Chapter 1790: Chapter 1791: Riding the Hype

The house was already in a state of turmoil and distress. Lin Zhiya and Little Baby knew about Rong Yan’s disappearance. Lin Zhiya was in tears, and Little Baby wasn’t any better, having repeatedly clamored to find their mother. It took the doctor giving him a sedative injection to barely calm him down.

He really didn’t have the mood to deal with Qin Jun.

...

In the urban village of Wangjiang Road in Capital City, Chu Xi wrapped her head with a scarf, covering her face with sunglasses, and glanced back with every step she took until she found a hotel without even a sign.

"I’d like a room."

The landlady was watching TV at the counter and, without looking up, said, "80 a night. No toothbrushes or towels provided. There’s hot water and internet, the password is eight 8s. You have to pay extra for the air conditioning. If that’s okay with you, give me your ID for registration."

In the expensive land of Capital City, a hotel at 80 a night is as cheap as it gets, no wonder people still live there hidden in damp, shabby alleys.

Looking at the filthy counter and the rude landlady, Chu Xi endured and murmured with a hoarse voice, "I lost my ID."

"No ID?" The landlady finally moved her gaze from the TV, glanced in her direction, not surprised by her full gear outfit, she routinely paused the TV with the remote and said, "Without an ID, it’ll be 200 a night. Do you want it? If you do, I’ll use someone else’s ID to register a room for you, otherwise forget it."

"There’s tight scrutiny everywhere now, only here can you stay without an ID. Without an ID, you can’t get a room elsewhere in Capital City."

Chu Xi wasn’t short on money; she lacked a temporarily safe place. Hearing this, she directly took out one thousand yuan and placed it on the counter.

"I want a room. This counts as three days’ payment, the remaining four hundred is for you to prepare some food for me; I don’t want to go out."

Seeing the money, the landlady beamed and reached out for it, her attitude suddenly much warmer, "No problem, no problem. Let me show you the room."

...

Despite Chu Xi having never held expectations for such a rundown hotel, upon seeing the narrow, cold room, she nearly turned around to leave.

However, the situation outside was tense and perilous; she knew Li Shengxiao would definitely come looking for her. Though the room was filthy beyond sight, she had no choice but to endure it temporarily.

"This room is the best one we have here, the bed is big too. You can roll around freely sleeping alone; it’s 30 centimeters larger than the other rooms, ensuring your money isn’t wasted."

Chu Xi estimated the bed was only 1.5 meters wide, thinking back to her usual stays in presidential suites, where the couches and lounge chairs exceeded 1.5 meters, not to mention the large bed in the bedroom.

Uninterested in the landlady’s nonsense, she took out one hundred yuan and handed it over, "Get me three bottles of mineral water."

One bottle of large mineral water only costs a few yuan, and three wouldn’t even take up 20. The landlady happily accepted the money and sensibly headed to a nearby supermarket.

Soon, she returned with three bottles of mineral water, cheerfully closed the door for Chu Xi, and advised her to get some good rest.

Finally, left alone in the room, Chu Xi’s tense nerves relaxed, she took off the sunglasses and mask she had worn all day long, removed the scarf, exposing her face and neck, sat down on the edge of the bed, and twisted open a bottle of mineral water, gulping down half.

Having resolved her thirst, she pulled out her newly purchased phone from her bag and searched for news online.

#Rong Yan Illegal# was still topping the charts, alongside this topic followed countless other smaller topics.

One of them caught her attention.

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