Chapter 113 — There Is Killing Intent [Begging for Monthly Tickets, Fifth Bonus Update — Please Cast Your Precious Vote for the Fish-Man, Who Will Be Eternally Grateful; This Book's Development Is Inseparable from Everyone's Support, Thank You Dear Readers]
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Gu Pengzhan's face went white on the instant. Staring at the fragments of the chandelier on the ground, fury surfaced in his eyes. The chandelier was enormous in size. Had Wei Zhao not reacted so quickly, then whether the two of them had continued along their previous path or stopped where they were, they would have been struck by the falling chandelier.
The chandelier was made entirely of glass. Dropped on one's head, it might not kill, but injury was certain...
These people actually dared to do such a thing. A flicker of wrath crossed Gu Pengzhan's face — their nerve was far too great. Gu Pengzhan knew this was retaliation for the warning he had delivered at Friday's board meeting.
It seemed some people had already reached the point of acting without the slightest scruple. Not only did they dare to kidnap Gu Mengyao — now they even dared to employ such methods as this...
Uncle Qing, over by the car, had seen what happened here as well, and naturally so had Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. The two stood staring blankly this way, and only after a long while did Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu cry out. It was truly too frightening.
Uncle Qing, relatively composed, had already hurried over to Gu Pengzhan's side. "Mr. Gu, are you all right?"
"Call security. Investigate what happened. Seal off every exit to the underground parking lot — no one leaves until I say so," Gu Pengzhan ordered, his face dark.
"No need." Wei Zhao looked up at the chandelier, at the cut where the wire had been severed, then rose to his feet and turned to Gu Pengzhan. "The chandelier's power cable was sliced through by a sharp blade — cut clean through in several places..."
"Oh?" Gu Pengzhan froze for an instant, then followed the direction Wei Zhao was indicating. Sure enough, there was a ring of clean cuts on the chandelier's cable. Gu Pengzhan's expression darkened further. "But how did they time it? The chandelier falling at precisely the moment we walked beneath it?"
"Well... My guess is that the chandelier was switched off beforehand. When we walked under it, power was suddenly fed to it — the weakened cable couldn't bear the chandelier's load, so it fused and snapped almost instantly, and the whole thing came down..." Wei Zhao paused. "Of course, that's only my speculation. They may well have other means, for all we know..."
Gu Pengzhan was no fool; he understood at once that Wei Zhao's hypothesis was very likely the truth. If so, there was no point in investigating further. Whoever had arranged this had covered their tracks with surgical precision — whatever evidence might have remained would surely have been destroyed long before any search could begin.
"Let's go." Gu Pengzhan drew a long breath, forcing down the fury roiling inside him, and set off with Uncle Qing toward the car.
"Xiao Yi, sit in the back with Yaoyao and the others. I'll take the passenger seat," Gu Pengzhan said to Wei Zhao.
"Very well." Wei Zhao nodded and turned to open the rear door — but upon seeing Gu Mengyao in the back seat, he hesitated, then circled around to Shen Yushu's side instead, opened the door, and climbed in.
Compared with Gu Mengyao, Wei Zhao's rapport with Shen Yushu was considerably more cordial. The Bentley's cabin was roomy enough that three people in the back seat did not feel the least bit cramped.
A moment earlier, when Gu Mengyao had assumed Wei Zhao was about to sit beside her, her heart had clenched — a flicker of nervousness she couldn't suppress. And thinking of what Shen Yushu had said to her before... she found her cheeks warming despite herself...