A Favor Done, A Husband Won

Chapter 699 - 693: Sweet Extra—Married Couple Variety Show 178

Fang Lihua was a bit surprised: "How come I didn’t know about this? No wonder it looks familiar."Liu Guochun sighed: "Before you left the island, you didn’t sleep well in the cave and didn’t pay much attention to our suitcase. Later, on the boat, you were seasick and sleeping the whole time. Afterwards, we got here and just opened the suitcase earlier."

Fang Lihua couldn’t help but look at her husband with a puzzled face: "...No wonder."

But at this moment, the other guests hesitated and looked towards Fang Lihua and Liu Guochun.

Liu Guochun quickly waved his hand: "I’m just telling the truth. After all, the camera just caught the items in our suitcase. I have to come clean to clear any suspicion. This cutting board and ceramic knife were brought from Mermaid Immortal Island and are definitely not from this hotel’s kitchen. None of us had even entered this kitchen before the incident."

"But Uncle Guochun, you didn’t take any other kitchenware, yet you specifically brought a knife in your suitcase, which does seem quite suspicious," Hao Jin commented, rubbing his chin.

Liu Guochun raised his hand and gave the young man a punch on his shoulder: "Weren’t we just trying to make sure you youngsters could eat properly in harsh conditions? There are other kitchenware too, inside the bag, I just didn’t mention it."

Meng Li said at this moment: "We also checked our room but found nothing different."

"Nothing different in the room doesn’t mean there’s no other difference elsewhere," Mr. He nodded towards the projector with his chin.

Everyone turned to look and saw the hotel’s first-floor lobby’s surveillance footage clearly displayed on it.

Just before four in the morning, Hao Jin sneakily went downstairs wearing a white bathrobe. Because he moved so quickly, the camera didn’t capture clearly, but it was enough to see it was Hao Jin’s face. He ran out of the hotel, and about ten minutes later, he returned with a faintly visible small white bag in his hand, directly running back into the elevator.

Hao Jin’s mouth twitched: "I was just..."

"Before four in the morning, wasn’t the sky still dark?" Luo Fang commented, holding a toothpick in his mouth, looking at Hao Jin.

Hao Jin gave him a white-eyed glance: "You don’t throw cold remarks, the most suspicious one is you. Don’t divert everyone’s attention. I just woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep, so I went for a morning run."

"Going for a morning run when it’s not even light out? Wearing a bathrobe and hotel slippers?" Luo Fang raised an eyebrow.

Hao Jin: "..."

Meng Li suddenly stopped talking, instead glaring at Hao Jin with a reproachful expression.

"What’s going on? Hao Jin?" Wei Sinan asked.

Hao Jin lifted his hand, ruffled his short hair at the front of his forehead, sighed deeply, and said helplessly: "I... I just went out to buy a pack of cigarettes."

Hearing this, everyone immediately looked at him with a face full of disbelief.

Mr. He even directly raised his eyebrows at him.

Hao Jin was speechless and rolled his eyes at the crystal chandelier above the hotel: "Yes, I promised Mr. He to try not to smoke during the show and also promised Little Li I’d try to quit recently. But I really couldn’t hold it in. My pocket cigarettes ran out last night until now. I didn’t sleep well, so I went to the 24-hour convenience store across the street early in the morning while everyone was still asleep to buy a carton of cigarettes."

"Damn, not just a packet, you bought a whole carton?" Luo Fang leaned into his face, nudging him, and discreetly signaled a ’2’ in front of him.

The implication was clearly to threaten him to give him two packs as well.

Hao Jin grimaced, wanting to punch him, but Mr. He’s throat-clearing sound brought him back to his senses. He quickly stood up straight, showing an honest expression: "Really, I just bought cigarettes!"