The small house had two rooms with a bathroom. Meng Qing used the excuse of convenience, entered the bathroom, and used an infrared thermal imager to check the inner room, finding no one inside. When he came out of the bathroom, he subtly shook his head at Yu Yi.
Xia Xuanxuan pretended not to see his movements and gestures, poured two cups of water, and leisurely chatted with them, asking about the tasks they had done and how the executors they knew before were doing.
In the end, it was Meng Qing who proposed to leave, and Xia Xuanxuan smiled and said, “No need to see me off.”
After Yu Yi and Meng Qing left Xia Xuanxuan’s small house at a distance, she whispered to Meng Qing: “Her attitude is unnatural. Did you really not notice if someone else was in her house?”
“The infrared thermal imager didn’t detect anyone,” Meng Qing was slightly surprised, “Her attitude was unnatural? I didn’t see it.”
After putting on heat-reflective suits, they quickly walked back to the rear of the small cabin. Yu Yi continued to observe the cabin’s interior with a thermal imager, while Meng Qing installed a listening device on the cabin’s outer wall to capture conversations inside.
After a short while, Xia Xuanxuan rose from the table and opened the basement door, calling softly downstairs: “Dad, they’ve left.”
With her call, movement indeed began in the cabin’s basement. Meng Qing and Yu Yi exchanged a glance, listening intently to the sounds inside.
Seeing Xia Zhenda coming up the stairs alone, Xia Xuanxuan looked behind him and asked, “Where are they?” When Xia Zhenda arrived, he had brought Lin Bai and one subordinate.
“Knocked out,” Xia Zhenda answered simply. Because Lin Bai tried to make a sound and attract Yu Yi’s attention, Xia Zhenda had knocked him unconscious. As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Zhuo half-supported, half-dragged Lin Bai up.
“Quickly lay him on the bed,” Xia Xuanxuan hurried over, helping Gao Zhuo escort Lin Bai out of the basement door and onto the bed.
