amaotonovel Chapter 229 looks a bit like a smokescreen.
Chapter 229 looks a bit like a smokescreen.
Su Niannian only felt relieved after seeing Gu Nan and hugging him.
She let Gu Nan hold her.
After Gu Nan picked up Su Niannian, he walked to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and carefully placed her on it.
He leaned forward.
"What? Are you so worried about me?" Gu Nan's deep voice came into Su Niannian's ear.
Because they were so close, Gu Nan's warm breath as he spoke reached Su Niannian's ears.
"Nonsense!" Su Niannian turned her head away, looking somewhat shy.
“You kept saying you wanted me to go back to the army, but once I get back, the things I’ll encounter will be ten times, a hundred times more dangerous than tonight.” Gu Nan’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and his words fell into Su Niannian’s ears, one by one.
Yes, after Gu Nan returns to the army, he will encounter many, many dangerous things.
Su Niannian became somewhat worried because of Gu Nan's words.
"You'll take good care of yourself, right?" Su Niannian wrapped her arms around Gu Nan's neck and asked him with a serious expression.
Su Niannian's eyes were fixed on Gu Nan's eyes.
By the dim candlelight, Gu Nan gave Su Niannian a deep kiss on the lips.
"Yes." Gu Nan's voice was firm and confident, which made Su Niannian feel extremely at ease.
Su Niannian tightened her arms, and Gu Nan lost his support, falling onto Su Niannian.
"Gu Nan, you are really, really, really important to me. Please take good care of yourself when you're out there, okay?"
"I love you so much. If you die this time, I don't want to live either." As Su Niannian spoke, she felt a lump in her throat, and tears silently slid down her cheeks.
Gu Nan propped himself up, looked into Su Niannian's eyes, and carefully wiped away her tears.
He knew that Su Niannian loved him very much, and he loved Su Niannian in the same way, but what did she mean by saying... "If this time... you die..."?
"Silly girl, don't cry. And why did you say that if I die this time, you won't live either?"
"Could it be that there was a time when I died last time?" Gu Nan thought for a moment and said jokingly.
Upon hearing this, Su Niannian's tears continued to flow.
What happened last time? You have no idea how I survived those thirty-seven years without you.
If I hadn't promised you, if I hadn't promised you that I would live a good life, I really wouldn't have survived the long 37 years.
Su Niannian's eyes were red as she hugged Gu Nan tightly.
"Silly girl, what's wrong with you?" Gu Nan felt Su Niannian's all-out embrace.
I don't know what's wrong, but all I can do now is comfort the little girl in my arms.
Su Niannian hugged Gu Nan, feeling his body temperature.
In this life, no matter what, she will protect this man with her life.
It's as if he cherished himself with everything in his previous life.
No, even if it wasn't the previous life, even if it was only this life, her Gu Nan had always loved her so much.
No matter what happens, her Gu Nan loves her with his life.
"I love you, I love you so much." Su Niannian's gentle voice echoed in Gu Nan's ears.
Gu Nan felt Su Niannian gently rubbing against his neck.
"I love you too, so much." Gu Nan's deep voice also rang in Su Niannian's ears.
The room temperature slowly rose.
Ichiban Sauce Stuffing...
It was already two hours later.
Gu Nan brought over warm water and carefully helped Su Niannian wash up.
Su Niannian felt a soreness in her thighs and lower back.
She couldn't help but glare at Gu Nan.
Gu Nan realized he had gone a bit too far and scratched his head.
"Oh right, I haven't asked you yet, how did the trip to the village chief's house go?" Su Niannian suddenly remembered the important matter.
Gu Nan sat down next to Su Niannian, put his arms around her, and pulled her into his embrace.
“The stove at the very edge of the kitchen shows no signs of use, and the stove pit is sealed off,” Gu Nan whispered to Su Niannian.
"Are there any movable bricks that can be taken down to see what's inside?" Su Niannian turned to ask Gu Nan.
"No, it's all sealed with cement," Gu Nan replied.
“Not only that, I also secretly slipped into their main room,” Gu Nan continued.
Su Niannian's eyes widened involuntarily. Her scoundrel of a man really had some nerve.
They even dared to sneak into the main room!
It's important to know that Li Guofu's family is quite large.
Li Guofu had three sons and one daughter. His daughter married and moved to the county. Of his three sons, two were married and one was unmarried.
They all live together.
Besides that, there's his wife, daughter-in-law, grandson...
With so many people living in that courtyard, Gu Nan not only dared to sneak into the kitchen at night, but he also dared to go into the main room.
"What are you going to do in the main room? Even if there are some cultural relics, you wouldn't just put them there openly, would you?" Su Niannian asked Gu Nan curiously.
"I'm going to see if there's a cellar," Gu Nan continued.
Now, Su Niannian understood something.
In rural Northeast China, almost every household typically has a cellar.
It is used to store vegetables for the winter.
For example, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes, cabbage, and so on.
The entrance to the cellar is usually in the main room, since no one would put the cellar entrance in the bedroom.
There are some cases where the cellar entrance is placed in the yard, but that's relatively rare.
They also worry about things like rain or snow in the yard.
"Did you find anything?" Su Niannian asked Gu Nan curiously.
Gu Nan held Su Niannian and told her about what he had found out at Li Guofu's house.
Su Niannian's eyes widened.
"This...is too strange!" Su Niannian exclaimed in surprise.
It turned out that Gu Nan had discovered two cellar entrances in the main room.
One of them is very well hidden.
But when the blanket covering it was removed, there was a metal plate underneath, and it was locked.
Afraid of alerting them, Gu Nan did not unlock the door to go down and check.
The other, more conspicuous cellar, was quite ordinary.
After Gu Nan opened the wooden board covering it, he could see what was inside.
It mostly contained grain, but the cellar was surprisingly lined with blue bricks.
This provides excellent moisture protection, but it is also quite expensive.
"So, what should we do now?" Su Niannian asked Gu Nan, leaning against him.
"If we want to continue the investigation, we probably can't do it secretly anymore, so we still have to tell Zhou Qishan and ask for his opinion."
“I think there are already a lot of suspicious points. Li Guofu is a prime suspect. We can send people in to arrest him directly,” Gu Nan said.