Life After Marriage

The True Head of the Household

A certain Ying said: Out with a young stud and in with an old handsome one. What's with my love fortune lately?

Han Lei has been very busy recently. No, it should be said that all members of the Han family were busy.

I heard that a disastrous event had happened in the Han family. The true head of the Han family, who was living in retirement in Australia, had left home and was missing.

Why was it leaving home again? Why was it that those around me who had aged a bit always had the tendency to leave home?

Unless all of them had coordinated with each other?

This morning, all members of the Han family were gathered together at the Han residence to find a countermeasure for the situation.

At the moment, everyone was sitting at the sofa with a seldom seen grave expression instead of their usual smiling faces. The atmosphere was quite oppressive.

"I believe that all of you have received the final, confirmed news already." Father-In-Law who usually doesn't talk much said solemnly and gravely. "Yep, it's not a joke this time nor is it a play. It truly did happen, your Grandpa has really gone missing!"

"First, you guys must understand the importance of this time's disappearance!" Mother-In-Law added, "Heard of the 911 incident? Heard about the Indian Ocean Tsunami? Watched 'The Day After Tomorrow'? Know the economic crisis? Yep! This incident has the exact aspects and importance of the aforementioned."

Too exaggerated...

I endured the urge to sweat and continued to earnestly listen.

Just at this time, Father-In-Law suddenly took out a world map and spread it out on the coffee table. After indicating for us to encircle the coffee table, he frowned and gravely said, "According to what your Mother said, this time is somewhat different compared to last time where he was found in the wine cellar. This time there's not even a trace of your Grandpa's presence in all the nooks and corners of Australia. Thus, I have drafted the following battle plan: First, we want to clarify that this time's wanted is an 80 years old Chinese man. His particular feature is his striking white hair and long beard. This person frequently travels to five other countries besides Australia which are Austria, France, Canada, Egypt, and Brazil."

After Father-In-Law pointed to each of the five countries, he continued, "This time's operation will be carried out by a five member team consisting of me, Han Si, Han Yu, Han Lei and Guan Yi. The itinerary is very simple. We will first rendezvous with your Grandma when we arrive in Australia and after we thoroughly understood the situation, we will draw lots to decide who will go to which country amongst the five. As for the rest of the members, they will keep guard at home as we cannot ignore the possibility of him secretly coming back here. So we need to maintain in contact. Are there any questions?"

The corners of my mouth twitched as I saw their firm and earnest appearances. Did they watch too many Hong Kong dramas or something? They must be joking around, right?

But the truth was that this was not a joke nor was it playing around. When Qin Hao told Han Lei that the five plane tickets to Australia have been booked, the five people who were assigned to carry out the task quickly said goodbye to us and left. They embarked on the road to that "wanted" Grandpa whom I have yet met.

After they left, the entire atmosphere of the living room went back to normal. After Han Hui yawned, her solemn expression from before quickly changed, scratched her head and said, "Mom, little sis and Xia Ying, I'll go back to my room to catch up on some sleep first. If there's any progress, inform me. This is just another boring game anyways." After saying that, she floated back to her room without turning back.