들려온 기묘한 노크소리.

"Yeah, she’s not in the hotel. She must’ve run away after she figured out that we’re going to block the entrance!"

The girls reacted immediately, and they brought a group of people to search outside the building.

"Sisters, when we find her, we’ll bring her back here, strip her bare, then upload a photo of her getting a room in this hotel!"

"Alright! We’ll take her clothes off and destroy her!"

Mu Tianyou suddenly stood up, and Yang Yi had to hold him back again.

"Tianyou, don't be impulsive. If you chase them out now, aren't you basically telling everyone that Ranran had been in the hotel?"

Mu Tianyou did not say anything, but Yang Yi was terrified of his frigidness.

Yang Yi knew that he was anxious.

Those people were crazy, and if they managed to get a hold of Gu Anran, they would really strip her naked just to take some pictures for the Internet.

No man could ever compare to a woman's rage.

"Stay here. You must not go out. I'll go and check on the situation. I'll let you know if something happens, and only then can you come and save the day."

If things got out of hand, then they could not let those crazy women harm Gu Anran.

Until then, they could not contribute to the situation, at least not until they were sure of Gu Anran's safety.

Mu Tianyou was angry and anxious, but there was nothing he could do at that point.

He was not Mu Zhanbei. It was not appropriate for him to protect Gu Anran at that time.

Unless, of course, Mu Zhanbei showed up in person!

Eldest Young Master Mu...

As soon as Yang Yi went out, Mu Tianyou immediately picked up the phone.

Even though he did not want to ask for help from the man, Mu Tianyou was left with no other choice.

The situation was at a very critical stage.

He dialed Li Ye's number, but the man did not answer his call.

He was baffled that Li Ye was completely unreachable at such a crucial time!

...

Gu Anran and Su Xiaomi had initially planned to leave via the first floor discreetly, but it depended on how things developed.

However, they did not expect that the back door of the hotel would be blocked as well.

Those people seemed well-prepared and determined not to let Gu Anran and Su Xiaomi leave.

"Ranran, what are we going to do now?" After they went back to the second floor, Su Xiaomi was frightened by all the noises that she heard from below.

"Let’s try to figure out if there’s any other way out of here."

Despite Gu Anran’s apparent calmness, there were beads of sweat on her forehead.

They were in a very precarious position at that moment.

Those people seemed hell-bent on punishing her on behalf of Eldest Young Master Mu. However, most of them had nothing to do with what had happened.

Even so, if Gu Anran and Su Xiaomi were trapped inside the hotel, those crazy girls might just go bonkers and strip them just to photograph them in the nude.

That kind of news was rampant on the Internet. It was too dangerous for news about an affair to make its rounds at the start of the year!

Even though there was a possibility that she was framed if those photos made it onto the Internet, some people might think that Gu Anran was simply caught red-handed.

To sum it up, she would be finished if she was caught in such ambiguous circumstances!

"Ranran, they’re searching for us floor by floor. What are we going to do?"

Su Xiaomi was scared witless. She had never experienced such a terrible scene before, and it frightened her tremendously!

"We’ll try to find somewhere we can escape."

"We’re already on the fifth floor. Where are we going to run? Are you going to jump down the building?"

A flashback to her own attempted suicide—and how Gu Anran nearly fell off the building that time—caused Su Xiaomi's legs to wobble. There was no way she could run anymore.

A jump from the fifth floor was a surefire way to die!

Furthermore, those people had expanded their search upward, and so the two girls had no choice but to continue to head up to the upper floors.

Some of the rooms were occupied, so the mob was still cautious about doing anything rash. However, they knew that they would find the girls if they continued with their search.

Many of the guest rooms were locked, so it was impossible to hide in those rooms.

They also could not hide in the toilets. If a group of girls saw them there, they would immediately beat them up.

"Ranran, they’re coming up!" Su Xiaomi nearly screamed.

Gu Anran had no other choice. She grabbed the weak-limbed Su Xiaomi and continued to make their way upstairs.

"Was that Gu Anran’s figure just now?" someone had suddenly shouted.

Gu Anran frowned. She made an attempt to keep going, but Su Xiaomi's legs crumbled, and she nearly fell onto the floor.

"Come on! We won't be able to make it like this!" Gu Anran pulled her up and continued to climb the stairs.

Su Xiaomi gritted her teeth. Even though her legs felt weak, she had no choice but to keep up with Gu Anran.

However, the movement from downstairs seemed to have intensified, and the mob made their way up the stairs.

A group of people also went up the stairs from the other end of the walkway in an attempt to trap the two girls from both sides!

As for the third group of people, they had taken the elevator directly to the topmost two floors and were ready to make their way down to catch those two girls.

"Take off that b*tch's clothes and beat her up." The girls were eager and excited.

As for the boys, they were simply there to watch.

The boys did not need to do anything anyway. The thought of seeing the ugly Gu Anran stripped, beaten, and photographed in the nude to be posted online sounded very fun.

Su Xiaomi suddenly pushed Gu Anran. "You go ahead, I’ll hold them back. Go!"

"No! I can't leave you!"

If they failed to find Gu Anran, they would have no qualms to beat up Su Xiaomi as well. Those people had really gone nuts!

"There’s no time!" Su Xiaomi's limbs were like jelly just moments ago. However, a surge of energy had allowed her to drag Gu Anran toward the corridor.

"Check if there’s anywhere else that we can go, hurry up! I’ll stop them!"

She stood at the entrance of the corridor and urged, "Go!"

Did she not hear what the group of girls had said earlier? The girls said that they would strip and beat up Gu Anran!

If they were to corner Gu Anran, it was highly likely that they would strip her off her clothes.

How could Gu Anran live with the consequences if those photos were posted online?

As for Su Xiaomi, they might only beat her up.

She was not Eldest Young Master Mu's fiancée, and no one accused her of having an affair. Those people had no reason to strip her naked.

Gu Anran glanced at her and heard the noises that seemed to have inched closer to them from the entrance of the staircase. She gritted her teeth and turned to leave.

Even though she knew that it was impossible to escape through the corridor, she had no other choice!

Su Xiaomi stood at the entrance to the corridor, but she was so scared that her limbs trembled.

She would not flinch though, because she had to do it for Gu Anran’s sake—even if she were killed, she was willing to die there!

Suddenly, she felt a cold breeze from behind her.

Startled, Su Xiaomi was about to turn around when someone covered her lips.

"Hmm..." The person behind her had such powerful strength that she could break from his hold. Su Xiaomi had no chance to resist as the man dragged her into a room.

The door was slammed shut, and it disconnected her from the noises outside the room.

Gu Anran did not know what had happened to Su Xiaomi and could only try to walk to the other end of the walkway.

There was a window there. What if... She could climb the window...

She was on the sixth floor, though. If she slipped and fell by accident... It was not a scenario that she wanted to ponder.

However, she had no other choice.

As she neared the end of the walkway, she heard a loud noise from the end of the stairs!

Damn it! Had they come up from the stairs as well?

Her plans to head toward the window had failed. It was too late. What next?

The noise at the entrance of the stairs got louder and louder. Gu Anran’s fingertips felt as if they were frozen, and she wanted to turn back because the ruckus got louder.

They were coming up!

The door to one of the guest rooms suddenly opened with a swoosh. A tall figure sped toward her.

"You..." Gu Anran’s eyes widened, but before she could respond, the man had already picked her up and walked back into the room.