investigative chronicle

Chapter 90
"Lu Qiao? What are you doing there?" Yuan Mu quickly answered their calls.

Ji Si'an told Yuan Mu the ins and outs of Yang Ping's disappearance in detail.

"Don't worry. The police station must have been notified of her disappearance, and the patrols and community police from all over the country will definitely investigate. Don't follow the past and add to the chaos." Yuan Mu actually refused them.

"The terrain at Luqiao is complex and there are many people. You won't be able to help much if you go there. Besides, she may not be there."

"Stay at home and wait for the news, and leave the rest to the police." Yuan Mu obviously disapproved of their participation in the search.

Ji Si'an also agreed with Yuan Mu's opinion, but Luo Li was particularly persistent in wanting to go.Ji Si'an had no choice but to accompany her.

They looked at the narrow alleys and intricate fork roads, and they didn't bring much sense of security here during the day.

"I guess we'll get lost as soon as we go in. The navigation doesn't work here. There are private buildings everywhere. Today this one is demolished, and tomorrow there is another hut built there. It's impossible to figure out what's going on inside." Ji Si'an looked down. said with a map.

"Besides, the houses here are so densely packed, if something happens, the neighbors will definitely hear it." Ji Si'an kept persuading Luo Li.

Luo Li's body was shaking slightly all the time, she didn't have the courage to go in, but she also stubbornly didn't want to leave.

"Here? Is there something you're hiding from me?" Ji Si'an asked Luo Li, who was pale.

"That person walked in this direction yesterday..." Luo Li didn't answer Ji Si'an's question, but pointed to a winding dirt road.

"You want to..." Before Ji Si'an finished speaking, Luo Li had already walked in that direction first.

The firm and dry loess soil is covered with a layer of gravel sand, which makes a rustling sound when walking.In just a moment, the shoes and trouser legs were covered with dust.They walked along the path for a long time, but Luo Li had no intention of stopping.

"There is a mountain ahead...we'd better not go in without authorization...."

Luo Li turned a deaf ear to Ji Si'an's words and continued walking forward.Ji Si'an had no choice but to go forward and grab Luo Li's arm, trying to persuade her again.

Luo Li raised her chin and explained: "Don't worry, this place used to be a terraced field. Even though the number of people cultivating it has decreased in recent years, there are still fruit trees and so on, so people still come here from time to time."

Looking at the persimmon trees and jujube trees dotted in the distance, Ji Si'an knew that what Luo Li said was all right, so he felt a little relieved.

"It's strange, why did that person walk in this direction yesterday. Along this road...you can only go up the mountain." Luo Li looked around and felt that the scene here was very similar to that in a dream.

Ji Si'an didn't answer, her attention was all on her feet.The road up the mountain is very narrow, and the artificial gravel has disappeared. Dry yellow weeds and smooth gravel cover the road, and you will slip if you are not careful.

Seeing that Ji Si'an didn't answer, Luo Li was about to turn her head when she slipped and saw that she was about to fall, she grabbed the weeds beside her with both hands but hurriedly let go, and then her right knee hit the ground heavily.

"Let me see where the injury is." Ji Si'an stepped forward to help Luo Li up.

Luo Li raised her hands, which were full of puncture wounds, many of which were also full of spikes...

"It hurts to death." Luo Li gasped and kicked the plants beside the road.

"You kicked it wrong. It's a yellow wattle. Although it has the allusion of 'responsibility against the thorn', it doesn't have these thorns on its branches." Ji Si'an said.

"You still have the heart to joke, hurry up, pull it out quickly, it hurts me to death." Luo Li kept blowing on her hand to relieve the pain.

"I have to tell you, or else you will make a mistake next time."

"The one that pierced you is the wild jujube... the one next to your left foot, don't move... be careful not to let it pierce you again."

While talking to distract Luo Li, Ji Si'an quickly pulled out the spike.

"Let's find two wooden sticks to support them, so that we won't fall down, and we can explore the way, so we can do multiple things in one fell swoop." As she spoke, Luo Li walked towards the gentle slope next to her, where there were some trees scattered far away. wooden stick.

Ji Si'an secretly sighed inwardly, it seemed that Luo Li would not give up easily.She had no choice but to support the pine tree next to her and follow Luo Li to the slope.

Soon Luo Li found two wooden sticks in her hand, and she just showed Ji Si'an a few times to show off, when the wooden sticks broke with a snap.Luo Li watched dumbfounded as the wrist-thick piece of wood broke into two pieces.

"How could this be?"

Ji Si'an stepped forward, and with a little force, the other wooden stick broke in two.

"If it has been exposed to the wind and sun for a long time, the wood will have decayed long ago."

"I don't believe that with so many pieces of wood there is nothing suitable." Luo Li stepped forward and continued to pick up other sticks to try.

Ji Si'an didn't have much hope for this, as one could tell from the color of these woods that they had been placed here for a long time.

She wanted to walk forward but saw large and small graveyards in the distance. She felt her hairs stand on end for a moment, and turned around to take Luo Li away.

At this moment, Luo Li was staring at a hairpin among the fallen leaves in a daze.

"Let's go quickly..." Before she finished speaking, Luo Li suddenly knelt on the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Ji Si'an hurried forward.

Luo Li held a pink hairpin with trembling hands.

"Is this Yang Ping's? Could it be left behind by someone else?" Ji Si'an still took chances.

"That's right, it's hers..., I gave it to her." Luo Li clenched the hairpin tightly as she spoke.

"How did her hairpin appear here? Could it be picked up by someone else?" Although Ji Si'an said so, he looked around.A bad premonition took over her heart.

"Yang Ping...Yang Ping...where are you? I'm Sister Li, come home with me." Luo Li stood up, and the first thing she did was to look around.

Lori's voice echoed in the woods, but the only answer was the rustle of the wind blowing the leaves.

They stumbled and walked up the mountain, seeing that the surrounding trees became more and more dense, and the fallen leaves under their feet had already reached their ankles.

"If you go further up, there will be no way." Ji Si'an stopped Luo Li.

Luo Li pulled her hand away and continued to move forward, her pale face covered with sweat.

"Lily, what's wrong with you?" Ji Si'an caught up with her with some concern.

"I..." Before I could finish the three words, Luo Li slipped and fell into the ditch on the right with the fallen leaves.

"Luo Li!" Ji Si'an's outstretched hand couldn't even touch the corner of her clothes...

"Luo Li, how are you? Are you okay?" Ji Si'an half-embraced a pine tree and leaned into the ditch to check.

Luo Li was lying motionless on the ground with her long hair disheveled.Ji Si'an became more and more anxious, just when she wanted to call her again, Luo Li suddenly sat up and slapped the leaves next to her.

"Luo Li, what's wrong with you?" Ji Si'an asked Luo Li anxiously, she was most afraid of her silence.

When Luo Li turned her head, her already pale face had turned pale...She moved her lips several times, but no sound came out.

Ji Si'an was worried that something was wrong with Luo Li, so he had to squat down and slide down the fallen leaves while lying down.

As soon as she reached the bottom of the pit, Luo Li hugged her.When she regained her voice, she let out an earth-shattering cry.

Looking over her shoulder, Ji Si'an looked at the bottom of the pit, there was a girl lying quietly in the depths of fallen leaves, and there were many flies crawling on her pale face...

(End of this chapter)