After listening to Lin Xiao Tian's words, Li Er Guai nodded.
Immediately, Li Er Guai led the villagers back to the village.
“Xiao Tian, aren’t you going back?” one of the villagers asked.
“Xiao Tian needs to stay here and won’t be going back today. We’ll search the mountains again and see if we find anything,” Li Er Guai explained for Lin Xiao Tian.
Several villagers nodded, thinking this was for the best. After all, with someone guarding the place, it at least ensured that Qin Yu Xiang and Li Er Mao were still in the village.
“Alas! Xiao Tian is so pitiful!”
“And Uncle Li, such a good person, and his only son has just disappeared!”
Several villagers exchanged glances and couldn't help but sympathize with Lin Xiao Tian and the others.
“Everyone, let’s work harder. Before it gets dark, let’s search everywhere we can,” one of the villagers said.
The other villagers echoed this sentiment.
Although the villagers sometimes had their disagreements, they always lent a helping hand when real trouble arose. In other places, such a good atmosphere would be rare.
Lin Xiao Tian watched the villagers’ every move, and a warmth welled up in his heart.
This further strengthened his resolve to develop Jin Sha Village.
Not long after the villagers left, Liang Xu also arrived by car.
Lin Xiao Tian asked Liang Xu to guard the intersection while he walked towards the village alone.
“Xiao Tian, do you want me to go with you?”
“No need, Uncle Xu. I’m more at ease if you guard the intersection. I’ll handle the rest!”
Lin Xiao Tian said, looking around to ensure no one was watching, then sneaked onto the mountain path.
His vigilance stemmed from the fact that everything that had happened so far felt too strange.
First, there were various obstacles on the road. Lin Xiao Tian initially thought it was a coincidence, but the appearance of the hitchhiking uncle made him suspicious.
Then, while in the uncle’s car, they were followed all the way.
Of course, Lin Xiao Tian might be overthinking it. After all, where could there be so many conspiracies? Perhaps the uncle had offended someone, and that’s why he was being pursued.
But when Lin Xiao Tian got out of the car and saw those cars stop in front of him, it made him suspicious.
Could it be that their target was him?
Of course, this deduction was highly unlikely, and Lin Xiao Tian didn’t dwell on it, only feeling that there were too many coincidences along the way.
However, to be safe, Lin Xiao Tian remained cautious.
As for why Lin Xiao Tian, who was supposed to be returning to the village, had Li Er Guai tell everyone that he hadn’t returned, the main reason was to confuse them.
Not to confuse the villagers, but to confuse Bai Fen and the others!
“Bai Fen, oh Bai Fen, you think you’re so clever? But you’re not clever enough!”
“Such a large truck, carrying so little dry grass, do you really think you can fool me?”
Lin Xiao Tian sneered.
When he didn’t find anyone on the donkey cart earlier, Lin Xiao Tian thought he had misunderstood Bai Fen.
It wasn’t until later, when the driver offered to give the dry grass to Lin Xiao Tian, that he became alert.
A truck this large, traveling such a distance to transport a pile of dry grass, and not even valuable dry grass, did that make sense?
From that moment on, Lin Xiao Tian was convinced that Bai Fen was involved.
However, Lin Xiao Tian kept quiet, fearing he would alert them.
His return now was to investigate Bai Fen’s home. After all, if Bai Fen had indeed kidnapped Qin Yu Xiang and Li Er Mao, they would have a place to hide them.
However, the villagers had already been to Bai Fen’s house and searched thoroughly. Since they hadn’t found anyone, they must be hidden elsewhere.
Where else could they be hidden?
Bai Fen was new here and couldn’t possibly find a place that the villagers couldn’t discover, right?
Lin Xiao Tian had been thinking about this problem, until Li Er Guai’s words gave him a sudden realization.
Lin Xiao Tian immediately understood. If Bai Fen and the others really wanted to hide them, there was only one place they could hide them!
Thinking this, Lin Xiao Tian couldn’t help but quicken his pace. He had to reach the vicinity of the village before it got completely dark.
Meanwhile, in Jin Sha Village, Bai Fen’s home was not peaceful.
“Damn you, Bai! Give me back my son!” Aunt Li roared outside Bai Fen’s house.
“Sister, I’ve told you countless times, I don’t know where your son is! Why don’t you believe me?” Bai Fen said helplessly.
But Aunt Li clearly had no intention of letting her go. “Don’t lie to me. Xiao Tian told me that my son went missing when he went to find you. He must have been hidden by you.”
“Alas! Why are you making me sound like a human trafficker? Besides, if I were a human trafficker and kidnapped your son, why would I come back here specifically?” Bai Fen explained.
“Perhaps something happened to you midway, and you couldn’t transport him out?”
“Alas! Sister, I am truly innocent!” Bai Fen put on a pitiful appearance. “Villagers, please judge this! Look at what’s happening. How can I, Bai Fen, live in the village from now on!”
Outside the house, Bai Fen acted like a victim, but inside the house, the father and son had a different demeanor.
“Heh heh, this damn old woman, she guessed it so accurately!” the middle-aged man spat.
“Damn it! It’s all because of this Li Er Mao. If it weren’t for him, Lin Xiao Tian wouldn’t have come so quickly? And our plan wouldn’t have failed!” Xiao Gang said with a sinister expression.
“You should be grateful that we were able to transfer the person. Otherwise, if Lin Xiao Tian caught us, no one could save us!” the middle-aged man said with lingering fear.
…
Unconsciously, night fell.
Jin Sha Village fell silent.
Of course, one person’s home was an exception.
Bai Fen never expected that after finally sending Aunt Li away, Li Er Guai would arrive.
And Li Er Guai was even more annoying, constantly chatting with her husband as if he had endless things to say, refusing to leave.
“Er Guai, it’s getting late. How about…” Bai Fen suggested.
But before she could finish, a sweet voice came from the doorway. Zhang Xue Fen entered with a sway, holding several bottles of wine.
“Hey! What’s the hurry? It’s only seven o’clock, the nightlife has just begun. Look, I even brought out my treasured wine. You can’t possibly turn me away now, right?”
Facing Li Er Guai, Bai Fen and the others were truly helpless…
At this moment, Lin Xiao Tian had arrived at the village. Seeing that Li Er Guai had successfully stalled Bai Fen, he began his search with peace of mind.
Lin Xiao Tian first searched around Bai Fen’s house, looking for any hidden passages, but found nothing.
“It seems there’s only one place left,” Lin Xiao Tian frowned.
The next moment, he walked towards the east of the village.
Soon, Lin Xiao Tian reached his destination.
Lin Xiao Tian looked into the house. There was still a faint candlelight inside. He wanted to climb through the window, but it was locked.
However, he could faintly hear voices of conversation from inside.
Anyone else would have had trouble hearing clearly, but Lin Xiao Tian’s senses, enhanced by the Divine Farmer’s Medical Scripture, were far beyond those of ordinary people. He could naturally hear everything inside.
“Heh heh, little beauty, you ended up in my hands after all?”