Chapter 135 Overturned His Cognition
Qiao Mo was leisurely eating breakfast at home. Back at the Li family, Li Laosan woke up and shuddered as he thought about how he was almost strangled to death last night. What bad luck had he gotten into? Why had he attracted such an unlucky star just by going to Lingyun Mountain? If he hadn't been quick to act, he might have lost his life.
He lay in bed, not wanting to move, until he was extremely hungry. He got up, went to the kitchen and made himself a bowl of noodles. After eating, he planned to go to the county to tell his father what happened last night and let him make a decision on what they should do next. However, when he walked into the yard, his bicycle was gone.
"Damn it, it's really like plucking feathers from a passing goose." Li Laosan thought that the man must have taken it away last night. He was also glad that the gold bars he took out of the air-raid shelter yesterday morning were not taken to the house, otherwise, he would have taken them away together.
Thinking of the hidden gold bars, he overcame his fear and walked quickly towards the village entrance. Seeing that there was no one around, he walked into the woods next to him. He walked to an old tree, pulled away the moss on the trunk, revealing a hole. He reached in and pulled out a small cloth bag.
If Qiao Mo saw it, he would know that this was the bag containing gold bars yesterday morning.
Li Laosan weighed the gold bar and made sure it was still there, then he quickly stuffed it into his lapel and walked quickly towards the county town.
He was already out of breath when he reached Li Changhe's ward.
"What's wrong with you?" Li Changhe asked when he saw his youngest son's face covered in sweat.
"Dad, that man came again last night and almost strangled me to death." Li Laosan sat down on the stool beside the bed, picked up the enamel cup on the bedside table, and drank the cold boiled water in it in one breath.
"He came again last night? Did you see anyone?" Li Changhe was so shocked that he wanted to sit up, but he pulled the wound on his chest, which hurt so much that he gasped and had to sit down weakly.
"Well, a man of seventeen or eighteen years old, well-dressed, full of dignity, looking more noble than our boss. He entered my room silently and pinched my neck, and I woke up. Before leaving, he took my bike..." Li Laosan recounted what he encountered last night.
"You mean it was this young man who beat me that day?" Li Changhe was not calm anymore. He had always thought that those people at the educated youth camp were the most likely to have done it, but he didn't expect it was someone else.
"I suspect it was him. He came and went without a trace. Also, Goudan and the others were beaten that day and are recovering at home. They didn't even go to work." Li Laosan nodded. He used to suspect that it was Qiao Mo who did it, but the man yesterday overturned his perception. Compared to him, Qiao Mo was nothing.
"Also, yesterday I went to Lingyun Mountain to ask Brother Dahu and the others, and they said that the area is strictly controlled and no unauthorized movement is allowed. Without the headquarters' permission, you can't leave the camp at night. They are all sure that Kang Mingyuan and the others have never left."
"Who is this person? Why is he picking on us?" Li Changhe muttered to himself. He tried to recall for a long time but couldn't remember that he knew such a person.
"Maybe they are relatives or descendants of those people? Otherwise, why would they pick on us when they have no grudge against us?" Li Laosan suspected that his father had offended too many people, so he couldn't remember, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
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