Fortunately, I Met You - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Since it was November, the weather was very cold . Even though Cheng Xi had a thick layer of clothing on, she was still sneezing fiercely .

Even though she was clutching her arms and shivering, goosebumps were all over her body as she called a taxi and got into it . The driver noticed her plight from his rearview mirror and asked if he should turn the heater on for her .

Cheng Xi nodded . “Thank you . ”

She couldn’t help but glance back . The words “Donglai Grand Hotel” shone clearly in the morning light .

She finally recognized where she was—in Nan’an, far from Phoenix Stage, the nightclub where she had been partying last night, and farther still from her home .

She rarely ever came to this area, so despite being a local, she found the surroundings unfamiliar .

“Please make the next left turn and go to Phoenix Stage . ” After finally seeing a familiar landmark, Cheng Xi gave some instructions to the taxi driver .

“At this time?”

“Yes . ”

The driver looked at her with a funny expression, then smiled and asked, “Do you work there?”

 Cheng Xi, stone-faced, replied, “No . ”

The driver chuckled, decided not to say anything else, and turned left ahead .

Cheng Xi took out her phone and googled ‘Donglai . ’ Only one piece of news mentioned Lu Chenzhou, and even that was a year old . All it said was that Donglai was to be passed down from father to son, with Lu Chenzhou taking over and becoming its new CEO .

The rest of the many news articles dealt almost exclusively with Donglai’s corporate expansion plan . Cheng Xi didn’t read these articles, as she was not interested in such matters .

It was indeed quite early . They reached Phoenix Stage right around 9 AM, but the doors were already open, and a worker was cleaning the floors . Cheng Xi walked in and found the manager . “I left my handbag here last night . Could you let me check the security cameras?”

The manager was on guard towards her request and perfunctorily replied, “Which room were you in? I apologize, but under normal circumstances, we’re not allowed to let customers look through the security footage . ”

Cheng Xi reported the room number . “I’m not interested in anything else except for the footage near the exit . My handbag has some very important information that I need to reclaim, so could you please help me out?”

The manager thought for a while before replying, “Would it be fine if you stated the approximate time at which you lost your bag? That way, we can review the security footage for you . ”

No matter what Cheng Xi said, the manager seemed reluctant to agree, and he was even starting to suspect her true motives . Exasperated and helpless, she suddenly thought of name-dropping Lu Chenzhou . “Do I need to have Mr . Lu talk to you, then?”

“Mr . Lu?”

“Yes, Lu Chenzhou . My missing handbag has his documents inside . ”

The manager looked at her suspiciously before finally giving in . “Please wait here . ” He turned and went into the office, most likely to talk to his boss . After a while, he returned and brought Cheng Xi in to look at the security footage .

The footage had no audio . At 11:18 PM, she saw Lu Chenzhou’s driver lift her out of the private room . Lu Chenzhou walked by his driver’s side, and the three of them left directly by car .

Throughout the whole process, no other people entered or exited the room .

11:18 PM---it shouldn’t have been more than half an hour since Cheng Xi had first entered the room . Additionally, the time she had been drunk was far shorter . Within that period of time, then, nothing much could have happened .  

So, Cheng Xi was quite certain that, last night, not long after she had gotten drunk, Lu Chenzhou had brought her away to Donglai Hotel .  

As for his motives . . . . she suddenly remembered a question that Lu Chenzhou had asked her . “Would you get in bed with your patients?”

Then, she had replied ‘no . ’

As she remembered this, Cheng Xi laughed softly .