It wasn't the rush - hour, so there were very few people around. She got to enjoy an elevator all by herself. Once inside, she simply pressed the number '12'.
When she reached the 12th floor, Rong Lan first sent a message to Bai Rongran to avoid scaring anyone inside the room with the sound of the password being entered at the door. Then she went to unlock it.
“Beep beep beep beep - click -” The door swung open.
Rong Lan stepped in and locked the door behind her.
Bai Rongran had seen the message from Rong Lan before she heard the sound of the password being entered. So when she saw Rong Lan come in, she wasn't the least bit surprised. “You're here pretty quickly.”
Rong Lan replied with a beaming smile, “I was just worried you might not be able to handle things.” Even though, just by seeing the two bodyguards beside her dear sister Rongran, she knew her sister could manage quite well.
“I'm not that weak.” Bai Rongran rolled her eyes. “So far, everything has been going exactly according to your plan.”
Rong Lan glanced at Chu Chuan, who was lying unconscious on the floor. Her eyes crinkled into a smile. “That's good.”
As long as the first part of her plan went smoothly, the rest would be a piece of cake.
After all, there were too many uncertainties in the first half of the plan.
According to the plan, the first step was to ensure that she could persuade Han Xiaoshuang to call Chu Chuan. She had even conducted a risk analysis. Fortunately, the 'good' image her sister Rongran had built in front of Han Xiaoshuang before was strong enough, or else this first step would have been a failure.
The second step was for Bai Rongran to make a deal with the owner of this popular hot - pot milk - tea shop to rent the place for a day or half a day. Considering that Han Xiaoshuang would surely check this place when she went to chat with her, even after renting the place, take - out and on - site dining couldn't be suspended immediately. They had to wait until she completed the first step, and then Bai Rongran could start arranging for the second step.
There were even more uncertainties in the second step. After receiving her message, Bai Rongran had to ask the waiters to persuade the customers in the store to leave on the pretext of “a boss renting the place”. Although they would compensate the customers generously to make sure they wouldn't be unhappy with the store, they were afraid that some customers might take the compensation but still refuse to leave. Fortunately, they were in luck and didn't encounter such unreasonable people.
After the second step was completed, the third step was to have the bodyguards come one by one to take control of the whole milk - tea shop. Since they used the pretext of “a boss renting the place to propose to his girlfriend”, it was normal for most of the people inside to be men. Even if someone was curious and peeked inside, they wouldn't find anything suspicious. Moreover, to make sure Chu Chuan would push the door and come in, the place had to be bustling, creating an illusion for Chu Chuan that there were so many people inside that no one would be able to do anything to him. In fact, everyone in the milk - tea shop was on their side.
The fourth step was what happened after Chu Chuan entered the milk - tea shop. The bodyguards knocked him out and took him up the elevator through the back door of the shop.
Rong Lan walked over, squatted down, and reached out to check Chu Chuan's breathing. She also felt his pulse. “He should wake up within half an hour. Rongran, it's time to prepare for the next step.”
“Okay.” After answering Rong Lan, Bai Rongran turned to the bodyguards and instructed them on their next tasks.
They had already disabled the elevator surveillance in advance. Next, the bodyguards just needed to restore the popular hot - pot milk - tea shop to its original state and then bring in the people she had booked in advance.
The bodyguards left after receiving their orders.
After the bodyguards left, Rong Lan carried Chu Chuan onto the bed. She took out a hemp rope from the drawer of the bedside table and tied the still - unconscious man tightly to the bed to prevent him from struggling too much when he woke up.
While Rong Lan was doing this, Bai Rongran didn't step forward to help because she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit as soon as she got close to Chu Chuan. Rong Lan knew her sister had a stress reaction to Chu Chuan, so she didn't ask her to help.
Although Bai Rongran didn't help Rong Lan tie the man up, she checked to make sure the windows were closed and the curtains were drawn.
The two sisters finished all the preparations. One sat on the finger chair beside the bed, and the other sat on the bay window some distance away from the bed.
If the apartment wasn't a one - bedroom with limited space, Bai Rongran would have been able to sit even farther away.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the man on the bed stirred.
Chu Chuan woke up groggily. Opening his eyes, he suddenly realized he couldn't move. He instinctively struggled a bit but found he couldn't break free from the restraints at all. Then he turned his head to look around and saw Rong Lan and Bai Rongran. The former was smiling, while the latter was expressionless, her eyes filled with disgust for him.
“How could it be you two!” he exclaimed in shock. His chest heaved violently. It was hard to tell if he was panicked or angry.
Rong Lan answered his question with a smile. “Your own mother sold you to us. So, of course, it's us.”
“Impossible!” Chu Chuan flatly denied it. “You must have used some tricks to deceive her!”
Rong Lan expected that Chu Chuan wouldn't believe it so easily. After all, Han Xiaoshuang had been willing to stay in the mental hospital for so many years to prove that she had no intention of relying on her son to gain power just so that Chu Chuan could get a job in the Chu Group. Chu Chuan must have thought that his mother was the only one who wouldn't abandon him and the only one who would plan for him in his current down - and - out state. That's why he spent a fortune to get her out of the mental hospital.
However, she had ways to make Chu Chuan believe.
Once Chu Chuan believed this, 80% of her plan would be completed. The original plan she told her sister Rongran was to make Chu Chuan think that he had been betrayed by the only person he completely trusted. This would be much more interesting than Bai Rongran tricking Chu Chuan in her own name. After all, Chu Chuan knew that Bai Rongran would take action against him. No matter how hard Bai Rongran hit him, he would only suffer some physical pain. It couldn't reach his heart. But Chu Chuan would never expect that Han Xiaoshuang would betray him.
Being betrayed by the only person he trusted could completely destroy Chu Chuan.
“I know you don't believe it, but that's the truth.” Rong Lan shrugged. “I was sitting next to Ms. Han when she called you. I made a deal with Ms. Han. As long as she was willing to make this call, I would not only drop the charges and let her out of the detention center but also guarantee that she would never be sent back to the mental hospital.”
“Im - pos - si - ble!” Chu Chuan refuted Rong Lan's words word by word. His tone was firm, but his eyes were already bloodshot. “My mother! She wouldn't hand me over to you for such a reason!”
“Pfft -” Rong Lan took out her phone from her pocket. “I can show you right now that your trust in your mother is worth nothing.” After saying that, she opened the recording app on her phone and clicked on a certain recording.