Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1219 - 1267: Preparations Before Departure

The next day, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan did not go to the company; both stayed at home instead, as they needed to thoroughly digest the plethora of information left to them by Murong Yuanqing.

Alone with Li Yifei, Xu Shanshan surprisingly did not do anything with him but was equally serious because she was aware that if she did not digest what Murong Yuanqing taught her in time, it would become much more challenging to understand later.

It was not until evening that Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan came out, while Sophia had been waiting for a long time already.

Sitting on the sofa, Li Yifei asked indifferently, "How’s the situation?"

From the moment she saw Li Yifei, Sophia had been staring at him until he asked her, and only then she snapped back to reality and said, "Master, through our investigation, we found out the director received an offer from another company with a higher remuneration, so he went to another film company. The few actors also dispersed to several crews. One reason was the pay, and secondly, our film company is not very well-known, so for the sake of their reputations, they also chose to go to other crews."

Li Yifei furrowed his brows and said, "It sounds like it was just a coincidence, then?"

"Not exactly, we continued to investigate deeply and found that although they were approached by different film companies, they all went through an agency named Wencheng Workshop to negotiate with their agents."

"Oh? So this workshop is the issue?"

"It seems so, and this workshop is not in Mile City nor in the provincial city but in Capital City. If we want to investigate further, we need to go to Capital City."

"Capital City?..." Li Yifei squinted his eyes and said, "Well, that’s not urgent. I’ll have someone in Capital City look into it later."

"Understood, Master." Sophia nodded and then continued to stare at Li Yifei.

"Do I look different today?" Li Yifei met Sophia’s gaze with a smile and asked.

"Master, it seems like your face is glowing today; it’s an indescribable feeling. It’s like you make me more afraid and also more in awe of you."

"So it even shows, that’s really nice." Li Yifei knew he had made some progress after last night, but he didn’t expect his improvement to be so noticeable that even Sophia could see it, which made him feel quite pleased.

"Master, is this because..." Sophia asked cautiously.

Lighting a cigarette, Li Yifei said leisurely, "I made some progress."

"That’s really great!" Sophia exclaimed excitedly.

"Hehe, don’t worry, I will teach you in the future. For now, just make sure to lay a good foundation."

"Thank you, Master!" Sophia clenched her fist excitedly.

Li Yifei waved his hand, signaling Sophia to go out, then dialed Meng Qianjun’s number.

While Li Yifei had quite a few connections in Capital City, among the Su Family, Xiao Family, Zheng Family, and Ning Family, all of whom would certainly help him if asked, Li Yifei preferred not to use these family connections for such matters; it would be better to have Meng Qianjun take care of it.

"Brother Yifei, why did you think to call me today? It must be no small matter, right?" Meng Qianjun first laughed heartily, then teasingly asked.

Without beating around the bush, Li Yifei said, "Brother Qianjun, I need you to help me look into an agency called Wencheng Workshop. They’ve recently targeted our film company, poaching both our chosen director and several key actors."

"Oh? Someone dares to trouble you?" Meng Qianjun found this amusing.

"Yeah, my film company is not big, and it’s tough enough to produce a movie as it is. With this sort of meddling, I can’t even do business."

"Damn, you’re so rich and yet worried about that little money? How much can a film company make? I really don’t know why you bother with that stuff."

"Brother Qianjun, you can’t say it like that. Don’t we have a saying about ’eating all one’s resources without working’? I need to earn more money to leave something for future generations. Otherwise, how can they become Rich Second Generation and Rich Third Generation like you guys?"

"Cut the crap, I know you too well. It’s just for your several wives to have some fun when they have nothing else to do. But since you’ve mentioned it, I’ll help you check it out. I really want to see who’s been looking for trouble with you and then watch you fight it out. That’s going to be a very interesting affair."

Li Yifei laughed and said, "Then I’ll have to thank Brother Qianjun."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yifei narrowed his eyes. Now that he had established a family, things were indeed very different from before. In the past, if someone wanted to deal with him, they would only target him personally with some scheme. But now, they often targeted his family and his business, and their methods were becoming more sophisticated and more difficult to deal with. To develop and grow the family was indeed not an easy task.

It didn’t take two days for Meng Qianjun to call Li Yifei, but the result was quite unexpected. Wencheng Workshop had vanished from the face of the earth. All personnel from the workshop were gone, and the only information that could be obtained from the business and tax departments was the name of a legal representative. Tracking down this individual, it turned out to be an identity that had been lost and misused by someone else.

This puzzled Li Yifei even more. It seemed too much trouble just to deal with his film company. Who exactly was the other party?

This led Li Yifei to connect this incident with the murder of Sun Kangping. The person behind these acts was very skillful. Such a hidden enemy seemed really difficult to deal with.

However, since the enemy had now concealed their tracks, it would take a lot of manpower and resources for Li Yifei to find them. So he simply ignored them. He would do what he had to do. As long as they still wanted to make a move, they would inevitably leave some clues, and sooner or later, he would find the person behind the scenes. Being anxious at the moment would be of no use.

There were only two days left before departure, and Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan were making their final preparations. Only the two of them were going this time, and no one else could be brought along. Park Sung-ho had mentioned last time that he needed two Innate Experts. Li Yifei didn’t reveal that he had two people with Innate Vital Energy, firstly because he did not want Jiang Ningxiang to be exposed, and secondly, Jiang Ningxiang was not really an expert at the moment, and it was estimated that she would not be of any help if she went.

Currently, Li Yifei, Xu Shanshan, and Jiang Ningxiang were all in Xu Shanshan’s villa. In the past few days, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan had not checked Jiang Ningxiang’s True Qi like they did last time, and they had no intention of doing so today either.

Xu Shanshan leaned on Li Yifei and said, "Ningxiang, I will be going out with my brother-in-law tomorrow. I won’t be able to practice with you these days."

When the three of them were together, Xu Shanshan was very casual and didn’t mind letting Jiang Ningxiang see any intimate gestures between her and Li Yifei. At first, Li Yifei was a bit uncomfortable, but as time went on, it didn’t bother him anymore.

"Oh, master, then I’ll just stay at school these days. There are quite a few things going on at school anyway."

Xu Shanshan nodded and said, "Of course you can, after all, you are still a college student, and it’s good to participate more in school activities."

"Thank you, master," Jiang Ningxiang said, her face revealing a happy smile.

Li Yifei interjected, "Ningxiang, I’ve already told you not to be so obsessed, to relax more, and do the things you like."

Jiang Ningxiang smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Brother Li. I understand. In the future, I will participate more in school activities, and in addition, I will study hard. If I can’t make good use of the Innate Vital Energy, then like Sister Yiyi and the others, I will help the family manage the company and do my best."

"Ha, you’re still a very ambitious kid, much stronger than Xiaoyao in this regard."

Xu Shanshan chuckled and said, "If Xiaoyao hears this, she’s definitely going to be unhappy."

Chu Xiaoyao, that girl, didn’t have as many ambitions. Although she was attending university, she was just there to have fun. And now in her heart, she wasn’t as fixated on being with Li Yifei as before; she was more interested in having a joyful and carefree time.

Two days later, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan set off and met up with Park Sung-ho and his group at the foot of Mount Kunlun.

Park Sung-ho’s group consisted of four men, all men with yellow skin, including Park Sung-ho. Apart from him, there was an old man with white hair and beard. This elder was named Wu Chang, who always kept his hands in his sleeves and just nodded at Li Yifei, but he took a longer look at Xu Shanshan.

The other two men were middle-aged, and they were quite respectful towards Li Yifei. Judging from their way of speaking with Park Sung-ho, it seemed that they showed a certain respect for Park Sung-ho, indicating that Park Sung-ho’s status was higher than theirs. But Park Sung-ho’s attitude towards the elder was extremely reverent, which clearly indicated that the elder’s status within Noah’s Ark Organization was quite high.

All four people had very high-level martial arts skills. The two men were probably slightly weaker than Park Sung-ho, but Li Yifei was unable to gauge the depth of the elder’s skills. Yet, it was certain that the elder did not exert as much pressure on him as Murong Yuanqing did.

Li Yifei had always wanted to know how many powerful individuals were in the organization. The elder was an indication, but at this point, Li Yifei had not seen another Innate Expert. He immediately asked, "Brother Park, where is the other Innate Expert?"

"The Innate Expert will naturally appear after we arrive at the destination. Please understand, Brother Yifei," Park Sung-ho replied.

Li Yifei nodded. He knew that asking further at this point would be pointless, and he would only find out when he got there. Moreover, there might be more experts there, which would allow Li Yifei to better understand Noah’s Ark Organization.

But he also understood that the more he learned about the organization, the greater the pressure would be if he decided not to cooperate with them.