He looked at the sinister smile lingering in Jiang Li’s eyes, then at He Pingzhang, who was organized and methodical, and suddenly remembered the words Pei Ye had hinted at him before.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lang quickly coughed and stood in front of Jiang Li, blocking her line of sight before turning to look at a puzzled He Pingzhang.
"Cough cough, the public opinion has been squashed for now, so, Assistant He, you should hurry up and confirm the identity of the body, contact the family, etc. Don’t worry about compensation; Wilderness Survival’s sponsorship isn’t small—just grabbing a bit from it will suffice."
He Pingzhang nodded his head, "Mm, the forensic expert and police we contacted are already on their way, but a storm just hit two days ago, raising the water level at the coast quite a bit. If they are coming by yacht, I expect they’ll be quite delayed—possibly—"
"No need to look anymore, I know who she is."
Jiang Li’s voice suddenly resounded, and both men turned to look at her.
Zhao Lang, with his hands in his pockets, teased with a smirk, "How so, Master Jiang? Have you already calculated the identity of this person? Didn’t you say you could only be accurate when reading faces? This person has decayed so much, and you can still figure it out?"
"Of course not," Jiang Li said, "I just happen to know this person."
Both men were again taken aback, silently waiting for Jiang Li to give the answer.
"If I’m not mistaken, she should be Nina, who used to be in the same team as me."
The age, hair, figure—all matched; moreover, when she saw Nina for the last time in the cave, she had noticed a blackened Yintang and sunken three palaces—it was an omen of great misfortune.
Dying at the bottom of this cliff was not unexpected.
Both men were very surprised; they looked at Jiang Li, then at the female corpse in the grass.
Zhao Lang immediately had He Pingzhang bring over the contestants’ information, specifically looking for Nina’s photo for comparison—whether it was in terms of physique or clothing, it matched the body in front of them exactly.
"It’s almost certain, let’s start by contacting the family," Zhao Lang handed the tablet to He Pingzhang and then crossed his arms as he turned to Jiang Li, "Impressive, you’ve earned another merit, I don’t even know how many favors I owe you now."
Jiang Li also smiled, "You already owe me plenty, one or two more won’t make a difference."
Having said that, she turned around and looked at the female corpse again.
"However, I think rather than contacting her relatives, it would be better for you to focus on investigating how she died."
Jiang Li looked up at the cliff in front of her and pointed up, "Do you think any kind of accident here is plausible? And as you saw in the information just now, Nina had extensive experience in outdoor adventures. Although this cliff is high, it isn’t that dangerous. Could someone with such experience die in such a random way out here in the wilderness? Besides, there is nothing on her person. Don’t you find that suspicious?"
Upon hearing Jiang Li’s words, the two men immediately became more alert and after re-examining the body, Zhao Lang tossed away the gloves in his hand.
"It’s a shame, the heavy rain must have washed away many clues, and conducting an investigation won’t be easy."
"Is that so?" Jiang Li raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "But I seem to think that Young Master Gu must have a lead by now."
Zhao Lang chuckled, "How do you know?"
"Let me guess, you’ve already got a suspect in mind, right?"
"Miss Jiang really knows me too well."
The two chatted back and forth, and nearby Jiang Cheng’s expression gradually darkened.
Even if he was immature, he could see that this Gu Yu guy definitely had a thing for his sister.
Heh, as he expected, when that man was pulled from the lake, he foresaw this outcome.
Thinking of hitting on his sister? Not a chance!
No one in this world was worthy of his sister!
Jiang Cheng glanced at the increasingly numerous crew members and Zhao Lang himself, who occasionally gave instructions to the director, and narrowed his eyes.
This Young Master Gu must be someone with no ordinary status, even directing the director... Could he be an investor in the show?
It seemed he could not openly trip up Gu Yu; he would have to find a way to prevent him from associating with his sister!
Before long, the police also arrived, and Jiang Li and the others naturally went through the procedures of giving statements.
After taking care of these matters, it was already afternoon, and the three of them found their stomachs growling simultaneously.
Zhao Lang instinctively turned to look at He Pingzhang, but He Pingzhang just smiled knowingly.
"My apologies, although a sudden situation has arisen, you three are still in the show, and the program crew cannot offer any assistance—you’ll have to fend for lunch yourselves."
The three of them: "..."
Left with no choice, Zhao Lang could only take out a few cans from his backpack and handed them to Jiang Li, "These are the ones you gave me before you left. Have some of these to fill your stomach for now. Things here are almost squared away, the rest is up to them to handle. We should hurry back to meet with the others, so as not to worry them."
"Alright." Jiang Li took the cans and nodded in agreement.
Bai Lu was the first to wake up and found that the rain had stopped and the sky was completely clear after opening the window.
She quickly woke everyone else up, and they all opened the little cabin to breathe the first breath of fresh air they had in three days.
Bai Lu stretched comfortably, "Finally seeing the sun, feels great. The show is ending in two days, and I kind of don’t want it to end, and..."
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"Lili still hasn’t come back. I wonder how she’s doing."
"Don’t worry too much," Yu Li stepped forward and patted her shoulder, "The sky is clear now, they should be able to return safely soon."
"Yes," Jiang Yan looked at her watch, "and their names are still up there, they shouldn’t be eliminated yet."
Heh, including that Gu Yu kid.
Taking the chance when she wasn’t paying attention to sneak out to find Jiang Li!
Shang Shuyue stayed silent but looked towards the other teams’ tents not far away.
Although there are only two days left to survive and victory was within reach for them, apart from the eight of them, there were also seven others on this island, all of formidable strength, particularly with only two days remaining—these people were surely lying in wait.
With this in mind, Shang Shuyue turned to look at everyone.
"I think we should take action, otherwise, before Jiang Li returns, we might lose this cabin."
Everyone looked at the other teams nearby and felt that Shang Shuyue made a lot of sense, nodding in agreement.
Jiang Yan, arms crossed, said, "So, what do we do now? Attack them first?"