Everyone in the room snapped fully awake and followed A Qing to the place Hu Yuanjing had arranged.
It was a restaurant not far from the Balai Nightclub.
Dawn had yet to break, and only one corner of the empty restaurant's main hall was lit.
When Song Ning and the others arrived, Hu Yuanjing was sitting at a table, drinking tea.
A group of bodyguards stood behind him.
They looked around, but there was no sign of Chen Yuting.
"Fourth Young Master! I heard you've found her!" Song Ning asked.
Yu Zhengyang followed behind Song Ning, already trembling uncontrollably.
Hu Yuanjing set down his teacup. His expression was grim, and the dark circles beneath his eyes made it clear that he, too, had been awake all night.
"Boss Song! Do you remember what I told you earlier?"
A sense of foreboding immediately rose in Song Ning's heart.
"Yes! I remember! Please tell me where Chen Yuting is now, Fourth Young Master."
Hu Yuanjing gave an almost inaudible sigh and raised his hand slightly.
The bodyguard beside him immediately gestured toward the back.
A row of dark private dining rooms stood a short distance behind them.
A bodyguard pushed open the door to one of them and switched on the light.
Did that mean... Chen Yuting was in there?
Suddenly, Song Ning's feet felt as though they weighed a thousand pounds. The room was only a few yards away, yet she could barely bring herself to move.
Yu Zhengyang stood rigid beside Song Ning. He had been the one most desperate to see Chen Yuting, yet now he remained rooted to the spot.
Yu Ting... was in there? Why had the lights in that room been off? Why hadn't she made a fuss? Why was it so quiet inside?
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