"Shi Ya, I heard..." Wei Qing hesitated to speak, her brows furrowed, as if she was trying hard to recall important information.
"What's wrong?" Dai Shiya was extremely anxious, but she also waited patiently for the next step.
"I remember now!" Wei Qing slammed the table and said in surprise, "When your grandfather made his will, there was an old butler by his side. It is said that he participated in the drafting and safekeeping of the will throughout the process, and later retired and returned to his hometown due to health reasons."
Dai Shiya's eyes lit up, and she thought that if she could find the old butler, she might be able to prove the authenticity of the will and thus expose Dai Ming and Dai Feng's conspiracy.
"Do you know where the old housekeeper lives?" Dai Shiya asked anxiously.
"I have a friend who used to take care of the old housekeeper for a period of time. I can ask him." Wei Qing said and immediately called her friend.
A few minutes later, Wei Qing hung up the phone with a look of disappointment on her face. "My friend said that the old housekeeper was taken away a few days ago. He doesn't know who took her away."
"Taken away?" Dai Shiya's heart sank, and an ominous premonition came to her mind.
Despite this, Dai Shiya decided to go to the place where the old housekeeper used to live to see if she could find any clues. She drove to a secluded residential area on the outskirts of the city based on the address provided by Wei Qing's friend.
The old housekeeper's house was a two-story building with weeds growing in the yard. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it for a long time. Dai Shiya pushed open the half-open door and a musty smell hit her nose.
She walked into the house and looked around, hoping to find something left by the old housekeeper. However, the house was empty, with almost no other items except a few pieces of shabby furniture.
Just as Dai Shiya was about to leave, she noticed a dark red wooden box in the corner. She walked over and opened the box, which contained some old photos and letters.
Dai Shiya looked through the photos and found that in one of the photos, the old butler was standing behind a young man, and that young man was Dai Ming!
Dai Shiya's heart suddenly sank. She finally understood why the old butler was taken away, and why Dai Ming stopped her from finding the old butler.
Just as Dai Shiya was about to carefully check the other items in the box, footsteps were heard outside the door, and then a cold voice sounded behind her: "It seems that you have found something you shouldn't have found."
Dai Shiya turned around suddenly and saw Dai Ming standing at the door with a cold smile on his face. Dai Shiya's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but she tried to stay calm, slowly put down the photo in her hand, and asked casually: "What are you talking about? I just came to see the old housekeeper. He helped my father a lot in the past. I want to see if he is doing well."
Dai Ming sneered and approached Dai Shiya step by step, his eyes as sharp as a hawk: "Don't play dumb, do you think I don't know what you are looking for? I advise you to give up this idea, you can't find any evidence."
"What do you mean?" Dai Shiya pretended to be confused and took a step back to avoid Dai Ming's imposing manner. "I just wanted to come and see the old housekeeper. How did it become looking for evidence?"
"Humph, you don't have to act anymore." Dai Ming grabbed Dai Shiya's wrist and said in a cold tone, "I warn you, don't investigate this matter any further, otherwise, the consequences will not be something you can bear."
Dai Shiya shook Dai Ming's hand away, glared at him and said, "Are you threatening me? I tell you, I won't give up. I must find out the truth!"
Dai Ming snorted coldly, said nothing more, and turned to leave the old housekeeper's house. Dai Shiya stood there, watching Dai Ming's back as he left, her heart filled with anger and uneasiness. She knew that Dai Ming would not let her go easily, and she had to find the old housekeeper as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
After leaving the old housekeeper's residence, Dai Shiya did not go home directly, but went to Wei Qing. She told Wei Qing what had just happened and asked Wei Qing if there was any other way to find the old housekeeper.
After listening to Dai Shiya's story, Wei Qing frowned and thought for a moment before saying to Dai Shiya, "I always feel that this matter is not that simple. We can't just sit there and wait for death. We must take the initiative."
"Do you have a solution?" A glimmer of hope ignited in Dai Shiya's eyes.
Wei Qing nodded and said, "I suspect Dai Feng is also secretly monitoring us. Our every move is under his control, so we must find a way to get rid of his surveillance."
"Get rid of his surveillance?" Dai Shiya was puzzled, "But how should we do it?"
"Just stay here with me for the next few days and don't go anywhere. I will find a way." A gleam of light flashed in Wei Qing's eyes.
In the following days, Dai Shiya stayed in Wei Qing's apartment and did not go anywhere. Wei Qing went out early and came back late every day, as if she was secretly carrying out some plan.
One night, Wei Qing returned to the apartment and said to Dai Shiya with a serious look: "I found some clues. Dai Feng has been sending people to follow you, and I also found out..."
"What did you find?" Dai Shiya asked anxiously.
Wei Qing took a deep breath and lowered her voice and said, "I found that Dai Feng had frequent contact with a strange man, and that man..." Wei Qing paused, and her tone became more serious, "I suspect that man is the key figure controlling the old housekeeper."
Dai Shiya's heartbeat quickened. She realized that they were getting closer and closer to the truth, but at the same time they were also facing greater danger...
"Who...is that man?" Dai Shiya asked anxiously. Wei Qing's pause made her feel an ominous premonition.
Wei Qing took a deep breath and said slowly, "I found out that the man's name is Sun Baoguan, and he is from Dai Feng's mother's family. He used to be in the underworld, but later he quit and started a legitimate business. But..." Wei Qing paused, "People in the underworld say that the thing he is best at in his life is making people disappear."
Dai Shiya took a deep breath, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet to her head. The old butler was old and weak, and if he really fell into the hands of Sun Baoguan, the consequences would be disastrous.
"We must find the old butler as soon as possible!" Dai Shiya stood up suddenly and paced around the room anxiously.
"I have asked someone to check Sun's background, but it will take some time." Wei Qing analyzed calmly, "The problem now is that we don't know where the old butler is being held."
Dai Shiya paced back and forth in the room, the kind face of the old housekeeper and what had happened in the past few days kept flashing through her mind. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she raised her head abruptly, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
"I think I know where the old butler is!" Dai Shiya said firmly, "The old butler told me before that when he was young, he helped the Dai family manage a warehouse in the suburbs. Later, the warehouse was abandoned and he rarely went there. If my guess is correct, the old butler is probably imprisoned there!"
Wei Qing thought carefully about Dai Shiya's inference and felt that it made sense. So, the two decided to set off immediately to the warehouse in the suburbs.
However, they didn't know that all of this was under Deming's control.
"Dai Shiya really can't hold her temper anymore." Dai Ming looked at the surveillance footage in his hand, a cold smile appeared on his lips, "Since you want to die so badly, then I will grant your wish!"
Dai Ming immediately called Sun Baoguan and asked him to move the old housekeeper to another place overnight and set a trap in the warehouse, waiting for Dai Shiya to fall into the trap.
As night fell, Dai Shiya and Wei Qing drove to an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs. The area around the warehouse was desolate, with only a few dim street lamps emitting a weak light, making it even more eerie and terrifying.
"Shi Ya, are you sure the old butler is here?" Wei Qing asked uneasily, always feeling that the atmosphere around her was a little weird.
"It should be here." Although Dai Shiya was unsure, she had no choice but to move forward in order to rescue the old butler.
The two walked carefully to the door of the warehouse. Dai Shiya gently pushed open the rusty iron door, and a smell of decay hit her face. The warehouse was pitch black, and only a few rays of moonlight shone in through the broken windows, casting mottled light and shadows on the ground.
"Old butler, are you there?" Dai Shiya lowered her voice and called out tentatively a few times, but the warehouse was silent and there was no response.
Dai Shiya and Wei Qing bravely walked into the warehouse and searched around in the dim light, but they still couldn't find any trace of the old housekeeper. At this moment, Dai Shiya suddenly felt empty under her feet and fell down instantly...
"Shiya!" Wei Qing exclaimed and ran to the trap, but she only saw the dark entrance and no trace of Dai Shiya.
"It seems that you have already guessed what we are going to do to you." A cold voice came from behind Wei Qing. Wei Qing turned around suddenly, only to see Dai Ming and Sun Baoguan walking slowly towards her with a few men in black...
"What do you want to do?" Wei Qing tried to remain calm, but her voice couldn't help but tremble.
"We don't want to do anything, we just want you to come with us." Sun Baoguan had a sinister smile on his face and approached Wei Qing step by step. "As for Dai Shiya..." He paused, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, "Let her stay here forever!"
Wei Qing closed her eyes in despair, waiting for fate to come.
At the same time, Dai Shiya groped in the dark and finally found a place to climb. She struggled hard and finally climbed out of the trap, but found herself in a more hidden basement. There were some sundries piled in the basement, which smelled of mold and dust. Dai Shiya covered her nose and looked around in the weak light. Suddenly, her eyes fell on a box in the corner. The box was not locked. She opened the box curiously, but found that it contained... a pipe and a hat that the old butler often used. Dai Shiya's heart tightened. How could these two things that the old butler always regarded as treasures appear here? Could it be...
She forced herself to calm down and searched the box carefully, hoping to find more clues about the old housekeeper. Suddenly, her fingers touched a hard piece of paper. She took it out and saw that it was an old photo. In the photo, there were two young men smiling with their arms around each other. Dai Shiya recognized one of them as the young Dai Feng. She didn't know the other man, but she could vaguely tell from his figure and eyebrows that he looked like Sun Baoguan.
Dai Shiya was shocked. This photo must have been taken a long time ago. At that time, Dai Feng had not yet joined the family business, and Sun Baoguan was just a small-time gangster. How could they know each other? And looking at the intimacy of the two in the photo, their relationship was obviously extraordinary.
This discovery made Dai Shiya realize that the relationship between Dai Feng and Sun Baoguan was far more complicated than she had imagined, and it also made her more convinced that the fate of the old housekeeper was definitely related to them. This photo may be the key to uncovering the truth!
Dai Shiya carefully put away the photos and prepared to leave the basement. At this moment, she heard footsteps and voices above her head.
"Are you sure no one will find us here?" That was Dai Ming's voice.
"Don't worry, I've cleaned up this place, no one will find this place." Sun Baoguan's cold voice was tinged with pride, "But that Dai Shiya is really overestimating herself and actually dared to fight me. This time I'm going to make sure she never comes back!"
"Don't take it lightly. That woman is not that simple." Dai Ming's voice was filled with fear. "Get rid of them as soon as possible to avoid complications."
"clear."
Listening to the conversation above her head, Dai Shiya's heart sank. She knew she had to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. She looked around, looking for an escape route...
At the same time, in the study of the Dai family's old house, Dai Feng was sitting at the desk, holding a document in his hand with a frown on his face.
"Master, what are you worried about?" a man in black asked respectfully.
"Dai Shiya's actions have become more frequent recently. I'm worried that she will find out something she shouldn't." Dai Feng put down the documents in his hand, and a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes. "I must find the will before she does, otherwise..."
He stood up suddenly, walked to the bookcase, stretched out his hand and gently pressed on a book, and the bookcase slowly opened to both sides, revealing a secret door. Dai Feng walked into the secret door and came to a secret room. There was only a table and a chair in the secret room. On the table was an exquisite wooden box with complex patterns carved on it, which was obviously worth a lot of money.
Dai Feng took a deep breath and slowly opened the wooden box...