Half an hour later, covered in a light sheen of sweat, her face slightly flushed, yet infinitely satisfied but with unsteady steps, the enchanting woman Shangguan Xue softly turned on the ambient lamp in the private room, which emitted a warm yellow light.

After tidying up her clothes, she looked at Shen Qiang with satisfaction in her beautiful eyes, charming and alluring, saying, "You're much more impressive than I imagined."

With a deep breath, feeling refreshed and spirited, Shen Qiang said, "Now, you should answer my questions."

But to Shen Qiang's surprise, the charming and alluring Shangguan Xue shook her head with a smile and said, "I thought a clever man would understand that lying is a woman's privilege, so I won't answer any of your questions."

Shen Qiang was astonished.

As she turned to leave, her hand on the doorknob, she suddenly turned around and returned to stand in front of Shen Qiang. She then slipped a business card into Shen Qiang's shirt pocket and raised her brows with satisfaction, saying, "I'll wait for you, call me when you're free."

Shen Qiang was surprised.

But then, she gracefully left.

In astonishment and confusion, Shen Qiang took out the business card from his shirt pocket and was stunned.

"Gui Zhou Grand Hotel?"

Shen Qiang was astonished.

He stood up in surprise.

Wasn't she the manager here?

Wasn't she the leader of those hostesses?

What does this mean?

Just as Shen Qiang was about to rush out in surprise.

He immediately heard, outside the private room door, a middle-aged woman complaining.

"What the hell is going on? This is already the sixth hostess who has left without a word in the past six months. She left a heap of things with me again, cosmetics, dirty clothes, luggage, a bunch of cheap broken bags. And the manager always thinks I introduced them to someone else."

Then, Shen Qiang heard a slightly younger woman's voice saying, "Sister Yang, I think she might have gotten into trouble, we should report it to the police."

"How do we report it?" the middle-aged woman said, "We don't even know her real name, we only know she's called Lily. Do you know how many girls would respond if you shouted Lily on this street? At least a few dozen."

"And this kind of thing is too common, they disappear for a few days and then show up later, full of lies saying their phone died or disconnected as an excuse, refusing to admit they went to other places to earn money. Some even simply switch to work in other cities, abandoning their stuff; how am I supposed to report that?"

"But Sister Yang, I always feel something strange, Lily clearly said she wanted to save up another fifty thousand to go home and marry her boyfriend, yet now she's suddenly gone without a trace. I feel it's abnormal."

The middle-aged woman said coldly, "Hah, maybe she eloped with some rich guy who was willing to spend on her, how would we know what she's up to, constantly reminded not to go out with customers at night, yet she always finds all sorts of excuses to go out."

"What midnight snack or buying pads, lies she could tell, she told them all. Now her phone is off, she doesn't come to the shop, doesn't return to her place, who knows if she was taken away or jumped to another job?"

Hearing this.

Shen Qiang, having tidied up his clothes, directly pulled open the door and smiled at a young hostess standing in the corridor and a middle-aged woman who seemed to be the manager. He said, "You can tell me what's going on, whether she transferred or was harmed, I will help you find her."

The two women were astonished.

The middle-aged manager looked at him suspiciously and said, "If you are an officer, please show your badge, if not, please leave immediately."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled, took out a bundle of new cash from the Storage Ring.

He pinched it in his hand, showed it clearly without any white paper in between, then turned back into the private room, sat on the sofa still faintly fragrant, tossed the money onto the coffee table, and said, "This is my credential, tell me what happened, and it will be yours."

Hearing this, the two women's eyes lit up.

An hour later.

Having made some simple notes, Shen Qiang left the two women, who were joyful about the money they received.

In fact, the clues they provided did not offer anything truly meaningful.

Because they did not know the real names or IDs of the missing KTV hostesses either.

Not only that.

Although in Shen Qiang's view, the disappearances surely held a story inside.

In the mouths of those two women.

This was simply normality in their line of work.

Because generally, KTVs prohibited the hostesses from messing around inside the KTV, and those leading them strictly forbade them from going out with customers at night.

But sometimes, when encountering particularly generous or outstanding men, those KTV hostesses always thought up all sorts of reasons to go out with them.

And usually, they would show up again the next evening.

What they did in the meantime, no one asked, and no one cared.

There are also instances where they disappeared for three to five days, or even half a month.

Some would spend time affectionately with a client, some went on trips with clients, some went to other cities to earn money.

Their routine consisted of waking up in the afternoon around 3 or 4 PM, starting work at 7:30 PM, and usually working until 1 AM.

Then came the late-night snacks, fun, or going to a room with some customers.

In short, it was a daily cycle,

there were always people coming and going.

Unless the consumption by customers was paid with a card, otherwise their salary for the night was settled in cash on the spot, so generally, only a very few people who had seen their IDs knew their real names.

Otherwise, even close friends who spent all day together only knew their aliases.

Such as Lily, Nana, Xiaoxue, Xiaoyan, Xiaohong, and those with higher-end names might have English ones, and after breaking up they wouldn't contact each other anymore.

But generally speaking, if they were really planning to leave, there were typically some signs in advance, like packing up their clothes or chatting with friends about where they planned to go.

But the six KTV hostesses who had disappeared under this manager named Yang over the past six months all vanished without any warning.

Without exception, they all went out after finishing work at night and never came back.

This convinced Shen Qiang that something must have happened to them.

Because their living conditions and way of life made them perfect victims.

They used fake names, none of them knew each other's real situations, they were out at night every day, and would interact with all sorts of people for money.

Because of the upside-down daily routine, full of lies, disappearing for a few days, ten days, or even half a year didn't prompt anyone to search.

Thus they were the easiest group to fall victim, bar none.

Other than that, there were no useful clues.

Shen Qiang then called Qian Shanxue, investigated suspicious people along the street, especially checking the surveillance on the day the girls disappeared, and discovered that the missing girls didn't leave with any customers after work that day.

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