Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 99 - 95: The Terrifying ’Boiler Room!

"Brother, even though we've reported in advance, can we really search without a warrant?"

"We can, trust me."

"Really?"

"Definitely can!"

"But why do I feel like coming in here isn't quite by the book..."

"I studied law—who knows the rules better, you or me?"

11:30 PM.

In front of the abandoned building of Bright Welfare Institute, amidst the overgrown weeds.

Wang Chao looked at Xu Liang leading the way in front of him. His throat trembled, and he finally swallowed a mouthful of saliva, asking softly.

"Brother Liang, but why do I feel like we're breaking the law?"

The moment these words fell.

Xu Liang suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking back at Wang Chao with a face full of seriousness.

"Don't ask, don't speak, just do!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chao offered an awkward smile and fell silent.

He looked around warily, his nerves already on edge.

Xu Liang turned and continued to explore forward.

Just as he had anticipated.

The time and procedure to apply for a search warrant were too complicated. While the case seemed serious, Du Tao would expedite the approval, but in reality...

The bigger the case, the more cautious Du Tao would be!

First, they had no substantial evidence to prove Bright Welfare Institute was hiding victims.

Secondly, if the welfare institute wasn't actually hiding victims, and Wang Hai was the main conspirator of the case, then... a search warrant would only alert the enemy!

Du Tao had many considerations and couldn't make a hasty decision.

But Xu Liang's thinking was different...

"If we find something tonight, we can just apply for a search warrant within 24 hours."

"If we don't find anything today, it would still be extremely beneficial for the case, avoiding alerting the enemy. Even if traces of a search are discovered later, it wouldn't matter, as by then the police station would likely have come up with a plan!"

"Even if discovered, it's not a problem. Your sister is outside providing support. If we don't get out within two hours and don't call, your sister will directly alert the police. The local station can arrive in ten minutes!"

Xu Liang explained softly while pushing aside the grasses on both sides of the path.

He had clearly thought everything through before coming.

At this moment, his gaze was cautious, scanning through the inky night at the eerie abandoned floors, finally fixating on the rusty iron lock.

He stepped forward, reaching out to grasp the iron lock.

The cold sensation transmitted through his fingertips into his mind, along with the gritty feel of rust.

"It's rusted shut, can't open."

Wang Chao reminded.

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang nonchalantly reached for his waist.

The next second, in Wang Chao's wide eyes, two brand-new wrenches appeared in Xu Liang's hands.

Xu Liang inserted the two wrenches into the semi-circular lockhole, then squeezed them with a scissor grip.

"Crack!"

In an instant, the rusted lock was violently broken!

Seeing this, Wang Chao stared at Xu Liang in disbelief, utterly shocked.

"Brother Liang, aren't you a lawyer!?"

"What's there to be shocked about?"

"Being a lawyer, sometimes certain crucial information is locked away, so it's very normal to know how to pick locks."

Xu Liang explained casually.

"If someone hits you for picking locks, carrying two wrenches with you is quite reasonable, right?"

Wang Chao: ...

He stuttered a response.

"Rea...reasonable."

"Find a place to hide and keep watch. If someone comes, alert me with a bird call!"

Having said this, Xu Liang ignored him and untangled the chains from the door before slipping inside.

Leaving Wang Chao on his own at the original spot.

He looked around, stunned to find no place that could conceal his large frame.

Thinking for a bit.

Wang Chao climbed up to the second floor with bare hands, then disappeared into the darkness.

...

Silent... very silent.

The entire abandoned floor was eerily still, so silent that both breathing and heartbeats were markedly discernible.

"Tap... tap..."

A faint sound of footsteps echoed through the floor.

Xu Liang emerged from the darkness.

He looked around.

In the dark, he could faintly see the piles of decaying desks and chairs by his side. Portraits hanging on the walls seemed to stare at his back.

When he turned around, the portraits averted their gaze, returning to the dead silence.

Before Bright Welfare Institute was established, the building was once a private elementary school.

It later went bankrupt and closed.

"There are footprints."

Xu Liang murmured.

At this moment, he made his way to the stairwell corner according to his memory, crouched down, and used the faint yellow light from his phone's screen to illuminate the floor, uncovering a clear footprint.

Besides that, there was a cluster of rather chaotic footprints not far off.

"Shoe size 40, foot length 25 cm, height approximately 175 cm, judging by the depth of the prints, these were made today."

Xu Liang silently calculated in his mind, then looked up in the direction where the footprints came from.

"There's a side door, and the footprints lead to..."

Xu Liang followed the direction of the footprints, slowly raising his head to look.

The footprints extended all the way to the staircase.

Xu Liang walked along while looking down, the faint light illuminating the footprints beneath his feet.

Just as he stepped onto the staircase, in a daze...

The footprints disappeared!

There were no remaining footprints on the stairs!

"Didn't go upstairs?"

Xu Liang had a sudden thought, silently backing away from the stairs, moving a bit further back, and carefully looking along the footprints.

"The basement!?"

Xu Liang squinted his eyes, finding a sheet metal door under the stairs.

The door's location was extremely tricky and concealed, likely designed to prevent children from accessing it.

And the footprints at the entrance... no, they couldn't be seen anymore.

The dust at the entrance had long been trampled away, standing in stark contrast with the surroundings!

"Clang!"

Xu Liang placed his hand on the door, and a crisp iron sound rang out.

"There's another lock... a new one."

Xu Liang muttered to himself, not rushing to unlock it, but instead pressing his ear against the door.

Faintly, a barely discernible sound came from within the door.

Having obtained the information, Xu Liang no longer hesitated, directly pulling a piece of wire from his waist.

The wire was inserted into the lock cylinder, and he gently hooked it with his fingers.

"Click!"

With a clear sound, the lock in front of him was pried open.

"Creak~"

The sound of the door hinge turning was heard, revealing a downward staircase, leading into thick darkness.

Confirming there was flowing air inside, Xu Liang stepped right in.

"Tap... tap... tap..."

The footsteps echoed in the narrow staircase passage.

"Hoo~"

Before long, he could clearly hear his own breathing.

A moment later, a slightly different sound gradually reached his ears.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

Xu Liang frowned, vaguely hearing boiling water.

Is there boiling water underground!?

He continued to walk downward.

And as he ventured deeper, the sound became increasingly clear!

"Gurgle gurgle!"

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle!"

There was indeed boiling water, and not just a little!

Xu Liang thought of something ominous, furrowing his brow and quickening his pace.

Soon, he reached the end of the basement.

The place that appeared before him was as broad and flat as an underground parking garage!

The mottled walls around exuded a damp aura, with rusty pipes emitting a foul odor.

A few surgical transport beds were casually placed around.

And around the transport beds...

There appeared four concrete boilers!

"Gurgle gurgle~"

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle~!"

The bubbling sound was precisely coming from the boiling water inside the boilers!

Xu Liang surveyed the four large concrete boilers around him, greatly shocked.

What on earth were these set up for at the welfare institute!?

Moreover...

Xu Liang intently stared at the surgical transport bed. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

If, unfortunately, someone was transported to the side of these boilers, then that person...

Without waiting for him to think further.

In the damp basement.

A faint meaty aroma tickled Xu Liang's nose.

Xu Liang ascended the steps of the boiler, looking at the source of the meaty aroma, and the boiling hot boiler.

The source of the aroma was right under the lid...

Xu Liang's face grew darker, his countenance turning iron-blue in an instant, then he seized the lid, and immediately...

"Bang!"

The lid was lifted.

"Gurgle gurgle~"

The boiling bubbling water appeared before Xu Liang, nothing else was there.

Yet Xu Liang stared intently.

Until...

"Gurgle~"

From the boiling bubbling water.

A head suddenly surfaced.