Hearing the noisy movement outside, Qiao Hua put down the book in his hand in confusion, got up and walked to the window.
The firelight reflected on the mirror, and a raging fire was burning in the backyard not far away. Black smoke shot straight into the sky, blending into the night.
Bodyguards in the Manor rushed over to put out the fire, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. Some used fire extinguishers and some used water.
Qiao Hua's eyelids twitched. She was about to go downstairs to check the situation when she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the corridor.
The footsteps seemed to deliberately lighten their weight and slowly approached the room.
Qiao Hua thought it was Bodyguards who was coming up. Just as he was about to step forward to ask what was going on, the door suddenly opened from the outside, and a tall figure appeared at the door.
After seeing the true appearance of the tall figure clearly, Qiao Hua's footsteps suddenly froze in place, and his heart beat very fast as if it was out of balance, and kept pounding.
Zhou Qiwen's cold pupils reflected Qiao Hua's blank mind, with a gloomy smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, "Long time no see."
Qiao Hua opened his eyes slightly and opened his mouth, "You, how did you get up here?"
Looking at Zhou Qiwen's malicious smile, Qiao Hua seemed to realize something. She frowned and her breathing became rapid, "Did you set the fire?"
Zhou Qiwen looked at his masterpiece outside the window with a sinister smile, "If I don't do this, how can I get rid of these people?"
Qiao Hua had a vague premonition. She backed away subconsciously, turned around and came to the window and was about to call for help. A pair of hands stretched out from behind and covered her mouth at the moment she was about to make a sound.
"Uh--"
The handkerchief covered his mouth and nose, cutting off all breathing. A pungent smell swept over him, so spicy that Qiao Hua's eyes hurt.
She struggled subconsciously, grabbing randomly in the air with her hands, but Zhou Qiwen dodged it.
With the experience last time, he will not be so stupid and fall for Qiao Hua this time.
Qiao Hua was gradually out of breath, and the suffocation and pungent smell were intertwined, as if the valve of the body had been opened, and the body's strength was losing little by little.
Qiao Hua My head felt dizzy, as if it had been filled with lead.
Zhou Qiwen's evil face gradually became blurry and shaky in his field of vision. As his eyelids closed a little bit, Qiao Hua's vision went dark and he completely lost consciousness.
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When Gu Wenze rushed here, the fire in the backyard had been put out, and Bodyguards were squatting on the ground to rest, with a heat wave in the air.
Gu Wenze glanced at the fire-burned land in front of him. It was pitch black and a large area of plants was dead.
Gu Wenze frowned, "What's going on?"
Only then did the leader Bodyguards realize that Gu Wenze was coming. He quickly got up and came to him and explained, "President Gu, I don't know what happened just now, but the backyard suddenly caught fire."
"Fire?" Gu Wenze frowned deeper.
Captain Bodyguards nodded, "But the cause of the fire is still unclear, but we will find out as soon as possible."
Logically speaking, it rained every day during this period, and the grass was wet, so it should be unlikely that a fire would break out. However, the backyard burned down, and the fire was not small.
Gu Wenze vaguely sensed something was wrong, but couldn't catch the weirdness for a while.
He glanced at the Bodyguards gathered together, and suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he suddenly realized something, "You are all here to put out the fire, what about Qiao Hua?"
Bodyguards, you look at me and I look at you, and then you realize that they are all here putting out the fire, and no one is guarding them outside.
Bodyguards Captain also realized something was wrong and quickly said, "Miss Qiao should rest in the room."
Gu Wenze looked tense, turned around and walked quickly towards the villa.
Seeing Gu Wenze's captivating expression, Bodyguards and the others looked at each other and quickly followed Gu Wenze upstairs.
Gu Wenze came to the room as quickly as possible. He opened the door and saw that the bed was empty. The window was open, the light gray curtains were blown up by the wind, and the air was mixed with the smell of burning from afar.
I scanned the room and found Qiao Hua anywhere.
Now Captain Bodyguards was panicking. They were busy putting out the fire and forgot to keep someone watching Qiao Hua. Who would have thought that she would disappear in such a short period of time.
Captain Bodyguards said hurriedly, "President Gu, I personally saw Miss Qiao go upstairs after dinner, and she never came down."
Gu Wenze looked at him with a gloomy expression, "Then tell me, where is she now?"
Bodyguards Captain was stunned by the question and hesitated to speak.
At this time Gu Wenze accidentally saw something under the window. He walked over and picked it up and found it was a handkerchief.
But the patterns and colors are obviously for men.
Gu Wenze faintly smelled something, put the handkerchief to the tip of his nose, and felt a pungent smell.
At this time, the captain Bodyguards beside him said cautiously, "President Gu, this... this smell seems to be Ether."
Gu Wenze suddenly turned back to look at Captain Bodyguards, his eyes as red as a wild beast suddenly going crazy, "What did you say?"
Bodyguards was startled by the sudden change in his eyes, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "I used to work in the black market, and I have seen this kind of thing. It is specially used to stun people. Generally, only those with evil intentions will buy this kind of thing."
Gu Wenze suddenly tightened his handkerchief, and a strong bad feeling swept through his heart like a tide.
In this way, Qiao Hua did not leave on his own, but was kidnapped.
As soon as this thought came out, it was like a piece of hot gravel hitting my chest, and anger and helplessness spread through my body at an extremely fast speed.
Who would go to such trouble to kidnap Qiao Hua?
At least they are definitely not acquaintances of Qiao Hua. If they just want to save people, there is no need to use such things as Ether.
What's more, Yan Yu and Qiao Hua have not been in contact with each other for a long time, and Gu Junxing is far away from the province. Shen Zhen cannot protect herself. Who can spend so much effort to save her.
Unless that person has an old grudge with Qiao Hua.
Or rather, I have a grudge against him.
At this moment, a candidate suddenly popped into his mind. Gu Wenze clenched his fists fiercely. The bulging veins spread from his arms to the back of his hands, and his whole body exuded a chilling aura.
At this moment, the mobile phone in Gu Wenze's pocket rang.
He took out his cell phone, and an unknown caller without any notes flashed on the screen.
Gu Wenze looked at the phone screen, vaguely aware of who the person opposite was.
He pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear.
An unfamiliar male voice came from the other end of the phone, "President Gu."
"Zhou Qiwen." Gu Wenze gritted his teeth.