"Yes... Mountain Imp, it should be about this big by now, right?"
Lizi carefully gestured beside the law-enforcement officer who was questioning her.
Elsewhere, Zi Ling's Mother was also discussing the situation with Gao Liang from the county brigade... This was nothing like her connections in Kirin City, and Zi Ling's Mother was behaving quite honestly at the moment.
"...So you're saying that you decided to investigate Shangshui Village because you found a missing-person notice?"
Now that he knew the whole story, Gao Liang wore a surprised expression. After all, in this day and age, people willing to go this far were rare... Most people could barely take care of themselves.
Gao Liang had no reason to suspect the people who had discovered the skeletons... Especially after learning that Ren Ziling and the others were from Kirin City, his attitude improved even more.
As for Old Wang and the Thin Man, Gao Liang was not nearly as polite.
After looking into them, they learned that Old Wang and the Thin Man had caused some minor trouble in the past and had been taken to the county police station, leaving records behind.
Old Wang in particular had a history of being taken to the police station several times after making a scene over catching someone cheating...
There were so many skeletons at the scene, and they were in an underground chamber deep below the ground. The county's resources were limited as well, so the evidence-gathering process would not be easy.
But they still managed to sort out the general situation.
There were seventeen skeletons in total. Judging by their heights, the victims had all been minors. The oldest was estimated to have been sixteen or seventeen, while the youngest had only been a few years old.
Judging by the degree of