"What happened to my brother, tell me, why are you hesitating?"
Shen Xiumei rolled her eyes at him.
The person looked around and said in a low voice, "Mr. Shen asked you not to look for him recently and to live a normal life."
"What happened to my brother?"
Shen Xiumei suddenly stood up and looked at him.
"Mr. Shen already said it, you should go back. Watch out for tails."
The masseur said meaningfully, then opened the door with a normal expression, cautiously looking left and right.
Shen Xiumei, with an arrogant look, left under the masseur's respectful demeanor.
Their conversation was soon heard by Qin Ningyi.
"He's really cautious, not even telling his own sister." Zhao Hengyu sighed lazily from the side.
Qin Ningyi looked at the golf club in front of him. "Keep following them. If we don't have any leads today, interrogate everyone!"
Zhao Hengyu made arrangements and looked in the direction of Qin Ningyi's gaze. "Search?"
Qin Ningyi nodded coldly.
They would not miss any place.
This area was already remote, and the golf club usually had fewer customers.
When Qin Ningyi entered with his people, the lobby was full of people.
The club owner was sweating cold sweat, dealing with the questioning. He looked up and saw another group entering.
He forced a smile, his heart crying out in misery.
He gestured for the front desk to serve them, secretly praying they were here to play golf.
Although they looked imposing, they didn't seem like it...
"Hello, do you have a reservation?"
The receptionist was also startled, speaking timidly.
Zhao Hengyu hooked his peach blossom eyes and greeted her. Before she could relax, he took out a certificate from his bag.
"We're looking for someone, please cooperate." Zhao Hengyu's voice was charming, but his words were not polite at all.
"Looking for someone?"
The person sitting on the sofa in the lobby stood up, wearing military boots. His clear voice rose slightly at the end.
Qin Ningyi heard a familiar voice and looked over, meeting Si Nian's amber eyes.
"Si Nian?" He didn't expect to meet him here. Hadn't he gone to the special forces all these years, often on missions outside?
Si Nian also didn't expect to meet Qin Ningyi here.
"Not being a good CEO, what are you looking for in this godforsaken place?"
He strode forward and naturally patted Qin Ningyi on the shoulder.
Qin Ningyi didn't answer directly, but asked back, "And you?"
Si Nian's gaze fell on the end of the corridor, where a subordinate hurried back.
"Commander Si, nothing."
Si Nian didn't waste time. After saying a few more words to Qin Ningyi, he left.
"Tsk tsk, that guy is still so arrogant. He didn't even give me a glance, and I'm such a big living person."
Zhao Hengyu pouted. He and Si Nian were childhood playmates.
But Si Nian had always been arrogant since he was young, only playing with the strong. He, who was not so strong, was excluded.
Even now, he was still like this.
Qin Ningyi knew Si Nian's personality. He couldn't fault him for admiring strength, and he couldn't say much.
The boss, trembling, saw off one person who was like a god of plague, and welcomed another.
He answered questions with ease and was very familiar with the search.
"Did you see a man with a woman last night?"
Zhao Hengyu leaned on the front desk counter and asked word for word.
"No. There are even fewer people here at night." The boss smiled and explained that business was not good.
Qin Ningyi looked at the self-deprecation in his eyes and suddenly asked, "Then why are you still opening the club here?"
Zhao Hengyu added, "The environment and location here are simply not suitable. Since you know the situation here, why haven't you moved yet?"
The boss never expected that they were here to inquire about someone, but the topic suddenly changed.
He scratched his head, stunned for a moment, then stammered, "This land was already bought at the time. I don't have the money to change it, so I had to force myself to continue."
The boss paused and then added a lot more intermittently.
Qin Ningyi narrowed his eyes and looked directly into his eyes.
Something was wrong.
He felt like something was wrong.
Just as he was about to ask further, someone came in from outside with an anxious expression.
"Master Qin, we found something."
The boss secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Qin Ningyi noticed this small detail.
The people who went in to search came out without finding anything unusual.
Indeed, as the boss said, there wasn't even a person.
Qin Ningyi gave Zhao Hengyu a look and left with his men.
Zhao Hengyu chatted and joked with the receptionist, trying to stay and play golf.
Seeing his playboy appearance, Zou Xiaoxiao followed Qin Ningyi out with a look of disgust.
By the lake, there was indeed a car parked there.
Zou Xiaoxiao was a little excited. "Brother Qin, it's this car! The license plate is the same!"
Qin Ningyi led his men to the car. It was empty inside.
Outside the car, a set of messy footprints led to the lake.
Zou Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment.
Was she pushed into the lake?
The tears in her eyes stopped when she saw Qin Ningyi squat down.
"Brother Qin, something's fishy?"
Trusting Qin Ningyi, she also squatted down to examine it carefully.
"These footprints do look like Huo Rou's..." Zou Xiaoxiao looked at the marks on the ground. The more she looked, the more hopeless she felt.
"No." Qin Ningyi touched the footprints on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief, and stood up.
He clapped his hands, telling others to check the car for any other clues.
Zou Xiaoxiao found it strange. She looked again, tilted her head and asked, "Brother Qin, how do you know these aren't Huo Rou's? I saw her shoes yesterday, they should have this kind of pattern."
"The shoes might be the same, but it's not her."
Qin Ningyi said firmly, "The weight is different."
That person kidnapped Huo Rou and dodged surveillance all the way. Without knowing they could be found, they even went to great lengths to set up such a scene.
It was to make them think that Huo Rou was dead.
If he sent people to search the lake now, he might even find a body with a similar physique to Huo Rou.
Although Zou Xiaoxiao couldn't see these details, Qin Ningyi was never wrong in his judgment.
"Brother Qin, what's their motive?"
This was what she couldn't figure out. Wasn't the person who kidnapped Huo Rou Qin Ningyi's current competitor?
A hostage is always useful alive.
Even if they really killed the person, the other party would have to pretend that the person was still alive to fool them.
Qin Ningyi stared intently at the calm lake surface.
Undercurrents surged beneath the lake.
He might have been wrong.
"They are after Huo Rou," Qin Ningyi said calmly.