Chapter 124

Guo Gaoyi reached up and tugged at his collar, feeling parched and tongue-tied. He seemed as if he was possessed, staring intently at the singer in front of him.

His gaze involuntarily fell on the singer’s delicate neck, then slowly moved down to her chest and waist.

At this moment, a surge of restlessness welled up inside him, and Guo Gaoyi’s mind was filled with extremely seductive images.

He shook his head, but still couldn’t suppress the desire in his heart, irresistibly reaching out towards the singer’s chest.

In the adjacent private room, the man slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

The singer was unaware that his intention was to make Guo Gaoyi really commit the act!

As long as the accusation of Guo Gaoyi raping the woman was confirmed, he would naturally have to serve the prince in order to save his own life.

Then he could use this to threaten Guo’s wife and the old lady Guo, forcing General Guo to submit to the prince!

Thinking of this, the man couldn’t help but show excitement.

Wang Liu and the others watched quietly behind, indifferent to Guo Gaoyi’s descent into the abyss.

The rewards that man gave were just too much; they couldn’t refuse.

After taking the rest of the money, they would no longer endure this humiliating position. Wouldn’t it be better to leave and start anew?

Under the influence of the aphrodisiac and strong alcohol, Guo Gaoyi had completely lost his reason. He suddenly leaned forward, about to throw the singer to the ground.

Everyone held their breath and clenched their fists, but suddenly, with a bang, the door of the private room was kicked open.

Splash!

A basin of cold water was poured over Guo Gaoyi’s head.

In an instant, before anyone could react, Guo Gaoyi was slapped twice hard.

Snap! Snap!

The singer was startled, screaming and retreating to the corner.

Everyone looked closely, only to see two burly men blocking Guo Gaoyi, one on each side.

Guo Gaoyi’s head was buzzing, his cheeks burning with pain. He looked up in a daze and saw a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sternly saying to him, “Young master, if you dare to get drunk outside, be careful that the General doesn’t skin you alive!”

Upon hearing this, Guo Gaoyi suddenly trembled, instantly becoming seven or eight points sober.

“Who…who are you?”

The man said sternly, “The General is worried about the young master’s improper behavior and has long sent us brothers to keep an eye on the young master. I didn’t expect such a thing to happen today!”

“Young master, open your eyes and look. That’s a singer. If you coerce her, it’s a crime of rape. Let’s not talk about whether you’ll survive. Where will the General’s reputation go?”

After hearing this, Guo Gaoyi’s face turned pale, and he broke out in a cold sweat, completely sobering up!

“I…I didn’t, I don’t know what happened…don’t tell my dad! I was just drinking with colleagues!”

“Colleagues?”

The man sneered.

“Young master, can’t you see clearly? These colleagues watched you make mistakes but didn’t intervene. I’m afraid they want to harm you!”

Guo Gaoyi suddenly trembled, turning his head to look at Wang Liu and the others.

After being exposed, Wang Liu and the others looked evasive and panicked, explaining incoherently.

Guo Gaoyi wasn’t stupid. As he recalled everything, he felt an indescribable chill in his heart.

He had never mistreated them before…

“And this singer, she came inexplicably. We need to capture her and interrogate her carefully. She’ll have to endure some torture!”

Apologies for the oversight. Let me correct that:

The man’s eyes widened, his tone fierce and intimidating, enough to frighten the singer to the core. She quickly screamed, “Don’t arrest me! I… someone gave me money to do this! Don’t arrest me!”

At this point, Guo Gaoyi could clearly see that this was a plot against himself!

His eyes blazing red, he shouted, “Who is it! Who wants to harm me!”

The singer shook her head in fear, pointing tremblingly at the wall behind her.

But before she could speak, a sharp knife pierced through the wall from the adjacent room, brutally stabbing the singer’s body!

Guo Gaoyi screamed in terror.

One of the men holding Guo Gaoyi immediately rushed out of the room. When he kicked open the adjacent room, it was empty except for the window creaking open.

The man’s eyes flickered slightly, then he looked towards the end of the corridor.

At the end of the corridor, there was another private room. At this moment, Qiao Tianjing was quietly leaning against the window, which was slightly ajar, facing the street outside.

“It’s indeed Li Xusheng,” Qiao Tianjing muttered.

He had seen Li Xusheng’s portrait before, and the figure that jumped from the second floor just now looked like him.

“Young master, as you instructed, the brothers downstairs are already following him,” said a burly middle-aged man standing behind Qiao Tianjing, his face covered with black cloth.

Qiao Tianjing nodded faintly and instructed, “Li Xusheng is highly skilled. Don’t get too close to him. Just track his movements. If you find him contacting anyone, especially someone from the Duke of Yan’s residence, report immediately.”

“Yes, sir!”

The man respectfully complied.

After leaving the Xiao residence, Qiao Tianjing hurried back to the Qiao residence.

He carefully instructed the hidden guards but still felt uneasy. Finally, he covered his face and personally rushed to the Zuixian Tower.

He patiently waited here for nearly two hours and finally encountered Guo Gaoyi.

The two men who appeared in time to stop Guo Gaoyi, needless to say, were the hidden guards arranged by Qiao Tianjing.

Li Xusheng was indeed an unexpected surprise.

In the afternoon, Qiao Tianjing speculated that the Second Prince must attach great importance to the military power in the southern border.

Although he had many people around him, according to the information revealed by his younger sister earlier, Li Xusheng was undoubtedly a highly valued subordinate of the Second Prince.

Early this morning, his father revealed to him the possibility that his aunt might be pregnant with Li Xusheng’s child, which made him secretly vigilant.

Before coming to the Zuixian Tower, he had considered that if Li Xusheng was the one working for the Second Prince tonight, he must track his whereabouts to thoroughly understand the true relationship between his aunt and him.

Therefore, besides the three bodyguards upstairs, he arranged people downstairs, at the back door, and in the adjacent alleys of the Zuixian Tower, making sure to tightly hold onto Li Xusheng!

At the moment, everything seemed to be going smoothly tonight!

Thinking of this, Qiao Tianjing couldn’t help but secretly rejoice.

Thanks to his younger sister’s guess about the Second Prince’s plan, he was able to make meticulous arrangements in time. Otherwise, relying on the two hidden guards he had arranged in advance, there would probably be many loopholes!

“Uncle Qiao, let’s close the net.”

“It’s a sudden incident tonight. I still need to rush to the Xiao residence and inform my father. Delaying General Guo’s side is not acceptable.”

All the hidden guards of the Qiao family were once soldiers of the Qiao family who had followed Qiao Zhongguo in and out of the battlefield. They all voluntarily changed their surname to “Qiao”.

Now that Qiao Tianjing had taken over half of the hidden guards, he had become familiar with all of them.

“Master, rest assured, we’ll make sure there are no leaks here.”

Qiao Tianjing nodded, “Uncle Qiao, thank you.”

He put on his hat, and after leaving the Zuixian Tower, he deliberately circled outside before finding a deserted alley to take off his hat and head towards the Xiao residence.