Aunt Xiang smiled noncommittally and did not dwell on this issue any longer. She changed the subject and said, "I'm telling you this just to let you know that during this prospecting, you don't have anyone you can trust around your mother. Because of this,
Madam arranged for her precious daughter to join the prospecting team..."
What? Isn’t Yu’s mother’s daughter my sister Yu? She also wants to work in the mines?
When Ning Xiaofan heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Aunt Xiang sighed softly and said: "In addition to Madam's daughter, Miss Yun, Madam's niece, Miss Lin, also has to go to the mine, and Director Qin. These are the people I'm talking about who are closest to you.
, they are all weak girls. Think about it, even they have to go to the mines to take risks. How can you, a son like you, be idle? Can you help your mother share the burden?
As soon as Aunt Xiang said this, Ning Xiaofan had no choice but to express his position quickly and said hurriedly: "Aunt Xiang, I didn't say that I would be idle. Even if it wasn't for Ma Yu's reasons, as a member of the company, I have a duty to do so.
.”
"Well, of course it's best if you have this idea. This time, you and Director Qin are in the same team when going to the mine. You should know the relationship between Director Qin and your mother, so I don't care about the other people in the team, but Director Qin
Her safety is left to you, you must protect her well."
"no problem"
Ning Xiaofan agreed without thinking. Even if Aunt Xiang didn't remind him, as far as he was concerned, he couldn't let Sister Yulan, who had had physical contact with him, be harmed in the slightest.
"Also, after going down to the mine, although each team's route is different, according to the mine tunnels that have been explored so far, the team going down to the mine is likely to meet in the grotto. By then, they might be able to meet Miss Yun and Miss Lin.
, when the time comes, you should try your best to take care of me."
"Well, I understand. Oh, by the way, I haven't seen Miss Yun. Is she here?"
Aunt Xiang's eyes flashed for a moment, and a playful smile appeared at the corner of her lips: "She hasn't arrived yet, but she will be here soon. She should take the helicopter transporting supplies here tomorrow afternoon. When she arrives, I will take time to arrange for you.
Meet this Yu sister..."
After hearing this, Ning Xiaofan was a little curious about this sister Yu, but he was actually looking forward to meeting her.
At this time, Qin Yulan, who had gone out after answering the phone earlier, returned to the lounge. She was still holding a document bag in her hand, but her expression looked a little solemn.
Aunt Xiang noticed something was wrong with Qin Yulan's expression. After she sat down, she asked: "Director Qin, you look bad, what's the matter?
Qin Yulan sighed and said, "Something happened and Da Li's body disappeared."
When Aunt Xiang and Ning Xiaofan heard this, their hearts skipped a beat and they couldn't help but look at each other.
Da Li was one of the local employees hired by Little Goblin. When he was climbing the Yunwu Terrace, he lost his footing and fell off the cliff. He was at least two hundred meters above the ground at that time. He would definitely not survive if he fell.
At that time, Yunwu Tower might collapse at any time. In order to avoid danger, they did not immediately go to the bottom of the cliff to find the body. Instead, they notified the next team to take Da Li's body back when they arrived at Yunwu Tower. Calculate the time.
, a team arrived today. Unexpectedly, Da Li’s body was missing.
It is said that if you are alive, you will see people, but if you are dead, you will see a corpse. How could Da Li's body disappear out of thin air?
Aunt Xiang hurriedly asked: "What's going on? It's only been two days, how come Da Li's body is missing? Isn't there anything found at the scene? Could it be that it was dragged away by wild animals?"
"There are some discoveries at the scene, oh, I have photos here..." Qin Yulan said, opening the file bag and taking out a few photos from it: "Aunt Xiang, Xiaofan, take a look, these photos are all in
Taken on location.”
There were five photos in total. After Aunt Xiang took one and looked at it, she handed it to Ning Xiaofan.
Ning Xiaofan took a look and saw that the photo showed a pool of blood. He knew it belonged to Da Li without having to guess. Judging from the position shown on the ground, it should be at the bottom of the cliff. There was nothing surprising about it.
Ning Xiaofan put the photo he had seen on the coffee table, and while waiting for the next photo, he saw Aunt Xiang looking at the photo horizontally and vertically for a long time, and then handed the photo to him with a weird expression.
In his hand.
Ning Xiaofan stretched out his hand to take it, glanced at it, and couldn't help but say "Eh".
The photo shows a pair of footprints. The footprints are large and the toes are forked.
Ning Xiaofan was no stranger to this pair of footprints. He had seen similar footprints behind the camphor tree and beside the stream near the temporary residence of the albino animal area, and he even took pictures of them with his mobile phone.
At this time, Qin Yulan heard Ning Xiaofan's soft "Eh" sound and couldn't help but look at him with doubt in her eyes: "Xiaofan, what's wrong with you? What do you see in this photo?"
Ning Xiaofan hesitated slightly and said, "I have seen these footprints before."
"Have you seen it? Where did you see it?" Qin Yulan had a look of surprise in her eyes.
"I saw it at the temporary base of the Albino Animal Sanctuary..." Ning Xiaofan said, turning to look at Aunt Xiang and saying: "Aunt Xiang, you should remember that I once said something shook,
At that time, I also went to the nearby area to check."
"Remember, you went to check behind a big tree, and later went to the stream. When I went over to ask you, you said that you seemed to be seeing things, and I replied to you at that time, saying that you had done something wrong.
You must be very nervous, eh. When we were camping that night, that thing appeared again, and you showed me the footprints you took..."
Aunt Xiang has a very good memory. Not only does she clearly remember the conversation between the two of them at that time, but she also remembers looking at photos of footprints together that night. Of course, Aunt Xiang cannot help but think about the embarrassment of the two of them wrapped in a quilt that night.
After saying this, there was a delicate blush on her pretty face.
Ning Xiaofan noticed the blush on Aunt Xiang's face and thought of the embarrassing things that night, feeling embarrassed and upset.
Qin Yulan didn't notice the expressions of the two of them, and asked with confusion in her eyes: "What are you talking about? What is shaking?"
"Well, what Aunt Xiang said was that I saw a brown shadow." Ning Xiaofan replied.
Qin Yulan's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Brown shadow? That's right. There is a photo of hair left at the scene. I remember it was brown. Xiaofan, look at the photo first and look at the hair in the photo.
Is it the same color as the brown shadow you found?"
After hearing what she said, Aunt Xiang flipped through the remaining photos in her hand, then took out one and said, "It's this one, it shows hair. Xiaofan, take a look."
Ning Xiaofan took the photo, took a look at it, nodded and said, "Yes, it's this color."
As he said that, Ning Xiaofan took out a small notebook from his trouser pocket, opened it, and found a small plastic bag inside. Through the small plastic bag, you could see that there were about a dozen hairs, their colors, and photos inside.
The hair color on them is also brown.
Ning Xiaofan picked up the small plastic bag containing hair and said: "This is the hair I got. You can compare it..."
"Let me take a look first..." Qin Yulan reached out and took the plastic bag. After looking at it carefully for a few times, she handed it to Aunt Xiang and said with a surprised look on her face: "Yes, the hair is the same as the one in the photo.
,Xiaofan, where did you get these hairs?"
"Don't worry, I will also take photos with footprints here. Let's wait until you see the photos..." Ning Xiaofan smiled, then took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and pulled up the photo from the photo area of the mobile phone.
, and then handed it to Qin Yulan.
Among these photos of hair and footprints, one is the hair he pulled from the shadow's arm after fighting with the shadow that night. He secretly saved it afterwards, and the other was taken by him by the stream. These evidences are preserved
Since then, he has not made it public, simply because he does not want to cause unnecessary panic in the team.
After Qin Yulan looked at the photos of the footprints taken by her mobile phone, she couldn't help but said with anger: "I didn't expect you to hide so many things, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Ning Xiaofan smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not in time. Besides, the monster's whereabouts are uncertain. Just the hair and footprints can't mean anything? It's better not to talk about this missing thing. If it weren't for you
I took out these photos today and planned to hide them."
"Monster? You said this thing is a monster? What kind of monster could it be?"
"Xiaofan, tell Director Qin about your fight with the monster," Aunt Xiang said.
"Ah, you also fought with monsters?" Qin Yulan asked in surprise.
Ning Xiaofan didn't want Qin Yulan to worry, but Aunt Xiang spoke up and had to tell Qin Yulan about the encounter and fight with the monster that night.
After listening to this, Qin Yulan breathed out the scent with some lingering fear: "So you have encountered this kind of thing. Xiaofan, you have fought with a monster before, but you haven't seen clearly what the monster looks like?"
Ning Xiaofan shook his head: "It was too dark that night, and I could only see a black shadow, but... I felt that that thing was a bit intelligent, like a legendary savage."
"You said he was a savage?" Qin Yulan looked incredulous. Aunt Xiang was a little better. Although she thought "savage" was too legendary, she was somewhat mentally prepared.
"Well, I'm also guessing." At this time, even Ning Xiaofan felt a little ridiculous.
The legend of savages in Shennongjia has been around for a long time and is known to almost everyone, young and old, but no one has ever actually seen it. Even if there are footprints and hair found, it cannot prove anything.
Take hair as an example. Many experts have identified it and have come to only two conclusions. One is pretty sure that it is either the hair of a brown bear or the hair of a golden monkey. The other conclusion is more vague, saying that it is the hair of a golden monkey.
Primate hair.
Primates: orangutans, golden monkeys, macaques, all apes can be called primates. So, are the legendary savages also classified as primates? This uncertain conclusion can be explained with a scientific attitude, although
Vague, but not terribly wrong.
With this premise, after Ning Xiaofan suspected that the monster was a savage, Aunt Xiang and Qin Yulan both seemed a little silent. After all, it is not easy to express opinions casually on such a matter of speculation.
