The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

The night was deep.

Tonight, in East Sea City, there were no stars or moon, a cool breeze lightly brushing through the air, gently swaying the branches just sprouting with new buds, creating a rustling sound.

This is the main production base of the Hongyu Group, located in the outskirts of East Sea City, covering a factory area of several thousand square meters. The Hongyu Group's business almost covers all industries, with lucrative ventures in many fields. In this main production base, there is processing, manufacturing, and finished product packaging, mainly focusing on electronic and electrical manufacturing.

At this time, it was already past eleven in the evening, and the workers in the production base had long fallen asleep. The surrounding dormitory buildings were all plunged into darkness, except for a few security personnel with flashlights patrolling back and forth, surveying the surroundings.

"Master, this is the place."

Outside the production base, a few people came at an unknown time. Leading them was an old man who appeared to be around sixty years old, with a lean and frail physique, giving off an impression of being scrawny like a stick. Beside the old man were three others, and if Ling Chen were here, he would immediately recognize their identities.

Wearing a silver mask was Zhu Hong, Chu Huaiyang, and another, Song Mingzhe. The appearance of these three at the same time left no doubt about the old man's identity—it was Chen Quan, who had escaped from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion not long ago.

Under the support of Zhu Hong and the others, Chen Quan looked at the production base not far away and asked, "Disciple, are you sure this place has what we're looking for?"

"Master, don't worry. I've already thoroughly checked everything. The equipment at this production base is very comprehensive, and there are many things we can utilize," Zhu Hong replied confidently.

"Alright then. This matter is in your hands. I'll wait outside, but don't take too long."

"Yes!" Zhu Hong responded and immediately signaled to Chu Huaiyang and Song Mingzhe beside him to follow him into the production base.

Watching Zhu Hong and the others' silhouettes disappear into the darkness, Chen Quan walked to the side by himself, leaning against a tree trunk with his arms folded, looking relaxed.

After being trapped in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion for so many years, he was finally freed, feeling completely at ease. Especially when he thought about the things he was going to do next, a cold smile appeared on his thin face.

"After wasting so many years, it's time to make up for what I've lost."

An hour later, the gate of the production base slowly opened. A cargo truck then drove out from inside the base and parked next to Chen Quan. The window rolled down, and Zhu Hong poked his head out from the driver's seat, saying, "Master, it's all done, get in the car."

"Very good." Chen Quan nodded with a smile and said, "It's time for the second step."

...

Early the next morning.

Ling Chen and He Ziyun left the villa and directly headed to Beijing Airport, then took the 10 o'clock flight to East Sea City.

By noon, Ling Chen and his companion walked out of the airport terminal, where a Mercedes-Benz was already parked on the roadside, waiting for their arrival.

"Chen!"

Seeing Jiang Hao running towards them, Ling Chen smiled slightly, "Sorry for making you come all this way."

"Chen, what are you talking about? It's no trouble at all," Jiang Hao said as he greeted He Ziyun and invited them into the car.

As the Mercedes-Benz drove along the road, Ling Chen looked at the endless stream of people outside the car window and asked, "Jiang Hao, has everything been peaceful lately?"

"Chen, to be honest, things haven't been going too well recently."

"What happened?"

Jiang Hao opened his mouth, his expression somewhat hesitant, looking like he wanted to speak but stopped. Noticing Jiang Hao's change in expression, Ling Chen said, "Just say it."

"Chen, it's about Xiong," Jiang Hao hesitated for a moment, finally speaking up, "Xiong hasn't been acting normally lately. When we first took over East Sea City, didn't we divide the territories clearly? Everything was fine at first, everybody was just taking care of their own areas without crossing boundaries. However, ever since Haozi returned to manage the Hongyu Group, things started to change. Because Haozi will take over the management of the Hongyu Group, he won't have time or energy to handle his territory, so he handed it over to us to help manage. I discussed this with Xiong, and we divided Haozi's territory between us, each managing half without interference."

"If everything was clear, why was there conflict?" Ling Chen asked.

Jiang Hao smiled bitterly and said, "It was all fine at first, but then Xiong's men suddenly came to my territory to cause trouble on purpose, taking away a lot of my business. Moreover, his men even spread the word that Haozi's former territory now belongs to Xiong. When I found out about this, I immediately called Xiong. He told me he was very busy and not aware of the matter but promised to investigate and give me an explanation. However, several days have passed, and there's no movement from Xiong. His men keep causing trouble for me every day. Chen, we're all brothers; I don't want any unpleasantness, so I've been enduring to avoid conflict with Xiong. But what he's doing is quite unethical. I've called him several times, but it's always his assistant answering, with all sorts of excuses, refusing to let me speak to Xiong directly. Chen, what do you think I should do about this?"

"Okay, I got it. Don't worry, Xiong probably isn't that kind of person; maybe there's some misunderstanding."

"Chen, I don't think it's a misunderstanding. I'm wondering if it's because of your different treatment that made Xiong upset, and that's why he's doing this."

"Different treatment?" Ling Chen looked at Jiang Hao in confusion and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Chen, have you forgotten? When the research base was set up, you instructed us only to inform me and Haozi about it, but not Xiong. Later, when you told Xiong to go to the research base for refuge, he surely must have heard some rumors, feeling upset, thinking you trust me and Haozi more, and consider him an outsider. Chen, honestly, I've never understood why you keep your guard up against Xiong, who has been with us from the beginning. His loyalty should be unquestionable, why would you keep something from him?"

Ling Chen thought for a moment and said, "I have my reasons. Okay, don't trouble yourself with this; I'll find an opportunity to speak with Xiong to clear up the misunderstanding."

As they spoke, the Mercedes-Benz had already arrived outside the research base.

Getting out of the car, Ling Chen led He Ziyun and Jiang Hao through the gate and straight towards the control center of the base.

Upon reaching the control center, Hu Fei saw Ling Chen and the others arriving and grinned, "You finally decided to come back."