The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert
Chapter 645 - 642: Luring the Snake out of Its Hole (2)

Chapter 645: Chapter 642: Luring the Snake out of Its Hole (2)

"Mr. Ling, are you alright?"

Zhou Qi walked up to Ling Chen, asking with concern.

Ling Chen grinned: "I’m fine. Elder Zhou, you guys arrived quite timely."

"I was waiting outside the whole time for them to appear. After receiving the message, I immediately brought people over."

Ling Chen nodded, looked at those men who had been captured and said, "These should all be members of the God Organization. Interrogate them well; there might be other accomplices."

"You don’t need to worry about that. The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion has a legacy of hundreds of years; we have ways to make them talk." Mentioning this, Zhou Qi was brimming with confidence.

"Bring them! Take them all away, I’ll conduct the interrogation personally." After that, Zhou Qi looked at Ling Chen and said, "Mr. Ling, you’ve also worked hard, go back and rest for a bit. I’ve already talked to Zhou Jun, that lad, to prepare fine wine and dishes in your room."

"Alright." Ling Chen smiled. The food in the cell these past few days really wasn’t great, so an improvement wasn’t bad. However, as he walked towards the exit, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly turned back to look at the cell.

"Mr. Ling, what’s going on?" Noticing the change in Ling Chen’s expression, Zhou Qi asked.

"Where’s Zhu Hong? Did anyone see him just now?"

"Zhu Hong?" Zhou Qi shook his head: "I didn’t notice him. Wait, let me call someone to look around."

However, after several minutes passed, they had searched the entire prison and still hadn’t found Zhu Hong; the man seemed to have vanished.

Not good!

Ling Chen frowned inwardly. Surely during the melee just now, because the scene was too chaotic, Zhu Hong must have taken the opportunity to escape.

"Mr. Ling, don’t worry. This is the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Even if Zhu Hong has escaped, it’s impossible for him to get out of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Give me some time; I will definitely catch him again."

"Alright, thank you for your effort."

Since Zhou Qi had given his assurance, Ling Chen wasn’t so worried anymore. After all, this was the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, heavily guarded, and Zhu Hong had no martial skills, so he wouldn’t have much chance to escape.

Leaving the cell, Ling Chen returned to the guest room where he had previously stayed.

Upon entering, a fragrant aroma of wine wafted into Ling Chen’s nose. Looking at the wine and dishes on the table, Ling Chen said with a smile, "Thank you for the hard work."

Zhou Jun waved his hand: "What hard work did we have? The kitchen prepared this. However, you did wrong this time; you even fooled us. Come on, nothing else said, first punish yourself with three cups of wine."

Ling Chen didn’t refuse, and gulped down three cups of wine in succession. Wiping the wine stains from his mouth corner, Ling Chen said, "Both of you don’t blame me, I had no choice this time. The fewer people who know, the less likely to reveal any flaws."

Hearing this, Song Ge curiously asked, "Ling, what exactly happened? Tell us about it."

"Actually, it’s nothing much. It was just a plan agreed upon with Miss Su. Not many people knew about this plan, other than me and Miss Su, just Elder Zhou knew."

Thereupon, Ling Chen recounted the execution of the plan.

That evening, when he sneaked into the Yangxin Pavilion to drug the food, it had all been planned. Including the items reported missing from the Yangxin Pavilion, all were fabricated lies. The purpose of this scheme was to draw out the moles of the God Organization.

Before coming to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Lin Jiawei had said that the Pavilion was very careful in its affairs, hence the God Organization could not infiltrate it. Ling Chen never believed such words. So he knew clearly that if he did not resolve the moles hidden inside the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, whatever he did would be inconvenient. Most importantly, if someone secretly informed Lin Jiawei, then he would have been working in vain.

Therefore, he came up with this plan to invent an item of great importance to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and then spread it internally. In this way, the God Organization would certainly be interested in the item he "stole". As for what happened afterward, it all unfolded step by step, exactly as planned.

After listening to Ling Chen’s explanation, Zhou Jun asked, "Does that mean your injuries were also fake?"

Ling Chen shook his head: "The injuries are real; they’re just not that severe. Even though it’s a play, it still needs to look convincing to be believed."

"Regardless, we owe you a great deal this time. Without you, we wouldn’t have realized that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion actually harbored so many moles from the God Organization."

Song Ge agreed, "This just provided the opportunity to catch all those spies in one swoop. Ling, you became a hero of our Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion again; I wonder how the Pavilion Master will reward you."

"Ah! What a pity." Zhou Jun looked at Ling Chen and sighed.

Holding his wine cup, Ling Chen asked, "Pity what?"

"If you were single, I could’ve introduced you to the Pavilion Master by my old man. Look, the two of you aren’t far apart in age and both are outstanding; it would be ’talented man and beautiful lady’, a match made in heaven. Song Ge, don’t you think I’m right?"

"Absolutely right!" Song Ge laughed heartily. "Ling, why don’t you reconsider?"

"Enough! You two, stop teasing me. Come on, drink!"

After the wine feast ended, it was already past one in the morning.

A drunken Ling Chen saw Zhou Jun and Song Ge out, then directly collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

The next day.

Early in the morning, having taken a shower, Ling Chen changed into clean clothes and left the room on his own.

Just after he closed the room door, Ling Chen saw Zhou Qi approaching from not far away.

"Elder Zhou, good morning!" Ling Chen waved and greeted.

"Mr. Ling, some troubling matter has come up." Zhou Qi’s face looked somewhat serious.

Ling Chen withdrew his smile and quickly asked, "What happened?"

"I had people search all night and still couldn’t find any trace of Zhu Hong. I have no idea where he might have escaped to."

"Did you search the entire Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion?"

Zhou Qi nodded, "We’ve searched every possible place."

Having searched everywhere... Ling Chen’s eyes darted and asked,"Did you check the Yangxin Pavilion?"

"Yangxin Pavilion? He shouldn’t have escaped there. There are guards at the entrance to the Yangxin Pavilion; with his abilities, it’s simply impossible for him to enter that place."

"Nothing is absolutely certain in this world. Regardless, it’s best to check."

"Well, I’ll go ask the Pavilion Master for instructions, see what she thinks. Without the Pavilion Master’s nod, I can’t take people to the Yangxin Pavilion. By the way! Mr. Ling, if you’re free, why don’t you accompany me? The Pavilion Master wishes to see you too."

"Alright."

Following Zhou Qi, soon, Ling Chen arrived at the room where Su Mei resided.

As they entered, a faint aroma of tea immediately greeted them.

Zhou Qi strode forward, bowed with fist in hand beyond the curtain, "I pay respects to the Pavilion Master!"

"Miss Su."

"Mr. Ling, please have a seat!"

Once Ling Chen sat down, a cup of fragrant tea was passed from beneath the curtain and placed in front of him.

"Mr. Ling, please enjoy the tea."

"Thank you!"