CHAPTER 25: CHAPTER 25: UNBELIEVABLE

"You two, I just checked the hotel’s surveillance. I found out that the falling object came from the top floor. You might not believe this, but it’s a small sculpture that was set in cement at the corners of the hotel’s roof during construction... Theoretically, without a magnitude seven or eight earthquake, it couldn’t possibly fall on its own and roll to the hotel’s front entrance..." the hotel manager explained painstakingly.

Lu Zechuan, however, lowered his eyes, smirked coldly, "So? Are you trying to evade responsibility?"

Lu Zechuan’s tone was unpleasant. If he had actually been hit and died, ten hotels like this wouldn’t be enough to compensate for his life!

"No, no, no! We have no intention of shirking responsibility." The hotel manager waved his hands hurriedly, "How about this? Our hotel will offer you a supreme membership card, allowing you to eat, drink, and stay for free at our hotel for a year!"

Lu Zechuan snorted coldly, "Do I look like someone who’s short on food and drink?"

The hotel manager chuckled awkwardly, "How could you possibly lack food and drink? With your imposing aura, in ancient times, if someone said you were the emperor, I’d believe it!"

The hotel manager used his silver tongue to lavishly praise Lu Zechuan.

Yet, Lu Zechuan wasn’t buying into it, his face still dark as ink. He wanted to teach the hotel a lesson, yet deep down he knew that the hotel was also quite innocent in this near-miss incident.

After all, he’d been plagued by bad luck; if he hadn’t come across Xia Mian, those earlier car accidents would have already been enough to handle.

"There’s no need for your hotel’s membership card. Cash it out!" Xia Mian made the decision for Lu Zechuan.

The hotel manager was startled, "How much?"

"One million." Xia Mian made the decision again for Lu Zechuan.

"How much?!" The hotel manager thought he had heard wrong, his voice almost cracking.

This incident was indeed partly their hotel’s fault, but weren’t the two of them unharmed?

A few scrapes here and there and they’re demanding a million in compensation?! And they say they’re not short on food and drink?

In his view, they probably starved to death in their past lives, right?!

"Do you think a million is a lot?" Xia Mian raised an eyebrow, a slight smile curving her lips, "Do you know that if he lost even a single hair, ten hotels like yours wouldn’t be enough to compensate!"

Xia Mian wasn’t kidding with her words.

The influence of the Lu family in Beijing was beyond ordinary people’s imagination.

Even if Lu Zechuan himself didn’t pursue the matter, his subordinates would definitely stand up for him.

Asking for that million wasn’t just about getting some compensation for Lu Zechuan but rather telling the hotel manager to pay the money to avoid further trouble.

"This..." The hotel manager showed a troubled expression, "I can’t make the decision. I need to consult our boss."

After speaking, the hotel manager took out his phone and turned around to make a call.

Lu Zechuan glanced at Xia Mian with a puzzled frown, "I don’t need the money."

Lu Zechuan had almost been hit; he was just venting his frustration but never intended to blackmail anyone.

"I’m not asking for it for you." Xia Mian shot Lu Zechuan a look, pitifully adding, "I’m also injured."

There was no pretense in Xia Mian’s words. Wrapping oneself in a protective guise so blatantly was something Xia Mian did boldly.

Lu Zechuan’s frown relaxed, "They should indeed pay some price."

A fine young girl, yet her face was already turning black and blue.

Xia Mian merely smiled slightly, refraining from saying more.

There was a reason for her request for money.

This hotel was unlucky and needed to spend money to ward off calamity!

When Xia Mian finished her second cup of tea, the hotel manager returned from his call, "I’m really sorry, but the boss doesn’t agree to your request. The most he can compensate you is ten thousand."

Originally, he thought Xia Mian would continue to argue with him, but unexpectedly, Xia Mian just smiled, stood up, and said, "Since you’re unwilling to pay, forget it. I don’t want the money."

After speaking, Xia Mian nodded at Lu Zechuan, "Let’s go."

Lu Zechuan, however, chuckled softly, "No rush."

He had been injured, and while he could live with it, Xia Mian was also hurt. He needed to provide her with an explanation.

Ignoring Xia Mian’s words, Lu Zechuan did not leave with her but instead took out his phone and made a call.

"Star Moon Hotel, yes, within three days, I don’t want to see its name in Beijing again." Lu Zechuan’s voice was not loud, but the hotel manager heard it clearly enough.

Even hearing it clearly, the hotel manager didn’t take Lu Zechuan’s words to heart.

In three days, stop a hotel from operating?

Isn’t that a bit of a joke?

In the whole of Beijing, only the Lu family had that kind of power.

The young man in front of him... young?

The hotel manager suddenly shivered; rumor had it that the young head of the Lu family was indeed young!!!

Suddenly enlightened, the hotel manager asked cautiously, "May I ask your surname?"

Lu Zechuan lightly curled his lips, his thin lips parting, "Lu."

With just one word, the hotel manager was struck motionless.

Could it... be such a coincidence?

"Mr. Lu, regarding compensation, I’ll discuss it again with the boss. Please don’t be angry." The hotel manager wiped nonexistent sweat from his forehead and went to make another call.

But this time, no matter how he tried, he couldn’t get through.

Hearing the disconnected tone repeatedly from the phone, the hotel manager was at a loss, not knowing what to do. Then, the hotel owner ran in hastily from outside, having lost a shoe in his rush.

But he didn’t bother to pick it up; instead, he headed straight to Lu Zechuan, nodding and bowing apologetically, "Mr. Lu, I’m sorry for alarming you. This is our hotel’s negligence. Here is your compensation for emotional distress!"

With that, the hotel owner handed over a black card.

Lu Zechuan gave the other a chilly look, "No need."

The hotel owner was tense all over, the sweat on his forehead never easing, "Mr. Lu, my oversight for not recognizing you. I hope you’ll be magnanimous and not hold it against us..."

The hotel owner was indeed anxious.

Just three minutes prior, the hotel was acquired at a very low price, the powerful buyer being someone he couldn’t afford to offend.

After saying all the nice things, he was finally told he had offended a distinguished member of the Lu family.

The hotel owner believed he ran a good operation; the hotel had always been well managed, without any transgressions.

If anything, it had to be what the hotel manager just told him, the incident of the falling object from the rooftop almost hitting someone.

How could the hotel owner remain seated? He immediately rushed over to remedy the situation.

A million compared to this massive business, wasn’t worth a dime!

"Mr. Lu, let’s leave it at that!" Xia Mian broke the awkward atmosphere, taking the black card with two fingers, "We’re even."

The hotel owner was deeply grateful, instantly appreciating Xia Mian.

Lu Zechuan snorted lightly, not giving the other a second glance, and got up to leave with Xia Mian.

Xia Mian took the hotel owner’s one million. But after stepping out, she donated it to a city orphanage.