The application for a leave of absence was approved a week later.
Unexpectedly, just a few days before she was set to depart, Ye Shoulin, who had been with the Golden Brigade, returned home.
He found no one to greet him at home and the store was also empty, only a pile of ruins remained.
Ye Shoulin stood in the middle of the street with a lost look in his eyes, like a child who had gone astray.
Seeing such devastation, he thought Song Yitang had met with disaster.
He was just approaching the police station when he bumped into Li Tong.
Li Tong happened to have a case to attend to and on passing Ye Shoulin felt that this gentleman looked somewhat familiar.
He tentatively called out, "Divine Doctor Ye?"
Ye Shoulin heard someone calling him and couldn't help but straighten up, looking at him quizzically.
The man looked familiar, and he wasn't sure, so he looked again.
"It is you, do you have some business at the police station?"
