At the hotel.
"Boss, wanna go out for dinner?" Zhong Li stretched and looked up at the girl sitting diagonally across from him.
After sending her location to Cheng Si, Shi Miao tossed her phone onto the table behind her. "No, I have to meet someone later. You should go back first."
Zhong Li nodded without asking any further questions. "Okay, I'm leaving now. Contact me if you need anything."
After saying goodbye to Shi Miao, I left the room.
Half an hour later.
Shi Miao glanced at the message Cheng Si had sent, put on her coat, grabbed her phone, and went straight to the hotel lobby.
As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she looked up and saw Cheng Si sitting on the sofa in the rest area not far away.
Shi Miao walked over with her hands in her pockets, looking casual and a little lazy.
Seemingly hearing approaching footsteps, Cheng Si, who had his back to her, turned around and looked at her, asking out of the blue, "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet." Shi Miao sat down diagonally opposite him and, without wasting words, asked directly, "How exactly did you know I was in the Independent Continent?"
She paused for a moment, then slowly voiced her suspicions, "You haven't been secretly investigating my whereabouts all this time, have you?"
"And what are you doing in the Independent Continent?"
Cheng Si raised an eyebrow, a hint of laziness in his eyes. "Why do you have so many questions?"
Shi Miao suddenly stood up, her eyelashes slightly lowered, and said calmly, "If you're not going to say anything, I'm leaving."
Cheng Si rested his arm on the sofa armrest, propped his forehead up, and looked at her with amusement, his voice seemingly carrying a hint of doting, "Why are you still angry?"
Shi Miao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly. She was quite impressed by his thought process. "No, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine."
Cheng Si raised his chin slightly. "Sit down. When did I say I didn't want to talk anymore?"
Shi Miao sat back down on the sofa, looking at him with her dark eyes, without saying a word.
Cheng Si crossed his arms and slowly said, "How did you end up provoking the Ling Alliance? They threatened to arrest you."
Shi Miao's eyes flickered slightly, but her face showed no other emotion, and she didn't seem too surprised.
She never expected that Qin Chu would be so eager to capture her as soon as she arrived in the Independent Continent.
Cheng Si didn't miss the subtle expressions on her face. "It seems you know who it is."
Shi Miao looked at him with a probing gaze. "How did you know?"
Cheng Si smiled casually, "Of course you placed the order through me, but if you're willing to pay double the price, I'll reluctantly bring him to you myself."
Shi Miao narrowed her eyes slightly, then thought of Cheng Si's extraordinary skills, "Who exactly are you?"
"Well, that's a secret." A faint smile appeared in Cheng Si's eyes. "What do you think of my suggestion?"
Without thinking, Shi Miao refused, saying, "No need."
Cheng Si slowly stood up and shrugged. "Alright then, be careful. It's not hard to guarantee he'll send someone else to arrest you."
His eyes flickered slightly, and then, as if suddenly remembering something, he continued, "How about this, you can hire me as your bodyguard."
Shi Miao also stood up, her clear, cool voice devoid of any impurities, "No need, I can handle it myself."
Cheng Si chuckled lightly, "It seems you're not as simple as you appear."
With that, he lifted his foot and walked towards the hotel entrance, waving casually, "I'm leaving."
Shi Miao turned around and looked over, only slowly turning her gaze away after his figure disappeared from sight.
She stood there for a moment, pondered, and then took out her phone to send a message to Zhong Li.
Let's get started.
......
Meanwhile, at Lingmeng's stronghold.
Qin Chu rested his arms on the table, crossed his hands under his chin, and a deep frown was about to form a "川" character.
He never expected that the other party would suddenly renege on the deal and refuse to accept the order.
Before he could figure out what was going on, Song Ran rushed in, her anxiety barely concealed. "Something's happened! All our warehouses and outposts have been bombed!"
"What!" Qin Chu's expression changed drastically. In shock, he subconsciously stood up and knocked the chair away, making a screeching sound.
Song Ran rubbed her throbbing temples, feeling a headache coming on. "All the goods in the warehouse were destroyed in the explosion. Fortunately, the guards were only slightly injured."
It felt as if the blood vessels in Qin Chu's head had suddenly burst, causing him to stagger backward and fall back into the chair.
The destruction of all the goods in the warehouses was tantamount to the death of Lingmeng, and this time it was not just a matter of heavy losses.
Yolo was already severely damaged after it stopped cooperating with them. It had just recovered a bit recently, but now not only have their goods been inexplicably intercepted, but their backup resources have also been completely destroyed. Who would dare to do business with them in the future?
His years of hard work have almost been wasted!
Qin Chushen suppressed the metallic taste of blood rising in his throat, his eyes almost bloodshot. "Who did this?!"
Song Ran took off his glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose, and analyzed in a deep voice: "The surveillance cameras in the warehouse have all been destroyed, so the person who did this must have come prepared. Moreover, the fact that they were able to perfectly avoid the warehouse guards shows that they know the situation in our warehouse very well."
Qin Chu leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, his eyes filled with malice, and gritted his teeth as he said, "So, it was someone you know who committed the crime?"
Song Ran's expression wasn't much better. "I've already had the technicians outside repairing the surveillance footage. I suspect it's the same group that intercepted the goods."
"Go out and take a look." Qin Chu stood up abruptly, walked around the desk, and walked out expressionlessly, saying coldly, "I want to see who dared to blow up our warehouse."
Song Ran hummed in agreement and followed him out.
...
The two walked up behind the technicians who were repairing the surveillance cameras.
Qin Chu didn't understand computer technology. After watching for two minutes, he finally couldn't help but ask, "When will the surveillance cameras be fixed?"
The technician's fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed code, saying without looking up, "It will take a little more time."
A few minutes later, the repair progress displayed on the computer screen finally reached 99%, and the technicians breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He leaned back slightly in his chair, waiting for the last bit of progress to complete.
But before he could even reach that final one percent, the next second, two animated English letters with special effects suddenly popped up on the computer screen: 【Sb】
The technicians stared at the two letters, dumbfounded, and their smiles froze.
It was only one percent away from being completely repaired, but now it's turned into this. This is blatant provocation!
Qin Chu stared coldly at the two letters on the computer screen. Although he couldn't understand the program code, he knew what those two letters meant. His face turned as black as ink. "This can't be fixed?"
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