I agreed to be a kept man, but I'm still being punished by the system.

Lin Yang did not give up and continued to issue orders.

"Brother Wang, could you please retrieve the video footage from the hotel entrance and parking lot for this time period?"

"Can."

Xiao Wang searched again, and soon the surveillance footage at the hotel entrance was retrieved.

At around 3:45 a.m., the woman in the beige dress walked out of the hotel with two men in black, but the distance was too far and the image was even more blurry.

But having captured the woman's entire body, Lin Yang wanted to glean some clues from her walking posture, so he looked at Su Man again.

Suman stared at the scene for even longer, but in the end she shook her head.

"Brother Wang, could you please change the video of the parking lot?"

Xiao Wang quickly pulled up the parking lot video, which showed the time as 3:50 a.m.

A black Mercedes-Benz van pulled up to the hotel entrance, the three quickly got in, and the vehicle drove away.

The license plate of the Mercedes was completely obscured by a wedding car decoration that read "May you have a long and happy marriage."

All clues end here.

The other side's preparations were impeccable.

Lin Yang looked at Su Man again, but Su Man still shook her head with a cold expression.

"Brother Wang, could you please make a copy of these video clips for us?"

Xiao Wang looked troubled.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I don't have that authority. According to regulations, copying videos requires official documentation from the police."

Lin Yang understood; he had already guessed this outcome.

"Can I take a picture with my phone?"

"That's fine." Xiao Wang breathed a sigh of relief, "But please don't tell anyone, just don't make things difficult for me."

"Thanks."

Lin Yang took out his phone and carefully recorded those key video clips from the computer screen.

After recording the video, he pulled Su Man to a corner of the monitoring room.

"Any leads?"

Su Man simply shook her head without saying a word, but her clenched fists betrayed her inner turmoil.

Lin Yang lowered his voice and asked, "Do you have any cash?"

Su Man was taken aback for a moment, then understood what Lin Yang meant. She took out a small wallet from her LV handbag, which contained a few red banknotes.

Lin Yang pulled out five bills, which amounted to five hundred yuan.

He walked back to the computer and handed the money to Xiao Wang.

"Brother Wang, you've worked hard. Here, take this and buy yourself a pack of cigarettes."

Xiao Wang instinctively wanted to refuse, but Lin Yang simply stuffed the money into his pocket and patted it.

"Take it, it's the weekend, and I'm bothering you."

Xiao Wang's refusal became less firm, and he eventually accepted it.

After leaving the security office, Su Man and Lin Yang returned to the hotel lobby.

Manager Luo greeted him with a beaming smile.

"How's it going, Mr. Su? Have you investigated everything?"

Su Man nodded absentmindedly: "Resolved. I wanted to ask, what's that room key you get at your hotel that can be used to open any room called again?"

Manager Luo immediately replied, "Oh, you mean the universal card. There are generally two types: the master control card and the supervisor card. The floor attendants have floor cards, which can only be used to book rooms on the corresponding floors. What's wrong, Ms. Su, did you leave something in your room?"

Lin Yang interjected, "So, who usually has these different types of cards?"

Manager Luo answered flawlessly: "Generally, only General Manager Wang has the master control card. The supervisor's card is with the manager on duty each day; it's my shift today, so I have one. The floor cards are kept by the housekeeping staff, but they usually work in the morning and aren't at the hotel in the evenings."

Lin Yang pressed further, "Manager Luo, could you please help me think of who the duty manager was on the night of the 17th of last month?"

Manager Luo frowned and tried hard to recall.

"On the 29th of last month... it seems that Manager Liu Tao was on duty. However... Manager Liu resigned some time ago, saying that there was an emergency at home and he needed to go back to his hometown to build a house."

The trail went completely cold here.

Lin Yang and Su Man exchanged a glance, both seeing the seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Okay, thank you for your help, Manager Luo," Su Man said.

"Mr. Su, you don't need to be so polite. Our hotel's toiletries are all supplied by your company. Customers have all said they are very good."

"Really? Then I'll trouble Manager Luo to help promote it more." Su Man's sales spirit was on full display at this moment.

"Definitely, definitely," Manager Luo replied with a smile.

"Then we won't bother you any longer."

"Take care."

Su Man led Lin Yang through the hotel lobby to the elevator hall. The two silently took the elevator to the underground parking garage and returned to their car.

Lin Yang started the car and said to Su Man in the passenger seat, "President Su, I'll organize the videos and photos on my phone and send them to you tomorrow."

Su Man nodded somewhat forlornly.

The black Volvo S90 slowly drove away from the underground parking lot of the Junfu Hotel.

Just as the vehicles were merging into the main road, the deafening DJ music from a conspicuous black Mercedes-Benz G-Class parked on the side of the road suddenly stopped.

Inside the car, a fat man in the passenger seat turned off the music and suddenly pointed out the window and shouted.

"Sixth Brother! Sixth Brother, look! That Volvo! That license plate! Sure enough, this car often comes and goes from the Junfu Hotel."

In the middle of the back seat, a young man with dazzling blond hair was embracing two girls with exaggeratedly dyed red and blue hair on his left and right.

When the fat man called out to him, he impatiently looked up and followed the direction the finger was pointing.

When he saw that familiar license plate number, his eyes instantly turned fierce.

He shoved the girl out of his arms and roared at the skinny man in the driver's seat.

"Damn it! You skinny guy, what the hell are you standing there for? Drive up and follow them!"

The fat man in the passenger seat had already taken out his phone and started making calls to call for backup, while simultaneously sending his location to the screen at lightning speed.

The skinny guy, nicknamed "Hemp Stick," jolted and slammed the accelerator to the floor.

The powerful V8 engine of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class roared like a wild beast, and the massive vehicle instantly transformed into a black monster, fiercely pouncing towards the Volvo S90.

It's almost evening now, and the Volvo S90 is driving very smoothly.

Lin Yang, in the driver's seat, asked, "President Su, are we going back to Tianheng Garden for dinner?"

"Yes, I've already asked the housekeeper to cook. You can eat with us too. After we eat, we'll go back to Tianyue Huafu."

"OK."

Half an hour later, the Volvo S90 drove into the underground parking lot of Tianheng Garden.

A black Mercedes-Benz G-Class was parked on the side of the road opposite the parking lot entrance.

The fat guy in the passenger seat handed his phone to the blond guy in the back seat.

"Sixth Brother, this is the information we had someone look up."

The blond-haired man took the phone.

The image above shows the owner of the Volvo S90 – Su Man.

Su Man, Director of the Hair Care Division of Enwei Group.

A photo of Suman during her factory visit was also attached.

But no information could be found about the boy next to Su Man.

Huang Mao thought for a moment. He couldn't afford to offend Su Man, who was someone of importance. But the kid next to her was someone he could easily kill.

He tossed the phone to the fat man, who leaned back in his seat.

"Wait and see when that kid comes out."

"Okay, Sixth Brother."

"Fatty, when is the person you're shaking arriving?"

"He's coming from the south of the city; it'll take him some time."

Who is it?

"Black Bull, the boss's new henchman, beating that kid should be a piece of cake."

The blond-haired man's eyes darted around.

"I'm hungry, you two go and buy me some food."

He pushed the two girls beside him out of the car, one in red and one in blue, and they searched for a restaurant outside Tianheng Garden.