Chapter 499

Yan Jiecheng told Wan Ping'an about last night's events.

"What are you letting your imagination run wild for?"

"Where would there be a ghost?"

"By the way, take me to the scene to see if I can find anything."

Wan Ping'an thought of a possibility.

Evidence was needed.

Yan Jiecheng took Wan Ping'an to the location where Jia Zhangshi had her incident; Jia Zhangshi had her incident the day before yesterday, and last night they were lying in ambush not far away.

"Jiecheng, you and I will search separately to see if there are any feathers on the ground."

Wan Ping'an instructed.

The two went, one to the east and one to the west.

Ten minutes later, Wan Ping'an made a discovery; he found a feather in the grass.

Yan Jiecheng also made a discovery; it was a similar feather.

The two feathers could confirm they came from the same species of bird, perhaps even from the same bird.

"Brother Ping'an, do you suspect a bird scared Jia Zhangshi?"

Yan Jiecheng guessed.

Wan Ping'an nodded.

"I heard from the First Elder that the thing that scared Jia Zhangshi was very large; if it really was a bird, it must be a large bird, how could it be silent when flying?"

"Besides, birds all fly during the day, there are none that fly at night."

Yan Jiecheng didn't believe it.

In the fifties, the educational foundation was poor, popular science was even lower, and many people who professionally studied birds didn't even know owls existed.

Wan Ping'an knew.

Owls are not small in size, and because of their special body structure, they are adept at nocturnal activity, and when they fly, they are completely silent.

The two feathers found were also naturally shed by an owl.

"Go back and ask your father if he recognizes an owl."

Wan Ping'an didn't explain.

Yan Jiecheng returned home, and Yan Fugui was frowning.

The three Elders drew lots using three small twigs; whoever drew the shortest one would be the bait, and unfortunately, he won the prize!

Tonight, he had to act as the bait.

"Dad, why are you sighing?"

Yan Jiecheng was very strange.

"It's nothing, why are you only just back, where did you run off to again?"

Yan Fugui shook his head.

"Dad, do you know a bird called an owl?"

Yan Jiecheng didn't answer Yan Fugui's question.

"An owl?"

Yan Fugui was stunned, then slapped his thigh.

"Right, that's it, an owl."

"Why didn't I think of that?"

"An owl is a very special bird that specializes in nocturnal activity, and it is silent when it flies."

"The thing that scared Jia Zhangshi wasn't someone playing a prank, it must have been an owl."

Yan Fugui reacted.

"Dad, what exactly is a cat-head-eagle?"

"How come I've never heard of it?"

Yan Jiecheng, you know too, there really is a bird called an owl.

"You haven't heard of it, that's 1.7."

"Right, go tell Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, there's no ghost at all, it's just an owl."

Yan Fugui went out excitedly.

Just as he walked out the door, he stopped, hesitated for a moment, and turned back home.

"When drawing lots, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong must have cheated; they pitted me against myself to be the bait!"

"I'll pit them against themselves too!"

"I know it's an owl, I'm not afraid, but they don't know, they must be afraid, let them continue to panic!"

Yan Fugui had a grudge.

"Jiecheng, how did you know about owls?"

Yan Fugui was very strange.

"Brother Ping'an told me; I told him about Jia Zhangshi encountering a ghost, and he took me to the scene, and we found two feathers."

"He said it was an owl and told me to come back and ask you."

Yan Jiecheng didn't hide anything.

Wan Ping'an didn't ask him to keep it a secret.

"Jiecheng, go find Ping'an and say I want to pit Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, and ask him not to reveal the owl matter to anyone else."

Yan Fugui wasn't worried about Wan Ping'an spilling the beans.

Wan Ping'an's character was reliable.

And he had a grudge against Yi Zhonghai.

Wan Ping'an heard Yan Fugui's plan from Yan Jiecheng's mouth and naturally agreed.

"At night, they're going to catch the ghost-maker; should I step in and add a program for them?"

Yi Zhonghai had a grudge against him.

Liu Haizhong was also cooperating with Yi Zhonghai to deal with him.

That night.

Yan Fugui brought Yan Jiecheng, Liu Haizhong brought Liu Guangqi, and Yi Zhonghai, plus an extra Jia Dongxu; the six of them set off together.

"Wait, making me the bait, the risk is too high, it's easy to have an accident, you must compensate me!"

"First Elder, Second Elder, each of you give me fifty cents."

"Otherwise, I'm not doing it."

Walking to the courtyard gate, Yan Fugui stopped and turned to face Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong pitted him against himself, he couldn't just obediently go be the bait!