After hearing what Wang Xiaoxiao said, Wang Ping's face turned even uglier, and he strode up to us.

"Accountant Wang, don't make baseless accusations, okay? We're all stranded on this deserted island and living together. If we really wanted to steal your things, why would we do it in front of you? Besides, we didn't take anything from you, yet you're already starting to suspect us. Do you think we're all fools?"

"But if you didn't steal it, why won't you let us go to your treehouse to see it? I guess it's because there are our short-legged birds in your treehouse right now, so you don't want to?"

Wang Xiaoxiao was aggressive, which made Wang Ping so angry that his face turned red.

I quickly interrupted their argument and rushed over to mediate.

"Forget it, I don't think Wang Ping and his group took it. This mountaintop is only so big. Even if they took the short-legged bird, they would still need to eat it. But we see each other all the time, so they have no chance or time. Come on, take me to our backyard to take a look."

Wang Xiaoxiao was still angry, but when she heard what I said, she didn't say anything else and pulled me to the back of our treehouse.

The treehouse has been enclosed by a fence made of tree branches, forming a small courtyard.

As for those short-legged birds, I specially made some short fences for them. Although the location and space were not very large, it was enough for these short-legged birds.

At this moment, all that could be seen was the short-legged bird's nest, which indeed contained many feathers scattered on the ground. There were even a few broken eggs on the ground, but those eggs had been dried by the sun and were pitifully stuck to the stones.

Wang Ping and the others followed, looked around, and sighed.

"Sihai, we really didn't steal these birds, you can believe me."

If Lin Xubo were here, he would definitely be able to do it, but after getting to know Bai Wei over this period of time, I think even if Bai Wei had this idea, he wouldn't have the guts to do it.

Chen Jian and I went to the jade mine together. Wang Ping was considered a leader there, but he didn't dare offend me.

After all, we still need to find all the food for them. If we really have to deal with this unpleasantness just because of these few short-legged birds, then they are really losing more than they gain.

But after walking around the tree hole, I didn't find anything wrong, which made me a little suspicious.

So, did these short-legged chickens really flap their wings and fly away on their own?

Just when I didn't know what to do, I suddenly heard Xiao Qiang's voice. I leaned against the rock and looked down, and saw Xiao Qiang looking up at us. She saw me and quickly waved.

"Sihai, you're back? Come quick, I've found something here!"

I quickly followed her down the mountain, and then I saw Xiao Qiang standing under the waterfall. When she saw me, she pointed to the rock wall next to the waterfall.

Then he looked at me with a frown and said, "When I heard that the chickens were missing, I thought it probably wasn't Bai Wei and his gang. There are only a few of us on this mountaintop. If they really wanted to steal, they wouldn't have stolen something so obvious and even destroyed the nest. So I went down the mountain to see if there was anything strange around here. And I actually found this. Look."

As he spoke, he pointed to the mountain wall. Upon closer inspection, I discovered several patches on the wall that appeared to be muddy footprints.

However, the footprint wasn't very big, and it looked like it belonged to a woman.

“I just looked closely and the soil isn’t completely dry yet, which means these footprints haven’t been there long. We just came back from picking mushrooms, so do you think someone might have run down from the foot of the mountain into our backyard and caught all these short-legged birds?”

As soon as Xiao Qiang finished speaking, Wang Ping frowned and shook his head very seriously.

“I don’t think so. Although those short-legged birds have been tamed and subdued by you and are no longer as wild as before, they are still living creatures. If you really want to take them away silently, it’s simply impossible. Unless you kill those short-legged birds on your cliff first, there’s no way we would have ended up in this situation without us making a sound.”

I nodded, agreeing with what Wang Ping said.

He immediately went up to the cliff and reached out to touch the soil.

The soil felt very soft and seemed not to have dried completely, but there were stone walls all around the waterfall, so there was nowhere to step on the soil. That meant the footprints must have come from inside the forest.

"You all go back up the mountain first, I'll go check out the woods."

Upon hearing what I said, Xu Wei immediately frowned at me: "No, if someone really went up the mountain and stole us short-legged birds, they would definitely think of us and try to cause trouble. Moreover, Lin Xubo and the others have no idea about our new campsite. So, whoever could climb such a steep cliff and steal us short-legged birds from the back of the mountain is definitely not an ordinary person. It's too dangerous for you to rush out like this."

Wang Ping nodded in agreement after hearing Xu Wei's words: "I think Xu Wenyuan is right. I think we can't rush this matter. Let's go back to the mountain first."

But it's quite terrifying that these short-legged birds were stolen so silently.

“I think we should light campfires all around tonight, even if it means we have to collect more firewood every day. We absolutely cannot live in such fear.”

Looking at the footprint imprinted on the stone wall, I felt increasingly that this matter was somewhat unbelievable.

In this situation, without support from above, it would be impossible for a normal person to easily climb such a steep mountain.

But since Wang Ping said so confidently that they didn't steal it, they wouldn't help.

But if it wasn't Wang Ping and the others who were there to help, then what kind of person could be so capable of scaling walls and roofs?

When I can't think of anything, my headache gets really bad.

"Let's keep a curfew for now. We should also have more vigilant people stand guard at night. This place is probably not safe anymore. If this happens again, we'll have to find another campsite where we can stay."

After hearing what I said, Wang Xiaoxiao and the others' expressions turned somewhat unpleasant.

But given the current uncertain situation, this is probably the only option.

Wang Ping and Wang Xiaoxiao blushed deeply and ignored each other. Wang Xiaoxiao snorted and turned to go up to the top of the mountain first.

Just as Wang Ping was about to leave, I grabbed him.

"Don't go back yet. Leave two people in the camp. The rest of you come with me. Chen Jian has found a rice paddy. Maybe we'll have something to eat."