The cold felt like a steel blade, fiercely tearing through her skin, invading her fibers, and seeping into her spine.

There was no mistake; it was Bai Youyou's voice.

Any trace of intoxication vanished in an instant from fear, and she hurriedly rose from the hot spring water, her chest heaving violently, her eyes darting to the wooden bench beside her, where she discovered her clothes had disappeared.

Did the female attendant take them?

"Anya!? Anya!"

She loudly called the girl's name, but there was no response.

After a while, she suddenly remembered something and stood in place, stunned.

She had forgotten she had sent Anya to language training this afternoon.

"It's game over, it seems." Xu Xiaoyou uttered involuntarily.

Everything happened too suddenly, leaving her no time to buffer.

Xu Xiaoyou's feverish mind gradually calmed down.

She shook her head, ridding her mind of all distractions, ensuring she was in a state to think rationally.

What exactly happened?

How did they suddenly find out her location?

Did someone inform on her?

"This is bad."

"Excuse me, guest, may I ask…"

Before Xu Xiaoyou could contemplate further, the female attendant outside the door entered, her tone worried.

Xu Xiaoyou watched her approach and suddenly took the initiative, pouncing forward, pinning her to the ground, tightly covering her mouth with a bath towel. Then, she produced a bottle of potion and sprayed it quickly onto the towel!

As the paralyzing mist completely soaked into the bath towel, the woman's body gradually weakened, her eyelids fluttered heavily, and finally closed completely.

Xu Xiaoyou pulled away the bath towel.

The opponent had just retrieved a gun from behind their waist!

If she'd reacted a split-second slower, she'd likely have been subdued by now.

She flipped the body over and found the security badge.

As expected, the person was from the security division!

Listening to the chaotic footsteps outside the door, Xu Xiaoyou assessed that the security division likely had the place surrounded.

Listening carefully, she could hear police sirens outside the window.

The trap set against her had already been laid out without her realizing it.

It's likely the entire casino hall below is tightly surrounded, not even a fly could escape.

Taking the elevator down is impractical; feared the elevators on every level of Angel's Kiss are packed with security personnel, and if she opened the elevator doors, she'd be subdued by a swarm of officers.

Leaving in disguise, mingling among tourists?

That's even more unrealistic; with Bai Youyou's senses, she couldn't possibly hide her presence from the opponent.

What to do, how to escape surrounded like this?

If she just got that ticket, she could leave this place!

Impossible to escape, the phrase echoed in her mind.

Intense unwillingness welled up inside her.

Just then, another call came in.

She glanced at the caller information, which only noted 'I can save you.'

At times like this, desperation breeds innovation; she answered the call.

"Long time no see, Miss Xu."

Xu Xiaoyou was startled; it seemed to be Mr. Hao's voice?

Why was he calling her at this moment?

"I know the predicament you're in; let's skip the unnecessary talk."

"I have a subordinate in Angel's Kiss; her name is Ling."

"If you're willing to trust me, go to room B1302..."

Listening to the voice on the phone, Xu Xiaoyou's demeanor turned calm.

"Find life in death."

...

"There she is! I see her, don't let her escape!!"

In the corridor, a policeman shouted, pointing at the golden-haired figure around the corner.

A golden-haired girl at the corner, dressed in an evening gown, the exquisitely patterned gloves lightly raised the hem of her black and noble dress, gesturing towards the policemen rushing from the other end.

Above the corridor, a splendid gemstone lamp refracted light and flickered, the entire world now focused on the girl; she appeared elegant, beautiful, confident, like a noble black swan, with a serene smile, turning away, leisurely disappearing from the police's sight.

"Chase! Investigator Bai said whoever catches the criminal would get twenty thousand credit points reward!"

Upon hearing this, the officers, like sharks smelling blood, charged forth.

Amidst the chaos, a figure in ordinary black and white attire hastily walked in the opposite direction.

"Hey!"

A voice called out to the bowed Xu Xiaoyou walking ahead.

"Tsk."

She didn't look back, pausing in place.

The young officer giggled naively: "Sis, your jacket button isn't fastened properly."

Xu Xiaoyou sighed in relief, nodded slightly, and quickly vanished down the corridor.

...

In no time, she arrived at the room the Deerman mentioned in the call, raising her head.

——B1302.

The door was ajar, someone had prepared the room for her, inserting the room card.

Xu Xiaoyou didn't hesitate, quickly entered, and then locked the door.

Thinking further, she opened the door again, leaving a small gap.

It was a room no different from other suites at Angel's Kiss.

Beside the heart-shaped bed near the French window, its dark red curtain, sprinkled with rose petals on the sheets.

On the bedside table, apart from the dim bed lamp, there were candles of unknown use and some intimate accessories.

The first floor of the Angel's Kiss Hotel is the casino, above are all such couple rooms.

Xu Xiaoyou quietly moved to the French window, tore open the curtain.

Outside the hotel, a dozen hovercars now hovered in the air, red and blue lights intertwined, sirens blaring, casting a vast swath of pale light.

When Mr. Hao called her, she indeed questioned whether the matter involved him.

But upon reflection, he had no reason to do this.

He simply happened to know about it and wanted to leverage it to gain favor.

Only one target remained in her mind.

"Wilson!!" Xu Xiaoyou's eyes almost blazed with fury.

He knew her well enough to guess she'd end up at Angel's Kiss, a hotel with the most lavish casino in Corrupt Nest City.

She knew well enough leaving him was a hazard, countless times attempted to eliminate him, yet like he anticipated she'd act first, he returned from the hospital and stayed at the company ever since.

But she couldn't have thought, despite the heavy binds of interests and threats, he still chose to betray her, doing something so damaging.

Is he insane?

Doesn't he realize that if anything happened to her, when the company found out he was involved, they wouldn't spare him!

What prompted this cursed Werewolf to still decide to betray her in such circumstances?

Xu Xiaoyou suddenly realized something.

The ticket…

The Heart's Desire train ticket!

Her mind buzzed with clarity.

She should have known;

he already discovered the company's upcoming event, aimed to eliminate his competitors, hence he preemptively dealt with Xu Nian, and other A-level employees who posed competitive threats.

He had long yearned for that train ticket, ambitious, eager to leave this self-destructive city, heading to Nest City with more potential and development space.

Once she died, the credit for resolving the Fifth Alley mystery would naturally accrue to him, the department head.

By then, the ticket naturally belonged to him.

Spending a lifetime scheming against others, thinking he understood human nature thoroughly.

Upon being betrayed, she realized how juvenile her prior mindset had been.

"Hehe…" Xu Xiaoyou laughed for the first time, "The world's heroes are truly like crucian carp crossing the river."

She looked at the slightly ajar door, the shadow of a girl through the door crack twisting in the light, resembling an evil ghost.

The pressure in the air was almost tangible.

The phone popped a final message.

Bai Youyou: You, open the door.

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