Shen Yanqing didn't give him a chance to explain at all, got into the car briskly, stepped on the gas and drove away.
The dean and a few staff members who had followed him out were left standing at the door, sweating profusely.
As the car sped along the road, Shen Yanqing felt that her heart had never been so chaotic.
He sped up and drove toward the house where Qi Yu used to live, while ordering his men to quickly check the surveillance footage on all roads leading to the airport.
Soon, the car stopped in front of Qi Yu's old two-story building. Shen Yanqing stood downstairs, looked up, and his gaze fell on a window on the second floor. He then strode towards the door.
The door had already been pried open by the bodyguards; the old security door was nothing to them.
The house has two floors. The first floor mainly consists of the living room and some storage rooms. He glanced at them briefly and went straight to the room at the very end of the second floor.
Previously, he saw Qi Yu standing at the window of the room at the very end.
Pushing open the door, the furniture inside was very simple, consisting of only a bed, a bookshelf filled with books, and a bedside table.
He walked over and reached out to touch the bedside table. Sure enough, there wasn't much dust on it, so Qi Yu must have been here not long ago.
The room didn't have that unpleasant smell of being idle for a long time; instead, there was a faint smell of disinfectant.
Shen Yanqing walked around the room, his brows furrowing slightly. Besides the smell of disinfectant, he also smelled a faint odor of blood, and his heart skipped a beat for a moment.
Qi Yu wanted to kill Gu Baiwei before, could it be...?
However, he quickly realized that Gu Baiwei had just disappeared that morning, so the smell of blood here was very faint. If he hadn't always been very sensitive to smells, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.
It couldn't possibly be hers.
His gaze swept around again, finally settling on a painting next to the bookshelf.
The painting depicts the profile of a woman in ancient costume. She wears a light green ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), the long hem of which trails on the grass by the river. Her bare ankles suggest she is taking a walk along the river.
A head of long, black, silky hair cascaded down her body, completely obscuring her profile, leaving only a glimpse of her delicate nose.
Shen Yanqing carefully observed the painting for two seconds, then reached out and rolled it up, tracing the wall behind it inch by inch with his fingers.
At first glance, the wall seemed normal, but if you touched it closely, you could feel a square outline, like the shape of a button.
He pressed down slightly on the center of the square, and a faint clicking sound immediately came from the wall.
A hidden door opened silently, startling Big Head, who was following behind him. He hadn't expected there to be a hidden door here; this kid had really hidden it well.
"Boss, wait a minute, I'll go first..."
Seeing that Shen Yanqing was about to walk inside, Da Tou rushed in front of him and stepped in first.
With a snap, the light in the dark room was switched on. The moment he could see what was in the room, ink seemed to spread across Shen Yanqing's deep, dark eyes, turning them completely black.
The room was covered with photos of Gu Baiwei on all four walls.
From when I was a few years old until now.
In each photo, the young girl smiles, her bright eyes shining like they're bathed in sunlight—a look Shen Yanqing had never seen before.
His gaze suddenly fell on a photograph, his expression faltering. In the photo, Gu Baiwei wore a pure white wedding dress, her makeup exquisite. Her joyful and radiant appearance was like that of an elf descended to earth, her eyes shining like stars, her lips brimming with a happy smile. But what if someone had been cut off from the person next to her?
This is... a wedding photo? Why would there be a wedding photo? Shen Yanqing's brows furrowed deeply.
But he quickly came to his senses; a single photo couldn't prove anything, and besides, the most important thing now was to find the person.
Qi Yu is clearly mentally unstable. Who knows what might happen if Weiwei stays with him?
He took a deep breath and carefully examined the photos. When his finger flipped to one of the photos, he suddenly noticed what appeared to be a line of small writing on the back of the photo.
Turning the photo over, the small print came into clear view.
It's a nonsensical statement: death is a new beginning.
What does this sentence mean? Before Shen Yanqing could figure it out, Da Tou went out to answer a phone call and rushed back in, his voice urgent: "Boss, we've found Miss Gu."
Shen Yanqing's thoughts were instantly interrupted. He casually stuffed the photo with the writing into his suit pocket and strode out: "Where is he?"
At the same time, Gu Baiwei slowly woke up and found herself lying in the back seat of a van. The van was bumping along and the road seemed to be in bad shape.
She managed to raise her hand to rub her eyes, and her vision became clearer.
Before she lost consciousness, all she remembered was Qi Yu covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief that had a strange smell, and then she lost consciousness.
Her gaze fell on the man in the driver's seat, and her expression instantly became alert.
Qi Yu was driving with a focused expression, her long, slender, pale fingers resting on the steering wheel, her profile slightly youthful yet remarkably elegant.
Perhaps because Gu Baiwei already knew his identity, he no longer needed to pretend. He took off his mask and threw his black baseball cap aside.
"Qi Yu, what exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Baiwei only remembered that they had a good relationship when they were young, and Qi Yu was very dependent on her. He had said he liked her before and threatened her with her family's ashes. Although she was very angry, she could understand it.
After all, he grew up in that kind of family, so his personality must have been somewhat distorted. Gu Baiwei was the only person who was good to him, so it was very possible that he developed feelings for her and a possessive obsession with her.
But he later wanted to kill her. Could it be that he really has mental problems?
Gu Baiwei once met a mental patient who usually seemed very well-mannered and had adopted a group of adorable stray cats. He was very affectionate towards the cats, but every time he had an episode, he would become a completely different person.
He would use a hammer to break the kittens' limbs one by one, then cut off their ears and noses, and finally gouge out their eyes, skin them, and dismember them, watching the kittens die in agony. His methods were extremely cruel.
Thinking of this, she involuntarily flinched.
He tried hard to recall his memories of Qi Yu from his past life, but his vague memories only included that Qi Yu came from a poor family, but later had exceptionally good academic performance and seemed to have become a researcher...
"Sister, you're awake? Are you thirsty? Are you hungry? I have some water and snacks here, all your favorites."
Qi Yu turned to look at her with a smile, her gaze tender.
Gu Baiwei's thoughts were interrupted. She met his gaze coldly, her eyes devoid of any warmth.
Qi Yu tightened her grip on the steering wheel, her expression remaining calm and composed: "Are you tired, sister? Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
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