As their eyes t, feeling the sowhat awkward atmosphere around them, Ling Chen asked, "Aren’t you thirsty?"
Xia Mutong stared straight into Ling Chen’s eyes and retorted slowly, "Ling Chen, are you even a man?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Chen raised an eyebrow. Seeing the challenging look in Xia Mutong’s eyes, a wicked fire welled up inside him. Damn! This girl dared to question his manhood. Had she forgotten past lessons? It seed he needed to teach her a lesson to make her rember.
Before Ling Chen could say anything else, Xia Mutong grasped his arm with a slight force and pulled him directly onto the bed.
The blanket was pulled over, and the room was filled with boundless spring romance.
...
The next day.
Ling Chen woke up from the warm bed, his arm naturally reaching out beside him. But he quickly realized he was alone. Where was she? Ling Chen opened his eyes wide and saw that he was the only one on the bed; Xia Mutong was nowhere to be found.
After getting dressed, Ling Chen went to the living room, where he saw a note pinned down by a teacup on the coffee table. It was a ssage from Xia Mutong, saying she had already left for Beijing. After reading the note, Ling Chen couldn’t help but pat his forehead. What had happened lately? His alertness had decreased so much that he didn’t even notice Xia Mutong leaving.
Thinking back to the wonderful night before, Ling Chen couldn’t help but smile. Was this woman giving him a farewell gift? Or... was she trying to make sure he always rembered her?
Leaving Xia Mutong’s place, Ling Chen found a breakfast stand on the street and grabbed sothing to eat before driving to the base.
As soon as Ling Chen walked into the control room, Hu Fei imdiately got up to greet him and asked, "Why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to rest at ho for a while?"
"It’s nothing, I’m not that fragile."
Noticing the cheerful expression on Ling Chen’s face, Hu Fei nudged his arm and asked quietly, "How did it go last night?"
"What do you an, how did it go?"
"Co on, stop pretending with . Last night you asked for Xia Mutong’s address. Are you telling nothing indescribable happened?" Hu Fei smiled suggestively.
"Get out of here. She was drunk, and I just took her ho. Don’t overthink it."
"Am I really overthinking it?"
Faced with Hu Fei’s persistent questions, Ling Chen glared at him and said grumpily, "Fatty, keep it up and I’ll kick you so hard you’ll only be able to look at beauties but never touch them."
"Alright, alright, I won’t ask anymore. What a big deal, still so shy about sothing as normal as romance."
"Enough chatter. I didn’t co here to chat, I have sothing serious to ask you."
"Go ahead, what’s the serious matter?"
"Last night, while Xia Mutong was on a case, she caught a few people during an illegal transaction. I found out they were dealing strength-enhancing agents, priced at 1.8 million per bottle. I’m curious. Back when I was at Yingtai Group, strength-enhancing agents were astronomically priced. Why have they beco so cheap now that even those low-level criminals can get their hands on them?"
"There’s nothing strange about this. You’ve been in the hospital for over half a month, and a lot has happened outside. Honestly, the strength-enhancing agent issue has a lot to do with you."
"?" Ling Chen asked, puzzled. "Why?"
"Do you rember when you were at Yingtai Group, you gave Seland the formula for making strength-enhancing agents to ensure that Zhu Hong couldn’t stay at Yingtai Group? This made Yingtai Group wrongly believe that Zhu Hong was secretly dealing with other military enterprises. Although you achieved your goal, that formula remained in Yingtai Group’s hands. Recently, various military enterprises suddenly received the formula for strength-enhancing agents. Moreover, this docunt has been spreading wildly online. I can assure you, we weren’t behind this, so the mastermind is likely Zhu Hong. He resents Yingtai Group for betraying him, so he wants to strike back and rob them of their competitive edge. So, the strength-enhancing agent has beco commonplace and is no longer a secret."
Ling Chen frowned slightly and asked, "What about the governnt? Haven’t they taken any asures?"
"They’ve already taken action; all the information about strength-enhancing agents has been removed from the internet. However, while the data has been deleted, so people have preserved it and are secretly producing it." With that, Hu Fei opened the drawer of his desk, took out a bottle of agent, handed it to Ling Chen, and said, "I bought this from the black market for two million. Although it’s a strength-enhancing agent, its efficacy is nowhere near that of a genuine agent, barely half as effective."
"Why?"
"Do you think it’s so easy to make strength-enhancing agents? Without professionals and specialized equipnt, how many people can produce a strength-enhancing agent? So, the one in your hand is at best a semi-finished product. However, it’s very popular in the market because it doesn’t have much of a side effect on the human body, reducing the danger to just twenty percent. It’s considered a relatively stable product. Now, a special organization has been established in the country to crack down on this stuff severely."
"It’s all my fault," Ling Chen sighed.
"Don’t bla yourself. Even if you hadn’t handed over that formula to Yingtai Group, it would have happened sooner or later. Zhu Hong had this technology, and do you think he would keep it to himself? No way! He would definitely trade the technology. So, all you did was speed up the spread of strength-enhancing agents."
"Regardless, I have an undeniable responsibility. Fatty, do a favor and try to gather as much information as possible, then pass it to the governnt. What I can do now is try to make ands." With that, Ling Chen asked, "By the way, have there been any updates on Zhu Hong?"
Hu Fei shook his head and said, "No. After this incident, he should lay low for a while."
"Let’s hope so."
"Take care and get so rest during this ti. Don’t worry about these things. With us around, nothing will happen."
"Alright, thank you then."
As he left the base, Ling Chen was driving ho when he received a call from Ling Gengqiu.
"Hey, brother, what’s up?"
"Where have you been? I haven’t seen you for more than a month. I’m telling you, I can’t stay with the Ling Family any longer, you need to get out of here." Ling Gengqiu complained over the phone.
Ling Chen asked with a smile, "Brother, what’s going on? You’re the family patriarch; do they dare to boss you around?"
"Don’t ntion it. Precisely because I’m the patriarch, I have to be careful with everything so as not to ruin the image they have of ."
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