Wei Ting and Su Meng took out their phones and scanned their surroundings. They didnât expect that it would be even wider down there. It didnât look like it was dug out by hand, but was naturally formed instead.
There was also a gurgling underground river by the side. The water was so clear that one could see the bottom. There was nothing inside except for pebbles, and there was no sound when it flowed.
âThere are traces of blood on the ground,â Wei Ting lowered his head and said in a deep voice while looking at the ground.
Hearing Wei Tingâs words, Su Meng also lowered her head to look. Sure enough, there was a small patch of blood where she had just stood. Although it was dry, it could be seen that it had just flowed not long ago.
âCould it be the person who disappeared?â Su Meng had a faint ominous premonition in her heart.
Wei Ting nodded and pointed in a direction. âIt should be. Looking at the traces of blood, it should be in that direction.â
The two carefully walked in that direction. After walking for a long time, a light spot appeared in front of them. The closer they got, the brighter the surrounding, and the lower the wall above them. When they arrived at the light spot, Su Meng and Wei Ting were already about to bend their knees and walk out. It was a small hole, and people could climb out by lying down.
âCould he have gone out through this hole?â Su Meng was the first to climb out of the hole. Although there were weeds in front of the hole, they had all fallen down. It was obvious that someone had passed through here.
âLetâs go out and take a look first.â After Su Meng went out, Wei Ting followed closely behind her.
The two looked around. The trees here were lush, and the ground was full of weeds. There was no crop field, so they could tell at a glance that it was the back of the mountain.
âDo you have anything personal to him?â Su Meng turned her head and asked Wei Ting. If she had something that belonged to that person, she could try using the compass to find him.
Wei Ting shook his head. How could he have someone elseâs personal belongings?
âIf not, it will be a bit difficult. The mountain is so big. Itâs impossible for the few of us to find them. We canât shout loudly, or else weâll alarm the people in the village. If thatâs the case, since youâve already collected the evidence, we might as well call the police and let them search the mountain.â
Su Meng had no better solution. After thinking for a long time, she could only come up with this solution.
Wei Ting squatted down and studied the direction of the collapse of the weeds. Then, he looked around and continued to look down.
âDid you find anything?â Su Meng asked him in confusion.
âAlmost all of the weeds fell in one direction, and many of them were broken. This means that something was dragged out just now. It should be Ren Chi.â Wei Ting carefully looked at every detail. As expected⦠He saw some blood on the weeds not far from the entrance of the cave.
âDid Ren Chi see something? Did they drag Ren Chi away to silence him?â Su Meng felt more and more uneasy.
Wei Tingâs face was gloomy. Someone actually dared to abduct his people.
The trail was only a few dozen meters away. That person probably thought it was bad to drag people away, so they changed to carrying him on their back or carrying them on their shoulders.
âIâm not sure if itâs a rescue or a kill, but thereâs a high probability that itâs malicious.â Wei Ting looked around. Suddenly, he saw something silver out of the corner of his eye.
He picked it up and took a look. It was a silver ring with a few keys hanging on it. There was a bit of blood on it. The keys were different, but they were all new and shiny. It seemed that the clues had finally appeared, but he did not know whose it was.
Su Meng took out the compass and tried to use the key to find the person, but the compass didnât respond.
âThis key is too new. It doesnât have the aura of its owner. The compass canât find it,â Su Meng said with a frown.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Wei Ting took back the key and looked at it carefully for a while. Then he said slowly, âJudging from the shape of the key, it shouldnât be an ordinary lock. Letâs try it with this.â
âOkay, but I donât know if Ren Chi is safe now. It seems that we canât call the police blindly. Letâs look for him first.â Su Meng looked into the distance, but unfortunately, she couldnât see anything.
âOkay.â Wei Ting responded and grabbed Su Mengâs arm and walked out. Originally, he just wanted to help Su Meng investigate the truth of that year. He didnât want to do anything else. Now it seemed that these people were really bold and dared to do anything. There was no need for him to be polite.
Su Meng felt the anger from Wei Tingâs body, and she felt a little apologetic. After all, Wei Ting wanted to help her investigate the case, so his brother was caught. She had to think of a way.
âWe canât be exposed now. Why donât we sneak into the village first? Once we see the murderer from this village, we can make him relax, and then weâll have a chance to find the flaw. Why donât you listen to me this time?â
âOkay.â Wei Ting didnât stop. He didnât even turn his head and directly agreed.