She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 1199: Chapter 1266: Shocking Discovery

Liang Ximing followed beside Shen Feihu, gloating over Shen’s rare failure.

Serves him right!

Xu Qigang, focused, didn’t think to observe the President’s expression. He glanced at the time; it was nearly noon. Calculating that he couldn’t afford to waste more time here, he urged Shen Feihu, "President, don’t linger here any longer. Go check on the interrogation results over there."

"Alright then!" Shen Feihu guessed nothing valuable would be found, so he turned to leave.

Xu Qigang stood at attention and bid farewell to the President; his gaze inadvertently swept past a clump of dry grass in the courtyard. Everywhere else the grass was lush and green, but only there did it appear yellow and decayed.

Xu Qigang quickly walked over, and upon parting the dry grass, he discovered an old well against the wall. The well was an ancient one, descending into the deep darkness below.

"Captain, what’s the matter?"

"Find someone small to go down and take a look."

Shen Feihu, originally on his way out, returned eagerly after hearing about the discovery, leaned over the well’s edge, and exclaimed, "When we first searched, we also found this dry well, but in old houses, especially courtyards, it’s normal for each household to have a well. So we didn’t pay much attention. Do you suspect this well is problematic?"

"I can’t be sure yet, let’s check it out first."

The response was swift; once a sufficiently long rope was prepared, Han Yongchun was the first to descend the well using the rope.

Though the dry well appeared abyssal, its actual depth was not as imagined. Han Yongchun shook the rope to signal, and the rope stopped descending. In less than ten minutes, the rope below began to move again.

The people above began pulling up; each one turned red with effort, "Damn, has Han Yongchun gotten fatter?"

"Why is it so heavy?"

As they spoke, the rope was fully pulled up, revealing what was tied to it. It was not Han Yongchun.

The entire courtyard fell silent.

Everyone looked on in horror.

"This... what is this?" Liang Ximing stuttered, his finger trembling.

"Hello..." came Han Yongchun’s voice from the bottom of the well. Amidst the shock, they’d forgotten him. When they sent the rope back down and pulled him up, Han Yongchun’s face was as pale as a sheet, wiping sweat from his forehead. He said, "Below... it’s full of flammable materials."

"Everyone step back!" Xu Qigang commanded calmly.

Shen Feihu removed his hat, wiped his cold sweat with his sleeve, and said, "Damn, this has blown up big time. Shen Yu’s crime alone isn’t enough to bury the entire Shen Family."

Xu Qigang shook his head, "I’m afraid Shen Yu didn’t even know about this."

"Hmph! He’d better not know."

The surrounding area was cleared, and Xu Qigang observed with confidence, focused and serious, while everyone around dared not speak, fearing they would disturb him.

"Originally, this wasn’t a well; it’s a fake one, possibly altered to look like a well to confuse people."

"What do you mean?"

He pointed at the dry grass on the ground, "Look at the traces on the dry grass. You can vaguely see signs of alteration from that time."

The Anti-explosion Team arrived quicker than expected; with the items found, Xu Qigang finally breathed a sigh of relief. By his usual standards, he would never waste his precious time searching for trivial matters like this.

If not for the intense sense of crisis, he would’ve already left. From going out at midnight last night, he hadn’t even had a chance to drink water, only managing to eat a bun as the President ordered earlier.