Taming The Hidden Bigshot By Kissing Him
Chapter 357: Well, why don’t you marry her?

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Well, why don’t you marry her?

Zhou Yu speculated, "This is too strange. Is it possible that Shen Xuanzhi received payments from two parties during this special period? We paid him for help, but others could do the same. We’re not the only ones who could exploit the rules of the Plum Blossom Nine Needles conference."

His mind twisted through several turns as he said, "I suspect the Liu Family, what do you think?"

Huo Xingzhou replied indifferently, "Do you always talk without evidence? The Liu Family could be a possibility but it could be someone else too. Keep investigating, I want to know who it is."

What the other party’s motive was, whether targeting Shen Xuanzhi or Qiao Xi.

He wanted to know.

Huo Xingzhou would not allow other hidden dangers to linger around Qiao Xi.

"Alright, I got it. Also, about that life-saver from ten years ago that you asked me to look into, I still haven’t found a lead. I thought of starting with the emergency rescue calls, but after ten years, it’s impossible to retrieve them. We can only get the tourist names from the travel agencies of that year."

Zhou Yu explained, fearing Huo Xingzhou would blame him for his inefficiency.

But his initial judgment was wrong, and he had targeted the wrong direction.

"Mhm, no rush."

Zhou Yu exclaimed in surprise, "You’re not in a hurry? I thought you would be. But right, all your attention is on your wife now; how could you focus on anything else?"

His tone was sour, as if teasing.

Green with envy.

Huo Xingzhou’s tone carried a tinge of mockery, "As soon as you want to get married, someone will be ready to marry you."

Zhou Yu was like a cat stepped on its tail, "What do you mean by that?"

"Whatever you think it means."

Zhou Yu snapped back to reality, "You... you know about me and Shu Xue, don’t you? You and your wife are laughing at us, aren’t you? Huo Er, that’s not honorable! It’s going too far, treating us like monkeys for your amusement."

"Who’s playing whom?"

Huo Xingzhou’s tone turned somewhat colder, "You’re not discreet at all, yet you think you can fool anyone?"

Zhou Yu, with his thick-skinned face, felt somewhat ashamed, "You... when did you find out about me and Shu Xue?" He needed to know how long he had been losing face.

"At the horse track."

"What? The horse track?"

Zhou Yu was shocked, "Huo Xingzhou, that’s not decent of you! You knew so early that we were fooling around, why didn’t you say anything?"

Huo Xingzhou mocked, "After all, watching you play the fool is quite entertaining."

Zhou Yu was about to explode with anger, but he dared not lose his temper with Huo Xingzhou.

He asked, dejected, "What do you think I should do? The guy Shu Xue’s parents set her up with has connections she needs, and he’s already seen us being intimate. He’s okay even with wearing that green hat."

He was speechless.

Especially since Shu Xue wouldn’t listen to reason.

Huo Xingzhou said indifferently, "Then marry her."

"But I... I don’t want to get married."

After hearing that, Huo Xingzhou chuckled, "If you can’t provide her with a stable marriage, what right do you have to expect her to keep her distance from other men? Zhou Yu, you can’t have it all. A woman’s youth is precious."

Zhou Yu fell silent.

Shu Xue’s family was very traditional and her parents wanted her to get married.

As an only daughter, she couldn’t go against her elders’ wishes. Qin Yuan was the best choice for her, even if she was aware of what Qin Yuan was after, she was willing to throw everything away.

Huo Xingzhou wasn’t one to persuade people, he simply said, "Just look out for yourself, and by the way, check into who else made payments to Shen Xuanzhi for me."

He then hung up the phone.

Zhou Yu was feeling melancholic, yet without expecting it, Huo Xingzhou quickly assigned him another task.

...

In the bustling night of Haicheng.

Li Songwen was drunk as a skunk at the hotel bar.

He didn’t even make the preliminaries at the Plum Blossom Nine Needles conference this time, becoming a joke among the insiders. Many said he got what he deserved for his lack of integrity. Insisting on targeting Qiao Xi, he ended up in such a predicament.

Li Songwen drank glass after glass until the hotel staff tried to convince him to stop.

He only reluctantly left the bar.

He was staggering drunk when he was forcefully pulled into a room as he passed through the corridor.

Li Songwen panicked, "Who are you? What are you doing?"

He was bagged with a black sack, and the world went pitch black before his eyes.

Rain-like punches and kicks landed on him, and Li Songwen howled in pain.

"You wait! I won’t let you get away with this."

"Stop hitting, it hurts too much!"

Li Songwen continued to wail.

After they finished beating him, they dumped him in the corridor and quickly cleared out. Li Songwen’s head swelled up like a pig’s, and he ran angrily to the hotel front desk, demanding to inspect the surveillance footage to uncover the truth.

But the hotel said the surveillance was broken and under repair.

This beating was premeditated; even if he called the police, he wouldn’t have any evidence.

Li Songwen grimaced with pain, full of burning rage as he headed to Xiang Mingzhu’s floor.

They were staying at the same hotel.

...

Xiang Mingzhu was doing her skincare routine.

She wore a bathrobe with a face mask on, daydreaming about Zhong Yi. The thought of him made her inadvertently laugh.

As long as she came out tops in the Plum Blossom Nine Needles competition, everything she wanted would be hers.

Her phone on the bedside started to ring, and when Xiang Mingzhu walked over, she saw it was the Lu Family calling, which immediately killed her romantic mood. Xiang Mingzhu pressed her lips together and took the call.

"Hello."

"Miss Xiang, I am Miss Lu’s assistant."

"What is it?"

Xiang Mingzhu was on edge, nervously swallowing her saliva, and she was also annoyed that Lu Yingxue only had an assistant contact her.

Did they look down on her that much?

"Miss Xiang, the Lu Family is very displeased with your performance in Haicheng. You lost the competition and publicly admitted that the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles are inferior to the Plum Blossom Nine Needles, which enraged the Family Head. The eldest miss demands you return to the Imperial Capital immediately to face the family’s punishment."

The assistant’s tone was commanding, which inflamed Xiang Mingzhu’s discontent.

"I’ve said it, I lost to Qiao Xi, it has nothing to do with the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles. Can the current status of the Lu Family be shaken by just one sentence of mine? I have things to take care of in Haicheng, I’ll return to the Imperial Capital after some time. Besides, I still need to help the Lu Family gather intelligence on Qiao Xi."

In reality, it was because Zhong Yi was in Haicheng, and once she returned to the Imperial Capital, she wouldn’t be able to interact with him like this anymore.

Lu Yingxue was sure to keep an eye on her.

Xiang Mingzhu hung up the phone with a belly full of anger.

How unlucky!

Even an assistant dared to speak to her with such an authoritative tone; they must be sick of living.

Did Lu Yingxue really think she was some sort of goddess, expecting everyone to follow her commands?

This time, she must snatch Zhong Yi away!

Bang bang bang!

Someone pounded heavily on the hotel room door.

Xiang Mingzhu frowned and walked over to peek through the peephole, only to be startled by the sight of a man with a bruised and swollen face.

It took her a moment to realize that it was Li Songwen!

Xiang Mingzhu opened the door impatiently, arms crossed as she looked at Li Songwen, "What happened to your face?"

Li Songwen stepped forward and hugged Xiang Mingzhu, "Mingzhu..."

"What are you doing?"

Xiang Mingzhu struggled, trying to push him away, but Li Songwen held on tight.

Around the corner, a surveillance camera caught them, taking countless ambiguous photos.

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