The three of them bought three maps of Xishuangbanna on the side of the street and found waterholes on the map. But this one is not easy to find, according to the police, this waterhole is not big. Large lakes, the map is generally easy to find, and small waterholes, the map is generally not marked, the entire Xishuangbanna primeval forest, who knows how many there will be?

Just as Qin Fan was looking at the map with difficulty, the mobile phone rang, and it was Chen Xi's father calling.

"Hey, Qin Fan, you call Chen Xiaomei, she flew to Xishuangbanna last night...... I found out when I saw the note she left in her room this morning, what did she mix with a girl? Really," Chen Xi's father said anxiously.

"You immediately called her back, I called, she didn't listen, and hung up on me! ......," Chen Xi's father said complainingly.

"Okay, okay, I'll call her right away."

After Qin Fan hung up the phone, he hurriedly pulled out Chen Xiaomei's mobile phone.

"Hey, Chen Xiaomei, why did you run to Xishuangbanna?"

"Qin Fan, it's none of your business, you don't look for my sister, I'll look for ......"

"I just didn't want you to be with us...... We are already in Xishuangbanna, near the xx police station"

"Really? Then I'll go find you."

……

About half an hour later, Chen Xiaomei took an online taxi and came over.

"Chen Xiaomei, you should go back, just leave the matter of finding someone to the three of us."

"Brother Qin Fan, why are you the same as my father...... I'm not a child, I'm going to find someone with you, so I don't want to go back," Chen Xiaomei said willfully.

"No, if you want to find someone to go into the mountains, climb the mountains and wade through the water, can you endure this hardship?"

"Brother Qin Fan, take me?" Chen Xiaomei shook Qin Fan's hand, with two big eyes, and said pitifully looking at Qin Fan.

Qin Fan's heart softened, and he wanted to agree to her, but when he thought of her father's request, he ruthlessly refused.

"Brother Zhixiong, can you help me talk about it!" Chen Xiaomei saw that Qin Fan didn't eat him, and went over to shake Pan Zhixiong's hand.

Pan Zhixiong looked at Chen Xiaomei deeply and said, "Little sister, you better go back!" I also don't agree with you coming with us. ”

Chen Xiaomei looked at Tan Datong, who was looking down at the map, with a disappointed expression.

"If you don't agree to take me, I'll look for it alone."

In the end, Chen Xiaomei dropped a sentence fiercely, turned her head and was about to leave.

Qin Fan hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Okay, don't be willful, I promise you, I take 'YOU'".

Chen Xiaomei slapped Qin Fan's arm with her little hand, smiled like a flower, and said, "That's how it should be!" I'm going to have to do a trick......"

Qin Fan had to call her father back, saying that he couldn't persuade Chen Xiaomei, so he could only ask him to find another way.

Her father sighed and had a headache, so he could only tell Qin Fan to take care of Chen Xiaomei.

The four of them searched the Internet on their mobile phones together and studied the map. In more than an hour, more than 20 possible places were circled on the map, and the focus was on the area around the primeval forest park. Because they feel relatively safe in the park and are unlikely to go missing. According to these more than 20 places to find one by one, everyone still finds it difficult, and it will take at least four days for the four people to be divided into two teams to find, and if they do not look separately, the time will be doubled. Then, Qin Fan called Zhang Qingquan again, asking him to check the real terrain of the satellite on the computer and find the missing location, so that one more person can help them save time, and the computer screen is large and can see more clearly.

In the end, Qin Fan felt the need to report the situation to Professor Su.

After hearing Qin Fan say that it was difficult to find the place of disappearance, Professor Su said that if he was given some time, he could ask the police to go to the place of disappearance.

When the four of them heard the news, they all became happy. Then it was time to wait for Professor Su's news, and in order not to wait, everyone went to prepare. Qin Fan suggested that everyone take out their luggage from the hotel and leave the room, because after starting to look for someone, they may not necessarily go back to this hotel, and there is a high probability that they will find a place to live nearby. Seeing Chen Xiaomei wearing sandals, a short skirt and short sleeves, revealing slender thighs and slender jade arms, Qin Fan shook his head.

"We're not going to play, we're going to go into the mountains, how are you going to find someone like this?"

"Then you accompany me to buy two sets of outdoor clothes", Chen Xiaomei took Qin Fan's hand and said coquettishly.

His chest touched Qin Fan's arm, and he felt an electric shock, so he hurriedly withdrew his hand - he couldn't be sorry for Su Ziying.

"You find Pan Zhixiong to accompany you, I have other things to do."

"No! I just love going with you. ”

Seeing that she was about to come up and take his hand again, Qin Fan raised his hands and hurriedly agreed, saying, "Okay, okay, I surrender, I'll accompany you." ”

Pan Zhixiong next to him, the corners of his mouth twitched, how can he say that he is also her sister's boyfriend!

In fact, Pan Zhixiong and Tan Datong had nothing else to do, so they went shopping with them.

On the street, after choosing two sets of long pants and long-sleeved outfits, a pair of flat shoes and some outdoor gear with Chen Xiaomei. Qin Fan found an auto repair shop, gave the shopkeeper ten yuan, sharpened the screwdriver with a sand turbine, and cut a section of PVC pipe he had just bought into a suitable length to make a simple knife set. Then I found a tailor shop on the street, and I made mesh pockets and a few stretch straps on both sides of the trouser leg, so that I could easily insert the knife into the trouser leg.

When everything was ready, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Qingquan first called over. He analyzed that there are two roads from the youth apartment, one is to the south, two lanes, seven or eight kilometers of flat road, after entering the mountainous area, there is a waterhole, and the road becomes difficult, and the scenery here is dominated by high mountains. The other to the west, is a four-lane provincial road, about 10 kilometers to the primeval forest park, two kilometers away from the park there is a fork road, this fork road is the village road to a village near the park, this village is called Gaolipo, there is a small waterfall three miles away from the village, and there are four small pools near the village, three of which belong to the same water vein as the small waterfall. Zhang Qingquan thinks that Su Ziying and the three girls are unlikely to walk to the mountain road in the south; The park is managed and feels that people are less likely to go missing, which is similar to the perception of the four of them; The three of them, most likely, went to see the waterfall near the village.

After listening to Zhang Qingquan's analysis, the four of them felt that it made sense, and decided not to wait for Professor Su's information, but to go to the waterholes and waterfalls near Gaolipo first.

After the four of them agreed, they took their respective luggage and drove straight to Gaolipo.

On the way, the driver asked, "Where are you going to go to Gaolipo?" If you want to see the waterfall, I advise you not to go. ”

"Why?" Three of the four asked in unison.

"I heard that there are man-eating monsters there, and three girls were eaten a few days ago."

"What monster?" Chen Xiaomei asked nervously, four pairs of eyes staring at the driver, waiting for his reply.

"I don't know about this, but I've heard that no one has ever seen a monster!"

The answer of the four people to the driver, the mood is complicated!

"I think it's a rumor," Qin Fan said.

"Anyway, the three girls are gone, and the police have gone to investigate."

The four of them were silent, unable to refute the driver, but their hearts became heavier......

About three miles from the village, the four of them got out of the car, and it was not far from the waterfall. The taxi driver dropped a sentence telling them to be careful, and turned around and left. In front of them was a village road leading to the village, and a sheep's gut path to the northwest plunged into the black woods. According to the map, they should take the trail to the northwest to reach a waterhole and a waterfall about two miles from the waterhole.

Looking at the black woods, Pan Zhixiong was a little timid, and said, "I think they girls won't take this road, right?" ”

"Let's go, it's all here, you have to go in and investigate."

After speaking, Qin Fan took the lead in opening the road in front, Tan Datong and Chen Xiaomei followed one after another, Pan Zhixiong found that he was the only one left on the quiet side of the road, hesitated, and had to follow hard.

Follow a trail through a large wooded area to a small waterhole. There are many large trees around the waterhole, and some of them require two or three people to hug them. The water in the waterhole is very clear, and you can see fish swimming in the water and stones at the bottom of the water in the near distance, which is not big, a little more than a hundred square meters. The sound of the stream entering the pool and the occasional birdsong in the woods are constantly heard in the upper reaches, which makes it seem that this place is "a quiet and secluded place in the forest".

At this time, a Chen wind blew, the leaves rustled, Pan Zhixiong and Chen Xiaomei trembled, and their hands couldn't help but hug their chests.

"This wood...... Somewhat...... Eerie and scary...... Won't really...... There are monsters, right? Pan Zhixiong said tremblingly.

Chen Xiaomei's lips were a little pale, and she stood in place and looked at her surroundings without saying a word.

Qin Fan got a wooden stick out of nowhere, and was pulling it around, probing.

At this time, I saw that Tan Datong had already removed his coat and trousers, and jumped into the pool with only a big trouser fork. The waterhole was suddenly muddyed by Tan Datong.

"Ahh What are you doing? Chen Xiaomei exclaimed first.

"It's a little hot, I'll take a shower first!" , Tan Datong stood in the water squeezing his chest, grinned, and then plunged into the water and disappeared.

Pan Zhixiong and Chen Xiaomei looked at the water in surprise, but Qin Fan carefully probed around the waterhole.

After about two minutes, Tan Datong's big head came out of the water, gasped, and said, "Nothing", and then plunged into the water again. After repeating this four or five times, Tan Datong climbed ashore and gasped for air.

Chen Xiaomei hurriedly turned her head and said, "Hurry up and put on your clothes."

"Look, don't come with me, it's inconvenient for us men to do things!" Pan Zhixiong scoffed.

Chen Xiaomei pursed her lips, "And said that I, if you have the guts, you also go into the water!" ”

……

After Tan Datong changed his clothes and walked out from behind a big tree, Qin Fan, who had already finished exploring, stepped forward and asked, "How is it, what did you find in the water?" ”

"In the water, except for mud and stones, there are rotten branches!" Tan Datong shook his head and said.

"Go, follow me, here I found the footprints of the three of them, not only the feet of the three of them, but also the feet of other people."

In a narrow place upstream, the mud by the stream was soft, and a series of footprints were clearly left, and in addition to a few small ones, there were many large ones, estimated to be five or six people.

"Brother Qin Fan, who will these extra big footprints be?" Chen Xiaomei asked.

"If I'm not mistaken, I should be the police who handled the case."

Following the footprints, crossing the creek, the path on the other side is obviously the kind of "there is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, it will naturally become a road". After walking about fifty or sixty steps, they faintly heard a rumbling sound.

After walking about 200 meters, Chen Xiaomei, who was sharp-eyed, found a strand of hair on a shrub branch.

"Brother Qin Fan, this hair belongs to my sister, I recognize it, the color is a little gray, and the length is about the same."

As a result, everyone strengthened their judgment and stepped up their steps forward. After walking for about ten minutes, after turning over a big rock, the eyes of the four people lit up, only to see a white silver chain, like a white dragon, from a height of 100 meters above, from top to bottom into the waterhole below, the water surface was stirred up a circle of waves, wrapped in a large amount of water to wash to the shore.

Ignoring the water splashing on their bodies and faces, the four of them approached the waterfall and looked around the waterhole, which was not too big, a little bigger than the one in front, and after a while, they finished exploring and gained nothing.

"Little sister, you turn around, I'm going to take off my clothes and go into the water." Qin Fan said.

"Oh!" Chen Xiaomei's face turned red and she quickly turned around.

"Are you in the water?" Qin Fan looked at Pan Zhixiong and asked, Qin Fan didn't ask Tan Datong, because the other party had already taken off his shirt.

"I, I don't know how to water!" Pan Zhixiong said a little timidly.

"Datong, don't rush into the water first, this water is not as clear as the waterhole just now, we don't know what is in the water." Seeing that Tan Datong was about to jump into the pool, Qin Fan hurriedly stopped him.

Qin Fan took out the mountaineering rope from his duffel bag, threw one end to Tan Datong, and motioned for him to tie it around his waist; The other end was handed to Pan Zhixiong.

"Zhixiong, you tie the other end of this rope to the big tree over there," Qin Fan said, pointing to a big tree as thick as an adult on the side of the road.

After Pan Zhixiong tied the end of the rope to the big tree, Qin Fan pulled the rope on Tan Datong's side, and after checking that there was no problem, he signaled that Tan Datong could go into the water. After Qin Fan said just now, Tan Datong no longer recklessly jumped into the water, but cautiously and slowly walked into the water.

Qin Fan was also wearing only a pair of trouser forks, following the rope in one hand and a sharpened screwdriver in the other, and followed Tan Datong to explore in the waterhole, most of the waterhole was only waist-deep, and the deepest place was just enough to be less than an adult.

At this time, Chen Xiaomei also forgot her shyness, turned around, and stared nervously at the two people in the water with Pan Zhixiong.

At the beginning, Qin Fan and Tan Datong were more cautious, and the two kept a distance of three meters in the water and swam in a circle in the pool. After probing for a while, they found no danger, and the two gradually let go of their hands and feet, and continued to dive into the water. However, after exploring the water for more than 20 minutes, they did not find anything useful, so they had to go ashore one after another.

Could it be that they are in the wrong place?

Qin Fan got dressed, sat with Chen Xiaomei and Pan Zhixiong, and looked at the waterfall in a daze! This is a valley, except for a small gap in the southeast, which is also the direction of the water flow, surrounded by mountains, rocks and big trees, it is difficult for even the sun to shine in, and there is no man-eating monster as the driver said.

"Tan Datong, have you noticed anything special about this pool?" Seeing Tan Datong, who was already dressed, walking towards the three of them, Qin Fan asked.

"No! ……”

"If it's special, it's that there's no mud at the bottom of the water, it's full of stones." Tan Datong said after thinking about it slightly.

"To be precise, there are no small stones, no branches and other debris, and the whole bottom of the water is a whole, which looks very clean."

"yes, that's weird!" Tan Datong agreed.

"So what, we didn't find anything?" Pan Zhixiong said discouragedly.

"This is very strange, after years of accumulation, there is no soil, no small stones, there are trees all around, but there are no branches at the bottom of the water......"

"Maybe it was cleaned up by the villagers of Gaolipo?" Chen Xiaomei had a whim.

"Impossible! If this waterfall doesn't stop, it's hard to clean up. Pan Zhixiong said.

"Maybe they're stopping upstream and cleaning it up?" Chen Xiaomei made another high statement.

Qin Fan listened to the argument of his accomplices and was silent.

……

"It's useless for us to argue here, go to the village and ask the villagers, right?" Tan Datong suggested.

"Let's go!" Chen Xiaomei echoed.

Qin Fan, who was puzzled, saw that everyone was looking at him, and nodded in agreement. Then he stood up, picked up his luggage and walked back to the road.