The elevator kept going up and finally stopped on the sixth floor.

However, the person who came out of the elevator didn’t go to any specific room.

Lin Xi listened to the rumbling sound from Ah Yu’s stomach and smiled, saying:

"Wait a little longer, I’ve already called room service for a meal. It won’t be long now."

Ah Yu apologized, saying:

"Sister, am I being too fussy?"

Lin Xi shook her head at first, then asked very seriously:

"Ah Yu, what was bothering you when we went downstairs earlier?"

Ah Yu pointed to her heart and said:

"I don’t know why, I just felt really uncomfortable inside."

"Is your heart feeling unwell? If that’s the case, sister can take you to see a doctor?"

"No, sister. It’s just that annoying, irritating feeling. But once we came upstairs, it got better quickly."

Ah Yu laughed as she spoke, but she didn’t tell Lin Xi that the strange sensation had crept up again at that moment.

She didn’t like to be seen as a troublesome little girl in Lin Xi’s eyes.

Lin Xi didn’t ask further, and just then, there was a knock on the door. Lin Xi quickly said with a smile:

"Our room service has arrived."

Saying this, Lin Xi went to open the door.

But as soon as the door opened, Lin Xi’s eyes froze, though the bellboy kept his head down and said:

"Hello ma’am, here is your order."

Lin Xi stared at the bellboy with his head down, and after a brief moment, she said:

"Please come in."

The bellboy nodded but still didn’t lift his head.

However, to his complete surprise, just as he was about to push the serving cart into the hotel room.

Several doors to the rooms behind him opened simultaneously.

Liu Dayou stepped out, followed by Pan Huiping, and then many plainclothes police officers.

"Mr. Xiang, time is running out. I’m curious, after all these years, does seeing her make you feel more at ease?"

The bellboy pushing the cart stopped in his tracks.

He could tell Lin Xi’s voice was very low, seemingly on purpose to prevent Ah Yu inside from hearing.

Perhaps because of that tone, the bellboy made a choice in that short moment.

"No wonder Zhang Du told me this trip would be life-threatening. It seems he calculated everything perfectly."

As he said this, Xiang Xian lifted his head, his small eyes carrying a hint of a smile.

Lin Xi was on guard, but as the people coming out from the room behind were about to take action, Xiang Xian hurriedly said:

"Officer Lin, arresting me right now isn’t wise. Give me a chance, let me deliver a meal to the child. Just this once, I promise I won’t reveal my identity to her!"

Everything was urgent, leaving little time to think.

But as Lin Xi hesitated, Ah Yu already came over.

Xiang Xian immediately lowered his head, and Ah Yu asked curiously: "Sister, isn’t this for us?"

"Yes, it’s for us... Come in."

Lin Xi said, giving a look to Pan Huiping.

The latter nodded and said with a smile: "Ah Yu, we don’t mind eating together, do we?"

"Of course not. And uncle, have you eaten?"

Liu Dayou stepped forward: "I haven’t eaten yet."

"Then let’s eat together." Ah Yu said with a smile.

And the bellboy kept his head down the whole time, never lifting it once.

Lin Xi glanced at him and said: "Come in."

"Yes ma’am."

The bellboy pushed the cart into the room.

After a slight hesitation, Lin Xi said to Ah Yu: "Ah Yu, sit at the table, the bellboy will set the meal for us."

Ah Yu nodded and obediently sat down.

The bellboy raised his head slightly, but he looked at Lin Xi, not Ah Yu.

"Thank you." The bellboy said softly, then patiently placed the meal piece by piece in front of Ah Yu, carefully serving her a big bowl of rice, and putting a yellow fish in her bowl.

Ah Yu initially wanted to say thank you, but for some reason, she swallowed the words.

She looked at the bellboy, frowning, seemingly not liking it.

After finishing everything, the bellboy took a step back.

Lin Xi deliberately walked over to him and asked: "Aren’t you leaving?"

"Let me watch her finish this meal, okay?"

"If you had known this, why bother back then."

"In the world of Jianghu, we aren’t masters of our own fate. Let me have this last moment, then do as you wish."

Lin Xi didn’t say anything, but after giving Liu Dayou a look, she sat next to Ah Yu:

"Ah Yu, let’s eat."

Ah Yu nodded but eyed the bellboy with his head down, saying:

"Sister, can you ask him to leave? For some reason, seeing him... makes me feel uneasy."

Lin Xi was stunned for a moment.

The bellboy also stood there, frozen.

Finally, he didn’t wait for Lin Xi to speak, he smiled and said:

"Alright everyone, enjoy your meal, I’ll leave now."

The bellboy seemed to accept his fate, his laughs filled with self-deprecation.

Just as he was about to turn, Ah Yu suddenly called out:

"Wait."

The bellboy stopped, asking: "Anything else?"

"Why do you always keep your head down? Grandma said looking at people with your head down is impolite."

"Sorry, I’m really ugly, afraid to scare you."

"If we judge you for being ugly, that’s our fault. But if you look down and avoid people, that’s your impoliteness."

Ah Yu was a stubborn, independent girl, very determined in her beliefs.

But she wasn’t someone who liked to make things difficult for others.

At this moment, she seemed a bit "difficult" beyond Lin Xi’s understanding.

The bellboy clearly didn’t expect Ah Yu to say that, but after hesitating for a few seconds, he lifted his head.

His face had long been ruined.

Red patches, white patches, skin with scars and impossible to recognize features.

Ah Yu widened her eyes, eventually frightened.

But she memorized that face.

The bellboy’s gaze met hers briefly before he lowered his head again, saying:

"Sorry girl, I scared you."

"It’s fine, but your face... was it burned?"

"Yes, an accidental fire burned me like this. If not for that fire, you and I would look alike, both quite good-looking."

"Oh, really?"

Ah Yu pursed her lips, and as her stomach rumbled again, she continued eating.

Lin Xi glared coldly at the bellboy.

The latter exhaled deeply, glanced at Ah Yu again, and headed for the door.

Opened the door and then closed it.

In the moment the door shut, the bellboy willingly stretched out his hands and said:

"I leave it to you. I... plead guilty!"