After the supervisor walked away, I watched him go upstairs.

Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao split up and silently knocked out the remaining people working on the 16th floor.

"Come"

The last person saw the stranger break in and was about to scream when Gu Yanzhi quickly knocked him unconscious.

"Grandma Gao"

Grandma Gao was stunned by the sudden turn of events and remained inside the room. However, she stood firmly in front of the railing at the door, preventing anyone else in the room from seeing Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao.

Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao pressed themselves against the railing and greeted Grandma Gao. The people inside seemed to have grasped at the last straw, crowding against the railing and asking questions incessantly.

"Comrades, comrades, are you here to rescue us?"

This room is filled with elderly people, both men and women, who are all able to move around independently and appear to have no illnesses.

"Grandpas and grandmas, shh. Please wait patiently, we will definitely get everyone out." Gu Yanzhi did not rush to bring everyone out. Originally, he thought there was only Grandma Gao, but now there were several more people. Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao's plan needed to be changed.

"Xiao Gu, Xiao Song, you two go check on Xiao Bao! How is Xiao Bao?" Grandma Gao, who had been pushed aside, finally found a chance to interject, gratefully pleading with Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao to go check on Gao Siyang.

"Grandma Gao, don't worry, we'll go right now."

"Grandpas and grandmas, please keep quiet, we'll be right back."

Following the sound of the baby crying, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao found the only room with the door closed.

Gu Yanzhi took out the lock-picking tools he had used before and opened the lock without much effort.

"Who are you?" The person taking care of the child inside heard the door open and immediately stood up alertly, looking cautiously at the two people in front of them.

Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao didn't give her a chance to say a second word. They quickly knocked her unconscious, tied her up, stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth, and dragged her to a corner.

There were only two infants in the room, and their room was much better than the elderly people's room. Each infant had their own cradle, and the room was very warm. Unlike the elderly people's room, which didn't even have a brazier, and the group of people huddled together for warmth.

However, because of the unfamiliar environment, the two children cried incessantly.

After confirming that both children were doing well, Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao closed the door and went upstairs.

They skipped the 17th floor and went straight to the top floor, the 18th. From the conversations of the people there, the two deduced that the leader of Dark Cloud was currently on the 18th floor.

Once upstairs, the corridor was quiet; not a sound could be heard.

It's unclear whether the leader was overconfident in his subordinates or in his security.

By the dim light, Gu Yanzhi saw two men dressed in black guarding the door of a room. This must be the room where the leader was.

Apart from that, there was no one else in the corridor on the 18th floor.

Under the cover of night, the two men quietly crept up to the men in black and took them down one by one.

Gu Yanzhi pressed his head against the door and heard the obscene sounds coming from inside, confirming that the owner of this room was the person they were looking for.

"Little darling, wait until tomorrow when I present her to Young Master Yan. From then on, I'll be the king of the underworld in City C. You'd better follow me closely, and I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury," the man inside chuckled in a high-pitched voice, making Gu Yanzhi so disgusted that she almost vomited up her lunch.

The leader's room was definitely different; the door to this room was much more advanced than the ordinary doors downstairs. It took Gu Yanzhi a lot of effort to pry the door open.

The people inside were so engrossed in their lovemaking that they didn't hear the noise at the door.

The room was brightly lit with the lights on, and Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao walked in openly without any attempt to conceal themselves.

Upon seeing two people suddenly burst in, the leader immediately collapsed onto his female companion, demanding sharply, "Who are you?"

The female companion tried to shrink herself under the leader to minimize her presence, and even grabbed a piece of clothing to cover her face, ignoring the leader.

Upon entering, Song Zhao was immediately struck by this appalling scene. With lightning speed, she turned Gu Yanzhi's body around so that his back was to the bed.

Taking advantage of Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao's distraction, the leader tried to sneak up to get his gun from the bedside table, but Song Zhao, who had been watching him closely, spotted him, pulled out his gun, and pointed it at him, asking...

"Don't move. Where is Young Master Yan now?" This leader might know Young Master Yan, and they might even have a deal. Song Zhao, not wanting to let the matter rest, had to ask.

He didn't notice that when she heard the words "Young Master Yan," her female companion's eyes flickered.

"I...I don't know."

"Please spare me, sir! Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt its debtor. If you have a grudge against Young Master Yan, go find him. I truly don't know where Young Master Yan is."

"I don't know, I don't know you even trafficked children for him." It was obvious that this person's words were not trustworthy, and Song Zhao pointed it out immediately.

"I really don't know, it was Young Master Yan who contacted me first."

How do you usually keep in touch?

"He always contacted me first. He told me what he wanted, and after I found it, I left a small note in the room. He would send someone to pick up the goods the next day."

"Boss, really, Young Master Yan forced me to do all this. I have elderly parents and young children to support; if I didn't do it, Young Master Yan wouldn't let my whole family off the hook."

"I apologize for anything. I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me, it was all Young Master Yan who forced me to do it."

If Song Zhao had paid attention to his female companion, he would have noticed something was wrong. Hearing the useless man on top of her push all the blame onto Young Master Yan, Zhang Lian stared at the leader as if he were an inanimate object. In her mind, the man was already a dead man.

Thinking of Grandma Gao and little Gao Siyang downstairs, Song Zhao didn't care about the man's dawdling and simply shot him to end it all.

Just as Song Zhao turned around, intending to leave with Gu Yanzhi, the woman on the bed spoke.

"Wait," the woman's voice rang out in a low tone, carrying a hint of languid allure.

Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao turned around and saw Zhang Lian wrapped in a blanket, her face splattered with bright red blood, holding the gun that the leader had tried to grab but failed to get, pointing it directly at them.

Upon seeing the woman's face, Gu Yanzhi felt a sense of familiarity, and long-buried memories were suddenly unlocked.

If her memory served her correctly, this woman should be someone close to Young Master Yan. She had seen this woman reporting to Young Master Yan more than once.

Moreover, this person always looked at her with a condescending disdain, as if she were some kind of trash.