Someone from the Municipal Party Committee Office?
Advance docking process?
It sounded reasonable, but Yu Bai keenly smelled something unusual.
"And then? You went?"
"Yes! He said the venue is a teahouse in the south of the city called 'Jingxin Pavilion'."
"I figured since they were government officials, it would be helpful to communicate with them in advance, so... I didn't think much about it and just went."
Yu Nian's voice was filled with regret and fear.
"When I got to the teahouse, I followed the room number he gave me...but...but..."
"But what?!" Yu Bai asked, his fingers holding the phone turning slightly white due to the force.
"There's no one in the box...!"
Yu Nian suddenly raised his voice, then lowered it again, with more trembling.
"There's only one person... a person lying on the table, seemingly asleep!"
Lying on the table, like a sleeping person?
A chill instantly ran from Yu Bai's feet to his head.
The chill did not dissipate, but instead seemed to condense into ice spikes, piercing Yu Bai's limbs and making them stiff.
She didn't ask immediately, but held the phone quietly, her fingertips turning an unnatural white due to the force.
She knew that her third brother needed some time to calm down his surging fear, and any urging might make him even more incoherent.
On the other end of the phone, Yu Nian was gasping for breath, like a drowning person finally struggling to the surface, and suddenly took a deep breath of air that smelled of rust.
After several seconds, the trembling suppressed deep in his throat finally subsided a little.
"I called him twice, but he...he didn't move!"
Yu Bai's heart sank a little more with every word he spoke.
"Then what?"
"He...he still didn't respond..."
"I just... I just reached out my hand, wanting to... wanting to gently push him, to wake him up..."
Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Yu Bai's heart hard.
She could almost foresee that what came out of her third brother's mouth next would definitely not be good news.
Sure enough, Yu Nian’s next words confirmed her worst premonition.
"But...but just push like this..."
His voice suddenly rose, filled with unbelievable fear, and then suddenly lowered it, as if he was afraid of being heard by someone.
"That person...that person just...just slumped over on the chair!"
"Then... then... I saw... him... there was a knife stuck in his stomach! It was all shiny... and covered in blood!"
"He... he's still breathing... very... very lightly... very lightly... as if... it will stop at any moment..."
With a loud "bang", Yu Bai felt as if something exploded in his head.
Stab in the abdomen!
Weak breath!
This is not a simple "process rehearsal" at all!
This is clearly a vicious conspiracy against Third Brother and even the entire Yu family!
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