Then Nan Wei sat cross-legged in front of the guqin, brushed the strings, and played a song "Flat Sand and Falling Geese", the tune was melodious and smooth. Nan Wei is the representative inheritor of guqin art, a national intangible cultural heritage project, and her father, Nan Feng, is a contemporary guqin artist who is good at both qin cutting and playing. Shen Juntian personally explained his wife's performance, and "Falling Geese in the Flat Sand" made people feel a Yishi's mind far from the sinister world. The subsequent performance of "Drunken Mania" reflects the situation of the composer Ruan Ji who "borrowed wine to feign madness, clean himself and protect himself, and was dissatisfied with the world". The husband and wife sang with their husbands, and their loving appearance envied everyone.

Zhang Lizhen and Yang Xirou also performed on stage. Mu Qingcheng was intoxicated with all his heart, and felt that only in dreams and paintings could there be such a clean and comfortable world. The other guests were also immersed in the melodious ancient rhyme.

After Yang Xirou finished playing, Nan Wei smiled and said, "I heard that Miss Mu Qingcheng is also a master of guqin performance, come on stage to play a song for everyone." ”

Mu Qingcheng was taken aback, Zhang Lizhen and Yang Xirou are both professionals, not to mention Nan Wei, how embarrassed she is to get an axe. In the past, she used to play the guzheng on stage, and she had never played the guqin in public. Besides, the scene is full of celebrities in the cultural and art circles, and she lacks courage even more. But Cheng Yijie encouraged her: "Go on stage boldly, Nan Wei and your aunt are indeed not comparable, but at least they will not be inferior to your cousin." The last time you played and sang "Guan Shanyue" for me, it definitely reached a professional level. ”

Listening to Cheng Yijie's words, Mu Qingcheng suddenly doubled his confidence, mustered up the courage to go on stage, and sang the guqin song "Guan Shanyue". The rhyme is robust and simple, the spirit is grand, the feelings of a strong man are expressed, and it is sincere and touching. After the loop, the music stops. But the afterglow of the ending sentence "high-rise buildings should be this night, sighing is not idle" is still gripping for a long time and evocative.

Followed by the song "Flowing Water", the sound of the piano is from light to heavy, from far to near, sometimes soothing, sometimes rapid, sometimes melodious, sometimes sultry, the audience seems to be by the stream, listening to the beauty of nature's rhyme.

Mu Qingcheng's performance won full applause. Even Nan Wei was excited to discover a new talent, took her hand and said, "You are completely professional, we have activities in the future, please come and participate." I only knew that Lizhen had cultivated a good daughter, but this time I realized that her niece was also so good. ”

The only disappointment was that when Mu Qingcheng returned to his seat, he found that Chen Yanjin was slumped in his seat and sleeping soundly, and Chen Yufei looked at him and frowned. Chen Yanjin is in a group of elegant and cultural people, which contrasts his vulgarity and incompatibility with the surrounding environment.

On the way back to the hotel, Mu Qingcheng was in a high mood, took the initiative to hold Cheng Yijie's arm, and talked with him about the guqin.

The guests were scattered on two different floors, and after Cheng Yijie returned to the hotel, he took the elevator to the 8th floor, stepped out of the elevator, and saw Fan Shaoqi standing in the corridor.

"Cheng Dashen, I've been waiting for you for a while." Fan Shaoqi completely ignored Mu Qingcheng's existence, "I have something to tell you, can I delay you for a little time?" ”

Mu Qingcheng was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't want to lose her demeanor. "Let's talk, I'll go back to my room first." She walked away without looking back.

"Go to my room on the 7th floor, let's talk slowly." Fan Shaoqi smiled coquettishly.

"If you have anything to say, just say it here, I don't go into a single woman's room." Cheng Yijie directly refused.

"Don't go into a single woman's room? You're really strict with yourself. Fan Shaoqi chuckled, and actually reached out a hand to Cheng Yijie's lower body.

Cheng Yijie quickly made a move and restrained Fan Shaoqi's hand, and she actually stretched out her other hand. Cheng Yijie twisted her hand in time, and her restless hands were firmly controlled. Fan Shaoqi struggled, but deliberately slipped under his feet, let out an exclamation, and the whole person leaned back and planted backwards, Cheng Yijie had to drag her back and help her stand firmly. After her hands were freed, she pounced on him again, her arms wrapped around his neck, and her bright red lips brushed over his mouth. It had only been for a brief moment, but her lipstick had already left a mark on his lips.

Cheng Yijie was annoyed, pushed her away hard, and let her take a few steps back with inertia and fall to the ground.

Cheng Yijie wiped his lips with the back of his hand in disgust, erasing the red marks left by Fan Shaoqi. He looked coldly at Fan Shaoqi, who was sitting on the ground in embarrassment. "Miss Fan, as a public figure, aren't you ashamed of your inappropriate behavior?"

Fan Shaoqi glared at him, and the two froze there, one standing, the other sitting on the ground, looking at each other with fierce eyes.

Then, Fan Shaoqi put on a face of grievance. "You are so ruthless, you don't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade at all."

"What the hell do you want to do?" Cheng Yijie asked coldly.

"I just want to sleep with you." Fan Shaoqi has no shame, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, if I change to another man, I will definitely not be able to ask for it." It's just that you, so ignorant of customs, your IQ is very high, but your EQ is worrying. ”

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Yijie's mouth. "Want to sleep with me? It depends on whether you have that capital, sorry, you don't. ”

Fan Shaoqi's eyes were on fire. "Why not? In terms of face and figure, I am not better than your yellow-haired girl! ”

"For me, the face and body are not the most important thing." Cheng Yijie sneered, "I have a habit of cleanliness and only sleep clean women." Obviously, you don't meet this requirement. None of the female stars in the entertainment industry are clean. ”

Fan Shaoqi raised her eyebrows, like an enraged beast, but she couldn't find anything to refute, and it took a long time to force a sentence from between her teeth: "You yourself can't be clean, what qualifications do you have to ask others!" ”

"I'm not clean, it's none of your business." After Cheng Yijie left this sentence, he walked away. Fan Shaoqi was left sitting alone on the ground, trembling with anger.

Cheng Yijie returned to the room, there was no light on inside, it was dark, but he could tell that there was a figure on the sofa in the living room. He turned on the light and saw Mu Qingcheng sitting on the sofa in a daze, his long shoulder-hanging hair covering his face. She was obviously taken aback when the light came on, and she raised her head sharply, and opened a pair of big black and white eyes, which were so deep and black and clear, but they were full of horror, and stared at him in such a daze. This gaze immediately caused him to feel like a crime, and he was sorry for his entanglement with Fan Shaoqi just now.

"Little orange, why don't you turn on the lights." He asked softly.

Mu Qingcheng suddenly got up and ran over and threw himself into his arms. “Jim…… Jim has been here......" her voice trembled slightly.

Cheng Yijie hugged her tightly. "Don't be afraid, tell me more specifics."

The words started after they met Fan Shaoqi at the elevator entrance, Mu Qingcheng returned to the room alone, she swiped the room card to enter, and as soon as she turned around and closed the door, she heard a hoarse and gloomy voice behind her: "Miss Mu, we meet again." ”

It's still that standard fluent English, it's Jim, he said he'll come to her in 10 days, she thought it was tomorrow, but she didn't expect it to come tonight, if it's been exactly 10 days since the last time she was taken out of the elevator. She put her hand on the doorknob and tried to escape and call for help, but a cold on her neck caused a knife to hold against her.

"Go and sit down on the couch, I don't want to hurt you, but you have to remember that you are my prey." Jim withdrew the knife from his hand, "Please." ”

Mu Qingcheng had no choice but to walk into the living room in the dark and sit down on the sofa.

Jim was standing not far from her, leaning against the wall, only giving Mu Qingcheng a vague silhouette of the side. "How's it going?"

Mu Qingcheng remembered what Cheng Yijie said, when encountering things, you have to outwit them, save your life, don't be reckless, so he took a deep breath and asked, "What should I do?" ”

Jim let out a soft laugh. "You are responsible for keeping the painting, how to do it, you still need me to tell you? However, I know you called the police, and now the museum is staring up and down at the painting. You are self-inflicted, and what should have been a simple matter has to be complicated. Girl, it's useless to play tricks with me, the lives of your relatives are in my hands, and it's easy for me to kill them. ”

Mu Qingcheng shuddered. "What do you mean?"

"Don't worry, you'll understand." Jim's tone barely fluctuated, but the intimidation was clear, "If you do something wrong, you will pay the price." I'll look for you again, goodbye! He stepped forward and opened the door, and when he was sure that there was no one outside, he dodged out and closed the door to leave.

Mu Qingcheng only felt a cold air permeating her body, and the emotion of fear grabbed her. She sat there calmly, not moving or speaking, until Cheng Yijie came back. Cheng Yijie and Fan Shaoqi were talking at the elevator door, and they couldn't see the situation in the corridor of the guest room, nor did they see anyone passing by. The only thing that is certain is that Jim didn't take the elevator. He probably lives on the 8th floor, or he may have taken the stairs to get to another floor.

Cheng Yijie took Mu Qingcheng to the staff to watch the surveillance video. The staff told them that since the hotel has not yet officially opened, only the surveillance cameras are installed at the entrance of the hotel, and the monitoring equipment on the rest of the floors has not yet been perfected. The monitoring equipment at the entrance of the gate was also activated today. The staff confirmed that at present, the only way to enter and exit the hotel is the main gate, and the security door on the first floor is locked with iron chains on the outside and locked on the inside. The keys to the chain lock and door lock are currently in the custody of one of the staff, that is, the head of the security department, and the keys are all in his possession and have not been touched. The chain locks and door locks are also intact.

After Shen Juntian's consent, Cheng Yijie and Mu Qingcheng carefully checked the surveillance video for a whole day, the hotel door was locked last night, early this morning, Fang Qianqian and three staff members opened the door and entered the hotel to prepare for welcoming guests. They all came to the island early yesterday and stayed in the staff dormitory at night.