Lover’s Island Grand Hotel.
This was a five-star hotel that offered entertainment, leisure, dining, and accommodation all in one, as well as being a hotel for couples.
Seeing Qin Lan brought here, Ye Xuan’s confusion deepened. Everyone knew what going to a couple’s hotel implied.
But he knew Qin Lan was not that kind of person. Could she have been forced?
With this thought, a trace of coldness flashed through Ye Xuan’s eyes as he silently observed the situation from the shadows.
After parking the car, Zhao Jingang rubbed his hands excitedly and took Qin Lan into the Lover’s Island Hotel.
Ye Xuan didn’t immediately follow them, but continued to sit in the car, activating his "perspective eyes" to monitor the pair’s movements.
Zhao Jingang and Qin Lan sat opposite each other.
At that moment, Qin Lan looked pale, seemingly distracted.
Across from her was Zhao Jingang, flashing a yellow snaggletoothed smile that was extremely lewd, his appearance too ugly for words.
As for the director known for his unseemly behavior and bad reputation, Qin Lan had always felt a deep-seated repulsion.
But today, she unexpectedly agreed to meet with him.
And it was at a couple’s hotel at that!
"Ms. Qin, try this! It’s fine wine I had someone bring from abroad, especially for a beauty like you," Zhao Jingang said, handling a wine glass with feigned elegance and full of pretension.
"Director Zhao, I... I don’t drink alcohol."
Qin Lan shook her head, her face slightly pale, looking somewhat uneasy.
Truth be told, it wasn’t that she couldn’t drink, but that she didn’t want to!
Because she knew what would come after drinking it.
"Come on! Don’t be nervous. Once you drink, you won’t be afraid anymore," Zhao Jingang handed over the wine glass, insisting.
"I really don’t drink, Director Zhao. Please, you go ahead," Qin Lan refused almost instinctively, raising her arm to block it.
The wine glass overturned on the table.
Alcohol spilled everywhere, splashing right onto Zhao Jingang.
Zhao Jingang instantly became furious, his face darkened as he stood up and pointed at Qin Lan, shouting angrily, "Qin Lan, stop being ungrateful! You came all this way, and you’re still putting on an act in front of me? Remember how you begged when you borrowed money from me!"
A look of fright flashed across Qin Lan’s face as she pleaded, "Director Zhao, I... I have a boyfriend, and as for the money... I will repay you! Could you please give me a few more days?"
She was truly regretful now.
When she had borrowed the money, she was so anxious that she didn’t carefully read the contract, and ended up being tricked by Zhao Jingang!
In the past, she had seen many loan-related scandals in the news but never thought that something like that would happen to her.
At that moment, Qin Lan’s lips were nearly quivering with struggle visible in her expression!
"What do I care if you have a boyfriend?" Zhao Jingang snorted coldly.
Qin Lan’s face turned even paler as she said through gritted teeth, "Director Zhao, if my boyfriend realizes I haven’t returned, he will definitely come looking for me! I’ll surely repay the debt, please just let me go..."
"Cut the crap! Qin Lan, do you think I’m an idiot? That’s two hundred thousand yuan! When the hell do you think you’ll be able to repay it?" Zhao Jingang’s snort was cold, and he was running out of patience, threatening her, "I’m laying it out here - if you don’t stay and accompany me tonight, I’ll call and report you for fraud tomorrow! Not only will you have to repay me, but I will also have you thrown out of the school, ruining your reputation!"
Qin Lan trembled with anger, her face draining of color, unable to speak.
With several hundred thousand in debt, if she lost her job too, her life would have no security—it would be a dead end!
"Director Zhao, I’m begging you... I borrowed the money to save my brother’s life, otherwise, he would be killed! Could you possibly show some mercy and sympathize with us, brother and sister, please?" Qin Lan’s eyes reddened as she begged, her head bowed.
She had truly hit rock bottom, desperate to the point of breaking—otherwise, it wasn’t in her character to do so!
"Sympathize? As long as you fulfill the contract, of course, I’ll sympathize with you," Zhao Jingang scoffed.
"I... I cannot agree to that!"
Qin Lan, who was near breaking point, suddenly thought of someone and grew firm once again.
"Damn it, don’t expect mercy if you don’t want to pay the price! You take my money and don’t want to work, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world!" Zhao Jingang cursed angrily, having lost all patience and reaching out to grab Qin Lan.
Qin Lan cried out in alarm, stumbling backwards in panic.
Zhao Jingang said with a cold smile, "If you don’t want to lose your job, just do as the contract dictates!"
"Director Zhao... let me think it over," Qin Lan, frightened, continued to back away while speaking.
Zhao Jingang was unafraid, "You’d better think it through, because the loan contract you signed is still with me!"
Qin Lan rushed into the washroom.
Then, she took out her cell phone, found a name, but hesitated to dial it out.
One wrong step can lead to a series of mistakes!
At that moment, Qin Lan realized just how awfully she had erred.
"Ye Xuan, thank you for the beautiful memories these past days," Qin Lan gave a desolate smile and turned on the tap, repeatedly washing her face with cold water.
In that instant, she found her heart was as cold as the water!