vrcanaries Chapter 261: Finding Someone
Chapter 261: Finding Someone
Chapter 261: Finding Someone
"You're so clever. My surname is indeed Qing, and my given name is Qing Yuan. No matter what you say, no one can find you. And you can't escape either. Do you feel completely weak right now? I've fed you something." Qing Yuan said with a smug look on his face.
Ji Meiqing clenched her fist, but she really had no strength left. "What...what did you give me to eat?"
"Don't worry, no one will die. I have other things to do. Think it over yourself." With that, he left.
"You narcissist, so this Qingyuanlou is named after yourself. Humph, do you think that will threaten me?" Ji Meiqing said disdainfully.
In the top-tier room of the Yuanyang Tower, Lu Yu paced back and forth, finally unable to bear it any longer, and said, "Yan Jin, you stay here for now. I'll talk to them first. Just tell them what you want to do here. I'm really worried, so I have to go out and check." Yan Jin nodded and said, "Brother, go ahead. Don't worry about me."
Lu Yu gave the shopkeeper some instructions and then left in a hurry. He walked down the street and suddenly felt lost because he didn't know which street Ji Meiqing would be taking a walk on. Suddenly, a thought struck him: Ji Meiqing had said she was coming to Yuanyang Tower that morning, so the street she was walking on must be the one from her home to Yuanyang Tower.
There weren't many possibilities after counting them all. He randomly chose the one with the highest probability and finally got the information at a steamed bun shop. The shop owner said, "I did see this woman this morning. She was frowning one minute and smiling the next. We all thought the girl had some mental problems, so when a group of people took her away, we didn't suspect anything."
Lu Yu said thank you. Sure enough, something still happened. He walked aimlessly down the street, feeling something hard under his foot. He moved his foot away and saw something that looked like a token. He squatted down, picked it up, and clutched the object tightly, repeating the single character on it, "Qing."
Ji Meiqing lay on the bed, sulking and refusing to eat the food that was brought to her. She murmured, "Brother Lu, when are you coming to save me? I really want to eat your cooking! I miss Xiaojin so much."
Inside the hall, Qingyuan asked the servant who was serving the dishes, "How is it?" The servant shook her head, "Miss Ji still hasn't eaten." Qingyuan waved her hand, signaling that she could leave.
Qing Yuan sneered, "Ji Meiqing, don't struggle anymore. In the end, you will definitely belong to me."
Lu Yu took the object back to the restaurant. He asked the manager, "Manager, do you know where this belongs?" The manager took it, put on his glasses, examined it, and then said, "Young Master Lu, this is a mark. The owner of it should be the owner of Qingyuan Restaurant in Rongcheng. However, if you found it here, it might be someone from his escort agency in the capital."
Lu Yu repeated the shopkeeper's words, "Qingyuan Tower? Escort Agency? So he has this other identity. But whoever he is, I will definitely find Mei Qing. Do you know where this escort agency is?"
The shopkeeper told him the address. This shopkeeper had a friend who was known as a know-it-all in the martial arts world, so the shopkeeper also learned quite a bit about things.
Lu Yu quickly arrived at the escort agency using his martial arts skills. He was stopped by the guards at the door just as he was about to enter. Not wanting to waste words with them, he simply climbed onto the roof when no one was looking. There, he overheard a thin man and a tall man talking.
The thin man said, "Brother, we handed the woman over to the boss. He'll surely give us some benefits, right? It's almost New Year's, so I don't need any reward. Just ask the boss to let us go home for a few days."
The taller man said, "How could I not want to go home? It's just that the New Year is coming soon, and the escort agency will be very busy. If the boss lets us go home, what about the brothers down there? They miss home too." Lu Yu caught the key point: they had indeed captured a woman. So, while one of them was in the toilet, he subdued him. "Don't shout, or I'll kill you. I'm asking you, just nod or shake your head. Did you capture a woman?"
The man nodded. "Then where is she?" The man didn't answer. "Why won't you answer?"
He then said, feeling wronged, "It's...it's you who told me to just nod and shake my head. You didn't tell me to speak." Just as Lu Yu was about to say something, he heard someone shout, "Second brother, are you still in the outhouse? Did you fall in?" Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Lu Yu took out a knife from his outer garment and held it to his second brother's neck before leaving.
"Second brother, what's going on?" "Big...Big brother, he's looking for the woman we kidnapped this morning." "Young hero, let's talk this out. Don't hurt my second brother. We're just doing this for money."
Seeing that things had already come to this, Lu Yu simply asked, "I didn't want to harm anyone. As long as you tell me where that woman is, this bag of silver is yours." As he spoke, he took a bag of silver from his waist.
The eldest brother thought for a moment. Although he and his second brother weren't skilled in martial arts, they could easily deal with ordinary people. Now, this man had captured his second brother, which meant his martial arts skills were superior to theirs. He figured it was better to let the boss teach him a lesson, and he could even get a bag of silver.
After weighing his options, he said, "Okay, I'll tell you." He then gave him an address. Once Lu Yu received the address, he didn't linger for a moment. He turned around, climbed over the wall, and left, throwing the money bag over. The eldest brother caught it and asked, "Second brother, are you alright?" The second brother shook his head. "I'm fine, but I feel like his moves are very familiar." The eldest brother seemed to be thinking about something and didn't reply. The two went into the house.
Following the address they gave him, Lu Yu arrived at a residence marked "Qing Mansion." He used the same old method—climbing over the wall—but this time he wasn't so lucky and was discovered. Qing Yuan was admiring the flowers in the garden when she noticed someone on her wall. She threw a stone down, and Lu Yu was inexplicably hit. Clutching the spot where he was hit, he wondered, "This person's martial arts are really strong; they're definitely more than just a restaurant or escort agency owner."
Qing Yuan chuckled and said, "Long time no see, Young Master Lu. You were quite the big shot at my restaurant last time. What? Now you've taken to climbing over other people's walls?" Everyone around him laughed as he finished speaking.
Lu Yu said expressionlessly, "I'm not here to joke with you. Hand over Mei Qing now."
"Oh? How come your wife is here with me?" Qing Yuan continued to deny it. But he was immediately proven wrong. Ji Meiqing, who was locked in the room, could hear their conversation. So she opened the window and saw Lu Yu, excitedly shouting, "Brother Lu, don't listen to his nonsense, I'm here."
Qing Yuan narrowed her eyes and ordered someone to handle it. Lu Yu continued, "I saw it. Now, what are your conditions?"