Chapter 179 Catching a Cheater [Third Update]
Li Xiaoyao and Zhu Xiaoyue simply rented a room for their meeting, and the reason why Li Xiaoyao didn't bring Zhu Xiaoyue home was due to his own psychological reservations.
Li Xiaoyao had two residences at the moment, one was the newly bought Purple Sky Mansion where Zhang Meng and her daughter were living, and it was definitely not realistic to take her there.
The other was the apartment rented by Tang Tiantian.
If one were to put it plainly, Li Xiaoyao's relationship with Zhu Xiaoyue should be considered as him having an affair behind Tang Tiantian's back.
Morally speaking, this was wrong in itself.
Li Xiaoyao could ignore so-called moral ethics, but he couldn't bring himself to take Zhu Xiaoyue back to Tang Tiantian's apartment for a tryst.
That would have been too much.
Moreover, Li Xiaoyao was just plainly coming out with Zhu Xiaoyue to find a place to stay, nothing more.
Zhu Xiaoyue's shoulder injury hadn't healed yet, and their relationship had developed too quickly, lacking stability.
Li Xiaoyao wasn't a hopelessly nice guy, but he was certainly not an animal that thought with its lower half. Experience tales with empire
In the room, Li Xiaoyao sat on the couch, with Zhu Xiaoyue sitting on his lap.
The two were being affectionate, lovey-dovey, with occasional intimate gestures.
Li Xiaoyao's hand rested on her buttocks, and he asked, "You've waited for me for so long, have you eaten anything?"
"Hmph, who's in the mood to eat? I'm full of anger," Zhu Xiaoyue said, twisting her hips.
"Not eating is not okay, what do you want to eat?"
Zhu Xiaoyue snuggled into his embrace and said, "There's so much I want to eat, grilled oysters, king crab, lobsters..."
She rattled off a long list, and Li Xiaoyao said, "Let's go, we'll have a feast tonight."
The two got up and left, went downstairs, and hailed a taxi to Ling City's famous food street.
In the hotel lobby, Liang Zhengdao sat in the rest area, not noticing Li Xiaoyao and his companion leaving the elevator.
Half an hour later, a black Audi parked at the hotel entrance, the owner was a middle-aged man.
The man got out, took out his phone, and dialed Liang Zhengdao's number.
"Old Liang, I've arrived, where are you?"
"I'm in the lobby rest area."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
The man was Zhu Xiaoyue's father, Zhu Haishan.
Zhu Haishan stood almost 1.8 meters tall, with a very imposing figure; even nearing fifty, he still couldn't hide the aggressive aura about him.
Zhu Haishan arrived at the rest area, and Liang Zhengdao only glanced at him, letting out a snort through his nose, saying, "Zhu Haishan, you've raised a fine daughter."
Liang Zhengdao was extremely traditional in his thinking. He had already considered Zhu Xiaoyue as his daughter-in-law, and now, his prospective daughter-in-law was seen going to a hotel to rent a room with a strange man in the middle of the night, and he witnessed it himself.
This was a downright disgrace for Liang Zhengdao!
Zhu Haishan's brows furrowed. Although he didn't oppose Liang Zhengdao's son pursuing his daughter, the two were far from even being considered boyfriend and girlfriend, and Zhu Haishan was quite displeased with the tone Liang Zhengdao was using to speak with him at the moment.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
But as annoyed as he was, he could only suppress the anger within him.
Zhu Haishan asked, "Which room are they in?"
Liang Zhengdao said, "I just saw them take the elevator up."
Zhu Haishan turned to look at the hotel reception and said, "I'll check it out."
The two grown men walked to the hotel reception, where the staff immediately noticed their extraordinary presence and greeted them with a smile, "Gentlemen, how may I assist you?"
Zhu Haishan placed his ID on the marble counter, the employee glanced at it and their pupils shrank, their speech stuttering, "Zhu... Director Zhu..."
Zhu Haishan said, "Call the person in charge over."
The staff quickly took out their phone and called the lobby manager, who arrived five minutes later.
The manager was a man in his thirties, who was shocked upon learning that the director of the Ling City Police Station had arrived.
"Hello, Director Zhu," the manager said, all smiles, "What can I do for you?"
Zhu Haishan, as usual, presented his ID, and the manager looked at the document without the slightest suspicion.
The ID might be fake, but the air of authority Zhu Haishan carried with him definitely couldn't be faked.
Zhu Haishan didn't utter any superfluous words, and went straight to the point, "Take me to the surveillance room."
The manager led the two men to the surveillance room, Liang Zhengdao mentioned the time, and the staff pulled up the surveillance footage.
Two older men sat in front of the monitors, watching the surveillance from that specific time.
Suddenly, Liang Zhengdao pointed at the screen and said, "Look here."
Zhu Haishan looked where his hand was pointing on the screen.
This was the surveillance at the hotel entrance, where a young man and woman were getting out of a taxi and entering the hotel.
Liang Zhengdao said to the employee next to him, "Follow those two."
The employee operated the mouse, and the screen switched to another camera.
The scene changed, and the young man and woman approached the front desk of the hotel.
From the woman's silhouette, it could be guessed that she was very much like Zhu Xiaoyue.
The young couple completed their check-in and headed towards the elevator.
Just at that moment, the surveillance captured the faces of the two people.
Liang Zhengdao snorted angrily and said, "Take a good look at your darling daughter."
Zhu Haishan's face turned somewhat ugly as his gaze fixed on the young man beside Zhu Xiaoyue, and he said in a deep voice, "Find out which room they are staying in."
The employee sped through the footage, and after several seconds, the video froze on the 16th floor of the hotel.
"8688."
Zhu Haishan turned and walked out, with Liang Zhengdao following closely behind.
The manager wiped his forehead and quickly followed.
With the limited information he had, the manager roughly guessed the situation.
The young lady on the screen was probably Director Zhu's daughter, and as for the other older man, his identity was still unknown.
It seemed that these two old men had come here today probably to catch an adulterer in the act.
The manager was already mourning in his heart for the young man, considering Director Zhu's attitude, he anticipated that the matter would not end peacefully.
The two took the elevator to the 16th floor, where Zhu Haishan raised his hand and banged on the door heavily, but there was no response even after quite some time.
Zhu Haishan bellowed at the manager, "Open the door!"
The manager, who dared not speak of respecting the privacy of guests or anything of the sort, pulled out a master key and opened the door.
Zhu Haishan kicked the door open, and Liang Zhengdao followed him inside.
The two walked into the room, circled around, and discovered that it was empty.
"Where are they?" Liang Zhengdao frowned.
"They must have gone out," the hotel manager said.
Liang Zhengdao sat down on the sofa and lit a cigarette, "Sit and wait. They've probably gone out for midnight snacks."
At this moment, Li Xiaoyao and Zhu Xiaoyue had just arrived at the food street.
The two found a storefront and sat down right outside the entrance: two chairs and a small square table, creating a special atmosphere.
Li Xiaoyao glanced at the menu, called the owner over, pointed at a few items and said, "Other than these two, bring me one of everything else."
The owner had seen Li Xiaoyao's way of ordering before, but since there were only two of them, he couldn't help but ask, "Just the two of you?"
Li Xiaoyao nodded, "Don't worry, I have a big appetite. The little food you've got here won't even fill the gaps in my teeth, hurry up and get cooking."
It's not like I care whether you can finish it, I'm worried about you not being able to pay the bill.
The owner thought to himself with a sense of doubt, but after looking at Li Xiaoyao and Zhu Xiaoyue, who didn't seem like the type to dine and dash, he kept the comment to himself.
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