Hu Lingling glanced at the courtyard; Gao Zian was no longer there. "I'm just chatting with you, mainly because I'm afraid your cousin will end up like Gao Dongxing, bringing home someone like that. Our family won't be able to handle that."

Although Yunqi listened quietly, she felt that it might be a good thing that the girl didn't end up with Gao Dongxing. Otherwise, if she hadn't been strong-willed, she would have lived a very humble life after bringing two people into the Gao family.

At first, Gao Dongxing might say a few words in her defense, but as time goes on and life gets more difficult, she might become the punching bag for the mother and son.

After mentally organizing his thoughts, Yunqi said to his aunt, "Actually, there are many girls out there who have it tough. As long as they have a clean background, there's nothing wrong with it. Besides, given that there are more men than women in our village now, we can't just let them continue to be single, can we?"

"That's true, but if we find someone local, we can help each other out in the future." Hu Lingling still had her own opinion, thinking that if all else failed, she would continue to inquire in the surrounding villages.

Yunqi only mentioned it casually, and when he saw that his aunt did not agree, he changed the subject and started talking about other things.

Gao Zian, who had just left his house, walked to the outside of Gao Shuzhen's house. Before he even entered the courtyard, he saw his two aunts from the next room and the village chief's family chatting with his younger sister, so he had to back out.

Now he understood that the village was interfering.

He stood outside the courtyard for a while, then turned around and walked towards the village entrance, but he was still too late and missed his target.

Si Cheng and his group didn't have such a smooth time this time. Although they had villagers familiar with the terrain to lead the way and searched along several places where wild boars were known to appear, they found nothing before it got completely dark.

Should they go back to the village, or stay here and continue guarding the place? Everyone was caught in a dilemma.

Si Cheng and the others didn't care, after all, they had been living outdoors in all kinds of weather for a while and were already used to it.

The people of Gaojia Village were divided into two factions. Those who enjoyed adventure felt that with Village Chief Si and his men here, it was a great opportunity to camp out. Others, however, felt that since the village was so close, there was no need to stay and defend the area.

In the end, those who advocated returning to the village were persuaded by those who wanted to stay, and so they spent the night at the foot of the mountain.

"These wild boars are too clever. Did they know we were coming and quickly hide?" Zhao Dongwei stretched and looked at the dawn with disappointment. All that night's vigil had been for nothing.

Not only was Zhao Dongwei disappointed, but everyone else who was waiting here felt the same way.

"Brother Cheng, should we go back or stay here?" Yun Jianying asked while stretching his arms and legs.

Si Cheng glanced at the people from Gaojia Village and said, "Let's stay one more day. If we still don't find anything, we'll go back tomorrow."

"I hope we can make some progress today, otherwise we'll have to make another trip later." Yun Jianying wasn't that homesick at first, but after staying here for a night, and thinking that it was less than half a day's journey from here to his village, he couldn't help but want to go back.

"Should we stay here and guard this place, or go back first?" Gao Liang was pushed forward by the villagers of his village to ask Si Cheng.

Si Cheng replied, "If possible, let's take the initiative and search the nearby mountains. Those of you who are familiar with the roads can stay and help guide us, while the rest can go back if they want."

“I’ll go with you, I know the way around here.” Gao Liang quickly answered as soon as he finished speaking.

The villagers of Gaojia Village behind him were not to be outdone, and each of them offered to lead the way. Not one of them was willing to go back to the village. Si Cheng had no choice but to take them all with him.

The visibility is much better now than yesterday, and with Si Cheng and his team's experience, they quickly found some traces left by the wild boar.

Si Cheng didn't hide anything. As they walked, he pointed out what he had found to Gao Liang and the others, asking them to determine what kind of animals had passed by based on the marks on the ground.

“These wild boars haven’t come here for a while, have they?” Wu Tianxiang crushed a black ball.

Godfrey Gao happened to witness this scene and curiously picked it up, asking, "How did you determine that?"

Wu Tianxiang pointed to the black mass in his hand, "It's determined by how dry this thing is."

Godfrey Gao imitated his actions, forcefully crushing the object. "It's quite dry, but what is this?"

“You didn’t even understand this?” Gao Liang told Gao Yixiang with some pride, having just been educated by his cousin. “This is wild boar droppings. The fact that it’s dry means it was dumped here a long time ago.”

Godfrey Gao's first reaction was to let go of his fingers and quickly rub them on the ground, saying, "It's disgusting."

Gao Liang laughed when he saw him like that, "When are you going to get rid of your obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness? You can't expect your own mother to keep carrying manure and working in the fields in the future!"

Godfrey Gao was aware of this flaw of his, saying, "I'm slowly overcoming it, but touching it with my hands is really too disgusting."

After saying that, he realized he had offended someone with his words and quickly turned to apologize to Wu Tianxiang.

Wu Tianxiang didn't care about these things. He knew that some people were quite fastidious, and he could tell that what he had just said wasn't directed at him.

You can still see traces of wild boars ahead, but the deeper you go into the mountains, the more open the terrain becomes, and you gradually lose sight of them.

The search route ended here, and everyone had to choose any direction to search.

"Could these wild boars have moved to another place? We've been searching for so long and haven't found a single new clue." Gao Liang was somewhat doubtful.

We've been wandering around these mountains for most of the day, but we still haven't found any of the wild boars' dens.

Si Cheng was also thinking about this problem. "There's not much food in those fields at the entrance of your village, so it's normal for them to move to different locations. These animals are even smarter than humans."

Gao Liang looked at his cousin and asked, "Should we continue searching?"

"Let's search further in. If we still can't find it, then we'll have to give up." Si Cheng thought that since they were already up the mountain, they might as well be more thorough.

Just as they had guessed, they searched for a long time but couldn't find them, not even the wild boars' usual habitat.

Si Cheng had no choice but to give up. "Let's go down the mountain. We can only try to ambush them when they come down next time. The further in we go, the harder it will be to find them."

The villagers from Gaojia Village who went into the mountains with them were somewhat disappointed. If they didn't eliminate the wild boars, they would sometimes go down and damage their crops.

Village Chief Si and his group can't stay here for long. If they wait for the wild boars to come down the mountain again, the village might not be able to deal with them.

A group of people went up the mountain with great enthusiasm, only to return to the village disappointed.