This dark wilderness sounds dangerous, but in fact, as Yang Lexin introduced, there is no actual threat.
After all, there is a highway nearby, and the population here is not sparse. Even from the perspective of making a living as a snake, when there are deep jungles and occasionally noisy pastures as choices, I still dislike this less peaceful place. In the realm of the world, I prefer to curl my body and breathe quiet in the depths where no one cares.
Humans and snakes who dislike each other must be lucky if they can meet in this place where they dislike each other.
Going forward in the direction pointed by Zhu Li, there is actually no room for separation, because there is only one direction. If we talk about division of labor, some people prefer to observe one side of the direction of travel, and some people prefer to observe the other side.
"Classmate Lu," Yang Lexin held a flashlight, came to Lu Yao's side, and said with sincere gratitude, "I really didn't expect that you would come to help, and you even brought a helper. Thank you very much."
Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, indicating that it was nothing.
Her current identity in front of these students is that of a new transfer student who is eager to help. Although I was a little worried about whether the two girls would care about how they knew this, because it would be extremely troublesome to make up some facts.
Fortunately, they didn't seem to care too much.
While walking, Zhu Li began to describe the source of her doubts.
"My dad is a construction worker, I haven't said that before. My family situation is not very good and I owe a lot of debt." She lowered her head, her expression a little complicated, "My dad is a very cheerful person, no matter what time he is. She smiles and often comforts us to look forward and think about how things will get better in the future if we have difficulties in life. My mother has always been in poor health, so she has no job. My father tries to come home as early as possible whenever he is free, just because he is afraid of my mother. What's wrong with being alone at home? He wouldn't let me help, saying that he wanted me to concentrate on studying for the college entrance examination and get into a better university. After graduating from a good university and finding a good job, I can make more money and stop suffering. He has been following me so……"
From the corner of his eye, Lu Yao's attention frequently fell on the person involved, Zhu Li. It just so happened that she was currently in the rear position, closest to the two girls, and only Yang Lexin was separated from Zhu Li.
"Recently, he has been smiling less, and sometimes he is even a little nervous..." Zhu Li gritted his teeth, as if he couldn't believe these changes, "That was before my dad disappeared, after we went on an outing. He cursed once My mother scolded me very harshly. He knew that sometimes her mother would suddenly lose strength. This was due to physical reasons. She just wanted to help him as much as possible, so she forced herself to wash the dishes. When her hand went soft, she accidentally broke one. Bowl…he’s never been like this before.”
This girl is petite and frail. Her shawl-length hair is twisted up into a cute bun after a complicated grooming process. Even though she was dressed exquisitely and cutely, with no flaws in her image, she always seemed to be a little timid and not very confident. She was still holding Yang Lexin's hand that was stretched out to comfort her, but she still walked in front of her a little stubbornly, feeling like she was Taking the lead in searching, he couldn't help but place himself in the safest center of the crowd.
"I don't blame him, neither does my mother. He shouldered the burden of saying this alone. Although he smiled, he knew how tired he was. On that outing, I not only wanted my mother to bask in the sun, but also wanted him to relax. Mom originally wanted to go to the park, but he said he wanted to come here." She murmured, "No matter what, we just want to find him now."
I don't know whether this child's behavior is a normal introversion, or whether he is in a bad state due to an unexpected incident that happened to his family.
Zhu Li stared straight at the end of Yang Lexin's flashlight beam, seeming to be trying to identify any possible traces. Her expression was tense, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"Sure enough, there are a lot of mosquitoes." Tang Qian, who was second in the unorganized queue, picked up his anti-mosquito spray and sprayed it, then turned around and handed it to the person behind him, "You brought the right thing, spray more, it will work." Wear clothes to cover the areas that won’t be bitten.”
He turned around and performed a series of confirmation movements quite skillfully, making people wonder if this kid had done such midnight adventures before.
Three students and one fake student were wearing full school uniforms. The legs of the school uniform's standard trousers are already long enough, and no one would want to roll up the trouser legs in this place where weeds are overgrown and flies and mosquitoes grow, providing opportunities for mosquitoes to bite.
In the silent environment, there was a sudden crisp sound, and the flashlight beam behind the team changed its direction, giving the impression that it was dark and bright.
Song Qiaoyu, who was walking at the front, noticed something strange and turned around, causing the entire advancing team to stop.
"Just now, there were... mosquitoes on my face." Zhu Li's voice sounded weakly, and she stuttered unconsciously.
She stretched out her hand nervously and quickly to swat the mosquito, then pulled Yang Lexin's hand and broke free. Yang Lexin was also frightened by her, and the flashlight and light in her hand started to move.
Although Lu Yao kept staring at her, he just happened to come to the rescue: "It's okay Zhu Li, don't be nervous, we are all here."
Everyone can see that the girl named Zhu is not in the right mental state and is someone who should be protected and cared for.
There is no fixed human-made light in this area. The flashlight is like a life-saving straw. The slightest change in light and shade makes people extremely sensitive.
Song Qiaoyu had just thought that the problem had been clarified and whether he should continue walking down, when he looked back, he found that Zhu Li had stopped.
It stands to reason that after pointing in the direction, she would not know where to go. After all, according to her, she did not follow her father through the rest of the way.
"I think...my dad won't go too far." Zhu Li lowered his head and continued, "At that time, he came back very quickly. Although he was in a hurry, he came back very quickly...he came back very quickly... "What she said was still so uncertain and unconvincing, but the purpose was obvious. She felt that she didn't need to go any further and searched directly nearby.
No matter what, I am here for her request, and her words must prevail.
"You mean, the farthest he walked was probably around here?" Although Song Qiaoyu was a little skeptical, he acted very quickly. He didn't even wait for Zhu Li to answer his question, and shined the beam of his strong flashlight on the nearby bushes. superior.
"I don't know either..." Zhu Li became submissive again, unable to explain why.
"Then right here, go to the place where we just started walking. Are you looking around here?" Tang Qian pondered for a long time before coming to a conclusion. He also glanced at Lu Yao to ask for advice.
Zhu Li's father, Zhu Youjun, is the target of this operation. What exactly is being done around here? Why did he return to his wife and daughter in panic and immediately asked to leave?
Song Qiaoyu didn't want to make the decision, nor was he interested in giving orders. Tang Qian could see this. So for advice, he chose to go directly to Lu Yao - although Lu Yao now had no legitimate reason to give orders directly. Firstly, it was not necessary, and secondly, she had not yet thought of the words to use to do so.
The shadows of the shrubs and the light of the flashlight echo each other, and the light appears and disappears in the wilderness, accompanied by the chirping of nocturnal birds from time to time, which really creates a somewhat bizarre atmosphere.
It's not easy to move in knee-high weeds, and you can't move much even at top speed. A few people didn't dare to really split up. Even if there was a chance, if someone was left alone and happened to go the wrong way or went a long way, it would be difficult to find.
Tang Qian carefully placed his hand on the landscape tree nearby and looked around. This tree was probably planted in recent years. It is not very tall and is the only one in the area.
"What are you looking at?"
The person asking the question was Song Qiaoyu.
Tang Qian said nothing and pointed over, the light of the flashlight also shone on the tree stump.
"Someone has been here recently." Song Qiaoyu just saw some signs, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tang Qian urgently making a silent gesture.
Fortunately, he was not bold enough to cover Song Qiaoyu's mouth directly.
There were obviously places on the tree stump that had been actively rubbed, and that was not a height that small or large animals could easily come into contact with.
Song Qiaoyu lowered her voice: "Why did you hide it from them? You really had something wrong and didn't tell us?"
"...At least I didn't hide it from you." Tang Qian squatted down and looked down at the nearby grass, "There are other problems here. Can't you see it?"
Song Qiaoyu was choked.
He was silent for a while, then simply stood up, walked away and pulled in Lu Yao who looked confused.
After Song Qiaoyu's explanation, Lu Yao understood the problem after a few more glances, and whispered: "The problem lies in this tree, right? There are no trees of this type nearby, which proves that this is not an environment suitable for tree species to survive. If you have to plant the saplings, you must transplant them directly. In tree planting activities, many saplings are usually planted at one time, and it is impossible to plant just one. This proves that this tree was specially planted here."
"What does this mean?" Song Qiaoyu shook her head.
He really doesn't have any common sense in normal life, and he can't analyze that this kind of problem is reasonable, especially this kind of activity linked to community group activities.
So it should be considered... natural?
"Isn't the question about why the tree planted here happened to have been touched recently?" Tang Qian turned his head in confusion.
His eyes seemed to be asking, how did Officer Song, who not only lacked social common sense but also lacked common sense in life, become a police officer?
People are used to being despised by their own people. It was rare to be despised by outsiders. Song Qiaoyu still coughed in embarrassment.
This time it was Lu Yao's turn to pat him on the head rebelliously, showing his subtle sympathy.
"You mean, this is Zhu Youjun's goal all the way?" Lu Yao touched the tiger's head. He was startled, and then realized that he was not killed. He was a little lucky and happy, but he still said seriously. , "Is this tree a mark? Maybe Zhu Youjun found something wrong with his mark, and then it changed?"
Tang Qian did not deny it, but still pursed his lips without showing much expression.
"So, classmate Lu," Lu Yao persuaded him kindly, "if you know anything, it's best to say it. You don't need to worry too much, we are all good people and will not put you in danger. Officer Song is so big I gave it to you, it’s safe, I even envy you.”
Song Qiaoyu felt a little strange.
Although he was not very smart, he felt that he had missed some news. Lu Yao's judgment on Tang Qian's lack of security seemed to be much higher than his own.
"You..." He was about to ask.
But I heard something coming from the two female students.
"Come here!" Yang Lexin shouted loudly.
The three people turned to look over.
