Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 879: He Disappeared

Chapter 879: Chapter 879: He Disappeared
In the evening, it was raining heavily outside. Qi Cheng just called, saying it was raining, and he couldn’t catch the flight, so he would only return tomorrow.
Ji Yunhuan, who was originally waiting for him to return in the evening, couldn’t help but feel a pang of disappointment.
That night, she let Ruirui sleep with her.
Finally, with Qi Cheng gone, she had this chance. Naturally, Ruirui was very excited, holding Ji Yunhuan and kissing her repeatedly, "Mom."
Ji Yunhuan looked at this little thing and smiled, "Haven’t you only been thinking about your dad these days? How come you start clinging to me as soon as he leaves?"
Recently, Qi Cheng had spent a lot of time with the children, so both children liked him a lot. They no longer clung to Ji Yunhuan in turns like before, and Ji Yunhuan’s mood lightened quite a bit.
After playing with the child for a while, Ji Yunhuan finally went to sleep. As a result, she woke up very early the next morning.
Whenever Qi Cheng wasn’t by her side, no matter how late she slept, she would wake up early because she couldn’t sleep soundly without him.
She went downstairs, drank a cup of coffee, feeling utterly helpless with herself.
She had never clung to anyone this much even in her childhood, yet now she seemed to be regressing.
"Sister-in-law." Qi Ling came down from upstairs; he had slept here last night. Seeing Ji Yunhuan, he greeted her voluntarily.
"You’re up so early." Ji Yunhuan looked at Qi Ling.
Qi Ling nodded, "I have some matters to attend to, so I plan to go out."
He looked at Ji Yunhuan, hesitating. Ji Yunhuan wanted to ask something, but before she could, Qi Ling had already left.
In the morning, Ji Yunhuan accompanied the two children for breakfast, called Qi Cheng, wanting to ask when he’d return, but it was her second brother who answered the call.
Hearing her second brother’s voice, Ji Yunhuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and asked, "This is Qi Cheng’s phone. How come Second Brother is answering it?"
"He’s had some trouble." Second Brother’s voice sounded a bit serious.
"What kind of trouble?" Ji Yunhuan frowned, a vague sense of foreboding emerging.
These days, she hadn’t slept well, and there was a sense of unease in her heart. Now, this feeling was becoming stronger and clearer.
Second Brother remained silent, and Ji Yunhuan didn’t hang up the phone because she wanted an answer.
Seeing that Second Brother didn’t speak for a long time, Ji Yunhuan said, "Second Brother, there’s no need to hide anything from me. You can tell me directly. After all, Qi Cheng and I are family!"
No matter what issues he encountered, she had the right to know.
Second Brother sighed, "The hotel where Qi Cheng was staying was attacked by terrorists. He’s gone missing."
"..."
Second Brother returned in the afternoon with Qi Ling. Clearly, Qi Ling had hurried off this morning for this issue. After the call with Second Brother, Ji Yunhuan checked the news and found out this incident was quite sensational; it happened late last night.
So, Qi Cheng was in trouble since late last night, but she only found out about it after breakfast this morning.
Ji Yunhuan was sitting on the sofa, Second Brother still in his military uniform. He walked over, glanced at Ji Yunhuan with a very serious expression, perhaps wanting to say something but not knowing how to start with Ji Yunhuan.
It was Qi Ling on the side who said, "Sister-in-law, don’t worry, Third Brother won’t be lost. He will return."
Ji Yunhuan listened to Qi Ling’s words, feeling somewhat numb.
Sometimes, when the sorrow passes, only numbness remains.
Maybe she should be thankful that she’s been through too much in these recent days?
Second Brother said, "Rest assured, I’ve been having people look for him all the time. As soon as there’s news, I’ll let you know immediately."
"Thank you, Second Brother." Ji Yunhuan’s heart had already sunk into deep sadness. Before this, she’d had many dreams, all hinting at this.
She blamed herself for not strongly preventing Qi Cheng when he was about to leave.
Second Brother and Qi Ling both had their own duties and left soon.
Ji Yunhuan was home alone, very worried and anxious. She was tidying things in the room, and upon seeing Qi Cheng’s clothes and luggage, a deep sadness welled up.
He had said he would return, so why hadn’t he?
Soon, a servant came in to tell her, "Second Young Master Zhou has arrived."
It was Zhou Jinlian. Hearing this, Ji Yunhuan, disregarding everything, rushed downstairs. This time, Zhou Jinlian had gone out with Qi Cheng.
"Where is Qi Cheng!" Ji Yunhuan couldn’t wait to ask even before fully descending from the stairs because she hoped naively to hear some news from Zhou Jinlian, as Qi Cheng was with him.
Zhou Jinlian had a bandage on his forehead, indicating he’d been injured. Seeing Ji Yunhuan, he felt a bit apologetic, "I’m sorry, I didn’t bring him back."
"...Then what are you doing here?"
Ji Yunhuan looked at the man in front of her, "He went with you. Why are you fine, and he’s the one who couldn’t make it back?"
"I’m sorry." Zhou Jinlian said with guilt, knowing he had some responsibility in this matter.
Seeing Ji Yunhuan, he was full of apology.
Ji Yunhuan stared at him, and Zhou Jinlian said, "I was also injured at that time, narrowly escaped. Qi Cheng’s accident, I’m truly sorry. If I could, I too wish I could have brought him back, but I didn’t succeed."
After all, he and Qi Cheng were just business partners, not real brothers, so how could he risk his life to save Qi Cheng?
Zhou Jinlian left shortly after coming, and the hint of hope that had risen in Ji Yunhuan’s heart quickly vanished.
The fear is exactly this, hope after hope, disappointment after disappointment...
Ji Yunhuan sat on the sofa; although this was the Qi Family, at this moment, she found no comfort here.
A Qi Family without Qi Cheng had no sense of belonging for her. It left her feeling utterly without solace!
Bai Liyan had just returned home and was having a meal when he received Ji Yunhuan’s call.
Recently, he had seldom paid attention to Ji Yunhuan’s affairs, but he recognized her call immediately.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yunhuan took the initiative to call him.
He was slightly surprised, yet still stood up and said to Gu You and his mother, "I’ll take this call."
Gu You looked at him; from his expression, she could tell that this call was very special to Bai Liyan.
Bai Liyan stood outside, answering the phone, "What do you need?"
"It’s about Qi Cheng. I hope you can help." Ji Yunhuan didn’t want to disturb him, but she really didn’t know what to do. She had been overly worried about Qi Cheng for a while. Although her Second Brother and others said they were looking for Qi Cheng, Ji Yunhuan still believed that having more people looking would yield better results.
At this moment, she didn’t want to dwell on her past grievances with Bai Liyan anymore.
Ji Yunhuan said, "Qi Cheng is in trouble. I want to ask you to help find him."
Her voice was filled with worry. Bai Liyan frowned, his tone unfriendly, "Why should I help you?"