Chapter 8: Captured
Chapter 8: Captured
“Huang Ji, why are you wandering up the mountain in the middle of the night? Are you okay?” Wang Meng asked as he brushed the dust off Huang Ji’s clothes.
Huang Ji gave a simple, honest smile but didn’t answer.
Wang Meng, seeing this, didn’t press further. Instead, he ruffled Huang Ji’s hair affectionately and said, “Don’t go running around at night again. Your grandfather will worry about you.”
Huang Ji nodded.
Everyone assumed, based on Liang Yuan’s explanation, that Huang Ji had wandered up the mountain randomly and stumbled into the situation by sheer coincidence. His silence was perfectly in line with his persona as a “fool,” which served as explanation enough.
Huang Ji didn’t need to justify why he was there. Nobody suspected he had deliberately found the location. If he had tried to explain himself, it would have seemed out of character and suspicious.
Wang Meng’s question was casual, and Huang Ji’s vacant stare ended the matter. No one gave it much thought.
The group made their way down the mountain, with Lü Zongmin and his accomplices escorted to the waiting police vehicles. Along the way, despite Captain Chen’s repeated questions, Lü Zongmin and his men remained silent.