The private room fell silent.
Yu Zhengyang clasped his head in both hands, his voice thick with tears.
"Ning! I'm so scared! I'm scared something will happen to Yu Ting! She came to Shen City for me! Then she came to Harbor City for me too! I have to save her! I have to!"
"The more desperate things get, the more important it is to stay calm!" Song Ning said. "With just the few of us, rushing in won't save her. It'll only alert them and put her in even greater danger!"
"Then... then what do we do now?" Yu Zhengyang's voice trembled.
Song Ning glanced at Song Caijuan and asked, "How long have you been working at this nightclub?"
"A-almost a month!"
"Have you been to the basement here? What's it like down there?"
Song Caijuan immediately shook her head like a rattle.
"N-no asking questions! I'm just a menial worker. I can't go anywhere except the kitchen! And I can't ask questions! They'll dock my pay! They'll beat me too!"
"You've never been there, but haven't you heard anything either? Is anyone down there? Don't they need meals delivered or anything?"
This time, Song Caijuan paused and thought for a while before answering.
"I-I think the kitchen has sent meals to the basement, but they'd never give me that job. I... I didn't really pay attention!"
Only then did Song Ning ask, "Song Caijuan! I heard you're with Old Wan now. He rents you a place, and you have a job here. Why do you still want to go back?"
Song Caijuan immediately wrapped her arms around Song Ning's legs.
"Cousin! I had no choice but to get together with Old Wan! He has a wife and a whole bunch of children, and I'm not his only mistress!