One person went missing in the nearby village, one person died in this village, and it's highly likely that the missing person also died. Everyone has lost hope of finding the silly boy.

That means in just a few days, two people have died.

No one has linked these two deaths yet, only my cousin and I know, and it's very likely to be connected.

The search for the silly boy naturally came to a halt. We still haven't found anyone in the woods.

I'm not surprised by this result, deep down I already assumed the shot hit the silly boy that day.

For the next two days, there were no updates, and I heard the silly boy's family was already giving up.

I was tormented, trying to subtly find out if there were any other missing persons nearby besides the silly boy.

Luckily, I didn't hear about any other missing persons.

As for Xiao Qiang, to be honest, our connection isn't that strong, the primary concern is still the silly boy's disappearance.

After dinner, my younger sister found me and said, "Mom and Dad have been keeping the lights on very late these two nights."

I knew my unusual behavior over the past two days was causing my parents to worry.

"It's nothing, it will pass soon." I comforted my younger sister by patting her head.

...

These nights have been difficult to fall asleep.

Today in the afternoon, the preliminary result of Xiao Qiang's death came out, he died on the fifth day drowning.

Homicide isn't ruled out. Accidental death is not ruled out either.

There's still no solid evidence pointing to a homicide, not even a suspect.

The biggest mystery for now is why Xiao Qiang returned to his hometown on the fifth day, even heading towards the woods, and didn't even go home.

The only valuable clue found in the recovered phone was a call made on the night of the fourth day by a villager who communicated well with Xiao Qiang.

According to the interrogation, the call unintentionally revealed that the silly boy didn't return home that night and was missing all day.

But how to connect the silly boy's disappearance with Xiao Qiang's death, the police still have no lead.

Could the silly boy's disappearance have been caused by Xiao Qiang, or did Xiao Qiang come back to help find him?

There is no evidence to support these two hypotheses.

Not even sure if there was any intersection between their lives.

...

In the middle of the night, without turning on the lights, I got up and went to the window, looking at the big locust tree in the courtyard.

My gaze naturally fell to the ground, where that gun was buried.

That homemade gun, was the beginning of everything.

While others may not have evidence that Xiao Qiang caused the silly boy's disappearance, or even have such suspicions.

But I am very clear, to explain everything, there's only one possibility, the silly boy may have already died, and it's very likely to have been accidentally killed by Xiao Qiang.

Thinking about my own situation, perhaps he himself is not very clear whether he has killed someone.

Just like myself. Just like to randomly shoot at things.

So, when he heard about the silly boy being missing for two days, he hurried back to see if he really killed someone.

Just don't know why he drowned.

Was it an accident, or was there someone else there at the time.

Now, there's something that urgently needs verification.