The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert-Chapter 628 - 625: Difficult Choices

Watching the time inch closer to ten o’clock, Ling Chen couldn’t help but clench his fists tightly, intently watching Xia Mutong on the screen, with eyes filled with hesitation.

If he didn’t agree, both Xia Mutong and the porridge girl would die. Or, he could make a desperate attempt to rescue the porridge girl, sacrificing Xia Mutong in exchange for the safety of Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. But in doing so, his conscience would be troubled for life.

Both the porridge girl and Xia Mutong were women who had been involved with him. Just on this point alone, he could not disregard their life and death. As Ling Chen was deep in thought, Hu Fei’s voice suddenly came through the earpiece: "Found the porridge girl. She’s in a room on the second floor to the left, but... I think the chances of rescuing her are slim. There’s an old man watching over her, he’s the one who subdued the porridge girl just now."

Hearing this, Ling Chen’s heart sank, and he immediately abandoned the second plan.

Even the porridge girl was no match for that person, let alone himself.

"Mr. Ling, you have one minute left. Have you made up your mind?"

As Lin Jiawei’s voice rang out, Ling Chen looked up, met his gaze, and nodded: "Fine, I agree with you."

"Haha!" Lin Jiawei laughed and clapped his hands: "I knew Mr. Ling wouldn’t disappoint me. Very good, then I’ll place my hopes in Mr. Ling." As the words ended, a security staff member brought over a black briefcase and placed it in front of Ling Chen.

"Mr. Ling, take good care of this. It contains the equipment you’ll need. Oh, and one more thing! Let me remind you, don’t play any tricks on me. If you dare to deceive me, I assure you I will use all of God Organization’s power against all the friends you know, including Nanrong Wanqing. So you better keep it in mind, and make no mistake."

After hearing the other person’s words, Ling Chen secured the bottle with the blue liquid and then picked up the black briefcase, leaving without a word.

Back in the car, Kaelina, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn’t help but ask when she saw Ling Chen come back alone: "Where’s your friend?"

Ling Chen shook his head and opened the black briefcase by himself. Suddenly, a complete set of communication equipment was laid out in the case.

"Where did this come from?"

In the face of Kaelina’s question, Ling Chen simply replied: "I just made a deal." With that said, Ling Chen pressed the earpiece and spoke: "Fatty, keep an eye on those people for twenty-four hours; I want to know their every move."

"Understood."

Leaving the manor, the two of them headed straight back to the research base. On the way, Kaelina didn’t ask anything more. Just by looking at Ling Chen’s grim expression, she could guess what had happened. At times like this, it was better to let him have some quiet time.

Arriving at the research base, Ling Chen greeted Kaelina before heading straight to Hu Fei’s office.

The moment he entered the door, Ling Chen immediately called out: "Fatty, how’s it going?"

"Everyone’s still in the house, not a single person has left."

Ling Chen approached the computer screen and said, "Bring up the surveillance footage of the porridge girl."

Without a word, Hu Fei’s hands rattled across the keyboard. Soon enough, an image appeared on the screen.

In the footage, the porridge girl was bound with her hands behind her back, thrown in the corner of the room. Besides her, there was an old man in the room. But as Ling Chen got a clear look at the man’s face, his expression suddenly changed.

Ji Gang!

It’s this old fellow again. Wasn’t he after the Secret Society? Why is he here? Could it be... the mysterious man who had spoken to him last time had been killed by Ji Gang?

After thinking for a while, Ling Chen pushed the distracting thoughts aside and said, "Fatty, you have a wide network, is there any way you can help me find Xia Mutong’s location?"

"Find her?" Hu Fei was stunned for a moment, then said with a bitter smile, "I’m no god, how would I know where she’s being held? Besides, my network is all about the Assassin business. I can hire Assassins, but finding people is not something I can do. If you ask me, it’s better to find someone familiar with God Organization."

A reliable person!

Ling Chen frowned, and several names flashed through his mind in an instant. Nanrong Yuan and Liu Xiyao had deep connections with God Organization. But he had already asked them, and Nanrong Yuan and Liu Xiyao had told him all they could, without providing any clues.

If he couldn’t find Xia Mutong’s location, then he could only follow Lin Jiawei’s orders to scheme against Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

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The thought of having to choose between them gave Ling Chen an immense headache; he simply did not know what to do.

After a moment of thought, Ling Chen pulled out his phone and dialed the exclusive number given to him by the Secret Society. However, though the call connected, no one answered. It seemed the porridge girl was right, the Secret Society had been under such severe pressure from God Organization recently, that most members had gone into hiding to save their lives.

"Ling Chen, look."

While he was deep in thought, Hu Fei suddenly tugged on Ling Chen’s sleeve, pointing at the screen and saying, "He seems to have realized something."

Ling Chen looked up to see Lin Jiawei appearing on the surveillance footage, his mouth opening and closing as if he was saying something.

"Turn up the volume."

Soon, Lin Jiawei’s voice came clearly from the speaker: "Mr. Ling, I forgot to tell you, this matter needs to be done quickly. It’s been delayed for too long, and we don’t have that much time to waste. To give you more motivation, I’ve decided to give you a deadline, ten days. If you can’t achieve the goal within ten days, then don’t blame me for being rude."

As Lin Jiawei’s voice faded, all the surveillance screens turned to gray and white.

"The signal’s cut off," Hu Fei said helplessly.

"Send someone over, we can’t let them escape our sight."

Leaving the office, Ling Chen walked to the outside of the lab. Through the glass, he saw Zhu Xiaozhu discussing with several medical professors about the conditions of Jiang Yunkai and Bai Huanjun.

It had been several days since they started their research, and Zhu Xiaozhu and her team still hadn’t made any progress. Although Ling Chen understood, he still couldn’t help but worry.

At that moment, Zhu Xiaozhu in the lab seemed to notice Ling Chen’s gaze and looked back at him.

Ling Chen waved his hand and squeezed out a faint smile. However, to his surprise, Zhu Xiaozhu looked away immediately after a glance, showing no expression at all on her face.

This indifferent reaction made Ling Chen freeze.

What’s wrong?

Although he was wrong that night, Zhu Xiaozhu’s character shouldn’t be like this, he thought. Reflecting on the past few days, Zhu Xiaozhu’s behavior had been somewhat abnormal, feeling as if she’d changed into a different person, with no explanation.

Never mind!

After some thought, Ling Chen shook his head and temporarily set aside Zhu Xiaozhu’s attitude. Right now, he needed to focus on the problems at hand.