Chapter Ninety-Three: Waner's Thoughts

Chapter Ninety-Three: Wan'er’s Thoughts

Xu Yun still had no idea what was going on when Qin Wan'er yanked him upstairs and dragged him straight into her room.

With a bang, Qin Wan'er shut the door and fixed Xu Yun with a piercing stare.

Xu Yun suddenly felt a tightness below his waist. “What are you trying to do? Let me warn you, I’m an innocent, pure young man. If you’re harboring any evil thoughts, I will never go along with you. It’s broad daylight, and there are still plenty of people downstairs. If you’ve got any ideas, just come knock on my door tonight…”

“Knock your sister!” Qin Wan'er glared at him fiercely. “I don’t have time to listen to your nonsense. Stop spouting rubbish in front of me.”

“Then why did you drag me here? What’s so important you had to say it in private?” Xu Yun rubbed his chin, looking genuinely puzzled. “You don’t need a breast enhancement, do you? What private matter could you possibly have with me?”

Qin Wan'er gritted her teeth. “I really want to send you back to ancient times to be a eunuch!”

Xu Yun clamped his legs together. “Let’s not go that far.”

“Xu Yun, I’m asking you this, and you’d better answer me honestly.” Qin Wan'er blocked the door with her body, her expression serious. “I’m warning you, if you dare tell me even one lie, I will not let you off!”

Xu Yun was completely baffled by her. What was this all about?

“Are you one of the people from the underworld?” Qin Wan'er asked, her eyes shining.

Xu Yun froze. So this girl even knew about the underworld? It seemed the higher-ups in the police really did value her. But if she was suddenly asking this, then something must have happened at the police bureau. If he was right, then Xu Yun was certain his prediction from yesterday had already come true.

The police must have realized just how dangerous Red Scorpion really was.

“Did Ma Pinghai die?” Xu Yun did not answer her question directly. Instead, he smiled faintly.

Qin Wan'er nodded. “Yes. Ma Pinghai is dead, and we’ve now tentatively determined that his death is connected to the fugitive wanted criminal Red Scorpion.”

“Tentatively determined?” Xu Yun laughed. “Didn’t I already say yesterday that there’s no need for any tentative determination? You can be certain of it right now. Ma Pinghai was definitely killed by Red Scorpion. I’d stake my head on it.”

Qin Wan'er waved a hand. “That’s not what I’m asking you now. I don’t care who killed Ma Pinghai. I just want to know whether you’re one of the people from the underworld!”

Xu Yun frowned. “Where exactly did you hear that term from? What underworld? I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”

“Are you still going to play dumb with me?” Qin Wan'er snorted, offering an example. “If you’re not from the underworld, how did you know the other party was Red Scorpion? Not even anyone in the police knows that nickname. How did you know it?”

Xu Yun shrugged. “What does that have to do with the underworld?”

Seeing Xu Yun refuse to budge, Qin Wan'er said, “Fine, keep pretending. But don’t think I don’t know anything.”

“Qin Wan'er, who exactly told you all this nonsense?” Xu Yun was somewhat worried. The less one knew about matters like this, the better. Yet Qin Wan'er seemed to know more and more, and she had even dared to ask around about the underworld.

“Xu Yun, I know you don’t want me to be in danger.” Qin Wan'er was not someone who failed to appreciate kindness. “The special task force investigating Hao Kai has already been disbanded, and I’m no longer involved in this matter. You really don’t need to worry about me anymore. I’m going back to the station this afternoon. I’m just curious. I want to know who you people really are.”

The task force had been disbanded?

Xu Yun frowned. This might mean the police had already realized how dangerous their opponent was. But was this matter simply going to be swept under the rug just like that? A trace of doubt rose in his heart. Red Scorpion had only been rescued yesterday, and today the police were already going to let things die down. Could the waters here be that deep?

“You should stay out of this as well. The leadership said higher command will dispatch special troops to handle it.” Qin Wan'er finally admitted her own concern. “Xu Yun, I don’t care whether you’re some kind of underworld person or not, but I don’t want you getting into trouble.”

Xu Yun’s brows drew together. “Special troops?”

Qin Wan'er nodded. “I don’t know what special troops they are, but I can tell from the tone that the people being used this time definitely aren’t ordinary. Maybe they’re perverts just like you…”

Xu Yun’s blood surged at that. No way. If they really let his old brothers handle this matter, then things would get interesting indeed…

Qin Wan'er sharply caught the faint change in Xu Yun’s expression. “What kind of look is that?”

“Nothing.” Xu Yun really had been a little excited just now.

Qin Wan'er let out a soft sigh. “Forget it. I know whatever I say to you is useless. But I still want to tell you that since the higher-ups are going to arrange experts to help, I advise you to step out of this matter too. I don’t want you to become a target as well.”

Xu Yun grinned foolishly. “I’ve already been targeted by your police force. It’s just that I’m a law-abiding citizen, so you have nothing to pin on me.”

Qin Wan'er was so angry her teeth itched. “Idiot, do you even understand what I mean?”

“Got it, got it. You can rest easy.” Xu Yun understood perfectly well.

The two of them had been upstairs for several minutes when Guoguo finally grew curious, climbed the stairs, and knocked hard on the door. “Sister Wan'er, what are you and Daddy doing in there? Can Guoguo come in?”

Qin Wan'er hardly dared refuse. Since she had already said what needed saying, she quickly opened the door to avoid suspicion.

Guoguo looked the two of them up and down, then disappointedly shook her head. There was no disheveled scene she had imagined at all. “Daddy, we invited Teacher Su here already. Why aren’t you downstairs cooking a few of your specialty dishes?”

“Coming right up. Just wait and see, and your godfather will definitely capture Teacher Su’s stomach.” Xu Yun seized the chance to flee downstairs in a hurry.

Qin Wan'er had nearly forgotten that Su Xiaoran was here too, and hurried downstairs as well to chat with her.

...

Because he had failed to successfully invite his goddess out for French food, Liu Tianyi was in a foul mood. After arriving at Hedong International Hotel, he parked his car directly in the middle of the main entrance.

Seeing the boss’s son arrive, who would dare offend him? The lobby manager, whom Xu Yun had taught a lesson to the previous night, immediately hurried up with an ingratiating smile. “Young Master Liu, you’re here. What would you like to eat? I’ll arrange it for you.”

“Eat what? Where’s my father?” Liu Tianyi glared at him. In his eyes, these people were nothing more than the dogs of the Liu family.

The lobby manager hastily replied, “Mr. Liu is resting in the private suite on the top floor. I’ll notify him at once.”

“Notify what? I’m his son. Do I need to announce myself when I go up?” Liu Tianyi spat.

“No, no, of course not!” the manager said quickly. “Heh, my brain is nothing but pig brains. It’s hopelessly dull. I deserve to die!”

Liu Tianyi had no time to listen to his flattery. He headed straight for the elevator and went up to the ninth-floor private suite his family occupied.

The front desk clerk could not hold back and reminded the lobby manager, “Manager, Mr. Liu specifically instructed that anyone who comes to see him today must be reported first. If you let someone upstairs without reporting it, then you…”

“Then what? Get my things and get out, right?” The lobby manager snorted. “Use your pig brain for once. Do you think I’m really going to be kicked out? Did I let an outsider through? That’s Young Master Liu, the future heir of the Liu family! Use your head for once.”

“Yes... yes, Manager, you’re right.”

The manager shook his head disdainfully. “Someone like you is exactly the type who’ll be packing up and leaving sooner or later.”

Liu Tianyi took the elevator straight to the top floor. His father rarely came home, and he had long since grown used to it. Besides, his mother had died early, and he was actually quite happy that his father did not return home. It made it easier for him to bring women back whenever he felt like it and fool around to his heart’s content.

The suites on the top floor of the hotel never hosted outsiders; they were reserved for the Liu family alone. The suite on the far left was Liu Sheng’s private room. After his useless son returned to the country, Liu Sheng learned that the boy had become infatuated with women and was often bringing them home. To avoid awkwardness, Liu Sheng simply stopped going back and stayed in the hotel instead.

Today he had instructed the front desk to report anyone who came looking for him because he had an important guest. He had never imagined that his own son would appear at this very moment.

Bang.

Liu Tianyi did not even knock before forcing the door open and barging in.

“What are you doing here?” Liu Sheng was already fifty-five, and an air of authority unique to him carried with anger straight onto his son.

Although Liu Tianyi had long been accustomed to his father’s domineering presence, he still felt a little timid. “You’re my father. Am I not allowed to come see you?”

Liu Sheng gave a cold snort. He did not believe this unfilial son had such filial intentions. He knew exactly what sort of man his own son was. There were only two reasons he ever came looking for him: either he needed money, or he had run into trouble he could not handle himself.

“So this is your son? Truly, a tiger father produces no dog son.” The man sitting across from Liu Sheng, in his early thirties with dark red facial hair, said calmly.

Liu Sheng sighed inwardly. “Please excuse the spectacle. My son is useless. He’s already thirty and has accomplished nothing, only managing to muddle along as a teacher at a school. Compared with you, he falls far, far short.”

Liu Tianyi followed the voice and looked over, wanting to see what kind of remarkable figure this person was, someone his father considered far superior to him.

He did not know until he looked, and then he was truly shocked.

Liu Tianyi could hardly believe his eyes. The man sitting opposite his father was none other than the S-rank wanted criminal whose reward notice was plastered all over the city streets! How could his father possibly be involved with someone like that? This man was at the center of the entire city’s police attention. Getting tangled up with him now was simply inviting disaster!

Liu Sheng ignored his son’s astonishment and called the front desk from his phone, saying calmly, “I already said that anyone who comes to see me must be reported. Why was there no report when Liu Tianyi came?”

The lobby manager, who answered the call, was instantly dumbfounded. “Mr. Liu, Young Master Liu isn’t an outsider…”

“I made myself very clear. Anyone.” Liu Sheng’s voice carried a trace of anger. “I do not like people who make decisions on their own. Starting now, I don’t want to see you again. Go settle your account at accounting and get out immediately.”

Though the words sounded plain enough, to the lobby manager they struck like steel nails driven into the heart, each one tearing at him with agony.