Reborn: Instead of Chasing the School Beauty, I Chased Her Mother

"Is there no one with you?"

With the owner asking this, a feeling of unease faintly emerged in Jiang Xian's heart.

Still, she calmly replied, "My husband is coming in a bit."

As she spoke, she picked up the room card.

Jiang Xian went upstairs. There seemed to be many tenants here, and she thought the owner probably wouldn't dare to do anything.

After reaching the second floor and seeing the subpar hygiene, Jiang Xian began to regret her decision.

But she had already spent the money on the room; it would be a waste not to use it.

Once inside her room, the first thing she did was lock the door from the inside to prevent anyone from entering. The owner had made Jiang Xian very wary.

Just as Jiang Xian had ascended the stairs, Li Zhiyan walked in.

"Staying the night?"

"I'm here to meet someone. You go about your business."

The manager didn't think much of it; it was very common for people to meet up nowadays.

As someone running a hotel, he was used to overhearing all kinds of strange noises in the corridors and had grown indifferent to them.

This nearly six-foot student was clearly here for a rendezvous.

The manager fetched a screwdriver from under the counter and headed for the second floor, instructing a receptionist to take over the front desk.

Just now, the room he had rented to Fang Zhiya was at the very end of the corridor, quiet and out of the way for his business.

He hurried to Jiang Xian's door and gently knocked.

"Beauty, let's get to know each other," he said.

"I'm the owner here, the whole three-story hotel is mine."

"I have another hotel over on Fuqing Street."

He knew he wasn't much to look at.

So he had to impress this stunning beauty with his wealth.

Tonight, he intended to have a passionate encounter.

"Why are you telling me all this? Get away from my door," she demanded.

Jiang Xian felt truly frightened now; the room was too close to the corner.

She hadn't thought much about it upon arrival, but she now realized how many safety hazards there were.

"Beauty, let's get acquainted," he persisted.

He took out a key and tried to unlock the door.

But the chain was fastened on the inside, so he could only open a small crack.

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

Jiang Xian was terrified, never expecting such an incident in a hotel.

The manager produced a screwdriver.

"Beauty, this is my house, so whether I go in or out is for me to decide," he claimed.

He intended to forcibly break the chain lock.

But suddenly, he felt an intense pain in his waist.

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He was sent flying by a tremendous force.

The person who had struck, naturally, was Li Zhiyan...

Li Zhiyan was ruthless with the manager, kicking him into a wall from which he crumbled down.

Li Zhiyan then delivered two more kicks.

He even knocked out two of the man's teeth.

This manager had some local influence and wasn't accustomed to being humiliated like this.

Just as he was about to call for help, Li Zhiyan kicked him in the head, instantly knocking him unconscious.

Li Zhiyan took a fervent approach to intervener against such a criminal, sparing no mercy, and internally, he felt an uncontrollable surge of gratification.

"Auntie Jiang, are you alright?"

In the room, Jiang Xian wondered if she had heard wrong, at her most frightened and helpless.

Li Zhiyan's voice was there!

How could this kid be in such a place? The last time she was upset at the Brotherhood Internet Cafe, he was there too; what was going on?

"Xiao Yan, why are you here?"

She hurriedly opened the door and pulled Li Zhiyan inside the room, worried that the owner might harm Li Zhiyan.

But seeing the already unconscious manager on the ground, Jiang Xian finally eased her worries...

"Auntie Jiang, we should leave here first. This place is full of his people; staying longer could cause trouble," Li Zhiyan suggested.

Such riffraff indeed shouldn't be provoked. Although Li Zhiyan wasn't afraid, it was still better not to linger in such places.

"Okay, let's go quickly."

Li Zhiyan grabbed Jiang Xian's suitcase and took her hand to go downstairs. The receptionist downstairs gave them an odd look but didn't ask too many questions.

After walking hand in hand past a street, Jiang Xian's heart was still pounding; the recent events were too perilous for comfort.

The thought alone was terrifying.

If it weren't for Li Zhiyan, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Xiao Yan, how did you happen to be here?"

Jiang Xian knew that her leaving today was purely a result of the verbal and personal insults she received from Yen Zhengjin.

Her departure was a spontaneous event, and encountering such a hotel owner was also happenstance.

The chance of meeting Li Zhiyan under such dangerous circumstances was virtually negligible.

But against all odds, he had indeed rescued her.

"Auntie Jiang, I returned to the internet cafe tonight," he shared.

"We have a break from military training tomorrow."

"Then about half an hour ago, I felt very uncomfortable," he confessed.

At that moment, Jiang Xian's heart rate accelerated once more.

Half an hour ago?

Wasn't that when Yen Zhengjin was berating her?

The ugly and insulting words he used were all directed at her.

Thinking about it now, Jiang Xian was still deeply distressed.

That was the man she had shared her life with for so many years.