SIAS Chapter 67.2

If she moved to a new place and no one took the prey away in advance, it would mean that the previous incident was just a coincidence and someone happened to discover the place where she set the trap.

Then, it would be very difficult to get to the bottom of this matter. She could only suffer this loss in silence.

But if the prey disappeared out of thin air again today, she would have to find the person out.

After all, in the former situation, the money fell on the ground and was picked up by someone. If they didn’t return it to you, you would have nowhere to complain.

But in the latter situation, they were staring at where you put the money and stealing it when they got the chance.

The degree of badness of the two was very different.

Even if she couldn’t argue with this person about picking up prey, at least, she had to know the answer and find a chance to make up for it from other places in the future.

When she went to check the trap again at noon the next day, Yi Qingqing knew that she was really being targeted.

Although the traps were not triggered, she saw signs of broken branches around it again, indicating that someone had been there.

She deliberately avoided places where villagers often gathered when setting traps, so it was unlikely that it would happen by coincidence twice in a row.

She used to set the trap after work in the afternoon and checked it at noon the next day.

If she didn’t change the location, she wouldn’t go up the mountain at night. After checking the prey at noon, she could restore the trap at the same time.

Because she was in a hurry, she walked quickly after work. If others wanted to know where she set the traps, they would definitely pay attention to her going up the mountain at noon and in the evening.

But it was too difficult to take the prey away before her during these two time periods.

Because after work, she would go back to the educated youth point, put on her backpack, and then go up the mountain through the back door without stopping.

The educated youth point was closer to the back mountain than where other villagers lived, so it was almost impossible to take the prey away before she got to the mountain at noon or in the evening and avoid her.

Although she would not go up the mountain in the evening unless she changed the trap, this person could not predict in advance whether she would change her location, so in the evening, the person would definitely stare at her house, especially the back door.

It would take time to keep an eye on her, and there was no guarantee that she would go out at any time, so it was not safe to pick up prey at night.

So this person was most likely to pick it up in the morning.

Although the time to go to work in the morning was quite early, the sun rose quickly in this season, so it was not impossible to get up early and go up the mountain or this person did not go to work.

Yi Qingqing thought that she was still quite alert in the mountains and forests. If the other party was following closely, she would not be unaware of it at all.

Then, the person could only keep a long distance.

At such a distance, it was difficult to catch the person, and it was not easy to determine whether the person was really following her.

It was better to find a way somewhere else. It would be best if she could avenge the person at the same time and teach the person a lesson.

She had a plan in mind and did not move the trap at this point. She also set up another one not far away to cover up her tracks.

Then, she pretended that nothing had happened and went down the mountain as usual.

After work in the afternoon, she also hurried back to the educated youth point, but this time, she did not go out immediately.

Before, if she did not go to hunt, the first thing she did when she got home was to light a fire and cook.

She judged that in order to keep an eye on whether she went out from the back door, in addition to keeping an eye on the back door, it was best to observe the smoke from cooking.

If she was going to go up the mountain, she would not cook as soon as she came back, but she would definitely rush to the mountain.

Yi Qingqing took advantage of this point to paralyze the other party first.

As soon as she got home, she lit a fire as well, but instead of cooking, she boiled water.

There was a full pot of water and a full stove of firewood, which could last for quite a while.

There was smoke coming out of the chimney, which looked no different from cooking smoke from a distance.

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