Chapter 147: New Faces

In the twilight at Sunset Villa, all the guest rooms were secured with traditional metal locks and keys, which looked particularly quaint. They didn't use advanced locks like laser cards, mainly considering the vintage atmosphere of the entire villa. Moreover, in such a leisurely mountain villa halfway up the mountain, with tight security, theft was hardly a concern.

At this moment, in the guest room area, along the long corridor, a young man dressed in the villa's service attire, with a handsome appearance, was pushing a trolley loaded with various cleaning tools. He slowly pushed it to a room door, looked around, and then stopped.

He knocked on the door of the nearest room. There was no response from inside. Feeling uneasy, the servant knocked twice more. Seeing no response from inside, he leaned his ear against the door to listen for any movement inside.

After several tens of seconds, the servant was sure that the guest inside was already asleep.

A slender but flexible metal wire magically appeared in the man's hand. With a cold expression, he inserted the wire into the keyhole of the metal lock and began to grind it in a rhythmic manner, listening to the friction and collision inside the lock. The subtle sounds, only recognizable by professionals, conveyed their meaning.

After about a dozen seconds, there was a crisp click, and the locked door opened from the inside!

The servant calmly put the wire back into his pocket and was about to enter the room when suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind!

Danger?!

Almost instinctively, the servant turned around abruptly, stepping back to the side, nervously looking at the person who tapped his shoulder.

It was a young man wearing the villa's guest room pajamas, with a smile on his face and an average appearance. He was Yang Chen, who had quietly come out upon hearing the unusual sound.

The servant immediately showed a look of embarrassment and awe, apologetically bowing, "I'm sorry, sir. You startled me just now, so I reacted like that."

"I startled you?" Yang Chen rubbed his chin and smirked, "You using a little wire to open a copper lock is what startled me. That skill, it's not something you can master in just one or two years."

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The servant looked bewildered. "Sir, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"It's okay if you don't understand. If you lend me that wire from your pocket, then it'll be fine," Yang Chen said.

The servant's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness as he smiled, "Sure."

The servant's hand reached into his pocket, head lowered, gradually pulling out the contents.

"Go to hell!"

Suddenly, a small, sharp knife with a shimmering, chilling light was pulled out from his pocket. In an instant, it was aimed at Yang Chen's carotid artery!

Yang Chen was prepared. He calmly slapped the servant's knife-wielding hand with one hand, the force causing the servant's arm to go numb, and the sharp knife naturally swung out in a long arc and fell to the ground.

"I wanted the wire, not the knife. I'm not interested in that," Yang Chen said with a faint smile as he watched the servant retreat in pain, clutching his arm.

The servant's once handsome face instantly became fierce and fierce. Suddenly, he reached into the gap in the cleaning tools on the trolley, pulled out a Type 54 pistol, and raised it, intending to shoot at Yang Chen!

"Bang!"

Before the pistol could fire, the handlebar of the trolley in front of the servant suddenly slammed into his chest with tremendous force!

The servant's chest immediately felt intense pain, and he lost grip of the gun, which fell to the ground. His body curled up and rolled over in agony.

Yang Chen retracted his foot that had kicked the trolley and sighed, "If you want to shoot, I'm faster. It's better for me to use the cart as a projectile."

Yang Chen kicked the gun on the ground away and squatted down, grabbing the servant's hand to examine it. With just a quick glance, Yang Chen frowned. With his extensive experience, Yang Chen could ascertain with absolute certainty that this servant was someone who had used a gun for many years. Of course, since the person disguised as a servant couldn't be a police officer, and thieves wouldn't typically use guns regularly, there was only one explanation: an assassin.

"Who sent you to kill Mo Qian Ni?" Yang Chen asked with a slightly hardened expression.

Despite being severely injured and feeling like his bones were about to fall apart, the servant, with stubbornness, coldly snorted and remained silent.

Yang Chen didn't bother to ask further. He simply slapped the poor assassin's face, knocking him unconscious.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the room, and Mo Qian Ni, who had woken up from her drowsiness, finally arrived at the door, witnessing the scene before her. She exclaimed in shock, "Yang Chen, what's going on?!"

Yang Chen shrugged. "I think you should make a phone call to inform the management of the villa."

Although Mo Qian Ni was horrified by what had happened, she was also a calm and strong woman. She immediately ran into the room and dialed the phone number of the villa's management office.

Soon, not only the villa's supervisor and security guards arrived at the scene but even Li Mu Hua, who hadn't gone to bed yet. After all, Yang Chen and Mo Qian Ni were VIPs cooperating with the Twilight Group in business, so they couldn't be neglected.

When everyone arrived and saw the fallen servant and the Type 54 pistol on the ground, they were shocked.

"Mr. Yang, what's going on?!" Li Mu Hua asked anxiously.

Yang Chen yawned and briefly explained how he happened to see the servant trying to use a wire to open Mo Qian Ni's door and later pulling out a gun to try to kill him. He said he was lucky to have kicked the trolley hard enough for the servant to not notice, thus saving his life. Although there were some loopholes in his story, as a victim, it was enough to say so.

Li Mu Hua's face turned pale, and he scolded the supervisors and security heads responsible, "What are you guys doing?! Does a servant bring a gun to work?!"

"CEO, we didn't know either. We've never seen this servant before. His appearance is completely unfamiliar," the supervisor in charge of the guest rooms said, trembling in fear.

"New faces?" Li Muhua wasn't dull either. He looked at Yang Chen and said, "Mr. Yang, it seems that this person is indeed not from our villa. There must be an outsider sneaking in, pretending to want to harm Miss Mo!"

Yang Chen shook his head and said, "Not just to harm Miss Mo. Miss Mo and I are both representatives sent by Yulei for this negotiation. On the first day here, someone tried to assassinate us at night. Just now, he even pulled out a gun directly to kill me. I believe he's not targeting Miss Mo but the negotiator sent by Yulei. If this assassination succeeds, I imagine the next target would be Mr. Lu from Changlin."

Those present understood a bit. This was a concealed assassination behind the scenes of commerce!

Li Muhua's expression became even more solemn. He ordered all bodyguards to focus on protecting this area and thoroughly investigate all the staff on duty, strictly forbidding anyone from entering or leaving without permission.

After all the silent managers dispersed, Li Muhua apologized solemnly to Yang Chen and Mo Qianyi, "I'm sorry, both of you. I didn't expect such a thing to happen on the first day in Hong Kong. It's my negligence. Fortunately, Mr. Yang acted cleverly and skillfully. Otherwise, if both of you were harmed, I'd never forgive myself."

Mo Qianyi hadn't expected the situation to be so dangerous. The crisis hidden behind this business trip made even her, a seasoned businesswoman, feel a chill down her spine. She glanced at Yang Chen, who remained calm and composed beside her, secretly thinking that if it weren't for this "rascal," "rogue," "beast" by her side, she might not have been able to face death calmly.

"I say, Second Master Li, the other party's aim is to obstruct our normal business cooperation. I think both you and I are very clear about the significance of this cooperation. The products developed, manufactured, and sold through this collaboration will greatly propel the future of our three companies, reaching an unparalleled level within the industry. With Second Master Li's intellect, thinking about the true culprit behind this should not be difficult." Yang Chen winked at Li Muhua, smiling.

Li Muhua smiled bitterly, "Indeed, Mr. Yang, you can't hide anything from you. I think of the true culprit behind this, but actually, Mr. Yang and Miss Mo should also know that person, perhaps even clearer than me."