The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Chapter 663: Chapter 668: Southern Ling Family (1)

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Ling Chen, who had been in a coma, had already woken up. Apart from some physical weakness, he was mostly fine.

"Ling Chen." Hu Fei’s voice rang out, and the door to the ward was pushed open. Seeing Hu Fei hurry over, Ling Chen put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "What’s the matter?"

Hu Fei handed a cellphone to Ling Chen, saying, "There’s a call from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion."

Hearing ’Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion’, Ling Chen immediately took the cellphone and, after a greeting, asked, "Who is it?"

"It’s me."

The familiar, pleasant voice came through the phone, and Ling Chen’s lips curled into a slight smile as he replied, "Ah, it’s Miss Su."

"How’s your health?"

"Much better. By the way, Miss Su, has Elder Du returned?"

"He came back yesterday. Don’t worry, he’s fine. He asked me to tell you that Ji Gang’s strength has become even more terrifying than before, even he isn’t fully confident in dealing with Ji Gang. You should be more careful in the future and try your best to avoid any contact with Ji Gang."

"I understand." Ling Chen then changed the subject, asking: "Miss Su, how are things on your end?"

"You mean the God Organization? We followed the clues provided by the traitors within, tracked down, and destroyed one of their secret bases. You might find it hard to believe that this secret base was located less than two kilometers from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. We searched the place, and it was full of intelligence about the Pavilion. From my estimation, that base had been in operation for about five years. Luckily, we discovered its existence, otherwise, the intelligence of the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion might have been stolen by the God Organization."

"In any case, it’s good that we stopped them in time."

"Alright, I have nothing else, you rest well and we’ll keep in touch when there’s time."

"Okay."

After hanging up, Ling Chen tossed the cellphone back to Hu Fei and asked, "What about porridge girl, has she not returned yet?"

Hu Fei shook his head and said, "Haven’t seen her around these past two days, don’t know where she went."

"Forget it! She knows how to take care of herself." After saying this, Ling Chen recalled the incident that day and asked, "Where are Ling Jiawei and the others?"

"They’ve already left East Sea City. Although you seriously injured Lin Tong and Yi Shuiyan, Ji Gang arrived in time and took them away. My men couldn’t stop him. However, we did catch quite a few disciples from the Dangyang Sect."

"Call Old Tang and hand those from Dangyang Sect over to him for disposal. Those people are just cannon fodder, not worth much." Saying this, Ling Chen appeared pensive, then spoke, "Fatty, don’t you think there’s something odd here?"

"Odd in what way?"

"Think about it, a Lin Guodong, a Lin Jiawei, and now a Lin Tong, all these people share the surname Lin and hold high positions in the God Organization. Don’t you find that strange?"

"It’s just a common surname, nothing to fuss over. I think you’re overthinking."

"No!" said Ling Chen sternly, "My instincts are very accurate, there’s definitely something off here." The certainty in Ling Chen came mainly from the intelligence provided by that mysterious man from the Secret Society.

That mysterious man had suggested that he suspected the southern Ling Family was the hidden hand behind the God Organization. Though Ling and Lin have different characters, their pronunciations are similar, raising the possibility that those surnamed Lin are actually from the Ling Family, using ’Lin’ as a cover to avoid detection.

With this thought in mind, Ling Chen couldn’t help but ponder further.

"Fatty, how much do you know about the southern Ling Family?"

"The southern Ling Family?" Hu Fei pondered and said, "I’ve heard of the Ling Family, but don’t know much about them. They are legitimate businessmen, not involved in our kind of business, so I’m not interested in them."

"Do me a favor, try to dig up everything you can on the Ling Family, especially their family members’ identities."

"What are you trying to do?" Hu Fei asked confusedly, "You should be investigating the God Organization, not these irrelevant people. It’s time-consuming and labor-intensive. If I were you—"

"Enough!" Ling Chen interrupted impatiently, snapping, "Just do as I’ve asked, stop with all the nonsense. Hurry up!"

When Hu Fei left, Ling Chen suddenly remembered the little liquor gourd, and couldn’t help but feel a bit distressed.

Du Kang had given him some strong liquor to drink, and after only a few sips, it was all wasted by Lin Tong. After experiencing the strength of the liquor, Ling Chen knew how good it was. Unfortunately, there was none left. He couldn’t exactly shamelessly go to the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion again to ask Du Kang for more.

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The next day.

Ling Chen sat on the hospital bed, flipping through a file.

This document, recently delivered by Hu Fei, contained information about the southern Ling Family, including the identities of all its members.

It had to be said, the Ling Family was indeed a large family clan, numbering dozens of people, and the enterprises they ran were spread across the nation, particularly in the southern regions; almost every city had a piece of Ling Family property. Compared to the Ling Family, the Nanrong Family paled in comparison.

After reviewing the material, Ling Chen picked up his phone and called Hu Fei.

When Hu Fei arrived at the ward, Ling Chen looked at him and asked, "The document you gave me mentions that there are more than fifty people in the Ling Family, but I’ve looked through the identity information just now, and there are only forty-three. What about the other seven?"

"You’re asking about that? I’ve checked it out, the other seven are all dead. Some died from cancer, others in car accidents, and it’s been many years, hence no identity information available for them."

Ling Chen thought for a moment and then said, "Give me the data on those seven people."

"Wait a minute!"

With that, Hu Fei quickly left the ward, and soon returned, carrying a laptop.

In less than a minute, a complete file appeared on the computer screen.

"Here! These are the seven deceased people."

Looking at the identity information displayed on the screen, Ling Chen’s eyes narrowed sharply, as he pointed to the data of two young men and said, "Fatty, take a look for yourself."

Hearing this, Hu Fei immediately leaned his round face close to the computer screen.

"Ling Guodong... Ling Jiawei... how can this be possible?"

"Still think it’s a coincidence?"

"But, they’ve been dead for almost twenty years."

"In our line of work, as long as we want to, we can arrange an accident anytime to make everyone believe a person is dead. It seems the information that man gave me is correct. The southern Ling Family is likely the covert backer for the God Organization, their substantial funds brought the God Organization back from the ashes. Ling Guodong, Ling Jiawei, the Ling Family arranged for them to die just so they could focus on managing the God Organization. Moreover, even if anyone traces it back to the Ling Family, they can shirk responsibility using the same pretext."noveldrama