Chapter 146
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Chapter 146 The Evening Plan
I have to say, Victoria’s idea is truly a different approach. She’s directly thinking about solving the problem from the opposite direction.
“You are one of the twelve gods of the Dark World. With the formula in your hands, naturally others wouldn’t dare to act rashly. No matter how envious or jealous those people might be, they absolutely wouldn’t dare to move against you.”
Su Rui shook his head: “I’ve thought about it, but this method isn’t suitable.”
“First, everyone knows that I strictly prohibit drugs.”
Victoria nodded. This indeed wasn’t a secret. Everyone in the Western Dark World knew that Apollo the Sun God was one of the few among the twelve gods who didn’t touch drugs, didn’t deal drugs, and strictly forbade his subordinates from getting involved with drugs.
“Second, even if these things were in my hands, it still wouldn’t prevent others from coveting them.”
Su Rui said: “Enormous profits can drive people crazy. For money, they’d be willing to risk their lives, so what would stop them from attacking me together? When the time comes, if the other gods join forces, I would have no choice but to flee in defeat.”
“Would you really flee in defeat?” This was what Victoria thought to herself but didn’t say out loud. Because at that moment, she remembered a legend.
The most terrifying organization in the Western Dark World was once called “Ghost Shadow.” Their leader, “Lord Shadow,” was once one of the twelve gods. Later, for some unknown reason, this organization offended Su Rui, who spent a year and a half in a killing spree, gradually erasing them from the face of the earth!
Now, throughout the entire Western Dark World, one could hardly hear about the once-notorious Ghost Shadow anymore!
Even the leader, Lord Shadow, was reportedly killed by Su Rui, and no one had seen him since.
Perhaps it was for this reason that Su Rui was able to replace Shadow’s position and newly join the ranks of the twelve gods!
The twelve gods weren’t actual deities from legends, but rather the leaders of twelve top-tier forces. People in the Western Dark World, who already revered mythology, liked to use the term “god” to describe their heroes.
Compared to the other gods, the Sun God Apollo could be said to have the least seniority, but he was definitely the most dazzling in recent years, without exception.
Looking into Su Rui’s eyes, Victoria’s eyes were full of amusement: “When facing the former Ghost Shadow, you didn’t retreat a single step. I think even if several gods joined forces against you, you wouldn’t even furrow your brow.”
Su Rui shook his head: “Don’t say that. I value my life very much. Besides, when did I ever admit that I was the one who eliminated Ghost Shadow?”
Victoria wore an expression of disbelief: “I really can’t think of anyone else besides you who could accomplish such a great feat.”
Su Rui rubbed his nose: “Don’t use ‘great’ to describe me. That’s for describing the dead.”
“No, you are a great man,” Victoria’s eyes shone with intense light.
“The term ‘great man’ has ambiguous meanings in Chinese,” Su Rui rubbed his nose again.
“Actually, I’m very optimistic about this cooperation with Bikan Group,” Victoria said with a smile. “If you think it’s good, I can make Bikan become our source of power.”
“Source of power?” Su Rui’s brows furrowed slightly: “You mean, let triamcinolone provide funding for the Temple of the Sun God?”
“Exactly.”
Shaking his head, Su Rui said calmly: “The Temple of the Sun God doesn’t lack funds.”
The Temple of the Sun God was the name of Su Rui’s force. When he first ventured into the Western Dark World, he casually chose a name based on Greek mythology, but now it seemed like an unintentional blessing.
“But more is always better,” Victoria said. In the business world, she was much more shrewd than Su Rui.
Su Rui still firmly shook his head: “To be honest, Victoria, if I actively proposed that Lin Aoxue provide funding for us, I think she wouldn’t refuse. But I don’t want too many utilitarian elements between us, do you understand?”
Hearing these words, Victoria’s smile became somewhat bitter: “You already consider her a friend?”
“She is my friend,” Su Rui said very seriously. “But you all are comrades I can trust with my life.”
Victoria’s smile bloomed like flowers.
After seeing Victoria off, Su Rui went to Lin Aoxue’s office.
Although this ice queen CEO appeared as calm as usual, Su Rui could keenly detect something different.
Her gaze wasn’t as sharp and cold as usual, but rather slightly confused. Whether looking at documents or technical reports, she couldn’t concentrate. Her eyes would often linger on a page for a long time, and sometimes she would even prop her head with her hand, something that would never have happened with the Lin Aoxue of the past.
Su Rui sat across from her and said: “You haven’t gotten over what happened this morning.”
Lin Aoxue shook her head.
She denied it.
“Don’t be stubborn,” Su Rui found it somewhat amusing. Why insist on putting up a tough front?
Lin Aoxue was experiencing such a bloody incident for the first time, so her nerves couldn’t be as tough as Su Rui’s.
“It’s normal to feel uncomfortable at first, but after you experience it a few more times, you’ll find it as simple as eating and drinking.”
“Experience it a few more times?” Lin Aoxue felt a headache coming on when she heard this.
“Of course, with the new synthesis method for triamcinolone in your hands, you can forget about living in peace for the rest of your life,” Su Rui pursed his lips. It seemed this woman hadn’t yet realized the severity of the situation.
“God…” Lin Aoxue muttered softly. If she had known it would be like this, she wouldn’t have been so high-profile from the beginning.
Compared to a lifetime of peace, what did a few days of rising stock prices matter?
“Actually, it’s too late to regret now. We can only proceed cautiously.”
As Su Rui spoke, he reached out to take Lin Aoxue’s cup.
Lin Aoxue was quick to snatch the cup away and hold it to her chest. This guy definitely wanted to drink from her cup again. What a rogue.
Su Rui started his chatty mode again: “That’s not fair, so unfair. I put in so much effort for you, and you won’t even let me have a sip of water. Is this how a boss should behave? This way, subordinates won’t feel any warmth, and the company’s turnover rate will get higher and higher. Today you won’t let me drink water, tomorrow you might withhold my salary, and also…”
“I’ll treat you to dinner.”
Before Su Rui could fully engage his chatty mode, Lin Aoxue was already looking at him with disdain.
“Treat me to dinner?”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“Tomorrow night.”
At this moment, Su Rui almost doubted his own ears, but when he confirmed that Lin Aoxue wasn’t lying, he finally smiled.
Snapping his fingers, Su Rui said smugly: “I never doubted that my charm was this great.”
Lin Aoxue still looked at him with disdain: “Song Tianxiang moved the dinner appointment to tomorrow night.”
Su Rui immediately snapped out of his self-admiration and pointed accusingly at Lin Aoxue: “That’s taking credit for someone else’s work, it doesn’t count!”
Lin Aoxue glanced at him: “It counts if I say it counts.”
“Fine, a good man doesn’t argue with a woman.”
Meeting such a woman, who was truly his match, Su Rui could only give up.
“We still have one very important thing to do,” Su Rui suddenly changed the subject.
“What thing?” Lin Aoxue looked at Su Rui’s solemn gaze, raised her eyebrows, feeling something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was wrong.
“We need to continue our investigation.”
Su Rui smiled at Lin Aoxue, his eyes filled with encouragement, completely different from his previous smug demeanor.
How was he able to switch so quickly?
At this moment, Lin Aoxue recalled what Su Rui had told her before.
The assassination attempt at Bikan Group might not have been carried out by just two people. If these two were merely a diversion, creating an opportunity for a hidden third person to act after Bikan Group lowered its guard, then the situation could be extremely dangerous.
“But why are you only starting now?” Lin Aoxue looked at her watch; it was already four in the afternoon. If Su Rui wanted to investigate a third person, why didn’t he start immediately after the morning’s incident? Several hours had passed, and even if they wanted to investigate now, the suspect had probably already fled!
“This is to lull them into a false sense of security.”
Su Rui explained in detail: “If we had started investigating immediately, we might have alerted them, and the suspect could have slipped away. Now that several hours have passed, they will think we’ve completely relaxed and that there’s no further danger.”
“But how do you plan to investigate?” Lin Aoxue frowned and said: “There are too many people at Bikan Group. Even if we check the R&D department one by one, it would take a long time. We might not even finish in half a day.”
“Leave that to me. After work, I’ll take you home as usual,” Su Rui said.
“And then?”
“And then, I’ll do this…”
As Su Rui spoke, he leaned in closer, his face almost pressed against Lin Aoxue’s cheek!
“What are you doing?”
Lin Aoxue awkwardly turned away. Even though she knew Su Rui was trying to whisper to her, she was still very uncomfortable with such close proximity. It was too close.
“This is a secret, a secret! I must whisper, otherwise what if the suspect hears?” Su Rui said with a serious face.
“Well…”
Lin Aoxue understood the logic and finally overcame her mental barrier, no longer avoiding him.
Su Rui’s mouth was almost touching Lin Aoxue’s ear, his breath falling on her ear. She smelled that wonderfully fresh breath again, and her mood inexplicably became a bit more pleasant.
Listening to Su Rui’s words, Lin Aoxue nodded gently.
Thinking about how much Su Rui was willing to do for her and for Bikan, this Miss Lin couldn’t help but feel a warm current flowing slowly from the bottom of her heart.
The base of the iceberg seemed to have melted a bit.
At this moment, Lin Aoxue didn’t know that Su Rui had already, in a fit of anger, sent out the powerful Gemini to destroy the entire Black Blood Mercenary Group!
