Chapter 116 — Troubled Qiu Lingshan [Eighth Update, Summoning Monthly Tickets]
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"Cough, cough... Huh?" Gu Mengyao nearly lost her footing and toppled to the ground. Boyfriend? Living together? This Xiao Shu was trying to anger her to death! But there was really nothing Gu Mengyao could do about it. She could only put on a stern face and change the subject: "Xiao Shu, you're a girl—going on about farts and pee, it's so uncivilized. No more of that from now on..."
"Oh, all right, I won't say it anymore." Shen Yushu nodded.
"Good that you won't..." Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Yaoyao, then you don't have any objections—tomorrow I'll tell Xiao Liangzi about Arrow-Brand Bro and you..." Shen Yushu went on to say.
"..." Gu Mengyao wanted to give Shen Yushu a beating. Weren't you just saying you wouldn't say it anymore? Ugh... Now Gu Mengyao understood. What this little minx Shen Yushu meant by not saying it was only that she wouldn't say those uncivilized words anymore. But this matter... still had to be said.
"Xiao Shu, the timing still isn't right. Wei Zhao just transferred here, and we've already acted as if we didn't know him before. If we suddenly say that we... you know, wouldn't it seem a bit fake? Everything needs a gradual process. After a while, when we bring it up, it won't seem so abrupt," Gu Mengyao said.
"Oh, then I'll listen to you, Sister Yaoyao." Shen Yushu nodded. "I don't mind anyway. We agreed you're the first wife—you're the one choosing the man, I'm just a consultant..."
"Xiao Shu!" Gu Mengyao wanted to hammer this girl into the ground. "Why do you keep bringing up that old business? You're not stupid—if I get married, can you really just marry along with me?"
"That's hard to say." Shen Yushu hugged Gu Mengyao. "If I don't want to be separated from you, then we'll just go together..."
"You... I really don't know what to say to you..." Gu Mengyao shook her head, somewhat speechless. The two of them went upstairs hand in hand, and Gu Mengyao instructed General Mighty: "General Mighty, you did well. Keep guarding for us, and don't let that man come up."
"Woof, woof..." General Mighty sounded a little aggrieved. If he wants to come up, could I really stop him...
Qiu Lingshan was deeply troubled. Lü Jieyan was dead, and the trail had suddenly gone cold. Only Lü Jieyan's bald head and physical features were distinctive enough to make him easy to search for; the other subordinates were far more ordinary than Lü Jieyan...
And according to the forensic findings, Lü Jieyan must have died completely off guard, killed by a single shot. The other male corpse, also one of the bank robbers, had likewise died completely off guard, also killed by a single shot.
They had searched carefully for hundreds of miles around, and apart from these two bodies, there were no others. In other words, only two of this gang of kidnappers had died; the others might still be alive.
That was, in a sense, good news. If the whole gang of robbers had died, Qiu Lingshan would have had an even worse headache. Only two dead meant something: either there had been infighting among them, or they had been silenced afterward.
Through an online search, the identity of the other male corpse was also confirmed: Ma Liu, male, twenty-nine years old, an unemployed young man from Niudian Village, Huojia County, Songshan City. He had a poor reputation in the village, a loafer of the idler type who did no honest work.
Early last year he had said he was going to work with someone and left the village, after which his whereabouts became unknown...
Clearly, he had met Lü Jieyan after leaving Niudian Village, so this lead was of little significance...