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"So? Is this your explanation???" Chen Rui placed the black tea on the desk and stared at the tactical commander in front of him, Peng Hao.
Seventy minutes ago, Chen Rui's orders had confined everyone to the office on the 11th floor of the building. During this time, he had called for food eight times, each time using a cart from the restaurant. Preparing meals for over thirty people was no small task, and ordering from outside would surely attract attention. After all, they were more than thirty individuals. Left with no choice, Chen Rui had to instruct the restaurant to prepare over thirty boxed meals for each meal and send them over.
Now, as his subordinates began to express their dissatisfaction, the restaurant manager was also feeling some frustration. After all, it was quite rare for over thirty people to remain cooped up in an office without stepping outside.
"What other explanation is there? It's just these two options: either they discovered our intentions," at this point, Peng Hao couldn't help but glance at Li Xue, only to meet her gaze directly, which made him feel a bit awkward.
"I haven't done anything. Don't push the blame onto others just because things didn't go as you expected," Li Xue said with dissatisfaction as she looked at Peng Hao. Only after Chen Rui calmed her down did she stop dwelling on it and continued sipping her coffee.
"Then it really was my misjudgment. Their movements were quicker than ours; they slipped away while we were unaware and saw through our tricks," Peng Hao shook his head helplessly, leaning against the partition between two desks with a nonchalant expression.
"Change your attitude before talking to me," Chen Rui frowned slightly. This Peng Hao never seemed flustered, but his calmness during a crisis was truly frustrating to witness.
Peng Hao shrugged and walked away indifferently.
Li Xue slid her chair closer to Chen Rui and tapped his head lightly with a spoon next to her coffee cup as if striking a wooden fish. The spoon was secondary; the point of impact was precise. Although the action seemed small, it caused Chen Rui considerable pain.
"What are you doing?" Chen Rui feigned a look of grievance as he stared at Li Xue, forcing a smile. "Sister, don't take out your unhappiness on me; that really hurts, you know."
"What does pain mean to you?" Li Xue directly exposed Chen Rui's lie.
"Even if it's not too painful, it still hurts! Do you like pain? And using a coffee spoon to hit me—aren't you afraid I have dandruff? If you stir it later, it will definitely taste different," Chen Rui joked.
"Oh? Then I’m sorry to ruin your fantasy. I never use a coffee spoon when I drink coffee. Didn't you notice before? What were you thinking during our dates???" Li Xue pressed on relentlessly, poking fun at him and making Chen Rui quite unhappy.
"Sister, let me off the hook here. What’s your opinion?" Chen Rui stopped joking and put on a serious expression.
"Do I need to tell you my opinion? Aren't we on different sides? Why should I share anything with you?" Li Xue smirked, waving the pink coffee spoon in front of Chen Rui like it was a weapon.
"If you're not going to tell me, then why did you come over? Just to hang out?" Chen Rui reached out to tickle Li Xue's slim waist, startling her quite a bit.
Li Xue set down her coffee cup, feeling compelled to say, "Stop messing around. I'm serious with you."
Chen Rui clasped his hands under his chin, adopting a look of earnest attention.
"I don't know if you're pretending or what, but you all seem to forget to consider things from another angle." Li Xue crossed her arms, staring at Chen Rui's smiling face, unable to contain her irritation. "You, no matter when, can always manage to smile. I really admire that about you."
"Smile a little, and you'll feel ten years younger," Chen Rui replied with a grin. "Don't I look quite young?"
"Sure! Young like an old man or woman in their sixties," Li Xue shot back, looking at Chen Rui's face in a playful challenge. His face did indeed look very youthful, resembling that of a freshly graduated college student. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he looked ten years younger than his actual age. In contrast, while she was also considered young, it was easy to discern her real age upon closer inspection.
"Let's not get sidetracked," Chen Rui reminded her.
"Well, it's not my fault; you led me off track," Li Xue rolled her eyes at him and continued, "Besides the two possibilities you mentioned, I believe there's another possibility—one that is actually the most likely: they might not know the truth of the situation but are waiting for you to reveal your hand before they act."
"Reveal our hand?" Chen Rui asked in response.
Li Xue nodded and took a sip of her coffee. "Yes! In other words, they see through your setup. To them, if it's a real operation, the longer it takes, the more dangerous it becomes for them. But if it's a trap you've set, then the longer it goes on, the safer they feel."
"That's completely opposite," Chen Rui added with a laugh. "In that case, they probably have a limit to their patience, and what we need to do is avoid revealing any signs before they break that limit."
"Exactly! But why didn't you understand this before? No... you should have figured it out. That guy Peng... Director Peng should have realized it too. Could it be..." Li Xue suddenly understood that she had been outsmarted again. Her beautiful brows furrowed slightly as she aimed for Chen Rui's hand and lunged at him.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Ouch! Are you a dog? My goodness, let go! Sister, I made a mistake already! This isn't my intention; it's that rascal Peng Hao's fault!" Chen Rui exclaimed as Li Xue bit down hard on his left hand, leaving a row of teeth marks. Because she bit down so forcefully, the skin on his hand broke open, and blood quickly flowed from the marks.
"This isn't just my fault; you're only biting me..." Chen Rui complained about his sister-in-law's strong bite.
"Hmph! You're the only one in front of me; if I don't bite you, who else would I bite? I can't hit you hard anyway; it's better just to bite! This way, I've left my mark on you." Li Xue grinned wickedly and even stuck out her tongue at Chen Rui, leaving him feeling both amused and exasperated.
Suddenly, Peng Hao appeared behind Li Xue and clapped his hands loudly, startling her. "What a lovely couple! I'm so envious!" he said in a teasing tone, his facial expression comically strained as if he were holding back laughter.
Chen Rui shot Peng Hao an annoyed glance. "I curse Ye Han to have such strong teeth too. Sheryl, I give you a mission: pick a day and teach Ye Han this trick."
"Alright." Li Xue replied naturally, suddenly showing an unusual excitement as she smiled happily. "Alright, from now on, just call me that. If you dare to change my name again, my heart..."
Chen Rui shivered at her words, and Peng Hao began to sweat on his back. He hurriedly changed the subject. "Since her credibility has been confirmed, all we need to do now is wait and see who can hold their breath."
"Wow, so you’ve always doubted me. I can’t believe I spent that whole night..." Li Xue looked at Chen Rui with watery eyes, tears seemingly ready to fall at any moment.
"Hey, hey, hey, don’t get excited! It’s not me, really! It’s him, it’s him—bad guy Boss Peng! It was his idea." Chen Rui quickly reassured her while thinking to himself: This kid is really something; just a little provocation and she’s about to cry.
"You’re lying! You have the highest rank here; when could he ever order you around? Everything was your idea!" Li Xue covered her face with her hands, and Chen Rui seemed to see glimmers of tears starting to fall.
"Huh?" Peng Hao grinned at Chen Rui. "That night? Which night? Oh! You two spent the night outside before; what did you do that night?" Peng Hao pretended to lean in close to Chen Rui, but his voice was loud enough for everyone around to hear.
Chen Rui shot him a glare. He wanted to explain but noticed Peng Hao's right hand subtly pointing at Li Xue.
Following Peng Hao's direction, he saw Li Xue covering her face, looking utterly miserable.
Wait! Chen Rui suddenly noticed that the corners of Li Xue's mouth were slightly upturned—not in a way that suggested she was about to cry, but rather like she was trying not to laugh!
Chen Rui pushed Peng Hao aside and relaxed. "That night? We just enjoyed the night view together; that's all. I held her—what’s wrong with that?"
"How could there be a problem? Who are you? You’re our boss! Even if you did some things that men do, we wouldn’t have any objections at all, right comrades?" Peng Hao shouted with a grin, immediately receiving a chorus of agreement from those around.
"Enough already!" Chen Rui said helplessly as he rubbed his forehead. "You’ve had enough fun; if you keep this up, I’ll get angry."
Li Xue realized her act had been exposed and unhappily sat down in a nearby chair. Her lips curled slightly in a cute manner, instantly extinguishing the last bit of Chen Rui's anger.
"Observation team report! Code 11; repeat: Code 11!" The voice of Lujie came through the intercom, tinged with urgency.
In the universal code system announced by Chen Rui, code 11 indicated confirmation of enemy activity.
Chen Rui quickly responded, "What’s going on? Lujie, speak!"
Lujie's voice was a bit agitated. "A Buick Business Van that had been parked on the third floor of the parking lot in front of the company has been driven away. Four people got in, but no one took the driver's seat!"
"Are you sure? Could it be an observation error?" Chen Rui, hearing this news, was also somewhat excited, but he hadn’t let his emotions cloud his judgment. He quickly sought to confirm the authenticity of Lujie's information.
"Absolutely. That vehicle suddenly stopped there three minutes ago. When it stopped, no one got out of the driver's seat, but four people got out. The van didn’t move at all, and there were no other passengers getting in or out. Just after those four people got in, the vehicle drove off immediately. Among them were two men and two women! The driver should be a man."
"How do you know?" Chen Rui realized he had asked a foolish question.
"Biological reasons..." Lujie cleverly sidestepped the sensitive topic.
"Three men and two women, the likelihood is very high," Chen Rui pondered. "If we're wrong, we’ll be the ones losing first."
"If it’s them, and we don’t act, we’ll still lose!" Peng Hao chimed in with a smile; he had already guessed Chen Rui's decision.
Chen Rui nodded. "All women stay here. Lu Jie Group will continue to maintain vigilance. The rest of you, arm up and get in the vehicles!"
"Understood!" Everyone saluted and rushed out of the office. Previously, due to Chen Rui's orders to stand by, they had already armed themselves and were just waiting for this command.
"That's great," Peng Hao said, patting Chen Rui on the shoulder. "You have an excellent team of soldiers."
"Not just a team," Chen Rui replied, looking at Li Xue beside him. "I practically have an army!"
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