Chapter 695 - 688_1
Lin Yue, upon hearing that Quan An had people locked in this small warehouse, immediately ordered the Hidden Guard of the Jiang Family to escort Quan An as she hurriedly went inside with Haishi. When she saw that the warehouse door was wide open and that there were no guards around, Lin Yue felt that something was amiss. Indeed, as she went inside, she found the warehouse empty, devoid of even a ghostly shadow. Lin Yue’s face, once full of anticipation, now darkened in an instant as she turned her fierce gaze towards Quan An.
"Quan An, I’ve given you enough chances, and yet you still dare to deceive me! Where are the people? Didn’t you say Dalang and several others were locked up here? Now where are they? It seems that the methods we used earlier on you were too gentle, which is why you dare to mock and lie to me again and again," Lin Yue said, furious with both anxiety and anger, her words filled with ruthlessness, which turned Quan An’s face pale with fear.
"But they were locked up in here!" Quan An rushed into the warehouse to check, equally baffled by the situation. He had clearly ordered his men to lock up the kids and to guard outside. Yet now, not only were the guards gone, but so were the captives. What on earth had happened?
Quan An’s face showed confusion and incomprehension, but above all, fear and dread. Although he had been in severe pain, he knew deep down that the man in black had shown restraint. Otherwise, he feared he would not even be able to stand here. The previous methods had already been too much for him, and now, with Zhao Lin believing that he was lying to her, he dreaded to think how she might deal with him. With these thoughts, Quan An shuddered.
"I truly don’t know what happened. They were definitely locked up here. How could they just disappear? I really didn’t lie to you, I swear, I really wouldn’t dare deceive you," Quan An explained repeatedly, feeling it would be too unjust to suffer for this as he had not lied; how on earth did things get to this point, where had everyone gone?
These damned fools, this is how they handle their tasks for him. He’d see how he’d deal with them! Quan An was scared to death but also furious—he couldn’t do anything to Zhao Lin, nor could he vent his anger on the servants.
Lin Yue had spoken out of urgency and anger, accusing Quan An without thinking. Having calmed down, she too found the situation odd. The traces in the warehouse showed that people had indeed been detained here, and given how miserably she had treated Quan An, he was unlikely to dare lie to her for the time being. Besides, his expression didn’t seem deceitful. So what exactly had happened, where were Dalang and the others?
If Dalang and his brothers were really locked here, they couldn’t just vanish into thin air. Could someone have taken them away, or had some people stayed hidden during the fray when she had subdued the kidnappers? Upon realizing the situation was not in their favor, did they come back to send word for the transfer? But that didn’t seem right either, without Quan An’s orders, they should not dare make such a move, given that the safety of their boss, Quan An, was in their hands.
Lin Yue pondered from every angle and found everything out of place. She looked at Quan An with some irritation, "Since you were the one who kidnapped them, whether what you said earlier was true or not, now that the people are gone, you owe me an explanation. Do you think I will let you off just like that? Or perhaps I should ensure that you disappear as silently and tracelessly as they did."