Chapter 405 Here's a lucky charm for you to ward off evil and bring good fortune.

Before leaving, they naturally had to tell the village party secretary, since their official status was that of geological researchers.

The village secretary even offered to provide them with a guide to prevent them from getting lost. But how could they dare let these villagers follow them? Wouldn't that expose their identities?

So, Lao Wu pretended to refuse the suggestion.

The village party secretary actually had his own agenda; he knew he'd be rewarded for helping these people. He'd heard before that when higher-ups sent people down to conduct special research, those who accompanied them were either paid in work points or directly paid money.

In any case, we won't let the working people work for nothing, nor will we take a single needle or thread from the masses. Besides, if we build good relationships with these geological researchers, there might be something we can do with them in the future!

Therefore, the village party secretary actually wanted his second son, Liu Erzhu, to accompany the group as a guide.

Liu Erzhu's favorite thing to do is to go into the mountains. He is quite skilled and very familiar with the surrounding environment, making him more than capable of serving as a guide for the geological research team.

Of course, the village secretary also had another important purpose, which was to find more things for Liu Erzhu to do, so that this silly boy wouldn't just think about Luo Zhiqing all day long.

Recently, Liu Erzhu has been looking in the direction of the Bai family's old house every day, sometimes grinning foolishly, and sometimes looking worried.

The whole family knew what he was thinking, but no one believed he had any chance.

Finding something for Liu Erzhu to do now is actually helping him.

Old Wu and the others knew that if they didn't let anyone follow them and went into the deep mountains and forests alone, the brigade would definitely not agree.

After all, they are public officials who came to Crescent Moon Mountain for exploration and research. If anything happens to their safety, the village will also be held responsible.

Finally, after repeatedly declining without success, Lao Wu and his group had no choice but to let Liu Erzhu come along.

But no one expected that this matter would ultimately lead to an unexpected incident...