Lu Ning nodded. He thought that the environment here was good and the transportation was not too blocked. If it was developed properly, it would obviously have great development prospects.

However, Lu Ning remembered that the only project mentioned in the original book was the one they saw yesterday, so this was the one Xie Qingxing bought?

As if seeing what Lu Ning was thinking, Xie Qingxuan smiled and explained, "This is not the same project as the one we saw yesterday. This is the area I want to develop separately."

After saying that, the four of them immediately walked towards the village.

At the same time, Lu Ning's cell phone rang again.

Li Yaoxin probably saw the message Lu Ning sent, so she called again.

"Hello? Lu Ning."

The moment the call was connected, Li Yaoxin's voice came.

"What's the matter?" Lu Ning could clearly hear that Li Yaoxin's voice was trembling, but it was difficult to judge what had happened to Li Yaoxin for the time being.

"Lu Ning, I have something important to hand over to you personally. If it's convenient, can you come and see me?" Li Yaoxin tried her best to make her voice sound calm, but unfortunately her acting skills were not up to standard, and Lu Ning noticed something was wrong almost the moment she opened her mouth.

After a brief thought, Lu Ning decided to follow Li Yaoxin's words and asked, "Where are you now?"

Li Yaoxin: "I am in my hometown, Linshan Village, Linshan County."

Almost at the same time, Lu Ning's eyes swept across the stone tablet in front of the opposite village.

The three big characters "Linshan Village" were clearly written on it in red paint.

Lu Ning: “…” What a coincidence?

"What's wrong?" Xie Qingying glanced at Lu Ning's expression change and walked over.

Lu Ning glanced at the stone tablet opposite and lowered his voice and asked, "Is this village called Linshan Village?"

"Well, is there something wrong?"

"Nothing." Lu Ning shook his head and turned to Li Yaoxin and asked, "Send me your exact location. I should be there soon."

Li Yaoxin heaved a long sigh of relief after hearing that. She hung up the phone and quickly sent her location to Lu Ning.

Lu Ning looked at the location that was only a few hundred meters away from him and fell into deep thought.

There was obviously something wrong with Li Yaoxin. She might not have anything important in her hands, but she would not come to him for no reason.

After coming back to his senses, Lu Ning continued to poke the system, "System, can you try to get a mission?"

[OK host, the system will refresh for you now. ]

Compared to the beginning, the current system is much more cooperative with Lu Ning.

After dozens of seconds, the system actually refreshed a side quest related to Linshan Village.

[Host, please find the people trapped in the village and rescue them within three hours. You will receive three days of life value reward after completing the task. ]

After issuing the task, the system automatically went offline, leaving Lu Ning standing there alone.

Trapped here? Rescue them?

Even though she hadn't even stepped into the village yet, Lu Ning suddenly had the illusion that danger was lurking everywhere.

Why would a good village imprison tourists?

Unless the situation here is special.

Lu Ning was a little curious, but didn't want to take the risk with Xie Qingxing and the others.

But before Lu Ning could think of an excuse, he saw a slightly hunched figure walking towards him in the village.

Someone came to pick them up.

The person who came was the village chief, probably in his fifties or sixties.

He looked at Lu Ning and the others with a smile on his skinny face.

"You are the big boss who said you wanted to buy land before, right?" The old man said with a smile at Xie Qingying, then slowly stretched out his hand.

Xie Qingying shook hands with the other party and then explained his purpose.

The other party was obviously aware of this. After a few simple greetings, he took a few people and walked towards the village.

Lu Ning was extra cautious because he had a mission.

As I walked into the village, I began to pay attention to the movements around me.

Linshan Village is not big, with only dozens of families living here. Looking from the entrance of the village, it seems as if you can see the end at a glance.

The village chief first took Lu Ning and others around the village and gave a brief introduction to the local environment.

Lu Ning's attention was not on these things. She was holding her phone and looking at the distance between herself and Li Yaoxin.

500 meters...400 meters...200 meters...15 meters...

When they were 15 meters away, they stopped moving. Lu Ning was about to check on Li Yaoxin's location when he heard the village chief say, "You must be tired after walking for so long. Why don't you come in and take a rest and drink some water?"

After saying that, the village chief walked forward and pushed open a door.

As the courtyard gate opened, Lu Ning also determined Li Yaoxin's location.

Right in this yard!

Xie Qingxing's original plan was to go back directly after seeing this place, after all, there were other things to deal with next.

However, the old man in front of him was too enthusiastic and it was difficult to refuse for a moment.

"Okay, sorry to bother you then." Xie Qingxing nodded, then looked at Lu Ning behind him.

Lu Ning had been silent from the beginning, and was staring at her phone intently along the way.

Just as Xie Qingxuan was about to ask Lu Ning what she was looking at, he heard the village chief's voice behind him.

"Oh, don't be so polite, come in quickly."

Chi Yu and Secretary Zhao had already walked in, leaving only Xie Qingxing and Lu Ning outside the door.

Just when Xie Qingying was about to speak, Lu Ning, who had been lowering his head, suddenly stepped into the yard.

The yard is not big, and it is filled with things, giving it the atmosphere of a small farmyard.

Lu Ning looked at the location on her phone and found that she was only five meters away from Li Yaoxin.

Five meters away...

Lu Ning subconsciously looked towards the house opposite.

Li Yaoxin's hometown is here. Her family of four returned here a few days ago, but she remembered that the village chief's surname was not Li, so he was probably not a relative of Li Yaoxin's family.

But why did Li Yaoxin invite her to meet here?

Lu Ning couldn't figure it out, so she decided to try sending a message to Li Yaoxin.

But Li Yaoxin did not respond.

Lu Ning glanced at the progress of the task above his head and decided to go in first.

The village chief invited a few people into the house, then went to the kitchen to pour them some water.

Chi Yu and Secretary Zhao stood behind Xie Qingxuan and looked particularly relaxed.

Compared to the two of them, Lu Ning was paying more careful attention to everything in the room.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that there was a strange smell lingering in the room.

Soon, the village chief came in with some brewed tea.

"We don't have anything good to offer you at home, don't be picky." As he said that, the village chief handed one of the cups of tea to Xie Qingxuan.

Xie Qingxing took it and thanked him.

Just as Lu Ning took the cup, her cell phone suddenly vibrated.

Lu Ning looked down at her phone and saw a message from Li Yaoxin.

【Li Yaoxin: Lu Ning, you're here? Where are you? !】

【Lu Ning: Lead the way to the door. I'll wait for you outside.】

[Li Yaoxin: You are not lying to me, how could you come so quickly? ]

[Lu Ning: It’s up to you whether you believe it or not. If you don’t come out, then forget it. I’m not really interested in what you said.]

After Lu Ning sent the message, he subconsciously looked outside the door.

At the same time, there was a loud noise in the yard, and the next second, a woman with loose hair suddenly rushed out from the house next door.

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