Detective: I, Cao Jianjun, started by arresting my brother-in-law.

He took out his sidearm, inspected it, and loaded it.

Yue Wei's car drove further and further away, and soon it entered the woods.

On the vast, snow-covered road, there were only Cao Jianjun and Yue Wei's cars, so Cao Jianjun dared not drive too fast, for fear of arousing the other party's suspicion.

Tracking is a skill, and if not handled carefully, the case can easily fall into a passive position.

As the night deepened and the car lights needed to be turned on, Cao Jianjun dared not get too close.

Left with no other choice, they had to gradually increase the distance between them.

By the end, Yue Wei's car was no longer visible.

"Brother Cao, have we lost them?"

Xia Jie was getting anxious. She stretched her upper body and looked around.

Cao Jianjun remained silent, also searching for Yue Wei's car, and continued straight ahead along the vast, snow-covered road.

After driving for about twenty minutes, Yue Wei's car finally appeared on the right front, but the headlights were off.

Seeing this scene brought back all of Cao Jianjun's memories.

He knew where Yue Wei had gone, what Yue Wei had done, and the danger he might face tonight.

In the original drama, Chen Xincheng and Li Dawei couldn't find Yue Wei here and came up empty-handed. However, it was right here that the bodies of those girls were buried.

Thinking like this.

The anger in Cao Jianjun's mind was gradually ignited.

The car continued forward until it had completely distanced itself from Yue Wei's car before finally stopping.

After turning off the headlights and engine, Cao Jianjun pulled out his gun and cocked it with a click.

"Xia Jie, wait in the car..."

"No."

"This is an order."

Cao Jianjun wasn't joking at all. His face darkened, and he said seriously, "Look around. There's nothing but woods and snow. What is Yue Wei doing here?"

"Now that we're here, we have to get to the bottom of this, but we can't both go, understand?"

"You stay here and be ready to call the station if there are any problems."

After saying that, Cao Jianjun made a move to get out of the car.

"Brother Cao..."

Xia Jie was also a little flustered, and her breathing became heavy: "No matter what you say, I will never stay in the car."

Cao Jianjun looked at her seriously for a few moments, then stopped arguing, as the mission was the priority at the moment.

The two men got out of the car from either side, each carrying a gun. They tiptoed through the snow toward the black car that Yue Wei had turned off by the roadside.

…………

The vast expanse of white snow reflected in their vision.

When they arrived at Yue Wei's car, Xia Jie stood guard with her gun, while Cao Jianjun went forward to check. Looking through the car window, they saw that there was no one inside.

As the blizzard continued, Yue Wei's missing footprints were also covered up.

no way.

Cao Jianjun could only rely on his memory to carry Xia Jie forward.

The two of them stood there in the dark woods, looking around, every nerve in their bodies taut.

My feet sank into the snow, which felt like soft cotton. I wandered through the woods for who knows how long, step by step, little by little.

Just as Cao Jianjun was starting to doubt whether he had gone the wrong way, he suddenly spotted the shadowy silhouette of a house in the woods directly ahead.

"Brother Cao..."

Almost simultaneously, Xia Jie also noticed that direction.

Cao Jianjun nodded, made a gesture, and, using the visibility of the snowy night, the two of them split up on the left and right, approaching the house in a V-shape.

The surroundings were completely silent, and the two figures slowly approached the house.

Once you get a clearer view, you realize it's just a thatched hut, built like a roof ridge.

Cao Jianjun continued to gesture to Xia Jie, who nodded in understanding and suddenly tightened her grip on the gun, assuming a posture as if she were about to fire at any moment.

Cao Jianjun moved forward and circled around to the opposite side of the thatched hut, only to find it completely empty, with nothing inside.

The thatched hut appears to have been built with pine wood from the forest, likely left behind by hunters who lived in the woods in the past.

It was open on one side and enclosed on the other three sides. Inside, there was an earthen stove, but nothing else.

Most importantly, Yue Wei was nowhere to be seen.

“~Brother Cao…”

Xia Jie followed from behind, and when she saw the thatched hut, she was stunned: "Nobody's here?"

"Be careful."

When Cao Jianjun couldn't find Yue Wei, his first thought was to search for the bodies of the missing girls.

The two walked into the thatched hut, one in front and one behind, one on the left and one on the right.

Using the faint light of the snowy night, he bent over and searched everywhere in the thatched hut.

"what--"

Suddenly, Xia Jie felt her feet go weak, and a hole appeared beneath her feet without warning.

In the blink of an eye, the person disappeared.

"Xia Jie!"

When Cao Jianjun turned around, he only saw a cellar entrance on the ground, about the size of a bucket.

"Xia Jie? Xia Jie?"

Cao Jianjun instantly understood how Yue Wei had hidden the body.

In a panic, Cao Jianjun hurriedly went to the cave entrance and peered inside, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

"Brother Cao! I...I'm here, I'm alright..."

Xia Jie must have been hit pretty hard, because it took a while before the sound came from inside the cellar.

"Don't worry, let me find something and see if I can get you..."

"Ah Gan!"

Before Cao Jianjun could finish his encouraging words, Xia Jie let out another terrified scream, and this time it was continuous.

"Brother Cao... Brother Cao..."

Xia Jie's voice trembled violently, and you could feel the fear that made her scalp tingle from her tone.

"There are so many corpses here...they..."

"Xia Jie, forget about that for now, come up here quickly."

Cao Jianjun grabbed a stick from outside the thatched hut and stretched it into the cellar: "Do you see this stick? Hold onto it, and I'll pull you up."

"No, Brother Cao, I can't reach it."

Cao Jianjun was shocked as soon as Xia Jie finished speaking.

The wooden stick in his hand was at least seven or eight meters long, and Xia Jie actually told herself she couldn't reach it?

98. Xia Jie: Brother Cao, hold me tighter! [1st update, please subscribe]

Xia Jie can't come up.

The cellar was pitch black; apart from the faint sound of Xia Jie's breathing, nothing else could be seen.

Cao Jianjun was somewhat worried. Before coming from Balihe, he had assured the director that he would ensure Xia Jie's safety.

Given the current situation, Cao Jianjun dared not blindly jump into the cellar.

Because he didn't know if Yue Wei was nearby, if he rashly went down into the cellar, and Yue Wei came, today would be the anniversary of his and Xia Jie's death.

"Brother Cao... Brother Cao..."

Just as things were getting anxious, Xia Jie's weak voice came from inside the cellar: "I...I might be injured. My waist is bleeding."

"..."

Cao Jianjun was immediately startled: "Xia Jie, turn on your phone and look at it to see what's going on."

"it is good."

Xia Jie's voice sounded short and weak.

Cao Jianjun lay prone beside the cellar entrance, watching the outside world warily.

Soon, a faint light came from the cellar, but the moment the light was turned on, Xia Jie screamed and dropped her phone in fright.

Although the flashlight had only been turned on briefly, Cao Jianjun had a vague view of the scene inside the cellar.