Fifteen minutes later, Chen Feng came to the door of a family located in the middle of the mountain, which was also a fence wooden door, a small courtyard with stone pier tables, the middle hall, two side rooms on the left and right, and the main hall was lit with faint lights.

"I hope Bai Ling'er is here. ”

Chen Feng prayed silently in his heart, and as the swallow slammed on the other party's wooden door.

However, the two knocked outside the house for a while, but there was no movement in the house.

"Could it be that there is no one inside?"

Chen Feng looked at Yanzi and asked suspiciously.

"It shouldn't be, after Brother Bai went out, Aunt Geng usually lived alone, and the number in the village was basically at home, or she slept. ”

Swallow explained.

"Then we've been knocking for so long, even if we sleep, we should be woken up, it's impossible that no one responds, and the lights are on. ”

Chen Feng asked.

Swallow looked into the back room again, pouted and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

"Xiao Xu's family only has his mother?"

Chen Feng asked curiously.

"Well, Brother Bai and his father died in an accident while working in the mountains in his early years, and his mother is left in the family over the years, but his uncle and brother live in the mountains and don't live together. ”

Swallow said lightly.

"Will you go to a relative's house?"

Chen Feng asked again.

"I don't know, but it's unlikely. ”

The swallow looked at the moon hanging high in the sky and replied, "The village is not like the city, where there is no entertainment at night, and it is generally regarded as rude to visit the house after nine o'clock, because everyone has to get up at five or six o'clock the next day to plow, and no one has time to entertain." ”

"Okay. ”

Chen Feng shrugged helplessly, and then asked, "Then can we break down the door?"

In fact, Chen Feng only came up with a bad idea because he was nervous, but Yanzi was relatively simple, and he actually believed it, and his little head shook like a rattle.

There was nothing to do, and it was getting late, so Chen Feng thought to himself that he would go back to the county seat to rest and come back tomorrow.

The two discussed leaving, and when they reached the intersection, they almost collided with an old woman carrying a papier-mâché lantern.

The old woman exclaimed, frightened Chen Feng and the girl.

"Aunt Geng, it's me, Yanzi. ”

The swallow recognized the person by the light, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him and say his name.

"Hey, Swallow, it's you. ”

The old woman covered her chest and slowly calmed down, and then asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Auntie, we just went to your house to look for you, but no one answered after shouting for a long time, where are you going?"

Swallow asked as she helped the old woman.

"What are you looking for?"

The old woman asked the fox.

"It's not me looking for it, it's this big brother who wants to find you, I'm the one who leads the way. ”

The swallow replied with a lively pout.

Listening to the other party's words, the old woman carefully examined Chen Feng, and saw that Chen Feng was dressed up, the expression on her face suddenly became nervous, and she asked vigilantly, "You... Who are you, and what are you looking for me?"

"Hello, my name is Chen Feng, I am a friend of Xiao Xu, and I came to find a friend this time. ”

Chen Feng replied politely.

"Brother Bai's friend?"

The old woman muttered and asked, "Brother Bai never mentioned that he had any friends." ”

"Well, it doesn't matter, the point is that I want to ask, did a very beautiful girl come to Xiao Xu yesterday?"

Chen Feng gets straight to the point.

"Girl?"

The old woman's body trembled obviously, the night was too dark, and Chen Feng didn't see the other party's expression too clearly, only to hear the old woman waving her hand and saying, "No... No, I haven't seen any pretty girls. ”

"Auntie, isn't it? That girl came to me yesterday to ask for directions, and then she didn't come to you?"

Swallow asked in surprise when she heard the other party's words.

"No... There is no ......"

The old woman lowered her head and avoided the eyes of Yanzi and Chen Feng, hesitated for a moment and said, "You... Are you okay? If it's okay, I'm going home to rest. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman didn't wait for the two to respond, but directly put aside the swallow's hand and walked forward by herself.

"Strange, Aunt Geng is weird, she used to be enthusiastic about people......"

Looking at the other party's departing back, Swallow muttered to herself.

However, the other party complained unintentionally, but Chen Feng remembered it in his heart, coupled with the other party's strange behavior, he firmly believed that the other party's old woman must have something to hide.

"That's... Swallow, since I can't find anyone, I'll go back first. ”

Chen Feng thought about it for a while, and said politely to Yanzi with a smile.

"Oh, oh, okay, sorry, didn't help......"

Swallow scratched her head and said slightly embarrassed.

Chen Feng waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, sent Yanzi home, and then left the village quietly alone.

However, Chen Feng did not really leave, but smoked a cigarette next to the car, estimating that Yanzi and the old woman should relax their vigilance, and he turned back to the old woman's door.

At this time, the main hall was still dimly lit, and the two side rooms on the left and right were still dark.

Chen Feng walked around the house, and finally found a relatively safe position in the second half of the courtyard, and he could see the whole picture of the courtyard when he climbed up.

Chen Feng blew his palms, took two steps back, sprinted against the wall, and when he reached the wall, he suddenly climbed the wall.

At this time, the whole picture of the small courtyard was unobstructed, faintly visible in the faint moonlight, except for the round table on the stone pier, and on the left side was a fence melon shed, and on the right side of the wall there was a pile of firewood piled high.

After seeing the general situation clearly, Chen Feng retreated back to the same place, and then quietly searched around, and finally found two large stones as stepping feet.

When he climbed the wall again, Chen Feng found some sharp glass slags on the wall, which is a common anti-theft method in rural areas.

Because there were no suitable props, Chen Feng could only take off his coat and spread it on it, and climbed over the wall lightly.

After landing on the ground, Chen Feng did not stop, tiptoed towards the main hall, and finally leaned on the window to secretly look at everything in the room.

Because of the cold weather, the windows of the hut were closed, but in this old-fashioned mud house, even if the windows were closed again, they would inevitably leave some gaps, which provided convenience for Chen Feng.

Through the gap, Chen Feng looked around the hut, although he couldn't see the whole picture, but the general situation was still clear at a glance.

The hut is not big, that is, thirty or forty square meters, with a table on the side, a set of simple tea sets on the table, and some sparse old-fashioned furniture in the past.

The old woman did not go home to rest as she said, but sat at the table, holding a photo in her hand and staring at the photo in a daze, due to the angle, Chen Feng could not see the content of the photo, but he also did not see any trace of Bai Ling'er.

Chen Feng thought about it for a while, and secretly moved to the two side houses.

Maybe the old woman wouldn't realize that there was a thief in the house, and the two side houses were not locked, Chen Feng entered it effortlessly, but he couldn't turn on the lights, and it was inconvenient to investigate, the only thing that was certain was that there was no one in the two rooms, and Bai Ling'er couldn't be found.

"Isn't Bai Ling'er really never here?"

In the dark, Chen Feng became more and more anxious, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Suddenly, through the faint moonlight outside the window, Chen Feng saw a "large porcelain cup" on a desk in the hut, although it was not clear to see, but the appearance was enough to arouse Chen Feng's interest.

Chen Feng hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, he pricked up his ears to listen to the sound outside, and confirmed that no one came, Chen Feng quickly turned on the lighter and took a look.

Sure enough, there was a tablet of "Xiao Xu" on the desk, and the "big porcelain cup" was the same as the one that Bai Ling'er was holding before.

"Bai Ling'er must have been to this ......"

"It's just her?"

"Why is the old lady hiding the truth?"

"Could it be that Bai Ling'er is really in trouble?"

For a while, many questions surfaced in Chen Feng's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and unconsciously, cold sweat soaked his back......