Chapter 18

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TL : Rezzz

As night fell, people on the street welcomed a festival. Neon lights glimmered in the night sky. However, at this time, a hotel in S city had to welcome people in uniforms.

The receptionist lady was frightened when she heard these people’s intentions. She tremblingly called the hotel manager. When she thought that a murderer had slipped in without her knowing when it was, her body froze instinctively. After the manager came, he checked the other party’s documents and confirmed it was real. He then took them to the monitoring room to check the surveillance. It turned out that the criminal sneaked into the hotel while the security staff and the receptionist weren’t paying attention.

Many customers stayed in the hotel, so a hostage could be taken at any time. Also, the criminal seemed to have some nerve problems. There was no guarantee the clients’ life will be safe, but after checking out all of the cameras, they noticed that the criminal has disappeared from the monitor. Or it should be said that he disappeared from the monitored place. According to the last area he was seen, after confirming the floor, a group of people sneaked in and investigated quietly not to aroused panic between the customers.

After Gu Yu wrote some manuscripts, he yawned. He rubbed his eyes and thought about getting up early to go to the exhibition tomorrow. Then, he turned off the computer and got up to take a bath. He had to say that the organizer’s treatment is pretty good. They prepared a single room with a large bathtub in its bathroom. Gu Yu put the water in then got in. The warm water immersed his whole body, leaving his head outside. His body felt so comfortable, and his pores seemed to be opened.

He narrowed his eyes and enjoyed the bath. All the depression he had that day seemed to dissipate. He raised his head and leaned on the edge of the bathtub. He let out a sigh, then sleepiness slowly came up, and he gradually lost consciousness.

Li Baishi was nesting on the sofa and browsing Weibo. He remembered that he lost his first kiss today, and then his phone and wallet were stolen. He really got terrible luck on this trip. A lot of people has commented his comment on Zero Seven’s Weibo that promised to come to the exhibition, and there are still people replying. It is about to become one with the most comments on his entire Weibo.

However, Li Baishi was not happy at all. If it weren’t for this Zero Seven, he wouldn’t come. If he didn’t come, he wouldn’t lose his first kiss, and if he didn’t lose his first kiss, he wouldn’t drag Gu Yu away. In this way, he wouldn’t lose his phone and wallet. Everything is this person’s fault! He held the mouse angrily and kept refreshing the Weibo page. To summed it up, all the bad luck today is caused by this person who he had never met.

He was depressed. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then his door was knocked.

There were people who came in the middle of the night. He dropped his guard down when he realized who it was outside. These people were the hotel’s personnel who went for a routine check. Although it is strange that the hotel conducts some routine inspections in the middle of the night, it seemed like they didn’t intend to leave unless he opened the door. After opening the door, it turned out to be people in uniform. Luckily, he still had his ID. Then he saw their solemn expression.

Li Baishi was taken aback. How could there be police at this time—doing an inspection? Did something happen?

“Excuse me, have you ever seen this person?” A police officer showed him a photo after they checked his ID. Li Baishi looked closely and found that it was a bald uncle who appeared very kind. He searched his memory to make sure he never saw him before and shook his head quickly.

They reminded him that he must not go out tonight, the door must be locked, and don’t open the door if someone knocks. Li Baishi nodded in a daze before they turned and left. After closing the door, he was unable to get a grasp of it for a while. How could there be a police officer at this moment—inspecting and holding the photos from room to room. Is it possible that the person in the picture is a murderer? Li Baishi scratched his head, feeling that this kind of thing was a bit dramatic. The first time he went out and stayed in a hotel, he encountered a murderer sneaking in. It indeed was bad luck.

The movement outside still did not subside. Li Baishi leaned on the door panel and listened for a while, but he couldn’t find any hint of what happened. It should be that he was overthinking. He was about to leave to take a bath and sleep, but suddenly he heard a voice from outside and the sound of the door being knocked. The sound gradually became louder.

Such loud knock can be heard by people in other rooms who weren’t sleeping yet, and it lasted for a while. Li Baishi realized that the knock on the door had stopped, but he didn’t hear the sound of the door opened. He blinked and felt that something was wrong.

“The door is locked. From the crack of the door, it seemed the light is on. There is someone inside.”

“But no one opened the door. Maybe they are asleep?”

“According to the surveillance, the criminal disappeared around here. We can’t not check this one.”

“Ask the front desk to call this room’s telephone.”

After listening for a while, Li Baishi heard some hurried footsteps in the corridor, and the conversation he had just heard replayed in his mind. There were faint words like criminal and such, and Li Baishi’s heart was thumping. Is there really a murderer outside? Swallowing his saliva, he couldn’t bear his curiosity. He cautiously opened the door a little bit, and after seeing no one outside was facing his room’s door, he stretched his head out of the door.

There were several people in uniforms standing outside. All of them had a mighty and domineering aura with solemn expressions on their faces. One of them was still knocking on the door, one after another. Li Baishi squinted at the room where they were standing and suddenly remembered, isn’t that Gu Yu’s room?!

“No one answered the room’s phone. I looked into the surveillance and found that this room happened to be the surveillance’s blind spot.”

“There is no other way. Open this door with the hotel’s spare key.” The police officer who knocked on the door frowned.

“But our hotel has regulations not to do this without permission…” A person in a suit and glasses who seemed to be the hotel manager looked embarrassed. This room might be the surveillance’s blind spot, but it is impossible to determine whether the criminal entered the room. In case it’s wrong, the rumor might spread outside that they charged into their guest room, and the hotel’s reputation would definitely fell.

After Li Baishi looked at Gu Yu’s room and listened to their conversation, his mind kept wondering. Did something happen to Gu Yu? Thinking of this, he didn’t sneak out his head anymore but opened the door and came out.

“That’s my friend’s room. May I ask what’s going on?”

When the two people who were arguing heard Li Baishi’s interruption, they stopped and looked at Li Baishi. The hotel manager and the police officer glanced at each other, then one of them frowned before explaining the case to Li Baishi. After hearing the whole situation and learned that his guess came true, Li Baishi blanked for a while. He hadn’t recovered from the shock yet when they asked him to call Gu Yu.

“My friend and my phone were stolen while we were outside today…”

“Hey, why are you all around here? God Jing*!”

*Jing is the first letter of his ID ‘静夜思’ or ‘Silent Night Thought’, and I think it sounds better with ‘God Jing’ rather than ‘God Silent’, thus why I choose to write ‘God Jing’.

A voice came suddenly from behind. Li Baishi turned around and saw Jiang Xiaoxiao coming and looked puzzled. Jiang Xiaoxiao’s room is downstairs, but her friend found out she knew ‘Silent Night Thought’. She told her to ask if Gu Yu and Li Baishi could go to the expo together tomorrow. She did that in order to get in touch with Li Baishi because the other person was his fan.

Since he couldn’t sleep anyway and her friend looked like she looked forward to it, Jiang Xiaoxiao came upstairs to ask. She was thinking about bringing some food in passing when she was going back, but when Jiang Xiaoxiao came up, she saw a group of people around, and these people were wearing a uniform, which really frightened her. She thought that something had happened to Gu Yu. When she asked, she found out that a murderer was suspected of sneaked on this floor. When they were investigating the rooms and asking clients, they found no one opened the door of Gu Yu’s room. According to Li Baishi, it can be known that he didn’t seem to be out of the room after dinner.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was so frightened that her face lost its color. She took out her phone and called Jiang Rongye.

After Jiang Rongye had dealt with the work at hand, he remembered that he ran into Gu Yu in the store today. The picture of Li Baishi suddenly approaching Gu Yu’s mouth and taking the barbecue replayed in his mind. He frowned and felt a bit irritated. He took a cigarette and lit it. After inhaling a breath, he reached out, took the phone next to him, and found Gu Yu’s number in the address book. After thinking about it, he didn’t press it in the end.

After taking a puff of cigarettes, he was about to put down the phone, but the ringtone rang unexpectedly. At first glance, he found that Jiang Xiaoxiao was calling.

“Brother, what should we do? Something wrong happened with Brother Gu!”

An anxious voice was transmitted into his ear through the mobile phone. He was slightly taken aback, but he immediately responded. After asking for Jiang Xiaoxiao’s location and floor, he pressed the cigarette to the ashtray. His brow was knitted, and he got up and left the room without hesitation. On the way, he looked at the phone which displayed Gu Yu’s number and pressed it. As a result, he heard a tone indicating that the other’s phone was turned off, and his irritability instantly expanded. When he went downstairs, he noticed that someone had just got off of the taxi. He got in the car and reported the hotel address, then asked the driver to hurry.

Jiang Xiaoxiao recalled that his brother was on a business trip after she finished the phone call. She didn’t know that her brother was also in S city for a business trip. However, she was too tense and only remembered the relationship between Gu Yu and Jiang Rongye. She subconsciously called and informed her brother. Just now, the other party asked about the hotel. Is it possible for him to come over overnight?

The hotel manager and the police officer were still arguing about whether to break in. They argued and argued, and then remembered that Li Baishi is the room owner’s friend, so they turned their heads to ask for his opinion. Sadly, Li Baishi didn’t know what to do. The first time he lived in a hotel, he encountered such a mess, and it happened to be in Gu Yu’s room. This is really pitted me to death!

Just as he was thinking about what to do, a footstep sounded from behind.

“Brother! You really come!”

Jiang Xiaoxiao was surprised to see Jiang Rongye. She didn’t expect Jiang Rongye to be here already. It was only a few minutes after the call, how quickly!

Fortunately, Jiang Rongye’s hotel is very close to Gu Yu’s hotel, so after asking the driver to accelerate several times, he arrived within a few minutes. After getting off the car, he almost ran into the elevator, but he remembered that he forgot to ask Jiang Xiaoxiao the room’s number. After running all the way to find it, he arrived while breathing heavily.

He ignored Jiang Xiaoxiao’s surprised look, frowned, and walked towards the police officer.

After seeing Jiang Rongye, the two people felt that he was much more reliable than Li Baishi and Jiang Xiaoxiao. They roughly explained the current situation to the other person. After listening and understand the problem, he nodded, “I am his brother. Please open the door immediately.”

After hearing that this person was a family member, the hotel manager did not feel burdened anymore. In that case, the situation was critical, and the family members agreed. The hotel manager took the key and opened the door directly.

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