Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: The Net Should Close Soon

The two agreed that Yunyi would find time to visit her dormitory tomorrow at noon.

After that, the others didn’t linger much longer, especially since Comrade Huo had finally managed to find time to visit his fiancée; it wouldn’t be right for them to intrude.

Once everyone was gone, Huo Jingrui finally pulled Yunyi into the room and shared his thoughts with her: ”Yi’er, Elder Yuan and his grandson have returned to Beijing, have you considered working with me at the county?”

Yunyi took the cup he handed her: ”Your task is not yet completed; I’m afraid I can’t leave now, right?”

After all, his excuse for being here was to visit his fiancée. If she left, he’d need to come up with another reason to return.

Huo Jingrui pulled her into his arms: ”If the news is reliable this time, I believe those people will be brought to justice soon.”

Yunyi thought so too; now that those people were under police surveillance, it shouldn’t be long before they can round them up.

After staying close for a while, Huo Jingrui finally said, ”You rest early; I’ll go discuss matters with Chief Qiao and others. Tomorrow morning, I’ll bring you wontons; you sleep in a bit.”

Huo Jingrui left Yunyi’s place and headed straight to the field office.

Qiao Shaoguo was already waiting there: ”You’re here, sit down.”

Huo Jingrui pulled out a chair and sat: ”Where are they?”

Qiao Shaoguo poured Huo Jingrui a cup of water: ”In the afternoon, someone from the forestry office came and said they saw those people’s movements.

Deputy Chief Geng took people over to follow them, but they haven’t returned yet. Captain Song, worried about unexpected events tonight, went to arrange patrols, he should be back soon.”

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard, and it was Deputy Chief Geng who came in, not Captain Song.

Seeing him return, Qiao Shaoguo directly stood up: ”How did it go? Did everyone make it back safely?”

Deputy Chief Geng didn’t respond, instead, he quickly rushed to the table, not caring whose cup was on it, he picked it up and gulped it down.

One cup wasn’t enough, he grabbed Huo Jingrui’s too and downed it in a few gulps.

Qiao Shaoguo turned around and brought over the thermos: ”Want more?”

Deputy Chief Geng wasn’t polite: ”Give me another cup, damn it, I was so thirsty.”

Fortunately, the water in the thermos wasn’t too hot; otherwise, there would have been nothing he could do.

After yet another cup, Deputy Chief Geng finally paused, even burping.

Just as he was about to speak, Captain Song walked in: ”Old Geng, you’re back?”

He said, pulling a chair out to sit.

Huo Jingrui looked at Deputy Chief Geng: ”Tell us, what’s the situation over there?”

Deputy Chief Geng cleared his throat: ”After we went over, we followed the forestry office staff into the deep forest. Surprisingly, those people were quite alert, circling back and forth in the woods.

Thankfully, we hid well and didn’t dare follow too closely, which is why they felt secure enough to head towards Jiguan Mountain.”

Upon hearing Jiguan Mountain, Huo Jingrui suspected that those people were after the item Zhang Dali mentioned, hidden in the cave.

Deputy Chief Geng continued, ”Fog settled in the mountains, causing them to lose their way. In the end, they circled back to Linyang, probably exhausted. They didn’t head into the mountains and instead went towards the town.

From what they said, they plan to enter the mountains again in the next few days. The forestry office has already sent people to follow them, so I brought our team back.”