Ou Xiaolong was too anxious to think straight, and Zhuo Weidong didn't know how to advise him anymore. When someone gets obsessed with an idea, it's impossible to persuade them otherwise.

"Actually, if your daughter really has the ability to captivate Yi Anguo, that's not necessarily a bad thing for you, right? At least your company could rest easy," Zhuo Weidong said.

"Good for what! Yi Anguo won't marry her. Even if they get together, she'd just be one of his women—nameless and without status, bearing his children. What's so good about that?" Ou Xiaolong said, agitated.

Thinking about Yi Anguo's situation, Zhuo Weidong realized it was true and didn't know how to console him anymore. Then, reflecting on his own predicament, he started feeling anxious and upset and began to drown his sorrows in drink.

Neither of them was in a good mood. They raised their cups to drown their sorrows, only to find them growing deeper, and soon they were both drunk.

The two had started out dining and drinking but eventually moved to a bar. They were dressed in designer clothes that obviously cost a fortune, and they casually tossed the keys to a luxury car on the counter. It was clear they were wealthy, and they soon caught the attention of a few prostitutes.

Chen Xuejiao was busy recruiting for her investment company when she suddenly received a phone call from the police. They asked if she knew a man named Ou Xiaolong and what her relationship to him was. After confirming she was his daughter, the police informed her that her father had been arrested for soliciting a prostitute and asked her to come to the station.

Chen Xuejiao was utterly shocked. She questioned if the police had made a mistake, thinking it was impossible. My dad and mom have such a strong, loving relationship, she thought. How could he possibly solicit a prostitute?

However, after the officer confirmed the details several times, she had no choice but to accept the grim reality. The police said he was caught in the act—in bed, undressed. The evidence was irrefutable.

The reason they hadn't called her mother was simple: her father hadn't dared to give the police his wife's name or contact information. It's better for my daughter to find out about this disgrace than my wife, he must have thought.

Chen Xuejiao felt the perfect image she had of her father completely shatter, a realization she found hard to accept. Just two days ago, he was standing right in front of me, righteously criticizing Yi Anguo for not being a gentleman, for being unfaithful, for having many women and only wanting to play with their feelings. And now he's been arrested for soliciting a prostitute? In my mind, despite all his faults, I always believed he and Mom had a wonderful, loving marriage. If Mom finds out about this, how heartbroken will she be? How utterly disappointed?

But no matter what, she couldn't just abandon her father. She had to help him and, more importantly, hide this from her mother. She dreaded to think of the consequences if the truth came out.

Chen Xuejiao hastily set aside her work, drove to the police station, bailed her father out, and paid the fine.

Ou Xiaolong hadn't dared to reveal his identity as the chairman of Chen's Real Estate. That would have been even more humiliating and could have caused a massive scandal if it hit the news. He felt he had no choice but to call his daughter to bail him out. Now, facing her disappointed expression, Ou Xiaolong felt he could hardly lift his head, like a small child who had been caught misbehaving.

Meanwhile, Zhuo Weidong, being unmarried, also felt terribly ashamed. After much deliberation, he ended up calling Yi Anguo for help. His reasoning was simple. With all those women around him, Yi Anguo probably won't look down on me or make fun of me for getting arrested for this, he thought.

When Yi Anguo received Zhuo Weidong's call for help, he was baffled. You're a big-shot boss, he thought. Even if you get busted for soliciting a prostitute, you could get anyone to bail you out. Why on earth would you call me? Then, another thought occurred to him. Maybe this is his way of trying to get closer, to show his loyalty? After some consideration, Yi Anguo decided to go to the police station himself.

Although Yi Anguo was now quite wealthy and a significant figure, he disliked showing off or seeking publicity. He had never been in the news or given media interviews, always preferring to keep a low profile. As a result, most people wouldn't recognize him on sight.

Just as Yi Anguo got out of his car and approached the entrance to the police station, he saw his new assistant, Chen Xuejiao. Trailing behind her with his head hung low was Ou Xiaolong.

"Boss!" Chen Xuejiao spotted Yi Anguo and called out instinctively. A moment later, her face flushed red. The situation was just too awkward.

"What's going on with you two?" Yi Anguo nodded, asking with curiosity.

At that moment, Ou Xiaolong looked up, and seeing Yi Anguo, he was overcome with shame.

Just then, a scantily dressed woman walked out of the police station. Spotting Ou Xiaolong, she hurried over, grabbed his arm, and said, "Hey! You haven't paid me yet! My fee is 2,000, plus the 5,000 fine I just paid, and compensation for emotional distress. You owe me 10,000. If you don't pay up, I'm calling the reporters to expose you for getting caught by the police and refusing to pay a prostitute!"

"Let go! What does the 5,000 fine you paid have to do with me? And what fee? I don't even know you," Ou Xiaolong said hurriedly.

"Oh, so you pull up your pants and pretend it never happened?" the woman shot back, her voice rising. "Don't think I don't know who you are. You're the chairman of Chen's Real Estate! I'm calling the newspapers right now and getting reporters over here!"

She was clearly no pushover. While she didn't actually call anyone, she started yelling while pulling out her phone, making a show of dialing a reporter. In truth, she wouldn't take that step unless absolutely necessary; she had no desire to see her own face plastered across newspapers and television. It's not that women who sell their bodies have no shame—it's that they are forced into it by circumstance. If they had money, who would ever choose such a life?

Yi Anguo watched the drama unfold from the sidelines as Ou Xiaolong burned with shame and anger. Finally, Chen Xuejiao, infuriated, had no choice but to pull out 10,000 yuan, shove it into the woman's hands, and urge her to leave.

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anger toward her father. If the woman had been young and beautiful, maybe I could understand, she fumed internally. But this woman isn't young or even attractive! Compared to Mom, she's nothing. What is wrong with his taste, cheating with someone like *that*?

Seeing how easily she got the money, the woman's eyes glinted. She claimed that she had been so roughed up the previous night that she couldn't work for days and demanded another 20,000 yuan to compensate for her losses.

Ou Xiaolong wished the ground would open up and swallow him whole. He had never been so humiliated in his entire life. Losing face in front of my own daughter is bad enough, but to run into Yi Anguo of all people? He saw everything! How can I ever face him again? How can I possibly still look down on him and call him a womanizer who isn't a gentleman?

Furious, Chen Xuejiao saw her opening. When the woman wasn't looking, she snatched the 10,000 yuan back from her hand. "Fine! I gave you ten thousand, and you're still greedy? Go on then, make a scene! We're right in front of the police station. Worst case, we all go back inside. Go ahead, call your reporters! I dare you!"

Caught off guard, the woman hadn't expected Chen Xuejiao to make such a move. Seeing the 10,000 yuan she had almost secured get snatched away, she grew desperate. She began pleading, promising she wouldn't cause any more trouble if Chen Xuejiao would just give her back the money.

Chen Xuejiao was acting out of anger and had no desire to prolong the confrontation. Still, she knew that if she didn't pay the 10,000 yuan, the woman would never leave them alone. She turned to the woman and said sternly, "If you keep pestering us or get any greedier, I guarantee you'll be the one who regrets it."

Chen Xuejiao had Yi Anguo take a photo of her handing the 10,000 yuan to the woman. She also made the woman promise on audio recording that she would never ask for more money. Only after securing this proof did she give the cash back and tell the woman to leave.

After the woman left, Yi Anguo finally pieced everything together. He turned to Ou Xiaolong and asked, "Were you with Zhuo Weidong last night?"

"How did you know?" Ou Xiaolong asked, embarrassed.

"How else would I know? Do you know what I'm doing here now?" Yi Anguo said with a smile.

"Zhuo Weidong called you? He asked you to come get him?" Ou Xiaolong asked as it suddenly dawned on him.

"What do you think?" Yi Anguo laughed. "You two are really something else. I always thought you were such perfect gentlemen when we used to drink together."

"I drank too much. I blacked out," Ou Xiaolong quickly explained, sneaking a glance at his daughter's face. "I have no idea what happened. I just woke up in a hotel room with some woman I've never seen before, and then I was arrested. I swear, I didn't do anything." He seemed to be explaining less to Yi Anguo and more to his daughter.

"So, you're saying that woman deliberately brought you to a room, undressed you, and waited for you to wake up so she could extort you?" Yi Anguo asked. "If that's the case, sounds like you walked right into a honey-trap scam."

Ou Xiaolong thought about it carefully, then slapped his forehead. "That's it! It must have been a honey-trap scam! We were blackout drunk. Why on earth would we go looking for women?"

"And to be blunt," he continued, "even if we were looking for company, we wouldn't pick someone of that... caliber. She was old and unattractive! We'd find someone young and beautiful. Right, Yi?"

"Think about it—if a man is blackout drunk, he can't do anything, even if the most beautiful woman in the world is lying right next to him! It's impossible, right?" Ou Xiaolong said, a smile spreading across his face as if he'd finally found a kindred spirit.

"That's it! I'm going to explain the situation to the police right now. We're the victims here! We were definitely set up in a honey-trap!" With that, he turned and started walking back toward the police station.

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