After an hour, Ren Baqian received a text message, and he called the phone number of the sender. Soon after, a middle-aged man picked up his call.
After exchanging greetings, Ren Baqian told the man that he had lost his identity card while moving back here from a foreign country and he had become an unregistered resident.
In reality, both parties clearly knew the authenticity of this story. After all, if Ren Baqian really lost his identity card, he could have gotten a replacement from the place where it had been made.
However, the other party did not say anything. After making an appointment with Ren Baqian, he hung up the phone.
