h4Chapter 157: Chapter 143: Bao Ye Goes Missing/h4

    He went to South Africa this time, and there’s always some kind of unrest over there. It’smon for people to be robbed or killed.

    The more Jiang Ruan thought about it, the more anxious she became. She held her phone, making calls to Bao Ye and Chen Nan repeatedly.

    One call after another.

    The responses were all messages saying no one answered.

    Listening to the mechanical female voice reporting, Jiang Ruan felt her heart go cold. She bit her lip, quickly thinking about whom to contact.

    The South African embassy.

    Yes.

    She decided to contact them, because surely Bao Ye and the others must have registered there.

    The embassy has the responsibility to ensure their safety.

    Thinking this, Jiang Ruan did a search on Baidu and finally found the contact number for the South African embassy after searching for a while.

    She tried to call, and the line was quickly answered.

    A man’s voice spoke fluent Chinese: "Hello, how may I help you?"

    "Hello, my husband went to South Africa to supervise a project and seems to have gone missing. I would like your help in checking his whereabouts," Jiang Ruan urgently requested.

    "Miss, please don’t worry, what’s your husband’s name?"

    "Bao Ye."

    "Please hold on, let me check for you."

    Soon, a perplexed voice responded: "We haven’t found this name, Bao Ye, on the recent entry list. Miss, are you sure this is the name?"

    "I’m sure."

    "Are there no other names, like the name on his identification card?"

    "None."

    Jiang Ruan couldn’t help but ask, "There’s no Bao Ye?"

    This can’t be possible.

    Before leaving, Bao Ye mentioned that he was going to South Africa to supervise a project. How could his name not be on the list?

    "There’s really no entry by that name, Miss."

    "Then please also check another name, my husband’s assistant; his name is Chen Nan."

    "Okay, hold on."

    Soon, another response came: "Sorry, Miss, there’s no Chen Nan on the recent entry list either. Could it be that your husband changed his itinerary without informing you?"

    Jiang Ruan’s heart was pounding too.

    Could Bao Ye really have changed his itinerary at thest minute?

    But wouldn’t he still be reachable?

    "Maybe... Thanks, sorry to trouble you..." Before finishing her sentence, a serious voice came from the other side: "Miss, do you remember what day your husband came here?"

    Jiang Ruan thought for a moment and replied, "The 18th."

    "Morning or afternoon?"

    "Morning."

    Jiang Ruan remembered clearly.

    That night, Bao Ye wore her out.

    The next day when he left, she was too exhausted to even properly see him off.

    As she recalled, the other side said: "If what you said is urate, there’s some unfortunate news I need to tell you. Please brace yourself."

    Jiang Ruan listened, her breath halting slightly, her heart tightened as she held her phone: "What unfortunate news?"

    "Please tell me."

    "On the 18th, at ten thirty in the morning, there was a flighting from the maind toward South Africa that was maliciously bombed by illegal operatives at a high altitude. They’ve been captured now, but heartbreakingly, none of the eighty-six passengers survived. We are still searching for the remains of ourpatriots, and once we find them, we’ll inform their families to retrieve them, ording to the list."

    "We deeply regret the incident..."

    The rest of the words didn’t register in Jiang Ruan’s mind.

    Her brain felt like it had exploded, freezing into a void.

    Holding her phone, she was utterly stunned.

    It took her a long time to process.

    What was he saying?

    The flight to South Africa on the morning of the 18th was bombed?

    No passengers survived?

    Then what about Bao Ye?