Li Xiaoman tried calling Chen Dong, but the line was constantly busy.
I can't get through.
I tried calling again after a while, but the line was still busy.
This happened four times in a row.
Looking at the time, I realized that almost an hour had passed without me noticing.
During that hour, I did nothing but worry and let my mind wander.
This situation left Li Xiaoman feeling incredibly frustrated. Sigh, is this what love feels like?
Ugh, too bad it's just unrequited love.
They can't even get in touch with Chen Dong now.
Even if she had a thousand words to say, she couldn't contact Chen Dong, so she had no way to let him know her feelings and emotions.
Yes, Chen Dong and I are at best just good friends.
Haha, even if I wanted to care about him, I couldn't find an opportunity.
Sigh, but thinking about it, he must be incredibly busy, searching for clues in various ways and trying to find a way to rescue Zhou Huimin.
This Chen Dong may seem like a womanizer, but he's incredibly devoted to the women he loves.
Even the wealthiest people would feel the pinch if they had to spend such a large sum of money all at once, and most of the time they wouldn't be able to come up with it.
For them, with a billion dollars, what kind of woman couldn't they have?
Haha, let alone 1 billion US dollars, even tens of millions or millions would be something many wealthy people wouldn't be willing to pay.
As the president of HSBC, she knew quite a bit about the sordid affairs within the elite circles.
There's nothing we can do; that's just human nature.
The richer a person is, the stingier they sometimes are.
On the contrary, people who are poor tend to be very generous. This is what is known as "being poor but generous".
Chen Dong's actions can be seen as a manifestation of a poor person suddenly becoming rich, but the fact that he can still maintain a childlike heart even when he is so wealthy is truly remarkable.
His personality, on the contrary, made her feel at ease.
Of course, his womanizing nature was something he had never shown before.
However, in retrospect, this is actually an opportunity for me.
If I can gradually win his heart, then he will treat me the way he treated Vivian Chow. If that happens, I will be content.
She thought for a moment and realized that she could still do something for Chen Dong.
She checked the time and decided to call her father.
I can ask my father; maybe he has some inside information.
After all, his family had been operating in Europe for generations and was deeply integrated into European society, and they had many sources of information.
As long as I can help Chen Dong, he will feel my affection. Then, I can find a way to win over Zhou Huimin and get her to accept me. Then there will be much less resistance.
Of course, even if Zhou Huimin is not rescued this time, it's okay.
At least one less formidable rival, and at the same time, it allows Chen Dong to feel my care, achieving several goals at once.
However, once the thought crossed her mind, Li Xiaoman couldn't help but feel guilty, wondering how she could have such a dark idea.
Is this still the same person I used to be?
She said a few words of self-reproach and then shook off all her distracting thoughts.
This is also one of her strengths; she can often put unwanted thoughts aside and stop paying too much attention to them, instead focusing her attention on what she truly wants to focus on.
The call was connected.
The voice of Li Xiaoman's father came through the microphone.
"Oh my, my Xiaoman actually took the initiative to call her old father."
Hearing her father's teasing, Li Xiaoman stomped her foot in embarrassment and annoyance, "Dad..."
"Hehe, never mind, never mind! I'm so glad you called. Tell me, how have you been lately?"
Li Xiaoman didn't have time to talk to her father about these things, so after chatting for a few minutes, she steered the conversation to matters related to Chen Dong.
"Dad, I actually have something important to discuss with you. Today, someone told me that one of our partners is raising funds, amounting to hundreds of millions of US dollars..."
“Oh, you mean this? I know.” Li Xiaoman’s father, as expected of a prominent figure in the Chinese community in the United Kingdom, had extensive sources of information and knew much more than Li Xiaoman.
"A guy named Chen Dong had his girlfriend kidnapped, which caused a huge incident."
“Dad, he’s an important client of our bank. I think we should help him out. That way, he’ll be grateful and will definitely…”
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xiaoman said this, her father, who always communicated with his daughter as an equal and was gentle in his tone, suddenly became stern:
"No, you can't get involved in this, absolutely not!"
Li Xiaoman was startled. "Why, Dad?"
She really didn't expect her father to react so strongly.
Is this still the same father who has always been so forgiving of me?
However, at that moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in her mind.
No, the father wasn't dissatisfied with himself, but rather with Chen Dong, or rather, Chen Dong must have offended someone he shouldn't have.
Chen Dong is in big trouble!
He even avoided his own father like the plague.
Sure enough, her father said, "Xiaoman, don't be willful in this matter. Chen Dong is being targeted by the Freemasons this time."
"According to my sources, Freemason operatives are trying to recruit Chen Dong, but he has refused. So, they kidnapped his girlfriend and are forcing him to comply."
"Huh?" Li Xiaoman could hardly believe that such a thing could happen.
Although she didn't have an in-depth understanding of Freemasonry, she knew from what she had heard that it was very powerful in the Western world.
It and its peripheral organizations control many places and fields.
She had even heard that it controlled most of the world's dark and terrifying sectors, such as the flour trade in the Golden Triangle, terrorist attacks in certain places, and Somali pirates.
There are even rumors that the First and Second World Wars were caused by the struggle between conservative and new forces within Freemasonry.
Then the father continued, "You should have heard of the person who is bad for Chen Dong, that mysterious Mr. M! You should know that he is not only ugly, but also has no bottom line and is ruthless. It is widely rumored that Chen Dong made this Mr. M suffer a small loss, which triggered his crazy revenge."
"If this crazy guy hears that someone is supporting Chen Dong and not cooperating with him, he might take his anger out on other people."
Hearing her father say these things, Li Xiaoman understood that her father was afraid. Indeed, the opponent was too powerful.
He also didn't want Li Xiaoman to get involved in this matter.
"Don't get involved in this. Even dealing with M is extremely difficult for us, let alone the Freemasons! You are my only precious daughter, and we are counting on you for the future, so you need to think carefully and be very careful."
Li Xiaoman asked, "Dad, don't you think Chen Dong is a very good son-in-law?"
"..." The father remained silent for a long time on the other end of the phone.
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