At this point, he remembered that Wei Xiaoyu's identity couldn't be revealed carelessly, so he had to swallow his words back.
Manager Li was taken aback. Deputy Director Liu was his best friend, but he had never spoken to him in this tone before, no matter what the matter was. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "Brother Liu, just say what's on your mind. Why are you putting on this show with us brothers?"
Deputy Director Liu glanced around to make sure no one was watching before whispering, "Let me tell you, that woman... her background is far more powerful than you can imagine. But I can't reveal her details. Just keep it to yourself. Don't even mention medical expenses. You should be grateful they're not causing you any trouble. Want more money? Honestly, just because you and I are best buddies, like brothers, if this were me, I'd want to slap you across the face. Luckily, they've spared us. Remember, it's not us who's pursuing this, not us who's causing trouble for them."
Manager Li was clearly stunned, and after a long while, he asked, "Brother Liu, who...who exactly is she? Are you sure?"
Deputy Director Liu lowered his voice to an extremely low hue: "I'm telling you, remember this. If you leak this out, you'll be in big trouble, understand? Nobody can protect you. You should just close down and leave... She... is from the family of a top-level national figure in Beijing. The person she just called from here is our Provincial Party Secretary in the south, Secretary Liu Hanliang. Don't ask me if I'm sure; we made the call, the number has been verified, it's absolutely true, it's Secretary Liu. If you still want to live a good life, you'd better pay Zhou Xuan's wages and salaries in full, don't even mention medical expenses."
Manager Li wasn't just stunned; he was completely drenched in cold sweat.
These people have good relationships with Deputy Director Liu and other local officials, and have made a lot of ill-gotten gains. To ordinary people, they are very powerful and influential, but they wouldn't dare to touch someone like Wei Xiaoyu. Don't be fooled by Deputy Director Liu's words that they are like brothers; it's because he has taken too much money and drinks from Wei Xiaoyu before. If it's exposed, Wei Xiaoyu will be in trouble too. So for now, they can only let him have his way and prevent him from getting into trouble. Otherwise, how can they be so easy to talk to?
However, Manager Li also understood that Deputy Director Liu would not secretly sabotage him in this matter. He guessed that Wei Xiaoyu's matter was true, and it seemed that he had to report to the company's boss as soon as possible. The boss knew about the injury of more than 20 people and also asked him to urge the police station to settle the matter quickly and not delay. Now that things had turned out this way, he dared not hide it. The matter had exceeded his capacity to handle.
Deputy Director Liu continued, "I have to go now. I need to discuss the aftermath with Director Yang. Quickly calculate their wages and let me know so I can have them come and collect them. Bye."
After hanging up the phone, Manager Li shook his head, filled with doubt. He didn't dare call Deputy Director Liu again. He thought to himself, given Zhou Xuan's poor living conditions and lack of talent, how could he have such a powerful girlfriend? No matter how he thought about it, he felt that this matter was fake and unreal. Well, he should report it to the boss as soon as possible and let the boss investigate.
When Deputy Director Liu returned to his office, Director Yang and Lao Zhou greeted Wei Xiaoyu and Zhou Xuan with smiles on their faces.
After sitting for a while, Wei Xiaoyu guessed that Director Yang and the others had figured out the facts, and then said calmly, "Can we leave now? If there's nothing else, I'd like to go back to the hotel."
"Of course, of course," Director Yang quickly said with a smile. "I'll send someone to take you both to the hotel right away. As for Mr. Zhou's salary, we'll handle that too, and we guarantee we'll give him a satisfactory answer."
Wei Xiaoyu smiled faintly and said no more.
Zhou Xuan then said, "Should we still take a statement? Should we still discuss the medical expenses?"
Director Yang quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, there's no need to take a statement, no criminal record. Also, did they injure Mr. Zhou? Where was Mr. Zhou injured? I'll negotiate with them to subsidize your medical expenses. That's easy to discuss, easy to discuss..."
Director Yang was simply pretending to be confused. Zhou Xuan asked whether the injured person from the amusement park needed medical expenses, but he pretended not to know and instead asked Zhou Xuan if the other party had injured him. He said that as long as Zhou Xuan said one word, he could help him get medical expenses.
In fact, neither Zhou Xuan nor Wei Xiaoyu had any injuries whatsoever.
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Volume 1, Chapter 371: The Original Time
Chapter 371 The Original Time
To prevent others from finding out, Director Yang sent Lao Zhou to escort Wei Xiaoyu and Zhou Xuan to the Chongkou Hotel. After dropping them off, Lao Zhou respectfully took his leave. Only after Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu entered the hotel lobby did he turn around, get into his car, and finally relax, realizing he was drenched in cold sweat.
Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu paid for two more days at the front desk. After returning to their room, Zhou Xuan sat down facing Wei Xiaoyu, but suddenly felt uneasy. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Xiaoyu, I think I should get another room. This isn't good. You're a girl; it won't be good for your reputation if word gets out."
Wei Xiaoyu snorted and said, "Forget it, we're short of money right now. You said it's bad for my reputation, but you didn't say that last night. If you wanted a good reputation, I lost it yesterday. If anything really happens, you'll be responsible from now on."
Zhou Xuan was about to retort when he suddenly remembered that he was the one who booked the hotel room yesterday. To save money, he only booked one room. He never expected that she would now be taking all the blame upon herself. Moreover, he had no choice but to accept it. If Wei Xiaoyu said that she would blame him if she couldn't get married in the future, he would have nothing to say. Of course, given Wei Xiaoyu's appearance and conditions, that was impossible. But the key point was that if Wei Xiaoyu wanted to blame him, it would be a matter of course.
Seeing Zhou Xuan's expression, Wei Xiaoyu was genuinely worried that he might rush into booking another room, so she quickly added, "Alright, that's fine. Nobody here knows us, and besides, we don't have any money on us. If we spend all the little we have left, we'll probably have to beg on the streets. You know, I don't really want to go to Uncle Liu Hanliang's place."
Zhou Xuan could only smile wryly and shut up. He knew he couldn't win an argument with her, so he simply said, "Xiaoyu, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. We'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow. My head is spinning right now, I don't want to think about anything."
After taking a shower, Zhou Xuan didn't say anything more to Wei Xiaoyu. The two had been alone together for so long, so they didn't feel uncomfortable. Wei Xiaoyu also naturally went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Zhou Xuan silently took out the Nine Dragon Cauldron again, practiced his ice energy ability a few times, and after feeling a slight progress, he probed the Nine Dragon Cauldron again, but of course, he didn't sense anything.
Although there has been some progress in my ice-energy ability, how can it compare to what it used to be? It might not even be one-thousandth of what it used to be. Back then, my ice-energy absorbed the energy from that enormous golden boulders at the bottom of the American sinkhole, and then obtained even more energy from the crystal. It had already reached the maximum capacity of my meridians, and it was impossible to increase it any further. If I were to strengthen my ice-energy now through practice, it would never reach the level it used to be. Without reaching that level of purity and depth, my ice-energy ability cannot differentiate into other abilities.
Zhou Xuan poured two more cups of water into the Nine Dragons Cauldron, then channeled his icy energy into the bead. This time, for some unknown reason, the Nine Dragons Cauldron didn't react at all.
The situation is somewhat like a child trying to push a large millstone; the child is too weak to move it at all.
Zhou Xuan understood that the reason was that his ice energy was too weak to be activated. Since the bead could not be activated, there was no possibility of absorbing ice energy, and naturally, there was less danger. Zhou Xuan knew very little about the Nine Dragon Cauldron. He had accidentally touched it the first time, and the second time he used it was based on the idea of the first ability. However, Zhou Xuan was fooled because he thought it only had the function of stopping time.
Of course, the main reason was also due to the circumstances. In the life-or-death situation forced by Ma Shuhen, Zhou Xuan had no choice. However, he did not know that the Nine Dragon Cauldron had the ability to travel through time. If he had known earlier, Zhou Xuan would have reconsidered.
While Zhou Xuan was lost in thought, Wei Xiaoyu had already finished showering and came out wrapped in a towel, her hair still wet and her legs mostly exposed. This made Zhou Xuan's face flush. He quickly put down the Nine Dragon Cauldron, turned over, lay down, and covered himself with the air conditioning blanket. Fortunately, the air conditioning was strong enough, and Zhou Xuan lay there without moving. Right next to him was an incredibly alluring beauty. If he wasn't careful and succumbed to temptation, he would never be able to turn back. Zhou Xuan was very aware of this.
Wei Xiaoyu watched Zhou Xuan's retreating figure, snorted, and cursed him inwardly, "Coward."
Zhou Xuan reached out and turned off the light, plunging the room into darkness. Zhou Xuan silently practiced his ice qi, while Wei Xiaoyu tossed and turned, her mind restless.
Zhou Xuan was woken up by his phone ringing in the morning. Although he hadn't slept much, he was still refreshed because of the progress in the ice-based medicine. Wei Xiaoyu, on the other hand, sat up after waking up, looking haggard.
The call was from Chief Yang of the local police station.
"Hello, is this Mr. Zhou? This is Yang Tiesen from the police station."
"Hello, hello," Zhou Xuan greeted politely, no matter what, he couldn't bring himself to smile.
"After we contacted the amusement park, we learned that the management team fully recognized their mistakes and severely punished the employees who made the errors. The amusement park has also offered to compensate Mr. Zhou with 8,000 yuan for his June salary and bonus, and 20,000 yuan for emotional distress, totaling 28,000 yuan. We wonder if Mr. Zhou is satisfied with this amount?"
Director Yang cautiously asked Zhou Xuan, saying that he knew, and even a fool could tell that he had played a role in it. However, if the people at the amusement park knew Wei Xiaoyu's background, then whether he spoke up or not, whether he helped or not, it would all have the same result. He said this simply to show off his achievements in front of Zhou Xuan and Wei Xiaoyu, so that Wei Xiaoyu would no longer be embarrassed to target them.
In fact, Wei Xiaoyu had long since given up the idea of taking her anger out on them, otherwise she wouldn't have stopped talking when Liu Hanliang called yesterday.
Such things should be stopped when they're done. As long as the other party doesn't push too hard, what's the point of making a fuss with them? Having experienced too much, Zhou Xuan didn't even have the slightest desire to show off. His whole heart was ruined by Fu Ying's antics.
In response to Director Yang's statement, Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Director Yang, I understand your good intentions. You're supposed to collect the money at the amusement park, right?"
"No need, no need. I'll have Lao Zhou and the amusement park's accountant bring the money to your hotel in a bit. You just need to sign it and that's it," Director Yang quickly explained, making sure to mention that Lao Zhou would accompany the amusement park's accountant, which further demonstrated his ingratiating intentions.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Director Yang. We were just about to go out to take care of some business. Since Director Yang has made this arrangement, we'll be right back. Please wait a moment."
"It's alright, it's alright, no problem, no problem," Director Yang said, sounding more like the one expressing gratitude, before excitedly hanging up the phone.