When Mo Yucheng saw that Song Yining looked unwell, he was about to go up and ask her what was wrong when he saw that Song Yining had already gone inside.
After Song Yining went in, she saw that the man on the bed was still sleeping soundly, and she felt relieved.
Then she looked at Mo Yucheng, pulled him to stand next to her, and whispered in his ear, "I sense danger, and every time I sense it, it comes true."
Mo Yucheng frowned upon hearing what Song Yining said.
Unexpectedly, those people still wouldn't give up, and they're still not resigned to not getting what they want.
Mo Yucheng gave him a reassuring look, and whispered to Guo Jinhua, who was standing outside the door, for a while.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Song Yining quickly released Xiaobai and Xiaohui to go and explore the village.
Guo Jinhua then led a few people to wander around, actually to see what was different about the village.
However, instead of going to the village first, they went to the educated youth settlement first.
The educated youth settlement looked like the houses outside were all made of
They were also very puzzled. The village chief had tortured people like this, yet now he acted as if nothing had happened.
Now they just do whatever they want, completely disregarding others.
Most people here make a living by beachcombing; someone from every household goes beachcombing.
The harvest in the fields was basically completed by the women and the educated youth who had been sent down to the countryside.
In order to sell more seafood, the men worked tirelessly to catch the sea.
Many educated youth with connections couldn't stand it and tried to leave and return to the city.
Now, everyone here is a former sent-down youth; there are very few educated youth left. Only those without connections are still holding on here, and they are mostly male educated youth.
There were no female educated youths in the educated youth compound at all, which puzzled Guo Jinhua and the others.
Once inside, they chatted with the other young men, who all looked at them with wary expressions.
Show them their identification documents to the male educated youth; this will put their minds at ease.
"Is there anything you need? We have to go to work soon."
"I just want to know what's it like inside the village?"
Peng Yan, a male educated youth, looked at them hesitantly, sighed, and finally spoke.
"I am Peng Yan from Chunshi, and he is Zhang Lei, Guo Tao, He Dong. We are all from the same compound."
We're all around twenty years old now, and we all grew up wearing open-crotch pants.
We've always longed to see the sea since we were little, so we chose to come here.
"We've been in Tangwang Village for three years now, and these are the four people who managed to stay there all night."
Guo Jinhua could understand; young men just do whatever they want.
“This village is very xenophobic. We rarely interact with the villagers except when we are working, and they don’t interact with us either.”
The children in the village don't run around; they're always busy, but I don't know what they're doing.
Listening to what they were saying, Guo Jinhua realized that some villages were like that.
"You look very confused. There are only a few of us at the educated youth settlement, and we can't even find a trace of the female educated youth, right?"
Guo Jinhua nodded, looking at Peng Yan and the others.
"There weren't any before we arrived, and there were a few afterward, but they just mysteriously disappeared. We reported them to the police, but they couldn't be found."
Since then, it's mostly male educated youth who have come. It's very tough here, and we've had a falling out with our families.
I could only grit my teeth and live here, but now I'm slowly getting used to life here.
We are quite self-reliant now. We can hunt in the mountains, fish in the river, and catch seafood in the sea. There's nothing we can't do.
Most of the others who came couldn't stand it and chose to negotiate with their families to return to the city.
"Now it's just the few of us left here. See how well we've been trained; we're not much worse off than you guys."
"Don't you guys feel that anything is strange or wrong in the village?"
"To be honest, we can't get in at all. We can only move around outside the village. It's heavily guarded inside."
"Aren't you curious about what's going on in this village?"
"We each live our own lives and have always lived peacefully together. We've gotten used to it over the years."
They generally don't bother each other; if anything happens, someone will come to notify them.
"Have you noticed anything unusual? Think about it carefully."
As they were deep in thought, the guards outside noticed that someone had been watching them.
He came in and whispered to Guo Jinhua about the situation outside.
Guo Jinhua learned about the village's affairs through conversations; this ranking system was as if they didn't want anyone to know anything.
Hearing that someone was monitoring them, Guo Jinhua only frowned. "We came here to see if we can stay here for a while. We'll be staying here for a period of time."
If the village chief asks, just answer like this: we've never talked about anything else.
The group didn't know anything, so they quickly packed up and went to work without making a fuss. They were given the keys and told to be careful around the area.
I rushed to the fields. The weather here wasn't too hot during this period; it was quite comfortable.
The men swept the area with brooms and then went back to report.
Knowing that someone was watching them, they didn't pay attention and quickly headed towards the cowshed.
The two places weren't very far apart, so the next thing to do was to discuss finding a new place for Dou Hengyi to stay.
They couldn't take care of things here, and Song Yining had nowhere to rest.
Guo Jinhua and the others took their luggage and went over there first. After tidying up, they carried Dou Hengyi to the educated youth settlement to stay.
Those who were following them saw them carrying Dou Hengyi and hurried back to report.
"Village chief, those soldiers carried Dou Hengyi to the educated youth settlement; they're going to stay there."
With them was a girl, who wasn't very pretty; she was dark-skinned, thin, and not attractive at all.
"Okay, keep monitoring them, but don't let them find out."
Upon hearing the village chief's instructions, the man quickly nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I understand. I'll come back and report to you if anything comes up."
Village chief Tang Dashan was discussing their plans with villager Li Peng. "The people who came this time seemed a bit off, so we need to be more careful lately."
It seems something has happened to the Tao family in Beijing. We must be extremely careful.
We haven't found what we've been searching for here all these years, we can't afford to be exposed."
"I understand. They probably want to treat Dou Hengyi's illness. I believe it will only take about ten days. They've asked the villagers to keep an eye on things."
"You also need to make sure the children know what's going on, so they don't find out anything."
"Understood, we'll just wait for them to go back as soon as possible."
"Okay, I understand,"
The two weren't talking at the moment; they had seen the person and were just waiting to leave as soon as possible.
If that doesn't work, they'll wipe them out so their village can be saved. They haven't been found to have any problems all these years, and they can't afford to give up now.
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