"Brother Yi Xin, didn't Tou Ming and Xiao Xiao say they were just out to take a look? Why did they walk so far?" The curly-haired girl had already started panting. She was really tired after walking such a long distance in the snow, taking one step deep and one step shallow.
He Yixin's expression became more serious, and the bad feeling in his heart became stronger: "Let's go forward and see."
He was certain that Xiaoxiao, Tou Ming, Professor Jiang, and his wife must be hiding something from everyone, but he couldn't be sure yet.
Another boy wearing black-framed glasses who followed them couldn't help but complain: "These two have been acting strangely since they set out.
Now it’s better, he just got lost.”
He Yixin sighed, with some certainty in his tone: "Maybe it's not as simple as getting lost."
"Senior brother, what do you mean by this?" The curly-haired girl was at a loss for a moment. He Yixin's words made her feel uneasy.
He Yixin shook his head: "We're not sure yet, let's wait until we find the person."
The three of them continued to follow the trail left by the curly-haired girl while chatting along the way. About forty minutes later, they arrived at a slightly dilapidated village.
"Right here?" He Yixin was a little surprised. Why did these two people appear in this village not far from them?
The curly-haired girl nodded: "Yes, it should be in the front yard."
On the other side, Si Ye, Jia Wu and He Yifeng, who returned to the house first, did not lie down to sleep immediately, but sat down around the campfire at the same time.
Because they knew very well that the man and woman who had just appeared outside the yard had no backpacks, no stored food, and no means of transportation. Judging from their actions and the clothes they were wearing, they could not be the original survivors of this place.
All this can only mean one thing, that is, they have accomplices, and these two people came out lightly to investigate the situation.
"It's only been half a day since we left the Xishi Security Base and these two people followed us. It's definitely not a coincidence." He Yifeng frowned.
Si Ye nodded: "Now they can't go back, the people over there should come looking for us. I guess the place where they set up camp is not far from us."
"Then, let's wait a little longer?" Jiawu said without hesitation.
Si Ye and He Yifeng nodded in agreement. If someone came after them, they would be able to deal with them immediately.
The people in the house were cautious to begin with. They left too quickly before and didn't wake everyone up. Now they were sitting by the campfire talking. Soon, everyone who was originally asleep in the house woke up one after another.
After everyone got up, they sat around the campfire, until finally even Nan Muran lost the mood to sleep.
Seeing that everyone was up, He Yifeng told everyone what happened that night.
Several members of Xiaolong couldn't help but blame themselves for their poor vigilance.
Only Nan Muran sighed after listening to it: "It seems that Si Qiaoyun and Jiang Hai brought people to catch up."
"Them? Ever since we discussed the situation at Qihuoju last time, everyone has been avoiding them.
How did they get the news that we were leaving for Jieshan?" Song Shu was a little surprised to hear Nan Muran's words.
He Yifeng thought for a moment and said, "When we were leaving, we happened to run into them at the gate of the base. They probably didn't know our destination, so they followed us from a distance."
Nan Muran nodded in agreement with He Yifeng's words: "It's not surprising that the couple saw us leaving the base and followed us. What I'm curious about is who followed them?"
He Yifeng seemed to think of something when he heard this. His brows knitted together, and he felt a little uneasy: "Could it be that this is a student they met when they were teaching in Xishi before?"
"They still have students in Xishi?" Nan Muran was a little surprised. Haven't these two been in Jingshi all the time?
Without waiting for He Yifeng to answer the question raised by Nan Muran, the tree man once again extended his branches and touched Nan Muran's shoulder.
"Someone else is approaching this yard. Three people, two men and one woman." Nan Muran looked at everyone, her tone slightly helpless.
"This is it." In the yard where Nan Muran and the others settled, the curly-haired girl looked at the vast expanse of white all around her and her eyes fell on the two military off-road vehicles parked in the lobby.
He Yixin's eyes also fell on the two familiar military warriors. Coming from a military family, he could tell just by the license plate that these were HB military vehicles. Not many people could use these vehicles, so how could they appear here?
"It's a military vehicle." The boy with glasses who came out with them approached them first and said with some surprise. He had no fear of the soldiers and felt comforted instead.
Only the curly-haired girl who led the way showed a look of fear. Her ability was tracking, and she could accurately sense the breath of Tou Li and Xiao Xiao all the way to this small courtyard. Here their breath was the strongest, and there was even a faint smell of blood. What disturbed her most was that she could not sense any trace of their departure.
There is usually only one explanation for this situation, that is, Xiaoxiao and Tou Ming were killed and their bodies destroyed. So when she heard that there were soldiers inside and knew how powerful the soldiers were, she did not feel relieved, but filled with fear.
At this moment, the door of a house not far away opened from the inside, and several people walked out of the house with their backs to the light.
Under the moonlight, walking in front was an incredibly pretty girl, with a pair of deer eyes as bright as stars.
On her right hand side there was a man with phoenix eyes, about 1.9 meters tall, and too good-looking. On her left hand side there was also a man about 1.86 meters tall, handsome, and hard to look away from.
"Brother." He Yixin looked at He Yifeng, who was walking on Nan Muran's left, with some surprise.
He Yifeng was not surprised to see him. When Nan Muran said that the person who caught up with them was Si Qiaoyun and brought a group of people with him, he thought that He Yixin might follow him: "Well, why are you here?"
"I followed Professor Jiang out. Two of my companions from the same trip are no longer around, so I went out to look for them." He Yixin naturally would not hide anything about his cousin whom he admired.
And between Professor Jiang and his cousin, he certainly trusts his relative more.
He Yifeng looked at Nan Muran: "They might have been deceived."
"It's too cold outside. Let's all go inside and ask about the situation in detail." Nan Muran said without hesitation.
After all, the guy standing in the front, who looks three-quarters like He Yifeng, is not only He Yifeng's younger brother, but also Chief He's grandson.
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