(Got up at night to eat a bowl of noodles, fought through the fifth chapter, and kept passionately calling for a Monthly Pass. I need to aim for 5 more chapters tomorrow!)

Li Yan and Yue Yao stood at the edge of the rooftop, seemingly admiring the night view. He quickly briefed Yue Yao on the situation.

After listening, Yue Yao immediately blamed herself, saying, "I'm sorry, this was my oversight!"

"Let's not talk about that. Ultimately, it's because I've been on vacation for too long. Now we need to resolve this issue."

Yue Yao understood that resolving the issue meant solving it themselves. How could they prove the information was accurate? Could they disclose their sources? Could their identities be revealed?

They had their own ways of handling things.

Yue Yao didn't even consider seeking help. At crucial moments, some people tend to waver. A backstabbing ally can be more dangerous than a direct enemy. With King's return and Queen's cooperation, taking down anyone seemed like child's play! Even without preparation, without weapons, and needing to care for others' lives, it wasn't a big problem. At least they had the advantage of being in the shadows.

"The social banquet downstairs should be halfway through by now. If they're going to act, it will be soon. Their people must already be inside. You go back in first, and I'll wait outside," Li Yan instructed softly, and Yue Yao immediately returned inside.

Looking at the brightly lit city nightscape, Li Yan flicked a cigarette butt out. The glowing butt traced a path downward in the night sky. A guest by a window on a certain floor below saw it, exclaimed 'shooting star,' and hurried to make a wish.

Hiring Peng Duandao, Feng Wuqing, and Liu Yunqing, along with the expenses of this organization's planning, wouldn't come cheap. What was their intent? Ransom? Extorting tens of millions from each family would add up to a considerable amount. But the money wouldn't be easy to get.

Li Yan wasn't strong in these areas, and he couldn't deduce much.

Li Yan wasn't a hero. If it wasn't related to him, unless he stumbled directly into such a terrorist activity, he wouldn't deliberately get involved. But this time, it wasn't just because of Peng Duandao, Feng Wuqing, Liu Yunqing's involvement. Among the youngsters in the banquet hall below, the four beauties had close ties with him. For their sake, he had to intervene.

...

Li Yan was waiting on the rooftop, waiting for the situation to unfold, planning to coordinate with Queen inside. With her there, he felt reassured. As for whether these people had control over the elevators or the entire hotel, that wasn't his concern.

He waited at the door leading to the rooftop to prevent it from being locked from the inside. If they used a big lock to lock it from the inside, he wouldn't be able to kick it open from the rooftop. Even if he did manage to open it, the noise would be too conspicuous. Besides that, he suspected that after their people succeeded, they might withdraw via helicopter from the rooftop.

Soon, he heard a light footstep and immediately became alert.

Just as Li Yan was ready to act at the first sign of the door being locked from the inside, it suddenly swung open, and a figure swiftly darted out.

"What are you doing?" Li Yan asked softly. He already heard that there were no other footsteps behind, so with just one person, he could definitely handle it.

The newcomer was a young man around twenty-five, dressed like a janitor, with a handsome and dashing appearance. However, sneaking up here at this time with such agility already betrayed him. Li Yan immediately recognized him, the legendary janitor—whom he had encountered at the Prince Hotel.

"Chen... Chen Junwei?" Remembering the name, Li Yan asked in surprise, "Weren't you at the Prince Hotel? How did you end up here?"

He silently cursed to himself, this guy is a jinx! Wherever he appears, disaster follows. Is he a born jinx, or is he involved in something? Or is he an agent?

"You...?" The most formidable janitor, Chen Junwei, stared at Li Yan for a moment before seemingly recalling their brief encounter on the rooftop at the Prince Hotel. "So it's you! What are you doing here again?"

Li Yan grinned with interest, "I think I asked you first, didn't I? I'm a guest in the banquet hall downstairs, just came up to take a call and have a smoke here. So, have you done such an outstanding job as a janitor that the Crown Prince poached you from the Prince?"

Chen Junwei suddenly sneered, "You're suspicious! Where you appear, nothing good happens!"

Li Yan was speechless. I'm the one who should be saying that, yet you're accusing me first.

"As a hotel employee, slandering a guest like this, be careful I don't complain about you. Don't think that changing hotels means I can't deal with you—I already know your name."

"Was it you who leaked my story last time?" A hint of murderous intent flashed in Chen Junwei's eyes.

Li Yan casually smiled, "Why would you say that? I watched you guys in action then too. If I exposed you, how would I explain myself?"

"Then why was someone investigating at the Prince Hotel?"

Li Yan finally understood. So this was why he left his job. Though, this fellow is interesting, having such a fascination with being a janitor.

"Nonsense! After such a big incident, is it possible there was only one uninformed insider? It would be strange if no investigation occurred!"

Chen Junwei hesitated for a moment, seemingly believing Li Yan's explanation, then carefully observed him for a moment. He asked, "Are you really a guest on the top floor down there?"

"Che! Look at me decked out in name brands, and you still don't believe it? Even though I was brought in by someone else." Li Yan said deliberately, feeling an inkling in his heart; could this guy have discovered something again?

The last time, during just one confrontation, Li Yan had stealthily removed a badge without Chen Junwei noticing, which let Chen Junwei know Li Yan's abilities. Now, feeling the urgency of time, after hesitating, he earnestly said: "I see you're quite skilled. Today I offer you a chance to be an unsung hero! I overheard in the restroom that someone plans to attack the rooftop banquet hall and hold all the guests hostage. Since you're one of the guests, I'm sure you have friends inside. Please help!"

Li Yan chuckled, "You're truly unlucky. Wherever you go, misfortune follows. But bringing the Prince's bad luck to the Crown Prince isn't all bad. The Prince belongs to my wife; the Crown Prince is someone else's."

Chen Junwei had no time to argue and quickly said, "I overheard them say they'll withdraw from here when it's time. I need your help!"

"No problem. Battling bad guys alongside your janitor brother is something I eagerly look forward to," Li Yan said with a smile. "Who knew the restroom holds so much info? You could be the unprecedented 'restroom agent'."

"Be serious, I'm not joking!" Chen Junwei, seeing his demeanor, thought Li Yan didn't believe him.

"If it's just the two of us, I have to belittle the bad guys a little. Otherwise, I might not have the courage," Li Yan said lightly, tossing him a cigarette.

"I don't smoke; it's bad for your health," Chen Junwei flicked the cigarette back.

"Ha ha, smoking is bad, drinking is bad, spicy food is bad, sweet food is bad, staying up late is bad, indulgence is bad, and self-pleasure is even worse... If you avoid everything, what's the point in living a clean and abstinent yet joyless life?"

"..." Having trained in martial arts since childhood and being disciplined, Chen Junwei had no answer to Li Yan's theories.

"According to the WHO's research, grilled food ranks higher than smoking among the top ten junk foods. Eating one grilled chicken wing is like smoking 68 cigarettes. I'll just eat less grilled food," Li Yan remarked as he smoked.

"Hide!" Chen Junwei, speechless, got straight to the point, then found a spot on the rooftop to conceal himself.

"With you guarding the back door, I can go inside with peace of mind," he said as he stepped into the stairwell.

Chen Junwei was secretly anxious, wanting to tell him not to break anything, but on second thought, he felt Li Yan still didn't fully trust him, thinking Li Yan was just humoring him with jokes and was actually planning to return to the banquet hall. He could only lament that heroes are always solitary. It looks like I must continue to be a lone hero...

Ignoring the janitor's self-pity, Li Yan was indeed hiding in the stairwell. Controlling the entire hotel would be too difficult, so he estimated they would only control the top floor. The elevator was easy to control, and this stairway leading to the rooftop escape route would definitely be an area of importance. He had no phone with him and didn't know the situation inside. He could only peer through the window on the stairwell door, seeing the quiet corridor.

After waiting in the stairwell for a while, with a cigarette not yet finished, Li Yan didn't notice any movement through the window. However, he heard the door opening and footsteps from the stairwell, coming from the floor below!

They've arrived! Were they in the guest rooms on the floor below? Or did they take the elevator down and then walk up?

The sound-activated lights below had already turned on. Li Yan had been standing in one spot for a while, so the lights there hadn't turned on yet. Silently, he threw down his cigarette butt and began discerning the number of people coming up. (To be continued. For more, please visit www.qidian.com. Support the author and read original content!)

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