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

The next morning.

Sunlight streamed into the underground studio through the glass skylight of the courtyard house.

Lin Chen sat at the worktable, holding a pair of precise miniature tweezers in his hand.

On the worktable sits the miniature transmitter that was removed from the oil painting in the gallery yesterday.

[God-level Mechanical Mastery unlocked!]

Lin Chen's hands were extremely steady as the tweezers moved across the complex circuit board.

He is reverse engineering the frequency code of this transmitter.

Once Lin Chen learns the specific frequency that Chu Yunzhou is accustomed to using, he can track Chu Yunzhou's location and even use the same frequency to set traps for him.

Just as Lin Chen was completely focused.

The door to the underground studio was suddenly pushed open.

A series of crisp high heels clicked on the ground.

Ye Qingcheng walked in, dressed in a well-tailored black business suit, exuding an icy aura.

The female CEO who was usually charming and alluring in front of Lin Chen was now frowning, her eyes revealing a rare anxiety and anger.

"Honey, I'm in trouble."

Ye Qingcheng walked to the worktable, straddled Lin Chen's lap, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Anything that can cause this female CEO, who manages a multi-billion dollar empire, to feel troubled must be quite significant.

Lin Chen put down the tweezers in his hand and casually put his arm around her slender waist.

"What's wrong? Who dares to make our CEO Ye angry?" Lin Chen asked softly.

Ye Qingcheng took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

"The Yip Group is currently bidding for a prime piece of land in the southern part of Beijing. The location is excellent, and we plan to build a super commercial complex there."

"Everything was going smoothly. Our biggest competitors had already withdrawn. As soon as the land auction ended this afternoon, that piece of land would be ours."

"However, this morning a foreign company called 'Yunmeng' suddenly appeared."

Ye Qingcheng's eyes sharpened.

"This company not only secretly and recklessly inflated the estimated price of the land, but most outrageously, this morning they poached three core executives from the Ye family who were in charge of this southern district project through various clandestine channels!"

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow slightly.

Poaching key executives at the last minute is a fatal blow in business warfare.

This means that Ye's entire bottom line, planning details, and business secrets regarding that land have been exposed to his competitors.

"Those three executives have always been extremely loyal to me. They've been with Ye's Group for almost ten years, and their compensation is top-notch in the industry," Ye Qingcheng said through gritted teeth.

"When they came to my office this morning to hand in their resignations, I was even willing to offer them double their annual salary to keep them. But they simply wouldn't listen."

"The strangest thing is..."

Ye Qingcheng looked into Lin Chen's eyes, her voice tinged with confusion.

"When they handed in their resignations, their eyes were completely vacant. Their voices were flat and emotionless, like puppets being manipulated—they were completely different people!"

Upon hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

"Did you investigate the background of that 'Yunmeng' company?" Lin Chen asked.

"I checked. It's a shell company that was recently registered overseas, and the source of its funds is very mysterious," Ye Qingcheng replied. "However, I found the name of their chief strategy officer."

"His name is Chu Yunzhou."

Lin Chen let out a cold laugh.

Good guy.

This Chu Yunzhou not only stirs up trouble in the police and art circles, but now he's even extending his reach into Ye Qingcheng's business empire.

He clearly used some kind of deep psychological suggestion or hypnosis to control those senior executives of the Ye family.

Lin Chen instantly grasped the situation.

Chu Yunzhou was exposed by himself during the lecture yesterday, and lost face completely.

He's declaring war on himself!

He knew Ye Qingcheng was his woman, so he deliberately made trouble for Ye's Group in the business world, wanting to give himself a hard time.

[Mastering God-Level Actuarial Skills, now unlocked!]

Lin Chen's brain began to work at high speed, with countless business data and financial models intertwining in his mind.

He quickly calculated that Chu Yunzhou would need to mobilize at least 5 billion in cash flow to acquire that piece of land in the southern district.

As a newly registered shell company, "Yunmeng" could not possibly come up with so much clean money in a short period of time.

Chu Yunzhou must have used the dirty money he laundered through those shady means.

"Qingcheng, don't panic. He's coming for me."

Lin Chen patted Ye Qingcheng on the back to soothe her emotions.

He took a small, exquisite box out of his pocket, opened it, and inside was the last shielded earring.

Lin Chen personally put the earrings on Ye Qingcheng's ears.

"From now on, you must wear it at all times. All of the Ye family's core meetings must also be conducted within the effective shielding range of this earring."

Ye Qingcheng touched the earring. Although she didn't know its specific function, she nodded because of her absolute trust in Lin Chen.

"What about that piece of land in the South District? The land auction is this afternoon, and they already know our reserve price." Ye Qingcheng was somewhat unwilling.

"If he wants it, let him have it." Lin Chen looked at Ye Qingcheng with icy eyes.

"However, I want him to vomit out as much blood as he swallows."