At the doorstep.
Ask took out the key and pushed the door open:
"I'm home, Mom?"
Although it was not four years but four days that he was missing, if converted into 96 hours it is long enough. After all, a case can be filed if a person is missing for more than 24 hours.
My mother was washing vegetables in the kitchen at this time. When she heard this, she immediately poked her head out and said in astonishment:
"Eh? Why are you back?"
Ask:
Wait, Mom’s reaction is wrong!
This is not the right attitude to treat a son who has been missing for 4 days and suddenly returns home!
After a moment of silence, Ask smiled and said:
"Why, isn't it right for me to come back?"
"Oh, you suddenly disappeared a few days ago. I couldn't get through to you on the phone, and you didn't reply to my messages. People at your company also said they hadn't seen you after get off work, so I called the police." The mother said while peeling cowpeas, "but they said they couldn't file a case within 24 hours."
"The next day, which was the day before yesterday, I went to the police station again. This time they said they would arrange someone to look for you. But the day before yesterday, they came to my house and said they found out that you were on a mission abroad... a government mission? They also said that the signal there was not good and you might have to stay there for a few days or half a month, so I just let it go."
"So you came back suddenly, or have you finished your work? Are you going to have lunch at home?"
Ask:
A government mission? What the hell!
Before he could continue asking questions, there was another knock on the door.
"Oh, it must be someone from your unit here again. They come to our house every day to express their condolences these days." The mother hurried over to open the door.
Standing outside the door were two middle-aged men in suits. They first greeted the mother, then looked at Ask standing in the middle of the living room and immediately smiled kindly.
"Hello, hello." The man on the left walked in quickly, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Ask, and introduced himself, "I am the director of the Special Project Planning Department of the Security Department. My last name is Mao, you can just call me Comrade Mao."
He fished out an ID from his pocket and handed it to Ask, who did not take it but only glanced at it.
Two badges, a few lines of text, and a steel stamp, it really looks like an authentic document, but this X-Security Bureau is too scary, which makes Ask a little confused.
How did they suddenly alert the higher-ups? Did the Sky Eye system capture my sudden disappearance and reappearance? Are you so efficient in searching for time travelers
The name on the certificate was Mao Zhongwei, so Ask nodded and said with a smile:
"Hey, Director Mao, hello, hello."
The slightly fat middle-aged man next to him also stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically:
"Deep Blue Technology Network Co., Ltd., Executive Officer Shen Jun, hello."
The president of Deep Blue Technology, the parent company of the game "Solomon: A Song of Iron and Fire", came to his house. Ask should have been surprised, but with the X-Secret Bureau here, it was not so scary.
"Hello." Ask shook hands with him politely.
"I see." Mao Zhongwei looked at his mother and said with a smile, "Although you just came back and we don't want to disturb you guys from reminiscing about the past, you still need to report on your official assignment. It won't take too long, you'll probably be back in the evening, so why don't you go with us first?"