The man's face was also quite handsome, and he was neatly dressed, so he didn't look like a person from this remote mountain village, but a tourist from the city.

"Where are you going to buy something?" The young man asked with a smile on his face, looking me up and down, "Are you here to visit relatives in our village?" ”

"No, I'm here to investigate the disappearance!" I told you the truth, "I may have to stay in the village for a few days, I heard that you not only have a supermarket here, but also provide food and accommodation, right?" ”

"Investigating the disappearance? Are you a police officer? The young man asked me rhetorically.

"You can be a police officer!" I replied with a smile, "I'm here to investigate difficult cases!" ”

"When you're a police officer? So, you're not a regular police officer anymore? The young man asked again, a look of caution in his eyes.

I simply didn't say anything more, just took out my ID and handed it to the young man, and explained to him: "That big seal down there is an Interpol seal!" ”

"Interpol?" The young man looked a little surprised, "Just a few people have disappeared in our small place, and they are actually alarmed...... Interpol? ”

I smiled slightly, and without further explanation, I reached out to get the document back from his hand, and then reached out to him in a friendly way.

"My name is Gao Li, I don't know your surname?"

"Don't have your surname Chu, a single name and a flying word!" The young man replied, stretching out his hand to shake my hand and smiling again, "I'm not a regular hotel here, it's just a convenience for outsiders who come to the village to do business!" The accommodation fee is fifty per day, there is a special shower, and the bed linen covers are guaranteed to be clean! The cost of three meals a day is a total of 30 yuan, whether you eat or not, as long as you live here, you have to pay this money! ”

Eighty yuan a day with food and housing is cheap enough, so I nodded again and again in agreement.

Chu Fei smiled, immediately invited me into the house, and led me upstairs to see the room.

I found that the layout of the entire small building was similar to that of an ordinary family house, except that Chu Fei changed the large guest hall that entered the door into a supermarket, and the two main doors were also changed to glass doors.

The supermarket is full of household items, including rice, grain, oil, salt, etc. But like some of the rarer items, there are basically none.

There is a house on each side of the supermarket, and according to Chu Fei, the room on the right is the kitchen, which also doubles as a dining room.

The room on the left has a dedicated bathroom.

The staircase to the upper stairs is not set in the house, but is built on the back wall of the house, and you can go directly upstairs as soon as you exit the back door.

This design saves space in the house, but when it rains, you have to use an umbrella to go upstairs.

I followed Chu Fei upstairs and found that there was a large balcony upstairs, which took up the area of the room below.

Across the balcony are two houses side by side, with walkways at the doorways of the houses – in fact, small balconies as well.

Chu Fei told me that the room against the large balcony was his own residence, and the room on the far left was usually empty, and only occasionally there were outsiders to stay.

I went into the room and looked into the room, and found that the bed was covered with a brightly lit bedspread.

When I lifted the bedspread, sure enough, the sheets and pillows under were clean.

So I didn't say a word, and immediately paid for three days' room and dinner.

After that, Chu Fei went downstairs to cook, I took a little rest in the room, and then went downstairs and turned back and forth.

Chu Fei's small building is said to have been built by Chu Fei when he moved here three years ago and bought a piece of foundation for the construction team himself.

Because of business, there is no wall in front of the small building, but behind the small building, a small courtyard of thirty or forty square meters is enclosed by a wall.

The yard is very clean, and in the corner of the right side of the yard, there is a toilet, and the toilets are divided into men and women.

And in the middle of the courtyard to the left, a willow tree was planted.

Looking at the young and slender appearance of the tree, it should have been newly planted by Chu Fei after he built the yard three years ago.

Dine with Chu Fei that night.

Chu Fei's skills are good, two meats and one vegetable plus a soup, all of which are very delicious.

Chu Fei opened a bottle of wine and said that he wanted to invite me to drink.

I wanted to ask him about the village, so I didn't refuse.

The two of them staggered their glasses, and when the wine was half strong, I asked Chu Fei where he was from and why he moved here.

Chu Fei didn't seem to be willing to say it at first, but he couldn't help but already have a little bit of alcohol, and finally opened the conversation.

"You ask me why I moved here, and I tell you, it's for women! Men, the saddest thing is probably women! ”

When he said this, he covered his face with his hands, as if he was uncomfortable.

I couldn't help but secretly wonder to myself, if the woman in his mouth was from his own village, and this woman had already encountered an accident, then it was likely that the strange suicide case and the population loss case in the village were all related to this woman.

Of course, this was just a whim, but I didn't even think it would be such a coincidence.

"Is this woman you are talking about from Gaopo Village?" I just asked straight out.

I saw that he shook slightly, as if I didn't expect me to ask.

So I followed closely: "It should be from Gaopo Village, right?" Otherwise, you wouldn't have moved here! ”

He looked up at me for a long time before shaking his head.

"No, she's not from Gaopo Village!"

This answer did not disappoint me, I just asked casually, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, and I found the most critical person in everything as soon as I came.

So I didn't ask any more questions, waiting for Chu Fei to say it himself.

"I will move to Gaopo Village, but because it is in the middle of nowhere and the mountains and rivers are beautiful, it is convenient for me to be here...... I just spent the rest of my life in peace! ”

He doesn't even seem to be thirty years old, but he actually uses the word "rest of his life".

I felt desolate when I heard it, and I couldn't help but ask him, "Did this woman you said have encountered something?" ”

Chu Fei smiled bitterly and didn't answer, and after a while, he said to himself: "That's the only woman I have ever loved, but I failed her because ...... Persecuted by my parents, I married another woman, who knows......"

As he said this, he suddenly whimpered.

I tried to ask, but I held back.

Hearing him choke up slightly, he continued.

"Who knew she was pregnant! I didn't know she was pregnant, and if I knew, I wouldn't leave her no matter how hard my parents pushed me! But...... I didn't know she was pregnant with my baby, I actually ...... Didn't know she was pregnant with my baby! ”

His eyes were red, and he raised his glass and drank it down.

I secretly felt sad, and finally couldn't hold back and asked, "What happened later?" This woman you're talking about...... And how are your children? ”

He suddenly got up and said, "I don't want to say it, in short, I'm sorry for her, in this life, I have to slowly atone for my sins!" ”

He turned and walked out of the room, straight through the supermarket, and into the backyard.

(See Chapter 338 "A Young Willow Tree")