Chapter 198: Mountain Manhunt
Ye Bai asked him: "Where did you go? Why did you come back so late?"
Huang Bu explained: "I went down the mountain to buy supplies. On the way back, my motorcycle had a flat tire. I pushed the motorcycle down the mountain to fix the tire, which wasted half a day. It was dark when I got back to the mountain."
Han Jianye frowned upon hearing this, and it was obvious that he still had doubts about Huang Bu's words. "Are you really unaware of this, or are you deliberately hiding it? Let me ask you again, where else could the Lili you mentioned have gone besides the iron house on your mountain?"
"How could I lie?" Huang Bu seemed a little aggrieved. "Hasn't Lili been in the tin house on the mountain all this time?"
Ye Bai pondered for a moment, then turned to Huang Bufa and asked, "Then let me ask you, are there any caves or man-made underground holes on Qingtan Mountain where we can hide?"
"this……"
Huang Bu hesitated to speak.
Han Jianye snorted. Looking at Huang Bu's expression, he knew that there must be a hidden cave or a man-made hole on the mountain.
Huang Bu's tone was pleading, "Please let Lili go. She is a woman with a miserable life. She often told me that she doesn't ask for anything in this life, but only wants to find a man who won't beat her and whom she can rely on."
Han Jianye sneered, "It's ridiculous. You don't even know her, but you believe her one-sided words."
"Then what do you think Lili wants from me? Because I'm old and poor?" Huang Bu looked at Han Jianye and argued.
Han Jianye showed Huang Bu the wanted notice of Li Liya and said sternly, "Because she is a murderer. Her real name is Li Liya, but she lied to you and said her name is Lili. She has nowhere else to go and needs to find a secluded place to be supported by a man who doesn't know her. Now she is a fugitive wanted by the whole country and can't go anywhere. She has no choice but to hide in the mountains, otherwise she will be caught as soon as she goes out. What do you think she wants from you?"
Huang Bu still had an expression of disbelief on his face. He looked down at the wanted notice. The woman in the photo looked very similar to Lili. "This... this must be a mistake. Lili is so gentle and virtuous, and she cares about me. How could she be a murderer?"
"Then you can confront her face to face." Ye Bai suggested.
Huang Bu was still thinking that Lili was a murderer, and he kept repeating, "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."
Han Jianye didn't want to waste time with him anymore, so he said sharply, "You know Chen Jianyun, right? The boss Chen who paid you was hacked to death by Li Liya at your doorstep during the day. Do you still want to hide it for her?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Bu seemed to be greatly shocked, "Boss Chen... Boss Chen is dead?"
"That's right. She was hacked to death on the spot by the gentle and virtuous Lili you mentioned. Now you may not even be able to keep this job and will be homeless. Do you still want to hide it for her?"
"I...I..."
Han Jianye asked again in a harsh voice: "Hurry up and tell me."
Huang Bu had a painful expression on his face, his eyes were red, and he seemed to have struggled hard in his heart. After a while, he finally said, "There is a cellar that I dug myself to store sweet potatoes and potatoes for winter food. It is covered with wooden boards behind the house, and ordinary people can't see it."
Ye Bai was reminded of this and instantly remembered that there were indeed some messy wooden boards behind the tin house.
This cellar might be Li Liya’s hiding place.
There was no time to lose, so they set out to Qingtan Mountain with search and rescue dogs overnight to look for Li Liya.
A large group of people lit up the mountain road, and they came to the back of the tin house according to the location provided by Huang Bu.
To their surprise, one of the wooden boards showed signs of having been moved. They carefully lifted the board and peered into the deep hole in the cellar.
The space inside the cave is small, about 3 meters wide and 5 meters long, and there is a wooden ladder for people to enter and exit.
There were clear and messy footprints on the ground.
Han Jianye stood at the entrance of the cave, his eyes sharp as torches, and said in a deep voice: "Li Liya may have guessed that we caught Huang Bu and interrogated him about the location of the cellar. She is very likely to have hidden in the mountains."
He quickly made arrangements and issued a task: "Time waits for no one. We will immediately search the mountain overnight and at the same time, we will start a siege at the foot of the mountain. Some people will go into the mountain and attack from both sides to start a search and capture operation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the team members quickly took action and a race against time search was launched in Qingtan Mountain.
Ye Bai and Liao Wei, accompanied by a rescue dog, moved forward steadily along the rugged mountain road.
After walking for only two minutes, the search and rescue dog suddenly seemed to have caught some strong signal. It started barking wildly and pulled hard on the leash, as if something ahead was calling it.
Liao Wei tightly grasped the dog leash and ran forward after the rescue dog. His face was full of excitement, and he shouted loudly: "Xiaobai, follow me!"
Ye Bai and Su Wan beside him also reacted quickly and followed closely, their footsteps making hurried sounds in the mountains.
At the same time, Han Jianye and Si Yue were in the back mountain. When they heard the loud and rapid barking of the search and rescue dogs, they keenly realized that something was unusual.
At this moment, Li Liya carefully hid behind a huge rock and covered her body with weeds.
When the barking of the rescue dog suddenly rang out, her heart sank to the bottom in an instant, and an endless despair overwhelmed her like a tide.
She knew that she was in a desperate situation with no way out.
She stood up suddenly and ran desperately up the mountain along the rugged mountain road, her steps staggering, fighting a final battle against fate.
At this time, Ye Bai, Liao Wei and others had already seen Li Liya fleeing in panic.
Liao Wei shouted excitedly: "I see! The one running away is Li Liya!"
At this moment, Li Liya finally ran to the top of the mountain. She stood there, with the police's tight encirclement in front of her and endless mountains and rugged rocks behind her.
Her heart was filled with despair, as if it was swallowed by darkness.
So he shouted at Ye Bai and the others: "Aren't you trying to catch me? If you come any closer, I'll jump down!"
There was a tremor in her voice, a cry of despair and fear.
Ye Bai persuaded her: "Don't be impulsive."
Li Liya laughed at herself, "I'm going to die anyway if I go back, so I might as well understand it myself."
Just as she turned and ran forward, Ye Bai shouted behind her, "Child, don't you want to see your child again?"
Ye Bai's words made Li Liya stop instantly.
She turned around with tears in her eyes and choked up, "Will I...will I ever be able to see my child again in this life?"
Ye Bai stepped forward and tried to persuade her to come back, "Yes, of course."
Li Liya cried, "I haven't seen my child for more than half a year. I miss him every day, but I can't go out. I know you will definitely send people to guard my home. I trapped myself in this dark forest. For a bite of food, I endured humiliation and lived with an old man..."