Upon hearing the sound, Shen Yanqing immediately headed towards that room.
The room was in the far corner of the courtyard, the door was locked, and the windows were tightly closed.
As you walk a little closer, you can smell a strong, foul stench emanating from the room.
The weather wasn't too cold yet, so the smell was particularly strong and pungent in the air.
Shen Yanqing frowned subconsciously, but showed no sign of stopping.
Just now, my men searched the entire courtyard from top to bottom, but apart from this room, they didn't find a single person.
His right eyelid twitched uncontrollably, giving him a bad feeling.
His clenched fist slowly tightened, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged out.
We finally found a clue about Vivi, could it be...?
Thinking of this, he walked over quickly with a sullen face, and without waiting for the bodyguards on both sides to open the door, he kicked the door open in frustration.
The loud noise startled everyone in the room, and screams erupted throughout the room.
"Shut up!"
Shen Yanqing pressed his temples in frustration, adjusting his gaze to the dim light in the room, his cold eyes sweeping over every corner of the room.
A series of dirty faces looked at him with either fear or curiosity.
At a glance, there were about twenty people crammed into the small room, which was only a dozen square meters.
Those people all looked disheveled, with blank stares.
The ground was filthy, with excrement mixed with unidentified objects forming a sticky mess that almost completely obscured the original color of the ground.
Just then, a man with tangled hair and covered in dirt slapped the nearest black-clad bodyguard across the face: "How dare you! Why don't you kneel before me?"
The bodyguard in black was taken aback by the sudden attack. He paused for a moment, then reacted quickly, lifting the skinny man off the ground like a chick.
The man's eyes widened instantly: "You audacious dog slave, how dare you disrespect me..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly met the black-clad bodyguard's eyes, which were filled with intense murderous intent. He froze for a moment, then struggled to reach out and slap the bodyguard again: "You dog of a servant, how dare you be so disrespectful..."
Shen Yanqing looked around the room but couldn't find the person she was looking for, and her heart ached instantly.
The incessant noise was giving him a headache: "Tell him to shut up."
"Yes, boss."
The bodyguard who had been beaten had been itching to punch someone for a long time. When he heard his boss give the order, he immediately delivered a heavy chop to the back of the man's neck.
The noisy man instantly went limp, and those huddled in the corner, witnessing this scene, were too frightened to even breathe.
The world returned to silence.
Shen Yanqing took out his phone, found a photo of Gu Baiwei, and showed it to everyone present: "Has anyone seen this woman before?"
Everyone shook their heads in horror, except for one middle-aged man who stared intently at the photo, not blinking.
"Bring him here."
Shen Yanqing spoke in a cold voice, and the middle-aged man was quickly brought in front of him.
Have you seen the woman in this photo?
Shen Yanqing lowered her eyes and stared at him, her voice cold and deep.
Upon seeing Gu Baiwei's photo up close, the man became excited again, his eyes gleaming as he reached out to snatch the phone from Shen Yanqing's hand.
He muttered incoherently, "My wife, my wife, I am Xu Xian..."
Shen Yanqing's forehead veins bulged: "Take him away."
He realized that there wasn't a single normal person in the room.
It seems impossible to get any clues about Gu Baiwei from them.
His gaze darkened, and he ordered those behind him, "Search the entire courtyard again, and look for any secret passages or hidden rooms."
The fact that those people could disappear from the house so quickly and silently means there must be a secret passage or hidden room inside.
Shen Yanqing slammed his fist against the wall, his knuckles instantly scraped by the wall, and streaks of blood seeped out.
Damn it, why didn't he just leave with Weiwei back then?
Even if she doesn't want to, she forgets herself.
He should have taken her away forcefully instead of letting that brat Qi Yu take her away and hide her away.
Even if it makes her hate or resent him, it's better than losing all trace of her now.
"Boss, are you alright?"
Da Tou had just returned when he saw this scene, and his heart immediately tightened.
He had been by Shen Yanqing's side since he was a teenager, and this was only the second time he had seen him so out of control.
The first time was the day Miss Gu fell off the cliff. The eldest brother stayed by the cliff edge for three days without eating or drinking. If he hadn't risked his life to knock her unconscious, he probably would have continued to stay there.
"I'm fine. Did you find what I asked you to look for?"
Shen Yanqing wiped the blood off his knuckles without a care, his voice tinged with urgency.
"We've searched all the rooms, but we haven't found any secret passages or hidden rooms."
As he said this, Da Tou lowered his head, not daring to look Shen Yanqing in the eye.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanqing's brows furrowed instantly. How could they not exist? Those people would never simply vanish into thin air.
Suddenly, a scream rang out from the tightly closed room: "Aaaaah, bugs, bugs, get away! Get away!"
Shen Yanqing lowered his eyebrows, then suddenly remembered something, strode over, and pushed the door open.
"No, there's one room they haven't checked..."
His gaze slowly swept over every corner of the room, finally settling on the filthy floor.
Big Head followed his gaze and immediately understood what he meant: "Boss, you mean the secret passage is in this room?"
Shen Yanqing did not answer his question, but instead ordered in a deep voice, "Have someone clean this place up immediately."
Upon hearing this, Da Tou didn't dare to delay and immediately waved to the two bodyguards in black not far away.
These two bodyguards had only recently joined the team, and knowing that their boss had something to tell them privately, they immediately ran over excitedly.
"Boss, who do you want us to kill?"
The two spoke in unison, and the next moment, each received a sharp rap on the head: "How many times have I told you, we're not gangsters, we don't do anything illegal."
"oh."
The two of them, looking aggrieved, asked at the same time, "Then what do we need to do?"
Big Head pointed to the filthy floor: "Clean this up in ten minutes."
The light in their eyes visibly dimmed, and they both lowered their heads, picked up cleaning tools, and began cleaning while gagging.
Soon, the dirty floor was cleaned and looked brand new.
Those crazy people seemed uncomfortable in such a clean environment; they huddled together in a corner, trembling, not daring to move.
Shen Yanqing didn't even glance at the group of people. He walked directly to the center of the room and tapped the floor with his hand.
He tapped around the floorboards, then quickly raised his hand and pressed one of the boards down hard.
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