Upon hearing the words "direct subordinate troops," Linghu Buqi's eyes narrowed again.
Yes, wasn't I one of Xia Jiancheng's elite troops back then?
He started from scratch, made his first fortune in the stock market, and then moved to the primary market to start venture capital...
Finally, by chance, Lao Xia came into contact with a foreign venture capital fund. He got the news from somewhere and, after returning to China, became very interested in setting up a "303 Bureau".
It was around that time that a serious disagreement arose between these loyal troops and their leader.
Although Lao Xia's personal charm eventually resolved these differences, it left indelible rifts.
In the end... everyone fell apart, and even...
"Heh," Linghu Buqi chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Direct troops? What direct troops are left? Dead or crippled, only I'm left... no, there's someone else..."
"who?"
"Old Xia's driver, this guy is taciturn and never participated in our initial decisions, but now that I think about it, he was probably the person Old Xia trusted most besides his family... Us, his brothers? Hmph, in his eyes, we're probably just tools, or just henchmen. He never discusses any difficulties with us, always thinking and solving them on his own. At most, he'll take the driver to the riverbank for a few beers and some kidneys. And us? When it comes to paying money, he remembers us, his so-called brothers, saying there's profit to be made, lots of kickbacks... If he really considered us brothers, why weren't we the ones drinking beer and eating kidneys with him? Is this what brothers are all about?"
In the end, Linghu Buqi stood up abruptly and paced back and forth in the study, seething with anger.
He waved his hands, as if Xia Jiancheng were standing in front of him, accepting his criticism.
Ivanda watched with interest as Linghu Buqi spouted nonsense, while he fiddled with his phone: checking Xia Jiancheng's original driver.
They had considered many people connected to Xia Jiancheng, and they had also investigated this driver, but they hadn't put in that much effort.
She only learned about Linghu Buqi after recently taking over Base 17 of the Mountain Kingdom.
As for Xia Weiwei, there's basically no possibility of continuing to contact her.
After the Qushui Lake incident, she might hate her to death.
Now that she has changed her appearance, the two of them may only be able to open their hearts to each other again when they finally confront each other.
After venting his frustrations, Linghu Buqi finally quieted down.
"The driver's name was Winter. It's a very rare surname, and his given name is easy to remember, so I can recall it."
Ivanda fiddled with his phone for a bit more before continuing, "Besides this winter, with Xia Jiancheng's vast empire, surely he only has this one trusted confidant?"
"I don't know about that. From the moment we had our disagreements, he started to be wary of us. He seemed to be giving us more power, but what kind of power did he actually give us? I guarantee I've never really been a part of his inner circle in my entire life. To put it bluntly, Xia Jiancheng is a chauvinist, an extremely arrogant bastard! Who does he think he is? What makes him think he can make Dongguo stand at the top of the world on his own? Doesn't he think everyone in the world is a fool? What's wrong with bringing in foreign investment? Their technology is so advanced, their management models are so sophisticated. What's wrong with learning from them? Clinging to that old-fashioned 'those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts' is utterly foolish!"
As they talked, Linghu Buqi once again criticized Xia Jiancheng.
Ivanda and Linghu Buqi's conversation continued. Gao Ang devoted some of his energy to recording their conversation, while focusing the rest on Ivanda, also known as Lillian.
He didn't believe much of what Ivanda said; the woman's background was too complicated, and she seemed to have ulterior motives.
Gao Ang wanted to teach her a lesson just for trying to get information about Bureau 303 through Linghu Buqi.
Even if Bureau 303 did some things that wronged him, those were family matters, internal issues of the Dongguo people. When dealing with external matters, their proud stance never wavered.
"Let me see what you've been up to lately..."
Performing a series of soul searches on a person is indeed very tiring.
However, if this timeframe is shortened, and too much effort is spent digging into the other person's deepest memories, then too much unknown energy will be consumed.
However, to Gao Feng's surprise, it seemed that Ivanda's brain was missing a memory.
The missing memory is the period between when she left the Qushui Lake base and when she left that place.
According to calculations, this period coincides with the time when she underwent a dramatic transformation.
During this period, the memory synapses were completely flat, without any fluctuations.
Just like a hard drive, it's empty, with nothing inside.
Gao Feng speculated that the person who modified her may have forcibly erased Ivanda's memory through some means.
Theoretically speaking, this idea has some practical applications.
Gao Feng himself could perform this operation; he would simply use a full-force field to smooth out the synaptic neurons in the brain.
A simpler method involves violent removal, which may cause some harm to the test subjects.
A gentler approach can smooth out the surface while simultaneously harmonizing the relationship between surrounding cells and tissues, preventing them from losing their local balance.
Moreover, when he was studying psychology in college, his teacher told him that the erasure and replacement of memories had been verified.
These technologies are no longer just theoretical; they have even found practical applications.
Of course, due to ethical, moral, and even legal considerations, these technologies have only been applied in certain areas.
For example, special intelligence departments, etc.
Apart from government departments, individuals and organizations generally cannot master these technologies.
This requires massive amounts of data support, as well as substantial financial backing, and so on.
"In other words, the Dort family's Base 17 may have mastered this technology, or perhaps the Mountain Kingdom provided them with this technological support?"
He had previously suspected that the Dort family had ties to the country of the mountains, and if it was the latter, then things would get interesting.
Of course, these are all expensive personal speculations.
His reason for making this speculation was simply due to these unusual aspects of Ivanda.
If it's the Dort family's own technology, theoretically there's no need to erase this part of her memory, since she is, after all, in charge.
"No, it's probably the incident at the Qushui Lake base that has made that old codger in the Dort family more vigilant?"
Gao Ang quickly dismissed his guess, because he remembered the phone call Ivanda made before leaving the Qushui Lake base.
The person she was talking to on the phone was an elderly man, Ivanda's father.
Judging from his tone and attitude at the time, he seemed to be quite wary of Bureau 303.
Furthermore, he linked the fall of the Qushui Lake base to the 303 Bureau, and even found it unsurprising...
"In other words, Bureau 303 is not as simple as it seems... They probably also have advanced technology like memory erasure... The old man of the Dort family thought he was being targeted by Bureau 303, so he erased Ivanda's memories... He was afraid of being wiped out by Bureau 303?"
"From this perspective, the Dort family and Bureau 303 seem to be competitors! But why did Xia Jiancheng and Ivanda have any dealings before?"
Gao Feng was completely baffled.
The intersection is not obvious, but it is almost imperceptible.
Xia Jiancheng had invested in Changsheng Biotechnology back then, and Ivanda, also known as Lillian of the Dort family, had also visited Changsheng Biotechnology.
Lillian and Robert even had contact, albeit indirectly.
Moreover, all indications suggest that Xia Jiancheng invested in TS Group back then, and that Zhen Feitian of TS Group and Ivanda, also known as Lillian, seem to have a close relationship.
In short, the relationships are very messy and complicated.
After listening to Linghu Buqi's words and adding his own analysis, Gao Ang even felt that Xia Weiwei's father was two-faced.
On the one hand, they use the banner of patriotism to make investments, and on the other hand, they engage in some kind of longevity plan to profit from their own immortality...
Inside the manor, Ivanda received a message from his subordinates about winter.
The content is not long, in fact, it is very short.
“Mr. Linghu, this winter, we seem to have all overlooked this person. He is not simple.”
"Oh? How can you tell?"
"Our intelligence indicates that this person was practically born from a rock, an orphan with no relatives whatsoever. If Xia Jiancheng is considered, he's probably his only family. His resume is spotless; from the moment he was born, he's been serving Xia Jiancheng, rising from a lowly security guard to a security manager, and finally becoming his personal driver. Don't you find this person highly suspicious?"
"So what if he's suspicious? Can you even find him?"
Linghu Buqi took the phone from Ivanda and looked at the information on it, including a photo of him without his hat.
He was a young man with a buzz cut, unremarkable in appearance, the kind of person who would go unnoticed in a crowd.
"Then just search based on this photo. That's all the information I can provide."
After handing the phone back, Linghu Buqi put his feet up on the coffee table, looking half-dead.
"If we could find it, we would have found it long ago."
It means there has been no news at all.
Ivanda changed the subject and continued, "Mr. Linghu, you don't think you can get rid of me with just this little bit of information, do you?"
"Then what do you want?"
Linghu Buqi sized up the short-haired woman before him with interest, a hint of contempt on his lips. "There are far too many people who want to kill me. I know what you mountain people are thinking. To be frank, I've really had enough of life these past few years, and I've enjoyed myself enough. You've kept me trapped for so many years, just to get some information I know. Before, I always thought that living was about yourself—eating, drinking, having fun, making money, and playing with women. But in the end, I've found it's really boring. I'm getting old, I can't play anymore. You saw that woman just now, right? That big foreign woman. To be honest, I'm really tired of her. To get information out of me, people more powerful and influential than you have tried to seduce me. Forget big stars, they'd even send any woman I fancy on the street to my bed. Tell me, if I let them send you to my bed…"
Linghu Buqi's eyes gleamed with lust as he looked at Ivanda, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed several times.
Seeing Linghu Buqi in such a wretched state, Ivanda's disgust intensified.
"I advise you to tone it down. There are some people you can't afford to offend. You want to die? Hmph, I can make you wish you were dead!"
"Who are you trying to scare..."
Linghu Buqi swung his leg, leaned back on the sofa, and waved his hand. "I've said my piece. If you don't want to stay and keep me company, then get lost. I'm busy!"
"Then we won't keep Mr. Linghu from having fun!"
Ivanda got up from the sofa and, as he walked to the door, turned back and said, "I forgot to tell Mr. Linghu, from now on, you will need to report all your movements to me. In other words, your life is in my hands."
Ivanda clenched his fist tightly, glared fiercely at Linghu Buqi, and then left the study.
Linghu Buqi was completely unconcerned about Ivanda's threats.
"You big bad wolf, if you've got the guts, kill me!"
...
Gao Ang saw all of this, but he looked down on Linghu Buqi.
It's so easy to want to die, yet you keep saying you're not afraid of death.
This is a case of saying one thing and meaning another; he says he's not afraid of death, but he is actually very afraid of death.
However, Gao Ang was slightly relieved that Ivanda did not actually make a move against Linghu Buqi, which saved him trouble.
As Ivanda stated, her men quickly took over the security forces at Linghu Buqi Manor.
While Linghu Buqi was in the restroom, Gao Ang teleported into his study without anyone noticing.
After urinating, Linghu Buqi washed his hands and hummed a little tune as he returned to his study.
I turn on my computer, ready to check the news, manage some stocks and funds, and maybe buy some good wine and cigarettes.
After working for a while, I suddenly felt something was wrong.
Without realizing it, it seems like someone is sitting across from me?
Linghu Buqi finally raised his head and took a closer look. Sure enough, there was someone sitting on the sofa opposite him.
He was still a man, and a man with yellow skin and black eyes, just like him.
For some reason, Linghu Buqi did not feel particularly apprehensive.
Logically speaking, people with Eastern features shouldn't be in his extremely well-secured study.
Since they've come, it means they have some skills.
Who else but special personnel who track down wanted individuals like him could possess such methods?
After closing his laptop, Linghu Buqi walked to the wine cabinet, took out a bottle of his favorite Moutai liquor, a 20-year-old vintage, and two celadon wine cups.
"Want some?"
He poured himself a glass first, then raised the glass to Gao Feng.
"I won't drink it."
"What's wrong? Do you feel there's something wrong with this wine?"
After saying that, Linghu Buqi downed the entire cup of white wine in one gulp.
The spicy flavor traveled straight from his throat to his stomach, and the long-lost stimulation excited him.
"The alcohol is fine, the person is the problem!"
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