"It wasn't me, it was Second Brother," Wang Hu said.
"Who is Second Brother? What's his name?"
"I don't know Second Brother's name. I just hear people in the underworld call him that."
"How can I find him?"
"I always contact him by phone."
"Call him now," Guo Xuyang ordered.
"He won't answer my calls. I just gave him a sum of money tonight. He's probably off somewhere having a good time."
"I'll give you half an hour. If you can't find him in half an hour, you can jump off yourself."
Guo Xuyang said, releasing his grip. Wang Hu was so scared he was stunned. He believed Guo Xuyang would make good on his threat and desperately dialed Qi Dahai's number. Twenty minutes after dialing, Qi Dahai's phone finally connected.
"Second Brother, Second Brother, where are you?" Wang Hu asked excitedly, unable to contain himself.
"What is it? I just finished getting a scrub. What's the emergency? You're blowing up my phone."
"Second Brother..."
Guo Xuyang snatched the phone. He clearly saw the person on the other end through the electromagnetic waves. To his surprise, it was Qi Dahai, the "Two-Finger Zen" he had met once before.
"Qi Dahai?"
"Who? Who is this?"
Qi Dahai was startled by Guo Xuyang's voice. Not many people knew his name, let alone Wang Hu.
"Who I am is not important. You need to get to Yongxing Hotel immediately. Don't think you can escape. Come here, and we'll discuss things rationally. If you don't come, you'll face the consequences."
"Are you crazy? What will you do if I don't come?"
"You can try and see what the consequences are." Guo Xuyang hung up the phone.
"Captain Xiao, please help me locate Qi Dahai. He's a 'Two-Finger Zen' whom you personally apprehended before. He's a key figure in this matter."
Xiao Yu didn't say much and immediately made a call. "Locate Qi Dahai now. His number is 156... Got it."
"Qi Dahai is at the Jiangbei Fuhua Bath Center." Xiao Yu said after hanging up. "Shall I arrange for people to go there now?"
"No need. Just pull up the location and send it to Yangyang," Guo Xuyang replied.
"Yangyang, you go there now and bring him directly to this location."
"Okay, Yangzi," Guo Yiyang agreed and walked out.
Wu Youzhi and Lü Liang stayed outside the room and didn't enter. Guo Xuyang had been so focused on interrogating Jiang Qi and Wang Hu that he hadn't covered Li Minxi, who was still lying naked on the bed. Wu Youzhi and Lü Liang didn't come in. It wasn't until Xiao Yun entered that Li Minxi was covered. Xiao Yun was full of emotion, touched by Li Minxi's good fortune to be discovered and saved by Guo Xuyang in time. Why was her own life so difficult? She also felt a pang of fear. Seeing the five unfamiliar men in the room, she realized Li Minxi had almost suffered the same fate as her. When she came in earlier, she had seen Jiang Qi's bloody, disfigured face and almost screamed. Nothing had happened yet. If something had happened, she believed that Guo Xuyang's threat to make Wang Hu jump off would have come true.
While Xiao Yun was lost in thought, Guo Xuyang had already used his detoxification ability to clear the toxins from Li Minxi's body.
"Yangzi, why am I here?" Li Minxi asked, seeing Guo Xuyang, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yun after waking up.
"You were drugged."
"What?" Li Minxi exploded upon hearing this. She tried to get up but realized she was completely undressed. "Was I... you know... by anyone?"
"No. You should get up and put on your clothes first," Guo Xuyang said. After Li Minxi dressed and tidied herself up, Guo Xuyang woke the other three one by one.
"Speak. What exactly happened? Tell me from the beginning. I don't want any embellishments or omissions. If I'm not satisfied, I'll have your families come to collect your corpses tomorrow," Guo Xuyang stated. His tone was unhurried, but it sent chills down the spines of Wang Hu and the others.
The four recounted everything clearly. Wang Hu's voice grew quieter as he spoke.
"Kid, was this all your idea?" Guo Xuyang squatted down and patted Wang Hu's cheek.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was overcome by lust and lost my mind. Please spare me."
"Haven't you guys done this sort of thing many times before? I won't make things difficult for you today. Just go inside and confess to what you've done. The law will deal with you."
As Guo Xuyang spoke, the men exchanged surprised glances. They hadn't expected it to be so simple, to be able to escape punishment.
"Don't think of using your family connections to protect yourselves. By then, they might be like 'mud bodhisattvas crossing a river,' unable to protect themselves," Guo Xuyang's voice echoed again.
"Why are you talking so much nonsense to them?" Li Minxi came over and pulled Guo Xuyang up.
"Was it your idea to bring me here?" Wang Hu looked at the beautiful woman standing before him, a jolt of realization hitting him. He wanted to deny it, but he had already confessed, so denial was useless. He nodded.
"What's your name?"
"Wang Hu."
"What's your father's name?"
"Wang Xianlai."
"What does he do?"
"He holds a top position in the district."
"A second-generation rich kid, huh? What number am I?"
"What?"
"How many times have you done this to someone like me?"
"I don't remember."
"You're still honest. But while you may escape the death penalty, you won't escape punishment." Li Minxi said, then kicked Wang Hu viciously in the leg. With a sickening crack, Wang Hu let out a scream that was not human. Guo Xuyang swiftly knocked him out with a palm strike. Li Minxi did the same to the others, not sparing any of them. She thoroughly investigated their backgrounds. At the same time, she made sure they all bore significant marks – broken arms or legs.
"Ah, I almost capsized in a ditch. Yangzi, if I had been... you know... would you still like me?" Li Minxi, her anger thoroughly vented, turned to Guo Xuyang and asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Guo Xuyang was taken aback by her directness.
"It won't happen. You're fine, aren't you? I won't let these people harm you."
"Tch. I knew all men were the same." Li Minxi scoffed and stopped paying attention to Guo Xuyang. She already knew his answer.
Li Minxi was unaware of what had happened to Xiao Yun. However, her words reopened the old wound in Xiao Yun's heart. Xiao Yun glanced at Guo Xuyang silently, not saying a word. She knew she would never reconcile with Guo Xuyang in this lifetime. As she remained silent, Guo Yiyang entered, escorting a shifty-eyed man. It was Qi Dahai. He recognized Guo Xuyang at a glance.
"Hey, brother. Aren't you that guy? Weren't you locked up? How did you get out so quickly?"
"What's the situation tonight?" Guo Xuyang ignored his rambling and asked.
"No, brother. Is this beautiful woman yours? Oh my, I'm truly sorry. That brat didn't make things clear. Brother, please forgive me, forgive me."
"Tell me what happened, let me hear it."
Qi Dahai recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.