<h4>Chapter 1446: Chapter 1754: Drinking Contest</h4>


    "I’m not afraid of anything." Du Kang said to himself, "But with so many people in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, even if the innocent are naturally cleared, it’s inevitable that some petty people will gossip behind our backs."


    Ling Chen nodded. "That’s true. Oh right, Elder Du, I heard that some time ago someone broke into the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and rescued that prisoner you were holding, Wang Hao. It’s been so long now—have you caught the person yet?"


    "No, we don’t have any clues for the time being." Speaking of this, Du Kang gave Ling Chen a meaningful look and said lightly, "Some things don’t need to be spelled out too clearly. We’re all smart people here, as long as you understand it in your heart."


    Hearing this, the corners of Ling Chen’s mouth lifted slightly. So Du Kang had already guessed who that intruder was. The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion issuing the Heavenly Mechanism Order was just for show; no one was actually going to investigate this seriously.


    "Elder Du, I advise you to grasp the limits properly, otherwise it’ll be hard for anyone to step down gracefully when things blow up." Ling Chen’s words were both a reminder and a warning. If the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion kept up its rtionship with Su He and continued to help him in secret, then he would have no choice but to take measures.


    "I’m not the one who calls the shots in the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. Telling me this is useless. But I will ry your words to the Pavilion Master."


    "Alright!" Off to the side, Tong Zhentian spoke up, "It’s rare that we’re out drinking, so let’s not talk about such serious topics. Old Man Du, it’s been many years since you and I had a proper drink together. Today we don’t go home until we’re drunk, how about it?"


    Du Kangughed and replied, "I can’t guarantee anything else, but when ites to drinking, I’ll definitely keep youpany to the end." As he finished speaking, Du Kang called the restaurant owner over again and had him move several jars of liquor into the private room.


    Even though the restaurant owner had prepared a big table of dishes, almost nobody touched them; they were all focused on drinking. The drinking session went from noon all the way into the evening, and there were a full ten empty wine jars lined up in the private room.


    Even with Ling Chen’s decent tolerance, after finishing three jars he had no choice but to surrender. As for Tong Zhentian... he was purely relying on his deep internal energy to hold out.


    After downing thest bowl of liquor, Du Kang said with satisfaction, "Today’s drink was really satisfying."


    Ling Chen smiled and said, "We’ll get together again when there’s a chance."


    "Sure, but you’d better work on your tolerance. Don’t be like Old Man Tong here, cheating even when ites to drinking." Pausing for a moment, Du Kang suddenly changed the subject. "You all should be more careful in the next few days."


    Be more careful? Ling Chen was slightly stunned, not reacting for a moment. He quickly asked, "Elder Du, what do you mean by that?"


    Du Kang acted as if he hadn’t heard Ling Chen’s question. He stood up on his own and headed toward the door of the private room. Watching his retreating back, Ling Chen wanted to chase after him to get a clear answer, but was stopped by Tong Zhentian.


    "No need to ask. He’s already said everything he can. Even if you catch up, you won’t get anything out of him. I know Old Man Du. Since he put it that way, there must be danger. We should all be more careful."


    Ling Chen nodded, but in his heart he was still mulling over Du Kang’s warning.


    Du Kang was part of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. If it was the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion that intended to do them harm, he definitely wouldn’t have warned them. Which meant that the ones they needed to be wary of weren’t the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, but... Su He? Ling Chen’s brows furrowed slightly. Most likely only Su He and Su Cheng’en had the ability to threaten their safety.


    Could it be that Du Kang also knew about Su Cheng’en’s existence?


    After leaving the restaurant, Tong Zhentian and He Ziyun went straight back to the Beijing branch. The main purpose of He Ziyun’s trip to Beijing this time was to take over management of the branch, and he still had a lot to deal with. As He Ziyun’s personal disciple, Ye Liangyong naturally apanied him the whole way.


    Returning to Falcon Company, Ling Chen headed straight to his own room. Not long after he entered, he heard a series of knocks at the door from outside.


    "Come in."


    As Ling Chen’s voice fell, the door was pushed open from outside. Seeing Dong Ying walk in, Ling Chen asked, "Assistant Dong, do you need something from me?"


    "Chairman, it’s like this—I just received an anonymous email."


    "Anonymous email?" Ling Chen asked in puzzlement, "What does it say?"


    Dong Ying opened her mouth, hesitated a moment, then took a sheet of paper from the folder she carried with her and handed it to Ling Chen.


    "Chairman, it’s better if you read it yourself."


    Ling Chen skimmed through it, and his expression immediately changed. He asked in a deep voice, "When was this anonymous email sent?"


    "Fifteen minutes ago."


    "Can we still trace the IP address it was sent from?"


    Dong Ying shook her head. "I tried to track the sender’s signal, but they’re very professional. They used multiple IPs to ry the connection. I couldn’t lock onto a specific location." After speaking, she asked worriedly, "Chairman, should we call the police?"


    "No need." Ling Chen said, "I’ll handle this. Just pretend you don’t know anything."


    Before Dong Ying could say anything else, Ling Chen grabbed his jacket and rushed out of the dormitory.


    After more than twenty minutes of driving, Ling Chen arrived at a pork processing nt in the urban area of Beijing. It was already dusk by now. The main gate of the processing nt was tightly shut, and there wasn’t a single light on outside. Ling Chen circled the nt once, then climbed along the wall up to a window.


    "No one..." Looking at the pitch-ck processing nt, Ling Chen frowned slightly. Had the bastard tricked him?


    After thinking for a moment, Ling Chen pushed open the window and slipped straight into the nt.


    Taking in his surroundings, Ling Chen pulled out his phone, turned on the built-in shlight, and slowly walked forward. After passing through arge doorway, a pungent, bloody stench immediately hit him. Ling Chen swung the beam of light around and found that this was a ughter room, sttered with blood everywhere, not cleaned.


    From the ceiling of the ughter room, many freshly butchered pigs were still hanging, row after row, looking especially terrifying in the darkness.


    All of a sudden, Ling Chen’s expression changed as he was checking the ce, his gaze locking onto the very center of the ughter room. Hanging in the middle of those rows of pig carcasses... was actually a person.


    "Xiaozhu!" Ling Chen cried out in shock and hurriedly ran toward Zhu Xiaozhu.


    But just as he took a step, the lights in the ughter room suddenly red on. At the same time, the overhead conveyor slowly began to move, turning Zhu Xiaozhu’s body along with it.


    Seeing this, Ling Chen’s gaze swept around. He grabbed a butcher’s knife from nearby and hurled it at high speed, aiming to cut the rope around Zhu Xiaozhu’s wrists. However, before the knife could reach her, it was blocked by one of the moving pig carcasses.


    At this moment, sharp-eyed Ling Chen noticed that those pig carcasses were being carried by the conveyor belt toward a meat grinder. Not only that, Zhu Xiaozhu was extremely close to the grinder—at most twenty seconds or so, and her body would be turned into minced meat.


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