"Alright! We're heading out then! You cover for me over there with Yoyo!" Wang Yan rubbed his hands and said.

Zhang Yang waved his hand: "Go on, go on! There are only two girls on the team, YOYO and Weiwei will definitely stick together, won't run off! If asked, just say you're entertaining the agents!"

"Got it! Cheers!"

"Get lost!"

Wang Yan went to hug Zhang Yang pretending to kiss him, but Zhang Yang pushed him away unceremoniously.

Soon, the three of them changed clothes, took a small SUV, and left, leaving Zhang Yang and the others at the hotel.

While traveling, just to have someone to rely on, Zhang Yang booked standard double rooms, and before long, YOYO and Weiwei were asking about dinner plans in the team chat.

Zhang Yang boldly replied in the chat: "Dinner at Phoenix Joy Building downstairs, everyone head down at 6:30!"

When the time came, a group of people went downstairs in a grand manner, YOYO quickly noticed that Wang Yan and several others were missing from the group.

"Yang, where are Wang Yan and the others? Haven't seen them?"

Zhang Yang shrugged: "Working for me! There's a local agent's social event we couldn't avoid, so I sent those three as representatives! It's fine, Zhou Chu is keeping an eye on things, nothing will happen!"

"Oh! That Wang Yan, didn't even tell me he was going to a social event, he'll have something coming for him when he's back!" YOYO nodded, mumbling quietly to Weiwei.

Weiwei covered her mouth and laughed, looking at Zhang Yang with somewhat complicated eyes.

Zhang Yang touched his nose and said with a double meaning: "Save it for managing your partner at home, when out, men care about saving face!"

YOYO glanced at Zhang Yang: "Psh! Weiwei is just too nice! I'll have to train her someday!"

"Hahahahaha"

Everyone burst into laughter together.

With jokes and laughter, Zhang Yang took the group to the restaurant not far downstairs for dinner. Being close teammates who lived and worked together daily, the atmosphere was more casual, they didn't drink much. After eating and chatting for a while, they returned to their accommodation at the hotel.

During the competition, staying at the hotel was actually quite boring, YOYO and Weiwei, stuffed from dinner, returned to their room. With nothing much to do, they soon set up a livestream rack and casually chatted with their fans.

Zhang Yang lay on the bed in a big character shape, fiddling with his phone to pass the time.

Unconsciously, it was past nine o'clock, and Zhang Yang felt that they should have finished dinner and be heading back, so he habitually sent a WeChat message to Zhou Chu to inquire.

"How's the dinner going?"

Within thirty seconds, Zhou Chu replied.

"Gonna take a bit longer, not done yet!"

Zhang Yang: "Stay safe!"

"No worries!"

As the big brother in the team, Zhang Yang felt very assured with Zhou Chu, so he didn't think much and switched to another app, keeping himself occupied.

Unnoticed, the time reached ten o'clock, Zhang Yang felt somewhat sleepy, went to the bathroom for a quick shower, then plugged his phone into the charger and prepared to sleep.

Zhang Yang's routine was pretty stable, even when traveling out of town, he could sleep soundly, and he soon fell asleep.

Past midnight at one, Zhang Yang was deeply asleep when his phone rang suddenly.

He opened his eyes and grabbed the phone from the bedside table.

"Hello?"

"Zhang Yang, we've got a bit of a problem here!" Zhou Chu's slightly serious voice came from the call.

"What's up?" Zhang Yang sat bolt upright, instantly wide awake.

"Check if Xiaofan or Han Mocheng have connections in Tianjin, we went singing after dinner and got caught in an anti-prostitution raid! I saw things weren't good and ran. Wang Yan and Han Qiang drank a lot and got held!"

"What the heck?" Hearing about the anti-prostitution raid, Zhang Yang felt a sudden jolt in his heart.

To be honest, being young men going out for dinner and singing as part of social events, being completely pure was nonsense. At the KTV, the host arranging some ladies for entertainment was normal.

Even Zhang Yang, who usually was a gentlemanly kind of guy, occasionally engaged in some playful interactions with the hostesses.

But based on Zhang Yang's understanding of Wang Yan and Han Qiang, the extent would be just hugging and flirting under the influence of alcohol, how could they get caught in an anti-prostitution raid? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Zhou Chu paused for two seconds, and said in a deep voice: "Can't explain in a few words, try to get them out first, I can't figure it out yet, but this feels fishy!"

"Where were they caught? Which police station intervened?" Zhang Yang forced himself to calm down, and continued to ask.

"I'll send the police district to you on WeChat!"

"Alright!"

Hanging up the call, Zhang Yang hurriedly got out of bed, washed his face with cold water in the bathroom to fully wake up, then grabbed his phone and first called Han Mocheng.

Han Mocheng had to lead a team early in the morning for the national competition, so he slept early today, but he had a very reliable habit.

At all times, his phone remained on 24/7, even if called in the middle of the night, he could pick up quickly. Zhang Yang knew him for long enough to never experience an unanswered call.

The phone rang for seven to eight seconds, and soon it was answered.

"Hello? What's up?" Han Mocheng didn't sound sleepy at all, surprising Zhang Yang as if he hadn't slept.

"Brother Qiang and Wang Yan went to a social event, got caught by the anti-prostitution task force, the police station involved is the ×× precinct! Do you have any connections you can count on here? According to Zhou Chu, this seems fishy, he suspects someone might be pulling the strings behind the scenes!" Zhang Yang, without any niceties, directly and succinctly informed Han Mocheng.

"Alright, I got it, I'll find someone to handle it! Just wait for the news, as long as no one's harmed, nothing else crossed the line, it's fine!"

"Okay!"

After finishing the call, Zhang Yang still felt a bit uneasy, so he called Zhou Chu back.

In the call, Zhang Yang asked some details about the dinner and the arrest, and after listening to Zhou Chu's replies, Zhang Yang's eyebrows furrowed gradually.

At two in the morning, the police car brought a bunch of drunken guests back to the precinct.

Just as they brought them to the interrogation room and hadn't started processing, the duty squad leader received a call from the higher-ups, naming Wang Yan and Han Qiang, to be released.

Originally, along the process flow, besides being labeled with prostitution charges, they'd be checked for drugs, and if it was confirmed, they'd be detained for a few days without doubt. Even if there's a way to handle it, it'd still be extremely passive.

But the person causing trouble behind the scenes didn't expect Zhang Yang to react so fast, greeting them within half an hour.

An arm can't twist the thigh, release them!

At half-past two at night, Zhang Yang drove to the police station entrance with Zhou Chu to pick up the crestfallen Wang Yan and Han Qiang.

"Get in!" Zhang Yang greeted through the car window.

The two pulled open the rear car door and climbed in.

"What happened? Just going for dinner, how did it lead to getting arrested?" Zhang Yang didn't blame Wang Yan and the others, but asked steadily.

"Absolutely someone set us up! Damn it, I noticed that the girls at the KTV were scarily proactive, lighting cigarettes, drinking, little smooches flying everywhere!

The anti-prostitution squad rushed directly at us! At the precinct, they were gearing up for drug testing, then a call from the leader halted it!"

Wang Yan recounted the earlier experience, sounding a bit frightened.

"What about the host who invited you?" Zhang Yang asked again.

"The weird part is there, he slipped away, wasn't caught! Heard from the lobby manager that the room expenses were settled! Fortunately, Brother Zhou didn't drink and needed the restroom, dodging the bullet. If not, it'd be real trouble!"