Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er were staying in a couple's hotel.
Their next-door room.
The man there was wrapped in a quilt, with two lines of tears on his face, looking extremely miserable.
There were even clear five-finger marks on his cheeks.
As if he had just been slapped several times, loudly!
He looked as pitiful as one could imagine.
The sound of running water came from the bathroom.
The man finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Boo hoo hoo—"
He burst into tears on the spot!
"I'm tainted... I'm tainted..."
He felt that all the grievances he'd suffered in his life couldn't compare to what just happened!
It's safe to say he's got an indelible mental scar now.
As he cried, he hastily threw off the quilt and frantically searched for his clothes.
He no longer cared about the job his boss had tasked him with.
Run away!
Otherwise, when that middle-aged English teacher named Zhang Liling finishes bathing and comes out...
He might really die here tonight!
But just when he hadn't even picked up a single piece of clothing.
"Ring ring ring—"
His phone suddenly started ringing frantically at that moment.
"Damn, who is it?! Boo hoo hoo—"
Not daring to stand up to Zhang Liling, he could only take out his anger on some inanimate object.
Angrily, he lifted the pillow, threw off the quilt, and found his phone.
He picked it up, ready to answer and give the caller a piece of his mind to vent his frustration.
Suddenly, when he saw the caller ID.
He reflexively stood up straight as a board, with a swift "whoosh".
Not bothering to find his clothes, all his anger disappeared, replaced by tension.
He answered the call nervously:
"Boss... Are you calling me?"
"Wang Yongbo, you bastard!!!"
The pathetic man in black finally got a name.
But that suffix attached to his name sounded anything but nice!
Wang Yongbo stood there, dumbfounded, with a face full of confusion, nervously saying:
"Bo... Boss, I am a bastard, please calm down..."
"But... why are you so angry, Boss?"
"How dare you ask me?!"
The boss almost roared into the phone.
Wang Yongbo felt like his ear was about to explode, but he was still clueless.
Fortunately, the boss, in his rage, didn't leave him guessing, and shouted:
"Where's the person I told you to follow?!"
"Where on earth did you wander off to?!"
"Why did we get a call saying something happened at the apartment?!!"
"The person to follow?!"
Wang Yongbo was stunned for a moment.
A sense of foreboding welled up in his heart.
He quickly picked up the fallen paper cup from the ground, pressed it madly against the wall.
And just as he pressed his ear to the wall.
Shen Xing'Er's voice came from the next room:
"Oh! Zhang Feng!
Why is this ketchup all over my face!!"
Yes, Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er had returned.
They came back just in time.
They entered just as Wang Yongbo received the call.
And it was then that Shen Xing'Er realized she'd accidentally smeared ketchup all over her face.
Instantly embarrassed, she wanted to disappear.
Was I really that messy-looking the whole way?!
And Zhang Feng saw me like this?!
"Oh, how embarrassing, it's so mortifying..."
She turned and rushed to the bathroom, and the sound of running water followed.
Clearly, she started washing her face.
Hearing this, Wang Yongbo's expression next door instantly became bizarre.
Due to his nervousness and urgency.
He didn't catch Shen Xing'Er's exact words clearly.
But he caught plenty of key words.
His pupils quickly filled with deep resentment...
Thinking...
You're enjoying it over there?!
And you're even playing around?!
Meanwhile, I'm here forced into learning a foreign language by a middle-aged English teacher?!
Why is there such a stark difference in people's lives?!
"Boo hoo hoo hoo—"
He almost cried again.
But he didn't forget that the call was still connected.
After confirming the two people in the other room hadn't left, he quickly raised his phone and said:
"Boss, I'm following them! I've been following them the whole time!"
"They're both still in the hotel!"
"Bullshit!!!"
The boss's voice was somewhat hoarse.
"If they're in the hotel, then what's happening at the apartment?!"
"I don't know!" Wang Yongbo raised his voice several notches.
Since now, he felt confident.
"Boss, I'm certain that Zhang Feng, that petty coroner, and the woman he brought have been in the room the whole time! I heard it loud and clear!"
"I swear!
If not, you can kill me on the spot!!"
Wang Yongbo even put his name on the line as a guarantee.
His boss on the other end fell silent for about thirty seconds, and his slightly raspy voice emerged:
"Could it be... it's not them?"
"Could it be someone else?"
The boss finally calmed down a bit.
Wang Yongbo breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to speak to his boss to ease his mood.
A soft "clack" echoed as someone opened the bathroom door in his room.
Wang Yongbo's pupils instantly widened!
Then he heard a whistle.
He turned to find the middle-aged English teacher staring intently at him with interest!
"Hiss—"
Wang Yongbo sharply inhaled.
He slowly lowered his head, realizing he hadn't done any of what he intended to do!
"Ah—" A cry like that of a baby rang out.
He didn't care if it was his boss on the other end; he yelled directly:
"Help me!!"
"Call the police for me, call the beep beep beep beep—"
The busy tone hummed in the phone.
His boss on the other end was taken aback.
What happened?
Could it be he was discovered?
No way!
Can't call the police if he was discovered!
Calling the police would expose us!
No way...
Wang Yongbo, that bastard, it's one thing if what's happening at the apartment doesn't involve you.
But now you've been discovered?!
You damn fool!!!
Sigh....
Thus, a world where only Wang Yongbo gets hurt was perfectly achieved!
Next door, Zhang Feng naturally heard Wang Yongbo's cries.
He was curious about why he wanted to call the police?
He was tempted to use his Spiritual Qi to activate his Celestial Eye to see what's happening in the room next door.
But he held back.
Because he still felt that the case was of utmost importance.
Little did Zhang Feng know that he should be thankful for his decision now.
Otherwise, what he would see would be even more shocking and terrifying than what he saw in the hospital bathroom before!
On his side, Zhang Feng moved out to the balcony of the room, noticing some shadows struggling in the room next door. Zhang Feng didn't think much of it, taking out his phone.
The call was quickly answered, and Shen Hanshan's voice came through rapidly:
"Zhang Feng? Did you make any new discoveries?"
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