Chapter 3209 — Kidnapping Liu Tianli
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If that won't work, then what are we supposed to do? Kang Jingming was getting a headache too. He might have no shortage of devious ideas, but the Liu Group had clearly made preparations this time. If they hadn't, they never would have rolled out that peripheral device. So Kang Jingming had almost no opening to exploit.
After hanging up, Kang Jingming sought out Patriarch Xuanchen and relayed everything Dr. Benjamin II had said. Patriarch Xuanchen's expression turned exceedingly grim as well! He had not expected Wei Zhao to respond so swiftly again.
"It seems this Wei Zhao has far-reaching connections — able to reach the world's top hackers to build a server for him. We underestimated him!" Patriarch Xuanchen said with a frown.
"So what do we do now, Father-in-law?" Kang Jingming asked anxiously. "Wei Zhao is just a lone cultivator with no power and no backing — how did he even find these people?"
"We can work with Dr. Benjamin II, and Wei Zhao can work with others — none of that is the real issue!" Patriarch Xuanchen mused for a moment, then said, "The important thing is that we must come up with a countermeasure now! The previous approach is dead, but I think you can still work on Liu Tianli."
"Work on Liu Tianli again? How is that possible?" Kang Jingming said. "Liu Tianli can't even open the door to Liu Jinghan's office now, and even if he could, it would be useless — the server might not be stored in the company at all. We'd never find it."
"What I mean is, you kidnap Liu Tianli, then use him to force Liu Jinghan to hand over the server's source code," Patriarch Xuanchen said. "Kidnapping — you're no stranger to that trick, are you? You've used it plenty of times. Back then, you kidnapped Guan Xin precisely to make Wei Zhao hand over the prescription, didn't you?"
"That's true..." Kang Jingming's eyes lit up at once. "But will Liu Jinghan give in? What if I go to all the trouble of kidnapping him and that girl just gives up? After all, these things belong to Wei Zhao. If Wei Zhao refuses, then even if Liu Tianli dies, we still won't get the program!"
"Whether it works or not, it's worth a try," Patriarch Xuanchen said. "At present, this is the only method I can think of. Try it first. If it fails, we'll think of something else."
"Fine, then I'll go grab Liu Tianli right now!" Kang Jingming nodded. "But, Father-in-law, this time you have to send me a few ruthless men. That Wei Zhao can kill even a peak late-stage Heaven-rank expert in one blow. If Wei Zhao finds out we're behind this, I'm dead for certain. You don't want little Eleven to be a widow at such a young age, do you?"
"Mm, I'll have Xiao Yi go with you. Once you've kidnapped Liu Tianli, don't make a sound about it — bring him straight back to the Five Luminaries Sect. However capable Wei Zhao is, he wouldn't dare storm the Five Luminaries Sect alone. When that time comes, either he gives up Liu Tianli, or he obediently complies!" Patriarch Xuanchen said. "But judging from my analysis, given how much Wei Zhao values loyalty to his underlings, there's a good nine-in-ten chance he'll agree to your demands."
"You're right. Wei Zhao was even willing to make an enemy of the old Kang family for the sake of that fool Kang Xiaofeng. I'd say the Wei Zhao of today is much the same." Hearing Patriarch Xuanchen's analysis, Kang Jingming was immediately intrigued.
"Good. I'll go have Xiao Yi accompany you on this trip!" With that, Patriarch Xuanchen began contacting Xiao Yi, telling him to go with Kang Jingming.
Liu Tianli had been stripped of his authority. But the man still lived in the sanatorium. No matter what, he was Liu Jinghan's father — even if Liu Jinghan was angry, she couldn't do anything drastic to him. So at most, she had revoked all his access within the company and left him to live out his remaining years in comfort at the sanatorium.