CHAPTER 176: CHAPTER 176: OH NO... SHE BIT HER TONGUE...

In their mutual bickering, Ji Ning took on a new part-time job in addition to being the special advisor to the film crew, a host cooperating with the Sun Group, and an A-level agent for the Security Bureau—bodyguard for the Bai Family.

She was mainly responsible for Bai Xiaotang’s personal safety in Anhe City, starting on a daily basis with daily wages. For this, Bai Yusen’s secretary also took on an exclusive financial task of verifying Ji Ning’s attendance every day and paying her salary at night.

After the two agreed, Bai Yusen had his secretary book Ji Ning a return ticket to Anhe and dispatched a driver to take her to the airport.

This time the journey was relatively smooth, with no trouble-seekers bothering her.

But just before boarding the plane, Ji Ning suddenly received a call from Ye Tong, but it cut off after only ringing two or three times.

Ji Ning stopped and stood still for a few minutes, then pressed the callback button.

But the phone on the other side was already turned off.

Ji Ning’s brow furrowed instantly and she directly called Huang Ying.

"Help me check on someone."

Huang Ying was in class at the moment, but Ji Ning’s ringtone was quite special. She glanced at the students across her and said, "Practice on your own!" and walked out of the training room.

Huang Ying made a call and quickly found Ye Tong’s whereabouts.

"Ji Ning, here in Anhe, I found that Ye Tong boarded a flight to Sea City last night. Over in Sea City, I don’t have many contacts."

"Alright, thanks a lot." Ji Ning replied briefly, and after hanging up, she immediately called Sun Yazhu.

But no one answered her call.

Ji Ning didn’t wait and directly asked Bai Yusen’s secretary to change her ticket, flying directly from Beijing to Sea City.

The Bai Family was efficient, and Ji Ning hadn’t even left the waiting room before boarding a plane to Sea City from another gate.

Bai Yusen called midway to inquire whether she needed help, but Ji Ning declined.

Ye Tong wasn’t like her; for Bai Yusen, the capabilities were not yet comparable.

Ji Ning used Smart Brain to check the map of Sea City, just as Feng Zhong informed her that Ye Tong had taken leave to go to Jia Ying Headquarters for an annual meeting.

Jia Ying Headquarters was also in Sea City, and the venue for the annual meeting was selected at Sea City’s famous Seven Star Hotel, the very hotel she and Ye Tong had stayed at last time.

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Meanwhile.

Inside the presidential suite of the Seven Star Hotel, Ye Tong, with her beautifully applied makeup, lay on the floor, unconscious.

Her wrists and ankles were bound with chains, depriving her of any ability to attack.

Beside her stood two men in black suits, their hands, necks, and faces bearing slight bruises.

"Boss, when Ye Tong was escaping, she made a call to someone named Ji Ning." The man lowered his head slightly, showing carefulness on his face.

He truly didn’t expect Ye Tong, rumored to only have mediocre skills online, was so difficult to handle, that the moves used to attack them were all lethal, a slight mistake could have maimed them.

Fortunately, the clothes she wore today were inconvenient, and she couldn’t fend off numerous hands with a single punch, so they managed to subdue her and bring her back.

Sun Liguo, sitting on the opposite sofa, gazed at the woman passed out on the floor with an indifferent expression and looked emotionlessly at her. His hand was still bleeding, with a few alarming scratch marks on it.

This was also the result of Ye Tong scratching him when she realized the drink was spiked and tried to run away.

He originally thought she was a small extra without any background, but unexpectedly she was not only best friends with the Bai Family’s heiress but also had connections with the Feng Family’s young master.

And such a person had coincidentally aided the girl named Ji Ning in saving his niece.

This made him ponder whether there was someone targeting Beijing’s noble families behind Ye Tong.

So he hurriedly advanced Jai Ying’s annual meeting, bringing her to Sea City, wanting to probe her details personally.

Unexpectedly, he indeed tested her true abilities.

The moves she used to attack him and his men absolutely couldn’t have been taught in mainstream gyms or martial arts schools.

That must have been taught by a massive force, just like the Sun Family would teach such deadly skills to those personally cultivated from a young age.

So Ye Tong’s identity definitely wasn’t simple!

When Sun Liguo thought of this, a glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he glanced at his subordinate. "Wake her up."

The subordinate brought out a lukewarm cup of water from the suite’s bathroom and splashed it directly onto Ye Tong’s face.

The pungent water rushed into her throat, making Ye Tong instinctively cough while gradually waking up.

Her vision went from blurred to clear, her gaze instantly sharp, glaring at Sun Liguo, trying hard to suppress the fear within her. "What do you want?"

Sun Liguo smoked a cigar, crossed his right leg over his left, and a smile appeared on his face. "Miss Ye, shouldn’t I be the one asking you? What do you want?"

Ye Tong was stunned by the question. She knew the man before her was the real boss behind Jia Ying, Sun Yazhu’s uncle, Sun Liguo. Therefore, she trusted his assistant and went to Sun Liguo’s room, not expecting that he had drugged her tea and tried to prevent her from leaving.

If she knew Sun Yazhu’s uncle was such a beast, she would never have signed with Jia Ying.

Ye Tong glared at him in hatred. "I don’t know what you’re asking? I signed with Jia Ying for Sister Yazhu’s sake. If I made any mistakes at work, I can cancel the contract with you."

Sun Liguo listened to her words and suddenly laughed. "Young lady, your mouth is quite stubborn... Seems like someone needs to loosen your tongue..."

Sun Liguo signaled to his subordinate, who immediately stepped forward, grabbed Ye Tong’s hair, and slapped her hard on both cheeks, leaving her momentarily deafened.

The flavor of blood filled her mouth after her teeth cut into the skin inside.

Her subordinate coldly questioned, "Answer the boss properly to avoid further suffering."

"I... I don’t know... what you’re talking about?"

"So you still won’t speak?"

The subordinate mercilessly slapped Ye Tong several more times, without holding back, using full force, causing her face to swell and bleed from her nose and mouth.

It was a pitiful sight.

Sun Liguo looked at Ye Tong on the floor, beaten yet persistently clenching her teeth without revealing her true purpose, coughed and signaled to his men.

The subordinates immediately understood, each dragging the dazed Ye Tong to a guest room.

Soon, the sound of a woman’s wailing echoed from inside.

The sounds continued for ten minutes before one of the subordinates came out, fingers dripping with blood, saying, "Boss, she’s passed out again."

Sun Liguo extinguished his cigar, his expression indifferent. "Then wake her up again."

Ye Tong felt pain throughout her body, the fear from her memories resurfacing and causing her to curl into herself as hard as she could, as if this would alleviate her pain.

As she woke up and then fainted, then woke up again and fainted once more, she truly hoped she would just die and never wake up again.

"Something’s wrong... she’s biting her tongue..."

The subordinate was the first to discover something was wrong, fearing a fatality, he dislodged Ye Tong’s jaw and quickly ran out of the room to report.

"Boss, she’s trying to kill herself..."

Sun Liguo’s expression showed a bit of surprise, but only for a brief moment before returning to calm, as if a human life didn’t matter at all to him.

"Then clean it up properly, don’t dirty your hands!"