Chapter 49

  Su Jiner patted her shoulder: "Then why did you stop us from finding the village?"

  She shook her head: "I don't know what village you're talking about, but there are some things I still can't say, he'll kill you!"

  "Who is he?" Su Jiner hastily asked.

  She thought that "he" in Li Yiqian's mouth must be the mastermind behind the scenes.

  "I can't say, and I don't even know who he is? But, Jin'er, please, stop investigating further. That person is ruthless and crazy." Li Yiqian said anxiously.

  "Is this the killer, isn't it? If you don't want us to be in danger, tell me." Su Jiner persisted, having finally gotten a lead, she absolutely couldn't let it go.

  "No, I really don't know, but the man in black clothes you and Xiaoyuan met before might be him. Jin'er, I will go to surrender myself. Xiaonan is innocent. To be honest, I regret it very much, killing my sister and Li Ran. I really regret it a lot, every night I have nightmares, dreaming of them covered in blood asking me to pay for their lives with mine. Now everything is finally going to end, I won't suffer anymore."

  From then on, no matter what Su Jin'er and the others asked her, Li Yi Qian bit her lip tightly and didn't say a word, only continuously shedding tears.

  "Qianqian, thank you, but I won't be able to let myself off the hook until I catch the murderer and can finally rest at ease." Su Jiner said seriously.

  Li Yi Qian still didn't speak, she just looked at her with sad eyes.

  "Qianqian, sorry, we can only report to the police first now, so..." Although she didn't want to believe Li Yiqian's words, but now she really couldn't let Li Yiqian go with them to investigate.

  "It doesn't matter, I've been wanting to surrender for a long time. At least this way, my heart will feel a little better." Li Yiqian smiled bleakly: "You guys go ahead! Don't mind me."

  Su Jiner looked at her deeply, not knowing what to say, and could only weakly pat her shoulder and say: "I still don't believe you'd kill someone, so please wait for us, we must find the real murderer."

  "Jin'er, I know you're good to me, but what I said is true. My sister and Li Ran are both killed by me. But I think I might have gone mad too! To believe that madman's words."

  After finishing speaking, Li Yi Qian walked away without looking back, her figure silhouetted with unspeakable loneliness and despair.

  "Should we just let her go like this? Will she do something stupid?" Lin Yuan said with tears in his eyes.

  "Come on! We have to find the one Qianqian mentioned as soon as possible, maybe the answer is in that village." She was very sad, really very sad.

  She glanced at the wall with hidden mechanisms, then found a button on the wall and pressed it hard. The door opened again, but inside was still pitch black, nothing could be seen.

  Chu Fei Fan held a flashlight and shone it inside, then sidestepped and walked over, with Zuo Yi following behind.

  Just then, Su Jin'er felt a gust of cool wind blowing into her neck, and she couldn't help but shiver.

  "Shall we go on together or split up and return to the five holes?" Ge Yaze said, shining his flashlight ahead.

  "Let's get through this together! The remaining three can re-select," Zuo Yi proposed.

  "I think we don't need to go through this cave," Su Jiner said suddenly.

  "Listen carefully to the sound." Chu Feifan also said.

  Just as several people were about to listen carefully to the sound, Chu Feifan suddenly let out a "hmm".

  "What's wrong?" Zuo Yi frowned and asked.

  When he heard the same voice coming from another head in the cave, he understood.

  Lin Yuan looked at them with a puzzled expression: "What are you guys talking about in riddles? It seems like I'm the only one who doesn't understand."

  "This cave is fake, we've already reached the end up ahead." Su Jiner said with a smile.

  "How did you know?"

  "Echoes! The cave has echoes which means there is no exit." Gai Zhe explained.

  "That could also be a deliberate blockage by the murderer, just like that cave next to it."

  "It's impossible, to block such a large entrance, one person can't do it, and no matter how smart the murderer is, he won't think that we can find the passage so quickly, unless this hole is the entrance to the village, and the other end is a door." Su Jin'er said, looking in that direction.

  "Right, there's a possibility, so let's go take a look!"

  "It doesn't matter, think about where we came from and which direction we are heading towards." Su Jiner said thoughtfully.

  She became more and more puzzled, what was the purpose of the murderer, why did he dig so many caves with such great effort? Unless it was to hide a bigger secret.

  "It is our school."

  "Hurry up! Otherwise we'll be trapped to death here." Chu Feifan said hastily as if he suddenly thought of something.

  Several people rushed quickly towards the entrance of the cave. They had to get out as soon as possible or else the murderer would definitely block all the entrances.

  They were already close to the place with the five cave entrances, so when they rushed to the entrance, they saw a scene that made them all gasp in shock.

  The entrance has been dug halfway through.

  "It's fortunate we arrived in time." Zuo Yi said with a gasp for air.

  "It's better not to delay, the sooner we leave here the better." Chu Fei Fan was the first to climb over the half-heap of stones.

  Bang——

  He had just passed by when they heard a muffled sound.

  "Chu Fei Fan..." Su Jin'er shouted, but didn't hear any response.

  Several people looked at each other in confusion and also turned over.

  After they all passed by, some bright light suddenly appeared and shone on their faces, making them unable to open their eyes.

  After their eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness, they saw that there were dozens of people in front of them, each holding a bow and arrow, with fierce glints in their eyes staring at them, making the originally spacious cave seem abnormally crowded.

  Chu Fei Yan fell down in front of them not far away, with blood still gushing from his head.

  "Chu Fei Fan!" Su Jin'er couldn't help but exclaim, and was about to rush over.

  "Halt!" an elderly-looking man shouted sternly.

  "You've hurt my friend, and if you don't get him medical attention, he'll die." Su Jin'er was completely unafraid of the man.

  The man looked at Chu Feifan on the ground and then gestured to the people behind him. Two men walked up and carried Chu Feifan to a simple rescue treatment area.

  "What kind of people are you and why have you come here?" the man asked.

  "We are students of the Medical College, came here to have fun, and accidentally got lost." said Zuo Yi.

  "Lost your way?" The man frowned, "You're lying, the direction you came from is a dead end. Where did you really come from? Tell us, or we'll kill you."

  Su Jiner blinked her eyes, looking at the bows and arrows in those people's hands. In a society governed by law, she didn't believe these people dared to kill them. However, she still felt somewhat apprehensive, as she really had no confidence that she could convince herself that these rough men wouldn't turn them into hedgehogs with their arrows.

  "We're telling the truth, we were just exploring a cave near our school and stumbled upon this mechanism on the wall. We didn't mean any harm, so please let our friend go!" Su Jiner tried to persuade the person who seemed to be in charge.

  That man thought for a moment and then looked at them and said: "I don't believe you, take all of them into custody."

  Several people came up and tied them up, binding them together.

  Su Jin'er looked at them, these people should be the ones from that mysterious village, although they were caught, but at least they didn't have to waste their energy searching anymore.

  "Cover their eyes."

  They were blindfolded and could only follow them as they walked, because they couldn't see the road. They had a hard time walking and kept falling down, hurting themselves badly wherever they fell.

  "Xiao Yuan, are you okay?" Su Jiner asked anxiously after hearing Lin Yuan fall.

  "It's nothing serious, just that my knee hurts a lot. Now I understand how hard it is for the blind. From now on, I will definitely help people with disabilities."

  "It seems we didn't get caught for nothing!" Zuo Yi said with a smile, but as soon as he finished speaking, his foot landed on a rock and he fell to the ground, crying out in pain.

  "You're not allowed to speak!" a burly man in front shouted.

  A few people curled their lips and stopped talking, cautiously moving forward, fortunately someone was pushing them, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to move a single step.

  When they saw the world again, they were locked in a room with simple furnishings, only one table and four stools, and a single bed was placed in the corner.

  It seems there is no electricity here, a candle on the table casts a dim yellow light, making the house look like a haunted house.

  "Where is this?" Lin Yuan rubbed his shoulders and looked around at the strange room.

  "This must be the mysterious village we've been searching for," said Zuo Yi.

  "I thought so too, where's Chu Fei Fan?" Su Jin'er looked around, but they didn't see Chu Fei Fan's figure.

  "We should be reunited now." Gai Zaye said with a smile.

  Outside came the sound of footsteps, then the sound of a lock being opened. Next, two people carried Chu Fei Fan in and silently placed him on that single bed. They left the room without even glancing at the four people watching them, as if they hadn't seen anyone else there.

  "After they left, Lin Yuan said: 'Are they all wooden puppets? Why didn't any of them speak? Not even a single expression.'"

  "It must have been carved out of wood!" Su Jin'er walked to the bedside, looking at Chu Fei Fan who was still unconscious. His head had already been bandaged, with bright red blood seeping through the gauze.

  Su Jiner didn't notice at all that she was heartbroken for him, but Lin Yuan and the others saw it clearly, and the three of them couldn't help but smile.

  Love always happens when you least expect it.

  "We won't be locked in here forever, will we? It seems like they've put a lock on the outside and even used iron chains. What do they take us for?" Zuo Yi said discontentedly.

  "If I had known I would be locked up like a prisoner, I wouldn't have come." Ge Yaze scratched his head and said.

  "Stop complaining and think of a way to escape quickly!" Lin Yuan glared at them.

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