After my emotions calmed down, I noticed Zhang Dabiao looking at me with a peculiar expression.
I touched my face and looked at myself, not feeling anything amiss. I instinctively asked, "What's wrong, Brother Zhang?"
Zhang Dabiao's gaze swept from my head to my feet. "Don't you think you went a bit too far just now?"
"Too far?" I looked at Zhang Dabiao, confused. "What went too far?"
"Your feelings for Bai Ling'er."
Feelings?
Reminded by Zhang Dabiao, I suddenly realized the problem. I had only known Bai Ling'er for less than three days, yet I became so agitated when something happened to her, almost to the point of crying.
Had she already occupied such an important place in my heart?
It shouldn't be! Our relationship was merely due to the contract signed by the Fifth Prince. But the contract had been dissolved, so what else could have happened?
Just then, Wu Da Sang Men rushed in from outside like a madman.
"Wife, wife..."
Seeing his wife lying on the ground, he lunged forward and held her in his arms. "Wife, how are you? Don't scare me! Wife, wake up..."
I had never seen such a grown man cry "like a weeping willow." The snot and tears on his face transformed a dark-skinned man into something resembling a resentful woman confined to her chambers.
Afterward, under the protection of bodyguards, Fang Huixin entered the room with her young secretary, followed by Li Jian, Li Rui, and a group of people. I placed Bai Ling'er into the small inner pocket of the bag I wore on my chest.
Bai Ling'er was a huge secret weapon. For an ordinary person like me, she was equivalent to an atomic bomb; how could I easily let outsiders see her?
"Danger, there's a situation."
The bodyguard protecting Fang Huixin, upon seeing the nearly half-meter-diameter hole in the back wall, drew his pistol again, protectively shielding her. Li Jian and Li Rui, who were following behind them, were directly squeezed out of the door.
"Don't bother looking. They aren't people you can deal with. Put away those useless things you're holding," Fang Huixin said calmly.
Fang Huixin's calm tone immediately drew my attention. I had always thought of Fang Huixin as a mere pretty face relying on a powerful backing, but it seemed she herself was not as simple as she appeared. Su Dan Novel Network.
She glanced at Wu Da Sang Men, who was crying miserably, then turned her gaze to me. "Where is she?"
Looking at Fang Huixin, who was condescending, a surge of anger rose within me. I was risking my life here, and she didn't care, her first words upon meeting me were asking where someone was. Was that not too much?
Moreover, Wu Da Sang Men's wife was bewitched by a fox spirit because of this matter and was still unconscious. How could a person be so cold-blooded?
"Can't you find her yourself? She won't grow legs and run away this time."
My words caused Fang Huixin's entire face to twitch involuntarily. She glared at me fiercely, then ordered her subordinates to search.
Following her, the bodyguards surged forward like a tidal wave, searching everywhere. To my surprise, they didn't even spare the stove beneath the pots.
"Found her."
One bodyguard, for reasons unknown, pushed over a wardrobe, revealing a hidden door large enough for one person to pass through.
Kicking it open, the bodyguard squeezed inside but quickly ran out, looking somewhat terrified as he faced Fang Huixin.
"Bo... Boss, Mi... Miss... is inside."
These eight words, stammered out several times, made Fang Huixin frown.
"If she's inside, just bring her out. Do I need to instruct you on how to handle such a simple matter?"
Fang Huixin's words made the bodyguard's face show difficulty. "Bo... Boss, it's not like that. I think you should go in and take a look before making a decision."
"I go in?"
The bodyguard nodded with a somewhat displeased expression.
Fang Huixin frowned, then glanced at me, saying, "Keep an eye on them and don't let them escape."
Then, she followed the bodyguard into the room hidden behind the cabinet. As soon as she entered, a sharp scream erupted from within. The sound was an octave higher than a soprano, truly a piercing shriek that assaulted the ears.
Immediately after, Fang Huixin rushed out. As soon as she exited the main room, she squatted down next to me and vomited.
Ugh—
A sour, foul odor instantly filled the air. Without a second thought, I retreated several steps. Zhang Dabiao wrinkled his nose and also retreated, apparently unable to bear the smell.
The young secretary quickly took out a pack of tissues from her bag and handed them to Fang Huixin, then asked a bodyguard to fetch a bottle of water.
After everything was done, Fang Huixin stood up with a somewhat pale face, her body involuntarily swaying a couple of times.
"Boss Fang, are you alright? Perhaps you should go back first, and I'll handle the rest?" Li Jian bypassed the bodyguards and looked at Fang Huixin with concern.
"That's right! Aunt Fang, it's so hot today, there might be some smell. Why don't you go back first? I and my uncle will handle the rest, and we'll definitely sort out what's left."
Fang Huixin drank a few sips of water, then spat them out. She completely ignored Li Jian and Li Rui, the father and son, and instead turned her gaze to me.
"You knew everything inside beforehand, didn't you?"
Seeing Fang Huixin pointing the finger at me, I was completely bewildered. I hadn't done anything, I just told them to find it themselves, so did I find it wrong?
Because of Fang Huixin's cold attitude, I also looked at her with an unfriendly tone. "What are you talking about? Didn't you rush in as soon as you heard the commotion? I didn't even open the hidden door, so how could I know what was inside?"
Although I hadn't entered that hidden room, I could guess its contents with about eighty to ninety percent accuracy. The corpses had been there for several days, and the smell would have made me vomit up last night's leftovers even if I had gone in, let alone Fang Huixin, a pampered and wealthy boss.
"You..."
Fang Huixin hurled the bottle she was holding at me, but I dodged it, having been prepared.
"Boss Fang, the person has been found. The rest is no longer my concern. How you handle it is your business. We're leaving. I hope you'll keep your word." As I said this, I gave Zhang Dabiao a look to hurry up and leave, then walked out first.
After taking only a couple of steps, Fang Huixin's malicious voice echoed in my ears again. "Try walking out. If you leave this door, I'll have my subordinates bury both of you alive."
I stopped in my tracks and slowly turned around, looking at Fang Huixin with fierce eyes. "What did you just say? Say it again, I didn't hear clearly."
I already had anger towards Fang Huixin in my heart. Now, Bai Ling'er had almost lost her life helping me, and I had found the person for you, yet you still want to make trouble with me? Do you really think I owe you, Fang Huixin?
Perhaps intimidated by my fierce gaze, Fang Huixin took a step back. Then, perhaps feeling she appeared a bit weak, she quickly moved two steps forward to confront me.
"I said, if you don't resolve this matter for me, I'll have people bury both of you alive. You can try me if you don't believe me." Fang Huixin looked at me with resolute eyes, as if possessed by a Valkyrie, appearing fearless.
Seeing her bodyguards aim their guns at me again, I told myself that I wasn't afraid of death, but I couldn't implicate Brother Zhang, who had rushed here to save me.
Helpless, I could only surrender. Fang Huixin said nothing, merely having her bodyguards drive me and Zhang Dabiao into the hidden door.
As soon as I entered, I was stunned. My throat tightened, and my stomach felt as if it had been punched hard. I immediately turned to run out the door.
Ugh—