The man in black ignored him and walked around the room on his own. There was a strange rustling sound from his feet from time to time. It sounded like he was wearing a plastic bag on his feet.

And an ethereal and elegant voice sounded,

"Now it's time to perform."

Chen Xinyu had dragged the man with the flower mask who had been standing at the door to a chair and tied it with a rope. In front of him, there was a foldable table with a notebook on it.

The man in black picked up a plastic square bucket in the corner of the room, opened the lid and walked to his side. Starting from his feet, he circled around him and poured the liquid in the plastic bucket onto the ground.

Immediately, a strong and pungent smell of gasoline was emitted. Chen Xinyu twisted his body and tried his best to resist.

A pungent smell spread in the room. Chen Xinyu sniffed and his mind went blank.

Hearing the sound of footsteps in every corner of the basement, the entire basement was splashed with deadly liquid.

Then the man in black poured all the remaining gasoline on Chen Xinyu. The man in black was

wearing rubber gloves. He stretched out his hand to tear off the white cloth in Chen Xinyu's mouth. Chen Xinyu shouted with all his strength,

"Help, help."

The man in black punched him in the mouth. Chen Xinyu could really get close to the masked man in front of him. It was pitch black and he could only make out a pair of eyes flashing with cold light.

And these eyes were extremely familiar. Chen Xinyu searched for the familiar image in his mind,

"Who are you?"

"Don't worry," the man in black said coldly, "In a few minutes, I can take off the mask and let you see my face.

You see how exciting it is. Let's make a bet to see if you are so lucky. If you win the bet, you see my face and escape. Then I will have no way out.

Otherwise, if you lose, you will also have no way out.

Do you see the notebook in front of you? I will take a picture of the whole basement and broadcast it live. You can ask for help as much as you want.

Now it depends on whether those stupid police can find this place and save you."

The man in black took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and then used a lighter to make a flame. At the same time, he pressed the power button of the notebook.

After struggling for two minutes, the notebook was connected, and the status on it showed live broadcast.

The man in black laughed coldly a few times, stood up, and the lighter in his hand was still on.

The man in the flower mask, who had been leaning against the door, watched all this with his hands folded. Soon he turned and walked out the door. The shadowy man turned around at the door and said,

"The game begins. Good luck!"

The man in black threw the lighter casually, and the flame of the lighter fell to the ground and quickly ignited.

The room was soon ablaze.

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Half an hour later, Xu Yao's subordinates came to report that they had not found any trace of Chen Xingyu. Due to the strong winds and heavy rains last night, all the monitoring systems on the island failed, making the search more difficult.

Chen Xinli also called. The guests invited by the Chen family to attend the birthday banquet also arrived at the island one after another. She asked Xu Yao whether to cancel the birthday banquet.

Xu Yao asked Chen Xinli what she thought. She said that the birthday banquet should be carried out normally, otherwise it would cause more suspicion from the outside world if it was suddenly cancelled without any reason.

Chen Xinli said that now the whole family has become a pot of porridge. In the living room, only she and her fourth brother's wife were busy running around. Her husband and fourth brother were involved in the search team. So far, no one has been seen.

Xu Yao agreed with Chen Xinli's idea. The banquet went on as usual, and the search mission was launched at the same time.

However, Chen Xinyu seemed to have evaporated from the island in an instant. Xu Yao really felt that this island was very strange. Chen Xinjiao was on the island, but no matter how they searched, they could not find her.

Now Chen Xinyu was missing again.

At 11:40, the banquet officially began, and Chen Xinyu's disappearance was also kept secret from Mr. Chen.

Amid the music, guests came in like clouds, stepped onto the red carpet in the reception hall, and took their seats in the luxuriously decorated reception hall. A huge screen was hung in the most important position of the hall, and the stage in front was equipped with a standing microphone, speakers, stage lights, etc.

After the guests were seated, the banquet officially began. Mr. Chen, supported by Chen Xinli, came to the banquet. All the guests stood up and applauded to congratulate him. The atmosphere was full of joy and peace.

Everything about Mr. Chen's birthday banquet went smoothly according to the process. The host said some words of blessing on the stage, and soon it came to the most important part, which was Mr. Chen's speech.

The guests knew that Mr. Chen's speech was very important this time, and he would announce the successor of the Chen Group on the spot.

"Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to attend Mr. Chen's birthday celebration.

Our Chen Group has been developing for fifteen years. Through the joint efforts of the employees of the Lin Group, Chen Development Company has grown stronger and stronger and has become one of the top 100 companies in the world.

But Mr. Chen is old and unable to do his job. The empire he worked so hard to build will one day be handed over to the next generation of capable people to expand the territory.

The huge screen behind Mr. Chen played the development history of Chen's enterprise.

Suddenly, all the guests stood up from their seats, pointed at the screen with horror, and whispered to each other. Shouts and screams of fear came one after another.

Mr. Chen turned his head to look at the screen. When he saw the picture flashing on the screen, he opened his mouth and couldn't breathe.

In a moment, Mr. Chen touched his chest and fell backwards. Seeing this, the security guards who were guarding the surroundings rushed forward quickly.

Chen Xinli looked up and saw a familiar figure on the screen. After a closer look, he recognized that it was his eldest brother - Chen Xinyu.

Chen Xinyu on the screen was tied up all over, and he was opening his mouth to call for help. The thick smoke and flames in the picture seemed to be able to penetrate the screen and spread out.

"Save me, save me, save me quickly. Dad, Dad, quickly call someone to save me."

Chen Xinli trembled as she took out her cell phone from her pocket and called Xu Yao, "Xu... Captain Xu, please come to the reception room quickly.

My elder brother has been kidnapped. The screen showed him asking for help. The place where my elder brother was kidnapped is on fire."

After Xu Yao received the call, he immediately rushed to the reception room, followed by Mo Xiaoqing, Liu Xiaobo and other police officers.

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