"Could it be the villagers? Didn't you say that many people have been there before?" Zhao Qiqing said.
The old man shook his head: "I have lived in this village for nearly a lifetime. I know who is in this village. It's late at night. No one will risk crossing the river to the mountain opposite."
"But we're not sure that's the person we're looking for..." Du xiatong said.
Zhao Qiqing shook her head: "now we are looking for someone again. There is nothing definite. Since there are such important clues, we must go and have a look."
She said and then looked at the old man: "Sir, why do you want us to come in the evening?"
If it's just so simple, why avoid others?
"You are a clever girl." The old man said, "the people across the river are not from our village, but you can see that there will be no one in dozens or hundreds of miles. There is a highway outside. How and why do these people get up?"
"I don't know anything else, but a few months ago, a young man in our village went to the river because of fun and curiosity, but he never came back." The old man sighed.
"Didn't you say there was an accident?" Du xiatong spoke at the right time.
"Yes, drowning." The old man said slowly, "but this is also the strangest place. If someone else died, we may not be suspicious, but the one who died was the best in the village. He learned to swim outside and seemed to have entered the national team."
"Have the police been here?" Zhao Qiqing asked.
"Yes, they checked it and said it was drowning. Then they helped their families bury the body." The old man said, "some people suspected it, but after the police emphasized it again and again, everyone had to believe it. In this way, no one went to the river in the back mountain."
"I came to talk to you so late because after that time, several young people moved in from the village. I didn't say they were, but their behavior was also very strange. By the way, you should have seen those who talked like fighting when you were looking for someone."
"Is there another one with red hair?" Zhao Qiqing recalled.
"Yes, I don't know whether others pay attention or not, but they don't take two steps out of the gate every day. I met them several times because of my work, but they were late at night." The old man said everything he suspected.
"What do you do?" Zhao Qiqing asked.
"I'm a doctor. Although I'm old, the village is so big. I can see an emergency room simply. I've been used a lot." Said the old man.
no wonder.
Zhao Qiqing nodded: "I know. If you say so, they may have something to do with the people on the mountain on the other side of the river."
"Our people often see their shadows these days. Do you think they want to look at us?" Du xiatong suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem.
"That's not what I can be sure of. When I call you here, there's only so much I can say. I'm afraid you find it here. It's mostly related to the mountain, girl. If you want to go up the mountain, you must be careful." Said the old man.
"OK, thank you, sir. Let's leave first." Zhao Qiqing said.
"Female doll, take some peaches when you leave. It's lucky and hard for you to find someone." Said the old man.
"No, sir, it's too late. I'm sorry to disturb you at this time." Zhao Qiqing repeatedly refused.
"Excuse me, just a few peaches. It's not valuable. Take it and go." The old man grabbed four or five peaches and put them into a plastic bag.
Uncle's kindness is difficult to complete. They finally accepted it and walked out of the door to leave.
There were no street lights in the village, but only light bulbs lit at the door of each family. They chatted and walked fast on the open road.
But I don't know when it began, there seemed to be an imperceptible sound behind them.
"Mr. Zhao, I always feel like someone is following us." Du xiatong looked back at the empty street and said to Zhao Qiqing.
Zhao Qiqing also frowned: "don't talk."
They quickened their pace and walked quickly towards their place of residence, but before they reached the corner, they were stopped: "where have you come back?"
The man in front of them is the idle young man they just mentioned!
How do they know they're going out? Zhao Qiqing couldn't help but pick up her heart. Have they been following since the beginning?
"Who are you? What are you doing?" Du xiatong looked at the person in front of him and said nervously.
"What are you doing? We don't do anything. It's the two ladies who came back so late here. Do you always care where they are? Otherwise, if there's anything else for the two ladies here, we won't be able to say it clearly with ten mouths?" The young man with red hair stretched out his legs and kicked away the stone that stood in the way under his feet.
"It's our privacy where we went. If we're really worried about our safety, it's enough for us to stand here at this moment. We have no problem. Don't worry. You can go back." Du xiatong said to them.
After hearing what Du xiatong said, the young man not only didn't leave, but got closer: "that's not good. You have to cooperate with us?"
Zhao Qiqing's eyes darkened. It seems that they didn't go out with them tonight. They just saw them when squatting here at night.
After thinking about it, Zhao Qiqing said, "we don't know you, and the village head didn't tell us what investigation we need to do..."
"Well, I don't know, do I?" The red hair came to Zhao Qiqing: "since you don't know each other, why don't you go there and have a chat? We'll be familiar with each other. You can rest assured to tell us, don't you?"
As soon as he said this, the three people around him immediately made meaningful voices.
Zhao Qiqing seemed very reluctant: "we just went to the entrance of the village to get takeout and just came back."
"Takeout? What takeout? It's such a big night?" He didn't believe it. His voice increased involuntarily and wanted to put pressure on Zhao Qiqing from the momentum.
Zhao Qiqing sneered and shook the fruit in her hand: "you don't just know that takeout can deliver rice? We don't eat supper at night and eat some peaches. Isn't it too much?"
"We also cooperated well with your questions. If you are still blocked, I think we'd better go to the village head to continue the investigation."