Chapter Seventy Whose Footprint

  I saw a few clear footprints on the ground from afar. When I saw the footprints, my scalp felt numb. They were two different sets of footprints.

  One is obviously smaller, looking only about 36 yards around the shoe print, I dare to conclude that it's a woman's footprint. There's another one that's much bigger, probably around 42 yards or so, and the imprint on the ground is also deeper, probably due to weight.

  A man's footprint, a woman's footprint, could it be Old Professor and Little Thin?

  Have they been here?

  "I think the old professor and that 'woman' arrived here before us, but I don't know why they didn't leave a signal for us. The sound we heard earlier was probably them." Yu said as he walked in, crouching down to take a closer look.

  Xiao Bo said she would give us a signal, but it's been delayed and there is still no signal. This 'woman' Xiao Bo didn't want us to follow her in the first place, she just wanted to bring Professor Lao here, I don't know what she wants to do here either.

  I hung my head, looking a bit ugly: "Will you two be on your own?"

  Yu Gang nodded and replied, "This is also normal, the two of them were never any good to begin with, it's very normal for them to find an opportunity to get rid of us."

  "I'd rather not go with them."

  "If that's the case, finding the Iron Plate River will be even more difficult. After all, Old Professor is the only one who knows the route." My concern is this, and previously Tang Guangze and others had drawn maps, but we have never seen those maps.

  There is no specific location, finding people is difficult, we don't even know where they are.

  If you say that in the current city, finding someone would be much easier. However, this is deep in the desert, and finding someone is like scooping up a specific small shrimp from the ocean - not to mention how exhausting it is, time is wasted, and there's no guarantee of finding them either.

  Thinking of this, I feel extremely annoyed and don't know what to do?

  Although I clearly knew that they came for the black box with a dark pattern, in other words, they were looking for my father, but what piqued my interest was not my curiosity about my father, but rather what was inside the box? What is Iron Plate River like?

  This series is the source of why my grandfather and father had to change their names and hide their identities.

  I think as long as I find the source, then I can find the answer I want.

  "Alas..." He let out a long sigh, his expression somewhat stifled, looking even more frustrated than I was.

  "If they can't find us, it's better to go back. I don't want to stay in this place." Yu Gang glanced at me and continued: "You've always thought that I came for the money or to clear my own case, but that's not true. I really wish I could start all over again."

  I was a bit puzzled, thinking about what Yu Gang had just told me about the prison, this matter can't be blamed on him, it can only be said that he's unlucky, and all the unlucky ones were picked by Tang Guangze.

  "Who wants to stay in a place like this? I miss the feeling of sea breeze, I miss the feeling of taking a bath every day, and I even miss the days when I had enough food. I took out some compressed biscuits from my backpack and started nibbling on them. The smell was extremely unpleasant, after eating these biscuits for so long, as soon as I opened one, the smell made me want to vomit, but there's no other choice."

  However, Jason said with a serious face: "I won't go back if I don't find Rocky. This time, no matter whether he's dead or alive, I'll bring him back to the United States."

  I can understand Jason's approach, but if it can't be found, there's no other way, after all, the thing has passed for two years.

  The three of us were squatting in a small wooden hut filled with corpses, eating our food. It felt like we were eating in a toilet, but these corpses didn't emit any stench, and I don't know if it was due to the underground 'yin' energy or something else. Their bodies were preserved quite well, as if they had just died recently, except for their pale gray faces. When I first saw them, I thought they were still alive.

  Jason held a cookie in one hand and walked over to the footprints, his eyes fixed on that corner. His face suddenly changed color with surprise, and he exclaimed excitedly, "There's writing here!"

  We listened and rushed over to take a look, could it be the clue they left behind? As soon as we ran over, the first thing we saw was Jason's disappointed face. He opened his mouth with a dejected expression: "Only one word."

  I didn't have time to observe so much, I went over and took a look, on the ground was a blurry little word, if you weren't careful, you wouldn't notice this word written in dust.

  The crooked and twisted font reveals the person who wrote it, written in a hurry.

  "Run?" Yu Gang furrowed his brow and said incredulously.

  Yes, the character on the ground is "run".

  I think it wasn't written by the old professor but by Xiao Bo, however, why did they leave this "character" behind? The meaning of this character is clearly telling us not to chase after them and to hurry up and run.

  Perhaps they encountered danger, otherwise how would we be allowed to escape.

  As soon as we entered the village, the old professor kept reminding me to find an opportunity to escape quickly.

  Is this what the old professor left behind?

  Is it because they don't want us to follow them, so they wrote this character?

  I've thought of all possible possibilities, but none of them are the closest. They don't do things like ordinary people, they always have a plan in mind. Who knows what kind of association this word will bring to us?

  Firstly, they don't want us to follow them.

  Secondly, they have encountered misfortune.

  Third, this is a trap.

  I told them these three points, and Yu Gang was the first to react. He gritted his teeth and said: "It must be the first one. I've been paying attention to that 'woman' all along. She's been wanting to kill us for a long time. You don't know, I've noticed her holding a gun at you several times, then putting it down again."

  "What?" I exclaimed, as Xiao Bo pointed his gun at me?

  I know that Xiao Bo doesn't like me, and the only reason we're allowed to come is because of Tie Bu Li's and Professor Lao's face, plus two of her team members died in a double suicide, so they were short-handed and let us join.

  I don't have any grudges against her, do I?

  "Why did she do that?" I muttered in puzzlement.

  This thing inexplicably makes me feel a bit sad, I didn't offend her at all, and when I look at her, it's always secretly, she doesn't know at all, even if she knows I'm sneaking glances at her, that's no reason to point a gun at me, that's simply trying to kill me.

  Now, I really can't calm down anymore.

  At least one good thing about them is that you don't have to worry when she will suddenly shoot you in the back.

  Yu Jing shook his head, his face also full of doubt. He let out a breath and joked, "I'm not sure either, maybe you were staring at her so much that she noticed your drooling."

  I shook my head vigorously, this thing is impossible.

  I always feel like something is off.

  Especially Xiao Bo mentioned to me that when she talked about my father, she only said "So you're Chen Anzhi's son" and another sentence was "I had no idea Chen Anzhi's son was so timid".

  She mentioned my father twice, which is absolutely not a coincidence. I always feel that her tone sounds like she knows my father, and I'm convinced that she does know him. But why they came to this place, probably only Xiaobo can tell me. However, I think she won't say anything.

  Yu Gang's smile was stifled, his face turned solemn, and he scolded angrily: "Damn it, I'm being serious. I think this matter is related to my father."

  "What's it to you?" Yu Gang shouted back in discontent.

  I shook my head and said with feigned puzzlement, "I'm not sure either, but that's what I think."

  I didn't dare to mention the matter of my father and that box, anyway I think it's best not to mention this matter. Yu Gang also mentioned something about the box at the reception hall, that was the first time I heard news about the box, he said that person entered my room just for the sake of the box. At that time I asked him, the situation was urgent and even later on, I didn't dare to mention this matter again.

  Jason interrupted at this time: "When I first saw them, I thought they were not good people. If it wasn't for me looking for Roco, I wouldn't have followed them either. Because the professor said he had seen Roco, but I don't know if he was lying or not."

  I patted his shoulder and said, "Since you received Roko's letter, it proves that he is not dead yet. As long as he is not dead, there will always be a chance to find him."