Mu Xiaowan's first reaction was to stay: "I can help you if I stay. I am very familiar with this place."

Zhou Luancheng shook his head: "You have been here for less than a year, and you don't know the situation on the mountain at all. Besides, seven years have passed. What is the situation on the mountain now? What secrets do Shi Tianliang and his men have? We don't know. You also saw that Shi Tianliang was holding a homemade gun in his hand, which means that this is not the first time they have committed crimes."

Mu Xiaowan stopped talking. She knew that if she stayed and something really happened, she would be a burden to Zhou Luancheng.

After hesitating for a while, he nodded: "Okay, then you have to be careful too."

Zhou Luancheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to Nanshan to find you after I finish my work here."

As they walked to the town, they chatted and talked most about things in Shijia Village, including Shi Tianliang and Shi Dalei.

Mu Xiaowan felt something was wrong in her heart. She and Zhou Luancheng were being a little polite in their relationship.

Zhou Luancheng treated her more like an elder brother and teacher, always guiding her.

From what she saw of Sheng An Ning and Zhou Shixun’s interactions, it wasn’t like that at all.

Even when they arrived at the town's cafeteria, Zhou Luancheng asked her what she wanted to eat, but she was still distracted.

Zhou Luancheng asked again, and Mu Xiaowan came back to her senses: "Then let's eat noodles with soybean paste."

While waiting for the meal, Zhou Luancheng looked at Mu Xiaowan who was in a daze again. He thought she was distracted by the matter of Shijia Village. After thinking for a while, he comforted her: "Don't worry. They are vicious in front of ordinary people. I am very experienced in dealing with such people."

Mu Xiaowan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and decided to go back and ask Sheng An Ning what the state should be like when the two of them are together.

For once, Zhou Luancheng failed to notice anything strange about Mu Xiaowan. This was mainly because he was still conservative at heart. Although he had set his sights on Xiaowan, before they got married, many of his actions were motivated by emotion but restrained by courtesy.

Moreover, he was also so polite when interacting with Luo Anran before, but in other aspects, he would consider the other party very thoughtfully and carefully.

His emotions are as warm as he is, and he cares about others silently.

So, all in all, he can't really fall in love.

After lunch, there was another bus going to Nanshan in town. Zhou Luancheng sent Mu Xiaowan to the station and bought a bag of apples, two packs of milk powder and old bread. He put them in a net bag and asked her to carry it. "After seeing your teachers and classmates, you can study with peace of mind. After all, it's a rare opportunity to study outside."

Mu Xiaowan suddenly felt that Zhou Luancheng was nagging like an old father. She, whose memory of her father was already vague, felt very warm and touched, and said goodbye to Zhou Luancheng while holding a bag of things.

Zhou Luancheng watched the van that Mu Xiaowan was in leave, but he didn't notice that there was someone hiding in the supply and marketing cooperative next door, staring viciously in the direction the car left.

By the evening, the Shi family had confirmed that the two bodies found in Hongqi Town were Shi Dalei and Shi Tianming, and they were still wearing the same clothes they had when they left.

After Shi Tianliang received the news, he took Sun Tiejun and drove a tractor to pull the two bodies back.

The police station explained that the two people were injured by wild beasts, and they had no objection.

The cries of Li Xiumei, Chen Ping, and Shi Tianming's relatives echoed throughout half the village.

While Shi Tianliang was enduring his grief and arranging the funeral arrangements for the two, he also had to send people to keep an eye on the movements in the mountains to prevent anyone from sneaking into the woods.

When the wake was held at night, there was no one else in the main room except Chen Ping with his children, and Shi Tianliang and his wife.

Li Xiumei had been holding back her emotions for the entire day, but now she couldn't help but burst out, "It's all your fault. It's a pity that our Da Lei died at such a young age. He was fine at home, so why did you insist on letting him go out?"

The more she spoke, the sadder she became. At her age, how could she bear to see her sons die one by one in front of her?

Shi Tianliang squatted at the door and smoked a cigarette. There was calculation in his cloudy eyes. He shouted back impatiently: "What do you know! You are a woman who knows nothing. If you don't shut up, I will beat you up."

Li Xiumei fell silent, was stunned for a long time, and then began to slap her legs and cry for her poor son.

…

Sheng Nanning rarely had a dream and he dreamed of Mu Xiaowan. In the dream, Mu Xiaowan was in a dark cave with disheveled hair and covered in wounds.

He reached out to her and shouted for help.

Sheng An Ning was so scared that she woke up from her dream and sat up suddenly, which also woke up Zhou Shixun beside her. He quickly sat up and patted her back: "What's wrong? Did you dream?"

Sheng An Ning patted his chest and said, "I was so scared. I dreamed of Xiao Wan. Xiao Wan was in a cave. She was covered in wounds and had blood on her face. She was shouting for help."

The scene was so realistic that she was terrified whenever she thought about it. She patted her chest and said, "No, no, I have to ask Xiao Wan. I'll go find the phone number for Nanshan."

As he was about to run under the bed, Zhou Shixun stopped him and said, "It's so late, where are you going to find a phone number? I'll ask someone tomorrow morning."

Sheng An Ning slapped her forehead and said, "I forgot. I'll go to school tomorrow morning and ask the teachers in their department. They will definitely know. Then I'll go directly to my mother and call her."

Zhou Shixun thought this was the fastest way: "Okay, then have a good rest first, we still have classes tomorrow."

Sheng An Ning couldn't sleep at all. Every time she closed her eyes, she could see Mu Xiaowan's injured face.

He didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing Zhou Shixun's rest.

The next morning, Sheng Anning got up early, ate two buns in a hurry, and rode her bike to school.

Zhong Wenqing was quite puzzled: "What's going on? Why are you so anxious so early in the morning?"

Zhou Chaoyang grabbed Zhou Zhou, who was crying and looking for his mother: "Maybe something happened at school."

I have never seen Sheng An Ning ignore a crying child and just run away.

When Sheng An Ning arrived at the school, he first went to see Mu Xiaowan, the department head, and asked for the phone number of Nanshan Inspection and Identification Center. He then ran to Lin Wanyin's dormitory and called them.

After the phone rang many times, no one answered, which made her even more anxious.

Lin Wanyin also advised: "Xiao Wan is with her teachers and classmates, what can happen? Besides, if something really happens, the school will definitely know."

Sheng An Ning still didn't give up and called the number many times, but still no one answered.

The uneasiness in my heart gradually grew, and I stood up suddenly: "No, I'm still worried, I want to go and take a look."

Lin Wanyin pulled her aside and said, "Wait a little longer. Give him a call at noon. If something really happens, you won't be able to help. Go back and find Zhou Shixun and discuss it with him."