CH 20

TL: Hua

The last conversation with Shen Boyan was two hours ago. President Shen personally sent a message asking him where he was. At that time, Xia Shu’an was still eating, so he casually replied. After that, he never sent a message or called again. With Shen Boyan’s control-freak style, this kind of “indulgence” can be regarded as unprecedented.

Xia Shu’an sat in the corner of the sofa, hiding himself in the dark shadows.

[Xia Shu’an: We’re done eating; now we’re drinking at the bar.]

[Xia Shu’an: I’ll leave in about half an hour. Can you send someone to pick me up?]

Shen Boyan looked at this message and raised his eyebrows.

[Shen Boyan: You’d better come back quickly; I don’t like people disturbing my sleep in the middle of the night.]

Xia Shu’an wanted to say that he could sleep in the next room, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Who knows how he will play on the subject again?

Putting away the phone, Xia Shu’an yawned slowly, got up, and walked to the bathroom.

This was the time when the bar had the most customers. Xia Shu’an accidentally bumped into a person who came back from the dance floor, apologized, and continued walking in. When walking around the dance floor, his gaze suddenly narrowed, and he saw a familiar face.

It was a girl only a year older than Xiaoxiao. She was wearing a fiery red leather jacket with tight trousers underneath and a pair of black boots, looking very cool.

This is Ji Jiayin, the daughter of the Ji family. When the Xia family was still a wealthy family in Rongchuan, Xia Shu’an also had contact with her from time to time. Ji Jiayin never concealed her liking for Xia Shu’an, as the two families had similar backgrounds and had plans to marry each other.

But Xia Shu’an himself didn’t have that kind of thought. At that time, he was still unaware of the relationship between men and women, and he didn’t want to delay the girl’s youth and happiness, so he tactfully rejected Ji Jiayin’s confession.

Regarding Ji Jiayin, the last news he heard was that the Gu family had the idea to marry their second son to Ji Jiayin, but the Gu family’s image was not very good, so the Ji family seemed to be still considering it.

While Xia Shu’an was distracted, Ji Jiayin had already disappeared before his eyes.

It’s better not to meet each other. Even when they met, they just looked at each other without saying a word.

After another half hour, everyone was about to disperse and go home.

The senior sister said, “Xiao Xia, you’re not in good health, so don’t send her away. Old Zhang and I will send her back.”

“Okay, I’ll trouble you and the senior.”

“Don’t mention it.”

The senior sister waved her hand, and the car they booked came. Xia Shu’an watched them get into the car and then walked slowly towards the bar. In front of the bar is a rather bourgeois-style road. There are many shops decorated in exotic or retro styles, and there are lanterns hanging at the entrance of several shops.

The lights were dim, and the tree shadows shivered in the chilly night wind. The night can cover up many things, but not the fiery red leather jacket.

Not far ahead, a girl in a fiery red leather jacket stumbled in her footsteps, almost lying on top of the boy who was holding her, and was carried away. The long black hair fell loose, exuding a lifeless aura.

The boy, who seemed to be a student, held her in a half embrace, and besides him, there were several other boys. The wind carried their laughter with clear frivolity.

The boy turned his head to talk to his companion, who was facing the side of the road. A beam of moonlight shone straight on his face. Xia Shu’an remembered that face. He was the second child of the Gu family.

Xia Shu’an frowned, standing under a tree, watching them walk towards the front of the road.

At the other end of the crosswalk is a convenient hotel located in a street full of bars, and its role is self-evident. Xia Shu’an watched as Gu’s second child helped Ji Jiayin into the hotel entrance and waved at the others. The remaining boys smiled and walked back.

Xia Shu’an lowered his head, gathered his clothes, and walked quickly towards them. When he passed by, he heard them saying words such as “The second young master is blessed now” and “Missy is quite hot”.

Xia Shu’an quickly passed by these people. There were many pedestrians on both sides of the bar, but no one became suspicious. Xia Shu’an walked straight into the hotel across the street. There were two people on duty in the lobby of the hotel. Xia Shu’an walked to the front desk and knocked on the table.

In a stern voice, he said, “Did a guy just come in with a drunk girl?”

The two receptionists looked at each other, and one of the girls said, “I’m sorry, sir, we can’t disclose our guests ……”

Xia Shu’an looked impatient, and his tone became a little more aggressive: “That’s my sister! I’m telling you, if anything happens to my sister, I’ll make your hotel go out of business!”

Xia Shu’an has been in the upper-class circle all year round and is well versed in the art of intimidating people. When he speaks harshly, his aura is quite frightening. What’s more, there are quite a lot of cases of boys taking drugged girls to open rooms on the Internet. If it’s exposed, basically, the hotel will suffer. The two front desk staff are still very young, so they’re easily intimidated.

Xia Shu’an knocked on the table vigorously: “Hurry up!”

The girl was startled by him and subconsciously said, “It’s room 8726.”

“Room card!”

Xia Shuan was so aggressive that the front desk was completely dumbfounded and foolishly handed a room card to Xia Shu’an. Xia Shu’an snatched the room card and walked a few steps towards the elevator.

The elevator slowly came down from the 8th floor. Xia Shu’an frowned tightly and was counting the numbers when suddenly the phone in his pocket vibrated.

He was taken aback and took out his phone.

“Hello.”

“Where are you?”

“The driver said you were not at the bar.”

“I’m… I’m at the Tess Hotel, opposite the bar, on the 8th floor. Let’s not talk; I’ll hang up first.”

The elevator door opened, and Xia Shu’an stepped in.

On the other end, outside the bar, the driver turned his head and glanced at the interior rearview mirror.

In the backseat, Shen Boyan’s gaze was directed toward the hotel across the street with flashing neon lights.

…

When Xia Shu’an approached Room 8726, his footsteps slowed down. In fact, he didn’t know if there was any point in him doing this. But if his indifference were to cause any irreversible mistakes, he would surely regret it.

With a “click”, the door of the room opened, and Xia Shu’an gently pushed it. The room was lit with a pale orange light. The convenience hotel has a small interior space. There is a cabinet when you enter the door, and the bathroom is on the right. The bathroom light was on, and there was the sound of rushing water.

Xia Shu’an stepped forward lightly and saw Ji Jiayin collapse on the double bed as if she were a puddle of mud. Her long black hair was messily draped over the white duvet cover. The boots on her feet hadn’t been taken off yet, and her legs were weakly dangling off the bed.

This is obviously abnormal.

Xia Shu’an ran up a few steps, and the male receptionist who followed behind him stopped talking when he saw the scene inside and just carefully looked at the bathroom door.

“Jiayin, Jiayin…”

Ji Jiayin didn’t respond but was short of breath. Her whole body showed an abnormal flush.

Xia Shu’an decisively helped Ji Jiayin up from the bed. Just as he took a step, the bathroom door was opened from the inside with a bang.

“Hmm, hmm, hmm…”

The man was still humming a song, with a towel on his shoulders and a bath towel around his waist.

“You, who are you people?”

“Xia Shu’an?”

Apparently, Gu’s second child also knew Xia Shu’an. He yelled, “What are you barging in here? You think I don’t dare call the police!”

“I’m the one who should call the police.”

Xia Shu’an ignored him and helped Ji Jiayin out. Of course, Gu’s second child couldn’t just let him go. He rushed up and grabbed Xia Shu’an’s shoulder.

The receptionist boy couldn’t stop him if he wanted to and was even pushed away by Gu’s second child.

“Guest, guest…”

“Get lost; how do you serve guests? Xia Shu’an, you, a bankrupt pauper, dare to meddle in my affairs; I f*cking…”

He grabbed Xia Shu’an’s shoulder with one hand and pulled him back forcefully.

A hint of impatience flashed in Xia Shu’an’s eyes. Although he had a gentle temper, he was once at the top of the circle, and his arrogance was not to be outdone. Under the influence of alcohol, he also forgot to “be kind to others” for a moment, pushed Ji Jiayin towards the front desk staff, turned around, and kicked Gu’s second child hard on the chest.

Gu’s second child was caught off guard, and stumbled a few steps back; he held his chest and fell directly to the ground.

“Xia cough cough…”

Xia Shu’an looked at the front desk staff, who was also stunned, and shouted: “Hurry up and take her away.”

The staff: “Oh, oh!”

The two of them worked together to help Ji Jiayin to the elevator entrance. Ji Jiayin seemed to have finally woken up, but she had no strength yet. The moment she saw Xia Shu’an, her eyes overflowed with water, and she stretched her arms to hug Xia Shu’an with all her strength.

“Brother Shu’an, you came; I knew you would come to save me, brother Shu’an ……”

With a ding, the elevator door opened, revealing a man’s gloomy face. His dark pupils slowly moved down and fixed on Ji Jiayin’s arm tightly wrapped around Xia Shu’an’s neck.

At that moment, various images of the “past” flashed through Xia Shu’an’s mind. In order to prevent the past “tragedies” from repeating, he decided that this time he wanted to change his future.

Xia Shu’an looked up at Shen Boyan and said in a panicked and weak tone:

“Shen Boyan, someone is chasing me; I’m very scared.”