The man answered readily, "No problem. If I lose, I'll give you half the jar of wine. If you lose, you have to cover for me for a day."
"make a deal!"
The man was afraid that the other party would deny it, so he said, "Words are not enough, everyone should be a witness."
After a group of people chatted and laughed for a while, they checked the time and split up into several teams in the alley, ready to go on patrol. Lin Zhenzhen saw them disperse and quickly hid. When she was talking to them just now, she realized something was wrong.
These people had worked diligently when Lin Feng was around, but now that he was gone, they were trying to fool him. They said they had been searching the city all afternoon, but now it seemed like those were just excuses to evade him.
Lin Zhenzhen managed to keep her composure this time. She didn't jump out to cause trouble for others immediately. Instead, she prepared to look for clues on her own: "I was wondering why my brother couldn't be found. It's all these minions' fault! Okay, you guys don't want to look for him, right? I'll find him myself!"
It wasn't that Lin Zhenzhen felt embarrassed about using Lin Feng's men. The point was that Lin Feng's disappearance had given her a chance to prove herself. Besides, Lin Feng was her brother, a mature adult, after all. Qinghe County still needed these men to maintain order, and they couldn't just sit around looking for her all day without warning. There was nothing wrong with searching for her own brother all by herself. She wanted to show these men who looked down on her, a mere woman, that she, Lin Zhenzhen, was just as brave and resourceful as her brother.
Lin Zhenzhen stood on the roof of the government office, looking down at the lights rising on the street, and frowned. "He's not in the government office, nor in the place where he usually hides alone. This is strange. Could it be that he is hiding from me? That's not possible. Is my thinking wrong?"
After making sure that Lin Feng was not near the government office and the ice cellar, Lin Zhenzhen tiptoed across the rooftops of the houses in Qinghe County, trying to find some useful clues in some corners that ordinary people would not pay much attention to.
However, when the streets were deserted and many residents had turned off their lights to rest, Lin Zhenzhen still hadn't found any clues. Lin Zhenzhen was now dizzy, with leg cramps, and her stomach was still rumbling. Especially when she saw the street food stalls that had closed down, she felt even hungrier.
"Forget it, it's getting dark. I should go back and find something to eat first. Maybe he'll be back after a good sleep, just like usual."
After a satisfying meal and a delightful hot bath, Lin Zhenzhen turned off the lights and sank into bed. She pulled the covers over her head and closed her eyes, feeling her mind suddenly clear up. "When I went to see him this afternoon, he seemed to be studying a map or something. Oh, there must be clues on that map. Look at my stupid brain!"
Lin Zhenzhen had just lifted the quilt and wanted to go to the study next door to look for the map that Lin Feng had read today, but she looked at the pillow, then at the moonlight outside the window, and lay back down: "No matter how anxious I am, I can't rush it right now. Maybe he will be back when he wakes up, so there's no need to look for him anymore."
After a good night's sleep, Lin Zhenzhen woke up unusually early this morning. However, after waking up, she just stared at the roof with her eyes open, not knowing what she was thinking about or who was waiting for her.
Lin Zhenzhen tossed and turned in bed, and only slowly got up when it was almost noon, dressed and washed up. Just as she was getting ready, someone knocked on the door. Lin Zhenzhen thought it was Lin Feng who had returned, so she ran to open the door. However, when she opened the door, the person waiting for her was the little maid who had seen that it was almost time to feed her.
After the maid took the food out of the lunch box and put it away, she bowed to Lin Zhenzhen and left. After all, Lin Zhenzhen was eating alone today. Usually, when Lin Feng was not around, no one would come to her place. So she simply took the plate and went to the study.
After Lin Zhenzhen entered the study, she stood at the door for a while, glancing around to make sure that there were no signs of rummaging through the bookshelves, just as she had seen yesterday. She then went inside. While eating, she searched for a map on the bookshelf, and soon she actually found it.
When she came to find Lin Feng, she glanced at him. He must have been looking at a map of Qinghe County. There were many small markings on the map, and some of them were marked with fresh ink, drawn with a cinnabar pen. Lin Feng must have drawn them recently. "These markings look very new. They must have been made after he tricked me out yesterday. Okay, let's start with you."
Lin Zhenzhen sat at the desk, staring at the map on the table for a long time. After making sure that she had memorized everything and there were no mistakes, she drew a portrait of Lin Feng before leaving.
The layout of the places marked on the map was somewhat interesting. They were all on the edge of the city, with one in each of the four corners, making it seem as if someone had deliberately placed them this way. At first, Lin Zhenzhen thought these marked places were some extraordinary places, but when she arrived, she covered her nose and frowned, wondering why they were all on the edge of the city, with one in each corner. Something as serious as pouring night incense, which required being away from people, really couldn't be taken lightly.
Because Lin Zhenzhen wasted a lot of time at the beginning, it was already evening when she reached the last one, which was the place where Lin Feng came to find Huangfu Zhong yesterday and where many toilets were piled up.
After the workers finished their own business, those who didn't live here also came back one after another to prepare tools for the night's cleanup. Lin Zhenzhen had returned empty-handed after the previous few locations, and this was the last one. She couldn't help but get nervous: "Oh my God, this is the last place marked on the map, please let me find some useful clues."
After looking around for a while, Lin Zhenzhen locked onto a worker who looked friendly. She pulled out the portrait from her sleeve and walked up to him and asked, "Brother, excuse me, have you seen this person?"
The worker took the portrait and carefully examined it before nodding and saying, "I've seen it before."
Upon hearing this, Lin Zhenzhen suddenly became excited. "God pays off when you work hard." "Do you know where he went? Did he come here yesterday afternoon?"
However, the worker shook his head and replaced the portrait, saying, "I don't know. I really don't know."
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