Zhou Zhishui was extremely anxious outside the hotel.

It takes forty minutes to drive here, even without traffic.

By the time He Kezhou arrives, Ning Xi and that man will probably have already finished their business.

That pretty boy doesn't look like he can last a long time.

Zhou Zhishui angrily ran his hand through his hair; he should have stopped Ning Xi earlier.

Then I thought: Damn it, she's not his girlfriend. Why is he in such a hurry?!

He informed He Kezhou immediately; that's already quite kind of him!

Zhou Zhishui decided to go all the way and let He Kezhou see his girlfriend's true character for himself.

He had been staying at this hotel for almost three months and had become quite familiar with many of the staff and cleaning ladies. He approached the lobby manager, not saying he was looking for someone, but simply that he had found the bracelet of the pretty girl who had entered the hotel three minutes earlier.

He described Ning Xi's clothes and facial features in detail.

The hotel manager hesitated for a few seconds.

Zhou Zhishui didn't make things difficult for her, "Or you can call her and ask her to come down and get it herself."

The manager called the landline in the room, but the call went unanswered.

Zhou Zhishui wasn't in a hurry; he leisurely sat on the sofa in the rest area and waited.

The manager walked slowly to Zhou Zhishui and announced the room number in a very soft voice.

Zhou Zhishui smiled and nodded, then got up from the sofa and calmly entered the elevator.

To his surprise, as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw the police officers outside the apartment door of the adulterous couple.

Before he could even react, the police officers had already knocked on the door, entered, and taken control of the young man in the hotel room.

The open door allowed him to clearly see the room.

There were none of the inappropriate scenes for children that he had envisioned.

Ning Xi squatted down beside her suitcase and remained extremely calm when she saw the police officers.

She felt incredibly relieved to see the greed in the conman's eyes crumble instantly.

Zhou Zhishui stared intently at the blue suitcase at Ning Xi's feet.

The neatly stacked piles of cash inside immediately made his first thought: the couple had been caught red-handed by the police for engaging in illicit transactions.

Although it wasn't as exciting as catching someone cheating, it was still very satisfying.

But Ning Xi remained completely calm, which left Zhou Zhishui utterly bewildered.

Are you really that shameless?

How long is detention for improper transactions?

Ning Xi had no idea what Zhou Zhishui was thinking outside the corridor; all she knew was that she had to go to the police station to give a statement.

Zhou Zhishui didn't linger in the corridor. Before the police officers came out, she went into the elevator and went to the lobby on the first floor.

He sat in the rest area, pulled his baseball cap down low, and watched as Ning Xi and the young man being escorted into the police car with the police officers.

He secretly recorded a video and sent it to He Kezhou.

The experience that night left Ning Xi with a sense of unreality.

Inside the glass-partitioned interrogation room, the conman sat slumped, his head bowed, a far cry from the sweet talk and manipulative demeanor he displayed in the hotel room. His face was deathly pale, his body tense, and he confessed to the fraud under police questioning.

Police immediately froze the accounts involved and traced the entire flow of funds. Ning Xi's 120,000 yuan in illicit funds remained intact and were not transferred or squandered in the slightest.

Ning Xi felt a huge weight lifted from her heart.

The 120,000 has been recovered.

The money will only be deposited into her bank account after the entire process is completed.

The con artist was indeed a consultant at a cosmetic surgery hospital, and she was her first target.

The fraudsters are facing a prison sentence of three to ten years.

The scammer thought she was gullible and stupid, and now she thinks the scammer is stupid and arrogant.

They dared to show up at the hotel so brazenly, even using their real ID card to register and check in.

After verifying her information and signing the papers at the police station, Ning Xi pulled her suitcase and walked out feeling relaxed.

It started raining heavily outside at some point.

She said "Ah".

"Oh no, I forgot my umbrella..."

I hope the money in my suitcase won't get wet.

The bank staff have already left work, so I can only deposit the money into my bank card tomorrow.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the rain.

The man was soaked through by the heavy rain, raindrops dripping down his hair and cheeks. His dark eyes, as he looked at her, were filled with a deep and gloomy darkness.

Ning Xi could clearly see that He Kezhou's face was tense and hard, and his lips were pressed into a straight line.

She dragged her suitcase into the pouring rain, calling out, "He Kezhou, what are you doing here?"

The rain and mist blurred the woman's features, and the surprise and undisguised stunned look in her eyes made He Kezhou's expression grow even colder.

He stared intently at the suitcase Ning Xi was pulling. "And you, what are you doing here?"

Ning Xi met his cold, dark eyes, wiped the rain off her face, and said, "Let's find a place where we won't get wet, and then I'll explain to you."

He Kezhou avoided her hand as she reached for him.

Ning Xi's hand froze in mid-air.

She guessed that Zhou Zhishui had caught her checking into a hotel with a strange man and had immediately told He Kezhou.

Considering that He Kezhou would find this place, everything makes sense.

Ning Xi didn't want He Kezhou to misunderstand that she had an ambiguous relationship with another man, so she stopped insisting on finding a place to shelter from the rain to explain.

"He Kezhou, I need to be honest with you about something."

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