The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

However, in the weather in July and August, the roadsides are overgrown with weeds, and the children run into the woods when going to and from school, so any traces would have been wiped out long ago.

The five people walked from one end of the forest to the other, but found no other traces. Zhu Xiaomin asked, "Did Jin Tangsong and the others find something before they continued their pursuit, or did they follow our analysis?"

Bai Guihua said: "I asked them to search for clues on both sides. If they can't find any, they should search both sides. But we only saw a mark on one side, so they should have left on that side."

Does that mean we have found a clue?

Zhu Xiaomin cheered up: "Let's follow them."

Bai Guihua shook her head: "If we go out from here, we will go down to the valley. You guys go to the school and wait for me. I can catch up with them myself."

Xie Chengzhi also said: "Yes, Xiaomin, we can't keep up with their speed."

Although he has lived in this mountain for many years, he can never compare with these young men from the Jin family who have been climbing up and down the dangerous mountains and cliffs since childhood.

Zhu Xiaomin was silent for a moment and could only nod.

Watching Bai Guihua carrying the axe into the woods, the four of them walked up the hill from the other side towards the school.

It was less than five in the afternoon and the children had not finished school yet. The four of them stopped at the gate of the educated youth center and looked at each other. Chen Xudong whispered, "The children are having classes in the backyard now. There is no one at the gate of the educated youth center. If someone passes by here, no one will see it."

Xie Chengzhi immediately said: "Let's go to the back and take a look."

Zhu Xiaomin and Huang Xiaojuan were also cheered up. The four of them walked quickly back, passed through the school gate, and went around the back of the school.

On the back wall, you can still vaguely see the green grass painted by the educated youth and the poems written by Luo Tingyuan.

Zhu Xiaomin's eyes fell on the hillside on the other side and whispered, "Going up from that side, you can go directly to the ranger's cabin."

Xie Chengzhi shook his head: "After the base was built, the ranger's hut was half abandoned, but people went to the base every day, so they wouldn't hide anyone there."

Chen Xudong said, "The natural forest behind the ranger's cabin is very large, and most of the trees are hundreds of years old, blocking out the sun and sky. It's easy to hide someone there."

Huang Xiaojuan nodded immediately after hearing this: "I heard that the ranger's hut was built over there to protect the forest over there."

Zhu Xiaomin whispered, "Let's go and take a look!" and ran towards the hillside.

Go up the mountain road and around the ridge on one side, you will see the ranger's hut.

The four of them involuntarily slowed down their pace, gestured, and stopped walking on the road. Instead, they entered the cornfield next to them and took a detour to sneak behind the ranger's cabin.

Zhu Xiaomin was very familiar with this road. It was the road she took when she was just reborn and escaped from the ranger's hut, avoiding Nie Yifei and his group. So it was easy for her to find the back of the ranger's hut.

Chen Xudong asked the three to stop first, and he quietly walked around and took a look at the ranger's hut. After making sure that there was no one there, he waved to the three to pass.

Before Zhu Xiaomin encountered Qian Tuzi, the broken wooden door had been repaired, the room was still furnished as before, there was water in the jar, and there was not much dust on the kang, so it was obvious that someone had been there recently.

Huang Xiaojuan said: "There used to be fewer people coming here, but recently because the fruits on the mountain are ripe and this place is close, people are coming again."

Several people could not see anything unusual in the ranger's hut and were about to go out. When they turned around, Zhu Xiaomin saw that in a corner of the ground next to the kang, there were fresh spots on the mud on the wall. He exclaimed "Huh" and went to take a look.

"What?" The three people followed her and saw her squatting down to touch the wall there. They saw that the spots were in lines that matched her fingers.

Huang Xiaojuan was surprised: "I dug it out with my fingers."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Not only was it dug out by fingers, but it was also dug out recently." As she spoke, she pointed to the dirt that had fallen on the ground.

Huang Xiaojuan clenched her fists nervously: "Yes...it's my aunt..."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "It is possible that Director Huang was detained here before, and then she was taken away because this place is too close to the base."

Xie Chengzhi was puzzled: "But why did those people from the Jin family chase into the woods right below?"

Zhu Xiaomin couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he thought for a while and said, "Since we have found traces here, we have to look for them again. However, there is such a large forest behind us that I am afraid we can't do it with just a few people." After a pause, he said to Huang Xiaojuan, "We will be done soon. Go back and quietly ask Xia Lao San to transfer some people here."

Huang Xiaojuan nodded, turned and left.

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly instructed: "Go back by the main road."

The trail is not safe.

Huang Xiaojuan understood and ran away quickly.

Zhu Xiaomin then said to Chen Xudong: "When you go to the base, just say you are back to check and see if Qian Zhuzi is there. Try to find out what he has to say."

Xie Chengzhi asked: "Aren't you going together?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "What if Qian Zhuzi is also involved in this matter? If the three of us go, won't we be caught in one fell swoop? If Xudong doesn't come back in half an hour, we can go there quietly."

The two nodded, and Chen Xudong also went out towards the base.

Zhu Xiaomin and Xie Chengzhi did not stay in the ranger's hut either. They came out quietly and went back into the cornfield. When they reached a place where they could see what was happening outside, they slowly sat down and waited.

Half an hour later, the sky gradually darkened and the whistle for the end of work could be heard from afar on the slope.

Chen Xudong hadn't come back yet, and Xie Chengzhi gradually became a little uneasy. He asked in a low voice: "Is there anything wrong? Let's go and take a look."

"Wait a little longer." Zhu Xiaomin stopped him, "The people working in the base are about to come out, and we'll just run into them if we go now."

Xie Chengzhi had no choice but to sit down again.

After a while, I saw some people coming out of the base, talking and laughing, passing by on the road nearby, and walking towards the brigade headquarters.

The people at the base have gone off work!

The two of them held their breath and concentrated, sitting still.

After a while, Chen Xudong came out with Qian Zhuzi, still saying something. He just glanced at the ranger's hut and walked along the main road, just like all the people who were leaving work.

Zhu Xiaomin and Xie Chengzhi looked at each other silently, feeling a little relieved, but they could only sit there.

After about ten minutes, finally, a slight rustling sound was heard in the cornfield. It moved and stopped, and it was coming here, but it had deviated a little in the direction.

Finally, the footsteps stopped, and Chen Xudong's voice whispered: "Xiaomin, Chengzhi..."

Zhu Xiaomin reached out and shook the corn stalks in front of her. Chen Xudong quickly came over, squatted beside the two of them, and whispered, "Qian Zhuzi only knew that the girl wanted to cancel the engagement. He said that Second Aunt Qian invited many people to persuade her, and also said that the girl's family had not come over in the past two days, so there might be a chance for a turnaround."

These two days again!

Zhu Xiaomin frowned, glanced at the ranger's hut, and asked in a low voice: "Did Qian Zhuzi tell us what he thought about this matter?"

Chen Xudong shook his head: "He said he was busy at the base. We met once before, and then got engaged. When he went to the county to deliver eggs, he tore off a piece of floral cloth to give to the girl, and drank a bowl of water at her home."