The temperature was still very low, and there was a thick layer of frost on the wall outside the house, but the work of the expedition team was in full swing and in an orderly manner.

"Teacher, you have been standing there for several hours, why don't you take a break first?" Seeing Lu Mingming staring out the window in a daze, Ouyang Yingying couldn't bear it and reminded her.

"Yeah!" Perhaps because she felt a little tired, Lu Mingming agreed unexpectedly, but when she turned her head, she was stunned, "Girl, have you cried?"

"Well? No, I don't!" Ouyang Yingying seemed to want to cover up something, but her slightly red eyes were not convincing. Fortunately, Lu Mingming didn't intend to dig into the bottom line.

"Please make me a cup of tea." Lu Mingming planned to ease the awkward atmosphere in the air and ordered. Ouyang Yingying turned around and walked towards the kitchen after hearing this.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!" The knock on the door outside came so suddenly that they were all shocked.

"Hmm? Chen Ruoxi? What's wrong with you?" After opening the door, the scene in front of you was something Ouyang Yingying had never thought of.

Chen Ruoxi stood alone at the door, his eyes were swollen, his hands were wiping his eyes sobbing, and some snot remained at the tip of his nose.

‘If those boys were seen like this, her image would be greatly reduced, right?’ Ouyang Yingying thought to herself. But when she saw Chen Ruoxi like this, she felt that she could not ignore it.

"Ou... Teacher Ouyang, I... I'm looking for Teacher Lu!" Chen Ruoxi sobbed as he spoke.

"Okay, Teacher Lu is here, come in first." I felt sorry for this scene. Ouyang Yingying comforted her and brought Chen Ruoxi in. "You sit for a while, and I'll make a cup of tea for you."

She brought a stool for Chen Ruoxi, asked her to sit down, and then turned around to the kitchen inside to boil water.

"Teacher Lu, I'm sorry, I lied..." Chen Ruoxi apologized to Lu Mingming as soon as he came.

"It's okay, Ruoxi, you cry first, so let's talk slowly." Looking at her appearance, Lu Mingming couldn't feel angry at all, 'Maybe I should be angry, right?" She laughed at herself in her heart.

"Yeah...Yeah!" Chen Ruoxi nodded.

After a while of slowing down, Chen Ruoxi also tried hard to calm herself down. At this time, Ouyang Yingying also came with two cups of black tea.

"What happened?" Seeing that she was almost relieved, Ouyang Yingying asked Lu Mingming a question that had been puzzled for a long time.

"This is the thing. Zhao Chengyang said before that he knew that a director had been transferred, and he had a seat free. He wanted his father to come and promote my father to ask me to go out for negotiation." Although Chen Ruoxi still sobbed from time to time, at least he could speak well.

"Then he took me to find a place where there was no one. But there were basically people along the way, and before we knew it, we arrived at the shrine. When he and I walked to the backyard, they suddenly held my hand and said they wanted to live here with me." At this point, she sniffed again and paused.

"I rejected him on the grounds that we were not suitable to talk about this. After knowing his purpose, I was also very angry and wanted to go back. But unexpectedly, he suddenly grabbed me and pulled me back, saying that I would think carefully. If I promised, my father's career would be bright."

"But I felt that he was threatening me, and I was so angry that somehow, I couldn't help but slap him. Later, I didn't expect that he suddenly went crazy and pulled me back, dragged me to the well and said that I wanted me to be his concubine, otherwise I would kill me."

"But we didn't expect that Lu Feng'er was there for some reason. He rushed out and punched Zhao Chengyang hard. He took this opportunity to let me leave first, and then deal with Zhao Chengyang alone. Teacher Lu, although Lu Feng'er took action first, he was trying to save me, not what Zhao Chengyang said, but... I didn't expect that this would happen later." At this point, Chen Ruoxi's eyes turned red again.

"Then why didn't you point it out directly?" Lu Mingming was also quite resentful about this, but seeing her like this, she had already forgiven her.

"When I was there, I saw Zhao Chengyang's eyes, and I suddenly remembered what he threatened me, so I didn't dare." Chen Ruoxi was like a frightened deer, and her previous cold temperament disappeared. "Zhao Chengyang came to my dormitory to look for me just now, but I didn't open the door, so he stuffed me a note."

She took it out of her pocket and handed it to Lu Mingming. When Lu Mingming opened it, she saw a passage written on it, "You are doing well, I will not blame you for your previous work."

"But I tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, and I always felt uneasy, so I wanted to come to talk to you. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" She seemed to be venting something, and when she said sorry, she lowered her head and covered her eyes with her hands, and cried out loud.

"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, I will handle this matter properly." Lu Mingming touched Chen Ruoxi's head and comforted him.

"Then Teacher Lu, Lu Feng'er... is he okay?" Although Chen Ruoxi knew that there might be no answer after asking, he was still unwilling to give up a glimmer of hope.

"From the current situation, it's really hard to say." Lu Mingming also sighed. She couldn't understand it no matter how she thought about it. "Zhao Chengyang said that he fell into the well, but this is the most unlikely situation. A man disappeared from the well with bare hands and fists. No one can explain this, right? So now we guess he got some clues to find something."

Lu Mingming felt that something was missing, so he added, "But before Lu Feng'er disappeared, he should not be in danger of his life."

"Then, that's good!" Chen Ruoxi put down the big stone hanging in his heart, so he stood up and bowed slightly to Lu Mingming, "Thank you, Teacher Lu!"

"You go back first and have a good rest. You should have received the notice. We will go back soon." Seeing this, Lu Mingming sent her to the door.

"Well, Teacher Lu, thank you really!" After saying all this, her mood improved a little, and she thanked Lu Mingming again.

After seeing off Chen Ruoxi, "I didn't expect Zhao Chengyang to be such a person!" After hearing Chen Ruoxi's words, Ouyang Yingying's impression of Zhao Chengyang changed greatly.

"Hey, I've long felt that that kid was not a good thing, but he didn't attract attention at the beginning!" Lu Mingming was also upset, but immediately, she shook her head and did not think about this question. "Yingying, you should rest early, and you will still be tired next time."

"Okay." Ouyang Yingying nodded.

Although more than ten hours have passed, the sky has never changed, and it is still so white - as white as snow, and is connected with the snow layer in the distance.

"Have everyone arrived?" In an open space, Lu Mingming's voice sounded, but it was not as powerful as before. Even after resting for so long, this blow had not allowed her to fully recover.

"We're here!" It was not Zhao Chengyang or Chen Ruoxi who spoke, but Qiao Qianqian. 'Except Lu Feng', but she didn't say this.

Her heart was also stuck with Lu Feng'er's experience. Thinking of his previous conversation and laughing with her, and playing with Wang Hao, she felt that her nose was also sour.

Although others don't know, she knew very well that Lu Feng'er and Wang Hao looked unruly and didn't look straight for a day, but she was very gentle inside - almost completely opposite to Zhao Chengyang, and she saw this more thoroughly than other girls, including Chen Ruoxi and Ouyang Yingying.

"We originally planned to stay for a few more days, but you also know that after something happened to Lu Feng'er, we decided to send you back first. I can only say sorry for this." Lu Mingming said briefly to them. Seeing that no one responded, she casually explained, "Okay, let's get in the car!"

The way back was driving, not as tormenting as before, but everyone's face was filled with a hint of haze. Along the way, it was silent, and it was terrifying, leaving only the engine with the stern wind in the extreme north, making a whimpering sound.

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Chapter completed!