With the plan perfected, their entry was surprisingly easy.
"Huh?" Huo Rou looked around suspiciously. The courtyard was indeed meticulously designed. Without protective gear, the scent they were now smelling would have been enough to reduce their reaction time and make them dizzy.
This environment must be Walkerbite's residence.
But there seemed to be no one.
The group quickly inspected the entire villa. It was empty.
Huo Rou narrowed her eyes as she looked at the teacup in the living room, still warm.
What an old fox, skilled at escaping!
Slippery as a loach.
"Let's go, he's gone."
Since there was no one inside, they had no need to waste more time here. They would secure the scene and wait for experts to identify the plants.
Finding nothing, they exited the villa, their target lost.
"Huh?" Pei Feng arrived with his team and was surprised to see them emerging from the villa. "Were you looking for the old gentleman?"
"Yes." A member of the 112 detachment, who had accompanied them in the inspection, stepped forward to report. "The plants inside have a strange odor. We went in with protection, and the person left not long ago."
Pei Feng glanced at Qin Ningyi, who was examining the marks at the entrance, and then at Huo Rou. "How did you know the old gentleman lived here?"
He had obtained clues from Matthew and painstakingly found this place. How could Huo Rou and Qin Ningyi have moved so quickly?
Furthermore, how did they know that the so-called old gentleman would be in this location? No one knew the old gentleman's habits.
Qin Ningyi's information, of course, came from Guyan. Everything was deduced based on what Walkerbite might do. The Pei Feng before them didn't know Walkerbite. How should he explain?
Huo Rou raised her eyelids. "Chen Li told me."
"Chen Li?" Pei Feng was astonished. "Someone in such an important position, how could she easily betray?"
He looked at Huo Rou, who was calmly poking at her phone, and his expression became somewhat dazed, feeling as if he recognized her.
Huo Rou looked at the progress bar on her phone. Hearing Pei Feng's confusion, she said faintly, "I saved her. In return, she gave me this information."
She didn't explain how she saved Chen Li, and Pei Feng didn't ask.
For some reason, he just believed what Huo Rou said.
Even though saving Chen Li sounded somewhat bizarre.
"I'll have someone check the nearby surveillance for any suspicious individuals who left during this period," Pei Feng returned to the matter at hand and began to issue orders.
"Wait a moment," Huo Rou said without looking up, her hands still busy.
"Huh?" Pei Feng was puzzled but genuinely didn't send anyone immediately.
An An watched Huo Rou's fingers rapidly tapping the screen and smiled, explaining to Pei Feng, "Uncle, wait for Mom, she's looking for surveillance."
Her mom was so smart, of course she thought of this beforehand!
An An sighed with some regret. His phone had been taken away, otherwise he could have helped. He had learned this skill last time.
Hearing An An say that Huo Rou was looking for surveillance, Pei Feng curiously leaned closer.
The moment he got close to Huo Rou, through the protective suit and mask, he still caught a familiar scent.
The emotions in Pei Feng's eyes surged.
He turned his head to look at Huo Rou. Her exposed eyes were calm and indifferent, yet carried a confident composure. These eyes gradually overlapped with a pair of eyes he remembered.
He still remembered the final reluctance and decisiveness in those eyes.
"Captain..." he murmured.
Huo Rou glanced sideways.
Fireworks bloomed in Pei Feng's eyes, his heart filled with joy. Just as he was about to speak, Huo Rou frowned. "Please move a little further away from me."
The fireworks in Pei Feng's eyes fell, returning to darkness. His voice was somewhat stunned. "Sorry."
After apologizing, Pei Feng looked at Huo Rou's cool eyes, still holding onto hope. "Are you turning around to tell me this?"
Under his cautious gaze, Huo Rou pursed her lips and looked away, turning back to her phone. The speed of her fingers unconsciously slowed down a little.
She nodded as if it were obvious. "Otherwise?"
Pei Feng's eyes were full of desolation. The feeling of dashed hope was not good. So she probably hadn't heard him call out.
However, not only her eyes, but Huo Rou's tone also resembled that person's. Although that person's voice was colder, and never this sweet.
"Sorry," Pei Feng apologized again, this time for his misjudgment.
What was he expecting?
How could he have thought Huo Rou was his captain? He had witnessed He Ran's painful death firsthand.
His captain might have been dead long ago...