Chapter 36

In the afternoon at 13:21, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe finished his statement and came out of the police station.

Within one day today, 3 accidental deaths appeared in Gubei Town: Ye Miaozhu, Gu Yunqing, Xie Sining... If Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe hadn't hidden Zhang Yangxu's corpse and replaced his identity, that would be 4 murder cases in 1 day.

In addition, the death states of these 3 people were exactly the same: no external injuries, no internal injuries, and no signs of poisoning, but the death locations were nearly 5 kilometers apart.

This bizarre sudden death, which could not be traced, could not be classified as an accidental death in any case, and was enough to make any forensic doctor feel overwhelmed.

"If there are no accidents, we don't even have to wait for tomorrow's news to come out. Speculations and conspiracy theories about these bizarre murder cases will fill Tieba, forums, and short video platforms before this evening."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe has always been confident in the netizens' ability to eat melons and cut melons.

But on second thought, he felt it might not be so: "But if we wait until tomorrow and still can't see public opinion discussions related to these three murder cases on the internet, and even offline there are no waves... then it will be interesting."

That would mean someone covered up the news at the first opportunity.

There was still some time before 7 PM. Taking advantage of this time, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe simply learned about the specific situation of the land development in Gubei Town:

Gubei Town is a small place, with no pillar industries that can pull up the local economy, and no leading enterprises that can drive employment.

Whether it is heavy industries like coal mining and steel, or cutting-edge technology industries like automobiles and digital, none of them have anything to do with this poor and remote place.

The rare earth mineral deposits in Qinzhou are quite rich, but this stuff belongs to strategic resources and has been banned from development for nearly half a century. Stealing and digging, once discovered, is a heavy sentence starting from 15 years.

After going around in circles, the only advantage of this small town is the unspoiled natural environment and the exquisite landscape of nature's craftsmanship, which is very suitable for developing tourism.

The local government hopes to build a tourism scenic area with a considerable area centered on the 'Xuanhu Waterfall' in the west of Gubei Town to revitalize the sluggish economy of this stagnant pool. The large-scale appropriation has attracted bids from multiple giant real estate development enterprises.

Among all the bidding enterprises, Zhang Yangxu's 'New World' Group and Feng Yushu's husband 'Bai Fugui's' 'New Home' Group have the strongest capital, and they are the two enterprises with the most hope of winning the bid.

In terms of business scope and enterprise scale, New Home is actually larger than New World, and the plans they can provide are also more tempting.

But Zhang Yangxu is a local from Qinzhou, while Bai Fugui is an outsider from Yongzhou. The local government is more inclined to hand over the main order to local enterprises in Qinzhou, which can better drive employment. Precisely because of this, Zhang Yangxu has the capital to compete with Bai Fugui.

... On the surface, that's what is said, but how does that saying go? When fellow villagers meet, their eyes are filled with tears.

Human feelings are one aspect, and business is another. If Zhang Yangxu doesn't appropriately take out some chips and make some concessions, just relying on his identity as a Qinzhou person, it will be difficult to make the person who makes the final decision loosen up at tomorrow's bidding conference.

After all, Yongzhou enterprises are not unable to hire Qinzhou people to work.

The time for this bidding conference is set for 3 PM tomorrow or the day after, and Zhang Yangxu's main itinerary today is to conduct on-site inspections of the geographical situation around Xuanhu Waterfall and to contact and communicate with those few people who can speak.

"Zhang Yangxu is an interesting person. Even with this status, he is still willing to go down to the field for on-site inspection." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was somewhat surprised by this.

But this is just right, he is worrying about how to deal with Zhang Yangxu's corpse.

The temperature in the south in June is very high, and a few hours after a person dies, a bad smell will start to emanate, requiring a lot of air freshener to temporarily suppress it. After an afternoon, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, accompanied by the driver and several locals, walked through several landmark scenic spots around Gubei Town. Many employees of the New World Group arrived earlier than Zhang Yangxu, and Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe just needed to accept the reports they handed in.

After all the scenic spots were inspected, the time had already reached 17:47 PM.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe then dismissed the driver, letting him go to the booked hotel to solve food and accommodation, while he himself, on the grounds of wanting to stroll around the scenic area more, drove up the mountain along the winding mountain road alone.

As a high school senior, he certainly didn't have time to get a driver's license, but Zhang Yangxu did. This person has been a driver for nearly twenty years.

Relying on Zhang Yangxu's seasoned driving skills, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe arrived steadily at the very center of the future scenic area — Xuanhu Waterfall.

Xuanhu, to be precise, should be called Xuanhu (Hanging Lake). It refers to a high-altitude barrier lake in a mountain col west of Gubei Town that is more than ten meters above the ground. The turbulent water flows from the gap and falls, just like someone holding a teapot in the sky and pouring it down with a clatter. Looking from afar, it is spectacular.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe stopped the car on the mountain road more than ten meters away from the shore. After confirming that there was no one around, he opened the trunk, carried Zhang Yangxu's corpse on his back, and walked into the mountain along a small path.

He grew up in this area since he was a child, and he can be said to be extremely familiar with the geography near Xuanhu. Soon, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe found his destination in the deep mountains at dusk: it was a deep cave entrance closed by a barbed wire fence, surrounded by ferns. The sound of murmuring water came from inside, and there was a warning sign with the words 'WARNING!!!' in front of it.

The mountains near Gubei Town are mostly red soil and limestone geology. After being eroded by flowing water for years, it is the so-called Karst landform. Deep underground rivers flow in the dark caves, and the geological fissures and dark sinkholes are thousands of meters deep.

"Throwing Zhang Yangxu's corpse here, no one will be able to find it." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe climbed over the barbed wire fence and skillfully threw the corpse on his back into the cave. A full 7 seconds later, the sound of falling into water came from inside the cave.

After dealing with the corpse, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, who had no more worries, returned to the car and drove down the mountain.

3 murder cases occurred in Gubei Town in one day. Under such circumstances, holding any extravagant and wasteful welcome banquet in the hotel would seem inappropriate. Even if it were held, the people who should come would not be easy to come.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe happily returned to the hotel where he was staying, simply finished dinner, entered his room, and waited quietly with great patience.

Gubei Town is a small place after all, and the best hotel in the town is not that good. If it weren't for business, people like Zhang Yangxu would never stay in such a place.

The time came to 19:24 PM, the sun set in the west, shrouding the small town in the night.

A buzzing vibration came from Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's pocket, and a phone call came in at this time. It is worth mentioning that the vibration did not come from Zhang Yangxu's phone, but from Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's own.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe looked down at the number on the caller ID and answered the phone sitting on the edge of the bed in the hotel room.

Just as the call connected, before Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe had time to speak, an impatient and urgent voice came from the speaker: "Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, are you okay?"

"Thanks for your concern, I'm fine." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe laughed: "Congratulations, Auntie, it seems you also returned alive from there."

Rapid breathing immediately came from the other end of the phone, and Feng Yushu's voice sounded excited and repressed: "Thank you, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, if it weren't for you, I... I wouldn't have been able to return alive at all. I really thank you..."

"If you really want to thank me, give me some valuable gift. What's the use of just saying it?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said casually: "Shall we meet? I have some things I need to understand about your daughter, Bai Zhi."

For example, why does this girl dream of the scene in He Family Village time and time again? (End of chapter)