“My patience has its limits.
I’ll give you ten more seconds to think.”
Bei Mu’s voice was cold, and everyone present could feel his killing intent.
The guard pinned beneath Bei Mu’s foot was trembling, cold sweat drenching his forehead.
“Ten, nine, eight, seven—”
As Bei Mu counted down to seven, he suddenly smelled the reek of urine.
The guard had actually pissed himself out of fear.
“Please, let me go!
I really don’t know who made me do it!
That person threatened my family!
He guided me by phone to get the bomb and plant it, and he paid me two hundred thousand for it!
“I really don’t know who that person is!”
Bei Mu let out a cold snort and, with a powerful kick, sent the guard flying out the main doors of Muchen Group.
He had expected this outcome.
The kind of person who would orchestrate this would never allow themselves to be exposed so easily.
But it was no real obstacle for him.
It would just take a little more time.
“What’s going on?”
Just then, Lin Mushu and Wu Qingqing happened to be returning from Qihui Conglomerate and saw the guard get kicked out.
Lin Mushu walked into the Muchen Group lobby with a grim expression, and Bei Mu recognized her at a glance.
“Chairman Lin, I’m Bei Mu, the new security guard.
I just started today.
Brother Chen recommended me.”
A strange look crossed Lin Mushu’s eyes.
‘This is the head of security Haochen found?’
‘Why is he so strange?
Wearing a black overcoat in the middle of summer is bad enough, but he’s also holding a bomb?’
“You… you’re the one my brother found?
What is that in your hand…”
Lin Mushu spoke with a hint of caution.
If he had looked even slightly normal, she wouldn’t have been so suspicious.
Bei Mu glanced at the bomb in his hand.
“The guard outside installed this in the VIP elevator.”
“Inside the VIP elevator?”
Hearing this, Lin Mushu immediately recalled something from that morning.
When she and Lin Haochen were going down for breakfast, he had told her not to take the VIP elevator today!
‘He told me not to take the VIP elevator this morning, and this afternoon he sent a new head of security to remove a bomb from it.
Don’t tell me… he knew about it already?’
‘That’s impossible, right?’
“Yes, someone ordered him to do it.
Chairman Lin, you can go attend to your business.
Just leave your safety and the security of Muchen Group to me.”
Lin Mushu nodded, then turned to all the security guards present.
“From this day on, Bei Mu is the new head of security, with full authority over personnel in the security team.”
The original head of security, Liu Shan, had an ugly expression on his face.
He took a step forward and said, “Chairman Lin, he just joined Muchen Group and he’s already being made head of security.
Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?
Besides, Chairman Liu is in charge of security.
Shouldn’t we inform him?”
Lin Mushu looked at Liu Shan coldly.
“Am I the chairwoman, or are you?
The role of security chief belongs to the most capable.
Whoever is strongest will be chief!”
After saying this, Lin Mushu went upstairs with Wu Qingqing.
If she hadn’t secured the partnership with Qihui Conglomerate, she wouldn’t have been so assertive.
Liu Shan glared daggers at Bei Mu, then said, “Kid, don’t think you can run wild in Muchen Group just because you have Chairman Lin backing you.
I’d advise you to be smart about this.
I’m one of Director Liu Hong’s men!”
Bei Mu, however, paid Liu Shan no mind from start to finish.
He simply resumed his patrol of Muchen Group, determined to ensure its absolute security.
‘He knew his role protecting Lin Mushu was just the visible part of the plan, meant to give their enemies the false impression that he was her only protector.’
‘Anyone who dares to make a move on the Netherworld King’s sister is no simple fool!’
Watching Bei Mu turn and walk away, Liu Shan’s eyes practically shot flames.
Fuming, he spun around and left Muchen Group.
He had to report this to Liu Hong at once.
And from within the crowd, an unassuming middle-aged man also quietly slipped away from Muchen Group.
「Wansheng Group.」
“President Li is dead, so for the time being, I will be the acting chairman, with full authority over these two recent major projects!”
Li Juwei, the vice chairman of Wansheng Group, announced to the assembled directors.
Wansheng Group was now at a critical juncture.
Even with Li Hongrui’s suicide, they had to stabilize the situation.
The original plans had to be executed!
As for Li Hongrui’s suicide note, he couldn’t care less.
Li Hongrui had merely been scared to death, but he, Li Juwei, would not be frightened so easily.
The plan against Muchen Group would absolutely not be stopped!
“I agree!
We’ve been planning the takeover of Muchen Group for so long; we can’t stop because of one small setback!”
“President Li’s suicide note only said not to go after Lin Mushu.
It didn’t say anything about Muchen Group.
Besides, we’re about to partner with Qihui Conglomerate.
Why would we be afraid of little Muchen Group?”
The vast majority of Wansheng Group’s directors agreed to ignore the contents of Li Hongrui’s suicide note and proceed with the original plan.
“Good!
Then tonight, I’ll take our latest proposal to President Deng.
In three days, Muchen Group will no longer exist in Jin City, and our Wansheng Group will rise to new heights!”
Li Juwei’s eyes burned with immense ambition.
His goals by no means stopped there.
Everyone in Jin City’s upper crust was abuzz about the business banquet hosted by Qihui Conglomerate at the Global Center that evening.
The city’s rich and powerful considered an invitation a point of pride.
At six in the afternoon, Lin Mushu returned to the Celestial Lake Island villa to change for the banquet.
As she pushed open the door, Lin Haochen was just stepping out of the first-floor bathroom, wearing nothing but a pair of baggy shorts.
The two locked eyes, and the air immediately grew thick with awkwardness.