Luo Jingyan rolled over, holding Black Tiger, so it sat on her lap and looked at her: "Black Tiger, you said that high-tech thing, if you put it in the sole of your shoe, wouldn't it give you a running start?"
She thought about it for a while, then thought it was impossible. "If you want to run fast, you should increase the elasticity of the soles of your shoes. I have never heard of adding a machine to the soles of shoes to help you run. Besides, why would a sent-down youth want to run so fast?" She frowned and thought for a while. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to her mind, and the scene of Xue Yanchen and Zhao Jun looking for something on the mountain appeared in her mind again.
I remember once before the New Year he said that he was looking for money, so she asked Black Tiger to help him look for it, but they found nothing.
Are they looking for money again this time? It's impossible for it to be such a coincidence; they must be looking for something else.
"Black Tiger, do you think the thing he puts in his shoe sole has a detection function, like you can detect treasures?"
Black Tiger's eyes immediately lit up: "Master, that's possible."
“Most substances that can be detected by electronic devices are metallic, which means that Yan Chen is looking for something made of metal. Moreover, the detection device is mounted on the sole of the shoe, which has the most contact with the ground. If it is something that is on the surface, there is no need for a detector. In other words, the thing may be hidden underground.”
After listening to Luo Jingyan's analysis, Hei Hu felt it made a lot of sense.
“Master, Brother Xue and Zhao Zhiqing are both looking for that thing. We used to run into Brother Xue on the mountain, which proves that he has been looking for it for a long time. His purpose in coming here should be to find that thing.”
"That's right. I think so too, Black Tiger. Remember that special badge we dug up on the mountain before? Do you think it could be that?"
“Master, aren’t badges just ordinary things? But you seem to have said that this badge is thicker than usual, so it’s not so ordinary.”
"That's the problem. We didn't think much of it at the time, assuming it was just a little special. How could we connect it with the military? If we hadn't met Brother Xue and gone through so many things before discovering some suspicious points, we might never have guessed the badge's special nature. However, this is just our guess. To know if it's really what Brother Xue is looking for, we have to show it to him in person. But..." He got what he wanted, completed his mission, and should be returning to his unit.
After going through so much together, Luo Jingyan felt a little reluctant to part ways.
Furthermore, once he obtains what he is looking for, his identity will naturally be revealed. After his identity is exposed, they will face a new situation. They may be separated forever, or he may be forced to make a difficult choice. In short, they can no longer be as close as before. At the very least, an important military regulation will stand between them, like a river or a mountain.
The above were all their personal matters, but the badge she found might be related to national affairs. Thinking of the badge's importance, she couldn't afford to hesitate any longer; if it was something extremely important to the country, she had to get it to Xue Yanchen as soon as possible.
Although Zhao Jun was right there, she didn't dare to give the things to him rashly, because she trusted Xue Yanchen more than Zhao Jun.
She only felt at ease after personally handing the item to Xue Yanchen and seeing him confirm its authenticity.
Black Tiger said, "Master, when Brother Xue left here yesterday, didn't he say he would come back tomorrow? When he comes, show him the badge we picked up. After he sees it, everything will be clear, and we won't need to guess anymore."
"Yes, the item is in my spatial storage. I'll go in and find it now."
Luo Jingyan entered the space and started searching in the bedroom. After searching for a while without finding it, she went outside to search. After more than ten minutes, she still couldn't find it. Because she had recently collected too many treasures into the space, she had forgotten where she put the badge.
She sighed and could only turn to Black Tiger for help: "Black Tiger, I can't find it. Could you help me look for it?"
"Yes, Master."
Black Tiger immediately released an energy wave and quickly sensed the location of the badge, then led Luo Jingyan back to the bedroom.
She jumped to the edge of a summer solstice-themed spot in front of Luo Jingyan's dressing table. "Master, I'm here."
Luo Jingyan blinked. She had clearly searched this place before, but she hadn't seen it.
They quickly opened the box, but still couldn't find it. There were only a few jewelry boxes inside, but Black Tiger insisted that it must be there.
So she opened all the jewelry boxes and finally found the badge in a red velvet box, at which point Luo Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief.
The badge was exactly the same as when it was put in, with no change in appearance. After a careful inspection, apart from being thicker and heavier than a regular badge, there was still nothing else that was different.
So she picked up the badge again and waved it near her ear, but she couldn't hear anything.
"Black Tiger, do you think there's something else inside, or is it solid? If it's solid, the metal inside and outside are the same, so it's not worth studying."
Black Tiger shook its cat head: "I can't sense it. I can only sense a metallic material. I don't know if it's solid or if there's something else in it. If it's really what Brother Xue is looking for, it should have something else in it. Otherwise, there's no use for such a piece."
"Then let Yanchen take a look. He'll have an answer after he sees it."
Luo Jingyan sat on the bed for a while, changed her clothes, left the space, and went to the cowshed.
She first went to look for Mr. and Mrs. Luo, but found that neither of them were in the house. So she went to look for them at Grandma Zhang's place, and sure enough, Mr. and Mrs. Luo were in Grandma Zhang's room.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Grandma Zhang lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a pale face. Mr. Luo was boiling water in the kitchen, and Mrs. Luo was standing by Grandma Zhang, changing her wet towels.
Luo Jingyan immediately searched her memory for any information about Grandma Zhang's illness.
In the original book, it seems that Grandma Zhang's life was taken by a high fever.
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