This actor is full of tricks.

The hotel owner rushed into the crowd, first identifying himself to the police, and then trying to calm the man down: "Hello sir, I am the owner of Golden Rose. I just heard from my staff that your wife went missing, but was found. What's going on now?"

“You’re still asking me what happened?” The man hugged his wife who was squatting on the ground. “I just went to get some food and my wife was like this. Now my demand is to check the surveillance footage to see what exactly happened during that time, why my wife became like this, and how she ended up walking down the stairs alone.”

"But your staff told me I have no right to view the surveillance footage, even though a room manager clearly took me to the surveillance room before. Why are you suddenly going back on your word?"

As he spoke, the man's gaze fell upon Qi Lin, who was standing outside the crowd: "It's him. He clearly told me that I could check the surveillance footage, but another employee said I couldn't. Is it possible or not?"

Upon hearing this, the hotel owner turned and glared fiercely at Qi Lin, then put on a smile again: "Sir, it's like this, this employee was sick a couple of days ago and didn't know that the equipment in our main monitoring room broke down yesterday, so we can't see the surveillance footage from that period."

"Clearly..." Qi Lin opened his mouth to explain the truth, but the man suddenly became agitated: "The equipment is broken!? Why did it break down when I wanted to watch it? And you just say it's broken and it just broke down like that?"

"Sir, that's a bit unreasonable of you. As a business owner, I value integrity above all else. The Golden Rose Hotel has been in Jiuyuan since the last century, and the reason it has been able to continue operating is because of its reputation."

The hotel owner still had a smile on her face, and as her mouth opened and closed, the red patch on her cheek trembled constantly, like a bloodthirsty butterfly flapping its wings.

"Besides, I heard from my employees that you mentioned your wife developed a mental illness because of the death of your child years ago. What if she just had a relapse because she missed your child too much?"

"You can't blame everything on our hotel, but I'm a mother too, and I understand how it feels to miss your child..."

The hotel owner looked at the woman squatting on the ground, trying to soothe the "child" with pity, and said, "I can offer you some compensation, but please don't cause any more trouble here. If you continue to interfere with my business, I'll have to ask you to leave."

The man's mouth was agape, and he stammered for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence. He never expected that the hotel owner would say such a thing. Using someone's scars to attack them was not just being greedy for money; it was pure malice.

Qi Lin finally couldn't hold back any longer and cursed loudly: "You surnamed Huang, don't you dare give up. Don't you know whether the surveillance cameras are broken or not?"

The hotel owner was clearly taken aback by her employee's sudden outburst. She paused, her face contorted with anger, and asked, "Qi Lin, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"I'm telling you, the surveillance cameras aren't broken at all. You just don't want to expose the hotel's security issues and affect your ability to make money." Qi Lin was completely desperate, and his voice was much louder than before.

The hotel owner's face turned grim: "Qi Lin, do you want to quit?"

Qi Lin ripped off his suit jacket and slammed it to the ground: "I've been wanting to quit for a long time!"

"You!" The hotel owner pointed at Qi Lin's nose, about to unleash a torrent of abuse, when the police interrupted him: "Since your employees have said the surveillance cameras are working properly, please take this gentleman to see them. It's his legal right."

Upon hearing the police speak, the hotel owner's expression changed, and he chuckled awkwardly, "The surveillance cameras are really broken. Don't listen to that guy's nonsense."

"We'll have to check to know if it's broken or not. Let's go." The policeman looked righteous and had the hotel owner lead the way. At the same time, he said to Qi Lin, "You come too."

"Brother, are you alright?" Lin Jue shamelessly followed along to the monitoring room. He and Qi Lin were at the very back of the line. The group consisted of police officers and hotel employees, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Qi Lin forced a smile onto his otherwise unpleasant face: "It's nothing. If nothing had happened, everything would have been fine, but something did happen. If I didn't say something, I wouldn't feel at ease." It was clear that although his conscience had been cleared, the impending loss of his job was still making him very upset.

Lin Jue thought for a moment, then took out his phone: "Brother, let's exchange contact information. If I see any suitable jobs for you in the future, I'll recommend them to you."

This room manager is quite good; at least among the hotel's employees, he's one of the most outstanding. He plans to see if there are any clerical or similar jobs he can recommend to the manager after he returns to Sanjiang.

Qi Lin was skeptical that Lin Jue, a backpacker, could find a good job, but then he thought that since Lin Jue always booked executive suites at hotels, he might be some kind of hidden tycoon, so he left his phone number.

After entering the monitoring room, the police led a group of people to check the surveillance footage. However, after watching for a while, his and the man's faces clearly darkened: "Your surveillance system is clearly working properly, so why do you say it's broken?"

The hotel owner's face was constantly covered in sweat, from the very beginning until now.

"Also, where did today's surveillance video go? We can see yesterday's and even the previous ones, so why is today's missing?" The police officer's attitude was very firm, clearly demanding an explanation from the man. The man's wife had a mental breakdown in the hotel, and coincidentally, today's surveillance video had vanished. There must be something fishy going on.

The hotel owner wiped the sweat from his face and chuckled sheepishly, "It was probably accidentally deleted by an employee."

"You accidentally deleted it? Do you even believe that yourself?" The policeman slammed his hand on the table. "I advise you to give me the truth."

"Officer, come here, I need to report to you privately."

The hotel owner then led the policeman aside, muttering something under his breath. A few dozen seconds later, the policeman shouted, "The Inspection Department is the Inspection Department, and I am me. The Inspection Department deals with criminals, and I deal with people. Don't give me any of that 'relationship' nonsense."

The hotel owner slunk back, clearly trying to use connections to get away with it, but the other party wasn't buying it at all.

"You just wait, kid." As he passed Qi Lin, the hotel owner gritted his teeth and whispered a threat.

The red spots on her face made her already unattractive face look even more grotesque.

"By the way, what's with that spot on your boss's face?" Lin Jue quietly asked Qi Lin beside him.

“Lupus, an incurable disease. She used to be quite thin, but after getting the disease and taking hormone medication, she gained weight. It was from that time that her personality suddenly became strange, and her temper became very irritable,” Qi Lin explained.

Does it cause lupus?

Lin Jue silently wrote it down. People infected with serious diseases might do some evil things in order to cure their diseases. In his previous life, he had heard that some people would buy placenta to make soup in order to rejuvenate.

It's not impossible that the hotel owner got involved with that cult in order to cure his illness. (End of Chapter)