"A spy?" Su Xuan was a little surprised.
"Yes, I suspect a rival faction has planted a spy in our hotel!" Zhao Ankang affirmed.
"Are you sure?" Su Xuan asked.
"I’m almost certain!"
"Who else knows about this?"
"Brother Su, I’ve only told you. You need to get to the hotel as soon as possible. I suspect they have something big planned!"
Su Xuan hung up the phone. He quickly finished hosting Cen Haonan and the others, then immediately rushed to Lycar. Before leaving, he made sure to remind the old butler and Alice to take good care of the young siblings. He also told them to keep an eye on Xiao Bai, lest he be eaten by the duo.
In Su Xuan’s luxurious office, Zhao Ankang played some video footage for him. Some of the videos were recorded with his phone, while others were copied from the surveillance room. They were all of a beautiful girl with a bombshell figure.
Quite interesting! Su Xuan narrowed his eyes as he finished watching all the videos.
The girl looked to be in her early twenties, with long, straight black hair. Even on camera, her looks scored nearly a 90 out of 100. Posing as a guest, she had rented an ordinary suite at Lycar, and after checking in, she had never once left the hotel. She was always snooping around furtively and had even approached the office area several times. She’d even gone into Liu Ming’s office and stayed there for a full ten minutes!
Ten minutes. Enough time for a man to do a certain thing to a woman ten times over.
"Brother Su, I’ve been watching Liu Ming for a long time. He’s absolutely loyal to you and has never crossed any lines," Zhao Ankang said, afraid Su Xuan might grow suspicious. "When he was with that woman, his office door was open."
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Su Xuan nodded. He trusted Liu Ming. His personal assistant, Li Ranran, had once told him that Liu Ming had a medical condition that left him with no interest in women; he only liked men.
"Call Liu Ming over to discuss this, then," Su Xuan said.
"He can’t come," Zhao Ankang said. "He suddenly came down with proctitis and went to see a doctor."
"Uh..." Su Xuan was at a loss for words.
Considering Liu Ming’s particular preferences, that diagnosis was certainly something to chew on. But that was a private matter, and it wouldn’t be appropriate to delve any deeper.
"Brother Su, as an employee, it wouldn’t be right for me to approach the girl directly and probe her for her purpose here. I’m afraid I’d alert her," Zhao Ankang said, giving Su Xuan a meaningful look. "But you’re different, Brother Su. You rarely show your face around the hotel, and you keep a low profile. The guests have no idea who you are. You could easily... hehehe!"
Zhao Ankang finished with a mischievous grin. His meaning was simple: he wanted Su Xuan to make a small sacrifice and seduce the girl. That way, he could probe her for her purpose at Lycar and uncover her identity. Once they knew those two things, Lycar could respond with ease.
Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you will never be defeated.
At that moment, Su Xuan wasn’t in his courier uniform but in an extravagant outfit from Caranda, looking exceptionally handsome. Perhaps because he was tired from the disaster relief efforts, his face held a hint of weariness, a touch of laziness, and an air of nonchalance. It was a combination that made any girl who saw him want to push him onto a bed and help him unwind.
Zhao Ankang’s face was a mask of urgency. "Brother Su, business is like a battlefield! We can’t just let an enemy spy run amok in here! Lycar has been a thorn in the side of our competitors for a long time now! If she manages to steal any of our business secrets and use them against us, the consequences would be unimaginable! Brother Su, you have to take action now!"
He already thought of Lycar as his home and wouldn’t tolerate even the slightest threat to it.
"Do we have any major business plans coming up?" Su Xuan asked after a moment of thought.
"I know the usual ones, but I’m not privy to the highly confidential matters." Zhao Ankang glanced at his employee badge. He had taken over Qian Zhihang’s position, which was just a marketing supervisor.
"Brother Su, I’m not angling for a promotion, haha!" Fearing a misunderstanding, Zhao Ankang quickly added, "I’m very satisfied with my current position and salary. Extremely satisfied."
Su Xuan had once told him that as long as he worked hard, he could pick any senior position he wanted at Lycar. But he had only been at the hotel a short time, and it was better to start from the ground up. If Su Xuan recklessly promoted him, not only would he be unable to perform his duties well, but it would certainly cause resentment among the other executives.
"I’ll give Liu Ming a call and ask."
Su Xuan tried calling Liu Ming, but the call went unanswered. He had no choice but to go to Liu Ming’s office. The room was spotlessly clean, the computer was password-protected, and not a single document was left on the desk. There wasn’t a scrap of valuable information to be found. This suggested that Liu Ming was either taking precautions against something or this was simply his ingrained professional habit.
It looks like I have to handle this girl myself. It’s the only way to pry the information from her mouth. I guess I’ll have to make a little sacrifice.
To protect Lycar, Su Xuan had no choice but to make this difficult decision. He sat down at Liu Ming’s workstation and closed his eyes, trying to come up with a plan. Usually, girls were the ones trying to get with him. Now that he had to be the one to actively pursue a girl, he honestly didn’t know where to begin.
A few minutes later, he took out his phone and dialed the landline for the girl’s room.
"Hello, who is this?" the girl’s pleasant voice answered.
"Do you... need service?"
"What kind of service?"
"A very special kind."
Off to a bad start. But I can’t give up.
Su Xuan took a deep breath and dialed her room again.
"Hello, who are you?" the girl asked.
"It’s me again," Su Xuan said, unable to change his voice and forced to just push through.
"Are you serious? I don’t need your services! And since when does Lycar even offer something like that?"
"I’m operating on my own, on the sly. I’m incredibly handsome. It’s not 998, not 888, not even 688... just 588. For only 588, I can give you a beautiful memory!"
"You shameless pig, get lost!"
The girl hung up again. When Su Xuan tried to call back, he got a busy signal.
How refreshing... Stripped of the bonus my looks usually give me, I can actually get rejected... I kind of feeling...
If Zhao Ankang had been there to see the expression on Su Xuan’s face, he might have thought his boss had some psychological issues too.
Alright then, a direct confrontation it is!
Su Xuan immediately left Liu Ming’s office and went straight to the girl’s door.
He rapped on the door. The moment she opened it and saw Su Xuan, the girl’s pretty eyes lit up. She quickly ran a hand through her long hair, forced a charming smile onto her face, and asked in a soft voice, "Hey handsome, who are you?"
Su Xuan replied, "It’s me again."
The girl was so shocked she blurted out a curse, "What the fuck!"