"He came back all of a sudden? Why would he do that? Weren't they only concerned about Yan Hao and Yan Li?" Mei Ling, who had been listening closely, looked confused.
"I don't know either," the guard replied, shaking his head with a bitter laugh.
"No offense to your friends, but we valued the girls more than them. First, they worked here, so we had a duty to protect them. Second, most of the others were just broken souls seeking a better life—they couldn't defend themselves. So, we fought against them, and... well, this is what happened."
His gaze shifted toward a dark corner of the brothel.
Huang Bei, hyper-focused on every word, quickly caught where the guard was looking. When his eyes landed on the spot, he gasped aloud.
"There are bodies over there! We need to check if anyone is still alive!" Without hesitation, he sprang to his feet, rushing toward the rubble.
Kicking aside the broken stones, he and the others—equally anxious—revealed a gruesome scene.
