Chapter 157: Souni Breaks Down

The man’s face was intensely cold.

He said in a deep voice, “Are you going to take her away without any evidence at all?”

“Sir, who might you be?”

The officers from the Nanjiang police force grew somewhat guarded.

They offered no explanation as to why they were detaining her.

Instead, they began to suspect Lu Yunzhou’s identity.

The young woman’s background was unclear and had not yet been verified, making her a suspect.

And now another man had appeared.

Was he an accomplice to this girl?

“We need to see your identification!”

At this point, their suspicions extended to Lu Yunzhou, assuming he had an improper relationship with the young girl.

Perhaps they were accomplices acting together.

“Goodness me, these people really have the nerve to arrest just anyone, don't they?”

Jiang Buyan walked in carrying a bag of breakfast.

He saw the hotel surrounded by the film crew’s accusing witnesses.

Along with the personnel from the Nanjiang police.

The atmosphere was rather oppressive.

And Shen Chaoxi was trapped in the center of it all.

“In my opinion, they’re cut from the same cloth.”

“Who knows if anyone helped this girl get into the hotel in the first place?”

Su Ni sneered from the side.

However, the next second, Lu Yunzhou lowered his gaze, his lips pressed tightly together, an aura of extreme coldness enveloping him. With his slender, well-articulated fingers, he handed over his identification.

The expressions of those Nanjiang police officers changed drastically in an instant!

He—he was?!

How could it be?

The looks they cast toward Lu Yunzhou were filled with shock and sheer disbelief.

“You actually are...?”

They were utterly doomed!

It was over, completely over.

Su Ni’s expression shifted.

Seeing the reaction of the Nanjiang police, she frowned, her eyes laced with puzzlement as they landed on Lu Yunzhou.

“Then, as for this young lady…”

By now, the Nanjiang police officers wore panicked expressions as they hurriedly looked back at the young girl they had just been cornering.

“My fiancée.”

Lu Yunzhou spoke in a deep voice, his cold, sharp eyebrows and face draped in a faint layer of frost.

Then, his tall and straight figure, clad in a pure black suit that made him appear both cold and alluring, pulled Shen Chaoxi into his embrace.

“You frightened her.”

Lu Yunzhou’s voice was low and chilling, his dark eyes seemingly carrying an undercurrent of suppressed fury as they swept over the people present.

Su Ni’s gaze darkened.

This man was tall and upright, dressed in a pitch-black suit, with an intensely cold expression.

His identity was impossible to read.

Yet, deep inside, Su Ni felt a lingering, ominous premonition.

A bold conjecture blossomed in her mind.

Could it be?

“Young Master Lu, I am truly sorry.”

The Nanjiang police officers were practically scared out of their wits.

As for the identification they had just checked, they dared not make a sound, having silently confirmed the identity of the person before them.

He was none other than the young master of the prestigious Lu family from the capital.

They had truly poked a hornet's nest.

These Nanjiang police officers belonged to the very lowest tier of the hierarchy.

Their status was worlds apart from Lu Yunzhou's. If they had actually taken him into custody just now,

every single one of them would have been finished.

The ones ending up detained might very well have been themselves.

By now, the Nanjiang police officers were terrified out of their minds.

Even the way they looked at Lu Yunzhou was filled with awe and dread, terrified that he might reprimand them at any second.

Yet Lu Yunzhou’s cold gaze remained fixed on them, his lips pressed into a thin line as he gave them a single, warning look.

That gleaming pair of handcuffs was still held right in the hands of the police, right before his eyes.

Did they intend to cuff his little girl?

At that moment, the captain of the Nanjiang police followed his line of sight.

He was instantly startled, his expression turning exceedingly nervous.

“What are you all standing around for?”

“Put those handcuffs away this instant!”

The captain of the Nanjiang tactical police squad hurriedly slapped the arm of the officer who was standing near Shen Chaoxi holding the handcuffs.

Was this guy trying to push him right into the line of fire?

Standing there brandishing handcuffs—who exactly did he think he was going to cuff?

Were they planning to cuff the young master’s fiancée?

Or were they waiting to cuff themselves?

“Miss, we apologize. It was our failure to investigate properly…”

At this moment, how could Shen Chaoxi possibly be considered a suspect?

She was Lu Yunzhou’s fiancée.

She had no relation or feud whatsoever with the Nanjiang film crew.

In fact, they had never even crossed paths before.

Thus, Su Ni’s accusation was reduced to a fabricated, groundless crime.

They were in deep trouble now.

They had offended the wrong person.

Moreover, it was abundantly clear that the young master had explicitly emphasized just now that this young lady was his fiancée.

And they had terrified her.

Shouldn't they be apologizing immediately?

With that, they even stepped forward, walking directly up to Su Ni.

“Miss Su, this is Young Master Lu, and the person you were persistently accusing and suspecting is his fiancée.”

“Therefore, their presence in the hotel is for a vacation and relaxation. There is no such thing as an unknown background, suspicious behavior, or a suspected motive as you claimed.”

Once her identity was established, Shen Chaoxi’s presence in the hotel became entirely reasonable.

As for the security footage inside the hotel, the culprit must have been someone else.

However, just as the Nanjiang police officers finished speaking,

Su Ni’s expression altered completely.

“What? Young Master Lu?”

Which Young Master Lu?

In the capital, there was only ever one such person—the crown prince of the capital.

It was hardly Su Ni’s fault for not recognizing him.

Someone like her—

Even with some fame and high traffic in the entertainment industry,

at the end of the day, she was merely a popular actress. She simply lacked the qualification to rub shoulders with the elite families of the capital’s high society.

Let alone someone with Lu Yunzhou’s status.

He was someone she could never hope to meet, let alone touch.

Yet she had bumped into him here in a hotel today.

The moment she learned of Lu Yunzhou’s identity, Su Ni’s pupils contracted as if she had just realized something monumental.

Had she known—had she known he was Lu Yunzhou, she would never have acted this way.

It was she who had squandered the opportunity to get acquainted with this crown prince.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance; it was the kind of existence other people might never even lay eyes on in a lifetime.

While consumed by regret, Su Ni was also gripped by a creeping sense of panic.

She had originally intended to use this opportunity to frame the girl she had bumped into at the hotel yesterday.

Never had she imagined that this girl would turn out to be his fiancée.

Doesn't that mean...?

The moment she realized the true identity of this young woman,

Su Ni completely broke down.

How could this be...?

Her attempt to find a scapegoat had failed miserably.

Suddenly, a commotion echoed from outside the hotel.

It sounded as though someone was pushing through the crowd and walking into the lobby.

The Nanjiang police officers turned around.

The next moment, under the cool, dim lighting of the luxurious and grand hotel, a large group of people strode in imposingly from afar.

With stern expressions, they flashed their badges and announced to the Nanjiang personnel,

“Hello, we are police officers from District One of the Capital. We have just received a tip-off containing surveillance footage.”

“We suspect that someone affiliated with the Nanjiang film crew is involved in intentional assault and attempted murder!”

“We are now taking the criminal suspect, Ms. Su Ni, into custody for investigation.”

Sheng Ting stood on the second-floor balcony, dressed in a long red dress, her arms crossed over her chest as she leaned against the railing.

Shen Chaoxi raised her eyes and cast a calm, unreadable glance toward Sheng Ting.

Sheng Ting stood quietly in place.

Watching everything unfold in the hotel below.

At that moment, Shen Chaoxi withdrew her gaze from Sheng Ting.

Her expression remained calm, her eyes serene, her dark eyelashes veiling the emotions swirling deep within her eyes.

Su Ni panicked.