Ye Niao knew her speed could not match that of bullets.
She could only obediently raise her hands.
Despair flickered in her eyes.
What kind of place was this? Why were there so many people with guns?
This could not possibly be a legitimate company.
What was Li Chonglou doing here?
Since she had fallen into their hands, she didn't even know if she could keep her life. What was the use of thinking so much?
She felt she had let down Director Huang for his constant cultivation and guidance.
If only she hadn't been so rash and impulsive.
Ye Niao regretted it immensely.
In the blink of an eye, her hands were tied, and she was shoved into the president's office on the eighth floor.
"Little girl, what are you doing at my company?" Kong Mo sat behind his spacious desk, his eyes cold and his voice chilling.
"Looking for someone!" Ye Niao was forced to sit in a chair in front of Kong Mo, biting her lip.
"Hahaha..."
Kong Mo's expression softened, and he clapped his hands in amusement. "This is the first time I've heard such a reason. How novel!"
"You come to my Xingzhi Group looking for someone. Do you know the consequences?"
These words sent a jolt through Ye Niao.
On the way here, she had speculated countless times, guessing that this company was probably not legitimate.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many guns and henchmen.
She might be mistaken for someone trying to probe for secrets and possibly be silenced.
This situation was untenable.
Helplessly, she explained, "I really am looking for someone. I didn't see anything else."
"Can you believe me?"
Upon hearing this, the smile on Kong Mo's face instantly froze, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes. "Hmph, you won't shed tears until you see the coffin."
"I've seen plenty of people like you, whether you were sent by the police or have any other background."
"By trespassing into Xingzhi Group, your fate has already been sealed."
"Your stubbornness is useless."
"Take her away!"
Before Ye Niao could argue further, she was escorted out of the office to a windowless room not far away.
Inside, there was an electric chair.
Seeing this, a panicked look involuntarily appeared in Ye Niao's beautiful eyes.
She had seen such devices in movies. An ordinary person sitting on it would experience full-body convulsions from the electric current.
In more severe cases, they might even lose bladder and bowel control.
It would be worse than death.
As she was forced to sit on it and the restraints were locked, Ye Niao completely broke down, thinking of the inhuman torture she was about to endure.
Tears streamed down her face as she struggled desperately, but to no avail.
She could only cry and beg, "I really came to look for someone. Please believe me, okay?"
"I'll never come here again. Let me go... I beg you, please let me go..."
The people escorting her looked at her with contempt.
This woman was too much of a coward.
In the past, everyone who sat in this chair was a man of iron will, unyielding even in the face of death.
Heh... A woman.
With such cowardice, she dared to infiltrate the company. She was seeking death.
Zzzzz...
The next second, the switch for the electric chair was flipped on amidst Ye Niao's pleas, and the sound instantly vanished.
Ye Niao's entire body contorted and convulsed as if suffering from a seizure.
Her mind went blank, and a piercing pain spread from her limbs towards her heart, as if she were being pricked by thousands of needles. The pain rapidly dissolved her consciousness into chaos.
Her eyeballs began to roll upwards, her body trembled violently, and foam even spilled from the corners of her mouth.
In an instant, a beautiful young woman transformed into a ferocious ghost under the electric chair.
*Click.*
Just then, the current suddenly cut off.
Fuzzily, she heard a threatening voice: "Who sent you? If you don't say, I'll turn the current up to maximum!"
"Not only will you lose control of your bladder and bowels, but you'll also be permanently disabled, even becoming a vegetative state."
"Of course, compared to that, your chances of leaving Xingzhi Group are almost zero."
"So there's no need to care, right?"
Ye Niao's consciousness was gradually returning. She was terrified to death. After all, she was a girl who had always stayed by Director Huang's side and had never experienced major storms.
Invincible in smooth sailing, she became foolish when facing adversity.
Even if she wanted to confess, she didn't know what to confess. She had genuinely come here to find someone.
To find that damned Li Chonglou.
Thinking of this, Ye Niao gritted her teeth and made her final explanation: "I really came to find..."
Unfortunately, before she could finish, the switch was turned on again.
This time, it was at maximum power.
Ye Niao's body instantly straightened, lifting off the chair. A dampness rose from beneath her, quickly soaking the entire chair.
A faint, musky odor immediately permeated the room.
The people watching burst into laughter.
How many people had sat in this room? There were police informants, traitors, and rivals.
But women were extremely rare. Ye Niao's appearance undoubtedly satisfied the perverse lust for torment in these men's hearts.
Watching her become neither human nor ghost, losing control of her bladder and bowels, an unparalleled sense of excitement surged through them.
At this moment, Ye Niao no longer wished to live; she only longed for death.
Alas, she could no longer even speak.
*Bang!*
At this moment of utmost despair, the door was suddenly kicked open violently. A person wearing the same black suit as these henchmen, with a masquerade mask, burst into the room.
Before the henchmen could turn, he delivered rapid hand chops, swift as lightning.
*Crack crack crack...*
One by one, they were all knocked unconscious, collapsing to the ground almost simultaneously.
The next second, the masked man turned off the power switch.
He yanked the wires off Ye Niao and prepared to lift her.
His brow furrowed when he touched the dampness on her pants.
However, he still picked her up in his arms and rushed out of the room.
Not long after, the henchmen lying unconscious in the interrogation room were discovered, shouts erupted in the control room, and pursuit was underway everywhere.
Kong Mo, sitting in his office, also received the news.
His face was ashen, his eyes as deep and sinister as solid substance. "Dig three feet into the ground to find her! Bring her back alive, or her corpse!"
He was now certain that this woman had definitely come to investigate Xingzhi Group's smuggling of artifacts. If she escaped, Xingzhi Group would face disaster.
After so many years, how could anyone rescue someone from the heavily guarded eighth floor?
Unless there was an accomplice who infiltrated, but every employee of Xingzhi Group had undergone strict vetting.
They were constantly monitored.
Unless...
No, there was still one person, who had just reported for duty and hadn't yet been equipped with a listening and tracking watch.
Li Chonglou!
Kong Mo's eyes narrowed into slits, his killing intent blazing.
He had originally intended to let him join the company, use it as an opportunity to lower his guard, and then, using listening devices and tracking systems, find out where the copied documents were stored, and then find an opportunity to eliminate him.
He didn't expect him to get there first and even have an accomplice.
Thinking of this, Kong Mo slammed the table and roared, "Someone, bring Li Chonglou to me immediately!"
"Yes!" The henchmen hurried away.
At this very moment, the masked man had already leaped out of the third-floor window with Ye Niao in his arms, landing in a dense flower bed.
Then, without pausing, he carried her out beyond the tall courtyard walls with a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary person.
As they landed, Ye Niao's consciousness had already returned.
The masked man also reached out and removed his mask, revealing Li Chonglou's face.
Ye Niao's eyes widened in disbelief.
She asked weakly, "You saved me?"
She could never have imagined that she had entered Xingzhi Group to kill Li Chonglou, only to be captured and almost killed.
Instead, she was saved by Li Chonglou.
This...
In an instant, her heart was filled with a jumble of emotions.
"No time to chat, hurry back, and never follow me again," Li Chonglou said coldly.
As he was wandering around, he heard the alarm blaring, so he opened the stairwell isolation door to go down, only to see Ye Niao escaping and being pursued.
Ye Niao didn't notice him, and then she was captured and taken to Kong Mo's office and interrogation room.
Li Chonglou secretly followed, fortunately, the personnel were all evacuated at this time, so he wasn't afraid of encountering ordinary employees.
He then saw a discarded suit and a mask, which led to the scene above.
Of course, even if Li Chonglou were foolish, he knew Ye Niao was following him.
As for the reason, it certainly wasn't admiration for him.
It was just that he was in a crucial period now and had no time to figure it out.
"I..." Ye Niao hesitated to speak.
Li Chonglou had no time to pay attention to her. He took off his clothes, discarded the mask, turned around, climbed over the courtyard wall covered with barbed wire, and flipped back inside.
Soon, he blended into the crowd, pretending that nothing had happened.
A minute later, several henchmen appeared before him and said coldly, "Li Chonglou, the president wants to see you!"
"Is everything alright upstairs?" Li Chonglou feigned concern.
"Don't waste time, come with us." The attitude of these men was extremely hostile.
They took Li Chonglou to the eighth floor and into Kong Mo's office.
Kong Mo immediately put on a smiling face, gestured for Li Chonglou to sit down, and asked, "Master Li, are you getting used to working at the company?"
"It's alright. I was just getting familiar with the environment when the fire alarm went off, so I went downstairs with everyone else," Li Chonglou replied with a straight face. "Did President Kong need something from me?"
He was in disguise, so he wasn't afraid even if there were cameras.
After discarding the mask and suit, he deliberately avoided the surveillance. With his skills and speed, he wasn't worried about being discovered.
Therefore, he was unconcerned.
Kong Mo saw this, and a dark cloud gathered in his eyes.
He had initially thought Li Chonglou had rescued the person, but unexpectedly, Li Chonglou was downstairs.
It was impossible for a normal person to get someone out of the eighth floor and escape in such a short time.
Li Chonglou looked frail and weak, appearing to be without the strength to lift a chicken. It seemed impossible for him to have done it.
He had also checked the surveillance footage. The person was wearing his henchman's clothes and a demoness mask, appearing out of nowhere and vanishing without a trace.
But his intuition told him that this matter was definitely related to Li Chonglou.
However, he couldn't produce any evidence.
Furthermore, Li Chonglou was still of great use to him, and he couldn't kill him for the time being.
Thus, Kong Mo hid the darkness in his eyes and put on a false smile. "It's nothing. I apologize for startling you."
"It's your first day at work, and this happened. It's the company's poor management."
"Also, the watch that the HR department applied for you is ready, and I'm supposed to give it to you."
Saying this, he took an iWatch electronic watch from his drawer and handed it to Li Chonglou.
Li Chonglou accepted it calmly and put it on his wrist.
They were all old foxes; they clearly understood each other's games.
Kong Mo suspected him but could find no evidence, and Li Chonglou was now Kong Mo's employee, so whatever he said was considered.
Everyone knew this tacitly.