Chapter 292: Chapter 290
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Thank you, I’m fine,” Lu Miao replied.
Captain Ji nodded and didn’t say much, turning around and walking away.
Watching his retreating figure, Lu Miao’s mind flashed back to the moment when he had pressed his finger against the center of Gu Xingyu’s eyebrows. Her eyebrows quirked slightly.
They were indeed people of the same cultivation path!
Captain Du, the team leader, hurriedly emerged from the police station. “I heard Miss Gu caused a disturbance and injured someone at the entrance. I had a feeling it was related to you. Are you okay? Did you get hurt?”
“No, Captain Ji happened to pass by and helped subdue the person,” Lu Miao replied.
Captain Ji? How did you know his name so quickly? Could it be that he also knows about your exceptional skills and wants to recruit you?
Captain Du immediately sounded a note of caution, “He was just doing his duty. Don’t be fooled by his appearance. He’s tough as nails. He’s even made criminals cry in fear. Around the office, he’s jokingly referred to as the ‘Jade-Faced Butcher,’ which shows you how ruthless he can be. Unlike our team, we have a great atmosphere.”
After criticizing Captain Ji, Captain Du proudly praised his own team.
Lu Miao chuckled helplessly and followed him inside. After signing all the necessary documents, Captain Du somewhat sheepishly handed her an exquisitely packaged box.
“Is this for me?” Lu Miao reached out to take it.
Captain Du nodded, grinning, “Last time you asked me to buy a lottery ticket on my way home, I picked one up for you. I didn’t expect it to actually win. And it won over a hundred thousand. I didn’t know how to thank you, so I had one of the girls in the office pick out a token of appreciation for you.”
His mother had been in the hospital for an operation recently, and even though he was a captain, his salary wasn’t high. He had been worrying about money, so Lu Miao had done him a big favor.
“I appreciate it,” Lu Miao replied without hesitation, placing the gift box into her backpack.
Captain Du asked excitedly and curiously, “How did you know that buying the lottery ticket would lead to a win? It’s quite uncanny.”
A smile tugged at the corner of Lu Miao’s lips. “I guessed it. Good deeds bring good fortune.”
“Is that so? Well, it seems I’ll have to do more good deeds in the future,” Captain Du said with a chuckle, scratching his head.
Back at Lingyue Manor, Gu Jinxi had already returned and was waiting for her to have dinner.
Seeing her return, he cheerfully greeted her and then stood up to approach, reaching out to take the backpack she was carrying.
Earlier, when she packed the gift box, she didn’t zip her backpack properly. When Gu Jinxi took the backpack from her, the gift box slipped out and fell to the ground.
Gu Jinxi picked it up, noticing the exquisitely wrapped box with a carefully tied bow on top.
“Sister-in-law, what’s this?” he asked.
Lu Miao glanced over and casually replied, “Someone gave it to me.”
Gu Jinxi’s quick mind swiftly turned, and he began to speculate whether someone was trying to woo his sister-in-law due to her excellence and beauty.
“Can I open and see?” he inquired.
“Oh, go ahead,” Lu Miao replied. She had spent over an hour at the police station and was hungry now, so she didn’t pay much attention to this matter.
Gu Jinxi opened the box and found a sparkling bracelet inside, looking quite beautiful.
His suspicions were confirmed. Oh no, someone is definitely trying to win over my sister-in-law!
Taking advantage of Lu Miao’s distraction, he discreetly took out his phone and snapped a photo of the gift box, then sent it to his second brother.
The next day was Saturday.
Lu Miao indulged in a rare lie-in, enjoying a lazy morning. While having breakfast, her phone, placed on the nearby table, suddenly rang.
With worries about someone trying to win over his sister-in-law on his mind, Gu Jinxi discreetly moved closer to Lu Miao, expecting a call from the person who had sent the gift and hoping it was about arranging a weekend date.
Lu Miao reached out and answered the call. Almost immediately, an excited voice came through the phone.
“Lu, 1 LOVE YOU.”
Gu Jinxi, who had just leaned in, faintly caught that sentence and almost fell off his chair.
As Lu Miao answered the call, she stood up and headed upstairs.
Gu Jinxi couldn’t hear the subsequent conversation, but he saw that after a while, Lu Miao changed her clothes and came downstairs, mentioning that she was going out for a bit.
By now, Gu Jinxi’s mind had conjured up a dozen melodramatic scenarios, featuring tropes like dashing rich suitors and love triangles. It appeared that the task of salvaging his sister-in-law’s affections rested squarely on his shoulders.
He surreptitiously followed from a distance, and when he saw Lu Miao hail a taxi, he promptly flagged down another cab.
“Driver, follow the taxi in front.”
The taxi driver was experienced and immediately understood the situation. “Don’t worry, I’ve done my fair share of tailing and catching cheaters. I’ll make sure we’re not noticed.”
Gu Jinxi…
Up ahead, Lu Miao’s taxi came to a stop in front of a hotel.
Gu Jinxi’s eyes widened in disbelief. A hotel? A weekend rendezvous at a hotel?
He hastily stopped his car a good distance away. He then saw Lu Miao alight from the taxi and head straight for the hotel entrance.
At the entrance, a blond-haired, blue-eyed man in his twenties spotted his sister-in-law and immediately approached her with a cheerful smile, hugging her tightly as soon as he reached her.
They exchanged words, and the man’s face beamed like a flower.
They remained in the embrace for quite some time before finally letting go. He then took Lu Miao by the arm and headed directly into the hotel.
He actually took his sister-in-law into the hotel!
Gu Xingyu was livid. What a scoundrel!
What decent man would whisk someone away to a hotel for a date on a fine weekend?
After quickly paying the taxi fare and calling Gu Shiyan, Gu Xingyu swiftly exited the car and hurried into the hotel.
After what felt like ages, Gu Jinxi finally got through to the call. Without checking if Gu Shiyan was available, he blurted out, “Second brother, hurry to the Shangge Hotel on Suqin Road. Sister-in-law is having a date with a scumbag here. If you don’t come soon, she’ll really be stolen away!”
He hung up before waiting for a response and dashed into the hotel.
There were only two elevators in the lobby, one stopping on the first floor and the other on the 30th floor.
30th floor? That must be the presidential suite..
