"I can fly it." Huang Xiaorou's gaze also fell on the helicopter. "I previously got some experience at a flight club."

As soon as she finished speaking, Huang Xiaorou quickly walked towards the helicopter.

"Wait a second."

Ye Tianfan suddenly grabbed Huang Xiaorou and glanced at the helicopter, speaking coldly: "It's a trap."

"A trap?" Huang Xiaorou was taken aback. She couldn't help but take another look at the helicopter, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't detect any signs of a trap.

"They trapped us here to stall for time. Do you think they'd leave us with a means of transportation? If I'm not mistaken, the helicopter is probably rigged with a bomb that will explode as soon as it starts. We'd be finished."

Ye Tianfan kept his gaze on the lifeboat, feeling it was the safer option despite being a bit tiring and slow.

"Let's go, let's use this."

Ye Tianfan dismantled the lifeboat from the deck and threw it into the sea. Then he picked up Huang Xiaorou and jumped in.

The two of them were paddling the lifeboat slowly towards the dock while the "Lover's River" cruise gradually moved out of their sight.

At this moment, Huang Xiaorou took out her phone: "I have a signal now."

Ye Tianfan turned to glance at the distant "Lover's River," thinking that the problem must have been with the ship; it was likely equipped with a signal jammer.

"I'll call someone to rescue us." Huang Xiaorou quickly dialed a call, and approximately two hours later, a man in his early twenties appeared in Ye Tianfan's view driving a speedboat.

"Lin Xiaofeng?" Ye Tianfan was very surprised. He never expected Lin Xiaofeng to be the one who came.

"Haha, surprised? In a critical moment, a brother is the one to rely on." Lin Xiaofeng extended a hand to pull Huang Xiaorou onto the speedboat, and Ye Tianfan jumped on board too.

"How come you're here?" As soon as he spoke, Ye Tianfan turned to look at Huang Xiaorou: "Did you call him?"

Before Huang Xiaorou could answer, Lin Xiaofeng grinned mischievously: "Hehe, when in danger, of course you call your boyfriend. Heroic rescues like these shouldn't be left to others."

Boyfriend?

Ye Tianfan raised an eyebrow at Lin Xiaofeng, surprised that this persistent guy had actually managed to win over Huang Xiaorou.

"What the heck? When did you two get together?" Ye Tianfan asked.

Lin Xiaofeng chuckled, "It's been over a month, I guess."

Over a month, around the same time Ye Tianfan and Qin Ruomeng got their marriage certificate.

"Hurry up, I think something's wrong at the company." Huang Xiaorou's face was full of urgency as she kept urging Lin Xiaofeng to speed up.

"Alright, off we go!"

Lin Xiaofeng pushed the throttle, and the speedboat surged forward, riding the waves, and quickly reached the dock.

"Bro, I'll escort Xiaorou back to the company, you..."

At the dock, Lin Xiaofeng casually put his arm around Huang Xiaorou's shoulder and smiled as he spoke.

Ye Tianfan gave him a sidelong glance. Having been college classmates with Lin Xiaofeng for four years, he knew his ways all too well. He was definitely someone who prioritized romance over friendship, willing to sacrifice friendships for the sake of his girlfriend.

"Go on, I'll head back to the company by myself." Ye Tianfan waved his hand and left the dock alone. When he returned to the Lingbei Trade Zone, he suddenly discovered that all the cargo ships originally docked there were gone.

"Ji Liancheng, where are the cargo ships at the dock?" Ye Tianfan quickly went to Ji Liancheng's office, where he saw him busy sorting through documents.

"They've sailed out to sea." Ji Liancheng quickly responded upon seeing Ye Tianfan enter.

"Sailed out? What about the cargo? Did they swap it out?" Ye Tianfan demanded.

"No, they didn't swap it out." Ji Liancheng looked a bit puzzled.

"You let those cargo ships sail out with defective goods?" Ye Tianfan was instantly furious. Knowing that this batch of goods had issues, he still allowed the ships to sail. If these reached the overseas market, the Qin Group's reputation would be utterly ruined!

"Wasn't it you who said to let the cargo ships sail and mitigate the losses first, then work on recovery?"

"I said that?" Ye Tianfan was also taken aback: "When did I say that?"

"It was just a moment ago, half an hour ago!"

Ji Liancheng seemed to realize something: "Could it be that person wasn't you?"

Ji Liancheng carefully recalled the situation. When Ye Tianfan suggested letting the ships sail with defective goods, he strongly opposed it, but Ye Tianfan insisted, citing immediate financial strain at the Qin Group, recommending handling losses first, then managing reputation.

Ji Liancheng always found this fishy, and now it seemed there really was something suspicious.

"We've been set up by someone!"

Ye Tianfan's expression turned grim. Ji Liancheng was no fool; ordinary people wouldn't easily deceive him, reminding Ye Tianfan of that mysterious person—the one he encountered in the Qin Group Building wielding a scalpel.

That person was a master of disguise!

From appearance to voice, everything could be disguised, and they were skilled in both medical science and ancient martial arts—a truly troublesome character.

"At dawn, come back to the company with me and go through all the Qin Group's employee records. I need to dig out a certain person."

Ye Tianfan's face turned fierce. He was sure that the mysterious person was hiding within the Qin Group.

"Who? Is it a corporate spy?" Ji Liancheng furrowed his brows as well.

"Hmph, she's much more formidable than a corporate spy!" Ye Tianfan's eyes gleamed coldly. An enemy lurking right under his nose, capable of delivering a fatal blow to the company at any time, was truly terrifying—a thorn in his side.

"What about the cargo ships that already sailed out?" Ji Liancheng's face changed. Compared to the corporate spy, the cargo ships were of utmost priority—once they reached an overseas port and the goods were delivered, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Qin Group's decades-long legacy in the overseas market could all go up in smoke.

"Notify the captains to turn back immediately." Ye Tianfan ordered urgently.

"Alright!" Ji Liancheng immediately grabbed the phone in his office and started making calls incessantly.

The first ship, the second ship, all the way to the seventh; the cargo ships were out of contact, phones unreachable!

Ji Liancheng panicked: "Young Master Ye, the cargo ships are out of contact! Could it be..."

Ji Liancheng feared that someone was sabotaging them, leading to a maritime accident and causing the ships to sink.

Ye Tianfan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "No, if they went through such lengths to get our ships to sea, they definitely wouldn't sabotage them. They want our ships to safely reach the overseas ports."

"What do we do now?" Ji Liancheng's expression also sank slightly.

Ye Tianfan sighed, walking slowly to the window, gazing out at the hazy moonlight, feeling a headache. In business, the storms roiling the commercial world were no less turbulent than those in the Ancient Martial Realm.

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