Chapter 70

The captain stepped forward and patted Zhou Yubai on the shoulder, “Yubai, tell me if you need anything.”

“Uncle. My family is building a house and there is not much work in the fields right now. I would like to take some time off.” Zhou Yubai said.

“Okay, your family’s situation is special, so you should just take care of your family. Gu Zhiqing also needs to build a house, so I’ll give him his leave as well.” The team leader looked at Gu Qichuan.

“Thank you, uncle.” Gu Qichuan responded with a smile. He has strong social skills and smiles at everyone he meets, but his status is too high, which makes him feel alienated.

“Uncle, I have to go to the city to purchase things these days.” Shen Qingli also spoke at the right time.

“Okay, I’ll get you a letter of introduction.” The captain agreed readily. He was here to solve their problem, so he wouldn’t make things difficult for them.

Seeing that they were about to eat, everyone left without staying any longer.

Shen Qingli washed the dishes and served rice to everyone.

“Ali, the fish you cooked is really delicious.” Gu Qichuan praised. He did a lot of work today and ate one more bowl of rice than usual.

Zhou Yubai was worried and only ate two bowls of rice.

The two little ones were also feeling upset and ate very little.

Shen Qingli felt distressed seeing this. She tried to comfort them softly for a long time, but the two little ones still did not feel better. It was already late at night.

Gu Qichuan took the two kids back to the room.

Zhou Yubai took Xiao Hei to exchange for Da Huang. Not long after he walked out, he saw two sneaky figures.

Zhou Yubai quickened his pace and soon disappeared in front of the two.

Only then did Li Dazhuang and Li Dali get up from the ground.

“I was so scared, I was almost discovered by Zhou Yubai.” Li Dazhuang was so scared that his legs went limp.

“Did you see that big black dog? They are going to the yard over there! Fortunately, we haven’t reached there yet.” Li Dali was also scared.

“Go home quickly and don’t think about other people’s things, otherwise you won’t know how you died.” After saying this, Li Dazhuang walked back.

“Wait a minute, I’ll go back too.”

The two of them ran back home in a panic.

Zhou Yubai walked out from where they had been hiding. The Li brothers wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, but they were not the ones who set the fire today.

Zhou Yubai gathered his thoughts and took Xiao Hei with him.

“Xiao Hei, you wait here for me, Da Huang will go and guard behind.” Zhou Yubai said.

Woof woof, woof woof!

The two just responded and went to guard.

Zhou Yubai went directly to the place where he had buried the things. The firewood on top had long been burned out. He determined the location and quickly dug out a document bag wrapped in several layers of plastic film.

Zhou Yubai’s eyes were solemn. This light object seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in his hand.

After a while, Zhou Yubai disappeared into the yard with his things.

When he came back, he found Gu Qichuan standing outside the courtyard gate.

“Why are you here? Only Qingli and the children are left over there. It’s so dangerous.” Zhou Yubai frowned and called Dahuang to leave.

“No one knows that we both went out at night. Everything will be fine in the short term. I’ll go back after I finish talking.” Gu Qichuan stopped Zhou Yubai.

Zhou Yubai rubbed Da Huang’s head and said, “Go find Qing Li and the others.”

Dahuang wagged his tail and ran away quickly.

Although he had never been to Gou Wa’s original house, Dahuang had a very sensitive sense of smell, so finding him was not a problem at all.

“Tell me, what’s the matter?” Zhou Yubai asked.

“I want to know the truth about why you left the army.” Gu Qichuan said bluntly.

Zhou Yubai looked at Gu Qichuan and said, “You’d better not get involved in my affairs or ask about them. It won’t do you any good.”

“I’m just curious, Zhou Yubai. Your individual combat capability is so strong and you’re smart. All the soldiers under your command obey you. Why did you suddenly leave the army?” Gu Qichuan also looked at Zhou Yubai. Under the moonlight, he could clearly see his expression.

“I don’t want to talk about the past anymore.” Zhou Yubai acted as if he didn’t want to talk about it.

“Don’t you want to go back to the army?” Gu Qichuan asked.

“So, you came to Kaoshantun not to go to the countryside, but to be close to me.” Zhou Yubai’s voice became a little colder.

He thought of many possibilities: Maybe Gu Qichuan was ordered to come here to investigate the incident that year, and he came for the truth! So he wanted to get close to him, but he couldn’t find any clues after being here for so long, so he just told him the truth.

There is another possibility, he wanted to find those things, then destroy them, erase that past, and kill himself.

Then take Qingli away.

Zhou Yubai hopes that Gu Qichuan can be the one who helps him uncover the truth, but he will not let anyone know his cards unless he is absolutely sure.

“Zhou Yubai, I thought you were so smart. Do you think you can fake going to the countryside? I have retired from the army and my family arranged a job for me. I came here for Ali.” Gu Qichuan said.

That’s a good excuse.

For Ali.

It coincides with the purpose he expressed when he first arrived.

“I asked you if you wanted to return to the army because I was curious.” Gu Qichuan smiled. He was indeed a little impulsive today. Zhou Yubai was such a smart man that he could detect any abnormality at the slightest sign of trouble.

What’s more, today.

He was nervous.

“I’m curious. The villagers are so afraid of you. Who is so bold as to burn your house? Who would dig up the yard like this? What are they looking for?” Gu Qichuan paused, then lowered his voice, “Could it be that there is some treasure in your house that someone is eyeing?”

Zhou Yubai looked indifferent. He didn’t continue the previous topic and was too lazy to answer Gu Qichuan’s words. Anyway, he had no evidence and was not sure.

To put it bluntly, it’s all speculation.

“I’ll go back and accompany Qingli. If you want to go shopping, just wander around.”

What I mean is, you can look for whatever you want, and I lose whatever you find.

After Zhou Yubai finished speaking, he strode back.

Gu Qichuan looked at his back until he could no longer see him, then he slowly withdrew his gaze, “Zhou Yubai, did you really hide those things?”

In Shen Qingli’s room.

Shen Qingli didn’t sleep. She was lying on the table drawing blueprints. Now she has nothing and has to prepare everything from scratch.

“Why haven’t you slept yet?” Zhou Yubai asked as he walked in.

“I’m drawing the design of our house.” Shen Qingli pulled Zhou Yubai to sit next to her and told him about her plan.

She wanted to build a house with a bathroom inside, with dry and wet areas separated.

Gou Wa and Niu Niu are growing up quickly, and the two kids need to sleep in separate rooms.

A guest room is also required.

Shen Qingli did some calculations and decided to build four rooms.

So many rooms also need to be equipped with bathrooms. She drew detailed plans on where to dig deep wells and designed biogas tanks, which are hygienic, energy-saving and environmentally friendly. At the same time, it also avoids the trouble of crowded toilets.

Zhou Yubai nodded in cooperation. He was willing to give Shen Qingli whatever she wanted.

“Okay, you design it, and I’ll have the people who come to help dig according to your ideas.”

“We have to avoid our tunnel.” Shen Qingli blinked. The secret passage cannot be made public.

The two were talking when a noise was heard outside…