Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent ...
Chapter 661 Spectators
On the way, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were both silent.
It was not until they got home that Bi Qiaoan asked, "What happened just now? Why did Officer Wen get so angry?"
Shen Yanming was in a very low mood, “Regarding the matter of Yuan Jiasi, I did something wrong.
I thought Li Gangtie was the captain and would tell everything when questioned. I didn't know if I could tell him about the treasure, so I just told Captain Guo that I hadn't contacted Yuan Jiasi and didn't mention the treasure at all.
Officer Wen was right to scold me. I treated myself as a spectator and stayed out of the matter, which was a bit cold. If I had mentioned it at noon, the guards might have sent people to search and rescue, and it wouldn't have been delayed until late at night. "
"That Li Gangtie..."
"He's out for something today and won't be back until tonight." Shen Yanming sighed, "Wife, if Yuan Jiasi gets into trouble because of the half day I delayed him, how should I face him?"
Bi Qiaoan hugged him gently: "Don't think too much, I don't blame you. He is an adult and should pay the price for his actions. If he hadn't acted so recklessly, you two wouldn't have been implicated and scolded."
"But I still feel uncomfortable." Shen Yanming felt guilty and felt that he had a share of responsibility. If the secret passage had not been discovered, nothing would have happened.
Bi Qiaoan didn't know how to comfort him. This was probably a knot in his heart that couldn't be untied in a short time.
"This is just our guess. It doesn't necessarily mean that something happened to him. Maybe he just went out to play." Bi Qiaoan was a little self-deceiving.
Shen Yanming shook his head, "I have a hunch, a very bad hunch."
"Go and have a look. You have to see it with your own eyes to know the result. But you have to remember that I, An'an, and Nuan'nuan are at home, waiting for you to come back."
Bi Qiaoan was worried that Shen Yanming was too worried and something might happen.
So she deliberately mentioned the three of them, and even picked up An An and put her in Shen Yanming's arms, "Baby, Daddy has to go out to work and won't be back until tomorrow, you should kiss him quickly."
An An raised her head and kissed Shen Yanming on the chin, then she giggled.
Bi Qiaoan picked up Nuannuan and gave Chen Yanming a kiss, saying, "No matter what the result is, you must remember that we love you!"
Shen Yanming smiled comfortably, bent down and kissed Bi Qiaoan on the forehead: "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself."
After saying that, he put An An back in the stroller, glanced at the mother and daughter, and left.
Bi Qiaoan muttered a long time after the door was closed: "You left without even eating. I don't know if you can stand it on such a cold night."
I sighed and went to cook for the two little babies. But I wasn't in the mood, and even the steamed eggs seemed a bit perfunctory.
As soon as Shen Yanming got down to the bottom of the stairs, he saw Li Gangtie and Wen Mengguan coming over.
Wen Chaohui decided to go and see for himself, otherwise he would feel uneasy.
The three of them waited for a few minutes, and Liang Huaxin came over with about twenty guards.
Because the snow had been cleared before, the road was still drivable. The group didn't waste any time and got in the car and headed straight for Sigou Village.
The night was very quiet, making the sound of their motorcade particularly loud.
Shen Yanming, Li Gangtie, Wen Chaohui, and Liang Huaxin were in the same car. Except for the driver and Wen Mengguan, the remaining three people could be said to be the parties involved in this incident. However, due to various reasons, the information could not be gathered together, resulting in a delay of nearly ten hours in the rescue.
If they could rescue the people, it would be fine, even if they were already dead. But if they had been dead for less than half a day, I'm afraid these people would be in great trouble.
There was silence in the car, or rather, everyone who knew the content of the mission was silent.
Liang Huaxin and his team members all knew the location of this mission because after meeting Li Gangtie last time, they found the treasure in the secret passage according to his clues.
It can be said that they took the treasure away that same night.
But Yuan Jiasi didn't know that. He thought Li Gangtie was hiding and wanted to get rid of him, so he went back to Sigou Village with his family that night after the team was reorganized...
The group parked the car outside the village and walked to the bottom of the ditch. The scene before them shocked everyone except Wen Chaohui.
That not-so-high mountain actually collapsed in half.
Wen Chaohui was shocked and said, "Go find the entrance to the secret passage."
Li Gangtie nodded, and started searching along the foot of the mountain with Liang Huaxin.
Because Liang Huaxin entered from the exit and took away several boxes of valuables, he had no idea where the entrance was. But the two of them had a clear goal and found it in less than five minutes.
After clearing the snow blocking the entrance, they found that half of the cave had collapsed. Several shovels on the ground were also deformed by the falling rocks.
Li Gangtie took out a few tools and walked over to Wen Chaohui to report the situation: "These tools were accidentally left behind when we were in trouble last time."
Wen Chaohui nodded, feeling very heavy-hearted. He asked, "Can the tunnel be dug? Is it safe?"
Several people shook their heads. "The terrain here is low, and it might be dangerous."
"Let's go find the fellow villagers and ask what's going on!" Wen Chaohui said, and walked towards the village.
The guards followed behind him, all in silence.
Li Gangtie had been staying at Aunt Yanfang's house for nearly a week and was familiar with her family, so he took people to find Aunt Yanfang. But when he knocked on the door, he called out, "Uncle Tiegen, are you asleep?"
"No, who is it?" Wang Tiegen got up and unbolted the door, and was surprised to see Li Gangtie.
"Hey, Captain Li, why are you back? What happened again? Come in, it's cold outside!"
Li Gangtie waved his hand, "Uncle, I'm not going in. I just came here to ask something. Do you know what happened to the mountain in the village? We went there to do a mission and found that the mountain had collapsed."
"Well, don't mention it. We don't know what happened. Just two days ago, in the middle of the night, we suddenly heard a loud bang. We thought it was an explosion. The villagers quickly put on their clothes to check, and found that the mountain had collapsed.
Isn’t it strange that a mountain collapsed just like that? "
"Two days ago, at midnight?"
"Yes, it was the night you left. It was already late." Wang Tiegen patted his thigh and said with emotion: "You are blessed by God. The mountain collapsed just after you left. If you stayed for another day, you might get hurt."
Li Gangtie nodded, "No one in the village was injured, right?"
"No, who would go out in the middle of the night? The village chief has checked and everyone is at home, so it's okay."
"That's good, that's good." Li Gangtie turned to look at Wen Chaohui, and seeing him nod slightly, he said, "Uncle Tiegen, you should go home and have some sleep. We came here today just to ask about this matter."
"That's it? You don't need my help? All the strong men in our village are here. If you want to do anything, just let me know."
Li Gangtie nodded, "Well, if you need me, I will come and ask for help."