"Get out of the way."
She thought about what Chen Hai had told her, and unease grew in her heart.
"Qiqi, I'm begging you, don't go in. Hai doesn't want you involved in this either."
"Yeah, Qiqi, stop causing trouble. Let us take you back. It's almost dark, and if you don't return, Mrs. Qi will be worried."
Ye Qi mustered all her strength and shoved them aside, heading straight for the one place she hadn't searched yet—the firewood shed in the corner.
The faces of the four men instantly changed. Skinny Monkey jogged ahead of her, opened his arms, and blocked her path. "Qiqi, Hai isn't here. He went out. I'll help you find him. You go back first, and when I find him, I'll bring him to see you."
The others, realizing he had changed his story, quickly chimed in, "Yeah, the big boss isn't home. He went into town to buy stuff."
Ye Qi didn't believe them at all. Her dry, pale lips pursed tightly, her pitch-black eyes staring them down as she rasped, "Buy what?"
"Meat!"
"Gasoline!"
