“That’s right, meow.” Tuantuan nodded in agreement: “As long as Mommy sees that big bad guy’s true face with her own eyes, Mommy will leave him!”
"That big bad guy has kidnapped a lot of Mimi's friends, an annoying dog, and little four-legged creatures like you, and he's hiding them in the basement of the pool! You guys hurry over there! Mimi will lead the way!"
Tuantuan jumped down from Xie Shuyao's shoulder with great excitement, walked ahead with its tail held high, and occasionally looked back at Nan Yuanman.
Nan Yuanman relayed Tuantuan's words to Xie Shuyao, and then asked her, "Sister, are you going?"
Tuan Tuan's words completely extinguished the last trace of feelings Xie Shuyao had for Zhou Baiyu. With red eyes, she nodded and slowly stood up from the ground: "I want to go."
She wanted to see for herself whether the man she had been with for nearly five years was a human being or a beast.
"Wait a minute." Feng Jingcheng frowned. "Tuantuan said he also captured a four-legged beast like you? What would he do with a little girl? Could it be..."
Feng Jingcheng couldn't help but think of some terrible things, and his face darkened: "If that's really the case... then Zhou Baiyu is truly a beast."
Xie Shuyao's expression worsened. She pursed her lips and remained silent, simply following quietly behind Nan Yuanman.
Nan Yuanman: "Sixth brother, let's go check first, and if things don't look good, we'll call the police."
Feng Jingcheng: "Hmm."
As they left the living room, Nan Yuanman cunningly took out a talisman and stuck it on the living room camera, creating the illusion that they were still playing in the living room. Then, he and Xie Shuyao and Feng Jingcheng followed Tuantuan and sneaked towards the swimming pool.
At the same time.
Zhou Baiyu cautiously circled around to the kitchen, first arranging for the kitchen to prepare the afternoon's meals, then slipped out through the back door of the kitchen and headed straight for the swimming pool.
After arriving at the pool, he cautiously looked around to make sure no one was there before going to the lounge chair in front of the pool and pressing a switch at the bottom of the chair.
With a "click," the water in the pool receded at an extremely fast speed, and the bottom slowly split in two, revealing a downward staircase.
Zhou Baiyu looked around again before stepping down the stairs.
The moment his figure disappeared down the stairs, the bottom of the pool, which had been opened, slowly closed again, and the receding water spread up, restoring it to its original state.
The pool water was calm and still, and no one knew that another world was hidden beneath it.
No sooner had he left than Nan Yuanman and his group arrived at the swimming pool.
Xie Shuyao clenched her hands nervously, her breathing heavy as she looked up, only to find the pool completely empty at a glance.
Feng Jingcheng looked around: "There's nobody here... That's strange. Did that kid see us and not dare to come?"
Nan Yuanman gently sniffed the scent of the pool, while Tuantuan hopped over to the lounge chair where Zhou Baiyu had just pressed the switch: "Here! Here! People! Here!"
Nan Yuanman ran over, and Tuan Tuan raised her paw and pointed: "Mi saw him press something here before, and then the ground below cracked open, and he went underground!"
Nan Yuanman looked in the direction Tuantuan was pointing, but couldn't see anything at first glance.
She simply squatted down and laboriously reached under the recliner.
Feng Jingcheng searched around the pool but couldn't find Zhou Baiyu. When he turned around, he saw Nan Yuanman with her little bottom sticking out and her head buried under the lounge chair. He quickly walked over and asked, "Yuanman, what did you find?"
"Sixth Brother," her muffled voice came, "Tuantuan said there's a switch under this recliner that leads to the basement."
"Then come out, your sixth brother is here to find you." Feng Jingcheng picked Nan Yuanman up from the ground and lay down to search carefully.
After much effort, he finally found a button on the recliner leg that was as small as a button and the same color as the recliner leg.
Feng Jingcheng pressed down hard.
"Splash—"
Standing by the pool, Xie Shuyao watched as the water receded and disappeared rapidly. Then, a soft "rumble" was heard, and the bottom of the pool slowly cracked open, revealing a staircase leading to an unknown place.
Xie Shuyao: "!!!"
"Good lad, you've been hiding it well!" Feng Jingcheng clapped his hands, stood up from the ground, and couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw the stairs.
If it weren't for Tuantuan pointing the way, who would have known there was another space hidden beneath the pool?
"Let's go catch the big bad guy!" Nan Yuanman drew his copper coin sword and took the lead, with Feng Jingcheng quickly following behind.
As he stepped onto the stairs, he turned back to look at Xie Shuyao, who was staring in astonishment: "Are you coming or not? Or..."
"You don't even have the courage to face the truth and avenge Tuantuan?"
“…Come on.” Xie Shuyao took a deep breath and followed him with a determined expression.
She was going to personally take Tuantuan home.
Zhou Baiyu was unaware that three uninvited guests had arrived at his secretly constructed basement. His face darkened, and he punched one of the men to the ground, saying, "What did I tell you? I told you to keep an eye on those beasts! Don't let them escape!"
"Do you know that because of your negligence, I almost ruined something very important today!"
The man screamed and fell to the ground, clutching his bleeding nose and protesting, "Boss! I didn't! I saw it all! These beasts were all locked up properly, they weren't let out!"
"What you saw was probably a stray cat that ran away from outside; it really has nothing to do with me!"
The man covered his nose and staggered to his feet. He fumbled for the mouse on the table and clicked a few times. Two or three small screens instantly appeared on the computer screen.
The three small screens displayed images of cages crammed together.
The first screen shows a cage with a cat in it, the second screen shows a cage with a dog in it, and the third screen shows a larger cage with the figure of a five or six-year-old child curled up inside…
They were like cats and dogs, with chains on their hands and feet, and their activities, eating, drinking and relieving themselves were restricted in the cage. Their excrement could be vaguely seen inside the cage.
The man, however, was used to it. He pointed at the screen, feeling frustrated: "Look, boss, the cage is all locked tight. Not even a fly has gotten out!"
Seeing this, Zhou Baiyu's expression softened a bit. He flexed his wrists and said, "I misunderstood you. Your salary for this month will be increased by another 100,000."
The man's eyes lit up, and he immediately grinned, "Thanks, boss! My injury will be healed right away!"
Zhou Baiyu chuckled dismissively, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "Go pick a cat and take it to the operating room. I want to perform the surgery on it myself."
Man: "Okay!"
"By the way, do you know the youngest daughter of the Feng family?" Zhou Baiyu paused slightly, turned to look at the man, and said, "I've taken a liking to her. Find a way to get her for me."
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