Chapter 673: Chapter 670
Wen Xian was at a loss for words. How could this woman run off by herself? Venturing alone into the rainforest, no less. But come to think of it, an hour ago—
Something occurred to Wen Xian, and she suddenly froze.
Wait, hold on.
An hour ago…
Her gaze slowly shifted to Lu Xiao.
Lu Xiao… hadn’t he entered the rainforest at exactly that time…?
A complex expression crossed her face as she considered something.
Lu Xiao glanced at her before he stated to everyone, “An hour ago, I saw her in the rainforest.”
A shiver ran down Wen Xian’s spine.
For some reason, although she knew the woman’s disappearance wasn’t because of Lu Xiao, she still didn’t want him to be involved with that woman in any way.
Now that she was missing, Lu Xiao could very well have been the last person she saw.
This kind of thing was very hard to explain clearly.
Lu Xiao’s sudden declaration had slightly startled the others around him.
The team leader from the r country gave Lu Xiao a glance, then hesitantly said:
“I remember that right after Captain Lu entered the rainforest, our Miss Kami also went in…”
His words carried a subtle implication, as if suggesting her disappearance had something to do with him.
People around them wore odd expressions, looking at Lu Xiao with more scrutiny and an indiscernible amount of… wariness.
Wen Xian immediately grew angry. She stared down the man from the r country with an icy expression and said:
“You’d better not twist the nature of things. Captain Lu went into the rainforest to collect some branches and dry grass for illumination at night. Who knows what that woman was thinking when she went into the rainforest? If you’re really concerned about her safety, shouldn’t you be entering the rainforest to search for her now?”
The man from the r country was silenced by her words, his expression turning sour, his gaze wavering, and seeming unable to look her in the eye.
Wen Xian grew even angrier. So, he seems weak, and that makes him right?
David, fearing an emotional outburst from everyone, hurriedly raised his hands to stop further discourse. Taking a deep breath, he said:
“Wen Xian is right; the pressing matter is that we need to go look for her. However—”
He paused, his tone serious as he turned to Lu Xiao and asked, “Captain Lu, did you meet her in the rainforest? Did she say anything to you?”
Even without undue suspicion, Lu Xiao indeed might have been the last one in the team to see her.
Lu Xiao’s eyes were steady, and he didn’t hide anything, saying:
“There’s nothing to hide. I indeed saw her. As soon as I entered the rainforest, I noticed someone was following me.”
He then briefly narrated what happened at that time; nothing had actually happened between the two of them.
Yet, when he finished speaking, it left the others with subtle expressions, looking at each other.
He said, Inoue Kami was following him? Her intentions weren’t pure?
“I simply told her not to bother me and my wife again, and I also reminded her that it would be dangerous after dark, and she needed to leave quickly,” Lu Xiao said, his gaze becoming heavier:
“We should hurry to find her. If something really happened, the longer we wait, the more danger she’s in.”
However, as his words fell, the team leader from the r country seemed to become somewhat embarrassed and annoyed:
“Nonsense, that’s nonsense! I think you’re talking nonsense. Our Miss Kami knows—”