The woman who entered the room looked to be in her early thirties. She bore a strong resemblance to Li Xiaoqian, but there was an obvious air of elegance about her.
If my guess was right, this must be Chu Yancheng's wife, Li Xiaoxi.
There was anger on her face. Clearly, she had come to catch her husband in the act.
But it seemed she had gone to the wrong room.
"Fairy, what are you doing here?" Ershuai followed behind Li Xiaoxi. When he saw me, he immediately stepped in and asked with concern.
This wasn't the time for such questions. I helplessly pointed to the next room.
Li Xiaoxi seemed to understand my meaning instantly. She walked to the door of the other room and ordered her men to kick it open.
The moment the door opened, Gu Yuan seemed to sense something.
He said to me, "She's escaped."
"Go after her quickly!" I urged Gu Yuan to chase after her, but he seemed hesitant. He must have been worried about leaving me alone here, fearing I might be in danger.
"Don't worry. I'll be fine on my own. Go quickly. If she gets away, it'll be even harder to clear things up."
Gu Yuan nodded slightly, took a step back, and then disappeared in a flash of white light.
Inside the room, Chu Yancheng was calmly getting dressed in the bedroom, looking as if nothing had happened.
Well, now that the female Taoist priest had disappeared and he was the only one left in the room, what did he have to be afraid of?
Seeing Li Xiaoxi, he asked with a look of confusion, "Xiaoxi, why are you here?"
Li Xiaoxi looked at Chu Yancheng. Without saying a word, she stepped forward and slapped him across the face. The blow made him see stars. He covered his face and pretended to be innocent as he asked,
"Xiaoxi, why did you hit me?"
"Hit you? Don't you think you deserve it? You know better than anyone else what you've done."
As she spoke, she angrily pulled out a man dressed as a waiter from behind. wasn't this the reporter that Gu Yuan had brought in?
It turned out that this guy had already arranged for him to hide in a corner of the hotel to secretly film Chu Yancheng's conspiracy with Dan Zhu.
Moreover, their conversation had been live-streamed word for word to Li Xiaoxi.
So it didn't really matter whether there was a live scene or not.
"You're heartless! She's your own mother and son. How could you be so cruel as to kill them?"
After Li Xiaoxi finished speaking, she raised her hand and slapped Chu Yancheng again.
"I originally thought that even if we weren't husband and wife anymore, there was still some affection between us. Even if we got divorced, I wouldn't cut off your financial support. I would let you live in comfort. But what you've done today has completely crossed my bottom line. We're completely over this time. Wait for the court summons. You won't get a single cent."
After Li Xiaoxi finished speaking, she tossed her hair and was about to leave.
Seeing that Li Xiaoxi was about to leave, Chu Yancheng knelt down on the ground with a "thud". He crawled on his knees and grabbed Li Xiaoxi's hand, refusing to let go.
"Xiaoxi, I love you. I did all this for the sake of being with you. Please don't leave, okay? I'm begging you."
No matter how love-struck Li Xiaoxi was, after seeing Chu Yancheng's actions just now, she should have woken up.
She ordered the bodyguards beside her to pull Chu Yancheng away and said angrily, "Beat him for me. No one is allowed to stop until I say so."
Then she left without looking back.
The bodyguards received the order and raised their fists as big as sandbags. They punched him hard, and he let out cries of pain.
The old lady Li Xiaoxi was referring to was Old Lady Chu. At this moment, Old Lady Chu was being supported by Ershuai and standing to one side.
"Mom, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. Please stop hitting me. I can't take it anymore."
Seeing Chu Yancheng beaten black and blue, Old Lady Chu angrily scolded, "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? I regret it now. I regret giving birth to such a villain like you. When you were first born, I should have just strangled you. Then you wouldn't have ended up like this today."
"Let me wake you up today."
After Old Lady Chu finished speaking, she raised her stick and whipped it at Chu Yancheng.
Chu Yancheng lay on the ground and didn't dare to fight back. It wasn't until Old Lady Chu was tired that Chu Yancheng knelt on the ground, covering his head and crying bitterly.
"Mom, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
When Old Lady Chu heard him call her mom, tears welled up in her eyes.
"I've already called the police. Spend the rest of your life repenting in prison."
Old Lady Chu tapped the ground hard with her walking stick and then turned around and left.
Not long after, the police came. The reporter handed over the recordings he had made to the police.
Chu Yancheng was then taken away by the police. He was surely going to be severely punished by the law.
The young reporter said goodbye to me and asked me to thank Gu Yuan for him. This was a top news story, and his writing fee would definitely increase several times this time.
After seeing everyone off, only Ershuai and I were left in the room.
"Fairy, are you okay?" Ershuai noticed that I seemed a bit unhappy.
Actually, I wasn't unhappy. I was just worried about Gu Yuan. Why hadn't he come back after so long?
"I'm fine, Ershuai. We're about the same age. From now on, just call me Lanlan. Calling me 'Fairy' always makes me feel strange."
Ershuai gave me a simple and honest smile and called me Lanlan.
When we went downstairs, I saw Li Xiaoqian in the corner. She gave me a charming smile.
I politely returned a smile and then turned around and left the hotel.
Old Lady Chu was already sitting in the car. Her eyes were red from crying. After all, he was her own son. How could a mother not love her son? Even if her son had done something terribly wrong, he was still a part of her.
I got in the car and comforted Old Lady Chu. Then Ershuai drove us home.
At this moment, Aunt Zhang was sitting on the kang, wiping the sweat off Gou Dan'er's forehead.
Just as Old Lady Chu entered the house, Gou Dan'er, who had been in a coma, seemed to sense something and slowly opened his eyes.
"Grandma... I'm hungry..." Gou Dan'er sat up on the kang, rubbing his eyes with both hands and calling Old Lady Chu in a childish voice.
When Old Lady Chu heard that Gou Dan'er had woken up, she didn't care about anything else. She rushed over and hugged Gou Dan'er, and tears streamed down her face.
"What does Gou Dan'er want to eat? Grandma will make it for you right now."
"Grandma, I saw Dad today. You said that Dad used to like the noodles with gravy you made. So make a lot. As long as I'm nice to him, he won't beat us anymore."
Gou Dan'er's words instantly broke my heart. Tears fell like broken pearls.
What a kind child. Why couldn't God open his eyes and be kind to such a person?
Seeing that I was touched and crying, Ershuai quickly took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to me.
"Don't be sad. Come and see them more often in the future. I'll also ask my mom to help them more. Life will get better."
I took the tissue from Ershuai, wiped the tears from my face, and gave him a smile.
"Thank you, Ershuai."
Ershuai gave me a knowing smile and then patted my shoulder, indicating that we should go out. He wanted to talk to me.