The waiter was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Sir, the lady in room 515 checked out early this morning."
Upon hearing this, Qin Siye's expression darkened, and he put down the chopsticks he had just picked up. After a while, he looked up at the waiter and said, "I know. You can go."
Last night, he had traveled a long distance to buy things for her. This morning, she had checked out and left without a word?
Had this woman gone too far? Did she have no gratitude at all? Did she not understand basic human courtesy?
Qin Siye strode to the bedside, picked up his phone, and pressed the power button. He quickly opened WeChat, where there was a message from Shen Xi.
The content read: "Mr. Qin, I have an urgent matter, so I'm leaving. Thank you again! I'll find a way to repay the money I owe you."
The message was sent at 4:50 AM.
Qin Siye, furious, slammed his phone onto the bed.
When Zhao Ze knocked and entered, he saw that Qin Siye hadn't touched any of the food on the table and frowned. "What's wrong? Is the food here not to your liking?"
Walking slowly to the window, Qin Siye lit a cigarette. "Have those people from yesterday been investigated?"
"Yes, they have. I was just about to report to you.
Their boss is named Hong He. He was an investor in K City for a while and had a conflict with Zhuo Sheng. Later, he was sent to the police station for suspected underground money laundering.
After being released from prison, he left K City."
Zhao Ze paused briefly. Seeing that Qin Siye had no reaction and was still with his back to him, he continued,
"These past few years, he's managed to get powerful connections in Xicheng and established himself. He does business in any industry as long as it makes money. He's also gathered quite a few followers."
Qin Siye stubbed out his cigarette and threw it into the trash can. He turned and put on his suit. "Let's go. Bring some men, and I'll go meet him."
When they reached the door of room 515, Zhao Ze suddenly reminded him, "President, Dr. Shen she..."
"Don't worry about her, let's go." Qin Siye didn't look back, his hands in his pockets, his steps unwavering.
He was clearly in a bad mood.
Zhao Ze was puzzled. They had just experienced danger together last night, and he had gone to see her in the middle of the night. How could he be angry now?
Shen Xi sat in the car, feeling uneasy and constantly glancing at her phone.
She wondered if he would be angry about the message she had left him.
But she had been truly frightened by the dream at the time, and then he had bought her sanitary products yesterday. She felt very awkward about meeting him again.
The man hadn't replied to her at all, and she didn't know what that meant.
Suddenly, she remembered something. The dressing on his left arm needed to be changed.
If she wasn't there, would he change it himself?
Regardless, it was an injury he sustained while saving her.
"Fine," she thought, "I'll send him a text to remind him."
After a moment of thought, Shen Xi wrote in WeChat: "Mr. Qin, don't forget to change the dressing on your arm. It's best to change it once a day."
About five minutes later, a message finally came from Qin Siye: "I appreciate that Dr. Shen still remembers this. Since you've already left, there's no need for you to worry about it!"
The words were filled with a strong sense of hostility, and Shen Xi's heart trembled. A mist rose before her eyes, blurring her vision.
"Okay," Shen Xi replied with a single word, then put her phone in her bag, not looking at it again.
By the time she returned to K City, it was noon, just in time for lunch. Shen Xi invited Jian Yan to stay for a meal.
Her three children, who hadn't seen their mother for a day and a night, excitedly clustered around her, fetching tea and asking about her well-being.
Looking at them, Shen Xi's heart ached, and she almost shed tears.
They had gone to great lengths to find their father, and now she knew who he was, but she couldn't let them meet.
For a moment, she even considered taking the children and secretly leaving K City, cutting off all contact with Qin Siye.
But reason told her that she couldn't do that. There were still many unresolved matters for her in K City.