without my permission

  "...the hostage spoke up, his voice small,"Can we talk this out? Big brother, pointing a gun at me won't do any good, there are so many police..."

  "Shut up!" The suspect tightened his grip on her neck, causing her to cry out in pain again.

  "You'd better surrender quietly, and we can be lenient with you." Su Kai narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the hostage again. Fortunately, she was still calm, what he feared most was a hysterical hostage who would scream loudly.

  "You think I'll surrender? You're kidding me! Now that I have a hostage, you'd better shoot if you dare!" The suspect was like a mouse with its foot stepped on, baring his teeth and brandishing his claws. "Don't think I don't know who you are, you're Su Ke, the one who's been cracking down on drugs in Yunnan! Let me tell you, I'm not as easy to catch as those idiots. Either give me a car and let me go, or watch as the hostage dies with me! At this point, what do I have to be afraid of?"

  "Be careful, this Turtle guy is notorious for being ruthless and crazy. Watch out." A subordinate next to him quietly gave a hint.

  Su Ke's heart was clear and calm, he grasped his gun tightly, step by step approaching, "Turtle, you want to play with me? Alright, I'll play with you!"

  "Boss!"

  "Halt! One step further and I'll shoot!" The suspect was like a mad dog, barking wildly, and directly pulled the trigger.

  "Wait a minute!" It was the hostage who spoke up, pointing at Su Kei. "You...the police won't even care about the life of a hostage? Isn't there some negotiation expert on TV or something? Hey, officer, I don't want to die!"

  Su Ke was annoyed by this person's temper and saw that the suspect's eyes were filled with murderous intent, so he had to stop in his tracks and retreat back to where he came from.

  "Boss, are you really going to let a negotiation expert intervene?" The subordinate hesitated.

  "Hit my sister." Su Kai gritted his teeth.

  "Huh?"

  "Hurry up and make the call!" Su Kai yelled.

  His subordinates hastened to carry out his orders.

  I am the dividing line little girl

  When Su Ye arrived at the scene, he had already finished reading all the information about the suspect. As soon as he got out of the car, a police officer was still talking incessantly, "This turtle is born to be cruel and cunning, in Yunnan he escaped many times, he——"

  "Alright, alright." She listened with growing annoyance and bluntly cut off the officer's words, "I'm saying your police department is really something. Can't you find a negotiation expert who doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Doesn't headquarters reimburse you? Don't think I'll do it for free."

  "This is what the boss means..." The policeman's expression twisted.

  Needless to say, she also knew what Su Kai, that rascal, meant. From a distance, she saw him standing there with an air of dignity, staring at the suspect's eyes until they were about to pop out.

  "Hey, little rascal, you really don't treat me like an outsider." Su Ye walked up and patted Su Kai's shoulder with her hand. She was too carefree, completely out of sync with the tense atmosphere at this moment.

  Su Ke saw her coming and pointed with his chin to a nearby place. "The key figure, of course, has to send a heavyweight expert, who else can I trust?"

  "I'm not here to offer friendly assistance." Su Ye gave him a cold glance before turning her gaze towards the suspect, her eyes also falling on the hostage.

  That hostage actually waved at Su Ye, but Su Ye ignored the hostage and lazily looked at the suspect, saying, "Is this all you've got? A stunted growth like you, can't even give me a decent Vulcan salute or scissor kick to subdue him? Don't go around saying he's my brother, it's embarrassing."

  Su Ke's face was awkward.

  Su Ye moved her wrist and walked forward, but before she could take a few steps, the suspect shouted at her, "Back off, don't come any closer!"

  "Hey brother, can you hear me if I don't go any closer?" Su Ye's face was smiling but her heart wasn't.

  "Who are you? Are you with them?"

  "Isn't this nonsense? If we weren't on the same side, I would have taken you away in my car long ago." Su Ye stopped in her tracks, a few steps away from the suspect. "As for me, I'm a psychologist who was temporarily dragged here to be an expert negotiator. Oh, do you understand what an expert negotiator means?"

  "Is there a negotiation expert as nagging as you?" The hostage was about to cry.

  "Shut up!" was exclaimed in unison by both the suspect and Sora.

  The hostages had no choice but to remain silent.

  "Mr. Turtle——"

  "Don't call me a turtle! I have a name!" The suspect shouted at Sora in exasperation.

  "Sorry, sorry... what's going on?"

  "Awaken with honor!"

  "Oh, I'm so sorry, I have a bad memory." Su Ye smiled brightly like a lotus flower. "Mr. Wu Qi Rong, are you planning to kill that lady?"

  "I want to see the police's attitude!"

  "Tsk tsk, look at their attitude. They won't let you off." Su Ye spread her hands out in a helpless gesture.

  "Alright then, I'll let this hostage go down with me!" The suspect exerted himself again and violently bumped the hostage's head.

  Su Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud beside him.

  "What are you laughing at?" Wu Qirong thought this woman was strange and didn't look like a negotiation expert at all.

  "It doesn't matter, you can continue pointing the gun at her, I'll just watch and feel relieved." Su Ye stifled a laugh.

  Wu Qirong was taken aback.

  "Oh, I have a bit of a grudge against that hostage, so it's fine if you kill her too. It'll be doing me a favor." Su Ye said with a serious expression after licking her lips.

  The hostage got anxious and said, "How can you talk like that?"

  Wu Qirong was taken aback by the situation, and soon glared at Su Ye, "I warn you not to play any tricks! Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you just want to drag out time, don't you?"

  "No, actually I'm here to tell you that if you want to kill her, it's better to aim for the right spot." Suye stretched out her hand in a gun shape and pointed at her own temple, "From this place, one shot is enough, she'll instantly become deaf, blood will gush out of her nostrils making it hard to breathe, the other side of where the bullet entered will feel swollen, leading to brain hypoxia and fainting, her trachea and throat, nasal cavity will all be blocked, of course, that's her fresh blood, which will also spurt out. Your face will be covered in it, her pupils will quickly lose focus and scatter before she dies."

  "Of course, you also have the possibility of not killing her, for example, if you have a deviation or your hand shakes, or if you are suddenly attacked by the police during the process. This bullet may hit her skull, and the skull is very hard, at most it will be hit into several pieces by the bullet, and the bullet fragments will bounce out of the skull, then penetrate her facial skin. You get caught, she's not dead yet, what do you do? You still have to support her for a lifetime."

  "What you said gives me the chills." The hostage shouted first.

  Su Ye gave her a white eye.

  Wu Qirong got angry, "What kind of person are you?"

  "I've told you before, I'm a psychologist." Su Ye still spoke slowly and calmly.

  The scene shifted, and the rhythm of Jing Shi Group was also in order. Each department was busy, with phones ringing constantly, and no one would relax their working state just because it was Friday.

  It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when Nian Boyan finished his video conference. After returning to the office, his assistant Xu Tong immediately added, "Director Nian, the itinerary for South Africa has been finalized. Would you like to take a look at whether the schedule is suitable?"

  Nian Baiyan took over the itinerary and nodded, "Okay."

  "Recently, Ji Dongyan has been active on that side, and there are also movements at the high-end club. You see..."

  "Next season's jewelry exhibition will remove the 'Autumn Flavor' series and replace it with 'Flourishing Flowers'." Nian Boyan handed over the signed documents to Xu Tong, "Notify the planning department and publicity department, media only receives financial news, cancel high-end fashion magazines."

  "The Splendid Flower" is composed of colorful diamonds, each with excellent color quality. The most eye-catching one is the rare Graff green diamond inlaid in the middle, which is worth a lot of money. This "Splendid Flower" has been auctioned off at high-end auctions and was finally successfully bid on by Yeung Pak-yin in the UK. After two or three years of promotion, the outside world has become even more eager for "The Splendid Flower". It can be imagined that this time, "The Splendid Flower" will make a big splash when it appears at the D Club under Jing Shi's banner.

  This is undoubtedly a silent counterattack against Ji's family.

  Under the Ji family's banner, Xihui has been competing with D Manor since its establishment. These two high-end jewelry clubs have reached unprecedented consistency in terms of jewelry resources and member recruitment. However, Xu Tong is not worried at all. She deeply believes in Yan Baiyan's ability, just as she believes that D Manor has a unique advantage - no matter how rare the jewelry is, as long as it exists in this world, D Manor can find it.

  In addition, Nian Baiyan has always been diligent in his work and has become accustomed to dealing with diamond mines and precious stones. Years of experience have given him a keen eye for discovering excellent mineral deposits. He is like a gambler who risks his life, and no one dares to play as recklessly as he does in this industry. From sourcing to retail, he is involved in every aspect, so no one in the industry is unaware of Nian Baiyan's skills.

  It's just in this jewelry exhibition media selection...

  "Nian Zong, we've already passed some high-end magazine applications before, and it's a bit too late to refuse now." Xu Tong said hesitantly.

  Nian Baiyan tossed over a few fashion magazines on his desk and said lightly, "The ads in them don't match Jing Shi's positioning."

  Xu Tong flipped through them and only then understood that these magazines were actually published to make money from advertisements, and had even accepted some low-end brand ads, which were prominently promoted on the main page. This was indeed incomparable to Jing Shi's advertising standards.

  "I'll take care of it, don't worry." She hastily put away the magazine.

  Nian Baiyan glanced at the time and suddenly called out to Xu Tong just as she was about to leave the office, "Tell Dr. Su to come to my office."

  "Xu Tong stopped in his tracks, 'Director General, Su is a doctor and has taken leave, he's not in the office.'"

  "Who asked for leave?" Yan Baiyan frowned.

  "Uh... I heard it's a leave of absence from the administrative department." Xu Tong said cautiously.

  Nian Baiyan looked at her with a displeased expression, "Who allowed her to take leave from the administrative department?"

  "Every year, when employees ask for leave, it's always... this procedure."

  "After this, without my permission, she is not allowed to be late or leave early, and even more so, not allowed to leave her post arbitrarily."

  "Yes." Xu Tong was secretly shocked in his heart. The annual general meeting that had always advocated for each department to do its best had suddenly intervened in the administrative department's affairs.

  The displeasure between Yan Bo's eyebrows had not yet dissipated, "Where did she go?"

  "The administrative department didn't hear clearly either, only said that she left in a hurry, like... seemed to be going to the airport as a negotiation expert."

  Nian Baiyan's eyebrows slightly furrowed for a moment, and then his gaze sank, "Prepare the carriage."

  "Alright." Xu Tongxu saw the seriousness in Nian Boyan's eyes and hurriedly went to make arrangements.