Fu Jingyi walked to the door and seemed to have thought of something. He turned back, took out the jade pendant and asked the village chief, "Village chief, I picked it up when I entered the mountain. Is it someone in our village who left it behind?"

When the others heard this, they looked at each other and frowned. They looked at the youngest person and couldn't keep their temper. They asked in a stern voice, "Where did you get this thing?"

Fu Jingyi pretended to be startled and looked at the men. One of them was their leader. After glaring at the man who spoke, he smiled at Fu Jingyi and said, "Brother, I'm sorry. My little brother has been spoiled by my family since he was a child. I'm sorry if my words are a bit harsh. Please forgive me."

Fu Jingyi nodded and handed the jade pendant to them. "Is this yours? Did you go into the mountains?" He looked disapproving. "You are not from the village. It is too dangerous to go into the mountains. There are ferocious beasts in the mountains."

"Hmph, beasts are nothing, I'll kill any that come my way." The youngest man said disdainfully. When he wanted to say something else, he saw the leader's cold face and shut up immediately, not daring to say anything more.

The leader signaled the people around him to pull him out first, because he was too noisy. Then he asked Fu Jingyi, "Can this brother show me the jade pendant?"

Fu Jingyi looked at them suspiciously, "Who are you?" The village chief was also afraid that these people would harm Fu Jingyi, so he stepped forward and said, "They came to the village to look for someone. They said that the young master of the family ran away for fun and got lost nearby, so they came."

After hearing what the village chief said, Fu Jingyi's face looked better, but he was still a little wary of them. "Then let me show you." He handed the jade pendant over. Taking this opportunity, he also took a look at their waists. Sure enough, there were jade pendants there, which were indeed different from the one in his hand. This meant that they were not from Xiaoze's mother's side.

The leader took the jade pendant and looked at the person next to him, who nodded slightly. The leader's man held the jade pendant tightly, looking anxious, "Brother, can you tell me where you found it? This is my young master's jade pendant."

Fu Jingyi snorted in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. "On the mountain, I'm a hunter and I often go up the mountain to hunt." He was a little impatient, "Do you have anything else to do? If not, I'll go back. My husband is still waiting for me at home."

Unable to ask anything more, the leader thanked Fu Jingyi and left. When he walked to the door and saw the man who had been looking for trouble, Fu Jingyi glared at him and left without saying a word.

At the village chief's house, the leader took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it to the village chief. "Village chief Qi, we want to go up the mountain to look for the young master. We will definitely not disturb the villagers here. Please accept this money."

How could the village chief dare to accept it? "You can go if you want. I can't accept this silver." The leader handed it to the village chief forcefully, and then said, "I just hope you don't tell others that we were here." After that, the group left.

The people around him asked him, "Chief, should we send someone to follow that man just now? Or let him lead us into the mountain." He was talking about Fu Jingyi. The chief shook his head, "If we really find him in the mountains, should we kill him or not? The master asked us to come to find him, and we can't cause any other trouble."

Looking at Fu Jingyi's receding back, the leader continued, "People in these small villages basically know each other. If there are really only two of them, it will be troublesome." "Yes." The man said respectfully.

When he reached the door of his house, Fu Jingyi turned around and looked to make sure that no one was following him before he went in. He breathed a sigh of relief after closing the door.

Qi Xuan had been getting a little impatient waiting, and seeing him come back, she didn't care about her current situation, and quickly walked over to hug him, "You're back, I was worried to death."

Fu Jingyi hugged Qi Xuan back, "It's okay, don't worry." He helped him sit down, and Qi Xuan held him tightly and refused to let go.

Doctor Zhang asked, "What happened?" Fu Jingyi told the story of what happened at the village head's house. "They should be here to find Xiaoze, but..."

Fu Jingyi didn't continue, but they all understood. Qi Xuan was a little worried, "They won't find anyone."

"No, but I think they might come here to take a look. They should still have some doubts." After Doctor Zhang finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Fu Jingyi raised his eyebrows and came very quickly. Qi Yue helped Grandpa Zhang into the house. Fu Jingyi wanted Qi Xuan to go in as well, but he refused to go and insisted on sitting in the yard. Fu Jingyi had no choice but to follow his lead.

He walked over and opened the door. Sure enough, it was the man who had just spoken to him. "Why is it you? How did you find my house?"

The man pretended to look into the yard unconsciously and saw another person sitting in the yard. "I have no ill intentions, I just want to ask you for a bowl of water."

The leader apologized with a smile and said, "We just entered the mountain and found the young master. He slipped down the hillside, and our people have rescued him." While he said this, he kept staring at Fu Jingyi, trying to see some other expression on his face.

But the fact is, Fu Jingyi didn't have any expression, only impatience. He looked at Qi Xuan in the yard again, who also didn't have any panic expression, just looked at this place curiously. "Husband, who is it, someone you know?"

Qi Xuan saw the man looking over, so he stood up and walked to Fu Jingyi and looked at the man. "Excuse me, who are you..."

The two men didn't show any strange expressions, so the leader didn't say anything more and left with an excuse. Before leaving, he asked Fu Jingyi again, "Brother, are there any other entrances and exits in the village?"

Fu Jingyi pointed to the inconspicuous path and said, "You can directly leave the village from here." The man's face changed, but he still politely thanked the two of them and left.

In fact, he was just hiding not far away and watching Qi Xuan and Fu Jingyi. What he saw was their behavior after they saw him leave. Fu Jingyi stepped forward to support Qi Xuan with a gentle face, "Why did you come out too? I'll help you in. What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll make it."

Qi Xuan, who was supported by him, was also smiling and looking up at him, not caring about what had just happened. The leader quietly left, and after meeting up with the others, he told them about a small path that could lead them directly out of the village. They followed that path and left Qijia Village directly, continuing to look for people.

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