Let's go back to the present.
After spending an unknown amount of time in the somewhat dazzling smoke, the person next to him finally threw the cigarette butt from between his fingers onto the ground.
Zhou Junhao, who had been beaten beyond recognition, turned his head slightly and vaguely sensed footsteps.
Soon, a somewhat familiar female voice came from the side.
"This kid?"
Zhou Junhao's ears twitched, and he recognized her as the cleaning lady who often chatted with him. He slowly clenched his fist.
"Yeah, I don't know if his friend was really stupid or just pretending, but he actually called the police."
Hong Ge got a little angry as he spoke: "If we can't get in touch with him, so be it! Everyone goes missing sometimes. We sent a text message and checked the hotel surveillance footage, but that guy just doesn't understand human language and refuses to believe us. He's making a scene and insisting on having the police come!"
Now, their workload has doubled again, and the hotel has once again come under the police's scrutiny.
This time, not only Brother Hong, but all the stakeholders behind the hotel were speechless and somewhat uneasy about what had happened.
Although the hotel has only been open for a short time, and has only been officially operating this business for less than a year, everything had been going smoothly before, without any problems. But lately, it's as if the hotel has been cursed, with one incident after another, and the police coming one after another; they've simply had the worst luck imaginable.
And the source of all these things is Qin Lezhang!
Every time he thought of that man, Hong Ge felt a surge of hatred and wanted to kill him.
They had to bring up Wang Shaoqi and that business deal.
Damn it, you idiot.
However, anger was of no use, so Brother Hong could only deal with the person in front of him first.
"The same as always, you can take it out."
He couldn't resist taking out his cigarette case and lighting a cigarette.
"Hurry up, the police have already started a thorough investigation of the hotel. If he stays here, we're really doomed."
Hong looked around the area and sighed, "Too many things have happened recently. Fortunately, the higher-ups were farsighted and cleaned up this area in advance."
These people are always quick to act upon hearing rumors.
The cleaning staff didn't say anything, but silently walked up to Zhou Junhao and took out a plastic bag.
Zhou Junhao's pupils contracted slightly, and he tried his best to struggle, but the other party's movements were very quick, even skillful, and the glove was put directly on Zhou Junhao's head.
"Waaah—"
Zhou Junhao immediately began to struggle, grabbing the other person's hands behind his back and trying to scratch his fingers.
The cleaner was very agile. She flipped over and moved behind Zhou Junhao, using her knee to push against his back. Then, in a half-lift position, she kept pushing him upwards and increasing the pulling force.
The plastic bag tightened instantly, robbing Zhou Junhao of all his presence.
Suddenly, Zhou Junhao's vision went completely black, his ears rang with a deathly buzzing, and his body seemed to have been possessed, losing all control.
For the first time, he realized how close he was to death!
"Wait, wait!"
Just then, Hong Ge behind him called out to the cleaner again.
"We just cleaned this up, and now people are scared out of their wits and peeing themselves. Are you going to clean that up?"
The next moment, Zhou Junhao regained the ability to breathe.
The support behind him suddenly vanished, and Zhou Junhao, clinging to his last survival instinct, yanked the plastic bag off his head.
At this moment, even though the man's cigarette smoke still lingered around him, Zhou Junhao felt that the air was so fresh and sweet.
"Cough cough cough—"
He let out a series of heart-wrenching coughs and began to gag repeatedly.
But then, his collar was grabbed again.
The cleaning lady is dragging him out of the room right now!
Zhou Junhao wanted to resist and struggle, but the suffocation he had just experienced had exhausted all his strength. He could now clearly feel his hands and feet going weak and his limbs going limp. Even his legs, which had been in great pain, were now numb.
At this moment, he was truly like a dead dog, at the mercy of others.
With his last ounce of willpower, Zhou Junhao managed to pull out the hidden object the moment the cleaning lady turned around and opened the cleaning cart, and then forcibly shoved it down his throat.
"Ugh—cough cough cough—"
Fortunately, the "torture" he had just endured had already made Zhou Junhao feel quite uncomfortable, so his gagging did not arouse the suspicion of the cleaning staff.
Zhou Junhao felt something stuck in his throat, neither going up nor down, but he could only suppress his physiological reaction ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) and force himself to swallow.
He probably can't escape this calamity today.
But how he dies meaningfully is up to him.
Perhaps as he lay dying, Zhou Junhao's mind was already uncontrollably flashing images of the future—
As a corpse, he may have become unrecognizable, his face no longer recognizable. However, during the autopsy, the forensic doctor discovered evidence that he had hidden with his life—ultimately, based on this evidence, the truth about his death was revealed.
I just hope that in the end, his parents won't be sad for him.
If you can, stand before his grave and lament his recklessness and folly...
Zhou Junhao closed his eyes, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
The next moment, the cleaning staff covered his mouth and nose again, and he completely lost consciousness...
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On the other side, Xiao He was still rummaging through the lock.
Yes, that's the legendary skill—using a wire to pry open the keyhole and then unlocking it directly.
The surrounding passageway was pitch black, and the phone on the ground was still silently playing a lock-picking tutorial that Xiao He had found on an external video platform.
Xiao He, biting a flashlight, carefully probed the keyhole with a bent wire.
Well, actually, Xiao He didn't want to either.
He hadn't expected that after the other party entered the hidden door, there was another iron door in the center of the passage.
If it were a high-end electronic lock, Xiao He could use some hacking techniques, but iron doors like this are often paired with the most primitive lock holes.
Coincidentally, Xiao He has never actually learned how to pick locks since he acquired the criminal system!
It's true that a single door can stump even a high-tech criminal.
Cough cough, but of course, Xiao He wasn't really stumped, because he quickly remembered that he had another skill—【Magic Hand】!
The definition of this skill is so broad that, although it doesn't directly impart the relevant content to Xiao He to give him a specific skill right away, its existence will make it easy for Xiao He to learn related skills.
Sure enough, before Xiao He could even process what had happened after watching the video, the iron gate had already clicked open.
How to put it? It's just like a master craftsman who has been working for many years; he relies on a "feel" for it.
Although he hadn't yet figured out the complex techniques, Xiao He actually managed to learn how to use his hands by simply following the video tutorial.
Xiao He glanced at the open iron gate, took out his flashlight, and swallowed hard.
Okay, I've learned a little lock-picking skill that's not important!
Xiao He put away his phone and rushed inside decisively.
Thanks to the cleaning staff using a cleaning truck to transport "something," Xiao He could roughly hear their location.
This secret passage is located at the bottom of the hotel, on the basement floor. After passing through the iron gate and turning a corner, the path in front of you turns back into a sloping secret passage leading upwards.
Xiao He was truly worried this time.
These people are incredibly shrewd! They managed to openly and legitimately renovate such an ingenious secret passage design. The amount of profit involved behind this is unimaginable!
Fortunately, the police above alerted these people, and the area had been basically evacuated. Xiao He followed them openly and without encountering anyone else until they finally arrived at the warehouse exit of the hotel's logistics department, an empty space for temporary parking.
Xiao He walked around the area, climbed onto the top of the truck, and looked down at the two people below, slowly narrowing his eyes.
The next moment, a figure descended from the sky!
