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Xiaoxi held the phone until the other end automatically hung up before putting down the receiver.
He handed over 500 yuan in cash and said, "Give me a double room. Also, if anyone calls, just transfer me to my room."
The receptionist nodded. "Okay, sir."
"Also, could you find someone to run errands and buy me a new phone? I lost my phone."
"Sure. We have a phone number for errand services here."
The receptionist handed Xiaoxi a business card.
Xiaoxi dialed the number on the form, specified the phone model, and asked, "How long will it take to deliver?"
"One hour and ten minutes."
Lu Jiao saw the message at noon the next day.
"Threatening me?"
I threw away my phone and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
He sat down on the sofa, picked up another phone, and called Jian Yu.
Jian Yu was sleeping soundly when she heard the phone ring, and she sat up instantly.
I only relaxed after seeing the name in the notes.
"Hello?"
"Just woke up?"
"Yes. By the way, I've moved to a new place."
Lu Jiao paused, "Where are you staying?"
"A city in the south."
"Is someone causing you trouble?"
"I almost fell for a honey trap."
"who?"
"Never mind, they're already at the police station."
"You weren't involved?"
"No."
Lu Jiao squinted, realizing he had underestimated Jian Yu.
He managed to slip away unnoticed.
"Be careful, I'll come find you when I'm done with this."
"oh."
beep---
The call ended.
Lu Jiao quickly discovered that the landline phone Xiao Xi was using belonged to a chain hotel.
They also found out that Xiaoxi was staying at this hotel.
"Stay at a hotel?"
Lu Jiao held the bamboo leaf green tea in one hand, his eyes darting around, and then made a phone call to the factory.
"Are Liu Xi's family satisfied with the compensation we gave them? They haven't caused any trouble at the factory, have they?"
"No. Their family was very satisfied and even thanked Mr. Lu."
"That's good. By the way, where are they staying now?"
"Old Liu and his wife set up a tent and are now living on the ruins to keep an eye on the construction. As for their daughter, we don't know where she is now."
"What happened? Why don't we know where they are?"
"I heard that she ran away from the wedding because she was unhappy with the marriage arranged by her parents."
"Why don't you just make a phone call and they'll know where you are?"
"Because their phones were taken away, they don't know where they are. I heard that they didn't even take any money with them when they left. Mr. and Mrs. Liu went to the police station to report the disappearance, but the police said that they couldn't file a case if the disappearance hadn't been going on for more than 24 hours."
"You didn't take the money? Are you sure?"
How can you stay in a hotel if you don't have money?
"I'm sure. Just because she said she wanted to..."
"What do you want?"
"She went out to look for you, so her mother took away her phone, bank cards, and cash. When she found out that she had only taken her luggage, her mother cried so hard that she almost fainted."
Lu Jiao started watching the surveillance footage near the hotel where Xiao Xi was staying. After a while, he saw Xiao Xi standing alone in front of the hotel, carrying her suitcase and enjoying the cool breeze.
Looking further ahead, we see that Xiaoxi suddenly appears out of the frame.
Lu Jiao captured Xiao Xi's face and began searching through all the surveillance footage.
They quickly found the bewildered figure on the street.
"It suddenly disappeared from the surveillance footage from this spot and then reappeared in front of the hotel. This means someone switched the surveillance footage."
Does Xiaoxi have such a capable person around her?
Lu Jiao's first thought was Jian Yu, so he called Jian Yu again.
Did you see Liu Xi last night?
Jian Yu was eating when he nodded. After nodding, he realized that Lu Jiao couldn't see him, so he said, "I saw her. She's not happy with the marriage arranged by her parents. She ran away from home to find you. She didn't have her phone or any money with her, so I gave her 30,000 yuan in cash and arranged for her to stay in a hotel."
"You have a lot of money."
Lu Jiao's tone was unfriendly.
Jian Yu keenly sensed that something was wrong. "Don't you want me to help Liu Xi? I thought you liked staying at their inn because she's a reliable person, so I helped her out."
After all that talk, the reason they gave so much money was only because of Lu Jiao's influence.
Lu Jiao was still not satisfied. "Don't be a sucker in the future."
Jian Yu realized something, "Did Liu Xi do something?"
Lu Jiao snorted coldly, "They've already used you to threaten me."
Jianyu, “…”
Lu Jiao said, "I misjudged her, but don't worry, she hasn't announced anything about you yet."
"What are her conditions? She wants to be your girlfriend?"
"Dream on. I wouldn't even look at you, why would I look at her?"
"..." Jian Yu asked, "Should I thank you?"
"You're welcome. After all, there aren't many women in the world who can catch my eye."
"hehe."
"I'm hanging up now."
"Wait a moment."
Jian Yu felt that their conversation wasn't over yet. Normally, Lu Jiao should have said something else: "Stay away from Liu Xi in the future."
But Lu Jiao didn't say anything. Thinking about how he used bamboo leaf green to deal with the woman upstairs, Jian Yu was worried that he would do the same thing again. "Liu Xi probably didn't mean any harm. She probably just wanted to force you to agree to be with her."
"Oh!"
beep---
Jian Yu scratched his head. Lu Jiao wasn't the kind of person who would be threatened.
Liu Xi made a wrong move.
Everyone has things they can't accept, and she couldn't force Lu Jiao not to be angry.
"Forget it, since Liu Xi dared to do this, she should have the courage to bear the consequences."
Despite thinking that way, Jian Yu still reminded Lu Jiao of something.
He received another cold snort from Lu Jiao.
Xiao Xi took a hot shower, changed into her prettiest clothes, and sat on the sofa waiting for Lu Jiao.
As time passed, she received neither a call from Lu Jiao nor his arrival.
Haven't you seen the message yet?
"Yes, they must not have seen it yet."
"How about... I try again?"
"No, no, we can't fight anymore."
After a while, Xiaoxi couldn't resist any longer and sent a text message to Lu Jiao using her new phone.
The next second, the phone rang.
Xiao Xi held her phone, extremely excited. If she had known that sending a text message would have resulted in a call from Lu Jiao, she wouldn't have waited so long in vain.
"Hello? Mr. Lu."
"Liu Xi?"
Lu Jiao's voice was clear, cold, and deep.
When Xiao Xi heard Lu Jiao call her name, she was so excited that she forgot herself and exclaimed, "It's me!"
"Oh?"
Lu Jiao chuckled softly.
Xiao Xi shivered involuntarily, only then realizing that Lu Jiao's voice was like shards of ice. "I...I didn't mean anything else, Mr. Lu. I like you. I know you don't like me, but I really can't forget you. Could you try dating me? What if you like me too?"
I felt my ears had suffered a lot of injustice, so I gently rubbed them several times.
If you don't want to listen with your ear pressed against it anymore, put down your phone and switch to speakerphone.
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