Chapter 163 Don't Catch Me
The barrage of questions made Xu Qingchang lose his patience. His face flushed red, and he almost roared back, "Chang Jian, who do you think you are? You can't stop asking questions. How can I know those inexplicable things? Anyway, it's just a chain that the old man installed for fun. Don't bother me anymore!"
After saying that, he ignored the two of them and turned away angrily.
Looking at the other person's receding figure, Chang Jian was about to follow him to continue asking questions, but Xiang Pengfei beside him grabbed his arm.
"Why bother with such a jerk?"
Xiang Pengfei said this comfortingly, with confusion and anxiety written all over his face - because their biggest problem right now is that they can't find the missing Qiao Jin!
They searched the entire house several times, even every hidden corner, but still did not find even the slightest valuable clue.
Helplessly, Chang Jian could not help but frowned deeply: "Where do you think these people are hiding? The villagers are so scared that they are speechless. In this case, let's go find the village chief first."
After saying this, he looked at his good brother who also had a worried look on his face, and received an affirmative nod in response.
In another direction, Fu Yanlin was on his way to his destination.
From a distance, he saw a staggering woman stumbling towards him.
The soles of her feet were bruised and she looked confused.
Fu Yanlin recognized the woman's identity at a glance.
She is the daughter-in-law of Old Man Li.
She usually looked so weak, and now she looked even more miserable.
He frowned, with a hint of coldness on his face, and walked straight towards her.
But before Fu Yanlin could get close, the woman was so scared that her face turned pale when she saw him.
Her face was as pale as paper and her whole body was tense like a bow with a full string. After screaming, she suddenly turned around and ran towards the river.
Her heart was pounding like a drum and she could hardly breathe from the fear.
Fu Yanlin saw that something was wrong at the first sight, alarm bells rang in his heart, and he immediately took big strides to chase after him.
He secretly wondered what had happened to make a woman so frightened.
The steps were getting faster and faster, and the body almost seemed to be flying.
The team members behind him felt very strange to see the captain chasing a woman, but they did not ask any more questions. They just hurriedly followed and shouted loudly: "Follow the captain!"
They exchanged puzzled looks, but still followed the captain firmly, ready to deal with any unexpected situations at any time.
The woman kept muttering: "Don't catch me, don't catch me..."
Her voice was trembling and hoarse, and it sounded like a desperate plea.
She almost had a mental breakdown, and the light in her eyes gradually dimmed, leaving only despair.
When she saw the river in front of her, it was like she saw the last way to escape, and the only glimmer of hope in her heart was instantly ignited.
She walked quickly into the river, not caring that the water had already covered her body and even soaked her clothes.
The water was icy cold, but that didn't matter at the moment.
The only thought was to escape from that terrible shadow.
Seeing that the woman was about to be drowned in the river, Fu Yanlin was extremely anxious. He quickly took off his pager and other equipment and jumped into the river to save her without hesitation.
He had only one thought in his mind: he must not let anyone die here.
Huge waves splashed on the water surface, and his figure swam forward rapidly like a black lightning.
The woman turned around and looked at Fu Yanlin, her eyes full of despair and fear.
When she saw his serious expression, she was so scared that she almost fainted, and her legs weakly kicked the water.
The water seemed to be mocking her inability to resist, swallowing her up bit by bit.
Fu Yanlin swam quickly in the water. The woman obviously couldn't swim at all. After struggling desperately for a few times, she began to sink slowly.
She waved her hands around, trying to grab something for support, but there was nothing around.
However, Fu Yanlin would not let things end like this. He swam closer with all his might and grabbed the woman's wrist, which was so thin that only bones were left, at the last moment. The cold feeling made him frown.
Then he used all his strength to lift her up, trying to prevent her from sinking further into the abyss.
After rescuing the woman, he held her waist with one hand and paddled with the other hand, swimming hard towards the shore with her.
Although he was exhausted and out of breath, he dared not relax at all, because he knew that even a moment of negligence could lead to serious consequences.
After getting ashore, the woman closed her eyes, her whole body was wet, and she lay on the ground gasping for breath, like a deer escaping from a shotgun.
The team members gathered around, their eyes filled with surprise and concern. They looked at Fu Yanlin and asked in confusion, "Captain, what's wrong with this woman?"
Fu Yanlin squinted his eyes and looked at the woman, then replied in a serious tone: "Find a way to wake her up quickly. I have something to ask her."
He knew clearly that what he saw was unusual and he had to figure out the situation as soon as possible.
The team members did not dare to delay and immediately went forward to perform chest compressions according to the first aid procedures, hoping to help her regain consciousness.
Although his movements were professional, they could not conceal his inner nervousness and anxiety.
Fu Yanlin stood aside, looking up at the woman who was receiving treatment. At this moment, he suddenly heard the anxious voices of Chang Jian and Xiang Pengfei.
"Captain, Captain!"
He looked at them coldly, and when he saw the obvious panic on Chang Jian's face, he felt even more uneasy.
"What's wrong?"
He asked calmly, trying his best to control his emotions and not lose control.
"Captain, my sister-in-law is missing!"
These words hit Fu Yanlin's heart like a bolt from the blue, causing his heart to tighten suddenly, and his originally resolute expression suddenly became very ugly.
"What?"
"We searched for my sister-in-law in the village for a long time but couldn't find any trace of her. Finally, we found Xu Qingchang in an old house. We thought he was suspicious, but no matter how we asked him, he said he had never seen my sister-in-law."
Old house!
Fu Yanlin's heart tightened. Liu Shang remembered that the place mentioned by Chang Jian and Xiang Pengfei was exactly Old Man Li's home.
Why was that woman so scared when she saw him?
There must be something hidden here.
Fu Yanlin asked sharply, "Where is the old man in that house?"
When Chang Jian heard this, he immediately felt a chill and knew that something was wrong.
He spoke in a low and slow voice: "Xu Qingchang said the old man ran away."
"Catch that old man back, he must know where Qiao Jin is!"
Fu Yanlin's words were full of unquestionable determination.
After hearing the order, Chang Jian and Xiang Pengfei immediately turned around and ran, as if the wind behind them was urging them to die.
Soon, the team members revived the unconscious woman. She began to cough continuously and slowly opened her eyes.
When she saw Fu Yanlin standing in front of her, the woman turned pale with fear again, and kept repeating, "Don't catch me, don't catch me..."
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