"Hello, Yi Ren Ru Xue, how can I help you?"

Eight o'clock at night.

Because the police had imposed a news blackout to prevent the incident from spreading online, no one at the Yi Ren Ru Xue company, where staff were working overtime, knew that the young girl had been kidnapped.

A female customer service representative answered the call politely.

"Tell your boss his daughter is in our hands. If he wants her back safe and sound, he should wait by this landline in half an hour. I'll call again then!"

The Third Brother, disguising his voice, said and hung up.

The customer service representative at Yi Ren Ru Xue was stunned.

"What the...?"

"The boss's daughter has been kidnapped?"

She immediately reported this to her superiors.

The head of customer service, upon hearing this, didn't hesitate and called Ye Chen.

A few minutes later, a large group of people sped away from Shanshui Jian.

The usual half-hour drive took them only twenty minutes.

They arrived before the next call.

The customer service department was cleared, and the tracing equipment was quickly set up by Qi Quan's plainclothes officers.

Just as they were ready, the landline rang.

As the plainclothes officers were about to brief Ye Chen, he picked up the phone.

"This is Ye Chen!"

"President Ye, a pleasure. Your daughter is in our hands. I'm sure you'll want to hear her voice to confirm, right?"

Immediately, Ye Youyou's cries could be heard, but they quickly stopped.

The voice continued, "President Ye, have you confirmed?"

"One hundred million. Let my daughter go!" Ye Chen went straight to the point.

"One hundred million? Is that all President Ye's daughter is worth?" The voice chuckled.

"We don't want money. We want the formula, the formula for the flawless cream! Give us the formula, and we'll release your little princess immediately!"

"If you're not in the same industry, the flawless cream formula is..." Ye Chen began.

Click.

The call was abruptly cut off.

In the Yi Ren Ru Xue customer service department, the plainclothes officers monitoring the tracing equipment shook their heads with wry smiles. "The call was too short. We couldn't trace it. These years of crime films have taught these guys too much!"

Ye Chen didn't respond. He sat down heavily in a chair, his expression grim, and closed his eyes.

In the dilapidated house...

"Hey, Third Brother, why did you hang up? We didn't finish negotiating!" the Nose-Picker said anxiously.

This time, the Triangled-Eyes Boss lost his patience.

He smacked the Ultraman head hard.

"Are you stupid? Haven't you seen any crime films? It's better to be safe than sorry. What if the police were tracing the call?" he scolded.

"Oh, oh, oh!" The Nose-Picker rubbed his head and then said seriously, "I'll watch more crime films later!"

Inside the Yi Ren Ru Xue customer service department, there was dead silence.

A few minutes later, the phone rang again.

With a signal from the plainclothes officers, Ye Chen quickly picked up the phone.

"Five hundred million, take it or leave it! If you're not in the same industry, this formula is useless to you, and it will be a hot potato! If you are, would you dare use a formula obtained this way? So be realistic. Five hundred million is not a small sum!" Ye Chen said directly.

"I don't care who you are. Don't try to BS me. I want the formula, not money!" the voice replied.

"Okay. If I give you the formula, you'll release my daughter, right?" Ye Chen said without hesitation.

"That's right!" the voice confirmed.

"I need some time," Ye Chen said.

"Fine. Give me your cell phone number. I'll send you an email address. Send the formula to that address within three hours. If you're late, you might as well prepare to collect your daughter's body. Now, give me your number! Don't try to stall and let the police trace me. I'll take that as a challenge to my patience!"

Without hesitation, Ye Chen gave his number.

The voice hung up immediately after writing it down.

In the dilapidated house...

"Weren't we going to wait until dawn? Why three hours?" the Triangled-Eyes Boss asked, confused.

"Because of Second Brother. I'm not sure if he left any traces outside. So, we're racing against time! Besides, if they want to save her, three hours is enough time to prepare the formula. It's not like they need to gather cash," the Third Brother said sternly.

"What if they don't send the formula after three hours? Do we really... do it? Do we really not wait any longer?" the Triangled-Eyes Boss asked, raising his eyebrows under the mask. He really wouldn't be happy if this was all for nothing.

"We have to. We have to be decisive and not wait any longer!" the Third Brother said.

"Damn it, we should have taken the mother too. At least we could have had some fun before... you know... so it wouldn't be a complete waste!" the Nose-Picker, holding a duck foot and a beer, said.

He was met with another kick from the Triangled-Eyes Boss.

"Is your brain only filled with women? I told you to ditch the car. If Third Brother and I hadn't told you to come back immediately, would you have gone to find a girl?" The Triangled-Eyes Boss was really fed up.

This time, the Nose-Picker didn't dare say anything, lowering his head and taking a big bite of his duck foot.

At Yi Ren Ru Xue...

Ye Chen left the customer service department and went to the lounge.

He called Pang Jun, his expression grave.

Three hours...

He couldn't gamble.

He couldn't gamble on whether they would really carry out their threat after three hours, and he couldn't afford to take that risk.

He didn't even dare try to trick them with a fake formula!

So, he had to take extra precautions.

"Huh? Old Ye, what's going on?" Vice President Pang, who had moved into his new house, answered the phone, smiling, clearly unaware of what had happened.

"Old Pang, organize the flawless cream formula and send it to my email!" Ye Chen said directly.

"What? Why do you need the formula in the middle of the night? What happened?" Pang Jun's voice turned serious.

"Don't worry about it. Just organize it and send it to me quickly!" Ye Chen didn't explain.

"Okay, but didn't I give it to you before?" Pang Jun thought for a moment.

"My head's a mess right now. I don't want to look for it. Just send it to me. Quickly!" Ye Chen said through gritted teeth.

Pang Jun wanted to ask what was wrong, but he hesitated and decided not to.

He agreed and hung up, quickly going to his study to organize the flawless cream formula.

At the same time, at Yunshan Network Company...

Zhang Jingshan, who had mobilized all his connections, sat in his office, his eyes fixed on the phone on his desk.

His expression was extremely grave.

Even though it was Ye Chen's daughter who had been kidnapped, his concern seemed no less than if it were his own.

After an unknown amount of time...

The phone on the desk suddenly vibrated!

In an instant, Zhang Jingshan grabbed the phone, extremely tense.