44: Chapter 44 Paint Splattered?!

"It's bad, Old Shen! You need to hurry over here!"

Without another word, Shen Yan immediately rushed back to the hotel.

As soon as he arrived at his hotel room, he saw that red paint had been splashed all over his door.

He frowned and asked Chen Guangke, "What's going on here?"

Chen Guangke let out a heavy sigh, "We don't know either. We just got back from eating out, and your door was like this."

"We've already asked the hotel staff to check the surveillance footage. The footage should be ready soon."

Liu Hui asked from behind Shen Yan, "Did you call the police?"

Hearing Liu Hui's voice, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya were stunned for a moment.

"Why are you here?"

"Uh... I..."

Liu Hui didn't know how to explain, so she could only look to Shen Yan for help.

Shen Yan patted Liu Hui's shoulder and said to Chen Guangke and Wu Ya, "This isn't that important right now. Let's go look at the surveillance first."

Chen Guangke nodded and replied, "Okay, I already called the police. The officers will be here soon too."

Saying that, the four of them went side-by-side to the hotel lobby on the first floor to check the surveillance.

"Yes, yes! That's them, those are the ones who splashed the paint!"

In the surveillance recording, two people were seen splashing a bucket of paint on Shen Yan's door.

Because the two people were wearing hats and masks, they couldn't clearly see their faces.

"Can you find out the identities of these two people?"

The staff member shook his head, "I'm sorry, these two individuals are not registered here, so we cannot determine their identities."

"However, rest assured, we will fully cooperate with the police!"

Chen Guangke was very dissatisfied with this answer.

"You are a five-star hotel, how can your security be this poor?!"

"To actually let other people brazenly run up to our door and splash paint! It's hard for us to believe you can protect us!"

The staff member quickly bowed and apologized.

"I'm sorry, we are deeply apologetic about this."

"How about this, we will cover your hotel room charges..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yan interrupted him.

"We won't be staying here anymore. I hope you will cooperate with the police and give me an explanation as soon as possible regarding this matter."

After speaking, Shen Yan took the others upstairs to pack their luggage.

Regardless of who splashed paint on his door, they had to change their location as quickly as possible.

After packing up, Wu Ya immediately booked another five-star hotel.

As they were about to leave, Wu Ya asked Shen Yan, "So, have you guessed who splashed paint on your door?"

Shen Yan didn't speak.

Actually, he already had a guess in his mind.

The plagiarism scandal was escalating.

Many people online had posted his personal information and address.

This incident was very likely someone who believed the online rumors and came to splash paint to scare him.

However, he didn't plan to tell anyone his guess.

If he said it now, it would only increase the panic among the others.

"No. Maybe I accidentally offended someone, and they came secretly for revenge."

"It's fine. Since they only splashed paint and didn't do anything else, we should remain calm and wait for the police and the hotel to give us a result."

Wu Ya nodded.

Then, she cautiously glanced at Shen Yan.

"So why was Liu Hui with you guys? Were you two out on a date just now?"

Shen Yan felt a sense of helplessness; he didn't know why Wu Ya would think that.

"It wasn't a date; we ran into each other by chance."

Wu Ya secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, I see..."

Chen Guangke was eavesdropping on their conversation nearby.

For some reason, hearing Wu Ya's question gave him an uncomfortable feeling.

"Does Old Shen going out on a date have anything to do with you?"

Wu Ya closed her eyes, turned around, and stepped on Chen Guangke's foot.

"Then what relationship does Shen Ge going out have with you?"

Chen Guangke stretched his neck and shouted, "How does it have nothing to do with me?"

Seeing the two of them start bickering again, Shen Yan shook his head and walked over to Liu Hui's side.

"I'm sorry for making you come along. Everything is fine on my end now; you can go back."

"No!"

As soon as the refusal left her mouth, Liu Hui realized she had been too eager.

She looked at the confused Shen Yan and cleared her throat a bit guiltily, "Because I didn't have anything to do today and was quite bored, I wanted to stay with you guys a little longer."

"Um... I think you guys are quite interesting and I want to be friends with you."

Shen Yan didn't suspect anything.

He thought Liu Hui was genuinely just bored, which is why she was sticking by his side all the time.

"Okay, then come with us. We'll go eat together later."

Liu Hui happily agreed.

That evening, the four of them went to a roadside food stall to eat.

"Sigh, when will that rumor ever be cleared up? Staying here forever isn't a solution..."

"Right. The police haven't given us any explanation yet. If we keep waiting here, we won't even be able to do our jobs."

Shen Yan thought for a moment and replied, "Don't rush. Just wait a little longer. There should be news soon."

Seeing how certain he looked, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya couldn't help but be curious again.

"Is there some important information you aren't telling us? How can you be so sure that the rumor will definitely be clarified?"

Just as Shen Yan was about to speak, he received a text message.

The text message contained an address.

Seeing the address, he curled his lips into a satisfied smile.

"Do you guys want to know?"

Upon hearing the question, Chen Guangke, Wu Ya, and Liu Hui all nodded in unison.

"Fine. Since you are all so curious, let's go somewhere after dinner."

After they finished eating.

The time was already 8:30 PM.

Shen Yan brought the three of them to the vicinity of a high-end restaurant.

"Why did you bring us here? Didn't we just finish eating?"

Shen Yan didn't speak; he directly led them into the restaurant.

The restaurant had been booked out, and only He Yunri was inside.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Hearing this, Shen Yan quickly walked over, "I'm sorry. The address you gave me was really too far from where I was staying."

He Yunri chuckled and replied, "It's fine. I hadn't eaten anyway, so sit down and have a meal with me."

Shen Yan shook his head.

"I came after eating, so I won't join you for the meal. That thing I mentioned to you earlier..."

He Yunri beckoned to someone behind him, took a folder, and handed it to Shen Yan.

"Don't worry, I always keep my word. Since I already promised you, I will definitely follow through."