The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 288: Consider it a greeting from an old friend.
"Mr. Lin... is that you?"

Lai Yiliang's voice was filled with trepidation and unease, as well as an undisguised fear.

He hoped he had misread or misheard.

"Looks like you haven't forgotten me after all. Come over and have a chat?"

Lai Yiliang's last shred of hope vanished. Fear flashed in his eyes, and he quickly ran towards Lin Chen, a humble smile already appearing on his face.

"Mr. Lin, when did you come to Linhai? What a coincidence, to see you here..."

Lin Chen looked at the familiar humble smile on Lai Yiliang's face and couldn't help but chuckle: "Lai Yiliang, you've at least made it into the Chu family now, and you're even an assistant to a key figure in the Chu family. Shouldn't you be a little more arrogant?"

Lai Yiliang walked up to Lin Chen, smiling obsequiously, and said, "Mr. Lin, what are you saying? I'm only alive today because you've repeatedly shown me mercy. How could I dare to be arrogant towards you?"

Lin Chen pointed at Chen Tao, who was lying unconscious in the pile of bricks and stones: "If I were the one who was knocked down, you probably wouldn't treat me like this. You might have made him cripple me right away..."

Lai Yiliang's face turned anxious, and he held up three fingers: "Mr. Lin, don't wrong me. If I really thought that, may I be struck by lightning! When I brought people to cause trouble for you, you let me off the hook, and you have forgiven me many times since then. I can't be ungrateful."

After a pause, Lai Yiliang added in a low voice, "I found out later that I know about what happened to President Zhao, the Tian family, and the Lei family. Perhaps because I am a nobody, Mr. Lin didn't hold it against me, but I am truly grateful. Besides, if it weren't for this incident, would I be where I am today?"

Lin Chen was slightly surprised. Could it be that this guy really didn't resent him at all, speaking so sincerely...?

"I'm quite curious, when you fled to Linhai, you should have been seeking refuge, right? How did you suddenly become the assistant to the chairman of a real estate company?"

Lai Yiliang rubbed his hands awkwardly, leaned closer, and explained in a low voice, "A female classmate of mine from university, who was once a close friend of mine, is now President Chu's mistress. I came here to seek refuge and contacted this female classmate. She knows that I have been working as an assistant for someone. Coincidentally, President Chu's original assistant was fired for dishonest means. My classmate recommended me, and President Chu tested me and was quite satisfied, so he let me temporarily serve as his assistant. It's still a trial period."

Lin Chen laughed in surprise, "That's impressive. Being an assistant to Boss Hei Zhu and being an assistant to Chu Songhui are worlds apart."

Lai Yiliang explained in a low voice, "It was mainly a coincidence. Many of the things I handled for Heizhu before were shady and couldn't be brought to the table. And what President Chu needed was someone skilled in that area. So he tested me on a few things, and I handled them very well, which is why he accepted me."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "That's good, you've climbed the social ladder." Lai Yiliang smiled and said, "We're just employees working for others. At most, the salary and benefits are better, and it gives us a little more face. But our personalities are still the same."

Lin Chen patted Lai Yiliang on the shoulder: "I don't know whether to say you're lucky or unlucky. Of the eight great families in Linhai, you had to choose the Chu family..."

Lai Yiliang's heart tightened, and he asked cautiously, "Mr. Lin, do you have a grudge against the Chu family?"

Lin Chen replied, "Behind Hei Zhu is Zhao Yiheng, but do you know who's behind Zhao Yiheng?"

Lai Yiliang's eyes widened: "The Chu family?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Chu Tianyu, the heir of the Chu family, instructed Zhao Yiheng to deal with Chu Jiaxue of the Chuhe Group. Chu Jiaxue and Gu Yuexi are cousins, and I am Gu Yuexi's boyfriend. Zhao Yiheng, the Tian family, and the Han family were all instigated by Chu Tianyu. Last time he ran away quickly, and I was unable to kill him. Now, naturally, I can only come to Linhai to compete with him."

Lai Yiliang was dumbfounded. He had been wondering how Lin Chen had clashed with so many forces in Pingjiang, and now the mystery was finally solved!
Young Master Chu!

It turns out that Chu Tianyu was behind all of this. Lin Chen had been fighting against Chu Tianyu all along. He had simply cut off Chu Tianyu's tentacles time and time again. He had even almost killed Chu Tianyu.

Lai Yiliang suddenly felt his throat go dry: "Mr. Lin, I'm just a nobody, why are you telling me all this?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "It's quite a coincidence that we're here, so I'm making things clear to you so you don't accidentally become cannon fodder."

Lai Yiliang was filled with mixed feelings: "Is Mr. Lin and the Chu family locked in a life-or-death struggle?"

Lin Chen smiled and nodded: "They want to kill me, so naturally I will kill them. However, my battle with the Chu family has nothing to do with you. If the Chu family wins, it has nothing to do with you. But if the Chu family loses, all of the Chu family's assets will be divided up, and the Chu family will withdraw from the world of cultivators. The CEO of Chu Songhui will naturally be in a precarious position, and as his assistant, you will naturally be affected..."

Lai Yiliang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Mr. Lin, what do you want me to do?"

Lin Chen smiled and patted Lai Yiliang on the shoulder: "I don't need you to do anything for me. You said you were grateful to me, so I'm just reminding you as a greeting from an old friend."

(End of this chapter)