"Suit yourself then!" Seeing that Niu Lan wasn't listening to him at all, Shang Wen Dong didn't say any more and turned to leave.

But as he walked out of the office, a meaningful smile appeared on Shang Wen Dong's lips, and he muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, "Ten years of preparation, the opportunity has finally come."

....

After leaving the hospital, Ye Guichen didn't return to the Chen Group but instead went to Haotian Model Company.

Seeing Ye Guichen arrive, Yu Jieyuan hurried to greet him, fawning and obsequious: "Grandpa Ye, you're here?"

Ye Guichen was speechless for a moment: "Alright, drop the 'grandpa' stuff. Just call me brother from now on."

After being trusted by Ye Guichen, Yu Jieyuan worked hard to manage the company for him. Although he had done quite a few dirty deeds before, he seemed genuinely reformed now.

Ye Guichen could see that Yu Jieyuan used to be idle, but now that he wanted to prove himself, he didn't dare to overstep any boundaries.

"Hehe." Yu Jieyuan chuckled softly: "You're here to see Sister-in-law Mi Lan?"

"Hmm." Ye Guichen gave a sound of acknowledgment, not rejecting this title for Mi Lan.

With Mi Lan having such a status, at least no one dared to make things difficult for her anymore.

But privately, Ye Guichen still wanted to talk to Mi Lan.

Unexpectedly, Yu Jieyuan said somewhat awkwardly: "Brother Ye, sister-in-law didn't come."

"Didn't come?"

"Yeah, I called her but her phone is off. Sent someone to her house, knocked on the door, but no one responded."

"Hmm?" Ye Guichen looked at Yu Jieyuan oddly: "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Yu Jieyuan replied shamefully: "Brother Ye, I really tried my best, but I can't find her. You..."

"Alright, I got it." Ye Guichen waved his hand, though curious about where Mi Lan went, he didn't make things hard for Yu Jieyuan, instead he had Yu Jieyuan show him around the company a bit.

Everyone who saw Ye Guichen was full of fawning expressions.

Jiang Yan, from afar, hurriedly came up to greet Ye Guichen, almost looking as if she wanted to kneel down to pay her respects.

However, Wu Fang and Qi Nuan had already submitted their resignation letters, and no one knew where they went.

Ye Guichen didn't bother to deal with them and left after staying for less than an hour.

After leaving, Ye Guichen also called Mi Lan's phone, and it too prompted that it was turned off.

"Strange, could that girl want to disappear after finding out I'm the boss?" Ye Guichen sighed and shook his head, just as he was about to return to the Chen Group, a car stopped by the side of the road.

The window rolled down and a head popped out, calling: "Mr. Ye."

Ye Guichen recognized the person. He seemed to be one of Li Bao's men, and he nodded: "What's up?"

"Brother Leopard said that those bosses Li Fengzi talked to have consolidated their accounts and handed them over to him, and he wants you to take a look. He specifically sent me to get you." the man quickly said.

Having witnessed Ye Guichen's methods, plus with Ning Chengyuan leaving Yun City surreptitiously, those underworld bigwigs didn't need more clues to figure out what was going on.

They didn't hesitate much. To show their loyalty to Ye Guichen, they naturally had to make a gesture.

But Ye Guichen was too lazy to deal with these things, he waved his hand: "Tell Black Panther to handle it himself."

"But Brother Leopard..." The underling clearly had orders from Black Panther to bring Ye Guichen over, and he was still hesitating when Ye Guichen's phone rang.

Ye Guichen took out his phone and saw it was from Zhao Erdan, thinking something must have happened at the company, he answered, "What's up?"

"Bo-boss, there's trouble." Zhao Erdan's panicked voice came through the phone.

Ye Guichen's heart sank.

Not this soon, right?

Bai Qinghe was in the hospital, and with Chen Ziran alone, without a bodyguard, Ye Guichen wasn't too assured, so he had arranged for Zhao Erdan to take two security guards to specially protect Chen Ziran.

Today Chen Ziran was supposed to inspect at the Yunxing Building, to check the progress of the project.

Now Zhao Erdan suddenly called saying there was trouble, giving Ye Guichen an uneasy feeling, he hurriedly asked: "What happened?"

"Our, our tire got punctured."

"Hmm?" Ye Guichen was puzzled, a punctured tire is hardly concerning, just patch it up.

But Zhao Erdan's next words instantly made Ye Guichen's heart clench.

"Boss, the tire wasn't punctured by a nail, but by an arrow, a crossbow arrow."

"A crossbow arrow?" Ye Guichen hesitated briefly, his face turning grim: "Where are you?"

While speaking, he jumped into the car of Black Panther's underling.

Zhao Erdan on the other end of the phone lowered his voice: "On Fenglin Road, two streets from Yunxing Building."

"Alright, I'll be right there." Ye Guichen hung up the phone, directly instructing Black Panther's underling: "To Fenglin Road, hurry."

"Ah? Oh." The underling knew Ye Guichen's significance in Black Panther's mind. Even Black Panther held immense respect for him, so he didn't dare waste any time, slamming on the gas and speeding towards Fenglin Road.

Meanwhile, on Fenglin Road, a black sedan was parked by the roadside.

Chen Ziran sat in the back seat, flanked by two female security guards.

Since hiring Bai Qinghe, Zhao Erdan felt it was necessary to hire a few more female guards. He hired a few capable ones, and it seemed that they proved useful this time.

Just earlier, when they left the construction site of the Yunxing Building to head back to the Chen Group, the tire suddenly made a loud noise and blew out.

Fortunately, Zhao Erdan was an expert driver with quick reflexes, avoiding any accidents, but the car hit the roadside barrier.

This area was part of a development zone, not bustling with people.

The loud noise didn't draw much attention.

When Zhao Erdan checked, he found a crossbow arrow stuck in the tire.

Zhao Erdan had been a reconnaissance soldier, and his years of experience immediately made him realize something was wrong. He called Ye Guichen at once and then got back into the car, locking the doors.

"Erdan, what's going on?" Chen Ziran, still shaken, asked from the car.

Having just been kidnapped the previous night and narrowly escaping thanks to Bai Qinghe's defection, she was understandably nervous about another incident today.

Zhao Erdan pretended to be relaxed: "Mr. Chen, it's nothing, just a flat tire. I've called the company to send someone to pick us up."

"Oh, then..." Just as Chen Ziran started to speak, another muffled sound rang out: "Bang!"

Another tire exploded.

Zhao Erdan's face turned grim as he quickly scanned the surroundings.

What he saw startled him; there was a figure in the small grove by the roadside not too far away.

The person was barely a hundred meters away, looking at them without any intent to hide.

Zhao Erdan could clearly see the person holding a crossbow.

"Damn it!" Zhao Erdan cursed under his breath and instructed the two female guards: "Xiao Jing, Xiao Li, protect Mr. Chen, I'll go check it out."

The two guards nodded.

Zhao Erdan got out of the car again. He glanced at the person in the grove, hesitated briefly, then grabbed the rubber baton from his waist and walked briskly towards them.

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