They had kept the heating on inside and hadn't felt anything. But when they opened the door, it was colder outside than during the day. The three of them closed the door, wrapped their thick scarves tighter, and quietly went downstairs without disturbing anyone in the building.

It was too dark to see the stairs, so Gu Yanzhi took out his night vision goggles and put them on.

To avoid being found by following the trail, the three of them walked quite a distance after leaving the building. They temporarily changed their combat boots into ice skates. When they took their feet out of the combat boots, they felt the cold air and their toes involuntarily curled up.

The three of them, wearing roller skates, glided gracefully along the quiet, deserted street.

Their figures moved nimbly through the night, like ghosts, their all-black attire allowing them to blend seamlessly into the darkness. Only the white streaks left on the ice indicated that people had passed by.

Not far from their destination, the three found a secluded spot to change back into their combat boots.

He crouched down and circled the outer wall of Gu Qiang's family's residence to determine where to enter.

Currently, in City C, apart from those completely frozen under the ice, all the remaining residential buildings that can be entered are accessed by either breaking through the windows or removing the windows and climbing in. Gu Qiang's house is no exception.

Song Zhao was the first to slip inside. The faint sound of her landing went unnoticed. Once inside, Song Zhao noticed that there was a person guarding the window on both the left and right sides, who was fast asleep against the wall.

He gestured to stop Gu Yanzhi, whose foot was already halfway on the window frame.

Song Zhao pulled out the knife strapped to his leg, moved silently to the side of one of the people, and with a swift stroke, a spurt of blood gushed out, splattering onto the snow-white wall. The person slumped to the ground, twitched a few times, and then died.

The sound of him falling woke up the person sleeping on the other side. He immediately stood up, then collapsed back to the ground. A dagger was piercing his heart with perfect accuracy. The man's eyes were wide open, and he died without understanding how he had lost his life.

After dealing with those two henchmen, Gu Yanzhi jumped in through the window.

Zhao walked to the second victim and pulled the dagger out of his heart. As he pulled it out, blood gushed from his heart, mixing with the blood of the previous victim.

After doing all this, Song Zhao walked to Gu Yanzhi's side without saying a word. Gu Yanzhi gave him a comforting hug, and the two held hands tightly with their fingers intertwined.

From the moment he entered the building, Song Zhao's mood seemed off.

"I'm fine, I've avenged myself."

"Everything has changed in my life. We were doing just fine together. After tonight, they won't be able to affect us anymore."

Leaning against Song Zhao, Gu Yanzhi spoke softly, both to comfort him and to comfort herself.

Gu Yanzhi clearly knew that Song Zhao's unusual emotions at this moment stemmed entirely from her experiences in her previous life.

"cough"

When Gu Yanlin arrived, he saw a mess everywhere. The two people were embracing each other amidst the blood and two corpses, making him seem somewhat superfluous.

Let's go.

Seeing Gu Yanlin come up, the two did not completely separate, their hands still tightly clasped together. They turned and walked towards the stairwell, beginning their silent journey up the stairs.

This 32-story building was supposedly occupied by Gu Qiang and Gu Yanqi, who forcibly evicted all the original residents and made it their headquarters. Where the original residents lived or whether they could survive was completely irrelevant to them. Those with strong wills who refused to move were beaten to death by Gu Yanqi's men.

Gu Li and her family of four lived on the top floor, while their subordinates lived on different floors according to their relationship to them and their social standing.

The training over the past few months had been very effective; they climbed the 20-plus-story building in no time, and the three of them didn't even pant heavily.

The hallway was quiet. There were four households on each floor. The three of them didn't know who lived in each of the four households, so they decided to start with apartment 3201 and visit each one one by one.

At the door of room 3201, Gu Yanzhi listened carefully, but there was no sound inside. He took out his lock-picking tools, gently felt around in the keyhole with his fingers, and pressed his ear against the door, listening for any sounds from inside.

A moment later, she felt the lock cylinder move, and with a soft click, the door opened.

The room was empty, clean and bare. The three of them gently closed the door.

The second room was clearly inhabited. The three of them reached the bedroom door, gently turned the handle, and the door opened.

Using night vision goggles, the three saw a large bulge on the bed, with faint breathing sounds, and the person inside was fast asleep.

Gu Yanzhi walked to the bedside, turned on the flashlight he had taken out beforehand, and the blinding light immediately woke him up.

"You..." The person on the bed only managed to utter one syllable before Gu Yanzhi slit his throat, leaving him with wide-open eyes as he died.

This person is Gu Li. Before leaving, Gu Yanzhi was thinking about whether to let her and Li Hong go. In the later part of their previous life, they were used by their husbands and sons/brothers and nephews. After they were used, they were kicked aside. They were two pitiful people.

But there's always a reason why someone is pitiful. Thinking back to how good her parents were to Gu Li, helping her start her company and giving her money and people, and how they would always bring her gifts when they went on business trips, and how her father was always the first to stand up for her whenever she had any problems.

Mom genuinely loves her younger sister Gu Li. Whenever Mom buys something for herself, she always includes Gu Li. In her previous life, after Gu Li got divorced, Mom was afraid that Gu Li would be sad, so she specifically told Dad to take care of his sister more often. She even paid out of her own pocket to send Gu Li out to play and relax.

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