The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert
Chapter 557 - 553: Mate Selection Criteria (1)

Chapter 557: Chapter 553: Mate Selection Criteria (1)

"What should we do?" Su Mei asked Ling Chen, who was in the driver’s seat, with a hint of nervousness in her beautiful eyes.

Ling Chen cocked his head to one side, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly in a smile before asking, "What are your standards for choosing a spouse?"

"What?" Su Mei was taken aback, momentarily failing to grasp the situation.

"Weren’t you just saying that the Pavilion Masters of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion all marry and have children? So, you’ll have to find a man in the future too. Since that’s the case, you must have some standards for choosing a spouse, or... do you already have someone in mind?"

Su Mei stared blankly at Ling Chen. At a time like this, he still had the mind to ask about this? Didn’t he see the crisis before us?

Just as she was thinking this, Su Mei suddenly felt the car lurch forward, speeding towards the four Range Rovers ahead. As the hood of the car was about to collide with the Range Rover, Su Mei’s face turned pale, and she couldn’t help but close her eyes, her hands gripping the armrests tightly.

Screech!

Accompanied by a harsh sound of tires rubbing against the pavement, the Maserati executed a 180-degree spin on the spot, reversing the positions of the car’s front and rear. Then, Ling Chen shifted gears with his right hand, pressing the accelerator to the floor with the tip of his foot. Before the four pursuing Range Rovers could react, the Maserati had already burst forth, leaving them far behind in an instant.

However, at this moment, a Range Rover suddenly charged out from a side street and slammed into the side of the Maserati with extreme force. Under the powerful impact, the Maserati flipped onto its side and continued to roll along the ground until it slid to a halt against a road column at the edge of the road, where it was trapped and slowly came to a stop.

Groggy, Ling Chen shook his head, rubbing his throbbing forehead. He looked at Su Mei in the passenger seat and saw that she had fallen unconscious.

"Miss Su, Miss Su..." Ling Chen called out several times, but Su Mei remained unresponsive, her head limply hanging over her right shoulder.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps approached from afar, reaching Ling Chen’s ears. Through the shattered car window, Ling Chen turned his head and saw more than a dozen men hastening over, less than twenty meters away.

This is bad!

Ling Chen frowned to himself, disregarding his own discomfort. He quickly kicked the deformed car door open, then dragged the unconscious Su Mei from the passenger seat onto himself, ready to escape from the car.

However, Ling Chen suddenly noticed that just outside the car door was an incline by the roadside. With the pursuers closing in, there was no time to think. Clutching Su Mei’s delicate body in his arms, he jumped out of the car and sprinted down the slope.

The enemy was numerous and powerful, and although Ling Chen was not afraid of those men with his strength, the unconscious Su Mei by his side was a concern. Having to deal both with the pursuers and ensuring Su Mei’s safety made it difficult to act freely. Instead of such a struggle, it was better to avoid the sharp edge for the time being and take Su Mei to a safe place first.

Moreover, there was another reason for Ling Chen’s reluctance to fight. Su Mei had previously mentioned that there was an expert from the Heavenly List secretly protecting her. However, so much time had passed, and that expert had not yet appeared, which certainly indicated a problem. It may well be that among the pursuers there were other experts hidden. For this reason, he had to be as cautious as possible.

The slope was over twenty meters high. After descending, there was no suitable place to hide, the surroundings open and empty. Having no other choice for fear of being caught by the people following, Ling Chen had to continue running while holding Su Mei in his arms.

Luckily, Ling Chen was in good physical condition. Despite the violent collision just now, he had only a mild headache and had not sustained any major injuries.

After a few hundred meters, the trees on both sides became denser, with the occasional house standing among them. With the cover of night, Ling Chen was able to put more distance between himself and the pursuers.

At this time, Ling Chen saw a small western-style building not far away, complete with a courtyard behind it and surrounded by a wall.

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Chen carried Su Mei on his back, with one hand supporting her rounded buttocks to prevent her from falling. Then, with a single leap, he grabbed the top of the surrounding wall with one hand, leveraging his body over it.

Climbing over the wall, Ling Chen glanced around at the environment; it was pitch-dark, a small sedan was parked in the center of the courtyard, its body covered with post-rain filth, seeming as if it hadn’t been cleaned for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Ling Chen walked to the back door of the small western-style house and rummaged through a pile of miscellaneous items to find two thin pieces of wire, which he used to pick the lock on the back door.

After the door was opened, Ling Chen didn’t switch on the lights, to avoid drawing the attention of the pursuing soldiers outside.

He went straight to the living room, placed the unconscious Su Mei on the sofa, and then went upstairs alone to check every bedroom. As he had suspected, nobody was living in this small western-style house. If there had been someone, the small sedan in the courtyard wouldn’t be so dirty that nobody cared to clean it.

He finally found a place to hide.

Ling Chen took a deep breath, took a cup and filled it with water from the tap, and gulped it down. After wiping the water from the corner of his mouth, Ling Chen filled an electric kettle with water and placed it on the stove to boil.

Taking this opportunity, Ling Chen checked Su Mei’s physical condition. Thankfully, there was nothing seriously wrong.

When the water boiled, he found a clean towel and wiped Su Mei’s face with it. Perhaps feeling the warmth of the hot towel, the unconscious Su Mei moved slightly, her eyelashes quivering gently.

"Miss Su."

Ling Chen called out softly. After a while, Su Mei slowly opened her eyes, rubbed her throbbing forehead, sat up from the sofa, and asked, "Where is this?"

"Inside a civilian residence, don’t worry, there’s no one living in this house for now." With that said, Ling Chen stood up, brought over a cup of hot water, and offered it to Su Mei, "Have some water first."

"Thank you!"

"Nothing to thank me for." Ling Chen smiled slightly: "You rest for a bit, I’m going to check outside."

A few minutes later, Ling Chen came back into the house and said, "The pursuers have gone past us, they did not discover our tracks."

"What should we do next?"

"There’s a car outside, we’ll drive away later." As he spoke, Ling Chen looked at the time; it was already close to 3 o’clock in the morning, and reinforcements from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion should be arriving soon.

"Why not stay here?" Su Mei asked, "Isn’t this place quite safe?"

Ling Chen shook his head and explained, "Don’t think of those people as fools. The surroundings here are too simple, there are only so many places to hide. If they don’t discover our whereabouts after a while, they will certainly suspect that we’re hiding in a civilian house."

"I didn’t realize you had so much experience in this area."

Ling Chen laughed: "You should know what I did before. Without a trick or two, I’d have lost my life long ago." As he said this, Ling Chen changed the subject with a smile, "You haven’t answered the question I asked you before; isn’t it time to tell me now?"

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