With a swish, the man pulled out a knife and pressed it against the KTV owner's face.
"I'll give you one more chance. Tell me where they are, otherwise you will suffer." There was a hint of murderous intent in the leader's voice. It was obvious that he was not trying to scare the KTV owner.
"No, no, no, don't do this, I, I really don't know." The boss was so scared that he felt his voice tremble with every word he said.
The leader didn't care at all. Instead, he sneered and asked, "They disappeared in your store. If you don't know, who else would know?"
"I, I really don't know." The KTV owner was almost crying.
Gu Tingchen and Meng Xianchen were the ones who knew the most about this matter. The KTV owner really didn't know that they were hiding in the ventilation duct.
"Okay, you are stubborn enough. How about this? I will have someone cut off your tongue, so that you will never lie or be stubborn again." The leader man said something shocking, sounding very sinister and terrifying.
"No! I don't want it, I don't want it, please, spare me..." The KTV owner roared heartbreakingly. It was obvious that someone had started to control him and was ready to take action.
Gu Tingchen was listening in the vent, his heart suddenly in his throat.
He clenched his fists tightly. The hotel owner had lost his life because of them. Was there anyone else who would continue to sacrifice their lives for them?
With a look of certainty in his eyes, Gu Tingchen turned to look at Meng Xianchen, signaling him not to make a sound even if he died. Then he pulled open the entrance of the vent and jumped down with a clean and neat movement.
Gu Tingchen appeared directly in front of the man from the roof, which really scared the man.
"Stop it! You are looking for me, don't hurt innocent people!" Gu Tingchen stood firm, roared in a low voice, and looked nervously at the KTV owner who was surrounded by people. They were about to cut off the owner's tongue.
As soon as Gu Tingchen's voice came out, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and waited for the leader's order.
The leader just waved his hand and these people finally let go of the KTV owner.
"Gu Tingchen, I never expected you to appear in this way." The man looked at the vent above along the direction where Gu Tingchen came down. The door at the entrance was still open, but it was pitch black inside and he couldn't see anything clearly.
The man narrowed his eyes slightly and asked tentatively, "Is Meng Xianchen up there?"
Gu Tingchen sneered, then asked the man, "Didn't you kill Meng Xianchen? He drowned a long time ago, and now I'm the only one alive."
"Really? I'll send someone up to check it out." The man looked as if he didn't believe anyone.
Gu Tingchen's heart suddenly tightened, and he was very worried that Meng Xianchen would be exposed, but he couldn't show his fear. He replied with a cold face and calmly: "Please go ahead."
"Didn't you hear? This guy just said that there are two of you." The man pointed at the KTV owner who was still kneeling on the ground.
Gu Tingchen's eyes swept across his face, completely ignoring the horrified look on his boss's face.
"You didn't hear clearly. He was talking about me from beginning to end." Gu Tingchen said perfunctorily.
The man snorted coldly, "Anyway, we've caught one now. How hard can we find the other one? Someone, go up and take a look. I don't believe we can't find Meng Xianchen!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several men came over, carrying chairs and stools and preparing to climb up the vent.
After a while, they climbed up as they wished. Gu Tingchen's heart died and he couldn't help but close his eyes.
This time, Meng Xianchen probably can't escape.
But soon, the voice of his men came from the vent: "Boss, there's nothing up there!"
"How is that possible! Look for it more carefully!" the man shouted in disbelief.
But the subordinate's confident voice came again, "Boss, there's really nothing!"
This gave Gu Tingchen hope. Could it be that Meng Xianchen had secretly escaped during the confrontation? It seemed that he was quite clever at the critical moment.
"You useless thing! The person must have run away!" The leader shouted angrily, and the duck that was in his hand flew away!
The men searched for a long time but found nothing, so they could only come down dejectedly to be scolded.
The man angrily kicked them several times and cursed, "You can't even find such a big living person!"
Then, he looked at Gu Tingchen, "They don't know, but you should know where Meng Xianchen is."
"I don't know. The reason I came down is to tell you that you can't do this to the KTV owner." If Gu Tingchen didn't want to save the KTV owner, he would never jump down and risk exposing his position.
The man sneered at the words, "You can't even protect yourself, and you're still thinking about others? Gu Tingchen, you are so noble." The man smiled sarcastically and added: "Besides, who do you think you are? You won't cut it if you don't let me?"
"Just try it if you dare." Gu Tingchen warned with a hint of danger in his eyes.
The man laughed even harder. "Where do you think you are? Who do you think are the people around you? Will they listen to you? They are all my men. If we start fighting, you will only get beaten."
At this time, the KTV owner's mood also eased a little. He hurriedly shouted at Gu Tingchen: "Mr. Gu, save me, save me!"
Gu Tingchen glanced at his face indifferently, then nodded.
If it weren't for his attentive care over the past few days, Gu Tingchen would not have bothered to save him.
"Let him go, and I'll give you any amount of money." Gu Tingchen looked at the boss and said seriously.
The man curled his lips and sneered, "Boss Gu, you look down on me too much. Do you think this is something that can be solved with money?"
"Then what do you want?" Gu Tingchen frowned tightly.
The man walked to Gu Tingchen, looked at him while circling around and said, "I want you and Meng Xianchen to die. Only in this way can I get my mission accomplished. Otherwise..." The man did not say the rest.
Meng Zhen set many rules for them and the punishments were very strict, so most people didn't dare to mess up.
"Hurry up and let the boss go. This matter has nothing to do with him. I decided to live here myself and asked him to keep it a secret."
Gu Tingchen wanted to get rid of his boss completely, but things were not as simple as he thought.
"But he just lied, which is not a good habit. I should punish him." There was a hint of playfulness in the man's tone, and it was obvious that he still didn't want to let the KTV owner go.
Gu Tingchen frowned, "I'll just beat you up and cut off your tongue, forget it."
"Gu Tingchen, do you think you can control me? Are you too self-righteous? Come, help me cut off the boss's tongue. I want to see what Gu Tingchen can do."
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