Chapter 20

Seeing Chu Qingqing's dejected face, Mu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Alright, now you know, don't stick to me anymore!"

When Chu Qingqing heard Mu Yan trying to drive her away again, she pouted and said, "I didn't say I wanted to be your girlfriend, and I'm only sixteen. You really are a perverted uncle, thinking about such things with an underage girl like me!"

Mu Yan couldn't help but laugh bitterly when he heard her twisted logic and said, "Can you stop calling me uncle? Do I look that old?"

"You're more than ten years older than me, so what's wrong with calling you uncle? Do you want me to call you Brother Mu Yan!" Chu Qingqing said in a sweet, hair-raising voice.

"You can call me by my name or Brother Yan. Since you don't want to be my girlfriend, why are you sticking to me?" Mu Yan asked irritably.

"I want to be your disciple, Brother Yan. You're so amazing, I want to learn your martial arts!" Chu Qingqing said seriously.

Mu Yan knew it was impossible to get rid of this little girl completely. She might be young, but she was full of tricks. He couldn't just run away, could he? After some thought, he said, "Alright, I can teach you, but I don't have much time, and you have to study too. How about this: there's a month left before summer vacation. I'll teach you a bit of martial arts for one or two days each week during the summer."

Hearing Mu Yan agree, Chu Qingqing's delicate face lit up with a satisfied smile. She grabbed Mu Yan's hand and said, bouncing, "Great, Brother Yan, don't go back on your word!"

"I won't, but you shouldn't act like a delinquent anymore. Is it fun? You look much better now!" Mu Yan said.

"Okay! I understand. Hehe... I get it, you like someone like Teacher Zhou, right? That's why you didn't suggest I dress up as a teacher earlier, because you already have one!"

Hearing this, Mu Yan's eyes widened.

Chu Qingqing, seemingly knowing her words would anger him, immediately let go of his hand and ran to the school gate, waving at Mu Yan and saying, "Brother Yan, I snuck out today, I have to go back now. I'll come find you in a couple of days!"

With that, the little girl quickly fled into the school.

Mu Yan was genuinely afraid of being stuck with this little girl. She was mischievous, and he couldn't hit her or drive her away. He decided to talk to his mother and Wenwen to get her to behave.

With no more distractions from the little girl, Mu Yan checked the time and realized it was already quite late. He had come out to eat late, and now, with the little girl's antics, it was even later. But after some thought, he decided to go to Zhong Jiaqiang's place anyway.

He hailed a taxi and got in. While in the car, Mu Yan received a text from Wenwen and started chatting with her. Though they had just become a couple, they seemed to be in the throes of a passionate romance.

When they reached the neighborhood where Zhong Jiaqiang lived, Mu Yan got out of the car. However, since he was still texting Wenwen, he didn't immediately enter the neighborhood. Instead, he went to a nearby fast-food restaurant, got a drink, and continued texting Wenwen. Since he was already there, a little delay didn't matter.

They chatted until it was nearly ten o'clock before they finished. Mu Yan then left the fast-food restaurant.

As soon as he stepped out, he saw Zhong Jiaqiang's car leaving the neighborhood.

Leaving so late was unexpected for Mu Yan.

Seeing a taxi approaching, he quickly got in and asked the driver to follow Zhong Jiaqiang's car.

The driver looked at Mu Yan curiously when he heard the request.

To avoid further questions, Mu Yan made up an excuse, "That's my wife's senior. He's been bothering my wife lately. I came back from a business trip early and found my wife wasn't home. I suspect something is going on. Brother, please follow him quickly."

The driver, seeing Mu Yan's simple but neat appearance, and comparing it to the fancy car of the so-called senior, recalled his own wife running off with a rich man. Hearing this, he sympathetically said, "Brother, don't worry, I won't let that guy get away."

The taxi driver was indeed skilled, following closely without being noticed. They eventually arrived at the Huatian Grand Hotel.

The Huatian Grand Hotel was one of the five-star hotels in Donghai City. Seeing the guy go there, the driver believed Mu Yan even more. After stopping the car, he said, "Brother, I'll wait for you here. If anything happens, I'll be ready to take you away immediately."

Mu Yan wasn't sure if Zhong Jiaqiang would go anywhere else, and it wasn't easy to get a taxi at this hour, so he nodded in agreement.

He carefully watched Zhong Jiaqiang. When he entered the elevator, Mu Yan immediately slipped into the emergency staircase.

The staircase was right next to the elevator. Though he didn't know which floor Zhong Jiaqiang would stop at, he would definitely hear the sound if the elevator stopped. All he needed to do was keep pace with the elevator.

The Huatian Grand Hotel had twenty-four floors, which was no big deal for Mu Yan. After running to the twelfth floor, he heard the elevator open. When it closed again, Mu Yan peeked through the gap in the emergency door and saw that it wasn't Zhong Jiaqiang who came out, but a man and a woman. The woman was limp in the man's arms, and the man's eyes were full of lust and greed.

Though the woman looked like she was drunk, Mu Yan could tell from her breathing that she was drugged, not drunk.

Mu Yan didn't expect to run into such a situation. He could have continued chasing Zhong Jiaqiang, but seeing something he despised, he couldn't just ignore it.

He watched the man and woman enter a room at the end of the corridor, then quickly ran to the same room.

Noticing a window nearby, Mu Yan didn't immediately push the door open. He looked outside the window and then climbed out.

Mu Yan's right hand was still weak from his injury, and he could only lift a few pounds without pain. But at this moment, he didn't care about the pain and climbed along the wall to the room's balcony, finally jumping onto it.

Through the gap in the curtains of the balcony's sliding door, Mu Yan saw that there were not just the man and woman who had entered, but another man as well. This man was setting up a camera, which was pointed at the woman lying on the bed.

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