“There is another exit here.”

"Subdivided into three teams and searched out along the exit."

"It seems like it leads to another mountain outside."

“The range is too large.”

“We haven’t been to this place.”

That being said, everyone went out along another exit of the cave to find someone.

However, Chen Le felt that the possibility of finding was basically 0.

It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening, and the sky was pitch black, and the view in the forest was very limited.

This is just secondary.

Even if it is daylight now, Chen Le doesn't think that people like him can catch someone who can walk as fast as he can even drag a strong man in such a big mountain.

So, Chen Le simply started studying this cave.

Lin Yuqiong came to Chen Le and asked, "Have you discovered anything?"

“Something.”

He found some broken lines, handcuffs and chains on the walls in the corner.

"There are people here, and more than one person, there are broken ropes on the ground. Someone should have been tied on the ground, and there are also people on the walls over there, and some people have been chained. If you look closely at the dust on the ground, it is not difficult to find that there were originally something here, and someone should be lying here. Who else has leftover fruit peels here?"

Chen Le squatted down, took a strange fruit peel from the side, leaned into his nose and asked, confirming that it was indeed a fruit.

Lin Yuqiong asked with some anticipation, "Is it Manzhen?"

Chen Le pointed to the ground and deliberately lowered his voice, "From the distance of this ground, it should be enough for two or three people to lie or sit here, all tied with ropes. There are more than ten people missing in the village. I'm afraid there are the last two or three people living here. I prefer two, so he can carry them one by one."

"Mantian was 10 days ago and then someone disappeared four days ago. Manzhen was the second to last. She is very likely to be alive until...the next time someone disappears, she should be alive."

"is that so……"

This made Lin Yuqiong feel relieved, but she still couldn't feel relieved, after all, the person had not been able to save him.

"Of course, all this is my guess, and I have no evidence. The other party simply handled the place a few hours ago and took people away."

Lin Yuqiong paused and whispered, "Manzhen, it's good that she's still alive. We must save her."

"I think too, but now there is a serious problem..."

“What serious problem?”

While speaking, Ding Li also came over and looked at Chen Le in confusion.

Chen Le glanced at him and said, "There is a traitor! Someone is helping this person who plunders the village and inform him."

Because Chen Le went to the village chief at around 5 o'clock, he decided to come to the area for inspection.

After dinner, we basically set off at around 6 o'clock, arrived at around 7 o'clock, and then immediately closed the mountain and started searching.

However, the other party had handled the scene safely a few hours ago and ran away with the hostages.

In other words, basically when Chen Le finished reporting to the village chief and when everyone decided to come here to inspect the mountain search, the other party immediately knew and then prepared.

This shows that there are spies in the village who informed them.

Chen Le said a little disappointedly, "I was careless. I thought there was no phone number in the village and there was no signal here, so I couldn't inform you. Even if the other party found out that we came to the foot of the mountain and wanted to run away, we wouldn't be able to take the hostages away. At least we could save the person. After all, the mountain would be closed immediately. Who would have thought that after I informed the village chief at that time, he would be ready immediately before we arrived, otherwise he would not have handled the scene so cleanly."

"What, there is a traitor!"

This surprised Ding Li too.

Then he was confused, "But at the time, the people who listened to you were all senior officials in our village and old cadres. I have been with everyone and I have not found anyone to communicate with you."

Chen Le didn't know, "Either we were informing us when we were having dinner and asking everyone to prepare, or we only reported the news after we set off."

Lin Yuqiong thought for a while and said, "We notified the village chief and asked people to prepare for the trip. It's only half an hour. At that time, no matter how long it is, it's not enough to run into the mountains to inform you, and then run back, so we can only notify you after we set off?"

For example, someone came over to notify him in advance before the group arrived.

"Don't know."

Chen Le regrets it very much now. He feels that he should be more cautious.

If I had come here alone, I might have found someone.

Now, I feel like I'm going to start from 0 again, and I don't know where the other party took the hostages.

The group searched in the mountains for more than an hour, but found nothing.

Although Ding Li still wants to find another question.

But Ding Weitian said, "Okay, that's all for today and go back."

"Wait, look for it again. Maybe we came early and the other party has not completely handled it. We can find some clues. Once we go back, we will not find anything tomorrow."

Chen Le still wants to persevere.

But Ding Weitian's attitude was very firm.

"No, you don't understand how dangerous the forests at midnight are. Unpredictable accidents may occur at any time. I cannot ignore the comfort of the villagers."

No matter what Chen Le said, it was useless, and the group went home just like that.

Only Chen Le stayed alone and walked around the mountains for an hour before going back.

Still nothing was found.

It was already midnight when Chen Le went back. At around 1 a.m., he found Lin Yuqiong still sitting waiting for him, which made him feel ashamed.

Lin Yuqiong smiled at Chen Le, then silently closed the door and signaled Chen Le to go to bed early.

Chen Le also went to the mat to lay down.

He didn't know why, but Lin Yuqiong's smile made him ring An Youyue, who always had a hint of sadness.

It was not until the next day that Chen Le understood why.

He was really tired and slept until 9 a.m. the next day.

I was still awakened by the learning sounds of Lin Yuqiong and Lin Yuqing.

"Have you memorized the multiplication table well?"

"I've held it all."

"Then why can't this question be done?"

"There is nothing in the multiplication table for this question."

"How could it not be? I ask you, how much is seven times eight."

"Seventy-eight fifty-six."

"What is eight times seven?"

"Eight times seven are...sixty-five?"

"How could eight times seven be sixty-five?"

“…”

As soon as Chen Le opened his eyes, he saw Lin Yuqiong sitting by the desk, teaching Lin Yuqing's homework.

However, Lin Yuqing was obviously not very smart.

"What's the seven plus eight?"

"Fifteen."

"What about eight plus seven?"

"...It's better to be fifteen." Lin Yuqing's words had already revealed uncertainty.

"Isn't that the same? How much is seven times eight?"

“Fifty-six.”

"What about eight times seven?"

“…Sixty-five?”

“…”

Chen Le was sweating for Lin Yuqing, why didn't this child's mind turn?

However, Lin Yuqiong was still patient and sat there and taught in a soft voice.

"Do you think about it?"

Chen Le just lay down for a while, regained his strength a little, sorted out his thoughts, and then jumped up and said, "I'll go over and take a look."

"Hey, you're awake, wait, there's porridge in the pot, you can eat some..."

"It's okay, no need, I'm a little aware, I'll go and take a look first."

"Hey, how can you not eat? I'll go with you."
To be continued...