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After hearing what the scarred man said, everyone subconsciously thought that those gloves might have been left by Yuan Shasha or Yanzi.

So Lu Weiwei quickly stepped forward and continued to ask: "Then what color are these gloves? Are they women's gloves?"

"Uh... this..." Feeling confused by the question, the scarred man hesitated and then said in retrospect:

"This...I didn't pay much attention to it."

Turning to look at the two companions beside him, the scarred man asked again: "Have you seen clearly whether those gloves are men's or women's?"

"Uh……"

Hearing what the scarred man said, the other two people also looked confused.

After a long time, one of them said slowly: "It seems to be a pair of ordinary black gloves, right? As for whether it is a men's or women's model, I really didn't pay attention to it."

"Yeah, it seems to be a pair of black gloves. I remember they were black." Another man also said.

Lu Weiwei turned back and glanced in the direction of Gu Chen, and said quickly: "Junior brother Gu, maybe it's Xiao Yuan and the others who stayed behind."

"Don't worry." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was panicking at this moment, Gu Chen calmed down and then looked at the other people.

Gu Chen asked: "When you came over there, did you only see this pair of gloves? Isn't there anything else?"

"No." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, the scarred man shook his head and denied:

"Anyway, there is quite a lot of garbage at the waterfall. It can be seen that many people have been here before, but they did not take away the garbage."

"A lot of garbage seems to have been left long ago, but those gloves seem to have been placed on a rock."

"Look at the appearance. It seems to be quite new. As for whether it was left behind by your colleagues? I can't guarantee that."

"Okay, thank you." After hearing what the scarred man said, Gu Chen also felt that he needed to go under the waterfall as soon as possible to check what was going on.

The two outdoor travelers in Tongxing also walked up to Gu Chen out of curiosity.

Among them, the man in a red jacket asked: "Shall we set off now?"

"Yes, let's go now." Gu Chen didn't want to waste a moment.

The man in the red jacket glanced at his companion.

The man in the blue jacket complained a little: "I originally wanted to walk around more, but I see that the police comrades are eager to find people, so let's leave quickly. We can still camp at the foot of the waterfall before dark. Woolen cloth."

"Okay." Seeing that the man in the blue jacket didn't have one, the man in the red jacket glanced at Gu Chen and said:

"Let's set off now and I'll take you there."

"Thank you." Gu Chen thanked him and continued to follow the others.

Officer Wang and Lu Qiang looked at each other and followed closely.

When leaving, Gu Chen did not forget to look back and glance at the three travel companions behind him.

I always feel that these people are a bit mysterious, although in terms of equipment, there is not much difference between the two people who are traveling with me.

However, the three of them did not look like traveling companions.

But now there is no evidence, so Gu Chen can only get a preliminary understanding of a few people through conversations.

I don’t know how long I walked, but the sky gradually became darker.

When the sun went down, everyone finally heard the flowing water of the waterfall.

"It should be the area in front, yes, that's right there." The man in the red jacket pointed at an area in front of him and said.

The man in the blue jacket quickened his pace, walked to a rock, and stopped to look into the distance.

Not long after, the man in blue jacket turned around and shouted: "This is it, we have arrived. If we go down this way, we can reach the foot of the waterfall."

"Hey!" After hearing what the two said, Officer Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly:

"It seems that we may be able to return to Hemu Village tonight."

"I think it's a bit confusing. I still need to find someone." Lu Qiang reminded him.

Now everyone doesn't have much idea, they just want to find the whereabouts of Yuan Shasha and Yanzi as soon as possible.

This time with two experienced trekking friends leading the way, we finally found the waterfall.

So, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Lu Qiang and took the lead to go down the path on one side.

Since the path here is made up of various rocks, it is very difficult to walk on it and you must be careful.

But everyone came here empty-handed and only brought some bright flashlights for emergencies.

The compressed biscuits he carried had already been eaten by everyone as lunch.

Therefore, everyone now must speed up and check the surrounding situation as soon as possible so that they can return to Hemu Village at night and find a place to stay.

It can be said that in order to find the whereabouts of Yuan Shasha and Yanzi, everyone traveled directly through the mountains of Centennial Peak. The intensity can be imagined.

The other two senior travelers, some of whom carried a lot of equipment, moved extremely slowly and simply sat on the top of the mountain to rest.

Not long after, Gu Chen had already opened a path ahead, passing through this narrow path, all the way to the foot of the waterfall.

It can be said that although the waterfall at Baisui Peak is not frozen in winter, there seems to be signs of freezing on the edge of the small pool under the waterfall.

Officer Wang walked to the waterfall and fished it out with his hands, and he was able to pick up a piece of thin ice.

Gu Chen was the first to discover the gloves mentioned by the three people before, and quickly reminded everyone: "There is indeed a pair of gloves on the rock over there."

"Where? Oh, I saw it." Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's gaze and quickly discovered the gloves on the rock.

So with light steps, he stepped on a few rocks protruding from the pool and quickly reached the opposite rock.

Picking up the gloves placed on the rock, Lu Weiwei immediately observed them carefully.

And Gu Chen, who came later, also quickly asked: "How is it?"

"This glove is a bit stiff. It may be because it has been left outdoors for a long time and feels frozen."

Lu Weiwei took the glove in her hand and tapped it casually.

Gu Chen also held it in his hand and felt the hardness.

Officer Wang and Lu Qiang, who arrived later, immediately gathered around the two of them.

Officer Wang squinted his eyes and couldn't help but said: "Isn't this just a pair of ordinary gloves? What can you tell?"

"You can't see anything." Lu Weiwei held the gloves in her hands and shook her head in denial.

When Lu Qiang saw this, he sighed and said, "It's just ordinary outdoor gloves. These gloves are sold at a stall in our town and are very cheap."

"Senior Brother Lu." After hearing Lu Qiang's words, Gu Chen quickly asked, "You said these gloves are sold in the town?"

"Yes." When Gu Chen asked, Lu Qiang also replied seriously:

"Every time we have a market in our town, many people come here to set up stalls."

“At that time, everything was sold.”

Glancing at the styles of gloves in Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei's hands, Lu Qiang took Lu Weiwei's one in his hand, looked at it from front to back, and said slowly:

"That's right, I've also bought the one sold at the stalls during the market in town. It's very cheap."

"But it looks like the style is quite new, so it must be newly purchased."

"Yes." Gu Chen held the glove in front of him and said involuntarily:

"This glove is quite new. It should have been worn not long after I bought it. But the three people before said that this glove is not theirs, which means that someone has been here in advance, maybe just before the three of them. "

Looking around, Gu Chen added: "There is indeed some garbage discarded here, but some garbage seems to have been discarded for a long time."

"Based on this, we can look for new garbage and see if we can find some new clues."

Just do it, everyone immediately started a carpet investigation according to Gu Chen's instructions.

There is a lot of garbage here, including mineral water bottles, various papers, and food garbage bags.

However, it has faded seriously due to wind, water and rain, and it looks like it was left over from before.

Officer Wang also searched around, then returned to Gu Chen and reported:

"Gu Chen, it seems that the three outdoor hikers are also very disciplined. They camped last night and they should have collected all the garbage and took it away."

With a faint sigh, Officer Wang added: "There is no new garbage here at all."

"Xiao Yuan and the others are definitely not camping here." After hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen also said slowly:

"The village also said that the last time his wife saw Yuan Shasha and Yanzi, they were walking up the mountain. However, they did not carry any equipment at that time, they were simply going up the mountain."

"From this point of view, it is possible that the two men just walked up the mountain and came right back."

"After all, it's already when the sun sets. It's dark in the mountains and the road is difficult to walk."

"Yanzi has lived in Hemu Village since she was a child. She must know this truth."

"What if two people carry flashlights into the mountains?" Lu Qiang said.

"There is also this possibility." Gu Chen nodded silently and continued:

"However, judging from the current situation, we don't know what the purpose of these two people is here?"

Looking up at the slow-flowing waterfall, Gu Chen couldn't help but sigh:

"The scenery around this waterfall is indeed beautiful, and the surrounding area is suitable for camping. However, Xiao Yuan and Yanzi have no reason to stay here."

"Currently, there are many experienced hiking enthusiasts who come to Baisui Peak for hiking."

"However, this place is not open to the public, but we met two groups of people along the way."

"This kind of intensive movement of people is indeed suspicious."

"Junior Brother Gu, do you think those travel companions are very suspicious?" Knowing that Gu Chen did not have absolute trust in either group of people, Lu Weiwei also leaned into Gu Chen's ear and whispered.

Gu Chen nodded silently and did not respond directly, but looked towards the top of the mountain.

At this moment, the two travel companions who led the way before were still staying on the top of the mountain, seeming to be taking photos and records.

But the two of them were not in a hurry to come down. Perhaps the sunset scenery at this moment was more worthy of recording.

"Aren't they coming down?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously.

"Ignore them, they will come down sooner or later." Officer Wang said casually, then took the gloves in his hand, continued to observe, and said casually:

"Gu Chen, what do you think of these gloves?"

"It may be that outsiders came into the mountains and bought it temporarily in the town. They didn't remember to take it away, but at least they are another group different from these two groups."

"That's right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Qiang on the side also echoed:

"These two groups of people obviously came here yesterday, but Yuan Shasha and Yanzi disappeared a few days ago."

"And this pair of gloves was left here a few days ago. They may be their gloves, or they may be someone else's, but are those people friends or someone else? We can't tell yet."

"It's a travel companion." As soon as Lu Qiang finished speaking, Gu Chen also walked to a place next to the waterfall.

Lu Qiang's expression was stunned and he asked curiously: "How are you sure?"

"Look at the traces." Gu Chen looked up at Lu Qiang and said slowly:

"There are three obvious signs of tents here, right over there."

While speaking, Gu Chen pointed to one of the directions.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Gu Chen's dictation.

"Yes, there are traces of three tents over there." Lu Weiwei took a few steps and came to the traces and said.

Officer Wang couldn't help but said: "Looking at the traces, they are quite new. They should be those three people who camped last night."

"That's right." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen pointed to another direction and said:

"Look over there again."

After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone immediately looked in another direction.

Lu Weiwei once again took the lead and walked over, frowning slightly, and said slowly:

"There are also traces of two tents here. They are quite new. They must have been there not long ago."

"This shows that before these three people, there were people who came to camp here." As Gu Chen spoke, he brought Officer Wang and Lu Qiang to Lu Weiwei's side.

Gu Chen continued to point to the footprints near the tent marks and said:

"There are also these footprints. I have observed that they are often different from the shoe marks of the three people before. The equipment of those three people is relatively high-end, and the shoes are all famous brands, the same brand."

"So their footprints all have very light lines."

After a pause, Gu Chen pointed to another direction with his toes and said, "Look at this footprint again."

Following Gu Chen's prompts, Lu Weiwei knelt down to observe carefully, then turned around and said:

"This footprint has very shallow lines. It doesn't look like hiking shoes." "They are travel shoes." Gu Chen said it clearly.

Officer Wang also echoed: "Yes, these fancy patterns are left behind by travel shoes."

"Moreover, the soil around the waterfall pool is relatively soft. I concluded that these people should have gone to the pool to receive water or washed themselves at the pool."

"That's why the footprints will be particularly obvious when they step on the soft soil beside the pool."

"And these shoes are obviously the soles of travel shoes."

"It doesn't look very professional." Lu Qiang said from the side.

Gu Chen nodded silently, looked in another direction, and said, "Compared to the three outdoor tours we met before, these two people are indeed not very professional."

"However, these two people are familiar with this area. At least they can find it here, which looks more casual."

"What about Junior Brother Gu?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Lu Weiwei quickly asked:

"Tell me, are those two gloves left behind by these two people?"

"If you think about it, they are dressed casually. Although they have been camping here, their equipment seems to be very amateurish."

"If that's the case, it's more like they came to the town of Baisui Peak temporarily, and then bought a pair of gloves in the town, and then came to the mountain with their own tents."

Compared with those people, I just observed that the gloves they hold on their trekking poles are very finely made in all aspects, and they look very professional at first glance.

Weighing the gloves in her hands, Lu Weiwei added, "Look at the gloves we picked up. They were bought casually from stalls in the town, which shows how random they are."

"Yes." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Officer Wang quickly agreed:

"I think these two people simply brought tents with them, thinking that they might need to stay overnight when they come to Centennial Peak Mountain."

"So, they mainly rely on tents and they won't look very professional."

Turning to look at another location, Officer Wang said again:

"Even the level of tent erection looks amateurish at first glance."

"The place chosen by the three people is on a higher ground, so water will not easily flow to the side of the tent. It looks very professional no matter what. There is no backing around, so there is no need to worry about rocks falling."

After the words fell, Officer Wang pointed to the traces under his feet and said:

"Looking at these two tents again, the first place you chose to set up the tent is wrong. Although it is next to the pool, the terrain is low."

"Once it rains and the water rises, the water in the pool will most likely overflow and flow to the tent."

"The other one is that these two tents are set up near the mountain peaks."

Looking up, Officer Wang continued to explain: "Although it doesn't seem to be a big deal, if the rocks and soil on the mountain loosen and some soil slips down, it will also pose a threat to the tent."

"Especially on rainy days, there is also the risk of landslides."

After a pause, Officer Wang also sighed and said: "So, no matter how you look at it, this feels weird and amateurish."

While Officer Wang was discussing with several people, the two senior travel companions who had stayed on the mountain to rest had already arrived at the campsite carrying their own mountaineering bags.

Seeing Gu Chen and others staying there, the two of them just casually observed the surrounding environment and immediately chose to set up the tent at the location where the three men had set it up before.

When Gu Chen saw this, he immediately stopped his discussion with everyone and walked directly to the two of them.

The man in the red jacket took off his equipment and curiously asked Gu Chen, "Have you found those gloves?"

"Found it." Gu Chen picked up one of the gloves and showed it in front of the man in the red jacket.

The man in the red jacket squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Aren't these just ordinary warm gloves? The ones sold at street stalls are quite different from our outdoor hiking gloves."

"That's right." Gu Chen acknowledged the man in the red jacket and saw that the man in the blue jacket was already unloading his tent equipment, so he asked casually:

"If you were asked to choose a campsite, where would you choose?"

"If we are given a choice..." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the man in red jacket stood up and looked around, observing the various terrains where he was doing. Then, he smiled at Gu Chen and said:

"If I were to choose a camping site, this place under my feet should be the best. It just so happened that the three people camped here last night."

"The weeds here are all traced by the tents. We set up the tents here, it's just right."

"Then what do you think about setting up the tent over there?" Gu Chen deliberately asked the man in the red jacket the question he had just discussed.

The man in the red jacket also followed Gu Chen's guidance, but after just a casual glance, he shook his head with a smile and said:

"It won't work over there. The terrain is too low, and it's close to a mountain. If there's a landslide or something, wouldn't it be buried directly in the soil? That's quite dangerous."

"Anyway, if it were my choice, I would definitely not choose to put the tent over there."

"Okay." Hearing what the man in the red jacket said, it just confirmed his previous guess.

Yes, the people who set up tents at the foot of the mountain were indeed amateurs and just wanted to camp next to the waterfall.

However, these two people did not master or possess professional outdoor knowledge.

Therefore, the pair of gloves may have been left behind by these two less professional personnel.

Therefore, Gu Chen was now certain that these were men's gloves, because judging from the footprints, they could not be those of a woman.

But this is inconsistent with everyone's search for Yuan Shasha and Yanzi.

Gu Chen sighed heavily and looked around.

The man in a blue jacket who had already started setting up the tent asked Gu Chen out of curiosity: "Comrade police, are there no traces of your colleagues here?"

"Nothing has been found yet." Gu Chen looked at the surrounding terrain and couldn't help but said:

"We have checked around the waterfall pool, and there are some footprints here, but they are all men's footprints."

"Okay." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the man in blue jacket also smiled and said:

"Then maybe your colleagues have not been here. They may have gone to other places."

"Maybe." Gu Chen also sighed softly, and then asked the man in blue jacket:

"By the way, on your way to Centennial Peak, apart from the three travel companions you met before, did you meet any other people carrying tents on their backs?"

"Others with tents on their backs?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the man in blue jacket was stunned and fell into a state of recollection.

But at this time, the man in the red jacket was thinking about it and said, "It seems there is, right?"

"Then what do they look like? Can you tell me?" Lu Weiwei saw that the two of them seemed to have met other travel companions, so she was particularly excited.

But the man in the red jacket scratched the back of his head and said with a sad look on his face:

"I only remember that on our way to Centennial Peak, that is, on the way to the town, we did meet two men carrying mountaineering bags."

"But unlike the three people we met before, they were only carrying simple mountaineering bags, with tents, sleeping bags, and moisture-proof pads hanging outside."

"But, their equipment is really hard to compliment."

"Huh? What do you say?" Seeing the man in the red jacket say this, Officer Wang suddenly became interested.

Before the man in the red jacket could speak, the man in the blue jacket on the side said first:

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just their tent. It looks amateurish no matter how you look at it. It's just an ordinary outdoor tent."

With a faint sigh, the man in blue jacket threw the tool aside and continued:

"Just take the waterproofness of the tent as an example. The material is definitely not up to standard. Is that brand of tent just for shade? If it rains heavily, it will definitely leak."

"Because we all play outdoors, we especially like to pay attention to other people's equipment, so I remember it like this."

"What else?" After hearing what the man in blue jacket said, Gu Chen continued to ask.

"What else?" He scratched his head and thought, and the man in blue jacket continued to add:

"And, yes, their jackets are all ordinary sportswear, not even jackets."

"If you're going outdoors here, you have to wear a jacket, right? Hey, their main focus is casual and light. Even the shoes they wear seem to be casual travel shoes."

Sighing softly, he couldn't help but shake his head. The man in blue jacket also smiled and said:

"Anyway, at first glance, this kind of person looks like an outdoor novice. However, we didn't know at the time whether they wanted to go to the hinterland of Centennial Peak?"

"After all, maybe they are just camping in the surrounding countryside? That's okay?"

Listening to the detailed explanation of the man in blue jacket, Lu Qiang also frowned, quickly stepped forward, and continued to ask:

"Are these two people you met in the town?"

"Yes, we met while shopping in town." said the man in blue jacket.

"Then do you still remember the specific appearance of these two people?" Lu Qiang continued to ask.

The man in the blue jacket nodded silently: "I remember a few things. They are just two ordinary middle-aged men. They are not very tall and have short noses."

"What about your skin? It's a bit dark. It seems like you just love the outdoors. Then you bought a tent and came here to camp, right?"

"Is that so?" After hearing what the man in blue jacket said, Officer Wang continued to answer:

"Then these two people, do you think they are just here to experience the outdoors?"

"Well, maybe. Anyway, you can tell by looking at their equipment that they are quite amateurish." said the man in blue jacket.

Hearing this, the man in red jacket also hurriedly walked to Gu Chen and explained to Gu Chen and others:

"We don't have any other intentions. After all, playing outdoors doesn't mean that the more expensive and professional your equipment is, the more you can come to a place like this."

"After all, some people who are new to outdoor play will choose some ordinary and cheap equipment, mainly because it is cost-effective."

"Although it's a little tight on my hips, I can make do with it. As long as there's no bad weather, I can actually make do with it."

"Yeah, we don't mean to show off our wealth." After hearing what the man in the red jacket said, the man in the blue jacket was also afraid that Gu Chen and others would misunderstand him, so he quickly defended himself.

Gu Chen nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "I can understand. After all, there are different classes in the outdoors. Like the three people before, their equipment is very luxurious, even higher than your equipment."

"Ouch!" After hearing what Gu Chen said, the man in blue jacket suddenly grinned and quickly agreed:

"I didn't expect that the police comrades also know this? That's right, the equipment of those three people can be used to climb snow-capped mountains."

"Moreover, their equipment is top-notch, but ours, on the snowy mountains, is barely qualified at best."

"Uh..." Seeing that the two people were talking more and more outrageously, Officer Wang continued to ask for advice:

"By the way, is it really so expensive to play outdoors?"

"Yeah." Seeing that Officer Wang said this very naively, the man in the red jacket still politely agreed:

"This outdoor equipment can be purchased for a few hundred yuan, expensive for a few yuan, or tens of thousands of yuan."

"Depending on where you go, bring different equipment."

“In places like Centenarian Peak, our equipment is sufficient, but if you go hiking in the snow-capped mountains, you will definitely need to replace it with other equipment.”

"There is no bottom line on the price of this kind of equipment. Anyway, it is determined based on personal needs. There is no absolute, but generally speaking, it is not cheap."

"Understood." Seeing the man in the red jacket say this, Officer Wang roughly understood the specific situation.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei asked out of curiosity: "So, are you setting up camp here tonight?"

"Yes." The man in the red jacket nodded silently, looked around, and said with a smile:

"This place is good for setting up tents. We always set up tents at this place."

"As for the two outdoor novices we have met, they may have been here too, because when we came to the town, we were not in a hurry to go to Centennial Peak, but went to the villages around the town to get a feel for it. cultural characteristics.”

"So, we set out here relatively late, but if those two people came to the mountain, they would be a few days earlier than us."

"How many days?" Listening to the man in the red jacket, Lu Weiwei clenched her fists and looked at Gu Chen, saying:

"Xiao Yuan and Yan Zi lost contact in those few days."

"Yes, I understand." After hearing Lu Weiwei's words, Gu Chen nodded silently.

Later, Gu Chen asked the two of them again:

"What accents do those two people have?"

"Uh, I don't know about that." The man in blue jacket quickly shook his head in denial and explained:

"These two people are quite mysterious. We met them when we were purchasing supplies in the supermarket."

"Because everyone is carrying tents on their backs, everyone should know that the destination they want to go to is probably Baisui Peak Mountain, which is heading straight into Hemu Village."

"However, they didn't communicate with us, and they didn't speak when they were paying for something. It felt quite mysterious."

"So, we don't know where they come from?"

"Okay." Seeing that neither of them knew the specific situation of those two people, Gu Chen thought for a moment and then continued to ask:

"Then do you know where they live?"

"Uh!" It felt like Gu Chen's spirit of asking for answers was really difficult for him to adapt to. The man in blue jacket thought for a moment and looked at his companion.

When the man in the red jacket saw this, he turned around and said, "I don't know where they live. Anyway, we found a villager's house to stay at and gave them some money, because there is not even a hotel in the town."

...(End of chapter)