Chapter 479: Chapter 479: We Can’t Be Together at All Chapter 479: Chapter 479: We Can’t Be Together at All Inside were those six people.

Their bodies seemed to be in fairly good condition.

It looked as if they had been treated with courtesy here.

They were just a bit listless.

At this moment, Gu Qiaoqiao still couldn’t figure out the key to this place, but some things might have been perfectly planned initially, with not a single flaw, but once external factors intervened, the outcome was bound to change.

This situation might be the best explanation.

Uncle Gu and Zhang Yi took another road with their vehicles and left the sacred land of the Daxi Clan.

Whereas Gu Qiaoqiao and Qin Yize took the same way back.

The dense forest became more and more distant.

And then disappeared from everyone’s sight.

In the afternoon, Uncle Gu and Zhang Yi returned to the office courtyard of the Jade Mine with three vehicles.

After arriving at the jade mine, the drivers and the security personnel left with their waiting families.

It could be said that all the urgent matters had been resolved.

She sat on the long wooden bench in the courtyard, under a clear blue sky dotted with drifting white clouds.

Above her head was a tall spruce tree.

The canopy of the spruce tree, like a large green umbrella, enveloped the area where Gu Qiaoqiao was sitting.

The August sunlight speckled through.

In the distance, on two trees, were flowers with four large petals as wide as bowls, sending waves of fragrance on the breeze.

If one could forget all these troubles, this would indeed be a beautiful place with pristine mountains and clear waters.

But Gu Qiaoqiao’s brow was still furrowed.

With Uncle Gu and Zhang Yi here, there were many things she didn’t need to deal with.

And the matter with Hua Lian was also under interrogation.

However, the information he provided yielded almost no useful clues.

Nevertheless, Gu Qiaoqiao knew that finding the mastermind behind all this definitely wouldn’t be easy for them.

Because Ning Wanru’s way of doing things was to always have one step connected to the next.

Either creating a diversion or conducting operations in several phases.

It might even be that the people Hua Lian contacted from the Daxi Clan elders were not from the same group at all.

They might even be strangers to each other.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s fingers moved slightly as she lounged lazily on the wooden bench.

Then, Qin Yize’s tall figure walked over unhurriedly.

After a moment of silence, he took a seat beside Gu Qiaoqiao.

He asked Gu Qiaoqiao, “Do you plan to stay here or return to the Imperial Capital?”

Gu Qiaoqiao shook her head, “I won’t be going back for now…”

“Are you planning to go with me then?” Qin Yize asked with a meaningful tone.

Gu Qiaoqiao lifted her shining eyes and glared at him, “You guys are on a forced march, how can I go with you? We can’t possibly travel together, can we?”

Qin Yize extended his hand and patted Gu Qiaoqiao’s head, laughing softly, “Then what are you worrying about? Is it the person behind all this?”

“I’m not really worrying, the person behind it all must be Ning Wanru and Gu Cheng, but now I’m just thinking about how to get them the punishment they deserve.”

“The person who interacted with Hua Lian left Diannan right after handing over the money to Hua Lian, with their whereabouts unknown…”

“Hmm, that’s their usual method,” Gu Qiaoqiao said calmly.

“Heaven’s net is wide and spare, yet nothing slips through, believe me, the truth will soon come to light…”

Gu Qiaoqiao looked at Qin Yize with surprise, “Have you found something?”

Qin Yize was silent for a moment, “Qiaoqiao, we’re still in the deployment phase now, I can’t say more.”

Gu Qiaoqiao blinked, guessing in her heart, could there be progress in the Reed Lake case?

But realizing it was confidential, she didn’t press further.