CHAPTER 419: CHAPTER 110: NOT ALL UNEXPECTED GUESTS ARE WELCOME

In the guest room of Huang’s Villa, Zeng Xuerou slowly woke up.

She felt utterly weak all over. As she remembered the words she heard before abruptly passing out, she struggled to sit up.

The room was unfamiliar, the furnishings were strange; this wasn’t the school. Zeng Xuerou tried to stand up, but her legs gave in, and she fell back onto the floor.

"It must be Xu Bohao’s family seeking revenge," Zeng Xuerou knew her situation was dire. She didn’t know much about the Xu Family, but if Xu Bohao and his siblings were any indication with their overbearing ways, his family would definitely not consist of kind-hearted individuals.

At least Xiao Xian was not at school, but what about Yiyi? Zeng Xuerou looked around the room and realized that to avoid drawing attention, the Xu Family hadn’t abducted the innocent Zhang Yiyi.

The situation wasn’t utterly hopeless; at least she was still breathing. Zeng Xuerou’s extraordinary calm came into play at this moment. She bit her tongue hard and when she tasted blood, some sensation returned to her hands and feet.

After struggling to get up from the floor, Zeng Xuerou began to survey her surroundings.

The room she was in appeared to be a guest room, with only a luggage rack inside. However, judging by the interior decoration, the owner of this house must be very wealthy. The floor-length curtains were made of European silk, the carpet was Iranian cashmere, and the furniture and bedding were all imported mahogany. They looked very expensive.

After what happened to Xu Bohao, Zeng Xuerou had investigated the Xu Family’s background. The information she obtained indicated that the Xu Family was a prominent clan from the south and should not have many properties in the north.

Zeng Xuerou walked to the French windows and looked outside. She saw a meticulously trimmed garden, surrounded by quiet solitude, obviously not located in the city center. Glancing at the garden, she noticed several fierce Tosa dogs running around.

No wonder the owner of this villa and the Xu Family felt so secure leaving her in the guest room. With her alone, it seemed almost impossible to get out of this house.

With the experience of helping her mother, Mrs. Zeng, with real estate information, Zeng Xuerou knew that in Beijing, the areas where independent villas could be built were limited. Her current location should be outside the city center. If it were in the suburbs, it would be even more inconvenient to seek help.

Zeng Xuerou began to feel anxious. She looked around the room and was disheartened to find that there wasn’t even a telephone in the guest room.

"What should I do? I must find a way to escape. I also need to tell Xiao Xian. She’s in great danger and must flee," Zeng Xuerou found a jug of water and gave a self-deprecating laugh. Fortunately, they didn’t intend to leave her to die of thirst.

After drinking a few sips of water and her consciousness getting clearer, she tried to open the door.

Surprisingly, the door opened easily. Xu Song had hurried to Huang Tengchong’s house to go to a banquet after drugging Zeng Xuerou and leaving her in the hotel where he was staying would be inconvenient. Thinking that Huang Tengchong was a man who knew limits, he brought her over.

Huang Tengchong was no saint either; he saw Xu Song bringing a girl in a school uniform and guessed that many wealthy businessmen had a penchant for young students. With an air of understanding, he helped take her to the guest room.

When Xu Song used the sedatives, he assumed the effects of Mandala would last all night and didn’t take any special precautions. After hearing that someone from the Roster Family had arrived, he went downstairs.

Zeng Xuerou’s swift recovery could be attributed to Coated Little Bomb, developed by Xiao Xian. The sugar-coated bomb was initially designed as hangover medicine, which was meant to accelerate blood circulation and thus sober up faster.

There were times when Zeng Xuerou stayed up late working on school assignments and would take some hangover medicine to fight fatigue. Tonight, by a stroke of luck, she took them and counteracted the effects of the sedatives to some extent, a small fortune amidst misfortune.

Huang’s Villa was vast, with four stories shaped in a "凹" (concave) layout.

The banquet hall was on the south side of the first floor, and Zeng Xuerou was on the third floor, in the middle of the "concave" design. Checking the corridor lights, she could see the calligraphy and paintings on the walls clearly. Zeng Xuerou walked a few steps but saw no one.

To leave, she needed to find the stairs, but if she passed by the staircase, she would surely be spotted by people downstairs. Zeng Xuerou knew the structure of wealthy homes; generally, the owners wouldn’t just have one passageway but also an additional emergency exit, which was also the case in the Zeng Family home.