Xi Yue Grand Hotel.
A bespectacled female student rushed into the hotel in a panic, completely ignoring the hotel greeter’s welcome and heading straight for the elevator.
Seeing the student’s strange behavior, the greeter instinctively wanted to stop her.
“Urgent! Just need to use the restroom!”
The student’s words made the greeter retract his outstretched hand.
But after the student entered the elevator, the greeter suddenly came to his senses.
The hotel’s public restrooms were all on the first floor. What was this student going to other floors for?
Clearly, it wasn’t an emergency!
It was something else…
The greeter’s mind immediately went to other possibilities.
He shook his head as he thought, sighing, “Have rich people’s tastes become so strange nowadays? This student is such a bookworm! There’s not a hint of beauty about her. Tsk, if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to do it…”
This student, whom the greeter had labeled a “bookworm,” was none other than Liang Yu.
Liang Yu, using the hotel information previously booked by Professor Li, went directly to Ying Chen’s room.
She didn’t act rashly but calmed herself and took out her phone from her pocket.
She pressed the play button.
The next second, a loud and piercing siren echoed through the hallway.
It was accompanied by the stern shouts of the police: “Stay where you are! You are surrounded by police! Lay down your weapons, surrender with your hands up! Cooperate and you will receive leniency!”
Although Liang Yu knew that this recording alone wouldn’t be enough to rescue Professor Li.
It was enough to halt the crime, ensuring Professor Li’s temporary safety.
Many people have never understood why police sirens are used when arresting criminals.
The sirens are so loud that they can be heard for several blocks, which would seem to be a warning to the criminals, giving them time to escape.
Unknown to them, on one hand, the siren is used to demonstrate procedural justice, and on the other hand, its primary function is to induce a crime cessation.
If a criminal is in the act of assaulting or killing someone, hearing the siren would cause them to immediately cease their criminal behavior and choose to flee.
Thus, the victim would be saved.
Liang Yu’s purpose in playing the siren was for this very reason.
However, she was at a loss for what to do next.
Should she continue to pretend to be the police and persuade those inside to surrender voluntarily?
Or should she charge in and perform a heroic rescue single-handedly?
Liang Yu looked at her slender frame and quietly dismissed the second option.
“To those inside, listen up! Do not resist! You have five minutes to surrender yourselves. Otherwise, we will break down the door!”
Liang Yu shouted through a voice changer.
However, there was no reaction from inside.
Not even a sound of panic or escape.
This made Liang Yu feel very strange.
She pressed her ear against the door, preparing to listen carefully.
But before she could hear anything, the door suddenly opened, and a hand reached out, dragging Liang Yu into the room!
Liang Yu was terrified.
“Stop! Or I’ll call the police!”
“Illegally detaining a renowned professor and a student is a serious crime! You can still turn back now!”
“At worst, I’ll pretend I never saw you!”
Liang Yu shouted with her eyes closed.
But a man’s mocking laughter reached her ears: “Call the police? Aren’t you the police yourself?”
“Besides, you said we were surrounded, but it’s just you? So, you’re surrounding a group of us by yourself!”
Hearing the man’s voice, Liang Yu’s heart sank to the bottom.
The man’s voice was devoid of fear or panic, instead, it was calm and unhurried.
Clearly, the man was not afraid of the police showing up!
Let alone Liang Yu, who was impersonating one!
Then Professor Li must have already…
A tear rolled down Liang Yu’s cheek.
Facing such a heinous criminal, there was no doubt that Professor Li was in grave danger.
And she would likely follow Professor Li’s fate soon!
“Even as a ghost, I won’t let you go!”
Liang Yu took a deep breath and said.
After that, she fell silent, adopting a posture of resigned acceptance.
However, to her surprise, she then heard a familiar voice.
“Mr. Ying, please stop teasing Liang Yu. Don’t let her bravery in the tomb fool you; she’s timid as a mouse when facing strangers. I told you before that she’s naturally suited to dealing with the dead, not the living. She’s a promising candidate for archaeology.”
It was Professor Li!
Professor Li was alive!
Liang Yu instinctively opened her eyes and saw a young man with a playful smile, and Professor Li standing beside him, unharmed.
Liang Yu was suddenly confused.
Hadn’t Professor Li fallen into a pyramid scheme organization?
How was he unharmed?
Had Professor Li, with his own talents, risen to a high position within the organization?
It was like that widely circulated joke about an undercover agent: “Officer, if you don’t crack down soon, I’m going to become the leader of the XX organization!”
Professor Li, seeing Liang Yu’s confusion, smiled and explained, “Don’t misunderstand, Mr. Ying is not a bad person. Mr. Ying is the investor of this trillion-dollar project, our future boss.”
Liang Yu, who had already slightly lowered her guard against Ying Chen, became instantly alert again upon hearing Professor Li’s words.
She pulled Professor Li aside and whispered, “Professor, is he just selling you a dream? Talking about how much stock he’ll give you and how much money you’ll make?”
“I’m telling you: don’t believe it! Anyone who says that is a con artist! A trillion-dollar project, besides major corporations, can only be afforded by the state. He must be saying this project is backed by the state, right? Tell me the project name, and I’ll check!”
“My sister works in a relevant department. No matter what project it is, if it’s on record, I can find out. If it’s not on record, then he’s a 100% con artist!”
Professor Li looked at Ying Chen.
“Mr. Ying, you haven’t told me the project name yet, have you?”
Ying Chen pondered for a moment and then replied, “It’s called Xunfeng Laboratory!”
“…”
Professor Li and Liang Yu were simultaneously stunned.
From Ying Chen’s demeanor, it was clear he hadn’t even finalized a project name and had just made one up on the spot when asked by Professor Li!
Could this be reliable?
Liang Yu’s disdain for Ying Chen reached its peak.
He wasn’t even professional at scamming!
Did he really think that because “there are too many fools and not enough scammers,” he could easily trick anyone?
Have some professionalism! Show some respect for the profession!
Liang Yu was mentally criticizing Ying Chen furiously.
Professor Li, however, looked thoughtful, slowly savoring the name.
“The fifty-seventh hexagram of the I Ching: Sui Feng Xun, the superior man thereby issues commands and takes action. This means that a gentleman should act in accordance with the general trend, and avoid acting on his own or going against the tide.”
“Does Mr. Ying choose this name because he believes there will be some major trend change in the future world, and he wants to build strength and act at the opportune moment?”
Professor Li had indeed guessed Ying Chen’s intentions from the name!