You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

The headquarters building of the Yip Group in the core area of ​​Beijing's CBD.

The atmosphere in the top-floor CEO's office was extremely tense.

Ye Qingcheng stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, her chest heaving violently, her stunningly beautiful face covered with frost.

Behind her, several of the Ye Group's top cybersecurity experts were sweating profusely as they typed away at their keyboards, their faces pale.

Just half an hour ago, the Ye Group's internal network suffered an extremely fierce and unprecedented hacker attack.

Although the security team fought desperately and barely managed to prevent the core database from being breached, the other party brazenly left an indelible electronic declaration of war on the computer screens of all the senior executives of the Ye Group.

"Bang!"

The office door was pushed open.

Lin Chen strode in.

"Lin Chen!"

When Ye Qingcheng saw him, her icy exterior cracked instantly, and she quickly went to meet him.

"What happened?"

Lin Chen put his arm around her waist and led her to the desk.

On the screen, a blood-red skull was flashing wildly, below which was a line of extremely glaring white text:

[Lin Chen, you took what you shouldn't have. Hand over the Easter egg and the password, or the Ye Group will go bankrupt within three days. The women around you will also die one by one in 'accidents.' — Respectfully submitted by Ghost.]

"He actually dared to threaten me! Threaten the Ye family!"

Ye Qingcheng trembled with rage. When had she, the queen of a trillion-dollar empire, ever suffered such humiliation!

"Get out, everyone."

Lin Chen glanced coldly at the security experts who were still sweating profusely as they typed on their keyboards.

The group felt as if they had been granted a pardon and quickly left the office.

The moment the door closed, Lin Chen forcefully pressed Ye Qingcheng down into the large leather boss's chair.

He braced his hands on the edge of the desk, looking down at her with an undeniable arrogance in his eyes.

"Qingcheng, look at me."

Ye Qingcheng looked up and met those deep, ocean-like eyes.

"As long as I'm here, the sky won't fall."

Lin Chen's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an extremely calming power that instantly soothed Ye Qingcheng's anxiety.

"A rat hiding in the gutter dares to threaten my woman?"

Lin Chen straightened up, pulled over a chair, and sat down in front of the computer.

[God-level Internet Tracking Techniques]! Activated!

With his hands on the keyboard, he didn't even look at the defense codes left by the security experts. Instead, he aggressively followed the path of the challenge left by the other party and traced it backwards!

The code on the screen was jumping around wildly.

"He set up thousands of botnets around the world, with IP addresses switching frantically between dozens of countries every second."

Lin Chen snorted coldly.

"Very cautious, but also foolish."

Lin Chen did not intend to use the internet to arrest people.

He knew very well that a criminal of "Ghost's" caliber would never expose his real physical coordinates online.

He stopped typing.

[Mastering the Art of Actuarial Science]! Unlocked!

[God-level Psychological Profiling]! Activated!

In an instant, an extremely accurate mental model was constructed in Lin Chen's mind.

"Ghost is extremely arrogant and has a strong desire for control."

"Since he has issued this challenge, he will definitely not stop at the level of online intimidation."

Lin Chen turned his head and looked at Ye Qingcheng.

"He will definitely take substantial physical actions to complement his cyberattacks."

"He wants to create panic and force us to submit."

Lin Chen pulled up a map showing the distribution of all of Ye's Group's businesses in Beijing.

His gaze swept quickly across the map, and the quantum computer in his mind began frantically extrapolating probability and risk models.

Less than three minutes.

Lin Chen confidently extended his finger and drew three red circles on the map.

"here."

He pointed to a large complex of buildings in the northern suburbs of Beijing.

"The largest logistics and warehousing center of the Ye family. If this place burns down, half of the Ye family's supply chain will be paralyzed."

"here."

His finger moved toward the southern suburbs.

"If Ye's data base station is blown up, Ye's online business will come to a complete standstill."

Finally, his finger stopped at a high-end private club within the Second Ring Road.

"And here too."

"Qingcheng, you go to this club for afternoon tea every Wednesday afternoon, right?"

Ye Qingcheng looked at Lin Chen, a hint of shock flashing in her beautiful eyes.

How did you know?

"Since the ghost has investigated you, it must know your itinerary."

"He threatened to create an 'accident,' and this was the perfect place to do it."

Lin Chen stood up, picked up the car keys on the table, and a devilish smirk appeared on his lips.

"Since he wants to play, I'll dig a grave for him."

"Notify Li Mingyu and Su Qingge to take their best personnel and deploy them to the logistics center and data base station."

"Remember, be outwardly relaxed but inwardly vigilant; don't alert the enemy."

Lin Chen walked to the door, stopped, and turned to look at Ye Qingcheng.

"As for that club..."

"I'll go and meet him myself."