Bai Yiran was startled, "Why is he being detained, what exactly happened?"
"This matter is sowhat complex, the police will et with you to explain it. I’m just passing on the information, so you don’t continue to be sad and hopeless."
"Leng Yichen is still alive..." Hanging up the phone, Bai Yiran dashed out of the room, disheveled, Sister Liu and Luna who were standing outside the door saw Bai Yiran co out in such a frantic state, initially thought she had suffered a blow and wanted to step forward to comfort her, but then heard Bai Yiran clutching them and saying, "Leng Yichen is still alive!"
"Yiran..." Luna thought Bai Yiran was speaking madly, her eyes reddened with sympathy, "We all hope Yichen is still alive, but you can’t tornt yourself like this, you still have a child..."
Bai Yiran froze for a mont, "You think I’m crazy?" She shook her head, and solemnly told them, "Leng Yichen is really still alive, Officer Gao just called , told the police already have news of Leng Yichen, he’s still in F Country, and he’s still alive!"
"What!" Sister Liu and Luna couldn’t believe it and covered their mouths, tears started flowing excitedly upon hearing this news.
Bai Yiran let go of Sister Liu and Luna’s hands, and ran downstairs excitedly, "Dad! Dad! Did you hear what I just said? Leng Yichen is still alive, your son is still alive!"
Leng Liewei had already heard Bai Yiran and Luna’s conversation from the second floor, now his old tears flowed uncontrollably.
Xiao Lang placed the book in his hand down and tears started to drip, "Mom, can I see Dad now?"
All along, Xiao Lang never dared ntion the word ’Dad’ in front of Bai Yiran, afraid she would be saddened. So whenever he missed Leng Yichen, he would take a book from Leng Yichen’s bookshelf to read, just to feel his father’s presence within the pages.
Bai Yiran hugged Xiao Lang tightly, "Yes, very soon you can!"
Xiao Xi saw that Mom was only hugging his brother and not her, she started feeling upset and cried out to Bai Yiran.
Bai Yiran broke into a smile amidst her tears, she lifted Xiao Xi from Leng Liewei’s lap, "Mommy will hug you too!"
Gao Sheng was right, soon the police responsible for handling Leng Yichen’s disappearance case found the Bai Yiran family and explained in detail the reasons for Leng Yichen’s disappearance during this period.
"Officer, I heard from Officer Gao that my husband is currently detained in F Country." Bai Yiran raised her questions, after the initial excitent of learning Leng Yichen wasn’t dead subsided, Bai Yiran began to worry about his current situation, "Why is he being detained? And, although the police and embassy have been negotiating so extensively with F Country about Leng Yichen’s information, why is F Country still concealing this matter?"
The officer nodded, "This is what I’m going to explain to you all next, the F Country police discovered during the review of the CCTV footage from the blown-up building that Mr. Leng Yichen had contact with a terrorist carrying explosives before the explosion occurred. Because there was no audio, we’ve been unable to ascertain what was said between the two. After the explosion happened, Mr. Leng Yichen originally could have left quickly, but suddenly rembered sothing he needed to retrieve, just then he encountered the arriving F Country police. Mr. Leng Yichen insisted on going back despite the local police’s advice against it, and during the police’s attempt to stop him, there was a tussle. The local police temporarily detained him for the charge of assaulting an officer. It was not a significant matter initially but upon discovering the video of the contact with the terrorist later, they shifted the charges against Mr. Leng Yichen in another direction."
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