From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Ye Zhiwei picked up the soundproof mask and stood behind Ning Shuang.

Before the buckle even touched her ear, Ning Shuang turned her face away, her voice hoarse from the fight.

"Don't let your hands shake. You were incredibly brave when you hugged me back then."

Ye Zhiwei stopped moving: "That was an evacuation mission."

Ning Shuang tugged at the chain on her wrist: "Evacuation mission and you still have to hug me and call me 'darling'?"

Ye Zhiwei felt her ears burning and raised her hand to press down on the mask strap.

"The people from Gray Tower are right behind us. If we don't act convincingly, we're all going to die."

"You were leaning on my shoulder calling me 'husband,' and after we passed the checkpoint, you held a knife to my ribs."

Ning Shuang raised her chin, her tone full of sarcasm.

Ye Zhiwei placed her hand on the hilt of the knife: "That's called cooperation."

Lu Yunzhou stood by the table, his brows twitching as he listened.

The two women pretended to be lovers and even shared a room in order to escape the Gray Tower.

Ning Shuang was cursing fiercely, and Ye Zhiwei did not deny it, so it was clear that the experience had indeed happened.

Ning Shuang continued to provoke her: "Later, who was it that held me tightly in the middle of the night and wouldn't let go? I could turn over and you would pin me down."

"Shut up."

Ye Zhiwei's face darkened.

Lu Yunzhou's gaze fell on Ning Shuang.

This woman has been using a voice changer for a long time and usually avoids men getting close to her; she even refused to let men touch her during interrogations.

As the clues pieced together, he blurted out, "Back then, you even changed your gender and identity to hide from the Gray Tower?"

The interrogation room fell silent.

Ning Shuang looked up, her brows furrowed: "Did you get your brain slammed in a door?"

Before Lu Yunzhou could react, she had already started cursing.

"I've been a woman since birth. Don't give me any more fabricated stories."

Ye Zhiwei pressed down on her mask, turned her head and glared at Lu Yunzhou: "She just hates men, it has nothing to do with changing her identity."

Lu Yunzhou pursed his lips.

Ye Zhiwei fastened one of the buckles and lowered her voice: "Back then, a man infiltrated the Raven Feather Twelfth Squad, exchanging her trust for information. The Gray Tower people followed the evacuation route and caught up with us, and many members of the squad died."

Ning Shuang moved her wrist slightly, and the chains immediately rattled softly.

"Ever since then, she's been annoyed by men. Don't think of her as anything else."

"Understood."

Lu Yunzhou touched his nose and quickly shut up.

Ning Shuang stared at him coldly: "You'd better understand."

Lu Yunzhou nodded: "From now on, I will only treat you as a woman with a bad temper."

Ning Shuang's eyes darkened, and she kicked the table leg.

The metal table was kicked and slid back half a foot, scattering the documents on it.

Lu Yunzhou reached out and pressed down on the corner of the table, while Ye Zhiwei also pulled Ning Shuang's chair back.

"Say one more word and I'll make you crawl out of here."

Ning Shuang stared at him, the straps on her wrists tightening as she struggled to pull them together.

Lu Yunzhou withdrew his hand: "You're already in chains, yet you're still so stubborn."

Ye Zhiwei didn't reply, but directly put the soundproof mask on Ning Shuang's face, wrapped the strap around the back of her head, and tightened the buckle.

Ning Shuang's voice was blocked, leaving only a few mumbled curses.

Ye Zhiwei pushed her toward the door, where two security guards came in to take over.

Ning Shuang paused briefly on Lu Yunzhou's shoulder as she passed by, then continued walking forward.

The chains dragged across the ground, the sound fading into the distance.

Lu Yunzhou stood still, bending down to pick up the documents that had fallen onto the table.

The above is Gu Nanqiao's employment information. The woman in the photo has a neat expression, and her resume is so clean that there is not a single superfluous item.

Ye Zhiwei took off her gloves and sat down on the sofa to treat her wound.

Lu Yunzhou slammed the documents on the table: "Gu Nanqiao has been going to the port area a lot lately. What exactly is she investigating?"

Ye Zhiwei paused in wrapping the bandages: "You finally asked."

"I've suspected there's something wrong with her for a long time."

Lu Yunzhou flipped through the documents and said directly, "She's familiar with the defenses of Donggang, has obtained the approval documents from Nanwan, and even took a pay cut when she joined the company. Ordinary engineers don't have that kind of connections."

Ye Zhiwei carefully put away the medicine bottle: "She's been to the port area seven times in the last two weeks."

"To the construction site?"

"I went to the dock approval office three times, and to the old riverside dock a few more times."

Lu Yunzhou pressed down on the corner of the paper with his fingers, creating a crease in the document.

Ye Zhiwei continued, "I checked the access control records. The places she went to had nothing to do with Yuanchuan's project. The person she met was not the project manager."

"Who did she meet?"

"Gu Baichuan".

As the name was mentioned, Lu Yunzhou raised his head.

Ye Zhiwei removed the new gauze: "Gu Nanqiao's father holds the final approval authority over the major wharves in Sheng'an. Whether goods can enter the port or ships can dock ultimately depends on his signature."

Lu Yunzhou picked up his phone and brought up the port area map.

The Donggang Port, Linjiang Port, and Nancheng Old Wharf are all connected, covering most of Fengming Group's import and export routes.

"Gu Baichuan has been hiding very well in Sheng'an."

"He doesn't usually show his face, and people in the port area just call him Mr. Koo."

Ye Zhiwei wrapped the gauze around her wrist, looked up and said, "But in the underground world, he has another identity."

Lu Yunzhou looked at her, waiting for her to continue.

"One of the seven disciples appointed by Ninth Master."

The sounds in the room stopped.

The screen of Lu Yunzhou's phone went dark, and Gu Nanqiao's onboarding photo was placed back on top of the document.

Ninth Master's seven seats control the most important underground industry in Sheng'an.

Huo Lie occupies one seat, and Gu Baichuan also occupies one seat.

Fengming Group's attempt to expand its business in the port area is tantamount to constantly encroaching on Gujia's territory.

Lu Yunzhou asked, "Does Gu Nanqiao know her father's identity?"

"She grew up in that house; do you think she wouldn't know?"

Ye Zhiwei bit off the bandage, her tone hard: "From the day she entered Yuanchuan, she may have been carrying a mission."

Lu Yunzhou turned to Gu Nanqiao's signed page.

The contract clearly stated the salary, bonuses, and responsibilities.

She accepted all the restrictions, agreed to undergo a seven-day assessment first, and even voluntarily handed over the port area route information.

At the time, Yuanchuan was short of people, and Gu Nanqiao's abilities were too good, so everyone felt that they had gotten a bargain.

Looking at it now, every detail reveals careful planning.

"Is she getting close to Yuanchuan to obtain information about the Nanwan project?"

"All I can say is that she most likely had a purpose from the very beginning."

Ye Zhiwei raised her hand and pressed it against her injured shoulder, her voice lowering: "Ning Shuang just mentioned the port approver, which is why I connected Gu Nanqiao and Gu Baichuan. I didn't dare to say it directly before because I didn't have evidence."

Lu Yunzhou closed the file: "You're telling me this now, does that mean you've found evidence?"

"Almost there."

Ye Zhiwei looked at him: "But Gu Nanqiao's behavior these past few days has been strange. She hasn't gone to the construction site, nor has she come to Yuanchuan."

Where did she go?

Ye Zhiwei picked up her phone from the table and pulled up an internal message from the port area.

The Gu family arranged a meeting for Gu Nanqiao today.

The other party's identity was not fully stated, only their surname was left.

Gu Nanqiao has already been urged by her family twice and must be there tonight.

Lu Yunzhou stared at the message, his palm pressed on the table.

"She agreed to the blind date?"

"She doesn't want to go."

Ye Zhiwei put away her phone: "The Gu family is pressuring her, so she has no choice but to prepare."

Lu Yunzhou looked at Gu Nanqiao's photo. The woman in the photo had sharp features and never hesitated to do things.

Now, however, her family is pushing her to meet a strange man.

Ye Zhiwei stood up and picked up her coat.

Gu Nanqiao is currently preparing for a blind date she doesn't really want to go on.