He had only just walked into the office.
When he saw Bai Wanyi and Tang Yu together, his eyes instantly locked onto Tang Yu.
You bastard.
What were you doing with Bai Wanyi?
Noticing Ye Chen's gaze, Tang Yu cleared his throat and pretended not to see it.
[Why are you staring at me, bro? Think I'm trying to steal Bai Wanyi from you?]
[Damn stallion. You think every beautiful woman in the world belongs to you?]
Bai Wanyi raised an eyebrow and shot Tang Yu a fierce glare.
What was he muttering about now?
Then she looked at Ye Chen and asked, "What's the matter? Are you here to file a report?"
"No."
Ye Chen looked a little awkward and gave a bitter smile.
"I'm here to visit a friend of mine. You arrested him."
[Haha, one of my friends who's a murderer.]
Tang Yu silently took delight in Ye Chen's misery.
"Who's your friend?"
After hearing Tang Yu's thoughts,
Bai Wanyi's last bit of goodwill toward Ye Chen vanished completely.
What else could you call someone who hung out with criminals but trash?
Seeing the cold look in Bai Wanyi's eyes, Ye Chen nearly threw up blood in his heart.
He said gloomily, "His name is Long Ya."
As an expert at picking up women,
he knew very well that his actions today had crossed a major line and could easily make Bai Wanyi despise him.
But something had happened to Long Ya. As the leader of the Dragon Soul Organization, he couldn't just leave him in the lurch.
If this wasn't handled properly, Long Ya would be reincarnating in no time.
What would the people in the organization think of him then?
He'd come back to Huaxia, gotten nothing done, and sent one of his brothers off to serve Buddha?
Sure enough,
when Bai Wanyi heard the name Long Ya, her opinion of Ye Chen plummeted.
She looked at him with displeasure and asked, "What's your relationship with him? He's a criminal suspect now."
"He's my employee. I'm the owner of the Longchen Group."
Ye Chen had no choice but to reveal his identity.
Bai Wanyi wasn't shocked in the slightest. She wasn't interested in power or status.
Even if the emperor himself came, he'd still have to follow the rules.
Her tone was cold.
"What he did was extremely serious. Visitors aren't allowed right now. You should leave."
Ye Chen grew anxious at her words.
Pointing at Tang Yu, he said, "Officer Bai, let me explain. If Long Ya really broke the law, I'll be the first to report him."
"But he's innocent this time. He only took over the Mingyue Hotel a few days ago."
"The previous owner of the Mingyue Hotel was this Young Master Tang. He's the one you should arrest."
Tang Yu's eyes widened in surprise.
"What's this got to do with me? I wasn't involved. Officer Bai has already finished investigating me. I'm innocent."
[What the hell does this have to do with me?]
[You idiot Dragon King, don't you dare pin this on me. I didn't kill anyone at the hotel.]
[If anyone should be arrested, it's you. Leaving a lecher like you out in the world will only drive up the price of rice.]
[Damn, come to think of it, they're in this together. This bitch Bai Wanyi better not actually help frame me.]
After hearing Tang Yu's thoughts,
Bai Wanyi really wanted to beat the bastard up.
What did he mean, she and Tang Yu were in it together?
She'd barely known him for any time at all.
She'd never frame an innocent person, even if it killed her.
She glared at Ye Chen in anger.
"I don't need you telling me how to do my job. Long Ya is the hotel's legal representative and person in charge. He's the one I arrested."
"You're his boss, which means the Mingyue Hotel is your property too. As it happens, you can be investigated as well."
Ye Chen's face turned green with rage. What kind of logic was that?
To keep his identity hidden, he wasn't the legal representative or a shareholder of the Longchen Group, all right?
If he hadn't chosen her to join his harem,
Ye Chen would have wanted to slap her across the face and teach her a lesson.
His woman only needed to obey him.
What use was being upright?
[What the hell? Isn't the plot supposed to be going differently?]
[Does Bai Wanyi seem to have it in for him?]
[No, that's not right. Ye Chen should've already won her over by now.]
[He deliberately went after a pickpocket to set up their first meeting.]
[Then he went and bought a bag of plastic bottles, saying he was helping an old lady who scavenged for a living.]
[After those two rounds of winning her favor, Bai Wanyi should've been head over heels for him by now.]
[Heh, the plot's gone off the rails again. This is great. Hurry up and arrest him, Officer Bai.]
[A man destined for prison like him would be wasted if he didn't end up behind bars.]
Tang Yu stayed off to the side, quietly enjoying the show. He was practically itching to shout at them to fight.
Life was full of joy and sorrow; oxen and horses added color to it.
Sure enough, the only way to beat magic was with magic.
Bai Wanyi's expression, meanwhile, had turned gloomy.
Even their first chance meeting had been something that bastard Ye Chen had deliberately set up?
That man—
He was disgusting.
"Officer Bai, I can cooperate with your investigation. The innocent have nothing to fear."
"But the person you should really investigate thoroughly is Young Master Tang. I suspect he deliberately sold the hotel at a low price to frame my friend."
"The Mingyue Hotel should be worth around twenty billion. He sold it to Long Ya for five billion. That's the best evidence."
Ye Chen held back his anger and pointed at Tang Yu, speaking with complete conviction.
[Damn, can you have some shame, you animal?]
[If you hadn't sent Long Ya to cause trouble at my hotel, would I have sold it so cheaply?]
[And Long Ya framed me with someone's life. You've got at least eighty-nine percent of the credit for that, all right?]
Tang Yu was just about to argue when Bai Wanyi cut in.
"Is it wrong for his family to be rich? He bought the hotel to confess to his girlfriend."
Ye Chen shook with rage, his hands and feet turning cold in the sweltering heat, and all that...
He was reminded again of that humiliating scene at the hotel.
Bai Wanyi snorted and said nothing more to Ye Chen.
She'd listened to his thoughts for long enough to know he was definitely no good.
If he had anything to do with the hotel murder,
she wouldn't hesitate to arrest him herself and send him to prison!
She turned to Tang Yu and spoke gently.
"Tang Yu, thanks for cooperating with the investigation today. It's so late—you should head home and get some rest. I'll treat you to a meal next time."
After listening to his thoughts for so long, she was sure Tang Yu was innocent.
And when he discovered a clue to the crime, the first thing he did was email her.
What did that mean?
He thought she was worthy of his unconditional trust! Otherwise, he wouldn't have handed such an important clue over to her.
Being trusted really was a wonderful feeling.
"Huh?"
Tang Yu looked completely baffled.
[What the hell's going on with you? Why are you suddenly being so gentle with me?]
[Stop it! Don't be so sweet to me.]
[This isn't like you. Calm down. Where'd your short temper go?]
Ye Chen's forehead was already throbbing with bulging veins.
Bai Wanyi was actually being so gentle with that guy?
But with him, she was so cold it was as if she were looking at an enemy.
He glared at Tang Yu with venomous eyes, hatred surging through his heart.
Just then, someone pushed open the office door from outside.
An exceptionally beautiful woman walked in, followed by bodyguards and a lawyer.
It was none other than Su Muyue.
The moment Su Muyue walked in, Ye Chen's anger instantly melted away.
He was even a little touched.
She'd said all kinds of things about staying away from him.
But when he was really in trouble, she'd still come running.
She really was the woman he'd had his eye on.
His lips curled into a wicked smile, and he said, "Muyue, you came..."
"Are you all right?"
Before he could finish, Su Muyue walked up to Tang Yu and asked him gently with concern.
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