The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Chapter 1564 - 1869: Li Haibin (3)

Looking at Guo Hong’s weak appearance, Li Haibin said sternly, "What’s wrong with you?"

"He’s been poisoned. The poison was originally meant for you." As Ling Chen’s words fell, Chen Junfeng walked out from behind, carrying a corpse in each hand. At the same time, Zhu Qing dragged a body in front of Li Haibin.

"You see, these people are all ambushes arranged by Guo Hong. If we hadn’t arrived in time to eliminate these threats for you, that poison arrow would have been aimed at you. Although you’re very skilled, at such a close range, you wouldn’t have been able to dodge it."

"No... That’s impossible. Why would he want to kill me?"

"I just said, because you’ve started to doubt about your parents’ death, he wants to silence you. Before, at the hotel, didn’t he say he was going to consult some big leader? Look! See for yourself." Ling Chen handed over the phone to Li Haibin, which was playing the hotel’s surveillance footage.

"You see, Guo Hong didn’t make any phone call after he left your room. Everything is just his conspiracy."

After watching the surveillance video on the phone, Li Haibin suddenly turned his head, looking at Guo Hong lying on the ground, and said coldly, "Why? Why did you deceive me? Is it really like they said, that my parents were killed by you?"

"No, don’t listen to their nonsense, it’s not like that..." Guo Hong gritted his teeth, suppressing his trembling body, stuttered.

"Still won’t tell the truth?" Ling Chen took out a bottle of medicine and said, "This is the antidote. As long as you tell the truth, I’ll hand it over to you immediately. You should know how potent this toxin is. If you don’t start talking, it may be too late for anything."

"I... I..." Seeing the antidote in Ling Chen’s hand, Guo Hong hesitated. Seeing Guo Hong’s reaction, Li Haibin snatched the antidote from Ling Chen’s hand, opened the lid, and began to pour it out slowly.

"Haibin, you... what are you doing?" Guo Hong was shocked by Li Haibin’s actions.

"If you still don’t speak, even if you want to say it later, no antidote will be able to save your life."

"Okay, okay, I’ll talk, I’ll say everything." Guo Hong finally panicked and hurriedly said, "Yes, it’s true. Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion didn’t kill your parents. It was all done by the big leader and his people. Haibin, these things have nothing to do with me. I’m just a small figure, responsible for running errands for them. If you want revenge, go after the big leader."

"Bastard!" After hearing Guo Hong’s words, Li Haibin’s face turned extremely red, eyes blazing with fury, uncontrollably roaring, "I trusted you so much, and you deceived me, making me work for my parents’ murderer. I... I want to kill you!" With that, Li Haibin swung his fist, aiming straight at Guo Hong’s head.

"Stop!" Chen Junfeng gave a light shout and rushed forward, blocking Li Haibin’s attack.

"What are you doing?" Li Haibin glared at Chen Junfeng.

"Now is not the time to kill him." Ling Chen said from the side, "He’s about your age, so it’s impossible for him to have participated in killing your father. All the guilt belongs to that big leader. If you want to avenge your parents, it’s best to interrogate him first, maybe you can get a lot of intelligence from his mouth."

Hearing this, Li Haibin reluctantly retracted his fist and slowly calmed his anger.

"I’m asking you, who is the big leader you mentioned?"

Faced with Ling Chen’s inquiry, Guo Hong shook his head and said, "I don’t know. We communicate through phone calls. Even when we met, he wore a mask, so it’s impossible to see his true face."

Ling Chen continued to ask, "Where do you usually meet?"

"The meeting place is always notified by the big leader in advance. Every time he would take the initiative to call me out to meet. In all these years, I’ve met him only twice."

"Don’t you have his number? Call him and arrange a meeting."

"It’s useless. I just said, unless the big leader takes the initiative to bring up the meeting, no one can meet him. If you mention meeting on the phone, it would only make him suspicious." Pausing, Guo Hong continued, "The big leader is a very cautious person. Honestly, even though we’ve met twice, I’m not sure if that was really the big leader himself. Perhaps he just found someone to wear the mask. Among us, the identity of the big leader is always a secret, no one has ever seen his true face."

Ling Chen nodded secretly, Guo Hong’s expression didn’t seem like he was lying, "Then I ask you, what is your organization called, how long has it been established?"

"We don’t have an official name, usually referred to as the Dark Pavilion. As far as I know, the Dark Pavilion has a history of about a hundred years." As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Hong suddenly coughed up blood, the vitality in his eyes slowly fading away.

Seeing Guo Hong’s dying state, Ling Chen patted Li Haibin on the shoulder, and the latter handed over the antidote, allowing him to take it.

After drinking the antidote, Guo Hong lay on the ground, closed his eyes, and seemed to enter a state of slumber.

"Ling Chen, should we take him back first?" Zhu Qing asked from the side.

"Don’t rush." With this, Ling Chen walked to Guo Hong, lifting his upper body, and opened Guo Hong’s mouth. After a while of searching, Ling Chen quickly discovered the poison sac hidden within his teeth. Due to Xie Qian’s incident last time, Ling Chen was cautious this time. However, this Guo Hong was different from Xie Qian, the latter was loyal, while the former was cowardly, otherwise, he wouldn’t have begged them for the antidote.

After removing the poison sac, Ling Chen then carried Guo Hong’s body straight to the car.

"Thank you!"

Sitting in the car, Li Haibin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly uttered these three words.

Ling Chen smiled slightly and said, "No need to thank me. Actually, my purpose is quite similar to yours, both of us want to uncover the truth." After a pause, Ling Chen changed the topic, asking, "By the way, what’s your relationship with Guo Hong?"

"He’s my supervisor. All my tasks are conveyed by him. If I need anything, I reach out to him directly."

"You mean... besides Guo Hong, you have no contact with anyone else?"

Li Haibin shook his head, "No. Although I know others exist, I can’t contact them. In this regard, the Dark Pavilion is very cautious."

"So, the only breakthrough lies with Guo Hong." Ling Chen stroked his chin, pondering internally. Nevertheless, they finally had some understanding of this mysterious force.

The big leader... thinking of the title Guo Hong constantly mentioned, this big leader should be the head of the Dark Pavilion. However, that guy is quite cautious, actually wearing a mask, so no one knows his true identity.