Chapter 989: Chapter 978: Xiao Qing is in Trouble, Come Quickly!
Ning Fan took out his phone and skimmed through the text message from Xiaoqing.
The message was quite brief and even had a typo, suggesting that the situation was quite dire.
Ning Fan looked up at the company’s building. While it was clearly several stories shorter than the Xu Corporation headquarters, it still stood tall and imposing, with its blue glass exterior gleaming in an arrogant defiance of the world.
Finding a specific employee’s office in a building of at least fifty stories is nearly an impossible task for ordinary people.
Fortunately, Ning Fan was not an ordinary person.
When Ning Fan decided early in the morning to come downstairs and see what opportunities presented themselves, Ouyang Feifei had already sent him a detailed schematic of the building, clearly marking the exact location of Xu Xiaoqing’s office.
For an elite organization like the Shadow Team, understanding the specifics of a non-militarized building was child’s play.
Of course, what Ouyang Feifei provided was not just information about the building, but also details on the company’s senior personnel.
The blue building in front belonged to the Jiuyao Group, and the so-called “Jiuyao” referred to the group chairman Su Xinghai and eight brothers bound by life and death.
All nine of them had military backgrounds; some had been mercenary leaders, others had achieved illustrious feats in the marine corps. In short, they were not to be trifled with.
Ning Fan flexed his wrists and strode into the company’s first-floor lobby.
“Sir, hello. How may I assist you?”
The receptionist wore a dignified smile, but her gaze seemed to avoid Ning Fan.
After all, Ning Fan in his crew-neck T-shirt and casual pants didn’t look like a businessperson. By ordinary logic, at most he was here to visit a friend or relative working nearby.
Ning Fan placed his hands on the front desk, leaned forward abruptly with an exaggerated grin, and said loudly:
“Yes, your chairman lost a bet to me yesterday, wagering the rest of a lovely lady’s life. Look, here’s the photo. Could you find someone to lead the way for me?”
Ning Fan said as he took out a photo of Xu Xiaoqing and waved it in front of the receptionist.
The receptionist awkwardly laughed and gently shook her head, responding:
“Sir, we are a legitimate company and do not engage in human trafficking.”
Ning Fan shrugged, his face full of the expression of being made fun of:
“I don’t know if this is a legitimate company, but I do know your chairman is certainly not a legitimate person. He lost a lot of indescribable things to a few brothers at the casino yesterday. Those were all perks, tsk tsk.”
The receptionist seemed slightly angered, her slender brows slightly furrowing.
“Sir, if you continue to speak so carelessly, we will have to call security.”
“Hey, that Su big shot is really unreliable. Yesterday he promised that I could have fun with the lady as much as I want, and today he has you two making it difficult for me! I tell you, he even told me her office yesterday, right on the east side, second office from the end on the seventeenth floor. If she doesn’t come down or you don’t let me go up, I won’t let this slide!”
“Again with troublemakers, what about the promised strengthening of a law-based society? Security, security!”
Seeing Ning Fan being persistent, the receptionist shouted towards the patrolling security guards.
Seven or eight burly security guards immediately surrounded Ning Fan, their heavy breathing causing the other staff in the hall to quickly move two meters away.
“Sigh, I thought I was quite a catch, finally hit a romantic streak, but why so many twists and turns?”
Just as he finished speaking, Ning Fan left a lazy afterimage at the front desk and transformed into a gust of wind, kicking fiercely at the nearest security guard.
“Aow…”
The kicked security guard let out a miserable shriek, flying nearly ten meters away on the spot, spewing foam and passing out.
The remaining security guards were momentarily stunned, having yet to process what had transpired, and instinctively found their heads banging onto the cold marble floor.
“Is he… the national Sanda champion?”
The receptionist held her forehead and shook her head, feeling like she was dreaming.
Ning Fan loosened his shoulders and walked straight into the elevator, pressing the button marked 17.
Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoqing, distracted and restless, was flipping through files on her computer hard drive, discovering a hidden folder called “Scarlet Colleagues” filled with photos of scantily clad, coerced office girls, some resembling covers of Island nation romance films.
Upon closer inspection, most of the scenes in the photos were actually from her office!
It was terrifying! Clearly, she’d fallen into a den of thieves!
Beside her, Xiao Chen, who was responsible for monitoring her, picked up the phone and made a call. Xu Xiaoqing knew this was a signal of impending disaster.
But she could do nothing, except continue clicking the mouse, acting as if she were still working.
Before long, the supervisor walked in again, wearing a layer of outrage faker than could be imagined.
“Xiaoqing, I can’t believe your attitude towards admitting mistakes is so poor, watching… indecent things with the company’s computer during work hours. It’s too much! I have no choice but to educate you right now, come with me!”
With that, the supervisor, without allowing any argument, grabbed Xu Xiaoqing’s slender wrist and started to drag her out of the office.
“Let go of me! What indecent things? Aren’t those filthy pics made by you perverts for your own amusement? Let go of me, I’m calling the police!”
Xu Xiaoqing screamed loudly, flailing her fists wildly.
Nevertheless, her strength was far inferior to the supervisor’s, and she was being dragged step by step out into the corridor.
The thought of becoming the female lead in high-exposure photos left Xu Xiaoqing feeling indescribably aggrieved.
Throughout Xu Xiaoqing’s ordeal of being dragged away, no one in the office stood up to stop it. Everyone wore blank expressions, as if they were accustomed to the supervisor’s transgressions.
The screams gradually faded down the corridor, eventually being drowned out by the dull sound of keyboard typing.
At that moment, Ning Fan pushed the door open, shouting loudly:
“Xiaoqing, are you okay? Has the greasy uncle not laid a hand on you yet?”
No one responded.
It was as if Ning Fan were just a waft of air.
In the office, there was still only the sound of keyboard tapping and pens scratching against paper.
This made Ning Fan quite displeased, but the anger did not cloud his sharp vision. He immediately spotted Xu Xiaoqing’s handbag left on the desk.
Ning Fan strode over, grabbing Xiao Chen by the collar with his right hand, lifting him like a chick and pinning him firmly against the wall.
“You sit right next to Xiaoqing, you tell me, where did Xiaoqing go!”
“I… I don’t know…”
Xiao Chen turned his head to the side, his face frosty.
“It seems you weren’t clear about your situation!”