Looking up at the starry sky, the stars twinkled ceaselessly, much like those blinking, beautiful eyes. However, despite being a dark, windy night perfect for a date, Du Jiang fell silent.
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Although we can't get any specific information from Huo Yang, there are still others.
After seeing Huo Yang off early in the morning, Du Jiang was busy. He immediately prepared breakfast and went to knock on the door of the educated youth site with a bamboo basket.
Du Jiang felt embarrassed to look for Dachuan and Wuchuan, but there was no problem looking for Qian Meili and Yu Chunxiao. However, Du Jiang was a little confused when he saw the gloomy expressions of the two people after opening the door.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Don't mention it," Qian Meili spat fiercely on the ground and said angrily, "I don't know which bastard dared to steal from our educated youth camp. He's really looking for death."
"There are signs of people visiting me too," Yu Chunxiao said, his face pale, with dark circles under his eyes particularly noticeable, clearly from not getting enough sleep. "Luckily, Guan Chuan and his men had already pierced the wall with sharp spikes, and there are also wild vines and other things outside. I'm not afraid of you, but I'm afraid I can't explain it."
"Have you called the police?" Du Jiang was very worried when he heard this. You know, there are many girls living in the educated youth camp. If something happens, not only will the people who suffer be affected, but others will probably be implicated as well.
"I've already reported it," Qian Meili said, glancing obscurely at Xu Zhizhou's room across the street. She lowered her voice and said, "I don't know what Brother Xu was thinking. He said that since nothing happened, we shouldn't call the police to avoid causing resentment. But how can we not call the police for something like this? If they dared to come once, they'd come a second time."
"Right," Yu Chunxiao was also a little confused about Xu Zhizhou's thoughts. "I guess Brother Xu is worried about his marriage and is afraid that it will affect it."
"There's nothing to worry about. You know, he lives in this courtyard too. Let's just suppress those scoundrels now, so that Yingying won't get into more trouble after she marries in. Okay," Qian Meili couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Forget it, forget about him. My Jiefang has already gone to town. Let's wait and see what the police say when they get here."
Hearing this, Du Jiang nodded and said, "That's true. It's better not to delay such things. The other party might leave some traces after climbing over the wall, making it easier to find them."
Yu Chunxiao nodded. At this moment, she also noticed the bamboo basket on Du Jiang's wrist and immediately said, "Sister Jiang, are you planning to go up the mountain?"
"Yes," Du Jiang nodded, "Recently, things on the mountain have grown, and I want to pick some and store them."
"I don't think I can do it today, but Luo Yue and the others can," Yu Chunxiao quickly turned around and knocked on Luo Yue's window. Soon, several girls came out with the same dark circles under their eyes. Looking at the huge and identical dark circles, Du Jiang didn't know what to say. It seemed that many people did not sleep that night.
"Forget it, you guys should go back and catch up on some sleep." Du Jiang no longer had the heart to go up the mountain. "Let's make an appointment tomorrow. Huo Yang happens to be resting tomorrow, so it would be better for us to go together."
"That's true," Guan Nian walked out of the house with his arms stretched out. He had the same dark circles under his eyes and the same sleepiness. It was obvious that the whole yard was in a mess last night. "Sister Jiang."
"Your brother and the others have gone to work," Du Jiang said to the other party, "You should go back and get some sleep first. I won't disturb you when Brother He brings people over."
Hearing this, Qian Meili and the others did not try to persuade them to stay. There was nothing they could do as they were just too sleepy. In just the time they had been talking, they had already yawned a lot, making Du Jiang want to yawn too.
When Du Jiang returned, he received curious looks from the old couple of the Huo family, but he became worried after hearing that there was a thief at the educated youth site last night.
Mrs. Huo: "Is there anything missing? Is everyone okay?"
Old Man Huo: "Did Du Siming go to town too?"
"They should be together," Du Jiang said uncertainly as he poured himself a glass of water. "They should be together. For something like this, the first thing we should do is to find the village chief. Besides, Third Uncle lives next door, and the two families are so close. But Uncle Du's house seems to be quiet. I wonder if they were robbed as well."
"So, two families in our area were robbed last night," Old Man Huo said, standing up nervously. "Did anyone hear anything at our house last night?"
Well, Du Jiang had no idea about this question. "Maybe he slept too deeply." Other than that, Du Jiang couldn't think of any other explanation.
"Really?" Old man Huo, who was shallow in understanding, was very skeptical. "Forget it, I'd better check it out." Then he went to look for farm tools. After a while, he started walking around the yard with a sickle in his hand, back and forth, left and right, and finally found some corn flour behind the house.
Old man Huo pinched it with his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste it, "It's cornmeal."
Du Jiang and Old Lady Huo, who were standing by, exchanged a glance, their hearts pounding, and they said in unison, "This is cornmeal from Meili's family."
No, Du Jiang seemed to have thought of something and suddenly looked at Old Man Huo, "Grandpa, Meili's house is in front. We heard some noise over there last night, but no one went in. Could it be that someone went in from the front?"
"In front," it was Old Man Huo and Old Lady Huo's turn to frown, especially Old Lady Huo, who was very puzzled. "That can't be, I remember that they locked the door to the courtyard every night. Could it be that they didn't lock the door? This shouldn't be possible."
"Yes, Guan Chuan is the most vigilant one," said Old Man Huo, who also did not understand.
For a moment, the three of them were a little confused. They really couldn't understand how these thieves got in through the front door. Did they really not lock the door?
Old Mrs. Huo was very skeptical. "I think it's impossible. Huo Chuan is the most vigilant kid. Besides, Huo Liang and Huo Nian are also here. It's impossible that the three of them didn't check the door."
"Indeed," Old Man Huo couldn't think of any suitable reason for a moment, "Let's wait for the police to come. Maybe they can find something."
Du Jiang looked at Old Mrs. Huo, then at Old Man Huo. None of them had any good ideas, so they could only protect this area and wait for the police to arrive.
Thanks to the bicycle, it was more than an hour later when He Jiefang and the police arrived. Hearing the sound of the bicycle, Du Jiang and the old couple of the Huo family went to call for help and informed each other of their discovery.
"You found cornmeal behind the house. Is there anything else besides it?" Du Jiang shook his head in response to the visitor's question.
The visitor was not disappointed. "Okay, I'll ask my colleagues to go over and take a look. I'll go to the educated youth site to check first."
"Okay, thank you for your help, comrades." After sending the police away, Du Jiang and his team still stood there to protect the scene. After a while, a middle-aged man in uniform with a crew cut came over and squatted down to check the place where Du Jiang and his team found the cornmeal.
The weeds in April were very lush. Apart from a little cornmeal found in the trampled areas, there were basically no other clues around.
The middle-aged policeman followed the traces of cornmeal and found that the machine appeared from behind the house of the educated youth, and finally disappeared behind the Huo family's house. If the thief had not escaped from this road, it would be difficult to explain the appearance of this thing.