Chapter 355: The Task from Mr. Ji
Chapter 355: Chapter 355: The Task from Mr. Ji
"Open up, open up! Hurry and open the door!" Bai Xiuzhu pounded on the door with all her might.
The private room’s soundproofing was too good. Even though Bai Xiuzhu was screaming at the top of her lungs, no one outside could hear a thing. They could only see the door rattling in its frame.
"In a moment, as soon as I open this door, you all start snapping photos immediately. Make sure you get clear shots of their faces. Get right in their faces, especially Chen Nan. You have to capture his expression perfectly," Jin Shanshan ordered the others. In truth, she didn’t care how their photos turned out; she’d already arranged for professionals to handle the real photography.
As long as she got a shot of Chen Nan in a compromising position, she would immediately upload the pictures to the Star Network. With that, the task Mr. Ji had given her would be complete.
"Miss Jin, I don’t think this is a good idea. It’s not like they were doing anything," someone, sensing things were going too far, couldn’t help but object.
"What’s the big deal? We’re just taking a few pictures. If they’re behaving themselves, then what’s there to be afraid of?" one of Jin Shanshan’s lackeys piped up from behind her.
"Exactly. If you don’t want to be a part of this, just stand aside and enjoy the show. We’re just playing a little prank on them," Jin Shanshan said nonchalantly.
"Miss Jin, did you tamper with the room? Chen Hao is my man, you..." Cao Yulan’s expression changed when she heard Jin Shanshan talking about photos. It was finally dawning on her. For Jin Shanshan to be so confident about getting pictures, she must have rigged the room somehow.
"Miss Cao, don’t let your imagination run wild. What could they possibly do in just a few minutes? Your man is still your man. Once we’re inside, you can just take him away. What’s the big deal?" Jin Shanshan said, completely unconcerned.
The stick of incense she’d thrown into the room wasn’t just any ordinary Hehuan Incense. This was a custom-made blend from an Alchemy Grandmaster.
This incense burned extremely fast, incinerating completely in a short time without a trace. Once it entered a man’s system, it took effect rapidly, causing him to lose all reason and control.
The incense also remained in the body for an extremely short period. It would be completely metabolized in just ten minutes, leaving no trace for any medical examination to find.
Although it would be metabolized in ten minutes, the desire it triggered would directly induce a full-blown fever period. Without the calming presence of a Contractor, one couldn’t get through it safely.
She calculated the time. The drug should have reached its peak by now. ’They must be completely out of their minds, driven by pure animal instinct,’ she thought. She motioned for the others to open the door.
The moment the door opened, Bai Xiuzhu shot out and crashed right into the nervous Cao Yulan, sending her stumbling.
"Hold her down!" Jin Shanshan yelled. Several burly female guards suddenly appeared, tackling Bai Xiuzhu and pinning her to the floor.
CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. Cameras flashed wildly. After the initial barrage of photos, everyone looked into the room. In the far corner, Bai Xiuying was passed out. On the floor lay an unconscious Chen Hao. And sitting perfectly composed at the table, calmly sipping a glass of water, was Chen Nan. No matter how they looked at it, this scene wasn’t exactly the scandal they had been expecting to capture.
"How are you alright?" Jin Shanshan blurted out.
"And what, miss, do you think should be wrong with me?" Chen Nan asked with a faint smile.
Chen Nan appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, his fingernails had dug so deep into his palms that they were bleeding. The drug’s potency far exceeded any normal aphrodisiac. He had already taken an Inhibitor for his fever period, but even that couldn’t suppress the desire raging inside him.
Chen Nan could still bear it, but Chen Hao had been completely unable to control himself. Chen Nan had no other choice but to knock him unconscious.
Chen Nan was secretly frantic, calculating that his father should be arriving any moment.
"What’s all this commotion? Why is the young lady of the Cao Family on the ground? Where are my son and my nephew?" Just as Chen Nan had hoped, his father, Wang Mu, arrived.
"Yulan, where is Chen Hao? You’re the one who brought him out, how could you let him get this drunk? You even dragged Mr. Chen Nan into this. You’re so thoughtless," Cao Yulan’s father chided, secretly shooting his daughter a meaningful look.
The Chen Family already owned more than a dozen pharmaceutical factories, each one massively profitable. With the Chen Family’s power growing by the day, the Cao Family hoped to leverage their connection through marriage to foster a good relationship and find their own path to riches. They could no longer afford to treat Chen Hao with the same casual disdain as before.
"He’s in there." Cao Yulan scrambled to her feet and rushed inside.
"Xiuzhu! Xiuzhu, what happened to you? What’s going on here?" People from the Bai Family had arrived as well.
The commotion had attracted a large crowd of onlookers. Ning Xuan stood among them, her expression grim.
Jin Shanshan’s thoughtless outburst confirmed Ning Xuan’s suspicions. This entire setup was aimed at Chen Nan. By locking him and Bai Xiuying in a room, she must have secretly drugged them—and with something incredibly potent.
She had burst in after less than ten minutes to "catch them in the act." Clearly, Jin Shanshan didn’t care that her scheme was clumsy and wouldn’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. All she wanted was to capture a few indecent pictures, and she was confident that a few short minutes was all it would take to get what she wanted.
At the Elder Council meeting, seven councilors were seated around an oval table that stretched over ten meters long.
"Have any of you noticed a pattern? All of Ning Xuan’s Contractors were matched to her by the mainframe. As for Lan Xin and Di Youlin, they were sent to her side by leveraging control of the Protection Association. It seems she’s never actively chosen anyone for herself," one of them began.
"Besides the very first one, every single person at her side is one in a million. With such outstanding Contractors already around her, who else could possibly catch her eye? Your son? Aside from his prestigious family, can he compare to Yun Han or Yu Mingche in terms of looks and ability?" another said.
"You’ve got some nerve saying that about me. Your boy spent all that time on the Central Star, and Ning Xuan still didn’t give him a second glance," the first speaker retorted mockingly.
"Enough. Stop arguing. We’re here today to discuss how to obtain more of the Divine Bloodline, not to listen to you two bicker."
"She’s extremely guarded. Anyone who actively tries to approach her is completely shut out."
"She’s survived assassination attempts; of course she’s guarded. Which one of you hasn’t tried to have her secretly abducted?"
"There you go again. I said to come up with a solution, not to fight."
"If you ask me, performing the genetic compatibility matching right after Ning Xuan’s spiritual power awakened was premature. The results can’t be accurate. We should have the mainframe run a new match for her Contractors," someone proposed.
The proposal was met with immediate, overwhelming support. The reason was simple: if a rematch was initiated, they could all enter their own children’s information into the gene bank for a chance to be selected.