Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 253 Missing
Wei Qing put down the firewood on her back and pulled Wei Shan, who had fallen into the ditch, up.

"Xiaoshan, are you alright? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Wei Shan pointed to the mud on her pants and shoes and said irritably, "Look, they're all dirty. You help me wash them clean."

Wei Qing agreed in a good-natured manner, while subconsciously glancing up the mountain.

Noticing her nervousness and unease, Wei Shan also looked up at the mountain with curiosity.

"Did you encounter a ghost on the mountain? You're all flustered!"

Wei Qing quickly looked around and, seeing that no one was around, whispered to Wei Shan, "Let's talk about it when we get back."

Wei Shan's interest was piqued, and she went home with her.

When they arrived at Wei Shan's house, Wei Qing did not go in, but instead turned into the old thatched house next door.

Although the two old thatched houses are uninhabitable, they are quite suitable for storing firewood and other miscellaneous items.

After closing the door, Wei Qing quietly told Wei Shan what had happened on the mountain: "When I was chopping wood this afternoon, I saw several strange men hiding things in the cave."

Wei Shan was incredibly curious. "Did you see what they were hiding?"

Wei Qing shook her head, "It's too far away, I can't see clearly."

"What then?"

"They hid on the mountain for a while and then left, so I went down the mountain."

Wei Shan couldn't help but say, "They've all left, why don't you go and see what they've hidden?"

“They’re not from this village, and they don’t look like good people. I’m worried they’ll turn back halfway.”

Wei Shan felt a tickle in her heart, as if paws were on her skin, and asked, "What do you think they're hiding?"

Wei Qing hesitated, then asked, "Didn't the town's grain and oil station get robbed a few days ago, with over two thousand yuan of public funds stolen?"

Wei Shan's eyes shone brighter than light bulbs. "You mean, they're hiding stolen money?"

"I'm just guessing, it could be something else."

Wei Shan was tempted and insisted on taking Wei Qing up the mountain to see it.

If it really is the money that was lost at the grain and oil station, and they manage to get it back without anyone noticing, wouldn't they be rich!

Wei Qing dissuaded Wei Shan, "It's not dark yet. If we go up the mountain, the villagers will see us. When those people come back and can't find the money, they'll definitely suspect us!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Shan hesitated.

These people dared to steal from even grain and oil stations; they must be vicious criminals. She couldn't afford to mess with them.

But I'm really unwilling to give up like this.

"Let's wait until tomorrow. There will be more people going up the mountain, and they won't be able to find us."

Wei Shan thought this was a good idea, and immediately made an appointment with Wei Qing to go up the mountain to chop firewood together the next afternoon.

Winter nights come early and it's cold, so after dinner, Wei Qing and Wei Shan went back to their room and lay in bed.

Wei Shan squeezed next to Wei Qing and whispered, "Hey, where's the cave where they hid their things?"

"On the north slope, we used to play in that cave when we were kids."

There are many caves in the mountains of Lianhua Village, which were dug during the war.

Wei Shan then asked, "Did you see where they hid the things? At the entrance or inside the cave?"

Wei Qing replied, "It's inside the cave, buried in the soil, and covered with dry grass."

Wei Shan was satisfied. "Okay, let's go up the mountain together tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now."

"Ah."

After a while, when she still didn't hear any snoring beside her, Wei Qing silently curled the corners of her lips.

She closed her eyes, waiting quietly like a hunter lurking in the darkness.

It wasn't until midnight, just as Wei Qing was about to fall asleep from exhaustion, that Wei Shan, who was beside her, finally stirred.

"Xiaoqing."

Seeing that Wei Qing didn't move, Wei Shan put on her coat and tiptoed out of the house.

A moment later, Wei Qing also sat up from the bed.

Tonight is the fifteenth of the lunar month. Under the dim moonlight, Wei Shan made her way up the mountain in the dark. Going up the mountain alone in the middle of the night is not an easy task, but the money buried in the cave is like a fatal temptation, driving Wei Shan forward regardless of everything.

More than two thousand yuan! She had never seen so much money in her life.

She could marry into the city with this money and live a very comfortable life.

Obsessed with her get-rich-quick dreams, she didn't notice the dark figure following her.

Finally, they arrived at the cave that Wei Qing had mentioned.

Wei Shan couldn't wait to light the candle and enter the cave by its light.

She hadn't gone far into the cave when she found some dry grass. She happily bent down to part the grass, but then she froze.

There was no money buried under the hay; instead, there was a dark hole in the ground.

Just as she curiously peeked into the hole, she was suddenly pushed from behind and fell into the hole with a scream.

"Buzz!"

A match was struck and lit, illuminating Wei Qing's still-shaken, rapidly breathing face.

Although she had rehearsed tonight's events countless times in her mind beforehand.

But since it was his first time harming someone, he couldn't control his nervousness and fear, and his hand holding the match kept trembling.

"Ah! Who's up there?"

"Help! Help!"

Hearing the shouts coming from the cave, the panic on Wei Qing's face was gradually replaced by a sinister look.

She lit the candles she had hidden in the cave beforehand, then moved two long stone slabs to cover the cave entrance completely.

As the entrance to the cave was covered by a stone slab, Wei Shan's cries instantly became so faint as to be almost inaudible.

Wei Qing then spread all the soil from the hole she had dug next to her onto the stone slab, creating a thick layer. After tamping it down, she sprinkled a layer of dry grass on top of the soil for cover.

After doing all that, she put away the candles and ran out of the cave without looking back, then went down the mountain back to the Wei family.

Before dawn, Wei Qing got up and started cooking breakfast.

After cooking breakfast, she took Wei Shan's dirty clothes from yesterday, along with her own, to the ditch outside to wash them.

After washing the clothes and returning to the Wei family home, I found them already eating breakfast.

"Where is Xiaoshan? Where did she go so early this morning?"

Upon seeing her return, Liu Sufeng inquired about her.

Wei Qing's heart pounded wildly, but she calmly replied, "She went out while I was cooking, without saying where she was going."

Liu Sufeng didn't think much of it; her daughter had been running around a lot lately, and she was used to it.

Seeing that Liu Sufeng didn't press for further questions, Wei Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hung up the washed clothes to dry, and then went into the kitchen to get a bowl to eat.

After finishing her meal and cleaning up the stove, Wei Qing picked up a cleaver and went to the old house next door to chop firewood.

Liu Sufeng was very satisfied with her diligence.

Little did anyone know that Wei Qing was using work to mask her anxiety and fear after harming others.

When Wei Shan didn't come back for lunch, her family didn't think much of it and assumed she had gone to a classmate's or friend's house.

In the afternoon, Wei Qing went up the mountain to chop firewood as usual, and even took a special detour around the north slope.

When she passed by the cave where Wei Shan was "imprisoned," she stopped for a while under the pretense of chopping wood. She didn't hear any noise coming from inside the cave, and only then did she feel relieved.

evening.

When Liu Sufeng returned from outside, she immediately asked about Wei Shan as soon as she entered the room.

Upon learning that her daughter hadn't returned home yet, she ran into the kitchen and asked Wei Qing, who was cooking, "Did Xiao Shan tell you where she went?"

"I didn't say it."

As Wei Shuan and his two sons returned home one after another, they learned that none of them had seen Wei Shan that day, and no one knew where she had gone. Only then did the family begin to worry.

"Where did that brat go? It's getting dark and she's still not home!"

Liu Sufeng was cursing and about to go out to look for someone when Wei Qing called out to stop her.