184: Suspicious Zhu Wenfu

Gu Qinghan nodded, roughly grabbed the woman's hair, and dragged her back to the room, giving Zhu Wenfu a grateful look at the same time.

Zhu Wenfu watched the door slowly close and then slowly left, but he didn't go too far.

Inside the room, Gu Qinghan was whipping the girl.

The girl was covered in wounds from the whipping; she tried to grit her teeth and endure, but she couldn't help but cry out.

After a while, Gu Qinghan finally stopped.

The girl lay on the ground, seemingly drained of strength, her body covered in sweat and bloodstains.

Even her clothes were torn to shreds by the whipping, and her exposed fair skin made one feel an urge to fiercely cherish her.

Gu Qinghan grabbed her hair and threw her onto the bed.

The girl bit her lip tightly but offered no resistance.

However, tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.

She closed her eyes, resignedly awaiting his next move.

Even before coming here, she had heard that this Wu Hao was a pervert, and no woman who entered his room could last more than a week.

Moreover, each time they were carried out, they were covered in injuries.

It was clear to anyone that these people had suffered inhumane abuse before they died.

But what could she do?

If she didn't come, she and her parents would be taken away.

The thought of her neighbors' vacant expressions sent a shiver down the girl's spine.

Sacrificing herself was better than her entire family becoming those puppets.

However, the expected humiliation did not occur; the girl only heard the sound of someone rummaging through things.

She opened her eyes and saw that Wu Hao was closing all the windows and searching through various corners of the room.

A few minutes later, Wu Hao stood up and turned his gaze to her.

Gu Qinghan was also very helpless at this moment; to be honest, he felt this was a test from Zhu Wenfu.

Even if it wasn't a test, any habit he displayed that differed from the previous Wu Hao would arouse suspicion.

This Zhu Wenfu was far more cautious than the previous Cui Rang.

Just now, he had checked every corner of the room but found no surveillance equipment.

In fact, at this point, the difficulty of acquiring a set of surveillance equipment was far greater than acquiring a suitable piece of equipment.

This was purely Gu Qinghan's own cautious habit.

He sat by the window, looking at the girl in front of him, a myriad of emotions swirling in his heart.

When he had just whipped her, he was imitating Wu Hao's habits.

However, he was also observing her reaction.

Judging by her current behavior, she should be an innocent person who was coerced.

Gu Qinghan couldn't genuinely do anything to the girl, but he had to handle the current situation well.

Thinking of this, he summoned a Berserker Skeleton and placed its axe against her neck.

At the same time, he leaned close to the girl and whispered:

"Have you watched adult films?"

The girl was stunned; although she didn't know what he was getting at, she still nodded and said:

"I have... why?"

"Mimic the sounds from them; make it sound realistic, more tragic, or I'll kill you."

Gu Qinghan stared intently at the girl; if she showed any intention of screaming, he would immediately act.

However, the girl clearly didn't take any risks.

She wiped the tears from her face and looked at the man in front of her.

However, seeing the ferocious white bone great axe beside her, she still did as Gu Qinghan instructed.

At this moment, outside Gu Qinghan's residence.

Zhu Wenfu, who had not left, heard the faint sounds coming from the room and revealed a relieved smile.

He breathed a sigh of relief; Wu Hao was one of his capable subordinates, so he absolutely couldn't have anything happen to him.

However, since entering the Gathering Place, the skills, personality, and all habits he displayed were normal.

He relaxed and slowly left the area.

After a long time, Gu Qinghan slowly stopped the girl's performance.

He threw a bottle of water to the girl and said:

"Tell me about your identity and anything you know about this Gathering Place."

The girl drank most of the water in one gulp before stopping, looking at Gu Qinghan with a strange gaze.

She organized her thoughts, covered the exposed wounds on her body, and then said:

"I came here with my parents for tourism, but then we encountered this game... My profession is just a Strongman; my parents are old and didn't acquire any professions..."

Gu Qinghan sighed inwardly; no wonder, people like this were basically useless in the apocalypse.

If they hadn't joined the Gathering Place, their family might have already died somewhere.

The girl cleared her throat and continued:

"Although the work was tiring and hard before, having a safe place to live at a time like this was already very satisfying.

But just two days ago, many people around us started to change.

They were first taken away, and when they returned the next day, they had become like idiots.

My mother said they had their souls taken..."

At this point, a look of panic appeared on the girl's face.

"It didn't start today?"

"No, it started a few days ago.

It's just that there have been too many of these people recently, and everyone in the Gathering Place knows about it."

Gu Qinghan frowned and asked, "Didn't you think of escaping?"

The girl gave a bitter smile, looked at the wounds on her body, and said:

"Some people did try to run; there was a family who tried to escape at night, and they were beaten to death and hung at the intersection as a warning.

Now our Gathering Place is completely sealed off; powerful Professionals treat us like livestock.

Including me, if I hadn't come today, my parents would have been taken away."

Gu Qinghan's eyes showed contemplation; he was not surprised by this situation.

It wasn't that everyone having a profession would lead to equality.

In the apocalypse, such inequality would only become more pronounced.

Without the constraints of law, the strong could do anything they wanted to the weak.

He nodded, put away the Skeleton, but released Little Black, whose sharp cat claws were like several gleaming bayonets.

"I won't do anything to you, but you'll stay here for now.

I won't let you starve, but if you have any bad intentions, this cat will kill you instantly."

This woman couldn't die; her death would only put him in a more troublesome situation.

The woman looked at Gu Qinghan in fear and asked:

"Then can you help me bring my parents over too?"

"You're not in a position to negotiate, understand?"

Gu Qinghan didn't look back; he checked the time; it would be dark soon.

At that time, it would be his chance to go out and investigate the place.

As for the parents the girl mentioned, Gu Qinghan felt that they had most likely already been taken as the so-called nourishment.

For Zhu Wenfu, who had no bottom line, the lives of these lower-class people held no value.