After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 112, Episode 0116: Leng Xing Shu

Zhao Quan led Lin Yuexi and Xu Shan through the farm, winding their way further and further away from the main route. Whenever they encountered someone asking questions, Zhao Quan simply brushed them off.

This guy is a real talent; he rattles off a bunch of things, but if you think about it carefully, he hasn't said anything at all.

Arriving at the entrance of a small alley, Zhao Quan stopped at the intersection and pointed into the alley, saying, "I'll wait for you here."

Without saying much, the two nodded their thanks to Zhao Quan and disappeared into the alley.

The feeling of being in prison is very strong here. Once you come in, you only have one feeling - oppression!
The alley was very narrow, with two neat rows of small houses on either side. These were all mud houses with thatched roofs, each about ten square meters in size, and the doors were just straw curtains, without even a lock.

There was no one in the alley, only occasional sounds coming from the houses on both sides—suppressed coughs, low moans, or hushed conversations. The two didn't linger and followed Zhao Quan's advice to the very end of the alley.

Xu Shan stopped Lin Yuexi, carefully stepped forward, lifted the curtain slightly to look inside, and after a few moments, turned and nodded to Lin Yuexi.

Lin Yuexi took a deep breath, swallowed another pill, and then stepped forward to lift the curtain and go inside.

Xu Shan followed closely behind, put down what he was carrying and put on his back, and quickly went outside to keep watch.

Inside the room was only a heated kang bed, one meter wide and two meters long. At the corner of the kang bed was a small table with a missing corner for standing on. On the table was a bowl with a missing corner, which matched the table perfectly. In the bowl was a half-eaten sweet potato, only the size of Lin Yuexi's palm.

There's nothing else.

Beneath the patched quilt on the heated kang, a figure, still appearing thin and small from the quilt's surface, was curled up.

"Big brother."

Lin Yuexi, her eyes stinging, took a few steps forward and gently lifted the blanket with trembling hands.

Then:"……!!!"

"Crack~"

She slapped the blanket without hesitation, "You scared me to death! Why didn't you react when you heard the sound? I thought something had happened to you."

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I hope you weren't scared. I thought it was the third brother."

Leng Xingshu, who had almost rolled her eyes so hard that only the whites of her eyes were visible, quickly got up to comfort her younger sister.

Ever since Zhao Hua was taken away, he knew that someone from his family would come looking for him sooner or later, and he was always waiting. He just thought it would be the third brother, who was strong and the least noticeable, but who knew it would be his weak little sister.

Lin Yuexi was indeed a little frightened. The environment here was too terrible, and knowing that someone was deliberately making things difficult for her older brother at the farm, she really thought something had happened to him.

However, now is not the time to dwell on these things. There are many informants on the farm, and they don't have much time.

"It's alright, I wasn't scared. Brother, do you really have something deadly in your hands?"

Leng Xingshu's face immediately darkened. Although he knew that his sister's question meant someone was guarding outside, he still instinctively glanced warily at the curtain before speaking in a whisper:

"I did know some things I shouldn't have known, and I took something I shouldn't have taken."

“One night I went out for dinner too late, it was almost midnight and there was no one on the road. As I was passing a lake, I overheard the deputy leader of the second-generation computer research and development team and a team leader of the field team talking furtively.” People who do scientific research are relatively sensitive to this kind of thing. Leng Xingshu instinctively felt something was wrong. People who are too focused on knowledge often lack common sense in their daily actions. He got a headache and hid to eavesdrop.

"I heard the deputy team leader tell the squad leader that the plan was a success and that they should be ready to take action at any time."

Who wouldn't think there's something wrong with what they said?
Then he saw the squad leader hand a small notebook, about the size of a palm, to the deputy squad leader. The two were very cautious and didn't say much, but judging from their demeanor, Leng Xingshu guessed that the notebook must be quite important. After the two parted ways, he went to follow the deputy squad leader.

It's hard to say whether Leng Xingshu was lucky or unlucky. The deputy group leader probably had an upset stomach from something he ate for dinner. After entering the dormitory building, he rushed to the public toilet and actually dropped his notebook there.

Leng Xingshu didn't dare follow him into the dormitory building. He also happened to need to use the restroom and found the notebook there.

Lin Yuexi: "...Didn't you ever consider that this might be a trap?"

Leng Xingshu didn't dare to look at his sister's face for a moment. It was so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing. Every time he thought back to that time, he felt ashamed of his behavior.

But sometimes things really do happen by chance. The deputy team leader wasn't actually in cahoots with anyone to set a trap for Leng Xingshu; it was just that the deputy team leader himself had no experience.

Compared to that deputy team leader, Leng Xingshu was even more foolish.

The deputy team leader was naturally terrified to lose something that could wipe out his entire family. He immediately went to investigate who had passed through the area he had been to at that time. And then, Leng Xingshu, who had made no attempt to conceal his whereabouts, immediately showed himself.

"What's inside that notebook?"

Leng Xingshu shrugged helplessly and shook his head. "If I knew, would I be here?"

On the surface, it looks like a blank notebook.

Leng Xingshu didn't believe that the squad leader would have given the deputy leader a truly blank notebook under those circumstances; it must have been through special means that the contents could be revealed.

But because it was so easy to find, he didn't value the notebook at first.

There was no evidence yet; he had only heard a vague, hearsay story. So Leng Xingshu didn't immediately tell anyone about it. He wanted to find an opportunity to try and see if he could reveal the contents of the notebook before reporting it to his superiors.

Well, Lin Yuexi remained silent with a blank face, which already conveyed her opinion.

It can't be said that Leng Xingshu's actions were completely foolish. After all, the process of getting the notebook was so hasty that it was almost the same as when it was handed to him, making it hard to believe that the notebook was really important.

But there could have been a better way to solve this problem.

Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it now. "You still have the notebook?"

Leng Xingshu leaned close to Lin Yuexi's ear, and after a moment the two heads separated, both of them maintaining a perfectly composed expression.

Lin Yuexi pulled on her back and started taking things out. "Xiao Zhaohua is here with me and Third Brother. It's been too cold lately and the roads are difficult to travel, so I didn't bring him to see you. He's gotten used to life in the village and has made a few friends. Before the Lunar New Year, he used the sugar cakes that Ren Yan made to exchange for a lot of frozen pears from his friends."

Upon hearing the news about his son, Leng Xingshu finally managed a smile on his pale and thin face. However, when he saw what Lin Yuexi had taken out, his smile vanished immediately.

"Why did you bring so many nice things? Are you struggling to make ends meet at home?"

This cured meat must weigh five or six pounds, and this bag of ice cream weighs one pound, two 10-pound bags of rice, White Rabbit milk candy, brown sugar, rice cake, oh my, what is this? Is this honey?
"No, you take these back with you. Not only can I not eat all of them, but it's also difficult for me to hide them!"