The next day, Tuesday, October 6th – Si International
"Boss, something happened!"
Si Weimin stopped the early conference when he saw Wang Guo's message. He slammed his fist on the wooden rectangular table which startled the directors who were present inside. They began to tremble when they saw the reaction on the devil's face.
No one even dared to make a sound when he immediately stood from his chair. He didn't know the feeling he had inside but he clenched his fists as he strode fast outside the company.
Once he reached his car, he drove out of the basement parking. He stepped on the accelerator, trying all his best to reach the brick house as fast as he could. He had a dark expression on his face as he swerved to the left which led to the basement. The rough and dusty road didn't stop him from driving faster.
After reaching his destination, he saw Wang Guo and two of his men standing outside. All of them wore a defeated expression on their faces.
"What happened here?" Si Weimin asked through gritted teeth.
"B-boss, the m-man –"
Even before Wang Guo finished his sentence, Si Weimin dashed inside. His body stiffened when he saw one of his men lying dead on the wooden floor. The smell of blood permeated the air.
He walked inside. Once he was in the elevator, Wang Guo followed him, "Boss, someone came here… it seemed that we were unprepared for their attack…"
He only looked at Wang Guo without saying anything. When they reached the dark chamber, he was greeted by a horrid and ghastly sight. Three of his trusted and skilled men were lying lifeless on the cold floor. Their blood flooded the entire floor.
The rusty scent of blood filled his senses. The gory sight made him even more convinced that he wasn't dealing with ordinary people. His men were killed brutally – like the sparrows on the box. Only that, their heads weren't decapitated.
The man was no longer there and the only thing left was the empty chair in the middle of the room.
"Boss, when I came here, this is what I saw. I managed to get the cctv footages. Thank god they couldn't breach the system."
Upon hearing Wang Guo, he signaled him to follow as they exited the room. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. In truth, he was fuming with anger that his men were killed just like that. Whoever did that would pay big time.
Once they reached his car, Wang Guo immediately showed him the cctv footages on his phone. 3: 30 in the morning, the time was clearly written on the screen. He raised his brow when he saw the people with masks suddenly arrived.
They moved quickly and within seconds, two of his men fell on the ground. Their bodies were taken. The masked men dashed forward when they saw one of his men took his gun.
A loud gunshot could be heard as one of the masked men fell, his head bleeding. However, before he could shoot again, a dagger flew towards him. It specifically landed on his neck which made the blood oozed out before he dropped on the wooden floor.
A woman wearing a black tight body get-up approached the dead man on the floor. She kicked him before she pulled out the dagger she threw. Like the four men, she was also masked. However, her masked only hid her eyes and nose. The woman even looked at the camera and grinned, clearly provoking the men inside.
Si Weimin clenched his fists when he saw the footages. His men didn't even notice that they were intruded. It seemed that the cameras inside the dark chamber flashed a different footage because his men didn't even feel alarmed.
"Someone managed to break into the system. They didn't delete the footage because they're bold enough to let me know what happened."
"B-but how do they manage to do that, boss?"
"I don't know."
"B-boss… do we have a mole among us? Our system is top grade. It's impossible that they did that without someone helping them."
"The body scanner still works."
Si Weimin was sure that there was no traitor among his men. Since they breached the system, of course it would be easy for them to input the information of their people.
As he watched the whole cctv footages, he managed to see one flaw from the intruders. There seemed to have some glitches in their system when they were exiting the dark chamber. It meant one thing: the person controlling the system wasn't all that good.
Si Weimin nodded his head, "Tell Ru Tengfei to check this."
He looked straight in front, preoccupied by the event. The people behind this were clearly giving him threats. Even the time they attacked had meaning. It was the hour of the tiger – Yin Shi. Tigers woke up and captured their prey at dawn. It was clearly what they did to his men.
Whoever was behind this sure wanted Xu Jia Li harm.
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Evergreen Hot Spring and Resort
Xu Jia Li finished her scenes when Jay Chou arrived with an American man. He proudly introduced Xu Jia Li with a big smile on his face, "Mr. Lawrence, this is the wonderful woman I've been telling you about. Miss Xu, this is Mr. Lawrence from the US. He's the chairman of Beauty Bella, the number one woman's magazine in the west."
"Hello, Miss Xu! Indeed, you are beautiful," Mr. Lawrence held Xu Jia Li's hand and kissed it. Then, he let go of her hand and gently smiled at her. He was in his fifties and he looked easy to work with.
"It's a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Lawrence," Xu Jia Li bowed before she smiled gratefully at the two men. She didn't have problems conversing with them because she was good in English.
"Mr. Lawrence came here once I told him that I found my Madonna. He's excited to get you on his magazine."
"I'm looking forward to finally sign an artist from China. I have a very high expectation from you. Beauty Bella admires Oriental beauty and you're the very definition of it."
"You flatter me, Mr. Lawrence. Thank you! I'll work hard."
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Tang Xie looked at the three people and sneered at Xu Jia Li, 'How can she have everything? She's nothing but a woman who sells her body. She's not even that excellent.'
She immediately logged in on her fake Weibo account and began to upload Xu Jia Li's pictures with Li Yun kneeling in front of her and a screenshot of her hugging Si Weimin. She specifically chose the angle where Si Weimin's back faced the camera. She also put the caption, 'Promiscuous Xu'.