"Have you seen this girl?"
Lin Yi handed the phone screen to the female receptionist.
"I've seen her."
The female receptionist nodded.
"Great."
Lin Yi said with a smile, "I finally found her… She came in with another girl, right?"
"It seems so…"
The female receptionist said.
Lin Yi said, "Please help me check which room Menuki Saori is staying in."
"I'm sorry, I can't give you the guest's information."
The female receptionist shook her head, sticking to her professional ethics.
Lin Yi put his hands on the front desk and said with a smile, "I'm her boyfriend… I want to give her a surprise."
"Really?" The Female Receptionist was skeptical of Lin Yi's words.
"Of course..." Lin Yi said, "Do I look like a bad person to you?"
"That's not necessarily true..." the Female Receptionist muttered. "These days, the better-looking someone is, the more they lie."
"Then how can I prove I'm not a bad person?" Lin Yi sized up the Female Receptionist and, finding her quite attractive, teased her, "How about after you get off work, we find a place for dinner, have a cup of coffee, and have a deep chat about life? Then you can see if I'm a bad person or not, how about it?"
The Female Receptionist huffed, "Don't you already have a girlfriend? Yet you're still hitting on me? You're clearly a bad person."
"Eh, you're wrong about that." Lin Yi shook his head. "Having a girlfriend only means I have someone I'm dating, but whether that person is the right fit isn't certain yet... Marriage is a lifelong commitment, so one must choose their wife carefully."
"After having this meal with me, you might find that you and I are a match made in heaven."
"Even if we don't hit it off, we can still be friends. In the future, when you come to Tokyo to play, you'll have a free guide. Don't you agree?"
Seeing how handsome Lin Yi was and hearing his reasonable words, the Female Receptionist thought that being friends with a Handsome Guy would give her something to brag about to her friends. Besides... even if they didn't become boyfriend and girlfriend, having an occasional secret fling to satisfy some physical needs would be excellent.
Just as the Female Receptionist was about to give Kadowaki Saori's room number to Lin Yi, an uninvited guest arrived.
"Excuse me, guest... I saw you standing at the front desk for a while. Do you need any help?"
A dark-skinned inn Waiter wearing glasses said to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi said, "No need, I'm just learning about the features of your inn."
"Then what do you think?" the dark-skinned Waiter asked expressionlessly.
"It's quite nice here... I'll stay here."
Lin Yi tapped the desk and said to the Female Receptionist, "Help me open a large room..."
"Certainly, sir." The Female Receptionist tapped on the computer seriously and then said, "Please show some identification."
Lin Yi handed the fake driver's license and money to the Female Receptionist.
He glanced at the dark-skinned Waiter and said, "What? Is there something else?"
"I'll take you up in a moment," the dark-skinned Waiter said.
"No need... I'll go up myself."
Lin Yi waved his hand in refusal, "Go back to your business."
The dark-skinned Waiter glanced at the front desk and said, "If you need help, you can call me directly."
After saying that, he left.
Lin Yi smiled at the Female Receptionist and said, "I bet that Handsome Guy just now thought I was harassing you."
"You were harassing me," the Female Receptionist said, feigning anger.
"Then why didn't you tell him?" Lin Yi said with a smile. "I can tell he's interested in you. The way he looked at me just now was full of wariness."
"He's too boring." The Female Receptionist curled her lip. "He's so serious; being with him would definitely be no fun... How long do you want to stay?"
"I want to stay for one night..." Lin Yi said with a grin, "But if you want me to stay for a few more nights, that's no problem either."
"I don't care how many nights you stay... Here."
The Female Receptionist handed the change, receipt, key, and fake driver's license to Lin Yi.
Between the fake driver's license and the receipt was a slipped piece of paper with '304' written on it, which was different from the room key number.
Clearly, this number was Kadowaki Saori's room number.
Lin Yi said, "One thing is still missing."
Thinking Lin Yi hadn't seen the note, the Female Receptionist reminded him, "It's tucked inside."
"I'm talking about your phone number..." Lin Yi raised his eyebrows at her.
The Female Receptionist didn't say anything but tore off another piece of paper, wrote down her phone number, and handed it to Lin Yi.
"I'll call you later."
When Lin Yi left, he waved at her, causing the corners of the Female Receptionist's mouth to curl up; she was in a very good mood.
Arriving at the door of Room 304, Lin Yi knocked and muttered, "Is this too fast? Maybe I should have gone to have lunch before coming over."
Thumping footsteps came from inside Room 304.
"Who is it?"
Lin Yi changed his voice, "I'm the Waiter. Someone just asked me to deliver a letter to you."
Most doors in a Ryokan don't have peepholes.
Hearing there was a letter for her, Kadowaki Saori curiously opened the door, "A letter for me? From whom?"
Upon opening the door, Kadowaki Saori saw Lin Yi and froze in fear on the spot. She hurriedly feigned a look of surprise and asked, "Lin Yi! How is it you?"
"What do you think?"
Lin Yi smiled and, without further nonsense, pushed the door open and barged inside.
"You... what do you want to do?" Kadowaki Saori cried out in panic while backing away, "You... don't do anything reckless, or I'll call the police!"
Slamming the door shut, Lin Yi pressed Kadowaki Saori back step by step and made a 'please' gesture, saying, "Go ahead and call! Let's see who's more afraid of the police coming."
Kadowaki Saori pulled out her phone and said to Lin Yi again, "I... I'm warning you one last time! If you... if you don't leave, I'll call the police! I'll say you... broke into my room and... intended to... rape me!"
Lin Yi smiled, "And then, the police will find a tied-up sixteen-year-old beauty in your room... They'll arrest you and indict you on charges of kidnapping."
Kadowaki Saori stiffened all over. Since the other party could find this place, he definitely wasn't guessing or bluffing; he really knew she was the kidnapper.
She looked at Lin Yi in disbelief and said, "How... how did you know?"
"I'm a Detective... wouldn't it be easy to investigate these things?"
The words just came flying out of Lin Yi's mouth. He wanted to say a few more cool-sounding words when the door suddenly opened.
A figure lunged in and pounced toward Lin Yi.
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