Standing at the entrance of the mansion, he knocked forcefully on the door. After a brief moment, a housemaid came out from inside.
"You are...?"
"I'm looking for Hou Zicheng," the man said in a deep voice.
The maid couldn't make out his features, but she could feel the unusual aura radiating from him—mysterious, dangerous, and eerily sinister.
"It's so late; Mr. Hou has already gone to bed. Why don't you come back tomorrow?" the maid cautiously suggested, not daring to offend this man who exuded an intimidating presence.
"Wake him up now! Tell him there's a man here who he must see immediately!" the man said, pulling out a watch from his pocket and placing it into the maid's hands. "Show this to him."
"Understood, sir. Please wait a moment!"
The maid hurried back inside, arriving at Hou Zicheng's bedroom door. She knocked lightly and called out, "Mr. Hou... Mr. Hou!"
