Chapter 757 — A Scream in the Villa
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
General was already more than familiar with Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and even Uncle Qing.
And so, when something out of the ordinary occurs, there must be something wrong. General's abnormal, frantic boding was surely a sign of something! Especially since the jade pendant at Wei Zhao's chest had given off a similar warning.
At this moment Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had already stepped out of the car, and upon hearing General's furious barking, they too were startled!
"Don't go in yet — there's danger," Wei Zhao said, shaking his head at Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu.
Uncle Qing, too, leapt down from the car. An adept of the Yellow Tier, he had also sensed that something was amiss.
But before Gu Mengyao could ask anything, another scream rang out from inside the villa — it was General's voice — and then there was silence.
"General!" Gu Mengyao startled instinctively, her heart clenching. She didn't care about anything else, flung open the villa door, and was about to charge inside.
General could be said to have grown up alongside Gu Mengyao — accompanying her through early childhood, childhood, and adolescence, all the way to the present. A deep bond had formed between them! It could be said that before Wei Zhao came to the villa, apart from Shen Yushu, the only friend Gu Mengyao had left was General.
So the mighty general's sudden scream filled Gu Mengyao with worry, and the only thought in her head was to rush inside and see what had happened to him!
That scream also changed Wei Zhao's plans. He had meant to slip into the villa first and scout out the place, but the situation had clearly taken a turn.
Gu Mengyao rushed in, and Shen Yushu naturally rushed in after her. Her feelings for the mighty general were not as deep as Gu Mengyao's, but they were by no means shallow — had the general not saved both their lives?
That time at Shuangyan Mountain, without the mighty general, how could Wei Zhao have found Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu so quickly?
The two women entered the villa, and Wei Zhao and Qing Bo did not dare to be careless either, following them inside!
Gu Mengyao flicked on the chandelier in the great hall. The mighty general lay on the floor with his limbs curled beneath him, blood all around his muzzle, and there was no telling whether he was alive or dead. Not far from the general stood a man in black!
After leaving Lai Changshan's company, Yukun had secretly slipped into Lai Changshan's villa at Qianhua Waterside. He did not believe Lai Changshan's words, and meant to search the man's residence himself for the remnant map.
Yet at Fatty Lai's place, Yukun came up with nothing. He was confident enough in his own searching skills; his sweep had even turned up the key to the safe that Fatty Lai had hidden beneath the floorboards, and still there was no sign of the remnant map. Yukun could be entirely certain now that the remnant map was not in Lai Changshan's residence.
But Yukun was not discouraged. According to the earlier investigation, there had been two other people with Lai Changshan at that auction: one was Wei Zhao, and the other was Guan Xuewen!
Wei Zhao — the young man he had run into outside the pharmacy. For some reason, Yukun felt that this Wei Zhao was even more suspicious than Fatty Lai and Guan Xuewen, and it was precisely because of Wei Zhao that his last tailing operation had been exposed!
Young as he was, Yukun reckoned that if this Wei Zhao could attend the auction alongside Fatty Lai and Guan Xuewen, he was no simple character. So after arriving in Songshan City, he had gathered up the files on Wei Zhao.