Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

To say that Lu Weiguo could handle local thugs and hooligans is an understatement.

There are also ways to deal with those corrupt officials.

But when faced with a pitiful woman who had lost her child, he really had no way to help her.

Besides, he was originally tricked into coming here by the legendary "Deputy Secretary Zhao" and Lao Liu.

As soon as the woman started wailing, Lu Weiguo spread his hands, took a step back, and stood directly behind Old Liu.

But it was just this one step.

The woman who had been sitting on the ground crying and squinting to observe the situation immediately stopped making a fuss.

wrong!

Something's wrong with this young man; officials usually react differently when they see this.

They'll definitely panic and rush over to comfort them.

Of course, she did this not to throw a tantrum, but to make these officials take it seriously.

Losing a child is very common these days.

If officials don't take it seriously, it might take three to five years, let alone three to five days, to find them.

A child from her village has been missing for five or six years. His family has given up, and there has been no news of the child.

She said at the time that the neighbor was too honest and didn't know how to cause trouble in the territory of an official.

Now she's in this mess too.

He panicked immediately.

After the woman's outburst, the entire office finally quieted down.

Old Liu saw this as a good opportunity; finally, someone would listen to him.

He clapped his hands twice, attracting everyone's attention.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Fellow villagers, we take this case very seriously, which is why we specially invited expert Lu Weiguo here!"

Don't let his youth fool you; he's a hunter even recognized by the border guards. Everyone's children are missing, and I'm sure you're all very worried.

"But making a scene won't solve anything. Tell Weiguo about your situation."

Old Liu speaks with great finesse.

Although he knew what Lu Weiguo was capable of, since he was specifically called over by Secretary Zhao, he must have special skills that ordinary people could not match.

And this can be considered a lifeline.

There was some commotion on his side, but over at the county committee compound, things were in a terrible state.

"I'll go first! I'll go first!"

"I said, I'll come, my child has been missing for a long time!"

"Your child has been missing for so long, they'll never be found again. My child just went missing..."

As soon as Lao Liu finished speaking, the parents inside the room became chaotic again.

"Cough cough cough!"

Lu Weiguo sighed, realizing that there was no way to avoid this matter.

Moreover, he also harbored hatred towards human traffickers.

He coughed forcefully a few times, then shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Dear parents! Time is of the essence! If you continue to make a scene like this, you are endangering your child's safety. Do you still want to find your child?!"

Let's start with you, one by one!

Lu Weiguo pointed to the parents who were wearing glasses.

They both look like cultured people, and their rules are relatively clearer.

He spoke first, and those who followed suit followed suit, no longer wasting time on words.

After Lu Weiguo shouted that, everyone immediately quieted down.

The bespectacled couple looked at Lu Weiguo with gratitude and squeezed through the crowd to come over.

"Time, place, name, age, height, what were you wearing before you went missing, any distinctive features of your clothes, did you encounter any unusual circumstances or see any unusual people before you went missing!"

That couple truly lived up to their reputation as learned people.

Answer each question in the order Lu Weiguo gave.

But at the very end, after glancing at Old Liu, he said, "I'm not superstitious. We raise chickens at home. The day before my child went missing, a weasel came into the henhouse. My child was young and didn't understand, so he threw stones at the weasel. Then that night, my child disappeared."

I initially thought the child had gone off to play somewhere, but they haven't returned even though it's completely dark.

"Were there any strangers appearing near your home during that period?"

Lu Weiguo sighed and continued to ask.

To be honest, the first thing he asked these parents to do was to mention the weasel.

After all, the two of them looked like cultured people; how could they believe in such a thing?

Unexpectedly, it really happened by sheer coincidence.

"Yes! Weasels! It's all those hunters' fault!! They killed so many weasels!"

"They beat them too badly; the weasels had no food and that's why they came down the mountain!! It's all their fault!"

"I even dreamt of a weasel, but I didn't pay any attention to it. The day after I took the child, he was gone!"

"..."

The moment the weasel was mentioned, the people inside started talking about it again.

"Cough cough cough!" Lu Weiguo coughed again, which finally quieted everyone down.

What weasel? As a staunch materialist!

There are definitely human traffickers involved.

"Strangers? No, we don't encounter any strangers on the way to work, teaching, or picking up our children."

Even if you don't know them personally, you've seen them before or have a vague impression of them.

The man with glasses recalled for a moment and then said.

"So...all of you who lost your children are here, the people who were searching with you. Is there anyone you don't recognize?"

After listening to the schoolteacher's description, Lu Weiguo asked the questions that had been bothering him.

If someone did this intentionally, they will definitely come back to investigate.

Although these people were only gathered together temporarily, judging from what Lao Liu said, they had been making a scene at the county committee gate for many days.

Everyone in the surrounding villages knows about this.

This group of people can at least become familiar faces.

If a stranger appears, dressed differently from a villager, they will definitely remember him.

"Don't you recognize me?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was lost in memories.

"no."

"Just the few of us."

"There are quite a few onlookers, does this count?"

After all, it concerns their own children, so everyone discussed the matter very carefully.

Have they already run away?

Lu Weiguo suddenly sensed something was wrong.

However, recently, due to hunting, strict investigations within the county committee, and involvement from border defense and forestry departments, the situation has become more serious.

The checks at key entrances and exits of the station are exceptionally strict.

Adults need a letter of introduction to enter and exit.

With so many children around, even the most clueless people checking the area couldn't possibly miss something amiss.

"Yes! I think I remember someone."

At this time.

"That's what the woman with glasses said."

"I remember, a while ago, a few beggars started appearing near our child's school."

The school we attended was a school for employees' children; they were all colleagues' children. We even talked about it, thinking about how dirty beggars' clothes were, and how we shouldn't let our children get close to them.

The woman felt a little embarrassed to say it, after all, she was an educator and looked down on those living at the bottom of society.

This doesn't match her status.

"Hey! Tell me in detail."

At this point, no one cared about her character anymore; everyone was listening intently to what was happening.

"I remember, those two people were dressed in tattered clothes, kneeling on the ground in the dead of winter. One had no legs, and the other had messy hair and was sitting on a wooden tool with a rattling mechanism."

Holding two stones in his hands, he used them to move forward; he looked so pitiful, which is why I remember him so vividly.