Chapter 631 Who Leaked It?
"Everyone in the village is saying there's rare earth underneath. Is it true?" Li Lao Er was still asking Chen Feng for confirmation.
"Who knows? We haven't dug anything, how would we know what's down there? The village is just spreading rumors."
"Come on, let's sign the contract," Chen Feng said, pulling out the contract.
"Okay, can I transfer the money right away after I sign this?" Li Lao Er asked excitedly, looking at the contract.
"Of course, I'll transfer it to you right away after you sign it." Chen Feng nodded.
Upon hearing this, Li Lao Er no longer hesitated and immediately signed the contract.
"Alright, take a look." Li Lao Er signed the contract and handed it to Chen Feng.
"Okay, no problem, take out your phone." Chen Feng said, and was about to transfer money to him.
"Hey." Li Lao Er took out his phone, looking like he was ready.
Chen Feng readily transferred 50,000 yuan to him, and both of them looked satisfied.
"Okay, I'll call you again if I need anything else," Chen Feng said, standing up.
“No problem, I’ll definitely cooperate.” Li Lao Er stood up, beaming with joy as he looked at the money on his phone.
As soon as Chen Feng and his group left Li Lao Er's house, their faces immediately darkened.
"What happened? Weren't we told not to disclose it? How did the news still get out?" Chen Feng said in a low voice, his voice filled with anger.
"I don't know! I've repeatedly warned them, how could someone still talk back? Damn it, if I find out who it is, I'll break their teeth!" Qi Minglin was furious.
"Is it still possible to find out who said this?" Li Guanghao lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and asked.
“It’s difficult. There are 47 people in our team, and almost all of them went into the village yesterday. Besides, you don’t know how he delivered the message.”
"This village has at least 1,500 people. Now that everyone knows the news, you have no way of finding out where the news came from."
Qi Minglin already knew what would happen next: no matter how much manpower you mobilized, it would almost always end in vain.
The villagers are the most adept at evading questions. Everyone is afraid of getting into trouble, so they will definitely say nothing and would rather die than say anything else.
"There's something fishy about this." Chen Feng lit a cigarette, his eyes slowly turning cold.
"What do you mean!" Li Guanghao was startled upon hearing this.
"You mean there's a traitor in the exploration team? No way, is it just that someone let slip?" Qi Minglin couldn't believe Chen Feng's guess.
“Anyone who gets into the exploration team must understand the importance of this matter, and we even gave them instructions, but it was still leaked in the end.”
"This can't be explained by a simple case of being nosy," Chen Feng said slowly.
Qi Minglin was stunned by this conjecture, and it took her a while to gradually accept it.
"So what do we do now? Do we interrogate them one by one and then check their phones?" Qi Minglin asked, pursing her lips.
"No, let's just pretend this doesn't matter, and go back and give them a few scoldings." An idea gradually took shape in Chen Feng's mind.
"What? Are we just going to let this go like this? It's one thing if the rare earth leaked to the villagers, but if it leaks outside, we're doomed!" Qi Minglin said anxiously upon hearing this.
"What's the point of you checking now? Everyone knows their phone is being monitored, and nobody will use their own phone to send messages."
"Besides, you don't even have a single piece of evidence or speculation. How are you going to interrogate me? Are you going to resort to torture?" Chen Feng glanced at her and said.
"Then what do we do? Just watch this traitor get away with it?" Qi Minglin's mind was in turmoil.
“If he’s an inside man, he’ll definitely slip up. What we need to do now is to lower his guard.”
"We'll settle the score later," Chen Feng said softly, flicking his cigarette ash.
"Chen Feng is right. If there really is a traitor in the team, he would be extremely careful now and probably prepared to be interrogated. Using force won't work; it will only make him more wary."
"We might as well play along and see what he plans to do," Li Guanghao agreed with Chen Feng.
"Do you have any suspects?" Qi Minglin couldn't help but ask.
“Everyone except the four of us is a suspect.” Chen Feng stubbed out his cigarette.
“I was brought here by you. Li Chunlai is from the same village as me. He has never even been to the city more than a few times. Obviously, there is no need for him to be an inside man and there is no possibility for him to be an inside man.”
Chen Feng began to explain.
"Uncle Li has fought for the country for nearly fifty years. No one would betray him. As for me, it's impossible for me either." Although Qi Minglin didn't finish her sentence, it was clear that there was absolutely no possibility of it happening to her.
"Okay, everyone should act naturally when we get back," Chen Feng instructed.
"Okay, then I'll just rant a bit when we get back and that'll be it?" Qi Minglin confirmed.
“Yes.” Chen Feng nodded, and the group returned to the camp.
As soon as they entered the camp, Qi Minglin flew into a rage.
"You bunch of good-for-nothings, who spread the rumor that we're mining rare earth? Now the whole village is buzzing about it!"
"You can't even do this simple thing right, what else can you do? You're a bunch of good-for-nothings!" Qi Minglin pointed at them and cursed angrily, throwing her hat hard on the ground.
"Oh no, what's going on? Someone leaked the information about rare earths. Who did it? Weren't we told not to talk about it?" Someone was shocked and rushed over to ask.
"Yeah, Captain Qi, are you sure? It really was one of us who leaked it, right?"
"What do you think? Besides us, who else knows about rare earth? Even the villagers don't know what rare earth is, let alone spread the word," Qi Minglin said angrily.
"Holy crap, who's so loose-lipped, damn it."
"I don't know what can be said and what can't be said?"
Zhang Richeng blinked upon hearing this, observing the situation quietly.
"What should we do now, Captain Qi? Has this caused a major disaster?" someone asked anxiously.
"For now, everything seems fine, but we don't know what the consequences will be. Let me tell you, you all better keep your mouths shut from now on!"
"If I find out about this again, I'll break all your teeth!" Qi Minglin cursed at them, then stormed back to her tent.
Seeing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and fell silent, not daring to speak loudly.
"Who's the one who's being so gossipy? Is it you, fourth brother?"
"Get out of here! Don't you think I don't know what I can and can't say?"
"Are you the one crying 'stop thief' while being the one who's actually the thief?"
"Don't talk nonsense! I bought two loaves of bread from the convenience store yesterday, I didn't stay any longer!"
"Bullshit, as if anyone lives there!"
Right now, everyone's just speculating about who leaked the information, which seems a bit far-fetched.
After receiving the money, Li Lao Er couldn't help but hum a song.
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