This actor is full of tricks.

“That employee, you tell us what you know.”

Seeing that the surveillance footage had been deleted and unable to find any other clues, the police had no choice but to call Qi Lin over. At the same time, they glanced at the hotel owner, whose face was gloomy, and said, "Don't worry, I'm here. No one will dare to threaten you."

Qi Lin was already prepared to go all out and wasn't afraid of any threats, so he directly told everyone about what happened on the seventeenth floor.

"Didn't you issue a notice saying that the matter had been resolved?" Upon hearing this, the man's anger flared up immediately. The incident of an entire floor of the Golden Rose Hotel jumping to their deaths had caused a great uproar throughout Jiuyuan. It was only after the Inspection Department and the hotel jointly issued a notice saying that the matter had been properly resolved that people were able to move back in.

But now the old issue has been brought up again.

"It's been resolved, but everyone knows what the Inspection Department is like. That matter wasn't completely resolved at all, because just recently, someone else jumped off a building, and died in the exact same way as the previous group."

"After that person jumped off the building, the inspection department came again and said that they had sealed off the area above the 16th floor, but as you have seen, the matter was not properly resolved at all."

“I suspect that your wife’s sudden change in this state is related to the seventeenth floor, because the person who jumped off the building not long ago also had a similar situation. He said he saw his grandmother.”

Qi Lin blurted out everything he knew, and the expressions on everyone's faces varied. The hotel owner was covered in sweat, his face as black as a lump of coal.

"You're blatantly murdering people for money! Why reopen without properly handling the situation?!" The policeman was furious. He never imagined that something so life-or-death would be deliberately concealed.

The man looked at his wife, who was still grinning foolishly, with a nervous expression: "You mean my wife is being targeted by something unclean? Does that mean she's going to jump off a building too?"

"I don't know either." Qi Lin shook his head, but his heavy expression said it all.

After all, none of those targeted have survived to this day.

Upon hearing this, the man burst into tears again: "Can't your hotel and the inspection department do anything right? Look at what Jiuyuan has become, and you're still thinking about making money!"

Even the employees who came with the hotel owner fell silent and didn't say anything, because the image of the Jiuyuan Inspection Division as incompetent had been deeply ingrained in people's minds. Everyone in Jiuyuan was now in a state of fear and anxiety, which was inextricably linked to the Inspection Division.

"Alright, I'll report this to my superiors. Your hotel will remain closed for now, and will reopen when those issues are truly resolved."

The policeman didn't want to say anything more, so he ordered the hotel to close. He then tried to calm the man down, saying, "Calm yourself down first. If possible, I suggest you go to the Sanjiang Inspection Bureau next door for help."

The man understood that the most urgent task was to get his wife back to normal, and that seeking an explanation from the Golden Rose Hotel could wait until later.

Just then, the hotel owner, whose face had been a deep purplish-red, seemed to have noticed something. His face immediately broke into a smile, and he pushed through the crowd, saying, "Captain Wang."

A group of people turned to look at the door of the monitoring room, where a group of people walked in. The leader was a man who was as thin as a bamboo pole. As soon as he entered, he showed his identification: "The Investigation Department's Tie Ning Team is handling this case. Unauthorized personnel, please leave immediately!" There was no doubt that the hotel owner had secretly contacted the Investigation Department, trying to use their connections to suppress the matter.

"Sorry, Captain Wang, we've already taken care of this matter." The policeman stepped forward, knowing that if the Investigation Department had intervened, the outcome would likely have been very different.

“I know, but this matter involves the seventeenth floor of this hotel. You’ve probably heard about what happened on the seventeenth floor. It’s a strange incident. I think we should leave strange incidents to our Investigation Department.”

That Captain Wang is a real jack-of-all-trades, his words are so succinct. What was originally going to be a matter of closing the hotel was transformed into a bizarre incident, which happens to fall under the jurisdiction of the Inspection Department. Whether or not it is handled properly, whether or not the hotel is closed, is entirely up to the Inspection Department.

As for the subsequent public opinion, it can be suppressed by spending some money.

Seeing that the policeman still wanted to argue, Captain Wang waved his hand impatiently: "There's nothing more to say. You've all worked hard today, so go back and rest early. Leave the rest to us. I brought all my teammates here to go up to the seventeenth floor and check it out. We'll definitely handle this matter perfectly."

After saying that, he turned to the hotel owner and said, "Sister Huang, you need to go and calm the guests down right now. Apologize to those who need to be apologized and compensate those who need to be compensated. The hotel needs to be temporarily closed for two days. We will reopen after we have dealt with this matter and reassessed the safety risks."

His words put an end to the matter, leaving the police and the man speechless, as they indeed lacked the ability to solve bizarre events. Even the most incompetent members of the Investigation Department possessed extraordinary abilities.

"Alright, that's enough." Captain Wang started to shoo people away. As everyone was about to leave, he suddenly pointed at Qi Lin and said, "You stay."

"Me?" Qi Lin pointed to himself, his expression changing slightly. When he saw the hotel owner with a gloomy face, he immediately understood that the owner was trying to make things difficult for him.

"I heard from Sister Huang that you once accidentally entered the seventeenth floor and experienced some inexplicable things there. We're going up to the seventeenth floor anyway, so tell us what happened to you." Captain Wang said with a smile, looking kind and approachable, but what kind of good person could be colluding with that hotel owner?

Before Qi Lin could speak, Lin Jue, who had been silent all along, stepped in front of him: "Investigator from the Inspection Department, how about we talk somewhere else? I think the lobby is quite nice, bright and spacious, and I feel more at ease speaking there."

"No, who are you?" The hotel owner then noticed that there was a complete stranger still there.

Lin Jue took out his phone, turned on the video recorder, and shoved it in Captain Wang's face: "I'm a backpacker and a travel blogger. I often shoot vlogs and have three thousand followers across the internet."

"Take it away!" Captain Wang said with a livid face, making a move to slap Lin Jue's phone away.

While dodging, Lin Jue shouted loudly, "If you really break my phone, I'll post this online. And I'm extremely good at throwing a tantrum. I used to be the head of the intelligence organization in my village, and I have a big mouth! I'll rent a few big trucks and use loudspeakers to broadcast your destruction of ordinary people's property all over Jiuyuan."

"I'm going to appeal to the central government!"

Captain Wang's eyelids twitched with anger. Firstly, Lin Jue had addressed him as an investigator from the Inspection Department, making him feel disrespected. Secondly, although the Jiuyuan Inspection Division had lost its reputation, he still had to maintain appearances, so he had to tolerate Lin Jue's tantrums and couldn't lash out for the time being. (End of Chapter)