Not only Gu Pan, but Cheng Yang and the others had been listening to the radio every day, waiting for news from the base. They were not short of supplies and had technical people; they all wanted to go to the base to live a life where they could sleep soundly.
In the middle of the night, when Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng got home, they saw Lin Ran sitting at the door.
Lin Ran ran over to them as he saw them: "Xiao Gu, Xiao Lu, you've finally come back. Have you seen my dad, Yuan Jiang, and Mengmeng? They've been gone for these two days. Even if they went looking for supplies, my dad's age wouldn't allow him to go out. Why isn't anyone here?"
Gu Pan said, "We don't know either." This was something they couldn't elaborate on.
Lin Ran had become gaunt and disheveled, clutching his hair in despair, "Why? Why did my dad leave? I'm his son, right?"