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Chapter 451 The unexpected person

"It's definitely her!"

Han Xue persisted, "She's the prime suspect, yet she has the nerve to doubt me!"

Just then, Bai Mengfei caught a glimpse of a figure in the rain, wearing a black raincoat, slowly walking towards her.

She subconsciously took a small step back, her brows furrowing slightly, and turned to the others, saying, "Alright, stop arguing! It looks like someone's coming."

Upon hearing this, Han Xue and Miao Xiaoxiao were both taken aback, and their faces instantly showed fear.

Miao Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she retreated repeatedly until she reached the corner of the wall.

Bai Mengfei stood calmly in place, with only one firm thought in her mind: "I will never let him kill me a second time!"

Thinking of this, she clenched her fists, bit her lower lip gently, remained silent, and frowned even more deeply.

Seeing this, Xiang Yuntian stepped forward and said softly, "It seems we have to leave now."

"We can't leave now," Bai Mengfei said. "If it really is him, we have no choice but to fight him to the death. There are four of us; surely we can beat him?"

As the man in the raincoat approached, Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian saw his appearance clearly: he was a man around forty years old, with a slightly aged face and rain streaming down his cheeks.

This person's build and age matched their preconceived characteristics of the murderer. However, his demeanor was somewhat kind, and his appearance was quite ordinary, so it was difficult to determine whether he was the murderer at that moment.

He stepped forward, smiled at Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian, and said, "Excuse me, I came here to take shelter from the rain."

As he spoke, he went inside and took off his raincoat. Underneath, he was dressed in simple clothes, and his demeanor was natural, without the slightest hint of suspicion.

But precisely because of this, Bai Mengfei found him even more suspicious.

Bai Mengfei watched him quietly, a look of speculation unconsciously appearing in her eyes, though she didn't quite understand his background. Xiang Yuntian and Han Xue, on the other hand, were even more suspicious.

The man noticed the strange looks from the crowd, chuckled, and asked, "Why are you all looking at me like that? Judging from your appearance, you must be from out of town, right?"

Bai Mengfei nodded slightly, tacitly agreeing with his guess.

The older brother nodded in agreement, then let out a slow sigh and said, "Since you're a friend from out of town, let me introduce myself. I'm just an ordinary villager on this island. My wife and I settled here a few years ago. But a year ago, my wife passed away from illness, and I didn't have much money, so now I'm all alone."

"Don't you want to leave here?" Miao Xiaoxiao asked.

The eldest brother pondered for a moment, then sighed and said, "The world outside is too dangerous. Actually, staying here is quite good."

It seems this man has a hidden past.

Bai Mengfei became interested in him because she was curious whether he was the murderer, so she asked, "May I ask what your name is, elder brother?"

"I usually raise chickens and catch fish here. You can just call me Lao Yu."

Bai Mengfei felt that he seemed to be deliberately hiding his real name, so she didn't press him further about it. Instead, she said, "Old Yu, it's so late, why aren't you at home? Why are you here?"

"Go home? Haha, I'm all alone on this island, isn't everywhere home? What a coincidence, how did you all end up here? When I saw you just now, I felt quite warm and fuzzy inside, after all, it's been so long since I've seen any outsiders, I was really curious."

“Yes, probably just as curious as we were when we met you,” Bai Mengfei said softly. “Actually, we didn’t expect that there were still people living on this island.”

After speaking, Bai Mengfei carefully examined his entire body, trying to find some clues about his identity.

After a brief exchange, they took shelter from the rain together inside the house.

In order to determine whether Lao Yu was a friend or foe, Xiang Yuntian asked indirectly, "Lao Yu, where were you from before?"

Old Yu seemed reluctant to have his background questioned. He slowly shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Actually, it doesn't matter what kind of person I was before. What matters is that I just want to live a quiet life on this island and spend the rest of my life here. By the way, when the rain gets a little lighter, I'll take you to my house and show you what I've accomplished here over the years."

“Okay!” Bai Mengfei immediately agreed.

This is an excellent opportunity to verify the truthfulness of his words.

Xiang Yuntian nodded as well, his thoughts coincided with Bai Mengfei's.

Soon, the rain subsided, and Lao Yu indeed led them toward his home.

After passing through a dense forest, a small village came into view. The houses here were all built of wood, resembling holiday cottages. The floorboards were also made of uniformly sized wooden planks.

Old Yu said with considerable pride, "I built all these houses myself, aren't they beautiful?"

"Such a big place, did you lay all these wooden planks by yourself?" Miao Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.

Old Yu nodded secretly.

Bai Mengfei thought to herself, "It seems that Lao Yu was not lying. If he were lying, he wouldn't have had time to set up such a big scheme."

Old Yu led them through several houses, finally arriving at one of them. Inside, there were even daily necessities such as quilts.

Bai Mengfei asked curiously, "How come there are new quilts?"

"There are also changes of clothes!" Old Yu said proudly. "You may not know, but there is a beach on this island where you can find pearls in the seashells you pick up."

"Really?" Han Xue asked in surprise.

Seeing their suspicious looks, Lao Yu said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go to the house across the street." After saying that, Lao Yu hurriedly left.

Less than five minutes later, Lao Yu ran back, holding four large pearls in his hand, and said, "Since you and I get along so well and you're both tourists, I'll give you these four pearls."

Looking at the plump, large pearls, Han Xue could hardly believe it. She picked one up with her right thumb and forefinger and held it up to her eyes for a closer look. Only then did she realize that the pearl was real.

She was very surprised and quickly thanked him.

Old Yu then explained, "Now you should understand where my quilts came from, right? Hehe, they were all traded with wealthy people who came to buy them using pearls. Actually, people do come to the island occasionally, like every Wednesday, when they come to buy pearls."

"Isn't that tomorrow?" Bai Mengfei asked, startled.

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