Frank slumped back onto the bed, his face ashen. He never imagined that the woman he had just seen was Chun Tao.
But Chun Tao told the police that she entered Frank's room for work reasons, and that Frank tried to force himself on her, which she couldn't explain.
There's nothing he can do now.
Originally, he only wanted to extort some money because of the cockroaches, but it turned into him breaking the law.
Before dawn, Xue'e was taken to the police station and interrogated about her whereabouts the previous night.
She naturally couldn't answer that.
The police then reminded her whether she was with someone named Frank.
Xue'e was shocked; how could they have known?
The police naturally had ways to get her to tell the truth, and in less than fifteen minutes, she confessed:
"I did go to see Frank; I went to him to learn English."
You know, he's a foreigner, so his English must be good. That's why I spent the whole night learning English from him.
On this point, because she wasn't caught red-handed, she was very stubborn, but she dared not lie about the cockroaches.
"I only did this according to Lu Jiajia's instructions. I really didn't know the consequences would be so serious. You can go and arrest her and ask her. She paid me to do things, it's that simple."
She was eager to distance herself from the relationship.
The police then sent someone to invite Lu Jiajia over, which confirmed her statement.
However, Lu Jiajia argued, "I asked her to release cockroaches just to scare Frank, nothing more. I didn't want him to use this to blackmail me. Nobody said that releasing cockroaches is illegal!"
Now that things have come to this point, the police have grasped the basic truth.
Lu Jiajia paid Xue'e to put cockroaches in a pillowcase to scare Frank.
Frank used the cockroaches as leverage to demand compensation from the hotel.
The hotel is innocent; it was framed and should not bear any liability for compensation.
Of course, if you delve into the details, they don't stand up to scrutiny.
Especially the claim about learning English—it would have been completely unacceptable if Frank hadn't contacted the embassy and asked them to plead on his behalf.
Of course, for Chun Tao and Huo Xiao, it was enough to resolve the matter quickly; there was no need to delve into other matters.
Frank checked out of the hotel that day and left.
Lu Jiajia and Xue'e were reprimanded and then released.
As soon as they stepped out of the police station, Lu Jiajia slapped Xue'e across the face.
"You were paid to do this job, so why did you betray me?"
Xue'e held her face, her eyes shifting from aggrieved to defiant: "With the little money you gave me, you think you can send me to jail? Of course I'll get myself out of this mess. You're old and faded, so you deliberately approached me to use me to curry favor with foreigners. You're disgusting! Ugh!"
With that, she swayed her hips and walked away.
Lu Jiajia was furious and wanted to catch up with her to get the two hundred yuan back, but in the end she couldn't bring herself to do it.
The reason I didn't handle this matter perfectly was because the time was too short.
Just a few days ago, she strolled to the hotel entrance and looked at the tall hotel that seemed to blend into the blue sky and white clouds, feeling incredibly jealous.
Just then, she saw a taxi slowly stop, and Frank got out of the car. The driver helped him take his suitcase out of the trunk, received a dollar bill from him, and grinned happily.
She was overjoyed; Frank had really come, and he was really going to stay at the hotel she had mentioned.
"Frank~" she greeted him warmly as she stepped forward.
Frank watched her approach, paused for two seconds, and then realized that she was Lu Jiajia, who had changed her name to Xu Ruping.
Back then, Lu Jiajia fled to Shanghai. Without legal status, she could only work in an illegal factory to support herself.
By chance, Lu Jiajia helped Frank solve a problem, and the two became acquainted.
When Frank first came to China, he couldn't speak Mandarin yet, so he asked Lu Jiajia to teach him.
The two grew closer and closer, and eventually Frank even introduced her to Ruijin Hospital for plastic surgery.
After undergoing plastic surgery, Lu Jiajia's beautiful appearance deeply attracted Frank, and the two began an affair.
However, this relationship was clandestine, and Frank was also married, so he made Lu Jiajia work for him.
Lu Jiajia is quite shrewd; she has accumulated some money in just a few years.
By chance, she saw a newspaper in the capital that featured Lu Wanqing, and her desire for revenge was instantly ignited.
This led to her persuading Frank to invest in Beijing.
However, after her revenge failed and she lost everything, Frank was very disappointed in her and stopped talking to her, never visiting her in prison even once.
The reason I came here is because Lu Jiajia said there's a machinery factory here that produces equipment that's no different from his, but cheaper.
His business had always been based in Shanghai, and he had never encountered this situation before, so he decided to come here to find out.
“You’ve changed a lot since then!” Frank smiled politely.
Lu Jiajia could clearly sense Frank's disappointment in her.
She spent five years in prison, working hard every day, and her skin had become rough; she was no longer the radiant woman she used to be.
In order to win over Frank, she specially brought Xue'e along to please him.
As for Xue'e, she specifically asked the pimp for her.
To persuade Xue'e to risk going into the hotel to sell herself, she gave her two hundred yuan and even bought her a set of clothes.
She felt a pang of heartache thinking about the money she had spent.
She wandered aimlessly for a long time, then paid a small shop on the street to call Frank.
"Frank, where do you live now?" she asked ingratiatingly.
Frank gave her the address in a curt tone.
When she arrived at the hotel, Frank slapped her across the face first.
"You shameless old hag, you actually used me?"
He had figured it out: she brought Xue'e here simply to use her to cause trouble.
She knew he was a germaphobe and would definitely not allow cockroaches on the pillowcase, and would make a scene at the hotel if he found them.
And the hotel owner was none other than Lu Wanqing.
He had heard Lu Jiajia mention this name before, saying that she was the murderer who killed her parents, and that he hated her to the core.
"Frank, what's the point of saying all this now? You're dealing with Lu Wanqing to help yourself! Who do you think provided the blueprints for those counterfeit devices to the machine factory? After my investigation, it was her."
The equipment I imported from you years ago was used by her after the acquisition.
Lu Jiajia finally understood that Lu Wanqing's plan to take over the Longwen Garment Factory was aimed at acquiring the imported equipment.
They were capable of repairing those devices; they must have obtained the relevant blueprints.
Frank finally calmed down after hearing what she said.
"Then what do you suggest I do?"
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