With the gun pressed against his head, Song Zhao took a step forward, and the man took a step back, Gu Yanzhi and Gu Yanlin following behind Song Zhao.
"Old Zhang, who is that, taking so long..." It might have been the noise inside that was too loud, and the person called Old Zhang begged for mercy. The people inside didn't hear him clearly and, seeing he hadn't returned for so long, shouted a query.
Gu Yanzhi, Song Zhao, and Gu Yanlin all recognized the voice. It was Gu Qiang's voice.
No one answered, and Gu Qiang was preparing to get up to check the situation when he saw Old Zhang with his hands raised in surrender, retreating backward toward them.
"Who are you, playing tricks?" Gu Qiang coldly sneered.
Seeing the three people opposite Old Zhang, all clad in black and with their faces wrapped tightly, Gu Qiang added, "Cowards who don't dare to show their face."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qiang walked toward the three, intending to find out who they were. However, as he approached, he suddenly felt a strong sense of unease and danger.
He stopped in his tracks, instinctively taking a step back while cautiously observing every move of the three. At this moment, he noticed one of them was holding a black handgun, aiming directly at them.
Entering the living room, Gu Yanzhi's eyes reddened with anger, and Gu Yanlin, witnessing such a scene for the first time, felt both disgusted and furious.
Besides Gu Qiang, three other people were sitting on the sofa. One was Gu Yanqi, and the other two were unknown to Gu Yanzhi, but with their shifty eyes and lecherous smiles, they weren't likely to be good people in league with Gu Qiang and Gu Yanqi.
In front of the sofa, three girls were huddled together, trembling and sobbing softly.
Thinking about how their wife or sister might have gone through these things, Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin felt an overwhelming urge to destroy these beasts limb from limb.
Without a word, the three of them pulled the triggers of their guns,
Bang
Bang
Bang
The sound of three shots rang out.
Old Zhang and Gu Qiang now had a bloody hole on their foreheads and fell straight down.
"Thud"
"Thud"
The sound of two bodies hitting the ground finally brought the other two shifty-eyed people on the sofa to their senses. They grabbed the weapons beside them and charged forward.
Bang
Bang
Two more gunshots echoed, and the two also fell to the ground, lifeless.
"Ah... ah..." One of the girls looked up at the sound and was immediately faced with Gu Yanqi's bloodied face, a horrifying sight that made her scream.
Her scream also startled the other two girls, who began to scream incessantly.
Gu Yanzhi stepped forward, hoping to calm the three people.
The three girls, as if further provoked, began kowtowing frantically to the three of them, constantly pleading, "Please, let us go."
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have run away."
"I'll be obedient."
"Don't hit me, ah."
"I was wrong."
...
Gu Yanlin and Song Zhao decisively walked out of the room, leaving Gu Yanzhi to comfort the three.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person," Gu Yanzhi said softly.
Hearing the distinctly feminine voice, the three girls hesitated briefly.
Seeing this, Gu Yanzhi attempted to step forward, but the three immediately started screaming again.
Seeing this, Gu Yanzhi took a step back, returning to her previous position.
"Okay, okay, I won't come in. I'll just talk to you from here."
"Rest assured, the bad people are already dead. You won't experience this anymore."
"It's over now. You can start a new life."
...
Listening to Gu Yanzhi's comforting words, the three gradually calmed down, their sobs turning to gentle cries.
"Can I come in? I've stood too long; my legs are a bit sore." As she spoke, Gu Yanzhi tentatively moved her foot inside, bit by bit.
Seeing no reaction from the three, she walked into the room with relief.
Gu Yanzhi wanted to find some clothes for them to wear. She glanced around the living room; their clothes had been torn to shreds, leaving only tatters on the floor.
Finally, Gu Yanzhi found two blankets and a suit jacket, which she draped over the three.
With their bodies covered, no longer exposed, their soft sobs turned into loud cries.
Gu Yanzhi didn't say anything more to comfort them, instead accompanying them silently, waiting for them to let it out.
Listening to the breakdown cries around her, Gu Yanzhi's mind drifted. "Gu Qiang and Gu Yanqi, those bastards, who knows how many they robbed. The rooms on the two occupied floors were cozy. In this cold weather, the heating was full blast, even warm enough to be naked indoors. They must have gone through a lot of wood or coal."
"But it is really hot here," thought Gu Yanzhi, adjusting the temperature of her clothes lower to a comfortable level. The cries around her gradually faded until silent.
The three wiped their faces with their clothes, stood up, went to find intact clothing in the inner bedroom. Then they picked up the weapons left by Gu Qiang and others, crazily hacking at the five bodies on the ground, crying and laughing wildly. Without knowledge of their tragedy, one might question their sanity.
After finishing, the three stood together and bowed to Gu Yanzhi, "Thank you, young lady."
"It's okay; I did it for revenge as well,"
What they did didn't scare Gu Yanzhi; in fact, she had wanted to do the same.
The three straightened up, now able to communicate normally. Only then did Gu Yanzhi clearly see their faces. They looked as innocent as girls her age, probably college students or recent graduates.
Moreover, they were quite attractive, beauties among ordinary people. This might be the reason they were targeted by the Demon.
"Do you know if there are other victims in this building?"
"No, no, there's only us three left," hearing Gu Yanzhi's question, their tears nearly fell again, murmuring.
Thinking of the sisters abused to death by the beasts yesterday, they nearly cried out loud; just one more day and they could have been rescued together.
"Do you have any plans after this?" Gu Yanzhi sighed internally. Their reaction confirmed that they were not the only victims.
"I'll go home to find my parents. The other two will come with me. I was out searching for supplies when they captured me. My parents are probably still looking for me," one girl spoke up.
She had been kidnapped while out alone collecting supplies, this group didn't know where she lived, so her parents should still be alive.
The other two's parents were former residents of this building, and this was even the home of one of the girls.
The Demon not only targeted their house but also their children, which is why they set up this trap.