"Explain the current situation to them, let the enforcement team stand by, ready to act at any moment. Secondly, I think they will contact you soon, and I hope you can pay attention to their intentions."

Lin Beichen snorted coldly and nodded, "You don't need to remind me of these things, I will naturally pay attention."

He was just about to continue asking other questions when his phone suddenly rang.

Very few people knew this number; they were Lin Beichen's trusted brothers. He frowned in confusion, wondering who would call at this time, and it was an unknown number at that.

He looked at his female secretary and quickly typed on WeChat: "Someone's calling me, I don't know who it is, I'll take it first." After speaking, he added, "I'll discuss this with you later."

The female secretary responded quickly, indicating her understanding and letting Lin Beichen handle it himself. Lin Beichen then hung up the call with the secretary and answered the unknown number.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Lin Beichen asked coldly, his tone revealing impatience.

The person on the other end of the line chuckled: "Who am I? Do you really need to ask so much?"

Then he changed the subject, "However, I can let you hear someone's voice, guess who it is?"

Lin Beichen's heart tightened as he vaguely guessed what the other party was about to say. Sure enough, Lan Zihua's voice came through the line: "Lin Beichen, don't listen to them. They only want to harm you. I'm fine, they don't dare to do anything to me."

Lan Zihua's voice was slightly trembling, yet full of determination and courage. Even in such a perilous situation, she had not lost her grace. Lin Beichen couldn't help feeling touched and a bit heartbroken hearing her words.

"Lan Zihua, she's really brave." Lin Beichen secretly praised. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

However, the person on the other end seemed dissatisfied with Lin Beichen's silence and mocked coldly: "So, how about that? I wasn't lying, right? Your woman is indeed in our hands." Then, he turned viciously, "And, she's already been knocked out by us. Don't think I'm some kind of civilized person; the punishments due to her, none will be spared."

Lin Beichen's brows furrowed tightly as he said solemnly, "Alright, stop beating around the bush. Just say it, what exactly do you want? What do you want me to do?"

He had ample experience handling such matters and already had a general suspicion of the other party's intentions.

The person on the other end snorted coldly, seemingly dissatisfied with Lin Beichen's attitude. But at this moment, he couldn't care less, and directly sneered: "Alright, since you're so straightforward, I'll be equally direct. First, I want you to give me twenty million."

"Twenty million?" Lin Beichen chuckled coldly, "This isn't difficult for me. However, you couldn't have gone through all this trouble just for twenty million, could you?"

He was intelligent and experienced. While twenty million might be a fortune for ordinary people, for him, it was nothing. He was well aware that the other party certainly had bigger goals.

The person on the other end sneered hearing Lin Beichen's words: "Truly, Lin Beichen is Lin Beichen, bold and straightforward. Fine, I'll be blunt. Besides the twenty million, I also want the Cold Ice Profound Secret Manual. Don't tell me you don't have it."

"Nine Yang Divine Skill?" Upon hearing this, Lin Beichen clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his face bulging, "You bastards, you really dare to think! To even want this thing! Who do you think you are? Shameless!"

The Nine Yang Divine Skill was the secret inner power technique he cultivated, crucial to him. Giving it to the other party would be like handing over his signature skill. He would never do such a thing.

The person on the other end heard Lin Beichen's refusal and sneered disdainfully: "It doesn't matter if you disagree. You'll come begging us eventually, let me put it this way, this is what we want, we don't want anything else."

He paused, then continued: "Either you give us twenty million plus the Nine Yang Divine Skill manual, or your woman dies. And she will die miserably."

As he spoke, he let out two eerie laughs and continued mocking: "In ancient times, there was a punishment where the criminal was killed, stripped, and hung at the city gate for public display. Now, I'm planning to do the same. I'll even hang a sign on this woman, declaring she's your woman. Tell me, whose face is it in the end? Hahahaha! Lin Beichen, oh Lin Beichen, proud and arrogant all your life, who would've thought it would come to this?"

Upon hearing the other party's words, Lin Beichen was almost driven to roar with anger. These bastards had no shame at all! However, his deep cultivation kept him calm. He merely snorted coldly and said: "Give me some time, I'll consider it. These conditions aren't completely unacceptable, but you know, it's complicated."

The person on the other end seemed quite satisfied with Lin Beichen's attitude, and sneered: "Alright, I know this isn't easy for you. How about this, I'll give you two days. If you can manage it within two days, then everything else can be negotiated. If within two days you can't give us what we want, then we'll kill your woman and do as I said. I never lie, take care."