Cheng Xiaokui sneered and said, "That bastard Jun Shang is quite thoughtful! I don't even know what kind of drugs he gave Si Muyang... Who knows, Si Muyang might die without those drugs."
Night Owl paused for a moment, but quickly looked away.
With just one glance from the night owl, Cheng Xiao Kui knew she had guessed correctly.
The medicine His Majesty gave Si Muyang was a kind of poison; once the medicine was stopped, Si Muyang would die...
But it's good that I was able to see Si Muyang after all.
She followed the night owl out of the room, down the stairs to the second basement level, to meet Si Muyang.
It was still that room with the big glass window.
The man lay motionless on the hospital bed, a breathing mask on his face, and the monitor beeping.
She looked at the heartbeat on the monitor. Si Muyang's heartbeat was relatively normal, but he was still asleep.
She looked at Si Muyang for a while and asked, "Could you take me upstairs for some fresh air? Anyway, it's far from the other villagers' houses. Even if I go up, no one will be able to see me."
Night Owl said, "Sure, I can take you up."
Night Cat readily agreed, and Cheng Xiao Kui happily followed Night Cat down the stairs to the first floor.
She finally came to the courtyard again. She looked into the distance, but the villagers' houses were too far away. Even if she called out, the villagers wouldn't hear her.
Moreover, she was certain that as long as she gave the shout, Night Owl would definitely take action.
She turned to look at the mountain again; there was snow on the mountain, so it must have snowed last night.
It was because of a snowfall that she saw people's feet on the mountain road.
She asked, "Why would anyone go up the mountain in the dead of winter? What are they doing up there?"
Night Owl said, "Go up the mountain to chop firewood! The villagers all burn firewood. If they don't have any at home, they go up the mountain to chop firewood."
Cheng Xiaokui's eyes narrowed, and she quickly made a judgment: that some villagers would walk past their little house and follow this path up the mountain.
Her gaze fell on the snow on the road and the footprints in the snow, then she turned her eyes to the mountains.
Suddenly, she pointed to the mountain path and said, "Isn't that a person over there? Is he a villager?"
Night Cat looked in the direction Xiao Kui was pointing, but after looking carefully, he found no one on the mountain path.
Could it be that he didn't look carefully enough? He stared intently in that direction again.
He said, "There's no one there. Where did you see anyone?"
To be honest, his heart skipped a beat just now. If someone had happened to be there, if Cheng Xiao Kui had shouted, she would have been discovered.
This is serious!
Cheng Xiao Kui said, "Really? I really saw a figure move in the woods just now. Could there be a bear here?"
The night owl said, "There used to be bears, but there haven't been any for years. I'll take you back!"
His last words were resolute; he wanted to minimize such frightening moments. He was truly afraid of being seen by others as Cheng Xiao Kui.
Cheng Xiao Kui did not resist and obediently followed Ye Mao into the mud-brick house.
A faint smile played on her lips, difficult for outsiders to discern.
Just now, while Ye Mao was looking at the mountain path, she quickly threw her watch onto the path outside the yard.
In those days, watches were high-end items, not something that ordinary villagers could afford.
She was certain that if any villagers passed by on this path and saw the watch, they would definitely pick it up.
As long as the villagers are honest and kind enough, they can take the watch to the village chief and ask whose watch it is.
Then someone discovered that she was being held here!
Night Owl escorted Cheng Xiao Kui back to her room, locked the door, and only then did he feel relieved.
The police chief was very capable and quickly passed on his orders from top to bottom.
The police officers in the town rode their bicycles to the villages under their jurisdiction, visiting each village one by one to see if they found any relatives who were not from the village.
However, after visiting several villages, they found no outsiders in any of them.
Song Jingchuan and Ye Feng waited for news in the office.
The police chief told them that he would call them if there was any news.
Song Jingchuan sat on the sofa, casually flipping through foreign medical journals.
Ye Feng paced back and forth in the room.
Song Jingchuan pressed his temple and asked, "Can't you sit down for a while?"
Ye Feng said, "No way! I'm so nervous, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. I was wondering how you could sit still like that."
Whether it's Si Muyang or Cheng Xiaokui, they're both your friends. How can you be so calm?
Song Jingchuan said, "Does being impatient help with this? Will walking around make them come back sooner?"
Since that's not possible, we might as well stay calm and think of a solution.
Ye Feng said, "I'm trying to come up with a solution, but I can't."
Just as the two were talking, the office phone suddenly rang.
Ye Feng rushed over and picked up the phone receiver.
He hurriedly asked, "Hello, who is this?"
The voice of the police chief came through the receiver, "It's me! I just received a call. The police officers from the town went to the village to investigate the situation and unexpectedly found that a villager ran to the village chief's house, saying that he found a watch on the village road."
According to the village chief, not only do the villagers not own watches, but even the village chief's family doesn't! Their village is impoverished, with a small population.
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