Chapter 15: The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might

  "Since we're all friends, let's skip the compulsory measures." The female police officer's tone was still dissatisfied, but had clearly softened.

  Chu Tian Shu sat down on the sofa, patted the spot beside him and smiled slightly, saying: "Comrade policeman, sit down and let's discuss this. What's the story with this?"

  The female police officer stood still, her expression remained very serious. She said: "We did receive a phone call reporting that there was someone in this room engaging in prostitution. We must take action when we have evidence, it's our duty. I hope you and your girlfriend can understand."

  "Understood, of course understood." Chu Tian Shu still smiled and said: "In the middle of the night, just the two of us sleeping, and it's even more troublesome for police comrades to stand guard, you are indeed good police officers for the people."

  "Cut the crap, what do you want?" The female cop had been teased by Chu Tian Shu several times and was already a bit impatient.

  "Chu Tian Shu said: 'You have invaded our privacy, you should at least apologize to us.'"

  "Apologize? No problem." The policewoman looked at Liu Chunna and said, "I can apologize to this young lady, but I will never apologize to you."

  "Hey, what did you call her?" Chu Tian Shu grabbed onto the female police officer and wouldn't let go.

  "Miss." The policewoman said casually.

  "You're the real miss."

  "You, keep your mouth clean." The policewoman also had an angry expression, but immediately realized that she was the one who made a slip of the tongue earlier. She immediately nodded slightly to Liu Chunna and said: "Sorry, I made a mistake just now, I apologize to you."

  Liu Chunna smiled and seemed to accept it. She grasped the corner of Chu Tian Shu's clothes, her soft and pitiful voice pleading: "Xiao Chu, forget it, let them go."

  "What about me?" Chu Tian Shu raised an eyebrow and looked at the policewoman.

  "You? It's not me who should apologize to you, but rather you who should apologize to me." On matters of principle, the female police officer was uncompromising and spoke with righteous indignation.

  "Hmm, no apology is fine, but you should at least pay some spiritual damages?" Chu Tian Shu put on a rogue-like expression.

  "You dare to extort the police? Your nerve is too big!" The policewoman sneered. "Just based on this sentence, I can cuff you and take you back, detain you for 24 hours first."

  "I'm so scared, no more, no more. Or like this," Chu Tian Shu pretended to think, seeing the female police officer waiting seriously, and slowly said: "For the sake of fairness, since you looked at me, how about I look back at you, okay?"

  The policewoman was taken aback, her face turned red, and she cursed: "You, stinky rascal!"

  The two little policemen couldn't take it anymore. One of them walked over and shouted, "That's too much! If you dare to be insolent again, I'll really handcuff you!"

  "Hey, little brother, the policewoman also said that we're all friends, can't we just joke around a bit?" Chu Tian Shu still had an attitude of not caring.

  The female police officer snorted disdainfully, turned her face cold and said: "A big man, dawdling like a woman. We don't have time to waste here with you, if you have any requests, go to the station tomorrow to say it. Dismiss!"

  "Wait." Chu Tian Shu stood up, smiling and asked: "Officer, you haven't told me your name, which station you're from, how can I find you when I get to the station tomorrow?"

  "Du Yufei, People's Police Officer of Guangchang Police Station."

  "Alright, that's refreshing!" Chu Tian Shu clapped his hands and said: "Officer Du, let me ask you something. If Hao Shuang is going to speak up for us tomorrow, wouldn't it be a bit awkward?"

  Du Yufei's face looked unpleasant, and she stopped in her tracks, saying helplessly: "What exactly do you want?"

  "You've already apologized to my girlfriend, so I don't need that anymore." Hearing Du Yufei's slightly softened tone, Chu Tian Shu put on a magnanimous air and said: "Alright, you tell me the name and phone number of the person who reported us, and we'll consider our grudge settled, how about that?"

  Du Yufei immediately refused: "No way, the police have a duty to keep the informant's identity confidential."

  "Then I'll have to ask Mr. Hao to come out and ask you what's going on." Chu Tian Shu made a gesture as if he was about to make a phone call.

  "Sir, please don't make things difficult for me, police also have their own discipline." Du Yufei glanced at the small policeman beside her and said: "I can only tell you that the alarm call is the hotel's duty phone, and the informant did not leave a name."

  "This is outrageous." Chu Tian Shu put away the phone and said, "We are hotel guests, but we were reported by the hotel for prostitution. Officer Du, this matter is not your fault, I will deal with the hotel, please trouble you to call the hotel duty manager over to testify for me."

  Two little policemen ran out and soon fetched the duty manager of the Arc de Triomphe Hotel.

  The duty manager was a slick-looking man of about thirty-five, standing at the door of the room with his hands clasped together in front of his lower abdomen, slightly bowing and wearing a professional smile on his face, saying softly: "May I ask, is there anything you need service for?"

  Du Yufei flashed her police badge and said, "I'm a civilian police officer from the Square Police Station. We received a phone call reporting that there was prostitution going on in your hotel. After investigating, we found the report to be false. However, the phone call was made from within your hotel, so these two guests need an explanation from you."

  The duty manager bowed deeply and said: "Sorry, I disturbed your rest."

  Du Yu Fei finished explaining the situation and then said to Chu Tian Shu: "Alright, I've wasted enough of your spiritual energy. You two talk, I'll take my leave."

  Chu Tian Shu stretched out his hand, wanting to shake hands with Du Yu Fei to bid farewell. Du Yu Fei symbolically patted him once and said in a low voice: "You're ruthless enough, remember, don't fall into my hands again."

  Chu Tian Shu smiled and whispered: "Don't always be so fierce, or you might end up not getting married."

  Du Yu Fei's face turned bright red with anger, but she had no choice, so when she stepped over the bedhead, she pretended not to notice and viciously kicked Chu Tian Shu, then put on a remorseful expression and hypocritically said: "Sorry, sorry. Friendly reminder for you again, be more careful when walking in the future."

  After finishing speaking, Chu Tian Shu threw down the painful and tooth-aching expression, and left with the little police officer.

  The duty manager stood outside the door, stepped aside to let Du Yufei pass, smiled and said: "Officer, have a good trip." Then he watched the three police officers disappear from the corridor before turning back to Chu Tian Shu and saying: "Sir, in order not to disturb other guests' rest, could you please come to my office to talk?"

  The Kai Xuan Hotel is one of the few five-star hotels in Qingyuan City, providing accommodation, catering and entertainment services. In today's hotel industry, making big money is not just about accommodation and catering, but also about that "grey area". If the police were to suddenly raid the place, customers would definitely be scared off, who would dare to come and consume then?

  Chu Tian Shu didn't plan on making a big deal out of this, he just wanted to figure out who was trying to frame him.

  After comforting Liu Chunna for a few words, Chu Tian Shu followed the duty manager into the office.

  The duty manager politely asked Chu Tian Shu to sit down, made him a cup of tea, and bowed to Chu Tian Shu again, saying: "This matter is our fault, I once again represent the hotel to express my deepest apologies to you and your girlfriend."

  Chu Tian Shu raised his leg and said coldly: "Is a single apology enough?"

  Tonight, the one on duty is the deputy general manager of marketing at the Kaiyuan Hotel. He has seen a lot and knows a lot, and he looks at Chu Tian Shu who is still young, with a face full of smiles, but in his heart, he doesn't really take Chu Tian Shu seriously.

  In the guest room, he was still worried that Chu Tian Shu would make a scene in front of the police, disturbing all the guests on the floor, and it would be embarrassing. Now, having arrived at the office floor, even if they quarreled, it wouldn't affect the resting guests, and there were no witnesses or evidence, so the duty manager wasn't worried anymore.

  He slowly started practicing Tai Chi: "Oh, sir, you mean..."

  Chu Tian Shu naturally saw the attitude of the duty manager, and he said straightforwardly: "Let's not talk about other things for now, I just want to know who reported the police?"

  "This..." The deputy manager of marketing looked embarrassed: "Sir, there are so many guests in the hotel, and we probably can't find out for a while. How about this, you leave your contact information, and we'll call you as soon as we find out."

  This is clearly perfunctory.

  "Alright then, since you're not easy to investigate, I'll get someone to investigate." Chu Tian Shu took out his phone.

  As the marketing vice president of Kai Xuan Hotel, he has dealt with all kinds of people and knows a lot about the hotel's inside story. Even if Chu Tian Shu found the right person to come forward tonight, it would be impossible for him to have an explanation tonight.

  As long as we can drag it out until dawn, not just in Qingyuan City, but within the entire Dongnan Province, no matter how powerful the connections are, Boss will be able to handle them.

  So he smiled and looked at Chu Tian Shu, unmoved.

  Chu Tian Shu took out her phone and dialed the 24-hour hotline of Qingyuan TV Station, saying: "Qingyuan TV? I have a scoop..."

  What? He's not looking for connections, but wants to expose something to the TV station.

  The deputy general manager of marketing turned pale at the news.

  The reporters have been attracted, and it's hard to end this scene. Recently, the province and city are conducting a large-scale inspection of entertainment venues. If it's on TV, making a big fuss, the boss may not be able to handle it well either.

  The deputy general manager of marketing couldn't sit still anymore, hastily stood up and accompanied with a smile said: "Sir, please speak slowly."

  As he spoke, he pressed down on Chu Tian Shu's hand which was holding the phone.

  "Hello, hello, is this the Kaixuan Hotel? Speak up, we're on our way over right now." The female journalist on duty was still yelling into the phone.

  The deputy general manager of marketing leaned in close to the phone and said, "Sorry, wrong number."

  The female journalist on duty heard that there were not many voices and was still in a state of uncertainty: "Hello, hello, let the reader who provided the tip answer the phone."

  "What's going on?" The duty manager hung up in a hurry.

  But then the mobile phone rang stubbornly: "Warm spring breeze blows in our face, peach blossoms bloom..."

  No need to look, it's obvious that this is a female journalist on duty calling back.

  This is indeed a journalist with professional ethics, who not only answers phone calls promptly but also never lets go of news leads once discovered.

  Chu Tian Shu held the phone, coldly looking at the marketing deputy general manager who was still holding his hand, and said slowly: "Manager, are you going to hang up for me again? But it doesn't matter, after I leave your place later, I can still call her."

  The marketing deputy general manager was stunned.

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