The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

The crowd ignored the teahouse owner’s words and continued to search for an escape route. But time was running out. The poison gas had already filled the entire metal space, and although everyone was skilled in martial arts, it was impossible to hold their breath indefinitely; sooner or later, they would inhale the toxic gas.

Ling Chen’s face darkened slightly; this outcome was something he hadn’t anticipated beforehand. He thought everything was going smoothly according to plan, but who knew they’d fall for the enemy’s trap.

What to do?

Looking at the enclosed space all around, a trace of despair surged in his heart.

Bam!

Suddenly, a dull sound came from above. Everyone raised their heads, looking toward the entrance they had come through, judging from the source of the sound that it was the entrance.

Bam! Bam! Two more thuds sounded as if something had sharply struck. When the fourth thud came, the iron plate at the entrance above fell off entirely. At the same time, a familiar face peeked down from the entrance and said to everyone, "What are you standing around for? Hurry up, come on up."

After a brief daze, Ling Chen finally reacted and hastily urged everyone to escape through the entrance. Back in the previous private room, Ling Chen took several deep breaths, and his complexion gradually returned to normal.

Looking at the person who had just saved them, Ling Chen exclaimed joyfully, "Big brother, why are you here?" The ’big brother’ he referred to was none other than Ling Gengqiu, who had been missing for a long time. Recently, he had been trying to find Ling Gengqiu’s whereabouts, but unfortunately, there was no news, not even a phone call. Who would’ve thought they’d meet him in the Netherworld Snake’s secret hideout? Initially, due to the appearance of the Netherworld Snake, Ling Gengqiu seemed to change, saying he had something important to handle and then disappeared alone.

"I was tracking someone and heard he might be here, so I came to check it out." After speaking, Ling Gengqiu lightly rebuked, "You’re too reckless, bringing a few people in like this. I warned you, the Netherworld Snake is not an ordinary force."

Ling Chen touched his nose and said with a wry smile, "I miscalculated this time, didn’t expect to fall into their trap." Pausing, he asked curiously, "Big brother, how did you know we were trapped in there?"

"When I came in, I happened to bump into someone." Saying this, Ling Gengqiu pointed outside.

Beside him, Wei Jiahao peeked outside the private room, finding the teahouse owner who had led them into the trap lying on the ground, blood at his mouth, eyes wide open, clearly dead.

"Big brother, Wanqing seems to be here, so I hurriedly brought people over, trying to rescue her."

"Wanqing?" Ling Gengqiu showed a suddenly understanding expression, nodding. "If that’s the case, then you continue." With that, he stepped toward the teahouse exit. Seeing him leaving, Ling Chen quickly caught up and asked, "Big brother, where are you going?"

"I have my matters to attend to." Speaking of this, Ling Gengqiu glanced at the already dead teahouse owner and said, "From what this guy said, the person I’m looking for just left, so I don’t have time to stay here. Alright, take care of yourself." With those words, he said no more, disappearing quickly at the teahouse’s door.

Watching Ling Gengqiu leave, Ling Chen shook his head helplessly. He originally thought Ling Gengqiu would help him, but who knew he would leave. If Ling Gengqiu had joined, this small Netherworld Snake hideout wouldn’t pose any threat at all. However, Ling Chen was more interested in the person Ling Gengqiu mentioned. Someone who could make Ling Gengqiu personally track them down was definitely not ordinary.

With thoughts racing through his mind, Ling Chen put aside irrelevant thoughts and turned to Wei Jiahao, saying, "Eighth brother, we can only rely on you now."

Wei Jiahao responded and continued searching for other hidden passages in the teahouse’s private room. After the previous incident, although there were no other clues, they at least knew that the mechanism to open hidden passages should be hidden behind the wooden panels on the walls.

After spending about ten minutes, Wei Jiahao did not disappoint and finally discovered another passage in the first-floor private room.

"Eighth brother, this won’t be a trap, right?" Qiu Yong asked. Due to the earlier experience, he had become very cautious.

"Big brother, rest assured, this passage is safe. Even if the Netherworld Snake’s people are cautious, they wouldn’t use the same trick twice." With that, Wei Jiahao took the lead entering the passage. Seeing this, everyone followed suit. Along the staircase in the passage, they proceeded for about ten meters, and Ling Chen suddenly felt the space open up before him.

Wei Jiahao’s judgment was indeed correct! Below was no longer metal walls but a massive laboratory. However, there wasn’t a single person in sight in the lab. Ling Chen thought this was strange and proceeded on his own to inspect the surroundings.

How could such a large laboratory have no one? Could it be because of their appearance that everyone else fled? Pondering this, Ling Chen walked to a computer desk. On it were many files and a coffee cup, with some coffee still left in it. Ling Chen picked up the coffee cup, felt the temperature of the coffee, and his eyebrows instantly furrowed.

"Everyone be careful, those people just left, they might be hiding in some corner." Ling Chen gave a warning. Then he pointed to Wei Jiahao and Yang Chen, saying, "Seventh brother, eighth brother, you two go look for Wanqing’s whereabouts, we’ll handle everything else."

"Alright, be careful yourselves."

Watching the two of them leave, Ling Chen gestured to everyone, who immediately understood and dispersed, carefully searching every corner. Ling Chen frowned slightly; in such a large laboratory, there must be quite a few staff. There’s no way they could have silently escaped in such a short time. Moreover, he had set up ’eyes’ outside; if so many people had escaped, his people would surely have noticed.

As he thought, a light above flickered several times, and then all the lights went out, plunging the once brightly lit laboratory into darkness. This sudden change startled everyone.

"Everyone, gather." Ling Chen called out, immediately moving closer to the others. The sudden blackout was definitely not an accident. The Netherworld Snake members were assassins, and such an environment was most conducive for them to strike.

Before long, except for Wei Jiahao and Yang Chen who went to find Nanrong Wanqing, everyone else stood back-to-back, eyes vigilant, watching the pitch-black surroundings to prevent any surprise attacks.

"Eighth brother, be careful." Just then, Yang Chen’s voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Not good! Seventh brother and eighth brother are in danger." Qiu Yong’s tone carried a hint of worry.

"Big brother, you all stay here, I’ll go assist them." With those words, Ling Chen lightly tapped his toes and swiftly moved toward Yang Chen’s position.