The door opened as soon as he finished speaking.

Cheng Shanshan knew what these people were thinking and thought she would have to explain herself as much as before. But to her surprise, when they arrived, their attitude was surprisingly good: "Shanshan, you are more capable than us. Can you think of a way to find someone?"

"Yes, yes, I'll have to trouble you with this."

Having gone through so much before, everyone had developed an extraordinary level of trust in Cheng Shanshan.

This was something she had never expected, and Cheng Shanshan could only fold her hands in response: "I know everyone is worried about your families. Don't worry, I've done my best to investigate."

"Alright, alright, with Shanshan saying that, we can rest assured."

"Yes, let's not waste time here, let's get on with what we need to do."

Watching everyone leave, Cheng Shanshan didn't delay and turned back to find Cheng Sijin.

Cheng Sijin, who had been resting with her eyes closed, was startled when she saw Cheng Shanshan: "You... what do you want to do?"

"Let's chat."

As Cheng Shanshan spoke, she slammed the stick she was swinging into the ground.

The deafening noise made Cheng Sijin tremble, and she looked at Bai Shi pleadingly, "Her mother, save her..."

Don't call me!

Bai shouted angrily.

Then, contrary to his usual behavior, he didn't step forward to protect her, but turned around and left.

Seeing this, Cheng Shanshan was overjoyed: "It seems my mother has finally come to her senses and realized that you are unreliable."

"No, I have to go ask where I went wrong!" Cheng Sijin immediately stood up and took the opportunity to leave: "Mom, wait for me."

"stop!"

Cheng Shanshan scolded.

Cheng Sijin was so frightened that she immediately stopped leaving: "What...what exactly do you want to do?"

"chat."

"Are people wielding sticks while chatting?"

"Stop talking nonsense and quickly recall what happened during the days you were arrested."

"this……"

Cheng Sijin wanted to say that she couldn't remember.

But he didn't dare to, after all, that stick looked very thick, and it would hurt a lot if he hit someone with it.

Suddenly, something occurred to him: "Water flow! Yes, I remember occasionally hearing the sound of flowing water!"

"Water flow?"

Water flow, darkness.

Where could one find a place that combines both of these?

As she thought about it, she took out a small heater and started brewing tea while toasting some leftover rice crusts.

As the fragrance gradually wafted out, the surroundings became increasingly quiet.

Suddenly, a figure in black appeared.

The next instant, the candle went out, and through the light of the remaining stove fire, she saw a man in black standing opposite her. The man in black was surrounded by a thin layer of mist, making him impossible to see clearly.

He reached out and picked up a cup of tea, then drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing this, Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but sneer: "Aren't you worried that I might poison you?"

"Poisoning you won't do you any good. After all, if I die, the person you're looking for might die too." The other person's voice was so cold it didn't sound like a living person. Although you couldn't see his features or figure clearly, you could still feel an invisible sense of oppression.

Cheng Shanshan looked at the other person, her brows furrowed: "Speak, what is your purpose?"

She didn't want to waste time.

He had already gripped the dagger he had prepared.

However, the man quickly saw through her action and gave a disdainful smile: "Don't try to use your amateur skills on me. Instead, use your brain to think about what I want."

"food?"

In famine years like these, food is more precious than silver.

The man gave a cold laugh: "You guessed half right, and the other half is right too."

"Then I won't guess."

Cheng Shanshan simply sat back down in her chair.

Then, she put aside her earlier tension and instead picked up the secret-recipe salt and pepper seasoning next to her, slowly sprinkling it onto the golden-brown rice crust, making a crackling sound.

"Click."

It has a very crisp texture when you bite into it.

It has a delicate fragrance when chewed carefully.

The man in black opposite: "..."

"Would you like a piece?"

"...Do you want to die?"

The man in black was clearly annoyed by his own negligence.

Cheng Shanshan glanced at the other person lightly: "Of course I don't want to die, but I don't like guessing games, and I don't like wasting time with you. If you want to say what you want, then say it. I'll try my best to meet it. If not... goodbye."

"You'll regret what you've done today!"

The other person stood up first.

Although she couldn't see his face clearly through the hazy light, Cheng Shanshan vaguely remembered his figure.

After the man in black left, Yun Chen, who had been watching from the shadows, came out and said, "Why didn't you try to get more information out of him?"

"Because I discovered that it wasn't just me trying to get information out of him, he was trying to get information out of him too." Cheng Shanshan said, taking another bite of the roasted rice crust before continuing, "When you don't even know if the other person is a human or a ghost, it's better not to make any contact at all."

"So what do you want to do?"

Yun Chen looked at Cheng Shanshan: "Do you have a plan?"

"Yes."

Cheng Shanshan clapped her hands.

Then he took a big gulp of tea.

While Yun Chen was still puzzled, she had already called over Fantuan and the other big dogs, and let them smell the aroma of the roasted rice crust: "Go find it by following this smell."

Rice Ball immediately led the other big dogs away.

Of course, Cheng Shisi also went along.

Yun Chen was extremely surprised to see this. Before she could ask, Cheng Shanshan explained, "This spice is my secret recipe. It has a strong adhesion. That person just now had some on him."

"Well done!"

Aside from that sentence, Yun Chen didn't know what else to say.

If she had some doubts about Cheng Shanshan before, she now admired her wholeheartedly. However, she couldn't help but worry: could things really be that simple?

Of course, Cheng Shanshan couldn't just make one preparation. She used spices and then went to the riverbank at the cliff, where the fishing traps were still very secure.

She looked up at the water, lost in thought.

Cheng Shisi returned quickly and hurriedly said to Cheng Shanshan, "Sister, we didn't catch that person!"

Cheng Shanshan frowned: "And then?"

"Then we discovered a secret passage, and now a group of people are going in!"

"Take me there immediately."

Cheng Shanshan went over immediately.

When she arrived at that location, she never expected to see an old acquaintance.

The visitor was none other than County Magistrate Bai Jingquan.

Bai Jingquan was also surprised to see Cheng Shanshan here: "Miss Cheng, what are you doing here?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

Cheng Shanshan looked behind her and saw that there were more than a dozen soldiers.

Of course, familiar faces like Wang Chao and Zhao Mo were among them, and both of them looked at her with displeasure.

Yun Chen immediately raised his longsword in alertness!

Wang Chao roared, "Get out of the way!"