The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1980: Got Screwed Over

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Wuyan agrees to Ye Shikai's advice to keep the traitor a secret within the Worm Sect. Ye Shikai departs for the East Sea to confront the Chen family's growing influence, but first visits an old acquaintance named Mole for help. Mole, a seller of rare equipment, initially claims ignorance about synthetic poison insects but eventually admits to having a solution. He reveals he developed an attractant derived from them, which he sells to Ye Shikai for fifty million, warning that it only lures, not eliminates, the insects.

“Alright, I don’t care about your secret, but how do we use this inducement agent?” Ye Shikai asked.

“Wherever you spray these inducement agents, those synthetic poison insects will attack. If sprayed on a person, that person will suffer a fierce attack and surely die,” Mole explained.

“That’s so powerful, really?” Ye Shikai asked in return.

“Of course, absolutely genuine. This thing is not easy to obtain; otherwise, I wouldn’t have held onto it without selling. If it weren’t for you coming today, I wouldn’t have planned to sell it at all.”

“I will keep my promise; fifty million will be transferred to your account.” Ye Shikai accepted the bottle of inducement agent and asked, “By the way, do you have more of these inducement agents? I’ll take however many you have.”

“You’re really greedy.”

“Anyway, it’s going to be sold, so it doesn’t matter who it’s sold to. Besides, with things like this, the fewer people know, the better. Now that I know, and you have sold them to me, you might as well sell all the others to me.”

“You’re right, but honestly, I only have this one bottle. It’s not easy to develop the inducement agent,” Mole impatiently waved his hand, “Alright, now you’ve got what you wanted, hurry up and leave. Oh, and don’t leak my base here.”

“I’m sorry, but you’re coming with us.” Ye Shikai laughed coldly.

“What do you mean?” Mole suddenly had a bad feeling.

“I have already leaked information about your base, as well as the details of our deal.”

“What did you say? You lunatic, I’ll fight you!” Mole, upon hearing this, instantly exploded with rage, grabbed a gun from the table, and pointed it at Ye Shikai’s head.

“You want me dead by leaking my base? I can’t survive like this,” Mole cursed angrily.

“This was a desperate measure. I originally didn’t want to drag you into this, but now there’s no choice.” Ye Shikai bowed deeply; he wasn’t the ruthless type and didn’t like breaking other’s principles. He knew Mole always adhered to neutrality and avoided discussing anything but business. But this time, he had to drag Mole down.

“I’ve disclosed everything about our deal. Soon, people from the Chen family will come to kill you or take you away, but either way, it’s a dead end. If you want to live, you can only come with me.” Ye Shikai’s words fumed Mole, but there was nothing he could do. What Ye said seemed true; if he didn’t follow, he would soon be killed by the Chen family.

“Like I assured you earlier, I guarantee your safety, so rest assured, follow me, you won’t be in any danger.”

“You… but I have so many things here…”

“I’ve prepared three trucks; you can take all your stuff.” Ye Shikai said directly.

“So you had planned all of this.”

“When everything’s over, I promise you can continue your business without any impact,” Ye Shikai assured.

“Whatever, there’s no truth in your mouth.” Mole said as he walked to the door, “Hurry and tell your people to come up and move my stuff, not a single item missing.”

……………

Mole was “tricked” badly by Ye Shikai this time; not only did he lose business, he got entangled in these affairs. Ye Shikai wasn’t unreasonable; to compensate Mole’s losses, he spent a fortune to buy all of Mole’s goods, regardless of use. Also, keeping Mole around had a benefit, to manufacture more inducement agents. If it worked, it might become a method to counter synthetic poison insects.

Ye Shikai had long been curious about why the released synthetic poison insects only attacked his people and not the Chen family; it might have something to do with the inducement agent.

East Sea, Yanjing Base.

“Sir, as you instructed, we are prepared,” Nightmare led Ye Shikai to a lab filled with experimental mice.

“This is the inducement agent Mole developed; let’s see if it works,” Ye Shikai commanded.

“Yes.” Nightmare sprayed the inducement agent on one mouse, then took another normal mouse, placing them into a transparent box with Mad Bees. Inevitably, the Mad Bees went “mad,” crazily attacking the mouse sprayed with inducement agent, while the other remained unharmed.

“It seems the inducement agent Mole developed is successful.” Ye Shikai felt a burst of joy.

“Indeed.”

“How did things go?” Ji Qian entered the lab.

“Mole has been brought over, albeit unwillingly, but he behaved and came along,” Ye Shikai nodded, “Also, I tested the inducement agent, and it’s quite effective.”

“I was previously researching the Chen family’s synthetic poison insects, analyzing how they control them; why they can make the insects attack specific targets. Now we have the inducement agent. If the Chen family ever dares use them again, we’ll perish together.”

Perishing together is certainly not what Chen Yuxin wants, and she wouldn’t let such a thing occur. Hence, the existence of the inducement agent is the Chen family’s greatest fear, deterring them from readily using synthetic poison insects.

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“Your stuff has been moved here. Additionally, the equipment you requested has been prepared. Are you satisfied?” Ye Shikai said calmly.

“Heh, because of you, I’m likely on many assassin organization lists now. If I step outside, I’ll probably lose my life.” Mole gave a cold-eyed stare.

“Alright, we’re in this deep; let’s think about the future. By the way, how is the inducement agent coming along?” Ye Shikai inquired.

“Two bottles, freshly made.” Mole steadfastly refused to disclose the making methods, likely fearing being crossed and discarded. Once obtained, Ye Shikai might double-cross him.

“Good, I’ll transfer the money immediately.”

“I want to double the pay.”

“Okay.” Ye Shikai nodded; he didn’t mind the cost; he cared about tackling the Chen family’s synthetic poison insects.

“Furthermore, based on the samples you provided, I’ve discovered some valuable points between various synthetic poison insects.”

“I thought you only excelled in mechanical and electronic black tech, didn’t expect your expertise in poison insects too.”