Somewhere in the hotel.
A man with tattoos covering his arms and wearing flip-flops looked at the person lying on the ground like a dead dog, then lowered his head and lit a cigarette.
"call--"
Under the lights, wisps of smoke rose and spread throughout the small space, eventually enveloping the entire area and giving the world a hazy feel.
This is a blank room with an overall size of only about ten square meters. Apart from the dim yellow light overhead, there are no other decorations. Even the walls are clean and shiny, and the floor is not bare cement, but brand new ceramic tiles that shine white under the light.
Overall, this place doesn't look like a terrifying and gloomy crime den; it looks more like a newly built room that's just starting out.
But the more it is like this, the more terrifying it becomes.
The white paint on the walls was freshly applied, as the room still had a strong paint smell. The floor tiles were also newly laid, with full grout lines and no signs of wear at the edges. Apart from white spots left from the construction, there were no other household stains or trash around the room.
Zhou Junhao was certain that the place had undergone a complete renovation and transformation.
The reason is unknown, but Zhou Junhao felt it was definitely not a good thing.
The pain in his legs left him no time to think about anything else. Zhou Junhao could only lie quietly on the ground, breathing heavily, conserving his strength while looking for another chance to escape.
His gaze swept subtly over the movements of the people around him, and his fingers twitched slightly.
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Sometimes even Zhou Junhao himself couldn't tell whether he was lucky or unlucky.
Since accidentally learning that Qin Lezhang's ex-girlfriend, the victim "Xiaoxue," had almost been forced into the sex industry when she was desperate, Zhou Junhao's investigation has been remarkably smooth.
First, he secretly followed Wang Shaoqi. After Wang Shaoqi was arrested, he continued to keep an eye on "Cangyue Jie". Sure enough, the producer of "Cangyue Jie" was problematic. So Zhou Junhao turned his attention to Luo Zesheng.
As Zhou Junhao stared at the hotel, he suddenly realized that the person he was looking at had always had an inseparable relationship with it.
Further investigation revealed that this producer, Luo, owns a stake in the hotel.
So Zhou Junhao shifted his focus and began to investigate the chain hotel that had been established for less than two years but had instantly become popular ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ in film and television cities across the country.
The fact that this hotel chain has been able to spread so rapidly in such a short time, and that it primarily caters to celebrities in the entertainment industry, tells you that there must be something extraordinary behind it!
As a result of this investigation, Zhou Junhao discovered something extraordinary.
He discovered that this hotel was involved in illegal activities!
No, based on the evidence he currently possesses, this hotel is more like a venue for illicit activities, essentially charging a "venue fee." They invite others to "do business" here, while the real organizers and facilitators of these illicit transactions are other people within the entertainment industry.
Zhou Junhao just felt that this matter was not simple.
The hotel is taking such a big risk by providing the venue and services; it would be too unprofitable if they only wanted to collect venue fees.
Based on his years of professional experience as a journalist, Zhou Junhao bets that there must be another story behind this!
With suspicion in his heart, Zhou Junhao took advantage of his roommate's absence to thoroughly inspect their hotel room.
Actually, there are many ways to detect hidden cameras these days, such as visual inspection, using a flashlight, mobile phone camera, network detection, and professional detection equipment.
Logically speaking, when celebrities check into hotels, they usually have their assistants and bodyguards conduct a professional check as a precaution.
But so many inspections by so many groups of people have failed to find any problems, which means there's a big problem!
This is something that inferior hidden camera techniques and equipment cannot compare to.
The hotel's decor and layout had already provided them with an excellent "position," and they weren't the kind of decorations that were abruptly placed there later. The hiding places of these cameras were perfectly integrated with the overall layout of the hotel, without leaving a trace, and were incredibly insidious.
However, Zhou Junhao just happened to have a lot of luck on his hands.
In the end, he actually managed to uncover a hidden camera recording!
Perhaps it's because their rooms are just ordinary standard rooms, and the people who stay here are usually ordinary extras or minor actors, so their rooms are small and there are fewer hidden cameras.
That's already terrifying!
This basically confirms Zhou Junhao's guess!
There's definitely something wrong with this hotel!
Some of them are still big problems!
Following these leads, Zhou Junhao began to leave early and return late, observing the movements of certain people in the hotel and secretly collecting evidence.
Finally, Zhou Junhao even discovered the secret passage behind the hotel that housed an underground casino!
As for what was filmed inside...
Zhou Junhao barely hesitated before preparing to take the evidence out and hand it over to the police.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Zhou Junhao brought nothing of his own except the crucial evidence. He planned to hand it over, return, and continue playing the role of an ordinary extra until everything was over, without attracting anyone's attention.
However, as we all know, things always go wrong at this crucial moment.
Not long after Zhou Junhao left the hotel, he saw a man with tattooed arms, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, dragging a young woman toward the hotel's back door.
"Help--"
The girl was dressed lightly, and her body seemed stiff with fear, even trembling slightly. She tried to get rid of the tattooed man's hand, but no matter how she twisted her wrist, she was powerless. Instead, she was dragged more and more roughly to a secluded place.
There weren't many people left on the road at this point. Zhou Junhao looked around and realized that he seemed to be the only eyewitness at the scene.
Zhou Junhao hesitated for a moment, but thinking of the sordid things that had happened at the hotel, his natural sense of justice compelled him to step forward and try to stop the violence: "What are you doing! I'm calling the police right now!"
The tattooed man glanced at him and said threateningly, "What's it to you? My wife and I are arguing, so get lost."
Zhou Junhao frowned and pulled the girl over to stand between the two of them, saying, "Whether she's your wife or not, you can tell the police yourself! I have serious doubts about your actions and motives!"
The girl behind him said, her voice trembling with tears, "Thank you! I really don't know him! Please call the police for me!"
Zhou Junhao immediately took out his phone to unlock it and then prepared to call the police.
To his utter surprise, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and snatched his phone away.
"Hey?"
Zhou Junhao was stunned for a moment, then felt a chill in his heart. He turned to look at the girl behind him in disbelief, only to find that the girl who had just been scared and timid had now changed her expression. Her face was extremely cold and sinister, like Sadako who had suddenly crawled out, making people's hair stand on end.
Meanwhile, the other person's fingers had already nimbly opened his chat history and communications to browse through them.
With such speed and skill, Zhou Junhao was ready to run away, but he was too late. Someone appeared out of nowhere and covered his mouth and nose.
"Waaah—"
Zhou Junhao tried to hold his breath, but he still couldn't escape being charmed.
In his last moments of consciousness, he only heard the girl say in a cold tone, "His phone is too clean; there's definitely something wrong with it."
Zhou Junhao: ...Damn it!
