Although ten million yuan was not a small amount for Wang Xu, especially for a businessman like him, his liquidity was limited. After all, most of his money was spent on goods. It was a bit difficult to take out ten million yuan at once. However, for the safety of his daughter, he would still try his best.
"Wait here, I'll go make a call." Lingshan felt that she needed to talk to Mengyao privately. She didn't know when Xinyan became Lin Yi's girlfriend, but since she was Lin Yi's girlfriend, Lin Yi couldn't just ignore it. There had to be a way.
Wang Xuben nodded helplessly. He'd wanted to ask for help from the Xiao family and House Kang- after all, Xinyan was from the Xiao family, the daughter-in-law of House Kang. But after hearing that his daughter had a boyfriend at school, Wang Xuben gave up on that idea!
Although, he didn't think that his daughter was that reckless. She was already engaged to House Kang, and yet she was still looking for a boyfriend at school? But the problem now was that it was better to believe it was true than not. If House Kang came and heard that his daughter had made Zhaolong a cuckold, they wouldn't let it go easily. It was better to wait for his daughter to come back and ask her about it!
Lingshan, on the other hand, dialed Mengyao's number as soon as she got into the office.
Mengyao wasn't surprised that Lingshan was calling so soon. "Lingshan … sis."
"Yao Yao, is there something else?" Lingshan asked.
"Wu Chentian has contacted the hidden House Pi, and I heard that Old Pi is coming here himself. He's going to take care of this personally!" Mengyao didn't hide anything from Lingshan. One, Lingshan was from a noble house, and two, they were familiar with each other.
"The hidden House Pi is going to interfere?" Lingshan didn't understand what Mengyao was saying- Xinyan was kidnapped, why would the hidden House Pi be here? Weren't they Xiao family's support? And did they have a grudge against Lin Yi?
"Pi Zhishan from House Pi has already called Lin Yi his boss." Mengyao didn't know much about the specifics either. "Anyway, he's a Sky class early phase. It shouldn't be a problem if he's there."
"That's good …" Lingshan had been thinking about asking the Supernatural Investigation Department to get involved after hearing that the guy was a practitioner, but it seemed like there was no need for that now. If even Old Pi couldn't handle this, then no one else would be able to.
Lingshan hung up and walked out to speak to Wang Xuben and his wife. "I've made the arrangements. If the kidnappers call again, just do what they want and do it half-heartedly. Don't be in a rush to pay the money, though. It shouldn't be much of a problem if you drag it out for today."
Lingshan didn't mention anything about hiding House Pi, and since Mengyao didn't mention it, it meant that she didn't want Wang Xuben and his wife to know.
"Ah, that's great, thank you so much!" Wang Xuben said, relieved that Lingshan had arranged everything!
Lingshan wanted to say that he didn't need to thank her, but decided against it after some thought …
Scorpion thought that the job was done, and so he returned to the headquarter. He told 02 to continue watching Xinyan, and there was no need to worry about anything happening with him here.
Jianwen went straight to the HQ, "How was it? Nothing happened, right?"
"Nothing after that, everything went smoothly!" Scorpion said.
"That's good." Jianwen nodded. "Don't mess with people like Xinyan in the future. Nothing good will come out of anything related to Lin Yi!"
"Yeah, it was really dangerous this time." Scorpion was scared out of his wits as well. Being chased by a random monster made his legs cramp, and he almost got into an accident.
"En, right, as my brain, you shouldn't show your face all the time. It's easy to attract trouble. Do you have anyone else you can trust? Recommend me someone to help you out." Jianwen said. "You won't be able to handle it yourself when we start robbing noble houses."
"Hm … I have a cousin in my hometown, his nickname is Little Pure. He's pretty smart, maybe we can get him to try?" Scorpion said after some thought.
"Alright, let him come, but don't bring him to me yet. Arrange some things for him to do, and we'll talk about it when he's good." Jianwen was still wary of strangers. He knew the guy's background, but he wouldn't give him any important tasks.
"Alright, I'll get him to handle some unimportant things for now," Scorpion nodded.
… …
The night passed uneventfully, and the sun rose in the midst of the tranquility.
Lingshan, Wang Xuben, and Qinlin didn't sleep the entire night, waiting for the kidnapper's call. But other than the previous call, there weren't any other calls.
Scorpion was different from the other kidnappers. He was fearless and he knew that it would take some time to prepare the ransom for Wang Xuben. It was useless for him to rush Wang Xuben. On the contrary, it would give Wang Xuben even more pressure if he didn't rush him.
So, after saying goodbye to Jianwen's place, he went back to sleep, not worrying about Xinyan at all.
With test subject number two guarding her, Xinyan wouldn't be able to escape. Even if someone tried to cause trouble, they'd have to be careful if they could leave alive.
The next morning, Elder Pi and Elder Wu arrived at the villa almost at the same time.
Elder Wu, Wu Gonggao, was the first to arrive. He had received good news from Chentian, saying that Lin Yi valued him greatly, leveling him up to Earth class early phase, giving him physical practitioner's body refining elixir, as well as forming a connection with the hidden House Pi. This made Gonggao very happy and surprised!
Ever since Chentian became friends with Lin Yi, House Wu's power had risen, and Chentian's strength had risen from a mere Golden class early phase to Earth class early phase. He was several levels higher than the head of House Wu, and he was a practitioner of both inner and outer body. Who knew how many times stronger he was now!
This time, not only did Chentian bring good news of his breakthrough, but he also received the body refining fluid from Lin Yi. Most importantly, he received one for himself. Gonggao felt that the smartest person in the family was still his grandson!
Back then, Gonggao was very unhappy that he had made Lin Yi his boss. He felt that it was a disgrace to the family, but now it seemed that Chentian was very smart. In the noble house level, Lin Yi was the strongest, and in the hidden house level, there were two hidden houses that recognized Lin Yi as their boss!
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