Chapter 54

Chapter 54

The rain grew heavier and more violent.

The woman lay sprawled on the ground. Someone gave her gauzy shawl a light tug, and it tore to pieces. Her head, along with her hair, was yanked up.

The man at the front stared viciously at that face.

“I don’t care about that. If you came to my hotel to do business, you should’ve been prepared. Getting beaten up today is inevitable.”

The woman had no strength left to resist at all.

A weak sound escaped her throat. Just as she was about to beg again, the sound of a car horn came from deep in the storm.

The thugs had already surrounded her in a tight circle. If not for that horn, fists would have come raining down on her.

The man in front raised a hand to stop them and narrowed his eyes toward the depths of the downpour.

When he saw the emblem and the luxury exterior of the car, his expression changed.

He impatiently waved a hand, signaling all the thugs around him to back off.

The Maybach flashed its headlights in the rain.

Then the doors on the front passenger side and the driver’s side opened. Bo Suihan got out first, holding a black umbrella as he walked around to the passenger side to pick up Wu Xiaojiu.

The two of them walked forward one after the other at an unhurried pace until they stood before the man and the woman.

“Young Master, are you checking in? I’m terribly sorry you had to see this. In that case, your room fee is on the house.”

The man rubbed his hands together like a fly and looked at Wu Xiaojiu eagerly.

Bo Suihan clearly had more of the bearing of a rich man.

But in terms of behavior, Wu Xiaojiu, this immature kid, was obviously the one in charge.

“How much does this woman owe you? I’ll pay double. It’s raining and thundering today, and bullying a woman like this is just asking to get struck by lightning.”

Wu Xiaojiu had no idea what was going on, but he got out of the car to help purely out of sympathy.

He could only reason with the hotel manager and appeal to his feelings.

The other man gave him an awkward smile.

At the same time, he kicked the woman discreetly.

“No need to trouble yourself. She stole something from our hotel. We were going to teach her a lesson and throw her out anyway. Since you’ve spoken, we’ll let it go.”

The woman curled in on herself. The peony on her back must have been newly tattooed; after being soaked by the rain, not only had the peony turned red, but her tender back was flushed red as well.

“Thank you, thank you.”

She bowed her head against the ground, splashing up a spray of water, then staggered to her feet and prepared to leave.

Bo Suihan stared at her back for a long while.

Only after a hiss escaped him did he finally come to his senses.

Wu Xiaojiu had already finished checking in. The two of them took the elevator up to the top floor.

“Hasn’t that woman shown up somewhere before? Don’t you feel like she looks familiar?”

Bo Suihan leaned a little closer to him and asked that without any preamble.

Wu Xiaojiu lifted his chin, frowned, and thought it over for a moment.

Then he shook his head.

“Never seen her. I’ve seen plenty of girls, but I’ve never seen one this miserable.”

Strange.

Bo Suihan kept feeling that back and that woman were especially familiar, but he still couldn’t remember where he had seen her.

The two of them returned to their room at the hotel.

It was a double room. After washing up and tidying things, they got ready to sleep separately.

Wu Xiaojiu liked a bright, airy space with floor-to-ceiling windows, so he naturally chose the bed by the window.

He was the first to take a shower.

Afterward, he rubbed on body lotion, smelling nice and clean, then rolled under the blanket.

He pulled the blanket around himself, closed his eyes, and prepared for a deep sleep accompanied by the white noise outside.

But the moment he closed his eyes, before sleep could even come, the soles of his feet started itching.

Then the bed board began to make a strange sound, and something cool covered Wu Xiaojiu’s face.
Before he could react, something grazed and itched at the hollow of his neck.

“Bo Suihan? Get off.”

But from the bathroom came a response.

“What did I do? Am I not even allowed to take a shower?”

The muffled voice was mixed with the sound of running water, and Wu Xiaojiu realized Bo Suihan hadn’t stepped out of the bathroom at all.

Then who was the one lying on top of him?

Wu Xiaojiu went stiff all at once. He tried to sit up, but the person on top of him was pressing down hard. In the struggle, before he could even react, his shirt had already been pulled halfway off.

“Bo Suihan! Help!”

His face was covered with a strip of cloth, and his hands and feet were tied up too. He couldn’t see and he couldn’t move.

With no other choice, Wu Xiaojiu raised his voice and shouted toward the bathroom.

Not long after, the sound of water stopped.

Slippers slapped against the floor from inside, and then the weight on Wu Xiaojiu’s body suddenly vanished.

“And who the hell are you? This lousy hotel’s security system is way too bad.”

Wu Xiaojiu hurriedly sat up and tore the cloth off his face. The sight in front of him nearly made him faint on the spot.

Too much.

Bo Suihan was wrapped in a bath towel, holding a girl who looked barely eighteen by the scruff with one hand. Her hair was dyed in black-and-blond split colors, she had a nose ring and a lip ring, and tattoos covered her body from head to toe. She was staring at him with blatant defiance.

When she noticed Wu Xiaojiu looking over, she even lifted her chin and gave him a whistle.

Then she made a teasing clicking sound, like she was calling a dog, and crooked her right hand at him.

“Don’t want to play with me? I thought you liked my type.”

“Where the hell did you come from? I didn’t hear a door open. Who told you the room number?”

Bo Suihan kept a stern face as he stared at the delinquent girl in his hand, and for a moment, he found her strangely familiar.

The girl glanced at him and turned away without answering.

It was only after Wu Xiaojiu repeated the question that she grinned and said, “I’m hotel staff. When you booked the room, I already had my eye on you as a mark. I got the room number myself, then slipped in.

Don’t like the delinquent-girl look? I can change outfits and take my time playing with you.”

Wu Xiaojiu shuddered.

He waved his hands repeatedly.

Bo Suihan’s expression darkened even more. He tossed the girl onto the other bed.

Then he sat down beside Wu Xiaojiu by himself and pulled out his phone to call the police.

“Don’t! I only said I wanted to seize the chance to make money because I figured you two were good people. You saved my mom at the door. There’s no way you’d dislike the mature type!”

That sentence left them both thunderstruck.

Bo Suihan’s hand froze on the phone. It seemed he had finally remembered where the familiarity between the woman and this girl came from.

He straightened at once.

Pointing at her nose, he called out a name in disbelief.

“Zheng Qin?”

“You know me.”

“How did you end up doing this? How did your mother raise you?”

Bo Suihan took two steps forward. The girl looked at him in confusion.

She scratched her hair, her expression full of surprise.

“How can you know me? My mom and I are just bottom-rung people. We have nothing to do with rich people like you who make money every day. Wait, don’t tell me you’re my mom’s new husband?”

What was all this?

Wu Xiaojiu was like someone who could see the melon but couldn’t get a bite, his gaze flicking around in bewilderment.

Seeing him like that, Bo Suihan reached out and ruffled his hair.