Upon entering the villa's main hall, Zhang Yuanqing swiftly swept his gaze around, then sprinted toward the second floor.
He stopped at the stairway landing on the second floor. The door to the room at the very end of the corridor was tightly shut.
A burly, towering middle-aged man stood outside the door. He wore a black tank top, his muscles knotted and his face fierce, looking exactly like a thug or bodyguard from a movie.
The villa was silent. Other than the burly man guarding the door, there was no one else.
"Wang Qian's sister should be inside. Xiahou Tianyuan brought her here after kidnapping her. Tsk, if I brought her with me, I'd have both the culprit and the evidence. I could call Fu Qingyang directly."
He poked his head out to observe the layout of the second floor. From where he stood, there was a surveillance camera aimed directly at the room where the burly man was stationed.
If I were Xiahou Tianyuan, I'd definitely have someone watching the surveillance feeds around the clock. The moment anything unusual happened, they'd immediately send reinforcements. Zhang Yuanqing quietly pulled his head back.
At that moment, his Night Wanderer time ran out. Leaning against the wall by the stairs, he recovered his stamina while thinking.
There were two options before him.
First: leave without a sound and notify Fu Qingyang to send someone to rescue the "hostage."
Second: take out these kidnappers and bring Wang Qian's sister away.
The first option seemed safer, but once the official Walkers intervened, his identity in this matter would inevitably be exposed.
Xiahou Tianyuan would learn that the great Yuanshi Tianzun had ruined his plan.
In the past, Zhang Yuanqing would not have been afraid. He had merits to his name and plenty of