Chapter 548: Xu Shaochen Will Also Use a Stratagem

“Alright, since everyone has no objections, let’s proceed with the first step.”

Lan Cheng nodded with a smile, satisfied with everyone’s attitude. He took out his phone from the box and informed Yun Dahai to come over for a meeting.

“Hello, Uncle Yun. Please come to the conference room as soon as possible. Everyone’s waiting for you, and I have something to finish up.”

After hanging up, about ten minutes later, Yun Dahai pushed open the conference room door and walked in.

“Sorry to keep you all waiting.”

With a smile, Yun Dahai apologized to everyone immediately after entering, not realizing anything was amiss.

“Director Yun, no need to be so formal. We’re all comrades in the same trench now. No need for pleasantries.”

“Exactly, and we just arrived a few minutes before you.”

“Yeah…”

Everyone acted just as usual. Although they had already finished a meeting earlier, they were now effortlessly lying.

Ye Changfei also showed no signs of unease. He knew he couldn’t interact with Yun Dahai now, or else Lan Cheng might grow suspicious.

“Alright, since everyone is here, let’s officially start this meeting. I’ll add a few points I didn’t mention in the brief earlier.”

Lan Cheng clapped his hands to quiet the room, then began his performance without missing a beat.

“Elders, earlier I mentioned that I had bribed a direct descendant of the Tan Family, right? We had arranged a meeting, but he got scared of being exposed and canceled it last minute.”

“However, he has agreed to meet tomorrow night at 9 p.m. to steal the formula and medicine and deliver them to me.”

Upon hearing this, Yun Dahai’s eyelids twitched. He was already thinking about notifying Xu Shaochen as soon as the meeting ended.

Unaware, he had long been exposed.

Lan Cheng, who had been observing Yun Dahai out of the corner of his eye, caught his subtle expression changes and sneered inwardly.

If you inform Xu Shaochen, it’ll be like you’re personally pushing him into a grave.

Yun Dahai, Yun Dahai, I should be thanking you, really.

Lan Cheng had indeed arranged with Tan Chen to take action tomorrow night and steal the samples and formula.

But the agreed time was 8 p.m., not 9.

Following his entire plan.

By 8 p.m., Tan Chen would steal the items and hand them over to him.

Then, at 9 p.m., he would randomly assign someone to pretend to be from the Tan Family and stage another fake theft to lure Xu Shaochen out.

They would be ready and waiting to strike.

That would be Xu Shaochen’s time of death.

Once Xu Shaochen is dead, the Tan Family will surely realize the formula and medicine have gone missing.

Other members of the Alliance will undoubtedly press the Tan Family to hand over the samples and formula. But they won’t be able to, as it’s already been stolen.

Nobody would believe the Tan Family’s words. They’ll think the Tan Family is just stubbornly refusing to cooperate.

No one would know that the items had long fallen into my hands.

As for Tan Chen, I promised to send him out of Yijing, but I never said where.

Sending him to hell counts as sending him out of Yijing, right?

With Tan Chen dead, the last person who knew the samples and formula were in my hands would also be gone.

Then I’ll cure my AIDS. There’s no rush to start mass production. I’ll first leverage Kong Tianjing to pave the way in Jingcheng, tying him and the Lan Family together by sharing the profits.

By the time the special medicine hits the market, even if everyone knows I have the formula, with Kong Tianjing backing me, no one will be able to take it.

As for the members of the Alliance, just offering them some small profits will do.

If they don’t like it? Too bad.

They were all involved in killing Xu Shaochen, so they won’t dare to use that against me. They’ll have to swallow their anger.

This meeting, called specifically to deal with Yun Dahai, was very brief—it was over in just over ten minutes.

After the meeting ended, Ye Changfei quickly left the conference room, avoiding giving Yun Dahai any chance to approach him and arouse Lan Cheng’s suspicion.

After getting in the car, Ye Changfei sent a text message to Yun Dahai, warning him that this was a trap and arranging for a video call after they returned home.

After getting home, Ye Changfei called Yun Dahai via video and laid out everything in detail.

Cold sweat broke out on Yun Dahai’s back after hearing everything. If not for Ye Changfei, this would’ve been extremely dangerous.

The two then hurriedly placed a video call to Xu Shaochen to inform him of the entire situation.

Xu Shaochen, who had been enjoying a massage from Liu Rushuang, immediately sat up straight with a solemn expression after hearing the news.

He was visibly shaken.

Good thing Lan Cheng never imagined that Yun Dahai wasn’t the only mole in his Alliance; otherwise, tomorrow night might have been the end of me.

“Director Yun, Director Ye, since he’s using a stratagem against me, we’ll use a stratagem against him.”

Xu Shaochen pondered for a moment and then decisively stated.

Lan Cheng wanted to use a ruse to lure him out and kill him.

Now that he knew Lan Cheng’s plan, he could turn the tables and trap him instead.

“Mr. Xu, how do you plan on turning the tables?”

Yun Dahai and Ye Changfei always looked to Xu Shaochen for direction.

Xu Shaochen’s face twisted into a cold, sinister smile, and he almost instinctively lowered his voice: “Tomorrow night, we’ll do this… this… and then this… and let Lan Cheng die without a burial.”

After confirming tomorrow night’s plan with Yun Dahai and Ye Changfei, Xu Shaochen hung up the call.

“Isn’t this too dangerous? What if… you didn’t go tomorrow night?”

Liu Rushuang, who had witnessed the entire video call, had become more cautious after becoming pregnant.

She didn’t care how powerful or wealthy Xu Shaochen became. She only wanted Xu Shaochen to be safe and for their child to have a father.

Xu Shaochen pulled her into his arms and kissed her cheek. “Don’t worry. I’m terrified of dying. I won’t give Lan Cheng any chance to counterattack. I must protect myself well, even for your sake.”

“Hmph!”

Hearing the word “you” in his response, Liu Rushuang was annoyed. She pinched Xu Shaochen hard.

Although she had resigned herself to the situation, she still felt angry and wronged.

After all, no woman truly wants to share her man with others.

Xu Shaochen winced in pain and quickly pleaded for mercy: “Dear, when I said ‘you,’ I meant you and the child. Ah! Let go, it hurts! Hiss—!”

“Good, at least you’re sensible, you two-timer.”

Liu Rushuang glared at him but chose to let him off for now.