It wasn’t strange that Gu Ke-Wu was able to come chasing all the way to Bailu Town. The people who had visited Gu Ding-Shan in Baisui Garden’s study were people with standing and clout. They shared the same interests as Gu Ding-Shan and they could easily do what Gu Ding-Shan could not. 

Sang Qing-Xin and Sang Yue-Yue’s disappearance was very strange to Gu Ding-Shan and Gu Ke-Wu, especially since Gu Ke-Wu had not known of their existence. This made Xia Lei an easy suspect for Gu Ding-Shan and Gu Ke-Wu, and this was how Gu Ke-Wu could rush to the military factory construction site in such a short amount of time. 

In the forest behind the construction site, Xia Lei climbed up the mountain step by step. He had Sang Qing-Xin on his back and Sang Yue-Yue in his arms and their weight combined was over 50 kilograms. This weight was difficult to carry on flat ground, not to mention uphill. 

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