After Shen Liannuo called out, she couldn't hear any movement from the room. She instinctively reached out, turned the doorknob, and entered, "Qiao Ziqian, I called you didn't..."
Before she could finish the word "hear," Shen Liannuo discovered that Qiao Ziqian was nowhere in the bedroom.
Just like Madam Qing, he had vanished into thin air.
Shen Liannuo's mind went blank for a moment, but she still rushed to the bathroom and kicked open the door.
This time, she didn't even call Qiao Ziqian's name, as she was almost certain he wouldn't be inside.
As expected, the bathroom was empty.
After coming downstairs, the gunshots in the courtyard also ceased. When she ran into the courtyard, she saw several brothers lying on the ground, some groaning in pain, others motionless, their state of being whether breathless or unconscious unknown.
At this moment, Lu Yanming returned from the villa entrance. The white suit he was wearing was stained with blood, making it particularly striking under the lights.
"Where did they go?"
Shen Liannuo trotted over to Lu Yanming and asked.
"They fled. Li Gui took a few brothers to pursue them." Lu Yanming's brows were tightly furrowed. "They exchanged fire with a few of our brothers in the courtyard for a few minutes before retreating. I was worried about you, so..."
Before he could finish, Shen Liannuo said, "Qiao Ziqian and Madam Qing have both disappeared."
"What?"
Lu Yanming's face turned ashen. He raised his hand and pushed up his glasses. "Damn it, now I understand what they meant by a feint." With that, he turned and walked out of the courtyard.
"Where are you going?" Shen Liannuo called out.
"I'm going down the mountain to find them. You stay here." Lu Yanming glanced back at her and reminded her, "Don't tell Jingwei and the others for now."
"I know." Shen Liannuo nodded. "Call me if anything happens."
She stood still, watching Lu Yanming walk away, her hand gripping the gun tightly, her heart sinking further.
"Miss Shen, there are three survivors. How should we handle them?"
A subordinate walked over and asked from behind her.
Upon hearing that there were survivors, Shen Liannuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and she turned to ask, "Where are they?"
"Over there."
The subordinate pointed to the people being restrained by several injured brothers. From a distance, only their loose black uniforms and golden hair could be seen.
Shen Liannuo strode over. As she got closer, she realized that among the three seriously injured individuals, one was Chinese, and the other two had short blonde hair, blue eyes, and deep, sculpted features—standard foreigners.
"Who sent you?"
If she had thought the assailants were Tang Nian's men just moments ago, now, seeing the people in front of her, she realized she had been gravely mistaken.
Foreigners?
Antina?
Besides her, Shen Liannuo couldn't think of anyone else.
"Hmph, we took money to do a job. You want me to betray my employer? Absolutely impossible!" The Chinese man with black hair snorted coldly. Even kneeling on the ground, he exuded an unyielding posture.
Shen Liannuo's red lips twitched, and she smiled calmly. "You won't talk, will you? Fine, I'll give these two a chance." She pointed at the two foreigners with a hint of threat.
The two foreigners glanced at Shen Liannuo, their eyes filled with disdain.
They expressed their attitude through silence.
"Damn it, they're still so arrogant even though they're in our hands!" The subordinate who had spoken to Shen Liannuo earlier, Chen Tie, seeing their arrogant demeanor, kicked one of them in anger. "I'm afraid you're tired of living."