"Mom, thank you," Ruan Jianguo didn't know what else to say. He understood what his departure signified, but he truly couldn't let go.
In their several teams, over a dozen youths had come from the cities. Many had married and had children on the team, but once the college entrance examination was restored, most of the youths, regardless of gender, abandoned this place and left, even if they had sons and daughters who were almost adults. All had the option to leave.
But Ruan Jianguo believed in Shu Jiao; she was definitely not that kind of person.
He couldn't rest for the rest of his life without finding her to get to the bottom of things.
If... if things didn't turn out as hoped in the end, then he would accept his fate...
"What nonsense are you talking about? You're tired from the day; go to sleep. Let Jiaojiao sleep beside her brother tonight," the matriarch of the Ruanlin family waved her hand dismissively.
"Alright," Ruan Jianguo nodded. "I'll go check on them again."
