The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert
Chapter 572 - 569 Disadvantageous Start (1)

Chapter 572: Chapter 569 Disadvantageous Start (1)

Watching the stupefied expression on Nanrong Wanqing’s face, Wu Jun said with a half-smile, "Miss Nanrong, do you now know the true identity of Mr. Yun?"

Nanrong Wanqing slowly turned her head, and replied indifferently, "What does it change, knowing that? I still stand by what I said earlier, he gave me nothing. You might as well save your effort."

Hearing this, Wu Jun frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on Nanrong Wanqing’s clear and beautiful eyes. With his years of experience, Wanqing did not seem to be lying. While pondering, he glanced again at the data displayed on the machine. Just as he deduced, the lie detector’s readings were normal.

Could they really have targeted the wrong person?

Just as he was thinking, a person in a white lab coat came in from outside. The individual walked straight up to Wu Jun and whispered a few words in his ear.

Whatever was said, Wu Jun’s eyes suddenly lit up.

"If that’s the case, I will leave her in your care." With that, Wu Jun turned and left the room.

After Wu Jun had left, the person in the white lab coat approached Nanrong Wanqing, took a syringe and a bottle of the drug from the table.

Seeing the person roll up her sleeve, Nanrong Wanqing struggled desperately, asking anxiously, "What are you doing?"

Without a word, the person in the white lab coat plunged the needle into Nanrong Wanqing’s body. As the drug from the syringe was injected into her, Nanrong Wanqing felt a wave of weakness wash over her, and her consciousness gradually blurred. Within two minutes, she had deeply fallen unconscious.

...

At this moment.

On a mountain surrounding Yinan Village, two figures climbed rapidly under the cover of night.

After a while, the two figures, one after the other, successfully reached the summit of the mountain. From the top, they had a clear view of the entire Yinan Village.

Liu Dongsheng stood on the edge of the mountain peak, and after a few glances downward, he saw that one side of the mountain was as smooth and flat as if cut by a knife, almost vertical to the ground, with no place to leverage against.

"I told you, it’s impossible to descend from here," Bai Huanjun said.

"There’s nothing impossible," Liu Dongsheng replied blandly.

After observing the surrounding environment, Liu Dongsheng committed several positions to memory and then returned to the hotel with Bai Huanjun.

Around four o’clock in the morning, Kaelina, Liu Dongsheng, Jiang Yunkai, and Bai Huanjun climbed the mountain again.

Upon reaching the summit, Liu Dongsheng took off his backpack and pulled out a bundle of thin metal wire.

"Crossbow."

Without a word, Kaelina immediately handed over the crossbow she had just assembled.

Liu Dongsheng connected the metal wire to the tail end of the arrow, then inserted the arrow into the crossbow. On the edge of the mountain peak, he raised the crossbow with both hands, aimed at a spot in the corner of Yinan Village, and gently squeezed the trigger.

Whoosh!

With a whistling sound, the arrow shot out with the metal wire attached, flying directly from the mountaintop to the ground, piercing through the middle of a tree trunk.

The range of a typical crossbow is at most a few dozen meters, but to meet their needs, Liu Dongsheng and the others had specially modified the crossbow to increase its tension, extending the range from a few dozen meters to over a hundred.

After setting down the crossbow, Liu Dongsheng tugged on the metal wire, and seeing that it was successfully secured to the tree trunk, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I’ll go down first, wait for my signal."

After speaking, Liu Dongsheng hooked a carabiner onto the metal wire, used it to bear his weight, and slid down directly.

Two minutes passed, and the metal wire gave a slight shake. Seeing this, Kaelina and the others subsequently used the metal wire to leave the summit.

Once on the ground, the four regrouped, and Liu Dongsheng put on his earpiece and established contact with Hu Fei outside Yinan Village.

"We’ve entered."

"Be careful."

"Understood!"

Liu Dongsheng pointed towards the east side of Yinan Village and said, "Let’s split up and search. If we’re discovered, you know what to do."

Kaelina and the others nodded. They had considered all possibilities before the action and formulated corresponding strategies.

After splitting up, Bai Huanjun quietly approached a house. He pushed the door and found it shut tight. He immediately pulled out a dagger from his waist and lightly scraped it through the door crack.

With a soft noise, the door opened as if on cue.

It was pitch-dark inside the room, hard to see even one’s own fingers. Bai Huanjun controlled his breathing and moved lightly, trying his best to avoid making any sound that could reveal his presence.

Upon entering, Bai Huanjun looked around, frowning instantly—the whole house was empty. However, the bedroom bedding was neatly folded, and the place was spotless—a clear sign that someone lived there.

"Did you see anyone?"

At that moment, Jiang Yunkai’s voice came through the earpiece.

"No."

"Neither have I."

"I checked two rooms, no one’s there."

Hearing everyone’s response, silence fell in the earpiece.

Bai Huanjun had observed during the daytime that there must be over a hundred people in the village, but now not a single one was in sight—an obviously abnormal situation.

Right then, lights suddenly lit up in the pitch-black room, illuminating everything.

The abrupt change made Bai Huanjun’s face turn pale. He spun around, looking at the door, only to hear a ’bang’—the door locked instantly.

Following that, a green gas began to emanate from a corner of the room and quickly spread, engulfing the room in a blink of an eye.

Bai Huanjun covered his nose with one hand and pressed the earpiece with the other, saying in a heavy voice, "Can anyone hear me?"

However, not a single response came through the earpiece.

Damn!

A sense of dread sank in Bai Huanjun’s heart—he had a bad feeling.

No response meant that there was a good chance something had happened to the others.

Without hesitation, Bai Huanjun hurried toward the door.

Bang!

With the impact of his body, the door burst open, and Bai Huanjun tumbled to the ground. Before he could get up, several burly men rushed over from both sides and pinned him to the floor.

"Don’t move!"

Feeling the cold blade of the dagger, Bai Huanjun didn’t utter another word and gave up resisting.

Ten minutes later, the hood over Bai Huanjun’s head was lifted, and the bright light immediately flooded his surroundings.

Looking around, Bai Huanjun saw Liu Dongsheng and the others next to him. And Hu Fei was also captured, head drooping and looking dejected.

"Ha ha! Having friends visit from afar is a delight. Welcome, everyone."

Laughter echoed as they looked up to see Wu Jun striding in from outside the door.

Hu Fei furrowed his brow and asked, "How did you know we were here?"

"That’s a good question," Wu Jun said with a smug smile. "Did you really think no one knew of your whereabouts? Let me tell you the truth, we’ve known you were here since you checked into the hotel."

Hearing this, the faces of Hu Fei and the others turned sour.