Stars In His Eyes

"I’m guessing when Niu Rang hid the item in the plantation," He Zhilan said, "the presence of multiple people wouldn’t go unnoticed by the plantation’s guards, yet these people did not pursue into the botanical garden. There’s only one time that fits—that’s precisely when the botanical garden was being robbed by two villagers! Moreover, it’s very likely that when Niu Rang broke into the botanical garden, it happened to be the moment the guards caught the thieving villagers."

"So even if those chasing Niu Rang probably knew he was in the botanical garden, they didn’t dare to rush into the garden because they were afraid of revealing their identity," Lan Li continued the thought.

He Teng glanced at He Zhilan, "You mean, there was a considerable amount of time from when Niu Rang got the item to when he was killed?"

"Right," He Zhilan nodded, "But Niu Rang did not leave the item at the hotel for me the next day, instead, it was several days before he left it for me."

"The reason Niu Rang wasn’t in a hurry to leave you the information is probably that his identity hadn’t been suspected after he stole the item. Perhaps, he had further plans to continue infiltrating deeper to gather more information," He Teng did not doubt He Zhilan’s conjecture, because the account book was wrapped in a leather jacket, which is supposed to be waterproof. If it was only buried for a few days, the account book inside should not have been soaked through like that, so the time the account book was buried in the ground must have been longer than they initially thought.

At this point in the analysis, everyone understood the key point: why was Niu Rang’s identity suddenly exposed? And why was he killed so brutally? And if those people really did learn of Niu Rang’s identity, they must have known about He Zhilan too,

So now the question is!