Chapter 197 Prisoner
Duanmu and Bai Qi were very disdainful of Cui Jian's reason. Duanmu reminded Bai Qi: "Since they want to come in, why not let them in?"

Bai Qi pondered for a while: "This is Old Li's forte." Li Ran's security style is to retreat in order to advance. He doesn't like to set up barriers that criminals cannot break through. He prefers to control the criminals' attack plans and finally achieve the goal of annihilating all the criminals.

Bai Qi turned to contact Li Ran, while Duanmu and Cui Jian continued to drink tea. This was the good thing about being a soldier: no worries.

The first afternoon passed quietly, with no drones spotted and no one injured. At dinner, Cui Jian arrived early. Four hotel waiters and a chef were still setting up the Buffet stove in Building 1, so he slipped into Ye Rannuo's studio.

Ye Rannuo played games with a headset on his left ear. Cui Jian knocked on the screen twice and pulled open the retractable screen. Although Ye Rannuo moved quickly, Cui Jian saw that the monitor No. 7 of the nine monitors opposite Ye Rannuo jumped to another picture. It was too fast, Cui Jian didn't see it clearly, he only knew that it was originally a dark picture, and after jumping, it became an empty corridor.

Ye Rannuo turned around and saw Cui Jian. He took off his headset and said unhappily, "Knock on the door and only come in after permission."

Cui Jian nodded with a smile, stepped out, pulled up the retractable screen, and knocked on the door: "Can I come in?"

Ye Rannuo was in a playful mood and replied, "No."

Then there was no sound. This bastard really left like that. Ye Rannuo was so angry that he wanted to smash the keyboard.

Why? No other reason, it’s time to eat.

After finishing the food, Cui Jian sat next to Duanmu who was still drinking coffee, looked at him, thought about it, and decided to say it out loud, saying: "Yeran Nuo has a special monitor."

Duanmu was immediately interested: "Where?"

Cui Jian said: "I don't know. I only took a look. The light was dim and I could tell it was a room. She immediately switched to the surveillance video of the corridor."

Duanmu thought for a while: "Is the light natural light or lighting?"

Cui Jian answered affirmatively: "Lights."

Duanmu asked, "Are there any bookshelves, sofas, or anything like that?"

Cui Jian shook his head: "I don't know."

Duanmu: "Which monitor number?"

Cui Jian: “Number 7.” There must be more than 9 surveillance cameras in the villa complex. Ye Rannuo’s surveillance camera only displays images of the interior of the villa.

Duanmu asked: "Is it a secret room?"

Cui Jian replied: "I'm not sure, but my intuition is no."

Duanmu looked around and whispered, "I will get the special forces hackers in, and then they will follow my orders to cause some riots."

Cui Jian: "You do it yourself. I'm a bodyguard and I won't get involved in this kind of thing."

Duanmu: "There are only two of us, why do you have to act so righteous?"

Cui Jian replied: "This is professional ethics."

Duanmu was startled: "Are you serious?"

Cui Jian nodded sincerely: "I'm serious."

Duanmu was speechless. Cui Jian, who had killed dozens of people, actually talked to him about professional ethics and compliance with the law. After thinking about it carefully, he found that he really couldn't refute it. In other words, Cui Jian and Bai Qi were telling the truth. He did have a way to deal with drones, but he chose to keep silent because of the crime of incitement.

Duanmu got up and went out to make a phone call.

After Cui Jian finished his dinner, he saw that Duanmu had not come back yet, so he drank a cup of tea and went out for a walk.

Just ten meters out of Villa No. 1, something flew into the restaurant, and then there was an explosion, and black balls exploded into clouds of smoke. Dozens of Tianxia brand smoke bombs were thrown into the living room of Villa No. 1, and Villa No. 1 was filled with thick smoke for a while.

A chef who was cooking noodles on site immediately put on special glasses and walked to the side workshop in the smoke. Ye Rannuo happened to open the screen, and was pulled out by the chef, who slashed his neck with a knife, and Ye Rannuo immediately fell into a coma. The chef picked up Ye Rannuo and entered the studio, pulled the screen, put his face against the screen, and tapped the keyboard, successfully switching monitor No. 7 to another screen. And began to analyze the monitor position.

A minute later, the chef left the studio and entered the restaurant which was still filled with thick smoke. He squatted against the wall, holding his head and shivering.

Bai Qi was not sure how many people were watching the villa complex, but after the smoke attack, he was sure that there were at least two groups of people. At first, he couldn't figure out the purpose of the smoke attack, and then he misunderstood that the criminals wanted to take the opportunity to enter the restricted area of ​​the three villas, so he arranged for people to guard the entrances and exits of the three villas, preparing to catch the turtle in the urn.

After the smoke cleared, Bai Qi, who was about to search the building, learned that Ye Rannuo was unconscious, and immediately went to Ye Rannuo's studio in Building 1. Bai Qi woke Ye Rannuo up and learned that she was unconscious due to an attack. Only then did he realize that the criminal's goal was not to sneak into the villa, but was related to Ye Rannuo's work.

On the other side, the chef and several waiters were evacuated and called, waiting quietly outside. Susan learned more about their identities. The chef was employed by the five-star hotel three months ago and was responsible for making pasta on a daily basis. The suspicious point was that he took the initiative to seek service in the villa group. The chef explained that the attendance tip was high, and several waiters supported the chef's statement.

Cui Jian was watching from the side. He thought there might be something wrong with the chef because several waiters didn't seem to know him. The first possibility was that Duanmu bribed the chef on duty and replaced him with his own. The second possibility was that there was no chef on duty at all and Duanmu arranged a chef instead.

As a five-star hotel, the hotel has a variety of dining styles and a large number of chefs. It is understandable that the waiter does not know the chef who has been employed for three months. Besides, this chef is a short-hatted chef, not a tall-hatted chef. He is either an assistant chef of a certain cuisine or an apprentice. The management of five-star hotels is strict, and it is not allowed to change positions. In daily life, positions are distinguished only by clothing, so it is normal that they do not know each other.

The truth is that the real chef was responsible for preparing the food, and the fake chef was in charge of delivering the food. The fake chef used the information he got from the real chef to chat with several waiters in the car yesterday and let the waiters remember his face.

Even if Duanmu had no purpose, he would not miss the opportunity to hold a party at Xue Bing's villa complex. He would do something even if he had nothing to do, and if others were busy, he would be sorry for himself if he didn't. To put it another way, he would not give up the opportunity to gather intelligence.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Cui Jian saw the surveillance photos. He took Duanmu's phone, zoomed in and out of the picture: "The pixels are not high."

Duanmu: "No, the light is too bad."

Cui Jian: "Is this a prison cell?"

The walls and floor are all gray and black. In the photo, there is an iron bed, a table, and a chair. On the table is a stack of colored paper for children, and there are soft colored pencils in the pen holder. A person in a sweatshirt is sitting on the chair with his back to the camera. He has a shackle tied to his foot, and the other end of the shackle is fixed to the floor between the table and the bed.

Duanmu: "Well, there is a prison cell in the villa complex, and a very important person is imprisoned there. Judging from his clothes, the prisoner was not tortured, but just imprisoned. In order to prevent him from getting bored, drawing paper was also provided. There is also a remote control on the bed, which should provide TV entertainment."

Duanmu: "There is no natural light around, either there are no windows or the cells are in the basement."

Duanmu was very curious. Who was this person? If this person had intelligence value, why didn't they torture him? Could he be a powerful person? No, that wasn't right. How could a powerful person serve Xue Bing if he didn't accept a beating? Cui Jian asked, "Where is the position?"

Duanmu said: "I only know that the router used is Villa No. 2, most likely in the basement of Villa No. 2. Ye Rannuo is very skilled, she can easily tamper with these details."

Cui Jian said regretfully, "With our status as bodyguards, we probably won't be able to see him. Should we call the police?"

Duanmu: "Call the police?"

Cui Jian said: "I suspect that the employer has illegally imprisoned me, so I'll ask him." As he spoke, Cui Jian took out his phone and prepared to call Li Ran.

Duanmu hurriedly put his hand on the screen to stop Cui Jian from operating: "Don't worry, what if it's a trap?"

Cui Jian: "Condom?"

Duanmu: "You don't understand these, don't worry about it, I will find a way."

Upon learning that there were prison cells hidden in the villa complex and that people were being held in the cells, Duanmu's heart immediately became active and he immediately thought of a starting point: food.

Currently, the villa complex does not have a kitchen, and the first floor of Villa No. 1 is used as a restaurant, with meals provided by a five-star hotel. Originally, there were many staff members in the villa complex, but now more than 80% of the staff are on vacation, and the remaining staff and bodyguards eat on the first floor of Villa No. 1.

According to my own intelligence yesterday, no food was delivered to the villa complex, and no one entered or left villas 2 and 3. Not to mention that Xue Bing might not be in the villa complex, prisoners must eat, right? The most likely possibility is that the food was prepared in advance.

Duanmu thought of the nine surveillance cameras that Ye Rannuo was watching. These nine surveillance cameras all captured areas that ordinary bodyguards were prohibited from entering. Duanmu took out his phone to look at the photos. It was obvious that the nine surveillance cameras captured the same interior decoration style of the villa, which was most likely a certain villa.

The best way is to use the opponent's strength to fight against the opponent, and join forces with those who want to kill Xue Bing, so that they can attack the villa. This is also a difficult problem. Duanmu cannot be sure which force wants Xue Bing's life for the time being.

Cui Jian was watching Duanmu's unpredictable expression. After Duanmu finished thinking, he said to Cui Jian: "Let's go for a walk."

The walk was a purposeful one. Duanmu and Cui Jian first went to Villa No. 2. Since it was a group of villas, none of the three villas had gates. The lights were on on the first floor of Villa No. 3, the living room door was open, and the other doors and windows were closed, with thick curtains drawn.

Cui Jian wondered: "Why don't you close the living room door?"

Duanmu: "Ventilate, keep the air flowing." Who knows.

The two continued to approach, but the bodyguard at B5 station, 1 meters away from the entrance of the villa, stopped them: "Sorry, you can't go any further."

Duanmu nodded: "It's okay, do you smell the fragrance?"

Cui Jian and B1 both shook their heads: "No."

Duanmu: "I don't have one either." He looked around the living room for a while, but still couldn't be sure whether it matched the decoration style on the surveillance camera.

Duanmu and Cui Jian walked to Villa No. 3 again. The decoration style of Villa No. 2 was quite different from that of Villa No. 1, but the door on the first floor was also open and the lights were on. C stood outside the door of the villa to prevent Duanmu and Cui Jian from getting any closer.

Duanmu asked another question: "Do you smell the fragrance?"

After getting a negative answer, Duanmu continued walking, and Cui Jian asked, "What's the smell?"

Duanmu said: "Xue Bing and the others have to eat, right? They need to cook the food themselves, and the aroma of food will remain in the air."

Cui Jian said: "No, some cooking methods will not release fragrance. For example, boiled chicken, in theory, will have chicken fragrance, but now there is a thing called a constant temperature water tank. If you seal the boiled chicken in a vacuum pack and put it in a constant temperature water tank to cook it, basically there will be no fragrance."

Cui Jian said: "If you want to find someone, you should listen to the sound of water. I believe they will not leave their feces unflushed. Although the sound of flushing toilets may be blocked, the sound of water draining cannot be blocked."

Duanmu: "Did you hear any movement in Building 2 and Building 3 just now?"

Cui Jian: “No.”

Seeing Cui Jian's nonchalant attitude, he asked, "Aren't you curious about who they imprisoned in the villa complex?"

Cui Jian said: "It is impossible to prove that someone is imprisoned in the villa complex. Besides..."

Duanmu saw Cui Jian pause and continued, "What else do you want to say?"

Cui Jian said: "Besides, if you don't solve the surveillance problem, even if you find the imprisoned person, you will become the imprisoned person."

Duanmu seemed not to have listened. He kept thinking with his eyes flashing, and then was knocked to the ground by Cui Jian. An anesthetic dart was stuck diagonally on the grass against Duanmu's thigh.

Cui Jian connected the intercom: "We were attacked by darts."

Susan, who was on the second floor of Building 1, looked at the screen and saw Cui Jian's location. She took the intercom and replied, "Be careful."

Just such a dry sentence?

Bai Qi's voice came from the public channel of the intercom: "In response to the drone attack, implement the second security plan."

The second security plan was worked out in the afternoon. Simply put, the positioning posts were arranged in places with roofs, such as the central pavilion, the first floor of the villa, and the central pavilion road covered by a canopy. The patrol posts would drive the golf carts brought in in the afternoon to patrol the villa complex.

This will lead to obvious security loopholes in the outdoors. A 3.5-meter-high wall plus an electric fence cannot completely prevent professionals from sneaking in. It can also be understood that those who can sneak in are professionals, and those who are killed by falls or electrocution are non-professionals.

There was a very strange thing in the second security plan. Bodyguards were still not allowed to enter Villa No. 2 and Villa No. 3. Only two bodyguards on duty were allowed to arrive outside the villa lobby and stand guard on both sides of the door to prevent others from approaching and entering the villa.

Cui Jian and Duanmu's jobs have not changed, they are still responsible for free patrols. Cui Jian suggested going back to Villa No. 1 to fish, but Duanmu refused Cui Jian's suggestion, he wanted to be a good bodyguard with professional ethics.

Of course, Duanmu's goal was to find the villa where Xue Bing was. To find Xue Bing's villa, he had to stay near villas 2 and 3. As Cui Jian said, the meal may not be delicious, but the toilet must be flushed. You can't hear the sound of flushing outside, but you can hear the sound of water flowing through the main pipe from the third or second floor.

From this, we can determine which villa is a deserted one and which villa has people active in it.

(End of this chapter)