The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

"I've warned you all long ago, surrender obediently, but you just wouldn't listen and insisted on bringing this upon yourselves."

The voice came through, and everyone turned to look. The speaker was an old man with white hair and a small patch of silver beard. At this moment, the old man stood with his hands behind his back, looking coldly at Wang Hao and the others.

"You are..." Gong Xiong scrutinized the old man, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes. After pondering for a while, Gong Xiong seemed to recall something, his face suddenly changed, surprised, "I remember now, you're Ji Gang!"

Ji Gang sneered and said, "I didn't realize there are people among you who recognize me. Since you know my identity, you'd better behave, don't force me to do it myself." After speaking, Ji Gang waved his large hand and lightly commanded, "Tie them all up."

"Yes."

A few men responded and quickly walked towards the group with ropes in their hands.

Before long, Wang Hao and his team were tightly bound with ropes and tossed into the corner of the warehouse.

Hmph!

Gong Xiong looked coldly at Wang Hao, though his mouth was gagged, it did not prevent him from expressing his discontent in other ways. Besides Gong Xiong, others also looked at Wang Hao with a face full of complaints.

Wang Hao was the organizer of the operation. Since problems occurred, Wang Hao naturally had to take primary responsibility. If it weren't for his hasty decision to act, they wouldn't have easily fallen into the trap.

Facing the dissatisfied gazes of everyone, Wang Hao lowered his head, pretending not to see, pondering something alone.

At this moment, outside the warehouse, Ling Chen stood at the tightly closed door, glanced at the fallen iron lock on the ground, and immediately stepped back, hiding in the corner.

So much time has passed, and there's been no movement inside the warehouse, indicating that Wang Hao and the others might be in trouble.

Under such circumstances, entering through the front door of the warehouse is absolutely inadvisable; it would only make oneself a live target. Plus, who knows what kind of traps might be behind the door.

Ling Chen, with his rich combat experience, knew well that without absolute certainty or at least fifty percent confidence, it was best not to act rashly. Doing so would only put oneself in danger.

After pondering for a moment, Ling Chen's eyes lit up; he quickly left the entrance of the underground warehouse.

Returning to the surface, Ling Chen looked around, memorizing the surrounding environment, then carefully examined the nearby lawn.

There had to be ventilation systems in the underground warehouse; since it was built underground, the other end of the vent must be on the surface.

After searching for over ten minutes, Ling Chen finally found one of the ventilation outlets. He removed the cover, measured the width of the vent. It wasn't very wide but barely enough to accommodate a small-bodied adult.

Ling Chen's physique was standard, this vent was just right for him to squeeze through. Although it was a bit tight, there was no other way; this was the only entrance apart from the main door, he had to go in from here.

Creeping into the vent, Ling Chen's chest and back were tightly pressed against the upper and lower surfaces of the duct, his hands constantly reaching forward, propelling his body forward.

The ventilation duct was over ten meters long, Ling Chen crawled for a full five minutes. The space was too narrow, making it hard to stretch; and he didn't want to make noise, letting those in the warehouse hear.

When Ling Chen crawled to the other end of the duct, his forehead was already covered with sweat.

Taking a breath, Ling Chen looked down through the vent cover, seeing more than a dozen people tied with ropes, sitting against the wall, motionless.

Because the cover was only so big, Ling Chen's sight was limited, he could only see this many people.

Lying in the duct, Ling Chen adjusted his breathing while listening to the sounds inside the warehouse. After a few minutes, he gently lifted the cover of the vent, then poked his head out.

Seeing Ling Chen's head emerge from the vent, the people below were instantly startled.

Ling Chen, fearing they might speak up and expose his position, hurriedly made a silent gesture, signaling everyone not to speak.

After that, Ling Chen cautiously jumped down from the vent, closed the cover again to avoid detection.

Glancing around and making sure no enemies were coming, Ling Chen quickly walked to a man's side and removed the gag from his mouth.

"Hey man, where are the others?"

"They're all on the other side of the warehouse."

Ling Chen nodded and asked, "Do you know how many enemies there are?"

"I don't know, but I saw over twenty people."

"Over twenty?" Ling Chen thought to himself. This number might not be complete, there are at least seventy or eighty people in the villa, to control all these, at least fifty people should be mobilized.

"You guys stay here for now, I'll go check over there." Pausing for a moment, Ling Chen reassured, "Don't worry, I've already called the police, they'll definitely safely get you all out."

"Thank you!" The man said gratefully.

Ling Chen smiled slightly, patting the man's shoulder, "Don't thank me now, wait until you're rescued then thank me." With that, Ling Chen again stuffed the rag back into the man's mouth.

The warehouse was massive, covering a thousand square meters, segmented into several areas, used for storing different items.

According to what the man said earlier, the others should be held next door.

Soon, two fully armed men appeared in Ling Chen's sight.

Seeing their gear, Ling Chen's heart sank.

God Organization!

He was too familiar with the attire of the God Organization, he certainly wouldn't mistake it. Probably only a force like God Organization could control an entire villa area.

Now it was trouble.

Ling Chen secretly cursed. If it's the God Organization, surely there are experts with them. Moreover, there's certainly a Heavenly List expert among them.

Ji Gang!

Besides him, Ling Chen couldn't think of anyone else.

If he encounters Ji Gang here, he's done for. No way around it, the guy's a genuine Heavenly List expert, what could he, an Earthly List specialist, use to fight him?

Right!

A sudden idea struck Ling Chen's mind.

Weren't they using Tong Ye to threaten Tong Ye's grandfather? Since that's the case, they should be here too. As long as he could rescue Tong Ye's grandfather, he'd have a strong ally. By then, he wouldn't have to fear Ji Gang at all.

Thinking of this, Ling Chen quietly retreated to the side, observing the patrol movements of the two guards.

After a few minutes, seizing the moment when the two guards were inattentive, Ling Chen silently slid to their rear. Before they could react, Ling Chen struck swiftly, punching hard.

Suddenly, there were two muffled grunts, both guards fell to the ground, unconscious.

After dealing with the guards, Ling Chen dared not delay, hurriedly dragged them aside, then used debris from the warehouse to conceal their bodies, to prevent discovery.