Lei Lanting ran one foot at a time in the forest. Although he still held the rope in his hand, his steps were not as strong as at the beginning. After falling a few times, the rope finally came out of his hands.
Seeing the rope disappear into a dense bush in the blink of an eye, Lei Lanting thumped the tree trunk next to him in frustration. The small tree shook violently and the leaves fell.
Reluctant, Lei Lanting continued to search in the forest. He could only hope that the mixed wine Dong Qiangqiang would work and allow him to find traces of the brown pig.
He walked around in the forest for about thirty minutes. Until he received a call from Dong Qiangqiang, he still didn't find the brown pig. He sat down on the ground dejectedly and said angrily to the phone: "Let it run away."
Dong Qiangqiang seemed to have expected this result. He was silent for a while and asked softly: "Did you bring a compass?"
Lei Lanting patted his trouser pocket and took out a dark green metal compass from inside. He shook it twice. After the red arrow swung in the compass a few times, it pointed to the north. "Well, I know which way south is," he replied.
"If you walk south now, you can reach the hillside you passed when you went up the mountain. Let's meet on the hillside soon."
Dozens of minutes later, when Lei Lanting dragged his tired steps out of the stocking forest, he saw Dong Qiangqiang sitting on the hillside and resting in the distance. Lei Lanting took a deep breath and walked towards him.
Seeing him approaching, Dong Qiangqiang stood up. Before he could comfort Lei Lanting, Lei Lanting apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hold on..."
"This was an accident. None of us thought that the rope would collapse at that moment." Seeing Lei Lanting's depressed mood, Dong Qiangqiang comforted him, "Maybe it was too powerful when running back and forth, and the knot was not tied tightly, so it collapsed." ...But don’t be discouraged, at least we have gained another experience.”
Lei Lanting moved his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
It was almost noon, and the sun was a little dazzling, but it was also warm all over. The two were silent for a while, and Dong Qiangqiang suddenly said: "There are still classes in the afternoon? You should go back first."
Lei Lanting nodded and walked a few steps down the slope, but did not hear Dong Qiangqiang's footsteps. He turned around and looked in surprise, only to see Dong Qiangqiang standing motionless on the spot. He asked doubtfully, "Aren't you leaving?"
Dong Qiangqiang looked in the direction of the stocking forest, suddenly put the backpack on the ground on his shoulders, and strode towards the stocking forest.
Lei Lanting didn't know what he was going to do and hurriedly chased after him.
At Yu Jianghai's request, Li Junfeng arrived outside the parking lot at the west gate of the train station early, took out a small notebook, and copied down all the license plate numbers and car models in the parking lot.
After everything was done, he hid behind a truck and patiently paid attention to the surroundings.
It was quiet all around, no sound at all.
While waiting, Li Junfeng recalled what Yu Jianghai had told him: pay close attention to whether a trio appeared in the parking lot, and there was an obvious short man among the trio. Also see if the trio is driving. If so, capture it all with your camera.
I wonder what this person named Yu is thinking? Li Junfeng lit a cigarette for himself while thinking about it, put his backpack behind his back, and rested leisurely.
Yu Jianghai had changed into his work clothes and was carrying tools to leave the changing room. The door of the changing room flashed, and the fat man got in and locked the door of the changing room.
Yu Jianghai looked at him indifferently and said nothing.
The fat man frowned and stared at him and asked, "Where is your hospital certificate?"
"Why are you going?" Lei Lanting grabbed Dong Qiangqiang's arm.
"I'll look for it again." Dong Qiangqiang looked in the direction of Lin Zi and said with a frown, "I think the bait I made shouldn't be that useless."
"It's not a question of whether it's useful or not, it's that you don't know where it went. The forest is so big, how can you find it?"
"It doesn't matter if you can't find it. I still have a bait and wine," Dong Qiangqiang said, patting his luggage bag, "I can try again."
"You? Do you still have one?" Lei Lanting really didn't expect, "But you are alone..." He originally wanted to say, "Can you do it alone?" But suddenly he felt that it was very abrupt to ask, so he abruptly asked the question "Can you do it alone?" I swallowed back half of the sentence.
Seeing his expression, Dong Qiangqiang knew it well and said with a forced smile: "You should go back to class quickly. I am fine by myself."
Lei Lanting gritted his teeth and looked at the green vegetable field beside him, and suddenly said: "Then I will go with you."
"You?" Dong Qiangqiang shook his head and refused, "No. I went because I didn't have class, but it's wrong for you to skip class. You already skipped class once yesterday."
"It's not good to skip class, but I'm not willing to do it," Lei Lanting looked at Dong Qiangqiang. "It ran away from my hand. If I didn't catch it, I wouldn't be able to concentrate even if I was sitting in the classroom."
Dong Qiangqiang regretted that he spoke too early. He should have waited until Lei Lanting left before going. But now that the matter was over, seeing Lei Lanting's firm attitude, he was too embarrassed to stop him. It seemed that he was too stingy. But he was still a little worried: "What if you don't go to class and have perfect attendance? How do you make up for the missed classes? What about your homework?"
"Even if I go today, I won't be perfect. As for my notes, I can borrow them from other students, and I can make up for my homework as soon as possible." Lei Lanting patted Dong Qiangqiang's shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm measured."
"Although we can try again, we may still fail this time." Dong Qiangqiang reminded.
"A good start is half of success, and a bad start is half of success. We have failed twice, which means we have already achieved half of success, so this time, I am confident." Lei Lanting slowly extended his fist towards Dong Qiangqiang.
Dong Qiangqiang also stretched out his fist knowingly. The two fists bumped lightly, and then strode towards the stocking forest together.
Although he was injured, Yu Jianghai's speed was not slow. He had already wiped most of the locomotive.
But today's sun seemed a little more poisonous than yesterday. Even though he was wearing a sun hat, he was still sweating.
He picked up the drink bottle on the ground and drank water while thinking about what the fat man had just said to him.
When he heard that the other party asked him for a hospital certificate, Yu Jianghai was shocked and said calmly: "I forgot to bring it."
"If you don't have a hospital certificate, it can't be considered a work-related injury." The fat man said viciously, "You have to hand back the 360 marks I gave you yesterday."
Yesterday, Yu Jianghai did not go to the hospital for a checkup at all because it would cost a lot of money and his private insurance company could not reimburse him. He simply applied ice and bandaged it after returning home.
So he didn't have any hospital certificate at all.
"The police came yesterday, and they also saw and recorded my injuries. I don't understand what you are suspecting?" Yu Jianghai asked.
