"President Bai, didn’t you just finalize a deal with Gong Group? It’s ruthless to burn bridges, the Gong Family might..."
Bai Zhengxian sneered, "So what if I did? Once the ship departs from the Gong Family Port, the Third Young Master becos useless. Besides, the Third Young Master and the old man haven’t seen eye to eye for a long ti. Now with Gong Yao and my daughter together, do I even need to say who will own the Gong Family without the Third Young Master?"
The crowd was silent, exchanging glances.
Bai Zhengxian raised his glass and took a sip of his drink.
"It doesn’t matter if you disagree."
As the crowd was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Bai Zhengxian slowly continued, "Then you’ll accompany the Third Young Master on his journey."
"..."
There was a sharp intake of breath in the eting room.
Those present bit their inner lips, realizing Bai Zhengxian held leverage over them, it was a dead end either way.
Might as well take a gamble.
Soone imdiately stood up and said, "We will follow President Bai’s arrangents."
Bai Zhengxian raised his glass, "Rest assured, the future of Jing City will be under all your control."
In the face of profit, everyone is a gambler.
The group stood and raised their glasses, then started to discuss the next steps.
...
Outside the door.
The incident with Bai Ruoshu and Gong Yao created enough chaos for Chu Yin to escape the driver’s monitoring.
After Bai Zhengxian left the lounge, she quietly followed him until he entered the second-floor eting room.
Chu Yin watched for a mont, and just as she was about to step forward, the eting room door opened again.
Bai Zhengxian’s assistant entered the room opposite with a laptop.
When he ca out again, the laptop was gone.
By the way, he repeatedly confird the door’s lock, there must be sothing important on that laptop.
Once the assistant returned to the eting room, Chu Yin quickly stepped forward.
She pushed the door twice, inspected the lock, and drew a card from her bag, sliding it into the door gap several tis.
With a click, the door opened.
Chu Yin had once played a thief who died within a minute of appearing in a role.
To fit the role, the director had her practice opening doors with a room card for a long ti.
Unexpectedly, she was now using it a second ti.
Entering the room, Chu Yin found it was Bai Zhengxian’s temporary office.
There were many docunts on the desk.
And that laptop.
Chu Yin didn’t imdiately step forward but cautiously observed the surroundings, ensuring there were no traps before approaching.
She opened the laptop, and the password entry screen popped up instantly.
Chu Yin hesitated, how could she possibly know Bai Zhengxian’s password?
Calm down, calm down.
Everyone’s password has aning and must relate to themselves.
Bai Zhengxian was deeply guarded, difficult to fathom.
But from discussions with Lin Zhiyi, she discovered he was very fixated on their face.
So far, the one who made Bai Zhengxian most satisfied was Lin Zhiyi.
Appearance, personality, seed to match his requirents.
With this thought, Chu Yin took a deep breath, her fingertips trembled as they approached the keyboard.
She entered Lin Zhiyi’s na.
The screen flickered, and it opened.
Chu Yin was stunned for a few seconds, sowhat disbelieving.
No ti to be excited, she quickly examined the computer.
She thought it would be smooth, but as she opened file after file, there was nothing special.
Chu Yin listened to the noise outside while looking at the computer.
With each click, she felt her breath becoming more urgent, and soon sweat dotted her brow.
Did she guess wrong?
No.
Since he brought the laptop to the eting room, it must have had a purpose.
Chu Yin’s mind suddenly lit up, and she directly clicked on the recently used files.
Sure enough, in the list, there was a file called ’Invoice.’
Upon opening, there were many files with nas written.
Among them was a man who forced bikini-clad won to dance on the ship.
Chu Yin clicked on the man’s file, and what opened were indecent photos and financial transactions.
She instantly realized.
These were the leverage against those people.
Chu Yin pulled out her phone to quickly take photos of the evidence, but her hand paused a second before pressing the shutter.
The phone had been returned to her by Bai Zhengxian today.
Whether he tampered with her phone, she didn’t know.
Chu Yin decided not to risk it, put down the phone, and chose to print the files instead.
While printing, she deleted the print traces.
She didn’t print everything, only the more well-known individuals.
After finishing, it was a thick stack.
The figures involved were amounts ordinary people couldn’t even dream of.
After ensuring the delete traces, she quickly turned off the computer and placed it back where it was.
Just outside the door, as she was feeling relieved, a flurry of footsteps ca suddenly from the eting room.
Chu Yin paused, then saw Chen Jin rushing out of the room next to the eting room.
Chen Jin saw her too and quickly pulled her along to run.
But the dress she wore was made of gold, heavy, slowing both their paces.
Listening to the footsteps closing in behind them.
Chu Yin knew clearly that at this rate, both of them would be caught.
She thrust the docunts into Chen Jin’s hands.
"You go quickly, I’ll hold them off."
"No, they won’t let you off."
Chen Jin motioned to carry her.
Chu Yin imdiately pulled away, "The entire upper and lower floors are filled with Bai Family mbers. Carrying and running, you don’t need to wait for the people behind to catch up; others will notice. You go down and find soone to save ."
"Assistant Chen, tell Mr. Sang to rember to add more pay."
With that said, Chu Yin pushed Chen Jin out the door.
She herself smashed her high heels and then lay on the ground.
Almost simultaneously, the pursuers arrived.
"Miss Chu, did you see anyone?"
"I saw a man wearing a hat who knocked into and then ran toward that door."
Chu Yin pointed painfully toward another door.
Those n chased in the opposite direction of Chen Jin.
Chu Yin was just about to relax when Bai Zhengxian’s assistant appeared before her.
"Miss Chu, President Bai is looking for you."
"..."
Chu Yin had no ti to resist before she was pinned and brought into the eting room.
Inside, there was only Bai Zhengxian. He turned to look at Chu Yin.
"Who was it?"
"I really didn’t see clearly."
Chu Yin feigned calm as she looked at Bai Zhengxian.
Bai Zhengxian slowly walked towards her, a smile on his lips.
The next second, he grabbed Chu Yin’s hair, forcing her head back.
"Chu Yin, I warned you, do not betray ."
"I... I really don’t know," Chu Yin said painfully.
Bai Zhengxian let out a cold scoff.
"I was going to keep you around for a few more days, but there’s no need now."
He released Chu Yin and glanced at his assistant.
"Take care of her, do it cleanly."
"Yes, President Bai."
The assistant nodded and then moved towards Chu Yin.
Fear climbed into Chu Yin’s eyes, and she struggled desperately.
"What are you... what are you doing? Let go! Let go..."
As the needle pierced Chu Yin’s flesh, she lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Bai Zhengxian stared at the fallen Chu Yin. "I want to see who you’re helping."
With that, he left the eting room without looking back.
...
In the hall.
Bai Ruoshu held onto Gong Yao, greeting guests everywhere, showing no trace of having been caught in a compromising situation.
Beside them, Yang Jingwei acted as if nothing had happened, presenting guests with gifts from the banquet.
An invitation to board.
Lin Zhiyi received one too.
She glanced at the invitation card in her hand, staring at the logo on it, feeling inexplicably uneasy.
She seed to have seen this logo sowhere before.
While thinking, a glass of juice was handed to her.
"Looking so pale, have sothing sweet," Gong Chen said lightly.
Lin Zhiyi took the glass and drank a mouthful but couldn’t continue.
She pointed to the invitation, "Is there a story behind this logo?"
Gong Chen glanced at it, about to speak, when Sang Li walked over briskly.
"Have you seen Chu Yin? Everyone’s in the hall, why isn’t she here?"
Lin Zhiyi imdiately looked up to search.
Not finding Chu Yin, she saw the hurried Chen Jin instead.
His expression was grim, "I’m sorry, Third Young Master, I was discovered. Miss Chu helped escape, and she’s still upstairs."
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