"What happened? You look bad." Chen Qudong asked with concern.
Lin Qing said carelessly: "Nothing. Senior, please tell me something happy."
But looking at Lin Qing's expression, no matter what Chen Qudong said, she would not feel happy.
They chatted about something else and felt the bar become quiet.
Xu Yuan seemed to have fallen asleep beside him.
Lin Qing made a hushing gesture to Chen Qudong.
Because the bar itself was very quiet, and the guitarist had stopped playing at some point, the place became even quieter.
Probably because it was still early, there weren't many guests here.
Lin Qing pushed Xu Yuan: "Do you want me to take you home to rest?"
Xu Yuan felt very sleepy: "It's too far, let's just stay here for a while."
The air conditioning in the bar was turned on very high and the temperature was too low, so Xu Yuan sneezed.
Chen Qudong stood up, and his attitude towards Xu Yuan was not much better: "I'll take you to a nearby hotel."
Xu Yuan rubbed his nose and snorted, "Okay."
Lin Qing had drunk a lot while chatting with Chen Qudong just now, and was still a little groggy at this moment.
She couldn't support Xu Yuan, so she asked Chen Qudong to do it.
Chen Qudong looked reluctant.
Lin Qing had no choice but to say, "Senior, can't I treat you to a meal later?"
Only then did Chen Qudong go over to support him.
While Xu Yuan was waiting for Lin Qing to go to the bathroom, he drank half a bottle of white wine.
Maybe she was drunk, she couldn't stand steadily in her high heels. Chen Qudong reached out to help her, and she leaned on him.
Chen Qudong frowned, but because Lin Qing looked expectant, he didn't say anything.
After paying the bill and walking out of the bar, the sun was shining brightly outside.
Lin Qing frowned somewhat uncomfortably and covered his eyes.
Xu Yuan was stung by the strong light, and his breath was full of alcohol. "Go and help Lin Qing. She seems to be even more dizzy than me."
Chen Qudong waited for Xu Yuan to stand firmly, then he did not miss the opportunity to support Lin Qing.
Lin Qing was indeed drunk, and before Chen Qudong could steady himself, he fell headfirst.
In summer, the outside temperature gets higher day by day. Today is the highest temperature in recent days. You will sweat if you walk outside for a while.
Lin Qing was held tightly by Chen Qudong, and the two were very close, so it was naturally hotter.
Chen Qudong's collar was soaked with sweat.
Xu Yuan was walking nearby. Although his steps were unsteady, he was not as drunk as Lin Qing.
The three of them quickly walked to a nearby hotel.
It was noon and the temperature was rising.
Xu Yuan felt nauseous and rushed into the hotel lobby first.
Chen Qudong couldn't stop shouting, so he had to slowly help Lin Qing over.
Lin Qing half-closed her eyes and half of her body leaned against Chen Qudong. Although her hair covered half of her face, her outline could still be vaguely seen.
Chen Qudong looked at that pretty face and couldn't help but touch Lin Qing's cheek.
Lin Qing dodged with some repulsion.
"I'm sorry, I saw your hair was in your face."
After believing Chen Qudong's explanation, Lin Qing didn't say anything else.
They walked into the main entrance of the hotel together.
Standing at the front desk and looking around, I didn't see Xu Yuan.
Chen Qudong asked the front desk: "Did you see the woman who just ran in?"
The young female receptionist said, "It seems to have gone that way."
As he spoke, the receptionist pointed to the direction to their right.
Chen Qudong looked and saw that there seemed to be an elevator when he walked to the end and turned a corner.
He asked again: "Is there a restroom over there?"
The receptionist smiled and shook his head: "No, the restroom in the lobby is on the other side."
Chen Qudong was a little confused.
However, he still took Lin Qing to the direction of Zhi Ming, the front desk receptionist. When they looked over, they saw that it was indeed the elevator.
This hotel is not small, with a pair of elevators on each side.
Chen Qudong looked through it from beginning to end, and it didn't seem to be rising.
Strange, where did Xu Yuan go
As he was thinking this, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Because Lin Qing was right there with her phone, he changed direction and supported Lin Qing, and finally managed to get through: "Where are you?"
It was Xu Yuan on the other end of the phone.
Xu Yuan was very drunk, so he cut to the chase: "Room 502, 16th floor."
Chen Qudong listened to the beeping sound on the phone and had no choice but to take Lin Qing into the elevator.
Coast One, Building 1, Room 2502.
Mu Li stood with his hands behind his back, facing the coastal scenery outside the window.
His mood at this moment was just like the river, calm on the surface but turbulent inside.
I received a call from Xu Yuan not long ago.
Although he guessed Lin Qing's actions, he didn't expect that he would follow Xu Yuan to the bar.
At that moment, his heart was filled with anxiety.
So the next second after the other party hung up the phone, Mu Li immediately sent someone to investigate the location of Xu Yuan's cell phone.
Going around all those thousand-plus bars wasn't really his style.
Not long after, his subordinates sent him the exact address of the location. Mu Li picked up the car keys placed at the entrance and immediately rushed to the address.
But when he arrived, Lin Qing was no longer in the quiet bar.
There was only one guitarist playing on stage.
Mu Li clenched his fists.
"Sir, what would you like to order?" At this time, a warm waiter came over and invited Mu Li to take a seat with an invitation gesture.
Mu Li glanced at the man coldly: "Did two women leave here just now?"
"Two women?" The waiter was stunned by the sudden question.
"Oh, are you asking about those two women, one with a pretty face and short stature, and the other with heavy makeup and a red low-necked long dress?" There were not many customers at this time, so the man playing the guitar stopped.
The two people he described were exactly who Mu Li was looking for.
Seeing Mu Li's reaction, the guitar man felt that he had guessed correctly, and immediately added: "But they were not two people, but three. I remember that there was another man following them."
"Man?" Mu Li's pupils narrowed.
"Yes, I remember it too!" The waiter clapped his hands and said, "That pretty girl called that man 'senior'!"
"Senior?" Mu Li's face changed.
The waiter continued without showing any emotion, "Yes! He is the senior! I was thinking at the time, he doesn't look like the same age at all, why is he called senior?"
Mu Li interrupted the waiter coldly: "Where did they go?"
"I don't remember..." The waiter couldn't provide any useful information.
It was the guitarist who said in time: "It looks like he walked out the door and went to the right."
Mu Li thanked him and left with a cold face.
As a guitarist playing on stage, this guy seems to know a lot.
However, Mu Li was not in the mood to pay attention to these.
Go out and turn right, which is exactly the opposite direction of the hotel where Lin Qing and the others went.
There was a reason why Xu Yuan chose this bar. The guitarist happened to be her suitor.
"As long as you tell the person who comes to us the false news, I will agree to date you." Xu Yuan said this to the guitarist on the phone last night.
So just now, he told the lie without any regret.
Mu Li walked out for a few dozen meters and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
He stopped and looked back at the bar.
The guitarist who had just spoken to him seemed to have been seen somewhere before.
It seemed that in her junior year, Xu Yuan had a new suitor who could play the guitar, but Xu Yuan didn't pay much attention to that person.
Mu Li had only met that person once.
But seeing the guitarist just now actually awakened Mu Li's memory.
If that person is still in love with Xu Yuan, it is not impossible that he is being used by her.
Mu Li was about to go back and interrogate him, but when he raised his eyes, a red figure gradually appeared in his pupils.
Her tall figure was a little shaky and she almost fell into Mu Li's arms.
Mu Li pulled some distance away from Xu Yuan and looked him up and down: "Where is Lin Qing?"
Behind Xu Yuan, there was no trace of Lin Qing.
Xu Yuan, who smelled of alcohol, used his arm to block the light and looked at Mu Li reluctantly: "I lost Lin Qing... Sorry."
As she spoke, she burped and moved closer to Mu Li.
The soft body pressed against Mu Li wantonly.
Mu Li's attention was focused on Xu Yuan's words: "Lost, what does that mean?"
His eyes turned dangerous.
"After I came out of the bar, I felt a little uncomfortable, so I went to the bathroom of a nearby hotel. I made an appointment with her, but I waited for a long time but she didn't show up." Xu Yuan explained earnestly, "That's why I came to look for her."
Her expression seemed to show that she hoped Mu Li would believe her.
But—Mu Li pushed her away from him and let go of the hand that was supporting Xu Yuan.
"Believe me, Mu Li, everything I said is true!" Xu Yuan's tone was even more sincere, and there was even a hint of tears in his voice.
Mu Li asked, "Where is the place you agreed to meet at?"
Xu Yuan nodded in agreement and whispered, "It's the hotel you can see when you turn the corner on this street."
Hotel
Mu Li grabbed Xu Yuan's wrist and said, "Why did you make the appointment there?"
Those cold and suspicious eyes made Xu Yuan tremble all over.
Maybe it was because she was really drunk, but she actually felt a sense of timidity she had never felt before.
Xu Yuan was stunned and did not respond in time.
Mu Li asked again, his tone much stiffer.
With his wrist grabbed, Xu Yuan had no choice but to answer: "I drank too much and felt very sleepy, so I thought it would be most convenient to go to a hotel and rest for a while. So..."
She stopped talking before she finished speaking.
But he didn't mention anything about Chen Qudong.
Mu Li sneered and let go of Xu Yuan: "You can go now."
Xu Yuan stood there in a daze for two or three seconds. When he came back to his senses, Mu Li had already walked more than ten meters away.
She stood behind Mu Li, a little out of her mind: "Mu Li! Stop!"
Mu Li pretended not to have heard anything.
Xu Yuan wanted to catch up, but he walked too fast and fell on the road.
The scorching sun caused the temperature of the ground to rise sharply, and the skin touching the ground felt like it was burning in an instant.
"Mu Li!" Xu Yuan shouted loudly, attracting passers-by to stop.
But he didn't keep Mu Li.
The slender figure gradually disappeared from sight, turned a corner, and rushed to the hotel.
With his handsome appearance and neat suit, the receptionist's attitude was particularly good.
Before Mu Li could even stand still, the receptionist greeted him with a smile: "Hello!"
Mu Li wanted to retrieve Lin Qing's check-in information, but was told that there was no such person as Lin Qing.
"Look again." Mu Li said coldly.
The front desk clerk searched three or four times but still couldn't find Lin Qing. He became anxious and said, "I'm sorry, sir, we don't have a lady named Lin Qing staying here."
As I spoke, I was thinking to myself, could such a handsome man be here to cause trouble
As a result, his expression became much more vigilant.
Mu Li asked again: "Did you ask Chen Qudong to come and register?"
This time the front desk clerk found it: "Yes, sir."
A few minutes later, I only received this message.
"The guests in room 1602 left without checking out." The cleaner complained on the intercom, "They left the room card on the bedside table."
The receptionist looked at Mu Li apologetically, and he said, "I want to see the surveillance video."