The old man continued after shaking his head with a sigh. "At that time, our quarrel was so severe that it escalated to the point of estrangement. I left the hospital to run an errand, and by the time I returned, they were gone. I reckoned that they just upped and left because they no longer had hope about our family. Truthfully, I really… didn't expect this to happen! If I had known, I would've called the police then!"
The policeman nodded and, after further cross-examinations with him, he proceeded to question Yun Shishi.
After the interview, he took their thumbprints before allowing the father-daughter pair to leave the station.
Mu Yazhe was on the phone with his younger son as he waited by the entrance.
He hung up the call just as his wife came out of the building.
"How is it?" he asked.
The woman shook her head with a solemn expression.
"That's definitely her."