This action is too dangerous.
Song Nuan's back stiffened instantly, and she kicked him away, saying irritably, "Don't touch me!"
Li Jingchen was also annoyed, and his tone turned cold, "What are you getting so angry about?"
She didn't answer, so Li Jingchen grabbed her and pulled her up, pinching her chin and forcing her to look at him.
"You really want me to go back that badly? Because of Ouyang Zhoujing?"
"Can you please stop dragging him into everything?"
Song Nuan brushed his hand away, "Didn't you come to Yunxian just to use it as an excuse to avoid your father's birthday banquet?"
"Who told you that?" He narrowed his eyes. "Li Guanyu?"
"Never mind who told me. Just get ready to leave for Liangcheng at six o'clock. I've already promised your dad. If you don't want to embarrass me, then go back."
She showed no mercy whatsoever.
He suddenly gave a cold laugh, said "Fine," and then slammed the door and left.
The room quieted down.
Song Nuan's drowsiness had long since dissipated. She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. When she got up to work, she discovered that Qiu Rong hadn't assigned her any new tasks in the past two days.
She had already dealt with all the previous issues.
It's like everyone's adding to the trouble.
She took out her phone and called Fang Yu, "Has Li Guanyu left?"
"They're gone."
Fang Yu hadn't overheard their conversation, but she knew that Song Nuan's question meant she wanted to find Li Guanyu, so she said, "He left his contact information before he left. I'll send it to you."
"No need. Just contact him directly and tell him that I have done what he asked me to do. As for whether it will succeed or not, it is not something I can decide with a few words. He should know his son's personality better than I do."
"..."
Why aren't you saying anything?
Fang Yu scratched her forehead, looking somewhat helpless. "Is it really something I should say? I think it's more appropriate for you to tell him yourself, since it involves President Li."
That makes sense.
It wouldn't be good if Fang Yu were dragged into any privacy issues.
Song Nuan breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of calling Li Guanyu directly, she edited her words into a text message and sent it to him.
There was no response from the other end for a long time.
She decided not to wait any longer.
With a weight lifted from her heart, Song Nuan pulled the blanket over herself and began to take a nap.
...
Are you sure you want to go into the mountains?
Although the village chief's house was a simple mud-brick house, compared to other villagers, the decoration was considered luxurious. At least it was clean, tidy, and bright, and had all the necessary furniture.
"yes."
“This is no small matter. Don’t think that just because you’re an outsider and unfamiliar with the mountain roads, several of our local villagers have accidents on the mountain every year and never come back.”
The village chief tried his best to dissuade him, saying, "You can't find the person you're looking for. Give up."
Ouyang Zhoujing simply smiled and casually asked, "Did he register his death in your village?"
"this--"
The village chief was speechless for a moment.
Although he didn't know who this man came from, and he hadn't seen much of the world, his senses and eyes didn't lie. When Ouyang Zhoujing stood with the others, his aura was several levels higher, and no one else could compare to him.
He had never met any wealthy or important people in his life, but he knew that a man like Ouyang Zhoujing was definitely not born into a poor family like them.
The reason for dissuading Ouyang Zhoujing was partly out of concern, but more so out of fear of getting into trouble.
Just like Du Kangtao back then.
Who would have thought that a lunatic who appeared in their village one day would have two powerful figures behind him at the same time, one group wanting to kill him and the other group wanting to protect him?
"Since they're not dead, it's possible they're still alive."
Ouyang Zhoujing's voice pulled the village chief back to reality.
He sighed and said, "To be honest, Du Kangtao is most likely dead. The day after he went into the mountains, a group of people followed him in. A few days later, those people came out, looking a bit disheveled and with some minor wounds, but they were fine."
“We all know that those people went into the mountains to kill Du Kangtao.”
"I see."
You know? What do you mean by "you know"?
"So, are you going in or not?"
He smiled slightly, quite mysteriously, "I will seriously consider what you say. As for whether or not we will go into the mountains, you don't need to worry about that."
You can tell from that he's still being stubborn.
The village chief sighed and complained, but he had said everything he could; good advice couldn't dissuade the damned devil.
After leaving the village chief's house, Ouyang Zhoujing went around to the back of the tiled house. There was a window there, half open and half closed, and it was only a wall away from where they had just been drinking tea and talking.
Ouyang Zhoujing walked over.
He offered her a cigarette and a lighter. "What's your opinion?"
A pair of slender, well-defined hands took the cigarette, lit it, but didn't smoke it; they just casually fiddled with it between their fingers.
"Fake."
"What do you mean fake?"
"The village chief is lying; Du Kangtao is not dead."
Ouyang Zhoujing raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. Although he had been investigating this matter, after arriving in Yunxian, especially after personally experiencing the danger on the mountain that day, he had long believed that Du Kangtao was dead.
The village chief and the old woman were right.
Having been in the mountains for so many years without ever coming out, and with no one ever encountering him, Du Kangtao's chances of survival are already very low.
"If someone really went into the mountains to hunt down Du Kangtao, how could several people have been injured? Don't forget, they said Du Kangtao was mentally ill. If the Wen family sent someone to silence him, would they send someone with only rudimentary martial arts skills?"
"so?"
"Du Kangtao is most likely not dead, and his so-called mental illness" is either fabricated by the village chief and the villagers, or he's faking it himself.
Ouyang Zhoujing chuckled.
It wasn't that he thought Li Jingchen's words were unbelievable; it was precisely because Li Jingchen's words were logical and well-founded that Ouyang Zhoujing found them even more unrealistic.
Many things don't necessarily need to be done in an orderly manner.
"Let's assume you're right. If Du Kangtao hadn't died, how long would it take us to find such a huge mountain?"
"I have a way."
Ouyang Zhoujing's smile faded slightly. He exhaled a puff of smoke, his voice a little hoarse, "Ah Jing, I'm going to use this man to deal with the Wen family. Let's get this straight first, why did you suddenly get involved in this?"
Li Jingchen threw the cigarette on the ground and slowly extinguished it.
"I'm helping you this time because Song Nuan also wants to find this person. Once you find him, I won't hinder you from dealing with the Wen family."
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhoujing recalled Song Nuan's unusual behavior a couple of days ago.
"What does Song Nuan want with him?"
"That's none of your business, stop asking."
He gave a slight twitch at the corner of his lips, his smile tinged with helplessness.
The two went back together.
Li Jingchen glanced down at his leg. "Your injury is so serious that even if I brought medicine, it won't help. Simple cleaning won't solve the problem. You should go back to Liangcheng as soon as possible and go to the hospital to get it checked out."
His leg injury was actually quite severe.
The branch had pierced his flesh quite deeply. Ouyang Zhoujing treated the wound himself, but given the limited medical resources, no one knew whether there was any residue left inside.
Ouyang Zhoujing casually teased him, "When I go back, will you go find Du Kangtao for me?"
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