My Perfect Female CEO

At Jin Hua’s instruction, Li Dingguo got out of the car, got back in, and changed routes.

Like this, he circled around and doubled back several times.

Only when he was sure that no suspicious person was tailing him did he feel puzzled.

"No suspicious people is the biggest suspicion. With something this serious going down, there’s no way there aren’t suspicious people around Li Dingguo."

"Could it be the other side is very good?"

"Impossible. Even if they’re strong, after all my probing, there’s no way they wouldn’t show the slightest flaw."

"Besides, this time the enemy is Ye Fan."

"The mighty Terminator isn’t going to be that useless, right?"

The expression on Jin Hua’s face shifted, and he couldn’t help thinking about a lot of things.

"Maybe I’m overthinking it. Li Dingguo is worried about his wife’s safety, so it’s perfectly normal he didn’t alert anyone else. It should be like that." Jin Hua shook his head, throwing out those unrealistic thoughts.

...

Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse arrived at the prearranged hideout, an abandoned building.

Li Tong’s mother was tightly trussed up, her mouth gagged.

By now, she no longer had the strength to struggle. She’d already exhausted herself on the way; her body was trembling faintly from fear.

Seeing Li Tong’s mother finally quiet down, Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse felt much more at ease.

"Li Dingguo has already confirmed his wife’s been kidnapped. Wouldn’t it be much easier just to take the hard drive from him halfway? Why does Mr. Jin still want Li Dingguo to bring the disk here? Isn’t that just adding unnecessary steps?" Transforming Mouse asked, puzzled.

"That’s what you don’t get. Snatching the hard drive halfway is too risky, the chance of exposure is huge. No one does that unless they’re desperate. The fact Li Dingguo made it here means we’ve ruled out the possibility of him being tailed. That’s when it’s safe. Besides, our mission isn’t only to get the hard drive—we’ve also got another task: killing Li Dingguo and his wife." As Hunter Cat spoke he indicated the bomb lying in the bag.

"Isn’t securing the hard drive the top priority? Why kill them? That’s way too much noise, it’s deadly. The action team will go insane, and we’ll be the ones suffering for it." Transforming Mouse voiced the confusion in his heart.

"Only by throwing the situation into chaos can Mr. Jin muddy the waters. Killing Li Dingguo and his wife is indeed a sky-splitting move, but it has nothing to do with Mr. Jin. When the time comes, the murderers are just the two of us." Hunter Cat analyzed calmly.

"So Mr. Jin plans to abandon us? Leave us to live or die on our own?" Transforming Mouse was clearly displeased.

"No, you’ve got it wrong. You’re talking like we’re on the same side as Mr. Jin. In reality, our value is just to be cannon fodder. In that mysterious Mr. Jin’s eyes, we’re dispensable." Hunter Cat was utterly certain of his own guess and judgment.

"Then we’re in a dangerous spot, aren’t we?" Transforming Mouse was deeply worried.

"Danger always carries opportunities and miracles. As long as we get the hard drive, we’ll have something to stand on, and leverage to negotiate with Mr. Jin." Hunter Cat said with a smile.

"Going against Mr. Jin’s wishes—that’s asking to die, isn’t it?" Transforming Mouse was very anxious.

"If we don’t go against him, we’re doomed for sure. If we do, maybe there’s still a slim chance to live." Hunter Cat looked at Transforming Mouse and persuaded him very seriously.

Transforming Mouse accepted Hunter Cat’s words and also firmed up his decision: when it was necessary, he would follow Hunter Cat’s lead.

In truth, Hunter Cat was just being smug and "clever."

Mr. Jin did have the intention of abandoning him, but more than that, this entire operation was essentially a test of Ye Fan.

As a pawn used to test Ye Fan, that point was something Hunter Cat never imagined.

...

Outside the abandoned building, Ye Fan, Zhang Lu, and Li Tong appeared.

"This is the place." Guided remotely and fed intel by Qiu Wen, the three of them arrived at the target.

Once Qiu Wen had provided the exact location, she cut off contact.

The trio entered the building.

Just as Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse were waiting for Li Dingguo to show up, someone they never expected appeared.

The three of them—Ye Fan, Zhang Lu, and Li Tong—spread out in a triangular formation around Hunter Cat.

Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse were suddenly horrified, their faces turning pale. The abrupt change threw them into complete disarray, their courage shaken.

"Ye Fan, Zhang Lu, Li Tong—you? Why you? Where’s Li Dingguo? What are you doing here?" Transforming Mouse’s pretty face drained of color.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Hunter Cat cried out.

The two could no longer stay calm. All their confidence and bravado vanished, leaving only fear and panic.

In an instant, their cold, sharp gazes locked onto Li Tong’s mother.

As long as that hostage stayed in their hands, there was still a chance.

That thought had barely surfaced when Ye Fan’s words crushed it: "If you want to live, don’t move. Otherwise you’ll be dead in an instant, cut down by a bullet."

Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse’s bodies, just about to move, trembled and froze. The two looked at each other, their faces lifeless.

Ye Fan was here—death was certain. There was absolutely no chance to escape.

They had neither the guts nor the ability to flee from Ye Fan’s hands.

"It’s over. We’re finished." That was the honest thought in both their hearts.

Ye Fan’s warning was something they dared not doubt.

As far as they were concerned, Ye Fan would never bluff.

The mighty Terminator wouldn’t resort to bluffing, would he?

In reality, the "instant kill by bullet" line was something Ye Fan casually made up to intimidate them.

The effect was obvious—it scared Hunter Cat and Transforming Mouse stiff on the spot.

"Chang Fei, so it’s you. No wonder you chased after Yang Yan so hard—you had another purpose all along." Li Tong spoke, rage surging in her chest, full of killing intent.

Glancing at her bound mother, she grew even angrier.

Chang Fei was Hunter Cat’s real identity, something Ye Fan and the others had not known.

Transforming Mouse regularly changed identities and faces; the current face was unfamiliar to Ye Fan and his team.

But taking down these two enemies was a given.

"Winner takes all, loser is nothing. Say whatever you want. I originally had a bright future ahead of me, and I didn’t expect to step into a dead end this fast." Chang Fei was in despair.

"Are you going to surrender quietly, or stubbornly try to resist?" Ye Fan asked, eyes sharp as blades.

Chang Fei’s expression was bitter and sorrowful.

Transforming Mouse shot Chang Fei a questioning look.

"Surrender. Even with gun barrels pointed at us, or not pointed at us, there’s no way we can control a hostage under the Terminator’s nose. Instead of suffering pointless torture, we might as well surrender straightforwardly." Chang Fei said, his expression complicated.

It was the truth, and a logic that couldn’t be refuted.

Transforming Mouse tacitly agreed with Chang Fei’s choice.

Just like that, Chang Fei and Transforming Mouse surrendered.

Zhang Lu cuffed the two of them.

Li Tong’s mother was rescued.