Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Break Ten Fingers!

At that moment, Jiang Silu was filled with regret.

’If only I hadn’t tried to save a little money on a hotel!’

’Why did I have to pick one so far out of the way?’

She looked at the middle-aged man in front of her. Seeing his thuggish demeanor, she decided to run toward the main road, in the direction of the streetlights.

"Help!"

"Help!"

Seeing this, the thug reached out to grab Jiang Silu.

But two men suddenly rushed out.

They pinned the drunkard to the ground in one move.

Of course, Jiang Silu didn’t notice her bodyguards, Lao Liu and Lao Jiu, behind her. She just kept running forward.

’If I can just get to a crowded place,’ she thought, ’I might be safe.’

She had just reached an intersection and spotted a small convenience store, hoping to find shelter with the owner inside.

Just then, Lu Fan arrived.

He looked at the breathless Jiang Silu. "Silu, what’s wrong?"

Jiang Silu frantically pointed down the alley behind her. "There’s... there’s a creep!"

Lu Fan immediately glanced at Chen He behind him.

Chen He understood instantly.

Ten minutes earlier, they had received a location ping from Lao Liu.

That’s how they got here.

He never thought that in such a short time, Jiang Silu would run into a creep!

Chen He immediately ran down the dark alley.

As for Lu Fan, he patiently comforted her. "It’s okay, I sent Chen He to check it out. Come on, I’ll take you to the car first."

With that, he led Jiang Silu into the car.

After getting in, Jiali handed Jiang Silu a bottle of water. "Here, this will help you calm down."

Now that Lu Fan and Jiali were with her, Jiang Silu finally broke down. She clutched the water bottle and started to cry. "I... I was so scared... WAHHH..."

Nothing like this had ever happened to her before.

She was already scared walking down the alley to the hotel by herself.

And then, Murphy’s Law kicked in: whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.

A creep showed up and tried to harass her.

If she hadn’t been a fast runner, she probably would have been assaulted.

Seeing his precious daughter sobbing, the fire in Lu Fan’s heart blazed even hotter.

But he couldn’t go deal with that bastard just yet. First, he had to calm Jiang Silu down. "It’s okay, Dad’s here. Once your Uncle Chen He catches him, we’ll make sure he gets dragged to the police station."

"Okay." Jiang Silu had no doubt that Lu Fan would take the creep to the station.

After all, he had even been able to smooth over the time her brother beat someone up.

Still, her hands wouldn’t stop shaking, and she continued to sob in fear.

Lu Fan looked at Jiali. "Jiali, calm Silu down. I’m going to go take a look."

After speaking, he prepared to get out of the car.

Seeing this, Jiang Silu quickly urged, "Be careful..."

"Don’t worry," Lu Fan said with a smile. "There are so many of us. What’s he going to do, fight me?"

But the moment he turned around, his smile vanished.

Jiang Silu, who remained in the car, was still shaken.

Jiali gently patted her back, softly comforting her. "It’s okay now, don’t worry. By the way, why were you going to stay in a hotel?"

"I..."

Jiang Silu finally choked out the reason.

...

「Meanwhile.」

Lu Fan arrived at the entrance to the alley.

Chen He walked up to him. "Boss, we dragged the guy into a corner."

"Take me there," Lu Fan said, his face cold.

"Yes, Boss." Chen He knew Lu Fan’s temper.

He first reminded him, "Boss, your right hand is injured. Remember to use your left hand if you hit him."

"I know."

And so, Lu Fan went to the corner.

Lao Liu and Lao Jiu immediately said respectfully, "Boss."

"Good work, you two," Lu Fan gestured.

The drunken man was lying on the ground, wailing, "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, it hurts..."

Lu Fan watched him clutch his stomach in agony.

He then squatted down and asked, "Did you just harass a young girl?"

"I didn’t harass anyone! When did I harass anyone?" The drunk man was still being stubborn.

After hearing this, Lu Fan was about to clench his right fist and punch him.

But he remembered his hand was injured. If he used too much force and it started bleeding again, it would be bad if Jiang Yixia found out.

So he clenched his left fist, punched the drunk man in the stomach, and asked again in a stern tone, "I’m asking you one more time. Did you harass her?"

The punch landed squarely on the man’s stomach, causing a great deal of pain.

It was so painful he even started to dry heave.

The man coughed nonstop, then started cursing. "So what if I harassed her? What’s it to you? Are you a cop?"

"I’m not a cop. I’m her dad," Lu Fan said, standing up and pinning the man’s head to the ground with his foot. "If you were talking to the police, you might be safe. Too bad for you, you ran into me instead."

Then he looked at Lao Liu and Lao Jiu. "Don’t kill him. But that mouth of his is filthy. Slap him until it’s swollen, then take him to the precinct and hand him over to Director Chen. I’ll have Jiali give him a heads-up."

"Yes, sir!"

When the drunk man heard this, he instantly panicked.

He quickly begged, "I’m sorry, I’ll never do it again."

"I’m sorry."

"I’m sorr— AH... AHHH..."

The creep’s wretched screams followed immediately.

Of course, the screaming stopped after just two cries.

The reason was that Lao Liu had stuffed his own sock into the man’s mouth.

Lu Fan returned to the car with Chen He.

When Jiang Silu saw Lu Fan return, she quickly asked with concern, "Are... are you okay?"

"What could happen to me?" Lu Fan chuckled. "Don’t worry, I’ve already had him sent to the station. I even got a little revenge for you."

"You... you hit him?" Jiang Silu worried. "What if he tells the police you beat him up?"

"He bullied my daughter. He’s lucky I didn’t beat him to death," Lu Fan said calmly.

Jiang Silu heard his words.

They sounded crude, even a little bloodthirsty.

But to a daughter who had just been so terrified, it felt like a father’s love.

"Thank... you." Although Jiang Silu still didn’t have the courage to call him ’Dad’ in front of so many people, having Lu Fan by her side was truly reassuring.

Lu Fan breathed a sigh of relief as he saw Jiang Silu finally starting to calm down.

He then glanced at Jiali. Jiali nodded and looked at Jiang Silu, saying, "Silu, why don’t you tell your dad the whole story?"

Actually, on the way there, Jiali had already sent a message to Lu Fan.

She had explained the whole situation.

But Lu Fan still had to pretend he didn’t know. "What’s wrong? Did your dorm mates bully you?"

Jiang Silu immediately shook her head. "No, no, it’s not like that..."

She explained awkwardly, "The competition submission is in a week, and I still have some designs to finish. But I was afraid of disturbing my roommates’ rest in the dorm, so I thought about finding a hotel to stay in for a few days to draw at night..."

"Then... then I thought the hotels near campus were too expensive, so I wanted to find a cheaper one, and that’s why I went to that more remote place..."

After she finished, Jiang Silu worried that Lu Fan would criticize her.

After all, what she did was quite dangerous for a girl.

Alone, in the dark, in an alley.

All the risk factors were stacked against her.

But Lu Fan comforted her, "It’s okay, Lulu. How about this, Dad will take you to another hotel. Dad invested in that one; I have shares in it."

"Ah... wouldn’t that be too much trouble for you?" Jiang Silu thought about it and shook her head. "I’ll just stay at a hotel near campus. It’s fine, the hotels near campus are very safe."

"How about this? Let’s play a game. If you lose, you have to do what I say," Lu Fan proposed.

"Okay..." Jiang Silu nodded.

So Lu Fan asked, "Why did the scarecrow win an award?"

"An award?" Jiang Silu looked confused, shaking her head. "I don’t know."

"Because he was outstanding in his field!"

The words were barely out of his mouth before a small laugh escaped Jiang Silu’s lips.

She tried to say something but couldn’t hold back her smile.

Even Chen He chuckled. "That’s a good one, Boss!"

"So, you’ll listen to me now, right?" Lu Fan asked.

Jiang Silu had no choice but to agree.

She nodded, then thought of something and said in a small voice, "Can you not tell Mom what happened tonight? I’m afraid she’ll worry..."

"Okay."

Lu Fan extended his hand. "Come on, let’s make a pinky promise. I won’t tell your mom."

Seeing this, Jiang Silu thought that Lu Fan wasn’t like other somewhat rigid, old-fashioned middle-aged men. Instead, he was playing a game for little kids.

So she extended her own finger, linking it with Lu Fan’s to seal their pinky promise.

As they did, Jiang Silu noticed Lu Fan’s right hand.

She asked with concern, "Does your hand still hurt? Mom told me. Thank you..."

"It doesn’t hurt, don’t worry, I was lying to your mom." Lu Fan made a ’shushing’ gesture and then smiled. "You help me keep this secret, and we’ll keep each other’s."

"Okay~"

Then everyone got in the car and drove towards the Baihan Hotel.

「Not long after.」

They got out of the car.

Lu Fan led Jiang Silu into the lobby.

Jiali had already called to inform the hotel management.

She told them to skip the formalities and treat them as ordinary guests.

So when Lu Fan and his group entered the lobby, only a single lobby manager was there to greet them. He smiled. "President Lu, I’ll show you to the front desk."

Lu Fan nodded, then asked Jiang Silu, "How about a presidential suite?"

When Jiang Silu heard this, she quickly shook her head. "No, no, no..."

She hated spending a lot, afraid of wasting money, so she said to Lu Fan, "I just need a single room."

Jiang Silu was even worried that a single room would be very expensive; after all, this was a five-star hotel.

The hotel’s ambiance and decor were incredibly luxurious.

’Even a single room would probably cost several hundred a night.’

She then asked in a low voice, "Or... are there any special-rate rooms? I’m just staying by myself."

After hearing this, Lu Fan smiled.

He then looked at the lobby manager and said, "In that case, let’s respect her wishes. Just give her a single room."

"Of course, we’ll arrange it right away." The lobby manager immediately instructed the front desk to begin the check-in process.

Lu Fan then looked at Jiang Silu and said, "Tomorrow morning, I’ll have the hotel staff drive you to school."

"You don’t have to. I can just take the bus." Jiang Silu was worried about troubling the hotel staff because of her.

But Lu Fan said, "Silly girl, this hotel is Dad’s. You don’t need to feel any pressure. When you were buying clothes before, you felt it was an extravagance, but this is Dad’s hotel. What are you afraid of? At most, it’s just a little gas money."

After hearing these words, Jiang Silu finally relaxed.

"Okay..." she nodded.

Seeing that it was getting late and not wanting to delay his daughter’s drawing, Lu Fan waved goodbye.

Jiang Silu watched him leave. She wanted to say more, but the words wouldn’t come.

She could only watch him go.

But just as she was waiting for her room key, ready to go up, the lobby manager glanced at his phone and said with a smile, "My apologies, Miss Silu. We’ve just discovered that all our single rooms are occupied. How about this, may I give you a complimentary room upgrade?"

Hearing this, Jiang Silu had no choice but to agree. "Okay, what kind of room is the upgrade?"

She originally thought it might be a room with a double bed or something similar.

Unexpectedly, the lobby manager said, "We’re upgrading you to the luxury presidential suite."

Jiang Silu instantly understood. So, after going around in a circle, her father was still making her stay in the presidential suite...