Chapter 251: Being Looked Down Upon

“Should we go to the police station?” Inside the car, Lu Feng lowered his voice to ask for Gu Yang's opinion.

His hesitation stemmed from not knowing if doing so would bring trouble to Kong Nian.

But what if that woman from just now was the mastermind behind last night's missing persons case?

In truth, Gu Yang was also considering this very issue.

The two of them looked at Kong Nian, who was sitting in the back, through the rearview mirror.

Kong Nian said indifferently, “There is no need to go to the police station. A specialized task force is already handling matters on this end. I will notify them when the time comes.”

Lu Feng looked embarrassed. The space in the car was so limited that it was nearly impossible to have a conversation without the other person hearing.

“If that’s the case, then that’s for the best. But what exactly is this 'specialized task force' you mentioned?”

Since she had taken the initiative to speak, they naturally took the opportunity to ask for clarification.

Kong Nian replied, “The missing persons case from last night has been taken over by a Special Operations Group. This is not the kind of case you two can interfere with.”

“Heh, hehe.” Lu Feng felt as though they were being looked down upon by the girl in front of them. “Even though Gu Yang and I are just ordinary people, we would like to lend a hand if we can.”

Kong Nian finally looked him straight in the eye, a trace of exasperation appearing on her face.

“If I hadn't arrived in time just now, you two would have ended up just like those people from last night.”

She reminded Lu Feng of this fact with utmost seriousness.

Lu Feng rubbed his nose sheepishly; he had indeed been looked down upon.

“Miss Kong, do you mean that the people who went missing last night were abducted by that woman?” Gu Yang immediately caught the key point in her words.

“Yes,” Kong Nian gave an affirmative answer.

Gu Yang’s expression turned solemn. “Are they still alive?”

“Their whereabouts are currently unknown. There is a high probability that they are dead.” Kong Nian’s emotions did not fluctuate in the slightest as she spoke, as if she were merely discussing an inconsequential topic.

A shadow crossed the depths of Gu Yang's eyes.

Eight lives were at stake, and she remained this unmoved?

“Then why didn't you stay behind to question that woman?”

Even he could not maintain complete composure.

Kong Nian hadn't expected him to question her because of someone else's business, and her brows furrowed slightly.

“If I hadn't saved you, you would be dead by now. Besides, even if that woman were alive, you wouldn't get anything out of her.”

Gu Yang's breath hitched. So, she was explicitly telling them now that the woman was indeed dead.

Even if the woman was problematic, he couldn't understand how Kong Nian could remain so matter-of-fact after a killing.

“Is that the only way?”

He wasn't a man of weak sentimentality, but at the very least, knowing that the woman was connected to the missing people, one shouldn't resort to total extermination.

Kong Nian was very dissatisfied with his current expression. “Are you suggesting I should have kept her alive to continue causing trouble? The ones you encountered tonight were merely small fry. Slaying demons and exorcising evil is my responsibility. I know better than anyone what state that woman was in. You are not just questioning my judgment right now; you are questioning my moral character!”

“Miss Kong, you've really misunderstood Gu Yang. He was just thinking that perhaps we could get some clues from her mouth...”

Seeing that the atmosphere was turning sour, Lu Feng tried to help explain, but Kong Nian had no intention of giving them a chance.

“Stop the car.”

She commanded coldly.

Gu Yang had no choice but to pull the car to the roadside.

Without a moment's hesitation, Kong Nian opened the car door and walked away.

Inside the car, there was dead silence.

Gu Yang hadn't expected things to turn out like this.

After a moment, Lu Feng broke the silence.

“That Miss Kong certainly has quite a temper.”

For such a young-looking girl to explode at the slightest disagreement—in truth, both he and Gu Yang simply felt that there might have been a better choice, at least one that could have yielded information about the missing people.

But from what Miss Kong said, it sounded as if the missing people were all dead, leaving no hope whatsoever.

Gu Yang was also helpless. “Regardless, she is the one who saved us.”

“So what do we do now? She’s gone, the clues are severed, and she kept saying we can't get involved in this kind of thing. Are we just supposed to go home and sleep? Should we let the tall people deal with it when the sky falls?”

To be honest, this was the first time Lu Feng had been looked down upon like this.

“It's not that there's no way,” Gu Yang said, his gaze deep, his words implying something more.

Lu Feng immediately perked up. “Did you think of something?”

Gu Yang didn't deny it; what had just happened had served as a reminder.

Kong Nian said that what they encountered tonight were only small fry, which meant the true mastermind was still hiding in the shadows. Tonight, only he and Lu Feng were wandering the streets, and it had drawn out the small fry. If they were captured by the small fry, would they be able to meet the true mastermind?

Using humans as bait to draw the snake out of its hole was definitely feasible.

But the problem was that they couldn't even handle the so-called small fry right now. Even if they truly met the mastermind, they would likely only be at their mercy. Therefore, they would need someone like Kong Nian to cooperate.

However, Kong Nian hadn't given him any chance to discuss it.

Looking at Gu Yang's constantly changing expressions, Lu Feng knew he must have thought of something.

“Hurry up and say it!”

Gu Yang temporarily reined in his thoughts and glanced at the time; it was already past ten at night.

“We really can't do anything just by ourselves right now. Let me think about it some more.”

Kong Nian told them not to meddle in other people's business, so he could choose not to act, but that didn't stop him from providing his idea to that so-called operations team.

Lu Feng's eyebrows twisted together like a braid. Since Gu Yang wouldn't say it, he couldn't crawl into his brain to find out.

“Fine, tell me when you've figured it out.”

By the time Gu Yang returned to his dormitory, it was around 10:30 PM.

After a moment of hesitation, he dialed the number for Su Yan's room.

At this hour, he wasn't sure if she had already gone to sleep.

After the ringtone sounded three times, Su Yan's slightly languid voice came through the receiver.

“Hello?”

The heart that had been hanging in Gu Yang's throat instantly settled; it was best that she hadn't gone out.

“Yan Yan, it's me. Did I wake you up?”

After two seconds of silence on the line, Su Yan's voice rang out again.

“Brother Gu, is there something wrong that you're calling me so late?”

“Mm, things haven't been peaceful outside these past two days. I wanted to remind you not to go out alone, especially at night.” Gu Yang's voice was serious, and his volume was significantly heavier than usual, just so Su Yan could hear him clearly and take it seriously.

On the other end of the phone, most of Su Yan's sleepiness vanished because of his warning.

“Did something happen?”

She sat up in bed. Although the lights were off, her eyes were incredibly deep in the darkness.

The case of the missing persons from last night was known to almost everyone in the capital. For Gu Yang to make a special effort to call and remind her this late, something had definitely happened.

However, the fact that he could still call her meant that there was no immediate danger.

(End of Chapter)