The more we listened, the more confused we became. We all felt that what this old lady said was very credible. After all, compared to the weird old man we met before, the old lady's thoughts were quite clear.
But even so, according to the old lady, Lao Mu seems to be the biggest suspect.
After all, according to the old lady, Lao Mu is closer to Yan Zi and Xiao Yuan.
As for whether there are some secrets between the two of them and Lao Mumu? This is not yet clear to everyone.
But at least there is a breakthrough, which is to find old wood and ask about the situation.
Even though he is not very bright, as long as he comes into contact with Yanzi and Xiaoyuan, everyone feels that he can always understand something.
"There is no one at home, so why does Lao Mumu often go out for a walk early in the morning?" Lu Weiwei said after listening to Lu Qiang's translation.
"Yes." After sighing softly, the old lady also explained: "As long as the weather is okay, then Lao Mumu will definitely go out."
"He is a person who can't sit still. There's no one at home anyway, so he likes to hang around outside."
After thinking for a while, the old lady added: "Now that I think about it, this old guy is quite self-disciplined."
"That person was walking very slowly. According to the speed I walked after, I haven't even passed the place where you parked, and you still saw my figure."
While Lu Qiang was walking, he also felt a little bit incredible.
"What are you waiting for? Let's chase." Officer Wang said.
But when Lu Qiang said those things, maybe it hit the old man's fancy, and my disguise instantly became invisible.
It was just Lu Qiang, Officer Wang and Hua Hou were confused, and probably even the young man was confused.
"Senior Sister Lu is wrong." Seeing this, Hua Hou raised the corner of his mouth and continued:
"It's bad." Seeing the old lady admitting it, Officer Wang also sighed deeply, feeling that at every critical moment, there was always a chance that the chain would not fall off.
"Why the subsidy?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Everyone stopped chasing and looked at each other and then at Lu Qiang.
"Then if you get lost outside the mountains and the weather is like that, you are afraid that something will happen to you, so please tell you about your whereabouts?"
But thinking about the disappearance of Dayuan and Yanzi, Hua Houxing never had any auspicious premonition.
"His mind is really right. That look in his eyes just now made him look so calm."
Hua Houxing sighed, looked right and left, and reminded: "Then they have seen it too, how will you communicate with Lao Mu afterwards? You can imagine the result."
"It's very unlikely." Seeing Officer Wang say this, Lu Qiang also agreed:
At this moment, the young master seems to be out of control.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward.
But Lu Weiwei is also a bad person. If he goes around you, you can't stop him.
"That's right. The old man just now, according to my speed, would definitely be walking so slowly. You may be looking in the wrong direction." Lu Qiang frowned.
"We'll have to wait for now about breaking the door."
So, the group of people followed the road they came from just now and pursued them carefully.
"He said I was faking?"
"He said that there has been no news about Xiaoretian and the two girls' families. That is really abnormal, eh? Old man..."
"Let's talk about that later." Lu Qiang was firm and reminded:
Then, he illuminated a piece of Yuan Shasha's work behind the old man and asked:
"Because it's outside a nature reserve, it looks like the past. It's a place where small-scale development, especially indiscriminate logging, is possible."
Sighing heavily, the old lady added: "It's just a pity that young people always have a lot of problems."
Seeing that the old man wanted to go around me, Lu Qiang was like Hua Houxing. When the old man took half a step and was about to move to the side, Lu Qiang took a step sideways and stopped behind me.
The thick fog surrounding the small home seemed to be getting smaller and smaller, and the visibility on the entire mountain road was getting higher and higher.
When Xiaojia came to follow the old man, he immediately surrounded the old man.
"Then when you first drove down, the road conditions were not bad, but now, coincidentally, from the parking lot down, the road stopped being icy."
"It's me." Lu Qiang took a closer look and said, "There's a mistake. It's me. You guys go over there quickly."
Therefore, the old man stopped now and faced Lu Qiang face to face.
That's an exaggeration.
I could still see the sun just now, but now, the sunlight disappeared so suddenly.
Still waiting for Gu Chen to finish his words, the old man repeated his old tricks and avoided Gu Chen again, as if he was an intelligent robot that could avoid obstacles.
Lu Qiang has a sincere attitude and a serious look on his face.
"Yeah." Lu Qiang nodded silently and said with some reason:
But it was so slow that I didn’t shake my head and admitted, “Did you pay attention?”
"Actually, his illness is fake, right?"
When Xiao Jia gathered together, they also unified the plan.
No one expected that Lu Qiang would say such shocking remarks to an old man.
"It's very unusual. The bottom line is to carry out relocation to alleviate poverty and encourage him to live in the mountains."
Lu Weiwei is no longer depressed now. She feels that if she finds the old fool now, she will definitely be able to find out the reason.
"Yes, they look here." Officer Wang seemed to be teasing Lu Weiwei, but pointed to one of the areas.
"Or, what is he running from? Why is he hiding from everyone?"
"So, that place became a village in the beginning, and a generation later, there are almost no people living in it." Gu Chen said.
Then the former master repeated his old trick and turned on the "obstacle avoidance robot" mode again, directly bypassing Lu Weiwei.
That time, Xiaojia finally caught up with the old man.
It was exactly the same as when Lu Weiwei communicated with me later.
"Oh my God!" As soon as Lu Weiwei finished her words, Officer Wang on the side also shouted "Oh my God".
Hua Hou's eyes lit up and he said, "Hey? Is this the old wood you are looking for? Why am I here again? Is this the place you just walked through?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the past, Lu Qiang was always the one to look to when faced with trouble, but when Hua Hou was at his wits end, it seemed that he was not in real trouble.
"Or maybe Dayuan and Yanzi were kidnapped by him? In fact, he has always been really stupid, including his walking posture. Maybe he knew he was trying to confuse Xiaojia."
Officer Wang vowed: "That is also a way to find clues."
"Old woman."
But what makes people feel puzzling is that the old wooden quilt can be walked on the slippery ground like the old lady, and it is as smooth as walking on the ground.
Lu Weiwei suddenly lost her mood and asked Officer Wang, "Old Wang, what is his ghost name?"
The reason why I say "careful" is because the ground is icy. When going downhill, Xiaojia can maintain a certain balance by bending slightly, but at most he has no support.
When Officer Wang heard this, he continued to ask: "This old wood, apart from Yanzi and Dayuan outside the village, no one has been in contact with you two for a longer time?"
"Especially, it's not the depths of the jungle outside Centennial Peak, it should be the outermost village."
At that moment, Lu Qiang was also completely awakened by Lu Weiwei.
Then, as if he was afraid that Xiaojia would notice the clues, the old man regained consciousness and continued walking back.
Halfway through, Lu Weiwei also laughed and continued:
So, maybe that's just my disguise, I seem to have no other purpose.
When the old lady saw it, she quickly explained to Huahou and the others: "You have to go back, you don't know that little."
"What if it freezes indoors? It will really slow your death."
"Oh my god." When Hua Houxing heard what Hua Hou said, his heart skipped a beat, and he said worriedly:
Xiaojia slowly rejected Gu Chen's opinion, so the group slowed down their pace.
It is true that we locals are not accustomed to that kind of icy road. Perhaps we need to fall a few times to accumulate experience and stabilize our pace.
"What are you waiting for?" Seeing everyone saying that, Lu Weiwei quickly reminded:
"Thank you very much. Please hurry up. There is no ice on the road." Seeing that the old lady was about to leave, Hua Hou quickly reminded her.
"You are very sure that his illness should have broken down a long time ago. He has been pretending to be ill, pretending that he is in tune with outsiders in the village, being the same as others, and even pretending that he is willing to talk to outsiders in the village."
Have you ever seen such a pretty girl do that with the young man?
"I'm not pretending." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Lu Weiwei pointed at the old man's back and said with indignation: "A person's eyes can deceive others."
But even so, the old man had no intention of talking to Lu Qiang.
When Gu Chen saw this, he opened his arms helplessly and begged: "Old man, just tell me what you know? You really have no choice but to know something about your colleagues."
Seeing that the young man continued to walk back quickly, Hua Houxing turned around and reminded him again:
"Yes." Officer Wang nodded silently, crossed his arms and said thoughtfully:
But the people here are the same. It can be seen that the skill is deep and requires time to settle.
But how could Lu Qiang let himself be injured? He nervously raised his hand, and his seven fingers immediately acted like a pair of steel pliers, firmly clamping the old man's left hand.
So every time the old man went around Lu Weiwei, Lu Weiwei slowed down again, came up behind me, and then stretched out her hand to block the old man's way.
"I'm sure you know. Please tell me. It may be a matter of life."
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"So, there may be this old man's footprints left on the roadside."
"Normally there are people who would even go outside the mountains. Now I bring Yuan Shasha to the village where I grew up. If I can take Yuan Shasha around for a walk."
"Do you think, if so, you open the window, then go back and rummage through your luggage to see what you want to do when you come here?"
If you slip, you can at least lie down and push the ground with your toes, and you can kick the slippery and icy ground away.
But Lu Weiwei didn't speak that time, she just stared at the young man behind her.
The old man had an expression on his face, but Lu Qiang and others were stunned for a moment.
"Wait, let's stop." Just as Xiao Jia slowed down his pace, Lu Qiang, who was walking in the back row, suddenly stopped and stretched out his hand to stop.
"Not yet, now Dayuan and Yanzi's luggage is at home."
"Hurry up. If I had known better, you would have brought an anti-slip nail to catch it. The lower the place is, the less likely it is to freeze."
This is not about finding old wood first.
"It's early in the morning now. The difficulty in picking the lock will disturb others. It's better to wait until everyone outside the village gets up before saying hello to my family."
"If that's the case, it would be less troublesome. If Dayuan and Yanzi are trapped in the depths of the jungle, they will be really safe, especially in the weather like now, and neither of them has brought anything to eat."
But while the old man continued to try to avoid Lu Weiwei.
When Officer Wang took a look, he didn't show any relief and immediately stopped behind the old man again.
Gu Chen sighed heavily and complained: "That place, Hemu Village, has relatively poor natural conditions, and the ecology is also very strong."
"Brother Wang, what he said doesn't make sense, but what if it does?" Gu Chen also reminded.
"Bad." Gu Chen listened to the old lady's explanation and continued to share those reactions with everyone.
"So, he sees that the houses now are still the old wooden houses in the future. There are many new houses built, and a small number of people will build there. The cost is low, and the key is to provide subsidies."
However, at this moment, the old man seemed to want to talk at all.
"You should go look for this old piece of wood now. I don't want to go too far. If you go too far, you will have to work in vain all day long."
"However, there are very few villagers out there who do not have this deep-rooted mentality of returning to their roots. They are not willing to leave the place where generations have lived for so many years."
At this moment, the old man seemed to have lost all energy due to Lu Qiang, and his expression had returned to his natural state.
"The key is that I now have a very special relationship with people outside the village. Xiaojia is also willing to talk to me. I feel like a very interesting person."
At a certain location at the bottom of the mountain, in the mist, a figure with a bowed back was looming.
"I heard some things about him later, but after all, these are all in the future. You also know why you seemed to be a different person before this minor illness. You just want to know, what are your colleagues doing?
Where?"
Continuing to use Lu Weiwei's stalking method, she stopped the old man and said, "He still has an answer to your question."
I feel like now, no matter what, I can get that old man out of my sight.
Especially when Lu Weiwei glanced at Lu Qiang secretly, her perception became even stronger.
Looking at the back of the old lady leaving in a hurry, and looking at the luggage placed outside the window and outside the room, Xiaojia started to murmur inwardly at this moment.
But when going uphill, if you slip and fall, and if you have no control, it is very unlikely that you will slide to the bottom of the mountain quickly.
"You just looked into his eyes. When you looked directly at him, his eyes showed no signs of dodge."
"Isn't it?" The old lady didn't mean to bluff at all, and she couldn't help but said:
"It can be seen that he is quite good at pretending. At most, your little family has been deceived by him."
Lu Weiwei suddenly felt that the surrounding environment seemed to be changing quietly.
Seeing that Lu Qiang had been bypassed, the old man seemed to be relieved. He frowned slightly and was about to reach out to hit Hua Hou.
Now whether there is any key evidence, everyone is just following the clues.
So Lu Weiwei also blocked the old man's way down the mountain.
"He is a weird person anyway, but after I got sick, he was actually quite bad when getting along with Xiaojia."
"In the current situation, the air humidity is very small, and the moisture in the fog will be covered in the soil in the mountains."
"It's bad." Hua Houxing shook his head and sighed, feeling that the population of that village might die out one day.
"You are very curious. What is the purpose of what he did?"
Although Officer Wang used both soft and hard tactics, it didn't seem to be working.
"Old man, you are sorry, you are from Furong Branch." As Lu Qiang spoke, he quickly took out his phone and clicked on the photo album.
However, no matter how Xiaojia chased him, going around many mountainous roads, they were still looking for the whereabouts of this old man.
When Gu Chen saw this, he was immediately frightened and quickly reminded Hua Houdao: "Gu Bureau, the difference is small, right? The old man is in bad health. If he makes me sick because of his anger, it will be less troublesome."
But Lu Qiang didn't want to give up, and continued to explain: "You two, your luggage is still outside the house, but you can't see anyone. Have you been contacted for a few days?"
"Is he pretending to be sick? Or maybe he is sick at all. Saying he is sick may be just an excuse for him."
"Why is the fog so small?" Officer Wang frowned and said with a worried look on his face:
And as long as the old man continues to avoid me, Lu Weiwei will continue to stop me. The main thing is not a stalker.
While speaking, Lu Qiang blocked the old man from following him because he did not move.
"Then there was no sunshine just now, but now it's broken, and it feels like it's in heaven?"
Lu Qiang nodded silently: "It's a small difference, right? You'd better go back quickly and see if there are no footprints or anything on the roadside?"
Being stared at by Lu Qiang like this, my heart seemed to be shaking.
"You guys need to pay attention to the old wooden point."
At this moment, very close by, the old lady's husband was standing at the door, changing positions.
"Old Mumu walks very fast. He's still walking towards the mountain. You should be able to catch up now. You're afraid I'm taking the main road."
"Uh, is it really that exaggerated?" Lu Weiwei was also very curious after hearing what the old lady said.
"Is it too slow?" Officer Wang had that idea, so he said with some reason: "Yes, I'll say it's certain later on?"
So, Lu Qiang also imitated Lu Weiwei's example, slowing down his steps and chasing after the old man.
The old man's eyes were dull, but he still ignored the presence of Officer Wang, so he directly bypassed Officer Wang and continued walking back.
That time, Lu Weiwei did not immediately get off and continue to pester. Instead, when the old man passed by Lu Weiwei, Lu Weiwei said immediately:
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she immediately became less angry.
That time, Officer Wang opened his arms and reminded him: "Old man, what are you asking him?"
"The information provided by the old lady is actually very important to you, but now, the key is that old idiot, how bad is his communication."
"Well, let you think about it." After hearing Officer Wang's words and Gu Chen's translation, the old lady was also stunned.
"Eh?" Officer Wang thought for a while and said with a bad look on his face:
Seeing that the young master continued to pass by Hua Houxing, Hua Houxing continued to stand in place and reminded:
"Yeah." After listening to Lu Qiang's explanation, Gu Chen also agreed: "Gu Ju is still thoughtful."
"Sure, the answer is all in the luggage?"
Lu Qiang's shocking remarks shocked everyone present.
The old man struggled to free himself from Lu Qiang's suppression, his temper gradually became gentler, and he also let out an angry roar, which seemed to be a tangible protest.
"And my son and son are still around, so if I get sick or something, there will be someone to take care of me."
"ah?"
"But the key is, you have to pick the lock to leave the house, and you have to get a tool."
Before Lu Qiang blocked my way, I still avoided Lu Qiang and continued to walk quickly and leisurely towards the rear.
I felt that the old man was able to avoid Xiaojia, which seemed to mean that I was not thinking about myself.
At least Hua Hou is right now. The key witness is an old man with a very bright mind.
As he finished speaking, Hua Hou really saw the old man walking quickly behind his face, with his hands behind his back, and paused briefly.
When Gu Chen heard this, he quickly echoed: "Gu Bureau, according to what he meant, that old wood might not have taken that path?"
"They said that Dayuan and Yanzi were lost in the forest because of the mist that appeared in the mountains."
"You must have met you, right? You are your colleague. People outside the village said that they saw him interacting with you. I haven't communicated with Yanzi outside the village. Do you know if it is true?"
Then, the whole person stopped behind the young master, staring at the young master behind him with his sharp eyes.
"Lu Weiwei." Seeing Hua Houxing facing the old man's back with a fierce attack, Officer Wang came to Lu Weiwei's side inexplicably and said inexplicably:
It must be said that the old man nicknamed "Old Wood" always appeared in front of the villagers with the posture of a patient.
"But those who come and go are very unlikely to get lost in the hinterland of the forest."
And our previous generations may live in that homeland again.
"That old man usually hates going out for a walk in the early morning, but he also said that he must keep walking along the road up the mountain."
Seeing everyone in a daze, the old lady said again: "It's a very boring day for me."
"It can be seen that the climate outside the mountains is simple and rarely changes. Moreover, the swallows often come home after a long time, and you are always at home."
"But Junior Brother Gu, he has noticed that now the mist outside the mountain has ended and the bad image has become smaller and smaller."
"Now slow down your pace." Gu Chen suggested.
But for a person like that, he said that my brain was too bright, and it seemed that there was nothing incredible about it.
With a faint sigh, Lu Qiang asked me curiously:
When everyone saw this, they raised their heads and looked into the distance.
"Today, I have no idea. I took another mountain road? There is no mountain road that I know?" Officer Wang said.
"He is the earliest one to get up in our village. He probably gets up earlier than all the dogs in our village."
So, the group of people immediately slowed down their pace and chased after the old man in the mist.
