A delicate and gentle educated youth came to the village, and the aloof and cold soldier king droppe

Chapter 220 Suspicious Figures at the Foot of the Mountain

Then, Su Niannian and Gu Nan also entered the space.

Now I want to keep some rabbits in my space, so I need to set aside a specific area. Keeping rabbits is not as simple as keeping chicks.

Because rabbits can burrow, if the surrounding area is not secure, the baby rabbit will run out on its own.

If the crops are ruined, it will be a loss.

If the little rabbit sneaks over to the little ginseng, the loss will be even greater.

After Su Niannian told Gu Nan about her worries, Gu Nan told her not to worry.

I'll make a sturdy enclosure and fence it off to raise the rabbits.

When Su Niannian heard Gu Nan say that, she couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

"Sure enough, this kind of thing still requires a man."

"My rough-and-tumble husband is the best!" Su Niannian said with a smile, and Gu Nan was very receptive to Su Niannian's words.

He couldn't stop smiling while working.

After a while, Gu Nan finally set aside a separate area to raise rabbits.

The little guy, however, lay down nearby after eating his fill, watching Gu Nan put up a fence for the rabbits.

The little guy thought to himself... You guys are really overthinking things. With me here, how could I not take care of a few rabbits?

Thinking about it, the little guy turned his head to look at the rabbit that was being held upside down in a bamboo basket.

The little rabbit was happily eating cabbage leaves in the bamboo basket when it suddenly felt a gaze directed at it.

Turning around shakily, I peered through the gaps in the bamboo basket and saw the little guy staring intently at me.

The little rabbit felt a chill run through its body, and the cabbage leaf it was holding fell to the ground with a thud.

Then they curled up into a small ball and didn't dare to move at all inside the bamboo basket.

However, Su Niannian's attention was entirely focused on her man, and she didn't notice this side.

If it weren't for the little one, her haphazardly erected chicken coop would have been breached long ago.

The chicks were so well-behaved because of the little guy watching over them.

After Gu Nan finished setting up the rabbit hutch, he put some water and some vegetable leaves inside.

Only then did they open the overturned bamboo basket and put the rabbit inside.

For some reason, after the rabbit was put inside, I actually felt much safer.

After looking around, it started eating the vegetable leaves again.

Rabbits are like that; as long as they're not sleeping, they'll keep eating.

Gu Nan and Su Niannian tidied up the things in the space again and then prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Su Niannian patted the little guy and told him to keep a close eye on the ginseng seedlings and not let the chicks or rabbits damage them.

The little guy looked at Su Niannian with a reassuring expression and patted his chest with his front paws.

Su Niannian smiled, and then left the space with Gu Nan.

Outside, it's still the same place we just entered, and it's still the same time we were in before entering the space.

Su Niannian took Gu Nan's arm and walked down the mountain.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, Gu Nan stretched out his arm and stopped Su Niannian.

Seeing Gu Nan's actions, Su Niannian quickly stopped and remained silent.

She knew Gu Nan; if Gu Nan made that move, he must have discovered something.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Nan took Su Niannian's hand and moved towards a large tree nearby.

He then made a shushing gesture.

Su Niannian obediently followed Gu Nan without making a sound.

Just then, a very dim flashlight beam shone towards the tree where the two were hiding.

The light was very faint and dim, indicating that the person holding the flashlight was quite far away.

That's why the light is so dim.

After the light moved away, Gu Nan turned his head and peeked out a little bit.

Look at the situation outside.

The foot of the back mountain is just ahead; under normal circumstances, no one would be here this late.

So, who is it?

Gu Nan has excellent eyesight and hearing.

Although Gu Nan was too far away to hear what was being said, his keen eyesight still caught sight of the people at the foot of the mountain.

After a while, someone pushed two wheelbarrows over and carried something from the ground onto the wheelbarrows.

Then left.

The remaining person looked around, shone his flashlight around, and then left.

After everyone left, Gu Nan signaled to Su Niannian that she could move and speak.

"Who is it? Did you see them clearly?" Su Niannian asked Gu Nan.

"It seems to be the village chief," Gu Nan said after thinking for a moment.

Although it was quite far away and I couldn't see it clearly, the figure did resemble Li Guofu.

"Li Guofu? I heard from Secretary Jiang this morning that Li Guofu was sick and couldn't get out of bed. Why is he here so late at night?"

Su Niannian murmured.

Gu Nan remained silent, because he had also noticed that Li Guofu had been acting strangely lately.

"By the way, have you noticed that Li Guofu seems very afraid of seeing the police?"

"From several previous incidents, it's clear that he seems terrified of encountering the police."

Su Niannian continued speaking.

Gu Nan nodded, "I've noticed it too. Lately, whenever someone suggests reporting to the police, Li Guofu tries to avoid it."

“This morning, Secretary Jiang was not in the village, so after the body was discovered, the villagers immediately thought of the village chief and went to find him, but he claimed to be sick and refused to come out.”

"Then... what exactly is the reason that Li Guofu is so afraid of seeing the police?" Su Niannian began to speculate on the possibilities.

Gu Nan thought for a moment and decided to go and check where those people had been standing to see if there were any clues.

After confirming that it was completely safe over there, Gu Nan took Su Niannian there.

There were wheel tracks from a wheelbarrow used for pushing things, as well as some relatively recent footprints.

Gu Nan shone his flashlight and followed the newer footprints, searching to see if he could find anything.

Then, the two followed the footprints to a spot at the foot of the mountain where there were more large trees.

There were not only big trees over there, but also some scattered rocks.

Moreover, there are very few plants here, unlike other places at the foot of the mountain.

"Are there any signs that these stones have been moved?" Su Niannian shone her kerosene lamp around and saw that some of the stones that should have been flat on the ground had been turned over.

The stones that are in contact with the ground and the stones on the ground are actually different.

Gu Nan came over to see what was going on, and it was indeed true; clearly, the stones had been disturbed.

But why would such pebbles be disturbed?

Gu Nan handed the flashlight to Su Niannian, who was standing next to him, and then reached into the pile of stones and searched around.

Underneath the rock, there was clearly a pit about 60 centimeters long, 40 centimeters wide, and half a meter deep.