Moreover, Ye Chen recognized the voice; it truly belonged to Anying.
Although he hadn't spent a long time with Anying, he should still be able to identify her voice to some extent.
Once he realized all this, Ye Chen felt certain that Anying had encountered some trouble and was likely being tortured by these people at this very moment.
Subsequently, he rushed forward swiftly, ascended the staircase, and kicked the door open with one powerful foot.
As he entered, he glanced inside the grand hall, which was empty, yet he could still hear the voice very clearly as if it were coming from the second floor.
"Anying, don't panic, I'm here."
He shouted loudly, then quickly dashed up the stairs, but halfway through, Ye Chen suddenly came to a halt.
When he first entered, the voice clearly seemed to descend from above, but as he reached the stairs, he could hear the sound as if it originated from below.
This wasn't right. Nothing had been amiss downstairs upon his arrival. Could there be hidden passages behind this?
Even if there were hidden passages, the sound shouldn't have been so distinctively audible.
Thinking this, Ye Chen furrowed his brows in frustration and looked upwards.
The lights were on throughout the second floor. He listened carefully - no mistake, the voice was indeed emanating from downstairs.
Eventually, Ye Chen hurried back into the great hall and looked around. Now, the voice seemed to originate from the second floor again.
This was wrong. Why did the voice seem to come from below at that spot, while here it sounded like it was directly overhead?
Afterward, as he looked around, Ye Chen noticed a radio placed on the second-floor railing.
Upon seeing this, he was taken aback, then quickly ran forward and grabbed the radio.
Yes, all the sounds were coming from this radio.
Ye Chen had never expected that these people would actually lay a trap for him at this location.
They weren't here, but they left the sound here clearly to set up this scene, to lead Ye Chen to this place.
"Not good, I've been duped."
If his assumption was correct, the people were never in this villa, and the bracelet he had picked up previously was most likely a clue left intentionally by them to mislead him here.
Finally, Ye Chen turned around, intending to sprint out of there quickly. Staying in this perilous place meant no good experiences for him.
Just as he was about to reach the door, he saw the iron gate close tightly all of a sudden.
In urgency, Ye Chen attempted to pull it open but found it unmovable, as if it had been welded to the ground.
Ye Chen refused to believe that he couldn't exit now when he had entered so smoothly just moments before.
At last, he took a couple of steps backward and then, with a sudden leap, kicked upwards at the door.
But to his amazement, with his kick, the door didn't budge at all.
Ye Chen gradually realized that the door was meant to swing inward, and his attempts to force it outward were futile.
Well, if the door was no way out, then what about the windows? He could still find a way through them.
However, when Ye Chen reached the windows, he was utterly dumbfounded to see that the windows had been welded shut all around, with obvious signs of deliberate reinforcement in place.
"Hehe, Ye Chen, I hope you're doing well."
Out of nowhere, a voice resonated through the air, and Ye Chen looked around warily.
He vaguely discerned that the voice might be coming from the large chandelier above his head.
There must be a speaker installed inside, and now, someone was really talking to him, and that person was definitely not within the villa.
The voice was all too familiar to Ye Chen, who had only met this person once or twice, yet his voice was very distinct.
"Hei Hu?"
"That's correct, it seems you still remember my voice, not bad, I must have made quite an impression on you."
"I'm asking you, where is Anying, and what does she have to do with this? It's me you want, not her. Stop making things difficult for her."
"Oh, what touching loyalty between master and servant. So, you mean to say that Anying is in my hands and you've come to rescue her, right?"
"Let me tell you, if you have any sense, you'd better release Anying quickly. Otherwise, if I am the one to find you, your end will be very grim."
"Hehe, Ye Chen, I remember when President Yang used to say that you're highly self-centered and arrogant. I never imagined I would witness it here firsthand. Do you really think you can leave this place now that you've come here?"
"I'm telling you, I can leave whenever I want, no matter what tricks you've set up."
"Oh, well, if that's the case, then I look forward to witnessing your capability soon. Come on, the game officially starts now."
After speaking, the voice suddenly vanished into thin air.
Ye Chen hesitated for a moment and then placed himself at the center, keeping vigilant and observing his surroundings.
He truly had not anticipated that these people would take such delight in games. Were they really so amused playing games over and over?
But Ye Chen knew that if these people lured him into this room with a setup, then preparations must have been put in place.
As Ye Chen was surveying the situation, suddenly he felt a cool breeze at his back and immediately leaped into action.