Chen Wei, sitting on the sofa, suddenly got up, pressed his hand towards Qi Yun, then walked to the door and looked through the peephole. Outside stood two people in uniform. "What's the matter?"

"Please open the door for inspection!" The voice outside was firm, mixed with the crackling sound of a walkie-talkie.

Chen Wei turned to look at Qi Yun, saw him nod, then opened the door.

"Officers, what seems to be the problem?" Chen Wei stood sideways to block the door gap, his tone was calm.

Qi Yun also got up from the bed, dressed, and listened to Zhao Qing's somewhat anxious inquiry on the phone: "What's going on? What's happening?"

"Nothing, don't worry. I'll call you later." After saying this, Qi Yun hung up the phone and walked to the door as well.

Outside, two officers were standing in the corridor, one of them waved the credentials in his hand: "Routine inspection, please show your ID card."

Qi Yun frowned at them for a moment, realizing that this sudden inspection was definitely fishy, but he still cooperatively went back inside the room, retrieved his ID, and handed it over.

The other officer took the ID, scanned it on the card reader, verified the identity, then returned it and said expressionlessly: "We received a report from the public saying illegal activities were taking place in this room. We need to take you back for further investigation."

Chen Wei stepped slightly forward, blocking in front of Qi Yun, speaking with dignity: "We were only resting here. Do you have any evidence?"

The officer glanced at Chen Wei: "No evidence, just a public report. Please come with us for investigation."

Chen Wei shook his head solemnly: "If you need help with your investigation, I can cooperate here, but Mr. Qi Yun is a city committee member. Without legal procedures, you have no right to take him."

"City committee member?" The officer was stunned, those four words implied a special judicial process. Without solid evidence, forced intervention might lead to uncontrollable consequences.

He looked evasive, licking his dry lips, "We... we are following procedure... just need you to come back to clarify things."

"Procedure requires legal summons." Chen Wei stood firm, taking out his security credentials from his pocket, "I'm Mr. Qi Yun's private security consultant, this is my ID. If you insist on taking him, please first show legal procedures."

The two officers hesitated, exchanged glances, and one gritted his teeth: "Please wait, I'll go verify the situation." Then he quickly walked away to make a call.

Two minutes later, the officer returned to the doorway, his attitude much improved: "Sorry, for now, you don't need to come with us for assistance. If needed later, we'll return."

Chen Wei put his ID back into his pocket, nodded silently, then closed the door.

Outside the hotel, Bear Brother was smoking a cigar and took a call.

"What!?"

"Okay, I got it."

"Alright, then don't trouble yourself." After hanging up, Bear Brother squinted his eyes, clenched his right fist.

According to his original plan, he was to have Qi Yun and Chen Wei taken in, taught a lesson, then blackmailed to hand over that Buddha Head statue.

But who knew Qi Yun would be such a tough nut to crack? Not to mention avenging, and tonight he may not even get his hands on the statue.

Despite Mr. Ji's usual gentle demeanor, when he gets angry, he's utterly ruthless. If the Buddha Head is not delivered tomorrow, there's no doubt Bear Brother will be in big trouble.

Thinking of this, Bear Brother frustratedly puffed his cigar twice, glanced again at the hotel entrance, then dialed Mr. Ji's number.

The phone rang for half a minute before being answered, a clearly displeased voice came from the receiver: "Hello."

Bear Brother gulped cautiously and reported the situation to Mr. Ji over the phone: "Mr. Ji, there's a bit of trouble, this kid named Qi Yun..."

It wasn't that Qi Yun's identity really left him helpless, but Mr. Ji gave him too short a time. Bearing no tricks, he was perplexed with the deadline.

"You can't handle this little issue?" Mr. Ji's tone carried anger, whether disturbed from a sweet dream or simply displeased with Bear Brother's incompetence.

"I don't care what method you use. If I don't see the statue tomorrow, you can roll back to the construction site to mix cement." With that, he hung up.

Bear Brother listened to the busy tone of the phone, and veins bulged on his arm.

"Damn!" He cursed, violently smashing his phone onto the seat.

After venting, he forced himself to calm down.

The only solution now was to buy the Buddha Head at a high price first, then deal with Qi Yun later.

He had predicted that going to Qi Yun now would inevitably involve being humiliated, but there was no choice.

Because if the matter isn't handled well, Mr. Ji will surely make him roll back for real, losing Mr. Ji's support means dealing with enemies who would devour him without a trace.

Compared to survival, pride meant nothing!

"Phew!"

After making up his mind, Bear Brother took a deep breath, pushed open the car door and stepped out.

Seeing him, the subordinate in the car next to him quickly followed.

"Don't follow me," Bear Brother ordered darkly, quickly heading toward the hotel lobby.

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