Chapter 91: Blatant Framing (1st Update)

Chapter 91: Blatant Framing

"When I rescued you, I broke Li Zhigang's hand. Li Zhigang has a lot of influence. The owner of this hotel, Jiang Zhengqiu, is his friend. Just now, Jiang Zhengqiu brought six bodyguards to cause trouble for me, but I temporarily injured them and drove them away. If we continue to stay here tonight, we might run into quite a bit of trouble. I'm fine, but I'm afraid you might get dragged into it, so it's better to leave early."

Zhou Lang analyzed.

Now he vaguely knew that Li Mengxue had feelings for him. There must have been a reason why she didn't want him to be her personal bodyguard last time.

If they stayed in the hotel, he could have thoroughly enjoyed some intimate time with Li Mengxue, this mature and charming beauty. However, reason told him that Li Zhigang and Jiang Zhengqiu were true scoundrels; having suffered a loss, they definitely wouldn't let it go at that.

Of course, if those two guys continued to cause trouble for him, he wouldn't let it go either. But he didn't want to drag Li Mengxue into it. After all, his main energy was currently focused on cultivation, and he didn't have much time to look after her safety.

"Zhou Lang, it's so good to see you again. Do you know why I dismissed you last time?" Li Mengxue, however, threw herself into Zhou Lang's arms and said softly.

"I thought you were about to start a new relationship, so you didn't want to have any contact with me. Now it seems that's not the case," Zhou Lang said. In fact, he also really wanted to know the reason.

"Zhou Lang, I realized I've fallen in love with you. But you already have Ivanova as your girlfriend. I feel that I'm quite a bit older than you, and I knew you wouldn't fall for me. That's why I didn't want to compete with Ivanova. Fearing I would fall too deep, I had no choice but to stop seeing you. But over the past few days, my longing for you has only grown stronger. Worried that I wouldn't be able to extricate myself, I tried to find a reliable man to rid myself of this longing. That Li Zhigang was introduced to me by a friend in the business world. I never expected him to be a beast in human clothing. He actually drugged me during our first dinner meeting. Fortunately, you saved me. Otherwise, my innocence in this life would have been ruined."

Li Mengxue said, her eyes brimming with tears.

She was a strong woman, mature and tough in front of outsiders, but in front of Zhou Lang, she was as fragile as a little girl. Perhaps she felt that although Zhou Lang was young, he was trustworthy and dependable.

After listening to Li Mengxue, Zhou Lang was momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected that Li Mengxue had planned to stop seeing him for this reason.

"Sister Xue, I do like you. In my eyes, you are one of the most beautiful women. It's just that perhaps we lack that little bit of fate between us."

But Zhou Lang still maintained his rationality. He couldn't just tell every woman, "I'm a Cultivator, it's normal to have many women, so why don't you become my woman too?"

Furthermore, Li Mengxue was approaching thirty, and her mindset was different from Ivanova and Zhao Xiaorou.

Ivanova was in her early twenties, and Zhao Xiaorou was not even twenty yet. Their thinking was relatively progressive, and they could more easily accept new concepts. On the other hand, Li Mengxue seemed more traditional. She had already suffered a major shock tonight, and he couldn't overstimulate her further.

Some things require fate, or rather, Opportunity. Zhou Lang felt that whether Li Mengxue could be with him in the future also depended on Opportunity.

"Perhaps so. 'When you were born, I was not yet born; by the time we met, I was already old,'" Li Mengxue sighed, seemingly agreeing with Zhou Lang's words about fate.

"Then let's go,"

Zhou Lang said. He really wanted to have a woman like Li Mengxue, but the time was not yet ripe. However, seeing Li Mengxue suffer also made him feel quite uneasy.

"Zhou Lang, can you let me hold you one more time?"

Li Mengxue said while crying. She knew this might very well be the last time she would be intimate with Zhou Lang, so she was extremely reluctant to let him go.

Zhou Lang did not speak, but merely nodded silently and held Li Mengxue tightly. He also cherished this moment; if he and Li Mengxue had no fate together, he feared there would be no more opportunities for intimacy in the future.

The two held each other without making any movement, simply feeling each other's body heat.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, leaving only the sound of their two heartbeats.

This moment would probably remain forever in the hearts of Zhou Lang and Li Mengxue.

…

"Let's go."

A few minutes later, Zhou Lang was the first to let go of Li Mengxue.

However, Li Mengxue was reluctant to let go of Zhou Lang, and instead suddenly kissed him.

After a long kiss, the two finally left the room.

Just as they reached the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, a dozen police officers swarmed in, and the one leading the way was none other than the owner of Lin Yin Ju, Jiang Zhengqiu.

"Officer Wu, this is the kid who came into our hotel and committed physical assault," Jiang Zhengqiu immediately shouted the moment he saw Zhou Lang.

"Don't move! Put your hands up!"

At the command of the bald officer leading them, a dozen police officers drew their guns and aimed them at Zhou Lang.

"Officers… what… what are you doing?" Zhou Lang's expression only changed slightly, but Li Mengxue was terrified, her voice trembling as she spoke.

"Li Mengxue, you and Zhou Lang checked into our hotel together, but Zhou Lang broke into Room 807 next door, injured Boss Li Zhigang, and robbed him of a diamond ring and thirty thousand yuan in cash. Upon receiving Li Zhigang's call, I rushed over and led my men into your room to question you, only to be injured by Zhou Lang as well. But justice has long arms; you won't escape!"

Before the police could speak, Jiang Zhengqiu pointed at Zhou Lang and Li Mengxue and said this. This fellow had learned Li Mengxue's name from Li Zhigang, and Zhou Lang's name from the check-in records.

"You… you are framing us! That Li Zhigang went on a blind date with me, but he drugged my drink and brought me to the hotel intending to assault me. It was Zhou Lang who saved me!"

Li Mengxue was shocked. She hadn't expected this Jiang Zhengqiu to actually sue his victims first.

"Mr. Jiang is the owner here, and Mr. Li Zhigang is also a well-known entrepreneur in the city. Their accounts are completely consistent. With their status, would they frame the two of you? Take them away!"

Without another word, the bald Officer Wu ordered his subordinates to handcuff Zhou Lang and Li Mengxue.

Several police officers, fierce as wolves and tigers, brandished their gleaming handcuffs and walked toward Zhou Lang and Li Mengxue.

Zhou Lang could completely see through it now. This group of police officers was entirely in cahoots with Jiang Zhengqiu. It was obvious that Jiang Zhengqiu had brought them here to deal with and frame him. According to Jiang Zhengqiu's narrative, he would be guilty of robbery and assault with a relatively large amount involved, and he would likely have to spend many years in prison.

It had to be said that Jiang Zhengqiu's move was indeed insidious, putting Zhou Lang to death without shedding a drop of blood.

"Officer Wu, you cannot just listen to one side of the story when handling a case. Young Miss Li said that the one who committed the crime was Li Zhigang, and Jiang Zhengqiu and Li Zhigang are birds of a feather. After I rescued Young Miss Li from Li Zhigang's hands, he brought people to cause trouble for me, and I only injured a few of his subordinates in self-defense."

Zhou Lang said, "This is clearly a frame-up. Now both sides have their own stories. If you want to arrest people, Jiang Zhengqiu must be arrested too. Only then would it be fair!"