Urban Medical Immortal Dad
Chapter 357: Thirty Thousand Yuan_1

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Thirty Thousand Yuan_1

"Aunt Chen, it’s me, Luo Ning, Yang Meifeng’s daughter. Has my mom been to your mahjong parlor today?"

"Uncle Ding, did my mom, Yang Meifeng, come to your chess and card room today? No? Okay, thank you..."

"Auntie, have you seen a middle-aged woman around 46 or 47 years old, tall and slim, wearing a floral dress, who speaks quite loudly, here playing cards?"

"Auntie, this is a photo of my mother-in-law, Yang Meifeng. She really enjoys playing mahjong. Please take a look, do you recognize her, and have you seen her playing mahjong at the chess and card room or mahjong parlor today?"

Luo Ning and Mo Han had searched the area near the neighborhood for five to six kilometers, spending over two hours, and asked all the elderly men and women playing mahjong in the parlors.

However, not a single person had seen Yang Meifeng.

Actually, Luo Ning had hit a dead end; Yang Meifeng did indeed used to enjoy playing mahjong in the chess and card rooms near her home.

But Yang Meifeng was terrible at playing cards and had a bad temper, and she insisted on playing big stakes.

The elderly men and women in the surrounding chess and card rooms usually played mahjong for just one or two yuan, winning or losing at most a couple hundred yuan.

After playing for a while, all these elderly men and women became afraid of Yang Meifeng’s card playing style and would avoid joining her at the table.

Yang Meifeng also despised playing with these elderly men and women because the games were slow and the stakes were low, which she found uninteresting.

Therefore, several months ago, Yang Meifeng had already stopped playing in the nearby chess and card rooms.

Seeing that it was already 2 a.m., and Dad had messaged back saying that Mom was still not home.

Luo Ning, squatting by the roadside, suddenly burst into tears.

Her crying was so heartbreaking, it could make onlookers feel her pain and listeners shed tears.

Mo Han sighed and knew this wasn’t helping, so he gently said, "Ning’er, you’ve been busy with the studio these past few days and haven’t slept during the day. How about this, I’ll take you home first, then I’ll continue looking around outside."

"If there’s any news, I’ll inform you right away."

"And if there’s still no news in a few hours, I’ll go to the police service center to file a report."

"What do you think?"

According to the regulations, one has to wait 24 hours before reporting a disappearance, and there were still nearly six to seven hours until that time.

Luo Ning’s crying gradually subsided. She also knew that crying was of no use now, and Mo Han was thinking more clearly.

With tears in her eyes, she nodded and said, "Alright, we’ll work on this together. I’ll go home first and look after Chen Chen and keep sending messages to Mom, and if she answers my call, I’ll immediately inform you."

"You’ll be searching alone outside, so be careful as well; it’s dark and there are bad people around."

Mo Han gave a slight start, lifted his fist and shook it, "You forgot, I know kung fu. Alright, hurry up and get on, I’ll take you home."

"Okay."

Luo Ning nodded in agreement, sat behind him, wrapped her arms around Mo Han’s abdomen, and pressed her head tightly against his back. It was a feeling of extra warmth and security, as if with Mo Han around, she didn’t have to fear anything.

Soon, Mo Han had brought Luo Ning back to their building.

Before going upstairs, Luo Ning suddenly turned her head and gave Mo Han a peck on his lips, whispering softly, "If you get tired, come back early to rest. We’ll go file the report together early in the morning."

"Okay."

After sending his wife off, Mo Han was filled with guilt.

Riding his electric bike, he roamed the silent streets of Jiangling City.

He knew all too well where his mother-in-law, Yang Meifeng, had gone.

But he could not tell Luo Ning just yet; instead, he had to rove around while pretending to update Luo Ning about the situation.

Each time Luo Ning received a message, she’d reply immediately, deepening the pang of discomfort in Mo Han’s heart. Even though he wanted to teach his mother-in-law a lesson, he felt even worse for his wife.

Well then, let his mother-in-law come back a bit later.

Unconsciously, the time flew by, and at 5:30 a.m., as the day barely brightened, Mo Han found himself arriving at Jiefang Street in the old town area to the north of the city.

"How did I end up here?"

Mo Han shook his head and chuckled bitterly.

It had been a while since he last saw his adoptive mother, Ming Cuilian, who had come to bring him money last time.

Back then, Mo Han had wanted to get her a better place to live, but his adoptive mother was adamant about not moving.

In her words, she was used to living there and didn’t want the hassle of adapting to a new environment.

Feeling guilty for not having visited his adoptive mother in such a long time, Mo Han rode his bike toward her breakfast stall.

It was nearly six o’clock, and at the intersection of Jiefang Street, breakfast stalls selling buns, soy milk, youtiao, mianwo, and guokui were already set up with a few scattered customers either sitting inside the shops or taking away their food to go.

Unexpectedly, the noodle stall owned by his adoptive mother wasn’t open.

Mo Han knew that regardless of the weather, his adoptive mother would be out with her stall. Could it be that she hadn’t come back from the countryside yet?

He furrowed his brows, parked his electric bike, and stopped at a bun shop.

"Old man, give me two vegetable buns, please."

"Alright..."

As Mo Han munched on the vegetable buns, he asked, "Old man, why haven’t I seen Ming’s Noodle Shop?"

"The lady that always sets up her stall here?"

The bun seller looked up, recognizing Mo Han’s face as vaguely familiar but couldn’t recall where from, "Oh, you mean Xiao Ming, right? She’s been sick these past few days, resting at home."

"She’s had a hard life, working her whole life for her son. I heard recently her granddaughter was ill, and she went to the countryside to borrow thirty thousand yuan. It’s this same thirty thousand yuan that nearly cost her life..."

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