Xiao Dan put on his outer garment and tiptoed out the door.
"Ugly, Little Master, what's going on? Didn't you go to see the stars?"
Looking up at the sky, the clouds were still thick, the night was dark and the stars were few, with only a few twinkling stars visible occasionally.
Is it true that things are valued for their rarity, and that the most dazzling stars are the few that can be counted?
"Look, we counted so many stars, competing with Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to see who could count the most. While we were counting, we ran into the village and coincidentally saw someone trying to sabotage the water filtration equipment."
When he heard about comparing counting with chickens, Xiao Dan couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Since the three chickens became his playmates, the ways the children play have always refreshed his understanding of what it means to play.
Upon hearing that someone wanted to sabotage the water filtration equipment, his face tightened immediately. "What? Who dares to be so bold?"
Then I thought of something else.
"Ugly, little master, is the person who damaged the water filtration equipment the one who threw the rats?"
A leader who has emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood is different; he figured out the key point in a flash.
So these kids looking at the stars is just an excuse; they're actually investigating a case in the middle of the night.
"Yes, Uncle Xiao, they want to use the opportunity of fetching fresh water to sneak into the camp and find out about Shishi. Brother told you to send someone to catch them quickly. With Shishi around, we won't show ourselves."
"them?"
"Yes, there were five educated youths. When we ran into them, they were discussing how to sabotage the place."
Xiao Dan understood and didn't delay any longer. He quickly changed his clothes and went to the camp to assemble a squad.
When they arrived, they saw five people kneeling on the ground, covered in sweat, fanning themselves and repenting for damaging the water filtration equipment.
They actively berated themselves as animals worse than pigs and dogs, unworthy of eating food and wasting air.
I'm sorry to the villagers of Nanwa Village, I'm sorry to the general public, and I'm sorry to the hardworking researchers.
They knelt facing the well, kowtowing loudly every now and then, and after kowtowing, they would beg for mercy loudly at the air, shouting things like "Don't eat me!"
The five men kept passing the buck, pointing at each other and saying that their flesh was more fragrant and their blood sweeter; in short, the scene was very bizarre.
Just as they were getting into the swing of things, a crisp sound rang out, and the five heads looked up in bewilderment, their eyes filled with astonishment, as if they were writing "What's wrong with me? Why am I kneeling and kowtowing to the ground? Who am I worshipping?" on their faces.
The young soldiers were dumbfounded. Were these people possessed? Or were they still half asleep?
Xiao Dan immediately thought of his daughter's amazing methods and gave the order while the others were still stunned.
"Arrest them. Anyone who dares to damage public resources is standing against the people. Take them back and interrogate them properly."
“Such audacity must be part of something, and there must be someone behind it. Investigate carefully and be sure to dig out information about the person behind it.”
"Yes, sir."
Five people resisted arrest, making quite a commotion and waking up several nearby villagers.
Upon learning that the military had investigated the incident of rats being thrown into a well and discovered that five people had a motive for the crime, they were all outraged and pleaded with the military comrades to find out the truth.
Xiao Dan deliberately made a commotion, taking the educated youth away in front of the villagers to avoid causing trouble for the village.
After taking the people away, Xiao Dan looked around but didn't see his daughter or son-in-law. Even Chou Chou and Xiao Shi were gone. He shook his head, deciding not to get in their way, and quickly returned to the camp.
Little did he know that the large group he was thinking of was openly following behind him, chattering about their achievements that night.
The five people, having lost their horrific memories, became defiant and began to cry foul together.
Upon hearing the interrogation results, Xiao Dan sneered, "If they won't talk, then we'll use some methods to make them suffer."
"Yes, sir."
"Commander, they've confessed! They've all confessed voluntarily!" A young soldier ran over in a panic.
Xiao Dan frowned, "You've already confessed, why are you so panicked?"
At the same time, I was also puzzled. Didn't they say they wouldn't recruit? What's going on?
The young soldier thought to himself, "How can I not panic? Those five people have inexplicable bloodstains on their faces and hands, as if they've been scratched by ghosts."
The five men were so frightened that they ran away with their heads in their hands while begging for mercy, and they all blurted out their secrets without even being questioned.
"Sir, they kept shouting that there were ghosts in the house and begging for their lives, asking to be moved to another room. We went in to check, but there was nothing there. But their injuries are very obvious. Could it really be...?"
"Shut up, do you even want to stay in the camp?"
Xiao Dan instinctively felt it was related to his mischievous son, and he coldly reprimanded him.
"It's just a bunch of petty tricks where they try to shift blame to each other, and when they can't, they fight each other, expose each other's secrets to get rid of each other, and that's all it takes to scare you?"
"How does the unit usually teach you? Starting tomorrow, you all need to memorize the military regulations properly."
The young soldier shuddered, his initial unease vanishing completely. He immediately stood at attention, saluted, and acknowledged the order.
The scene of him kneeling in front of the well and the strangeness he had just witnessed almost led him astray.
The leader is right, it was those people who used those methods.
How could there be ghosts in this world?
Shishi covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes darting around as she conceived a playful idea.
"Dad crossed his hands, grabbed his ears, pulled his ears, and pulled his ears again."
"Dad grabbed his left ear with his left hand, pointed a finger at his nose with his right hand, and made a slight 'little little' sound with his mouth."
In front of his beloved subordinates, a certain leader elegantly raised his hands and crossed them in front of him, then without hesitation grabbed his own ears and pulled them down once, then pulled them down again, and then let go.
Under the bewildered gazes of his subordinates, he raised his left hand again, grabbed his left earlobe, pressed his right index finger against the tip of his nose and pushed it upwards, opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, making a "liar" sound.
Xiao Dan: ......
Young soldiers: ......
The young soldiers silently turned away, pretending not to see, fearing their commander would silence them.
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