Chapter 51 - 51

Chapter 51 Suspicious"Stop making such a fuss..." Yun Ting rolled her eyes at Zhou Yang and looked down at the various wild vegetables and mushrooms in her basket."Did you see anyone? How could there be gunshots in such a small place?" Zhou Yangasked curiously, squatting down next to her."I didn't see anything. If I had seen something, would I still be unharmed?"Yun Ting ignored him and turned to carry her things back to her room.When it was time to start work, a lot of police comrade arrived as expected. The Brigade Leader led his men toward the back of the mountain, and the villagers who didn't know what was going on started talking about it with unease."Why are so many police officers here? What happened in the village?""You didn't know? There were gunshots on the mountain around noon. It might have been Spy."Shh... Keep your voice down.Yun Ting noticed that, in addition to the policecomrade, Duan Xingye also came, accompanied by two people: one was his assistant, and the other was someone he had never seen before.Although they were far apart, Yun Ting could feel that Duan Xingye had smiled at her just now.Indeed, her intuition was correct; Duan Xingyedid smile in her direction, which made his childhood friend Han Yang curiously ask him more questions!" Brother Ye, I'm asking you, who was that over there just now? You actually laughed.""So much nonsense...""I was just curious, wasn't I? Has our Brother Yesuddenly blossomed? But you wouldn't have taken a fancy to a country girl, would you?"Han Yang whispered something in his ear so that no one else could hear."Take a closer look later to see if there are any clues. Don't just talk nonsense like a woman.""You...would you die if you didn't shut me up once?" Han Yang turned her head away angrily and ignored him.The group arrived at the mountain but found nothing amiss. They continued to venture deeper into the mountain and, sure enough, discovered many trampled areas, and even traces of blood.But apart from these, no other clues were found.Brigade Leader felt his foot step on something, moved his foot and squatted down to look, and saw that it was a bullet." Secretary Duan, there's a bullet here..."Duan Xingye walked over and took it, then looked at it carefully. "These bullets are used by our military region."I searched again but didn't find anything, so I left." Secretary, should we arrange for someone to keep watch here for the next two days?" Public Security Captain asked Duan Xingye."No need. They've probably disappeared by now. How could they possibly be back at this hour? Go check the surrounding villages to see if anyone is injured or ask other villagers if they've seen anyone unfamiliar.""Yes, I'll arrange it right away."Duan Xingye stroked the bullet in his hand, lost in thought." Brother Ye, shall we go back now?" Han Yangasked."Go and get a few Wild Chickens...""What?" Han Yang asked again in disbelief.Duan Xingye turned to look at him, "Do you want me to repeat it?""Huh? No... no need, I'll go right now."Xiao Huang chuckled to himself, looking like he was the only one sober in a world of drunks."Is it funny?" Duan Xingye looked at him with a half-smile.Xiao Huang jumped up and said, " Secretary, I'll go help too!" Then he disappeared in a flash."Brother Han, I'm here to help you..." Xiao Huangrushed over, scaring away the Wild Chicken that Han Yang was originally going to catch.Han Yang: "…"Xiao Huang belatedly smiled awkwardly, "Hehe... Brother Han, I'm sorry!"" Xiao Huang, how did you manage to stand out from the crowd and be chosen by my Brother Ye?" Han Yang looked him up and down. This kid was just a simpleton." The Secretary probably thinks I'm smart and quick-witted.""Someone like you? Clever?" Han Yang rolled her eyes at him.The two then started arguing about it...They caught no prey until Duan Xingye stood behind them carrying five Wild Chickens."Have you had enough of arguing?"They then fell silent…Duan Xingye glanced at them, turned and left. Knowing they were in the wrong, the two sheepishly followed him down the mountain." Brother Ye, where are you going?"Xiao Huang smiled smugly, "I know... but I don't want to tell you...""You... Huang Yifei, you little bastard..." Han Yangpretended to kick him, but he dodged it.It wasn't time to leave work yet, so to avoid gossip, Duan Xingye asked the Brigade Leaderto call out to Yun Ting.When Yun Ting arrived, she saw Duan Xingyecarrying several wild chickens and looked at him in confusion, "What's this?""I need to get some information from you, and this Wild Chicken is my payment..." he chuckled, teasingly."I really didn't see anything, I just heard a gunshot, and then I quickly went down the mountain."Duan Xingye nodded. "Do you think anyone in Educated Youth is behaving strangely?"Yun Ting pondered, a figure flashing through her mind, "Why would you ask that? Is there something wrong with Educated Youth?""Yes, I received information that there is an informant among the Educational Youth ofXiangyang Brigade … Don't tell anyone about this.""Alright then! I'll keep an eye out for you.""Okay, thank you. Here, take this Wild Chicken. I'm going back now." Duan Xingye handed over the bundled Wild Chicken, gesturing for her to accept it."I'll just take two; you can take the rest back!"Before he could agree, Yun Ting started cuttingout the Wild Chicken, leaving Duan Xingyehelpless.Not far away, Han Yang and Xiao Huang had already formed a united front and were enjoying the gossip." Xiao Huang, when did my brother Ye start hooking up with this girl?""It's been a while.""This country girl is so beautiful? No wonder mybrother Ye is so lucky to have found love!""What country girl? She's an educated youthsent to the countryside.""Oh~ I knew it! Tsk tsk... Brother Ye is quite the ladies' man...""What are you two doing sneaking around here?" Duan Xingye raised an eyebrow and stared at the two of them.He should have known better; Han Yang would definitely lead Xiao Huang astray as soon as he arrived, which was a real headache.Duan Xingye could already foresee that these two wouldn't give him any peace from now on.When Yun Ting returned with two Wild Chickens, everyone seemed eager to gossip, and one of the older women couldn't resist."Little Educated Youth Yun, who's that? Is she your boyfriend?""No, he's just my brother's comrade-in-arms. My brother asked him to come and see me occasionally." She didn't hide anything. Anyway, it wasn't a shady relationship. Saying it this way would prevent some people with bad intentions from doing anything to her."Oh...does he have a girlfriend? Little Educated Youth Yun, let me tell you, your aunt has a niece who's beautiful, capable, and only graduated from junior high school!""Auntie, I don't like being a matchmaker. If you want to introduce someone, ask him yourself next time he comes. Get back to work!" Yun Tingrefused directly.The old woman pursed her lips, turned around and went back to work unwillingly, muttering to herself, I couldn't tell what she was saying.Yun Ting guessed that they were talking about her, but she didn't care, as long as they didn't come to her and nag. What kind of person was she? With that kind of attitude, how good could her niece be? Wanting to marry Duan Xingye, did she even deserve it?"Why are you so good-looking? You're always wandering around aimlessly, you're such a worry..." Yun Ting complained.