"Thanks to ?" Ling Chen said with a half smile, half smirk. "I didn’t do anything. How can you pin this on ? If you really have to bla soone, you can only bla yourself. If you hadn’t been so stubborn, hell-bent on fighting to the death, you wouldn’t have ended up like this."
Zhu Hong snorted coldly, acting as if he hadn’t heard Ling Chen at all. He kept his mouth shut, his eyes coldly fixed on his own wheelchair.
Seeing Zhu Hong ignore him, Ling Chen didn’t push it. He went on at his own pace, "I think you should know why I ca to see you."
"I don’t."
"When you left Skyhawk Pavilion back then, you took sothing with you. I think you know exactly what it is. Hand that thing over to , and the grudges between us are wiped clean. How does that sound?"
Zhu Hong let out a disdainful laugh. "You think I’d agree to that? Ling Chen, I admit this ti I slipped up. But you really think I ca here without any preparations at all? If you want that thing, fine, but you have to let go. As long as I regain my freedom, I’ll tell you right away where it’s being kept."
"Sorry, I can’t agree to that condition," Ling Chen said. "You brought this on yourself, and besides, that explosion killed so many people—you have to pay the price for that. Honestly, the fact they didn’t sentence you to death is sothing you should be secretly happy about."
"If that’s how you’re going to talk, then there’s no need for us to keep chatting," Zhu Hong said coldly. "You have one month to think it over. If you go past that deadline, even if you want to accept my terms then, it’ll be too late. That thing will sink into the sea forever and no one will ever find it."
"No way. I went through a lot of trouble to catch you. You think I’d just let you walk?" Ling Chen paused, then went on, "Zhu Hong, you know what kind of person I am. If you won’t talk, I’ll use every thod I have until you do. If you want to actually live out the rest of your life in one piece, you might want to think about what I said. I’ll give you three days. I’ll co back then, and I hope you can give a satisfactory answer."
With that, Ling Chen didn’t say anything more. He turned and walked out of the room.
Tang Yuan, who had been standing guard outside the door, asked in so surprise, "Out so fast? I thought you two would be at it for a long ti."
Ling Chen gave a faint smile. "What’s there to talk about? What I do find strange is how he ended up looking like this."
Tang Yuan shrugged. "I’m not too sure myself. After we took him over, we only locked him up for one day before his body started changing. I brought in a lot of doctors to examine him, but they all ca up empty. They told his body has already mutated—his genes and cells are completely different from a normal person’s. No one knows how he pulled that off."
"When Zhu Hong was in the God Organization, he went through body enhancent experints. It’s probably related to that."
"Hey, you just talked to him for a bit—did you get the intel you wanted?"
"No. His mouth is hard as hell. He insists I have to release him or he won’t say a word. That thing is very important to , but I’m not letting him go because of it. I know him too well. The second he’s out, he’ll never let it go. I don’t want that threat hanging over my head again."
Tang Yuan nodded. "If you want, I can put in a request for you, or we can arrange a little accident and make him disappear for good."
Ling Chen was tempted when he heard Tang Yuan’s suggestion. But after thinking it over seriously, he still turned it down. As much as he wanted Zhu Hong gone, for now Zhu Hong still had so value. Unless they found that severed limb, he could only spare Zhu Hong’s life.
Lost in thought, Ling Chen followed Tang Yuan out of the secret prison.
"Brother, let’s go."
"I’ll walk you out."
At the entrance, Ling Chen looked at Tang Yuan and said, "I’ll co back in a few days. I’ll have to trouble you again then."
"No problem. Just give a call."
After saying goodbye to Tang Yuan, Ling Chen didn’t linger. He took Ling Gengqiu and drove straight to Falcon Company’s headquarters.
It was already past ten at night. Jiang Yunkai had been waiting at the company for the two of them to return. When he found out they hadn’t eaten yet, Jiang Yunkai imdiately made a call and had soone send a late-night snack over to the company dorms.
"Kai, I need your help with sothing," Ling Chen said, holding a glass of wine.
"Chen, just tell what you need."
"Tomorrow you take a team over to the Zhu Family and have a talk with Zhu Qianshan. Zhu Hong ca to Beijing with Zhu Qianshan’s help. There’s a chance Zhu Qianshan knows where the thing I want is."
"Got it." Jiang Yunkai nodded. "Don’t worry, I’ll handle it."
"Why make it so troubleso?" Ling Gengqiu cut in from the side. "Just let go see him. Hmph. With my thods, we’ll see if he talks or not."
Ling Chen hurriedly said, "Brother, I know how capable you are, but stay out of this one. I’ll deal with it myself. If it really doesn’t work, then I’ll ask you to step in. That’s fine, right?"
"Since you put it that way, fine... I’ll listen to you this ti," Ling Gengqiu said, gnawing on a chicken leg, his mouth slick with grease.
After a night’s rest, early the next morning Ling Gengqiu was still sleeping in his room, while Ling Chen was already at work. Now that he was back at Falcon Company, as the chairman he had a lot of things he had to look over. He couldn’t just be a complete hands-off boss on everything.
After listening to Dong Ying’s work report, Ling Chen smiled and said, "Not bad. Looks like we picked the right person. Assistant Dong, I really appreciate your abilities. I hope you can keep this up. Who knows, one day the position of company vice president might be yours."
Hearing that, even though Dong Ying was good at hiding her emotions, the excitent in her eyes still flashed through for a mont.
"Thank you for your trust, Chairman. I’ll keep working hard and won’t let you down."
"Alright, get back to work."
Dong Ying answered softly and turned to leave the office. Watching her go, Ling Chen picked up a file on the desk, glanced through a few pages, and the corners of his mouth lifted unconsciously. He had to admit, Dong Ying’s work ability was excellent. When Ling Chen brought up starting an investnt company, he’d only ntioned it casually, but Dong Ying had handled it brilliantly. In just a few short months, the investnt company was already turning a profit, and the numbers weren’t low—far beyond Ling Chen’s expectations.
When it ca to fighting and other fields, Ling Chen was very confident. But in business, he was a complete rookie, no different from an outsider. That’s why he attached great importance to talent in this area. After all, he owned so many businesses and had no ti to manage all the miscellaneous stuff himself. He needed soone to help him run things, and Dong Ying was undoubtedly a suitable candidate. However, before that, he still needed to test her loyalty.
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