Seeing the second young master collapse before his eyes, the third young master, who was still swaggering, turned deathly pale. The blood splattered on his cheeks appeared exceptionally vibrant.
At this moment, a man holding a gun approached with a grim expression. He first cast a sideways glance at the second and third young masters, then immediately crouched down to unbind the stunned President Hua Heng: "Dad, I'm late. Are you alright?"
This man bore a slight resemblance to President Hua Heng, likely the eldest young master spoken of by the second and third young masters, who had inheritance rights.
President Hua Heng stared blankly at his second son lying in a pool of blood, then, as if finally regaining his senses, raised his hand and slapped the eldest son heavily: "You! You killed your brother!"
"I'm sorry, I had no choice to ensure your safety." After being slapped, Hua Heng's eldest son raised his hand to adjust his crooked gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes also reddening.
Meeting the gaze of his eldest son, on whom he had placed infinite expectations, President Hua Heng felt an unbearable tightness in his chest.
He could not escape responsibility for such an incident.
If he hadn't indulged the second and third sons repeatedly, these unfilial sons might not have dared to commit such scoundrelly acts today.
"Second, second brother..." The third young master was completely stunned, unable to comprehend how things had turned out this way.
"Dad, you have a meeting this afternoon. Please tidy up your appearance," the eldest son said, lowering his head. "Leave the matter here to me."
President Hua Heng had no other recourse at the moment: "Second, deal with it quickly. As for the third..."
"!" Hearing President Hua Heng mention him, the third young master's knees buckled, and he knelt directly on the ground, his face filled with shock.
"Send him abroad and never let him return." President Hua Heng ultimately couldn't bring himself to be completely ruthless. He cast one last look at his third son before turning and walking towards the hotel room's bathroom.
"Dad..." The third young master knelt on the ground, his trembling hand reaching out towards his father, his throat constricted.
"Someone, drag them away." The eldest son snapped his fingers, and immediately, people stepped forward to put the second young master into a black bag. Then, they struck the third young master sharply on the back of the neck, shoving both of them into a hotel garbage truck and pushing it away.
The bloodstains on the ground were also cleaned up thoroughly by dedicated personnel.
At this moment, another person quickly approached the eldest son and whispered, "Mr. Gu's assistant who took the elevator upstairs earlier is missing."
"Which floor did she go to?" the eldest son frowned.
"The 15th floor, the hotel gym. It has many blind spots. We've already sent people to look." the person replied immediately.
"Find her, alive or dead!" the eldest son said coldly. The events of today must not be known by a second person. "Also, get rid of the surveillance here."
"Yes." The other person responded and quickly left.
Where the eldest son couldn't see, Xia Qingtian, her face pale, stared intently at the collar of Hua Heng's eldest son. The metallic button was something Xia Qingtian would likely never forget in her life.
[Host, the invisibility cloak's effect will last for another 5 minutes.]
The system notification in her mind brought Xia Qingtian back to her senses. She had only five minutes left.
Casting one last glance at the metal button on Hua Heng's eldest son's collar, Xia Qingtian quickly walked towards the emergency stairwell.
As if a gust of wind had brushed past him, Hua Heng's eldest son narrowed his eyes and sniffed the air, catching a faint scent of perfume.
He hadn't thought much of the smell of blood earlier, but now that the bloodstains had been cleaned up, this perfume scent seemed rather out of place.
Hua Heng's eldest son's gaze shifted towards the emergency stairwell, his brow furrowing, a hint of coldness appearing in his eyes.
Whoever
blocks his way will die.
With one hand in his pocket, Hua Heng's eldest son walked, following the faint scent.
By this time, Xia Qingtian had reached the 15th floor. Xia Qingtian, carrying her high heels, ran barefoot into the gym and indeed saw the suspicious person from outside the elevator on the first floor searching for her on this floor.
Biting her lower lip, Xia Qingtian listened to the three-minute countdown timer in her mind and darted into the gym's shower room.
The moment Xia Qingtian entered the shower room, the system spoke in her mind.
[Oh dear~ Host has entered the men's shower room. The system has determined the Host is committing a misdeed and will cancel the invisibility cloak's duration in three seconds.
Hope the Host learns from this and behaves properly in the future!]
What the heck! No way!
She just ran into the wrong shower room, and this is considered a misdeed!
What about the situation?
With the situation outside, she couldn't possibly leave!
Most critically, Xia Qingtian then heard the sound of someone coming out of the men's shower.
Xia Qingtian instinctively raised her hands to cover her eyes.
"Qingtian?" The other person seemed equally taken aback.
This voice!
Xia Qingtian spread her fingers, which were covering her eyes, and discerned the other person's identity from the gaps: "Mr. Gu?"
Still... unclothed, only wrapped in a bath towel... Mr. Gu?
"You..." Mr. Gu was also taken aback.
After dismissing Mo Jianing, Mr. Gu had intended to get some exercise in the fitness area and clear his thoughts.
His clothes had unexpectedly been stained by a sports drink, forcing him to take a shower and have fresh clothes prepared. Who knew he would encounter the panicked Xia Qingtian.
"Upstairs... someone was murdered, I saw it, and then I escaped down here. Someone is looking for me!" Xia Qingtian explained her current predicament concisely in a low voice.
At this moment, Hua Heng's eldest son's voice sounded from outside the bathroom: "Found her yet?"
"Not yet. Only the men's and women's shower rooms haven't been searched." The other person replied.
Hearing this conversation, Xia Qingtian's heart leaped into her throat.
"Take off your suit jacket." Mr. Gu, understanding the situation immediately, pulled Xia Qingtian into the shower cubicle and, with his other hand, unzipped her suit jacket and draped it over the partition.
"Pardon me," he said softly. Mr. Gu's hand reached for the zipper behind Xia Qingtian.
"!" Xia Qingtian's mind went blank as she heard the sound of her zipper being unzipped, her cheeks burning with heat.
Before she could react, Mr. Gu had lifted Xia Qingtian entirely and then turned on the shower faucet.
Almost instinctively, Xia Qingtian clung to him like a koala to a tree trunk.
Warm water cascaded down, splashing onto both of them.
Xia Qingtian instinctively tried to pull away, but the arm around her waist held her firmly, pressing her body tightly against his chest.
At this moment, Hua Heng's eldest son, who had been searching outside, burst into the shower room with his men. Seeing the intimate scene, he was also taken aback.
Hearing the sound, Xia Qingtian became even more nervous, wrapping her arms tightly around Mr. Gu's neck and burying her face deeply.
"Gu..." Hua Heng's eldest son's mind also went blank.
"Get out." Mr. Gu said coldly.