Chapter 91: Living in the Same Room

  Anju Inn is one of the few large-scale hotels in Dongkou Town, and by scale, it only means that there are more rooms, with complete standard room configuration, actually similar to a fast hotel in the city.

  Bai Wuxia was led by Qin Lang's hand into the inn, the lobby only had two wooden chairs, the lights were old-fashioned long tube lamps, the facilities were relatively outdated, but there was no clutter, and it looked clean. On the left, a red carpeted staircase, no elevator.

  A staff member who was on duty sat in a rattan chair under the counter, fast asleep and hadn't noticed the arrival of the two.

  He knocked on the counter and shouted twice. He was like a dreamer who had just woken up, suddenly jumping up, his eyes half-closed, looking around left and right.

  The staff member was about forty years old, with a short haircut and a stout head and ears. He was the shopkeeper of the inn and possibly due to just waking up, his eyes were somewhat blurry, and his face still had an annoyed expression as if he had been disturbed from a good dream.

  When his gaze settled on that flawless white face like a flower, he suddenly felt a bright light in front of him.

  Having been stuck in this small town for many years, it's rare to see such a stunning policewoman. Greedy eyes couldn't help but take a few more glances.

  "Oh dear, it's the police officer. I'm so sorry, I accidentally fell asleep and missed your arrival. Please don't mind me, sir."

  "Never mind, it's just a small matter, no need to be so serious! Arrange a room for us. Here is my ID."

  When the innkeeper saw the name on Bai Wu's ID card, his attitude became even more polite and courteous. He came out from behind the counter, bowed and said: "So it's Officer Bai, sorry for not recognizing you earlier! Director Li had already informed me about your arrival, welcome to our hotel!"

  As they spoke, his eyes inadvertently swept to the two people holding hands tightly, and he was puzzled for a moment before suddenly realizing that with such obvious signs, how could it be an ordinary relationship? So he continued to smile and said: "You two wait a minute, I'll go prepare washing supplies for this handsome guy. Later, I'll take you to your room. To prevent others from making trouble, the room is only prepared for one person, I didn't expect you two to live together, so I didn't prepare in advance."

  Bai Wuxia saw the situation and immediately shook off Qin Lang's hand, a flush of red swept across her face as she pouted: "Who wants to live with him!" After a few seconds, she asked Qin Lang: "Where is your ID?"

  "I'll just go out and take care of some small things, I don't have my ID on me, but I do have my student ID, want it?" Qin Lang looked at Bai Wuxiao's embarrassed expression and smiled slowly.

  Bai Wuhe glared at Qin Lang for a moment before turning to the shopkeeper and saying, "Give him another room. He's my friend, his name is Qin Lang, he's a student, and his character is impeccable. I can vouch for him."

  The shopkeeper listened, his eyebrows suddenly furrowed, and he stuttered: "It's like this, tonight the rooms are tight, supply can't meet demand, now there's only one room left for you."

  "Didn't you say it was already arranged?" Qin Lang's expression suddenly turned unpleasant.

  The innkeeper said in a panic: "The two of your rooms, really have been vacated early, I swear, I absolutely did not lie, only... Two hours ago, there was a police officer surnamed Wu, claiming to be Officer Bai's colleague, wanting to check-in, so... I arranged it for him."

  Is your surname Wu?

  Qin Lang furrowed his brow, no need to guess, it was that scoundrel Wu Yong.

  "One is surnamed Qin, the other Wu, with such a huge difference, didn't you even bother to clarify before letting him check in? Didn't you see his ID?" Bai Wuxiao's expression turned stern as he asked seriously.

  The innkeeper saw Bai Wuxia's anger and was suddenly startled, with a cold sweat on his forehead. "Officer Wu said that Mr. Qin Lang had already checked into another hotel, but he insisted on checking into the room originally arranged for Mr. Qin Lang. He forcibly took the room card from me, I didn't dare not to comply. In short, it was my work mistake, I'm really sorry."

  He was secretly worried, if he offended these masters, how could he still face Director Li?

  He even scolded that Officer Wu, with an arrogant attitude and a big temper, but that's nothing. What really gets him is that he has no grudges against him, yet he still causes trouble for no reason. Isn't this intentionally making things difficult for him?

  Bai Wu Xian's face turned pale as he listened, his fists clenched tightly, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. "Hand over the spare room card," he said. "When Mr. Wu returns, tell him that Qin Lang has returned. Let him go wherever he wants, but if he gives you any trouble, notify me and I'll take care of him! Hmph!"

  The innkeeper was intimidated by Bai Wuchang's overbearing manner and stuttered, "Y-yes... y-yes..."

  He thought that if Officer Wu knew he had given the spare room card to someone else, who knows what would happen. But where did he have any room for choice?

  His heart chilled and he thought to himself, these thugs who have infiltrated the public security system are all of a kind, each one bursting with arrogance. He was stuck in between them, almost becoming minced meat.

  Qin Lang didn't seem as excited as Bai Wuchuang, instead a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He said calmly: "No need to change, I'll just stay in the same room as Officer Bai, you arrange it."

  "What? Live in the same room as you?" Bai Wuxia exclaimed, shaking her head like a rattle drum: "No way, no way, absolutely not."

  Qin Lang ignored her and directly asked the innkeeper: "Which room number? Give me the room card. The things I need can be sent to my room later."

  "Qin Lang, don't be too excessive. Who said they wanted to live with you?" Bai Wuxiao's eyebrows furrowed tightly.

  Qin Lang leaned in close to Bai Wuchuang's ear, "I'm telling you, I don't have time to fight with that Wu guy over the room. If you want to catch the killer, just stay quietly by my side and don't go anywhere else!"

  Bai Wu Xia's whole body trembled, feeling that Qin Lang seemed to have a hidden meaning in his words. She turned her head and looked at Qin Lang with suspicion. At this moment, Qin Lang's entire face was stern, like a tightly closed faucet, not leaking a single drop of water.

  "Room card!" Qin Lang saw this and nodded in satisfaction, shouting at the shopkeeper.

  The hotel clerk stuck out his tongue and said, "In room 303." After speaking, he took out the room card and secretly glanced at Bai Wuxiao again. He saw that this female police officer, who had just been so arrogant and overbearing, was now obedient and didn't dare to make a sound. Only then did he feel relieved and hand the room card to Qin Lang.

  He couldn't help but think that this kid was something else, able to handle such a tough female cop with ease. He's definitely going to be a dragon among men in the future.

  The hotel has a total of five floors, no elevator, and two people climb three flights of stairs to reach room 303.

  In front of the room door, Bai Wuxia hesitated for a moment and looked at Qin Lang again without immediately going to open the room door.

  "What's wrong?" Qin Lang looked at Bai Wuchang with confusion.

  "We can live together without any problem, but you can't be rude to me again, and I'm not your woman..." Bai Wuxiao's voice was as soft as a mosquito.

  What's wrong with me? I clearly enjoyed Qin Lang's overbearing ways...

  She lowered her head, biting her lips hard, and wondered to herself in confusion.

  Her emotions at this moment are indescribable. It's as if she's about to go into battle, excited, thrilled, afraid, worried, and expecting, yet yearning and resistant. All sorts of complex emotions intersecting with each other, making her feel confused and indecisive.

  But she was so shy at heart that she deliberately escaped this feeling, and even when talking, her words didn't match her thoughts.

  Looks like this girl is still worried about what happened on the subway!

  Qin Lang shook his head helplessly. How could he have guessed the girl's delicate thoughts? He said impatiently, "Don't think too much about it, things you don't want to happen won't happen, so rest assured!"

  Bai Wuxia felt a bit resentful and said with shame and anger: "Then why did you say I'm your woman? And so openly?"

  "Then why are you following me again? Why don't you go have breakfast with that Wu guy instead? Didn't you say you were hungry?" Qin Lang retorted irritably.

  "You... humph, I'm too lazy to talk to you, stinky brat!" Bai Wuxiao scolded angrily.

  Qin Lang was furious, didn't I answer correctly? Is this girl worried that she offended her?

  He stared intently at Bai Wuchuang, whose eyes flickered and didn't dare to look directly at him, with a hint of evasion and expectation.

  He couldn't help but smile, the girl's thoughts were beyond his grasp, but Bai Wuxiao's current display of nervousness was so obvious that he wouldn't have misunderstood her meaning.

  Qin Lang did not expose his opponent at this time, it was really not the time to talk about personal relationships.

  He snatched the room card from Bai Wuxiao's hand and opened the door first. It was an ordinary standard room, with a double bed, white bedding, and not much space. After closing the door, the room was quiet, as if the two people's breathing were right next to each other.

  "Little brat, you sleep on the sofa, I'll sleep in bed!" Bai Wuxiao took off the coat Qin Lang had given her and threw it onto the sofa, her face still huffing with anger, reverting back to the state she was in when they got out of the car.

  She looked down at the two wet spots on her chest that were almost dry, and she said angrily: "I'll go take a bath first, don't sneak a peek, otherwise, whichever eye sneaks a look, I'll dig out that eye! If both eyes sneak a look together, I'll dig out both eyes! Let you never see for the rest of your life!"

  Just as Bai Wuxia was about to enter the restroom, Qin Lang furrowed his brow: "You come over first, I have something to say to you."

  "Speak your mind, fart freely!"

  Qin Lang paused slightly as he put down the cloth bag at his waist, looking at Bai Wuchang with a bad temper. This girl was like she had eaten fire medicine, and it seemed that they would have to go up to the house and remove tiles after all?

  After putting down the cloth bag, he quickly followed up and just as Bai Wuxia was about to lock the toilet door, he pushed it open with force. Before Bai Wuxia could react, he had already pinned him against the wall.

  The tips of their noses were pressed together, their breathing intimately close.

  Staring at Qin Lang with a pale and flawless face, she exclaimed: "What are you going to do?"

  "I want to talk to you about something very important." Qin Lang said with a expressionless face.

  "Let me go, let me go quickly!" Bai Wuxiao's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, her eyes slanted and staring at Qin Lang, wanting to use force to push him away, but her body was as if it had been sealed with acupoints, unable to move.

  Qin Lang let out a cold laugh, his lips slowly sliding down from the flawless white skin of his cheek to his earlobe before stopping, exhaling a breath.

  Her eyes were tightly closed, her breathing rapid, and Qin Lang's hot breath was like a current of electricity that flashed through her body, igniting the expectation in her heart, and she couldn't help but grasp Qin Lang's arm.

  "Some people seem to have the idea of an old cow eating tender grass, but now there are more important things waiting for us to do. At the market entrance, the person who bumped into you is likely to be the murderer, hurry up and inform Captain Gao to catch him."