Part 2 Chapter 39: A Pair of Feet
After hearing his reminder, I suddenly realized that I had not seen such a thing on the way here. I thought to myself: "Could it be that the so-called big anchor is not really that big, at best it is just a big ornament placed in a room? If so, it would be hard to find it. There are many rooms on this floor, and it would take a lot of time to open the doors one by one."
While I was thinking, Qin Yiheng was already doing this. I stepped forward to help, opening the doors one room at a time.
Fortunately, the rooms are small and you can see everything clearly when you open the door. We looked at several rooms, but found nothing except the same massage bed. Finally, we checked all the rooms on the entire floor, but we didn't see any trace of the anchor. So we went downstairs. There was no need to check the second floor. I had been there alone before, so it was enough to look around again.
We returned to the first floor and started a carpet search, because we both suspected that if the rumors were true, the anchor might be buried under the house, and we might find some clues.
In order to save time, we went to check separately. I went to the women's section and he went to the men's section. Before the action, Qin Yiheng gave me the searchlight and he used his mobile phone to illuminate it. With such a bright light , I was naturally not afraid. I walked into the women's section and began to look around.
Although I had been in here once before, I couldn't see it clearly because there was no lighting. This time, I finally got a good look at the women's bathroom, but it was empty. The women's locker room should be the same as the men's, with marble floor tiles. I leaned over to check carefully, but I couldn't see any signs of chiseling. I had no choice but to go into the bathroom because I had limited strength and couldn't move the locker.
The structure of the women's bathroom is not much different from the men's bathroom, except that there is no bathing pool. This is also good, there is no obstruction and it is easier to observe. I searched around like a dog again, but still found nothing. In the end, there was only one room on the other side of the locker room that I didn't go to. I guessed that the room should be very small, because I guessed that it was where the bath attendants entertained guests before, and it was just a few chairs.
I walked over and shone the searchlight first. This room had no door, probably to make it easier for customers to have their baths scrubbed. There was only a white door curtain, which was already very dirty. I lifted the door curtain and walked in. I could see scattered dust under the beam of light.
The room was just as I expected, pitifully small, and there was really nothing to check. I was about to turn around and go out to meet Qin Yiheng, but suddenly I froze. Although I knew that I was in bright light and couldn't hide myself even if I didn't move, I still held my breath instinctively. Because under the door curtain, I suddenly found a pair of feet, as if someone was standing motionless outside the door curtain.
At first I thought Qin Yiheng was playing a prank on me, but when I took a closer look, my heart sank because there were no shoes on the feet.
My searchlight was pointing down at an angle, just enough to illuminate the ground. I saw that there seemed to be some water marks on the edges of the feet, and it looked like they had just come out of the water.
My scalp immediately went numb and I had to control myself to keep myself steady.
There was only a door curtain between me and this person. Any normal person would never sit there motionless.
Moreover, I remembered that Qin Yiheng used a pool of water to lure out the filth. So, this thing must be a dirty thing, otherwise why would it be wet all over?
After a while, I couldn't hold my breath anymore and took a breath cautiously, but the other party didn't react.
I gently let go of my breath and thought about what to do. I was worried that if I took a step, the other party would immediately pounce on me, but if I called Qin Yiheng, I was afraid the result would be the same. After thinking about it, I decided to take the initiative, calculated the distance, and kicked him.
If the person was dirty, I would take the opportunity to rush out. If he was a crazy homeless person, I could solve the problem with a kick. However, before I could do anything, I gave up the idea. Because at this moment, I saw another pair of feet quietly appear behind those feet.
The confidence I had built up with great difficulty collapsed in an instant.
It is easy to kick one, but it is too difficult to kick two. If you are not careful, you may lose your balance and fall. Then you can't even run away, let alone resist.
Fortunately, all my previous experiences allowed me to keep thinking in this situation. In just a few seconds, I even thought of many ways to deal with it. Thinking about it, I suddenly realized a problem. After checking, I found that the other pair of feet should be Qin Yiheng's! I was too nervous just now and didn't recognize him. He was still wearing the same pair of New Balance running shoes.
Now I was delighted, it turned out to be a prank by him!
I took a step forward and wanted to lift the door curtain to see what he was doing. As soon as I moved, I heard Qin Yiheng shouting "Jiang Shuo, get out of the way". Without waiting for me to react, he rushed in from outside.
His action was so sudden that I had no time to dodge. Suddenly I saw him strangling a man with his arms, and then I was knocked down. The searchlight was also knocked out of my hand and fell to the ground. I heard a "bang" and the light went out! I don't know what defective product he bought. The room became dark in an instant. I could feel Qin Yiheng and the man struggling to stand up again. I don't know if they were fighting, but it sounded quite noisy.
I instinctively waved my arms and flails to protect myself, but I didn't touch anything. When I got up from the ground and wanted to help, the room suddenly became quiet.
I shouted "Qin Yiheng", but he didn't respond.
I listened carefully for a while, but couldn't hear where the other person was at all.
I bent down and groped in the dark to find the searchlight, but discovered that it was broken and couldn't be lit at all. I searched around several times, and I didn't know where my lighter was. Finally, I took out my cell phone from my trouser pocket, turned on the light, and immediately walked out.
As soon as I left the ladies' dressing room, I heard a "splash" as if something had fallen into the water. Then there was a continuous splashing sound of water, and it sounded like it was in the men's bathroom.
I rushed in and took a picture with my cell phone, and saw that Qin Yiheng was holding down something in the bathtub. The thing seemed to be struggling with great strength, and Qin Yiheng could hardly hold it down anymore.
I thought to myself: 'This is the guy from before? Qin Yiheng wants to drown him?'
However, I didn't have time to think about it and went forward to help. Qin Yiheng saw it and shouted: "Don't come over, the farther away from me the better!"
Although I was anxious, I still retreated and went all the way to the outside of the men's locker room. The feeling of waiting outside was more nervous than a mother waiting for her own child to be born.
The noise inside never stopped, and seemed to be getting louder and louder!
Almost ten minutes later, I heard Qin Yiheng calling my name softly inside .
When I went in, I found that he seemed very weak and his face was covered with sweat.
Without waiting for me to ask, he took out a mahogany stick from his bag and told me to stand by the bathing pool and poke it with the stick if I saw anything. After that, he lit a cigarette and kept breathing heavily, probably because he was exhausted.
Seeing him like this, I was afraid he didn't have the energy to explain to me, so I just concentrated on holding the mahogany stick and watching. He didn't tell me what he would come up with, which made me feel very uncertain.
I guessed it might be the person I just saw, but the water in the bathtub was very calm and didn't look like it could hide anyone.
After guarding for seven or eight minutes, he seemed to have recovered and came over to take my place, letting me go to the place where he had just sat.
I then took the opportunity to ask him, "What's in the water?" Qin Yiheng had his back to me and didn't look back. I guess he was worried that something in the water might take advantage of him if he wasn't careful.
I used my phone to shine a light on him, and I don't know if it was because of the water, but his shadow was shaky. However, his answer made me shaky all over.
Because he only uttered three words: Qin Yiheng.
At this time, I couldn't see Qin Yiheng's expression, but his tone didn't sound like he was joking.
I don't know if I was frightened by his words, but I didn't dare to answer for a while. I wanted to go to the side of the bathing pool to take a look, but I didn't dare to move, for fear that I would really see Qin Yiheng floating upright in the bathing pool, and then I really didn't know how to deal with it.
The two of us were silent for five minutes before I asked him, "Are you still looking for the anchor?"
