"Alright, stop playing dead, or I don't mind making you a real corpse." Seeing no reaction, Qin Xuan sneered and slapped his face.
"You're all from the Chu family, aren't you?"
The burly man finally opened his eyes and glared at Qin Xuan.
"Kid, since you know we're from the Chu family, how dare you provoke us and injure Young Master Chu? How many lives do you have?"
Qin Xuan snorted lightly.
"Others fear your Chu family, but I don't. Instead, you've fallen into my hands. Do you have anything to say?"
These people were all from the Chu family. Although he wasn't entirely clear about what happened four years ago, Qin Xuan knew the Chu family was definitely one of the culprits. Thus, a thought of eliminating these Chu family members sprouted in his heart.
The burly man sneered upon hearing this.
"Do you really think we came to kill you?"
"What do you mean?" Qin Xuan's brow furrowed, and he instantly realized.
"Busted!"
Qin Xuan had no time to deal with these people and rushed towards the room.
Upon reaching the doorway, Qin Xuan found the door ajar and immediately felt something was amiss.
He entered the room to find it empty, with only a fruit knife lying on the floor.
Just as Qin Xuan was about to bend down to pick it up, a chill brushed past his back. Qin Xuan quickly rolled away, then picked up the fruit knife and thrust it behind him.
Just as the fruit knife was about to strike, Qin Xuan saw the figure's appearance and hastily stopped his action.
"Why is it you?" Qin Xuan looked at the person before him in confusion.
Ren Qixiang also hadn't expected it to be Qin Xuan. She put away her katana and retorted,
"Why are you here?"
"Nonsense, where else would I be?" Qin Xuan said irritably.
"I'm sharing a room with Wang Yuyan. Where is she?"
"What!" Ren Qixiang exclaimed as if she had heard an earth-shattering revelation.
"Don't you have a wife? And you're with Yuyan..."
Qin Xuan rolled his eyes at her and said,
"What are you thinking? It's not what you imagine. By the way, you still haven't told me why you're here?"
Ren Qixiang said,
"Yuyan called me, saying she offended Young Master Chu Fan..."
"That's why I rushed over overnight. When I got here, the door was already open, and then I heard movement. So I hid in the room, only to not expect it was you."
"Busted!"
Those people earlier were just a distraction to lure Qin Xuan away. Their real target was Wang Yuyan.
In the restaurant, Chu Shaofan knew Qin Xuan was likely a martial artist, so he didn't expect those dozen or so men to be able to defeat Qin Xuan. He guessed that Qin Xuan wouldn't act in a crowded place where any commotion would attract the hotel's attention.
This left only Wang Yuyan alone in the room.
Qin Xuan was filled with rage and clenched his fists.
He had been tricked.
Back in the day, in the capital, he was...
Thinking of this, Qin Xuan sighed with mixed emotions.
"It seems these past few years have made my brain sluggish too."
Ren Qixiang didn't understand a word Qin Xuan said and only asked,
"Qin Xuan, where did Yuyan go?"
"She was taken by Chu Shaofan's men," Qin Xuan said, exhaling.
"What!" Ren Qixiang's eyes widened.
"Then what should we do? What kind of person is Chu Shaofan? If Yuyan falls into his hands..."
Ren Qixiang didn't finish her sentence, and Qin Xuan understood.
After a moment of thought, he said to Ren Qixiang,
"Where are your men?"
"Downstairs," Ren Qixiang pointed downstairs and said.
Qin Xuan nodded.
"Chu Shaofan is here for tomorrow's gem auction, so his residence should be in this hotel. And given his status, he should be in a top VIP room, likely on the sixteenth or seventeenth floor. The eighteenth floor should be out. I haven't seen him on this floor. You and your men search every room on the sixteenth or seventeenth floor."
Ren Qixiang glanced at Qin Xuan, a hint of worry in her voice.
"This is Qianjue Jewelry's territory. Wouldn't that be too..."
"It's fine, just go ahead. I have a friend in this hotel, I'll let him know, and no one will stop you. Just don't expose your own identity."
Ren Qixiang clearly didn't believe Qin Xuan knew any big shots in this hotel, as she had already investigated his background thoroughly: an employee at a scrap yard, a son-in-law in the Dan family.
Could he possibly know any big figures from Qianjue Jewelry?
But at this point, this was the only way, so she nodded.
"Okay, I'll go then. Be careful yourself."
With that, she hurried out the door.
Qin Xuan took out his phone and made a call.
"Hello, this is Qin Xuan. Help me find out which room Chu Shaofan is staying in, and also pull up the surveillance footage to see where the woman who was with me went."
"Chu Shaofan?" The tone of the person on the other end was slightly surprised.
"You and Chu Shaofan..."
Qin Xuan was too lazy to explain further and directly said,
"We'll talk about this later, just help me find out first."
The person on the other end hesitated for a moment before saying,
"Alright, but don't mess around. Given my current situation..."
"I know."
With that, Qin Xuan hung up the phone, went to the balcony, and stared into the dark night, muttering with a cold voice.
"Chu family, wait for me. I will uncover the truth of what happened back then, bit by bit."
Less than three minutes later, Qin Xuan's phone rang. Upon answering, he heard the voice of the person from before.
"Found him. Chu Shaofan is in the 'Guiyue' room on the seventeenth floor. The woman with you was taken to his room by his subordinates."
"Mm, got it. Thanks."
"Hey, we don't need to be so formal. It's just that you've been out of the loop for four years, and now... Don't do anything reckless. If Chu Shaofan finds out it's you, what if..."
"I know, I have my limits. I'll contact you later." He hung up.
Then he sent a text message to Ren Qixiang and headed to the seventeenth floor.
At the elevator entrance on the seventeenth floor.
As soon as Qin Xuan stepped out of the elevator, he ran into Ren Qixiang and his dozen or so subordinates waiting there.
"Qin Xuan, should we just storm the room and rescue her?" Ren Qixiang asked.
Qin Xuan pondered for a moment and shook his head.
"No, that would cause too much of a commotion."
"Then what should we do?" Ren Qixiang asked anxiously.
"You bring..."
Just as Qin Xuan was about to speak, the elevator door next to them suddenly opened, and a man in a suit walked out.
"I'll get the person for you."
As the middle-aged man spoke, everyone's attention immediately turned to him.
Qin Xuan furrowed his brow.
"Why are you here?"
Ren Qixiang next to him asked, confused.
"An old friend of mine."
Mo Tao looked at Qin Xuan, sizing him up, and then said somewhat gravely.
"Although your appearance has changed a lot, you can't be seen now. If you're recognized, it'll be troublesome. The Chu family, you know it yourself. I'll go get the person for you. You wait here for me."
With that, he walked towards Chu Shaofan's room.