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Chapter 1048 Nineteenth Birthday

Wang Haoyang was naturally very happy about his father's sudden appearance, but he was afraid that his mother would be unhappy if she knew, so he didn't tell her until Chen Peiqin found out that Wang Haoyang had been playing a new game console recently, and when asked, he found out that he borrowed it from a classmate. But Chen Peiqin checked the price of that thing online, and found that it was imported from Japan, and it would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan. Given the economic conditions in their small town, no family would spend that much money to buy a game console for their children that would delay their studies.

In addition, her son's whereabouts were unknown every weekend. When asked, he was told that he went to buy review materials with his classmates. But Chen Peiqin asked the parents of several of her son's good classmates and found out that they had attended cram schools for three consecutive weekends and had no time to go out alone to buy review materials with Wang Haoyang... After confirming that Wang Haoyang was indeed lying, Chen Peiqin secretly followed her son the following weekend, but she saw a scene that she never wanted to see in her life.

After Wang Haoyang heard his mother's story, he asked in surprise, "Then what is the real purpose of Wang Xinglin doing this?"

Chen Peiqin knew that her son was no longer a child, and she had to treat him as an adult when communicating with him, so she told him the truth, "I still haven't figured this out... But what is certain is that the two older half brothers have completely disappeared. You are not a child anymore, think carefully, under what circumstances would a person completely disappear?!"

Wang Haoyang felt a chill down his spine immediately after hearing this. At the same time, he kept recalling his father's amiable expression in his mind. Then he looked at his mother's expression, which was a little neurotic but full of worry. He hesitated for only a few seconds before firmly choosing to believe the latter...

Because Wang Haoyang knew that his father could have many sons, but his mother only had him as her son, and she would never do anything to hurt him. In addition, he had seen and remembered the kindness of his mother, grandparents, and uncle's family to him over the years. Although his father had not been around since he was a child, the love his mother and her family gave him was no less than that of other children.

At the same time, he also felt his mother's fear. She was really scared. Thinking carefully about his memories from childhood to adulthood, it seemed that his mother would only be so abnormal when mentioning his father. This also indirectly showed that her fear of his father was real, and it was not a lie she made up to provoke the relationship between them.

Afterwards, the mother told the grandparents about what happened and called back the uncle's family to discuss countermeasures. The unanimous advice they gave was "escape!", because Wang Haoyang is about to become an adult. Although they still don't know what Wang Xinglin's purpose is, if they can hide Wang Haoyang at the age of eighteen, perhaps they can escape Wang Xinglin's clutches.

Wang Haoyang asked immediately, "What about the college entrance examination? Are you not going to take it?"

Chen Peiqin sighed and said, "Compared with living, what does the college entrance examination mean? Mom can't take risks with your life..." Her uncle also agreed, "That's right... Besides, there is more to life than the college entrance examination. If you really want to go to college, it's not a problem to take the exam two years later. Tomorrow I will contact my old comrade Li Qiang who runs a B&B in another city, and you can go and hide with him for a while. Don't worry, you don't have to worry about anything with us here, just stay there and wait for our news."

Wang Haoyang's uncle's old comrade-in-arms runs a homestay in the mountains that is designed for people to meditate. The reason for this is that there is no Internet or communication signal there, and the only thing that can be called an electronic product is the electric light. Many people who are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city will occasionally go there to stay for a day or two to calm their souls. They farm and weed during the day, read by lamplight at night, sleep when they are tired, and eat when they are hungry, so that their minds can be completely relaxed.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Haoyang's uncle chose such a place for him. Firstly, it was because there were few people and it was quiet; secondly, there was no signal or mobile phone in that place. Even if a guest saw Wang Haoyang there, they would only think of him as a waiter in the B&B.

When Wang Haoyang was first sent there, he was still a little uncomfortable with it. After all, he was only a teenager, and it was a bit difficult for him to cultivate his character in an environment without any electronic products. So Wang Haoyang wanted to contact his family every now and then, but was eventually rejected by Uncle Li, the owner of the homestay, because they had agreed in advance that they had to wait for his uncle to contact them first.

In this way, Wang Haoyang stayed in this mountain B&B for almost half a year, but he had not received any news from his mother or uncle. This time even Uncle Li was a little impatient... Although Wang Haoyang could help a little in the B&B, he was of school age after all. He couldn't stay in such a closed environment forever, right?

So that morning, Uncle Li took the opportunity to call Wang Haoyang's uncle during his shopping trip, but the other party never answered. Then he tried to contact Wang Haoyang's aunt, but still couldn't get through. This made Uncle Li suspicious. But after returning, he didn't tell Wang Haoyang about this, but thought that maybe they both happened to be busy, so he would try to contact him the next time he went down the mountain to buy. If he still couldn't get through, it wouldn't be too late to tell him.

Logically speaking, Wang Haoyang himself was not aware of the fact that Uncle Li had not contacted his family, but for some reason, Wang Haoyang began to dream about them frequently from that day on. The people in the dream never said a word, but they looked at Wang Haoyang with very worried expressions, as if they had a thousand words to say but didn't know how to start.

Because Wang Haoyang's uncle had previously said that he must stay in the mountain for a full year and wait until he was 19 years old before he could go down the mountain and go home. So even though Wang Haoyang later proposed to go down the mountain and go home several times, he was directly rejected by Uncle Li, who told him to listen to his mother and uncle and wait until he turned 19 before going down the mountain.

Although Wang Haoyang was reluctant, he also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he patiently waited until his 19th birthday before he officially went down the mountain with his backpack. He felt like a horse running wild, and he wanted to fly back home immediately. He hadn't seen his mother and uncle for a whole year, and he really missed them.