Looking at the unfamiliar streetscape outside and the chaotic crowd, it was indeed somewhat overwhelming.
The little fox asked Ye Tiancheng, "Big brother, what should we do now? This doesn't seem like a place we know. Where should we go?"
Ye Tiancheng was also a bit unsure of their current situation. He pondered for a moment and decided it was best to take things one step at a time, as there was no better plan at the moment.
So, Ye Tiancheng said, "We don't understand the situation, so we can only prioritize what's urgent."
"Lin Yanqin is like this, and we can't keep holding her and standing on the street. Let's find a place to settle down first. If anything else happens, we'll deal with it then."
The little fox thought about it and felt that it could only be this way.
"Alright, I just don't know what's happening with Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping."
Speaking of Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping.
After Ye Tiancheng and the little fox left, they waited in the room. However, for some reason, they waited for a long time and Ye Tiancheng and the others did not return.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping became anxious.
Liang Ping said uncertainly, "Did something happen to Ye Tiancheng and the others?"
Nie Chongyang's face was grim. "It's very likely. Otherwise, they should have returned by now. But don't be too nervous. With Ye Tiancheng's abilities, even if they encounter any changes, they shouldn't be in trouble easily."
"We shouldn't leave the room rashly, otherwise, when Ye Tiancheng and the others return, we won't be here."
"Moreover, if we go out, we might not be able to handle the dangers outside."
Liang Ping felt the same way, so he began to wait anxiously with Nie Chongyang.
Although they waited for quite some time, after a while, Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping finally heard familiar footsteps outside the door, which sounded very much like Ye Tiancheng and the little fox.
They were about to breathe a sigh of relief, thinking they had finally returned, but unexpectedly, the footsteps paused and then quickly moved away.
Nie Chongyang was suddenly bewildered. "What's going on?"
Liang Ping listened to the movement of the footsteps and then said to Nie Chongyang, "Judging by the sound, it seems like they went upstairs. In that direction, it seems to be towards Lin Yanqin's place?"
Nie Chongyang said uncertainly, "Could it be that something happened to Lin Yanqin, so Ye Tiancheng took the little fox to go there?"
"Shouldn't those be their footsteps?"
Liang Ping listened, thought for a moment, and then said, "Most likely it's them. Although I don't know what they're doing, they probably have their reasons. And we should trust them. No matter what situation they encounter, they can always handle it."
Nie Chongyang could only sigh.
At this moment, it was truly frustrating that they couldn't help at all.
Soon, Nie Chongyang and the others heard banging sounds from upstairs.
Nie Chongyang and the others kept paying attention to the movements upstairs. "Is that them breaking down the door?"
Liang Ping said, "The sound is very similar."
But they couldn't be sure.
They couldn't be sure who was breaking down the door.
Due to the proximity to the hallway, the building structure, and the way sound traveled through walls, Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping downstairs couldn't hear the sounds very clearly.
However, faintly, Liang Ping seemed to hear something.
He suddenly said, "I think I heard a cry for help, it sounds a bit like Lin Yanqin's voice."
When Nie Chongyang heard Liang Ping say this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"This makes sense. No wonder Ye Tiancheng and the little fox have been gone for so long. Perhaps they ventured out to check the situation, and with their abilities, they should be able to protect themselves in such a situation."
"We should just stay in this room and not cause them any trouble."
What Nie Chongyang and the others could hear essentially stopped after the room door upstairs was broken open.
They could only wait quietly downstairs.
But Ye Tiancheng and the others had not returned for a long time, and they didn't know what had held them up.
Fortunately, Nie Chongyang and the others didn't have to worry about Ye Tiancheng's safety. Both of them knew what they were doing and wouldn't get into trouble so easily.
After another two hours of tense waiting, Nie Chongyang and the others did not get Ye Tiancheng and the others back, but instead, a very unexpected change occurred.
The room they were in was rapidly changing.
The scene inside the room gradually turned into the remains of a burnt-out house. Not only that, but the furnishings in the room also indicated that this burnt-out room was not the one they were originally staying in.
Moreover, judging by some remaining traces, this room looked very old.
This easily made Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping think of the decoration and furnishings of the room where Lin Yanqin had previously resided.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping looked at each other.
Nie Chongyang said, bewildered, "What is this situation? Where is this?"
Liang Ping pondered for a moment and then continued Ye Tiancheng's words, "It might be related to what Ye Tiancheng and the others did upstairs. Perhaps something happened to Lin Yanqin, causing this place to revert to its original state as a hotel."
"But why is it burnt?"
"Could it be that Lin Yanqin didn't die a hundred years ago, but died in a fire?"
He made a simple guess and then asked Nie Chongyang, "Captain Nie, what should we do now? Should we go out and take a look?"
Nie Chongyang looked at the charred remains of the room and then at the doorway, which had been burned down to an empty door frame.
He said, "Now that even the door is gone, and the room has changed so much, there's no point in us staying holed up in the room. We might as well go out and see if we can find Ye Tiancheng and the others."
Liang Ping was not so optimistic.
Looking at the charred remains of the room, he had a vague feeling that this was not a room that had recently suffered a fire, but rather remains that had been burnt a long time ago.
He just didn't know why a house that had been burnt to such an extent had not been demolished and rebuilt, and had been left as a ruin for so long.
As a result, after walking out, Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping saw that the outside was messy with a lot of ruins. There were indeed signs of demolition, and in many places, a large character "拆" (demolish) was written in red paint, with a circle drawn around it.
It seemed that someone did want to demolish it, but for some reason, they ultimately did not.
Instead, they chose to leave the house as it was.
However, the reasons for this were generally not optimistic.
It was likely due to some strange supernatural events that led to such a result.
It could be seen that in addition to the remains and ruins left by the fire, there were also traces of demolition that had been there for a long time, meaning that no one had come to demolish this house for a long time.
After they walked out, they found that the house was quite large.
There were many rooms. After walking out into the corridor and looking at the layout of the house, Nie Chongyang and the others inferred that this might very well be the site of the hotel where Lin Yanqin was murdered a hundred years ago.
That hotel must have caught fire a hundred years ago.
But they had been out for a while, and they hadn't seen Ye Tiancheng and the little fox at all.
Nie Chongyang and the others found it a bit strange.
After considering for a while, Nie Chongyang and the others decided not to rush to leave. They would first follow the previous clues and look for the room where Lin Yanqin had stayed, perhaps they could find something.
As they went upstairs, the layout of the house was much more unfamiliar, and Nie Chongyang and the others couldn't find their way for a while.
After a long time, they managed to find the corresponding location.
Moreover, they couldn't be entirely sure.
Judging by the house, they could see how fierce the fire had been a hundred years ago. The house was burnt down to its frame, and being able to vaguely identify it was already a testament to Nie Chongyang's abilities.
After entering the room, Nie Chongyang and the others couldn't help but shake their heads.
Burnt to this extent, all clues were gone.
They just didn't know why this hotel had caught such a fire a hundred years ago.
And this question, Ye Tiancheng and the others, who were in the time of a hundred years ago, also couldn't figure out the reason. The fire started suddenly. When they were saving Lin Yanqin, it took them several hours.
Then, after a short rest, the fire broke out.
It was also possible that it had already started earlier, but Ye Tiancheng and the others hadn't noticed it until the little fox smelled something.
They also didn't know if this matter was related to the person who stabbed Lin Yanqin. If it was to destroy the evidence, there would be no need to make such a big fuss, or to set the fire so long after the fact.
If that person had run away and then set the fire.
At that time, Ye Tiancheng and the others couldn't even get out of the room, and there was no time to treat Lin Yanqin. Lin Yanqin would have certainly died, with the best treatment time delayed, leading to her death.
But the fire happened after Ye Tiancheng and the others had saved Lin Yanqin.
And judging by the situation, there must have been such a fire a hundred years ago, because Ye Tiancheng and the others saw some familiar faces among the victims, people they had seen cleaning rooms or working in the back kitchen.
Now the clues were in a mess, making it impossible to find a starting point.
Ye Tiancheng and the others, along with Lin Yanqin, took a long time to find a kind doctor who temporarily took them in and was willing to examine Lin Yanqin's injuries.
The reason they were in such a sorry state was because Ye Tiancheng and the others had no money.
To be precise, they did not have the currency of this place. They were carrying Renminbi, which certainly did not exist a hundred years ago.
In the end, it was the doctor who noticed that Ye Tiancheng and the others had brought Lin Yanqin, and Lin Yanqin was injured, so he took them in.
After examining Lin Yanqin's injuries, the doctor stated that Lin Yanqin had received timely treatment and her wounds were well-handled, so there would be no major problems. As long as she recovered, she would be fine.
This result indeed made Ye Tiancheng and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
This meant that their efforts were not in vain.
Although they had arrived in an unfamiliar place, this might be the breakthrough they needed to solve their problems. They were about to give up, but now they had gained such an opportunity, how could they not be happy?
After there was nothing urgent to attend to, Ye Tiancheng and the others finally realized.
Although they did not have the currency here, they still had some gold and silver jewelry, which they could use in this place.
Ye Tiancheng thought for a moment, found a gold ornament that was not too conspicuous, and gave it to the doctor who had taken them in, as a thank you for their hospitality and also as payment.
They couldn't give anything else, nor could they take out anything too eye-catching. This was just right and not excessive.
No matter when it was, gold was always valuable.