"He went to his room to get something; he will be down in a moment," Mu Yunhuai replied calmly, as if nothing had just happened.
"Forget it, I'm going upstairs too."
Li Jiu abruptly pocketed his phone and stood up, then walked towards the stairway. Because he was totally unguarded, he suddenly felt the cold touch of something pressed against the back of his neck when he brushed past Mu Yunhuai.
He instinctively stopped in his tracks, about to look back, when he heard Mu Yunhuai's voice behind him, "Sorry, Old Li, I'm forced into a corner here. As long as you cooperate, I won't hurt you."
Li Jiu's spine stiffened abruptly, belatedly realizing what was pressed against his neck; he glared in disbelief and anger, "What are you doing? Are you pointing a gun at me?"
"Like I said, as long as you cooperate, I won't hurt you."
Mu Yunhuai forced him upstairs, kicked open the door to Xiang Liangzhou's room, pushed Li Jiu inside, and quickly looked for something to tie Li Jiu up as well.
