The sudden anomaly made my heart race. The "No Entry" button on the elevator panel suddenly lit up, and the elevator swiftly took me to the top floor.

When the elevator door opened, there stood a man in a purple suit.

He looked up...

It was Mr. Qian from the client's company whom I had met a couple of days ago?

"Mr. Qian... You, why are you here?" I asked him, puzzled.

"Mr. Qian? Haha, my surname is Fang. Everyone calls me Director Fang. Shengwu is my company."

He grinned, just like the other day, which made me feel a bit apprehensive.

I suddenly realized that the message from Zhang Jiao implied a fake Fang, a fake Director Fang.

He casually lit a cigarette and gestured for me to sit down.

I didn't think much of it, but as soon as I sat down, a row of jagged objects emerged from the back of the chair, clamping around my body.

I struggled futilely as I watched the man in front of me smile leisurely.

"You can only blame yourself for being so curious. Before you showed up, my business was running flawlessly."

"You are indeed smart; otherwise, how could you hack into our HR system?"

"But you don't understand how deep the waters of society run."

"I can only say that you're out of luck. So am I."

"I didn't expect such a coincidence. My client's daughter is your student."

My heart sank.

It seemed my guess was correct; Lan Lan's mom was indeed connected to him.

"What do you want to do?"

He didn't reply, just continued smoking with a smile.

"What happened to Zhang Jiao?"

He flicked his cigarette ash and threw the butt on the ground, then stood up. As he walked towards me, he began to loosen his tie.

He walked behind me and looped the tie around my neck.

A bit tighter, tighter.

"Sorry, Zhou Jin, but you're not worth wasting an injection on."

Zhou Jin?

But even the most familiar names couldn't penetrate my mind at that moment. Pain and a sense of impending death enveloped me.

I felt my neck getting tighter and my breathing becoming rapidly difficult.

"Ah—"

The man behind me let out a scream.

I suddenly felt a great sense of relief around my neck, and I began to breathe heavily.

I felt a fresh warmth at the back of my neck.

There was the taste of blood.