When Ren Xiaosu learned that the old man was here to investigate the disappearance of the Li Consortium's officers, he immediately became vigilant. However, he did not show it on the surface.
As Ren Xiaosu sat by the campfire, a student next to him handed him a roasted chicken drumstick.
The old man said to Ren Xiaosu with a smile as he ate, "Young people these days don't pay much attention to their stomachs. When you get to my age, you'll understand that it's a blessing to be able to eat."
"You're right." Ren Xiaosu glanced at the old man. It definitely did not make sense for him to have diarrhea for six hours. He had been praising Chen Wudi for his adaptability, but now that he thought about it, he realized he had been overthinking things.
Since Chen Wudi said he had diarrhea for six hours, it meant the old man had been here for six hours.
However, the old man did not ask him where he had been. He just used the excuse of having diarrhea as an excuse. It was as though he did not intend to pursue the matter further.
Ren Xiaosu did not believe that a person in charge of investigating a case could ignore such a simple matter of common sense. The old man was just pretending to be ignorant.
"Did you find any clues on your investigation this time?" Ren Xiaosu said nonchalantly.
"I said I was here to investigate, but what does the disappearance of the Li Consortium's people have anything to do with me?" The old man said with a smile, "I'm already so old, yet they still want me to come out and work in such weather? Is this something a human should do?"
Ren Xiaosu sized up the old man's appearance. "How old are you?"
"I'm 73 this year." The old man said with a smile, "I haven't properly introduced myself yet. Hello, everyone. My name is Nonsense."
Everyone looked at one another. This name sounded very strange. However, Ren Xiaosu was more concerned about the fact that the old man's surname was not Li.
In this place, anyone with the surname Li was worthy of Ren Xiaosu's attention. So far, other than Li Qingzheng, the Wolf King of Mount Kun, all the people Ren Xiaosu had encountered with the surname Li were basically middle and high-ranking officers in the consortiums.
"Why did you take on this case?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"I didn't want to take it either." Nonsense scratched his head with his pinky and said with a smile, "But the Li Consortium gave me an order that they wouldn't pay me if I didn't come to investigate this case. So, I had no choice but to come here and deal with it. But I didn't expect that I would be able to eat so much game at your outpost. I've really profited. "
Ren Xiaosu felt that this matter was not as simple as the other party said. A 73-year-old old man coming here, how could he be an ordinary person?
Moreover, there must be a reason why the Li family asked him to come out when there was a problem here.
However, at that moment, Nonsense stood up and patted the dust off his pants. "Alright, I'm full."
Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, "How many outposts did you visit today?"
Hu Shuo smiled. "It's just you guys."
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu felt that the other party had probably discovered some clues, which was why he had come directly to their outpost. In an instant, Ren Xiaosu started hesitating about whether he should ask the other party to stay.
But Nonsense suddenly said, "Um … which room should I stay in?"
Everyone was stumped by this question. Ren Xiaosu was still thinking of asking the other party to stay, but he did not expect the other party would actually decide to stay here.
Next to him, Li Qingzheng said with a smile, "We'll clean up a room for you right away."
There were seven bungalows in the outpost, and one of them was originally used as a storage room. However, there were not many things stored inside. Now that Nonsense had said he wanted to stay the night, as the platoon commander, Li Qingzheng was also willing to strike up a relationship with an old man who was suspected to be an important figure.
Most of the refugees instinctively felt that their lives would be better if they could strike up a relationship with the important figures in the stronghold. They were superstitious about such relationships.
However, this made things a little difficult for Ren Xiaosu. He decided to wait and see for now. It would not be too late to decide what to do after he determined the old man's motives.
Ren Xiaosu felt that Nonsense had clearly found some clues, but he could not understand why the other party had the confidence to stay the night here.
However, something that surprised Ren Xiaosu even more happened. Nonsense did not intend to stay the night here. Instead … he was not leaving!
The next morning, the Wolf King delivered a large pile of pheasants to the outpost as promised. These pheasants were piled up at the entrance of the outpost.
But this strange scene did not elicit any questions from Nonsense. He acted as though nothing had happened and only praised this place for being a good place to eat meat.
Ren Xiaosu observed the other party's expression. Even though everyone knew something was amiss, Nonsense did not even ask about it. He just continued practicing Taiji Fist at the entrance of the outpost. After he was done, he got Li Qingzheng and the others to cook dinner and said he wanted to eat more meat.
As a result, everyone started barbecuing meat early in the morning. Ren Xiaosu felt like he was covered in the smell of barbecued meat.
"Aren't you going to ask where this prey came from?" Ren Xiaosu asked as he ate the meat.
Nonsense said with a smile, "It's good enough as long as there's food. Why would I care where it came from? It can't have been brought here by a wolf, right? "
Ren Xiaosu was speechless. He was getting more and more confused about Nonsense's intentions.
On the morning of the third day, Nonsense woke up and practiced Taiji Fist as usual. After that, he got everyone to cook dinner.
The only difference was that another truck had arrived at the foot of the mountain. However, the soldiers who came this time were a little special. They actually brought along daily necessities like bedding and teapots. They also helped Nonsense clean up the house.
To Ren Xiaosu's surprise, he realized that Nonsense seemed to be planning to stay here for a long time.
While the soldiers were cleaning up the house, Ren Xiaosu observed carefully to see if Nonsense had told the soldiers anything strange. For example, he hinted that the other party would bring a large number of soldiers to encircle this outpost. However, he did not do so.
On the other hand, when the soldiers reported to Nonsense, Nonsense did not hide anything from Ren Xiaosu and the others. The soldier's report was also related to Ren Xiaosu. An outpost on another small hill had been attacked by a pack of wolves. Wolf blood and fur were found there, and the army had placed a high priority on this matter. They were planning to send troops to wipe out the wolves in the mountain.
Ren Xiaosu observed Nonsense's reaction, but Nonsense only smiled and said, "The wolves have nothing to do with our case. Don't get involved in such matters."
From the beginning to the end, it was as if the other party had not thought of anything related to the pheasants at the outpost's entrance.
But Ren Xiaosu knew very well that the other party was just playing dumb.
At this moment, Li Qingzheng whispered to Ren Xiaosu, "The officer who delivered the things to this old man is a senior colonel!"
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment. What kind of rank did he have in the Li Consortium to be able to order around someone of a senior colonel's rank?
After that, no one else came to the outpost. And Nonsense stayed there for a week. Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt that the other party might be planning to spend the Spring Festival with them.
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