"Something's gone wrong!" exclaimed the leggy and curvaceous female 'Heroic Thief' Jiang Hanyang, her beautiful eyes wide with alarm. "That Ding Maofu is looking for someone to verify the recipe. No, this wasn't part of the plan, things are already out of control, I have to go rescue them right now!"

Hearing this, the elderly man sitting in the car frowned deeply and said sternly, "Don't panic, let's stabilize first. Shen Qiang's plan goes straight to the heart of the matter, let's take another close look at his plan, perhaps it already includes a way to handle this."

The leggy and curvaceous female 'Heroic Thief' immediately took out the plan Shen Qiang had given her and, after looking it over carefully, said with her brows tightly knitted, "No, he didn't make any backup plans because things started out too smoothly. It's too late to make adjustments now."

"We don't know who Ding Maofu's man is, but they clearly know each other. Once that person arrives, they'll make the Truffle Steak according to the recipe, and Ding Maofu has already sent someone to buy Truffle Steak at the Datong River Dinghao store. Unless the two Truffle Steaks taste exactly the same, there's no way we'll be able to deceive them."

After checking her wristwatch, the female 'Heroic Thief' said anxiously, "Moreover, if we count the time, even if we wanted to switch them, there isn't enough time, because we are not far from the Dinghao store at Datong River. In at most half an hour, the Truffle Steak he ordered will be delivered."

The middle-aged man sitting in the car also became anxious upon hearing this, "No, if this really gets exposed, that Ding Maofu will definitely do what he says he'll do; we need to figure out a way to save them immediately."

With a stern face, the female 'Heroic Thief' comforted calmly, "Don't worry, don't panic, I can definitely get them out."

Just then, the elderly man in the car said with a heavy voice, "Stay calm, don't panic. I don't believe that a strong player like Shen Qiang would make a mistake here, so all we need to do is wait and see; the outcome may surprise you."

Jiang Hanyang, the leggy and curvaceous female 'Heroic Thief', was stunned, then frowned and said, "He didn't make any backup plans, and now with such a serious problem, you still believe in him? Don't forget, before I joined, you said it yourself—in this line of work we can't afford mistakes. If some error in planning leads to a failed operation, then we must back out."

"What I said was, if the plan fails, then the person is no longer fit to be the planner because he would constantly doubt himself, leading to a lack of confidence and hesitancy, which would prevent him from leading us to perfectly execute the fraud."

With a smile, the elderly man continued looking at the distressed Jiang Hanyang, "But this plan is Shen Qiang's, and everyone knows it and joined voluntarily. So don't panic, and don't rush to blame yourself, because the current situation might not necessarily be a bad thing."

The female 'Heroic Thief' frowned and said, "A perfect start led us to trust Shen Qiang's abilities too much. Now that this situation has arisen, I'm totally out of options because I hadn't prepared for any other scenario. It now seems that I might have overestimated Shen Qiang."

"He's just a bit of a clever fool. That's why he would make such a mistake, and moreover, his arrogance led him not to prepare any contingency measures, which means we are done for now."

The elderly man laughed and said, "Perhaps it isn't as bad as you imagine, because maybe what Shen Qiang is doing is a 'play within a play'."

Hearing this, the leggy and curvaceous female 'Heroic Thief' was taken aback, and exclaimed in surprise, "A play within a play?"

The elderly man nodded and said, "His lack of contingency measures may be because he feels there won't be any issues here. If that's the case, the only plausible explanation is quite simple—the Truffle Steak recipe he gave us is real."

"If the situation we're facing now does occur, then if the chef Ding Maofu brings in follows the recipe to make the Truffle Steak, he will certainly conclude that all the recipes are real, and then Ding Maofu will obediently pay up."

The female 'Heroic Thief' paused, then sighed in relief and said, "No wonder Shen Qiang was so confident. Assuming he really did provide a Truffle Steak recipe, and it results in knocking 15 million out of Shunhua Company, according to his plan, he gets half, which means he sold one recipe for Truffle Steak for 7.5 million—the business is too good."

The elderly man smiled and nodded, "That's why Shen Qiang didn't prepare any backup plans or tell us the real recipe. He probably feared we would get greedy. Besides, if Ding Maofu were not so cunning, even we might not have thought that Shen Qiang would play a 'play within a play,' so let's wait and see, perhaps everything will proceed very smoothly."

One hour later.

After the chef Ding Maofu had hired successfully prepared a truffle steak using the recipe provided by the two young men.

An impatient Ding Maofu personally tasted it.

He first tried a bite of the cold steak bought from Datong River, then savored a bite of the truffle steak made by his hired chef, and his eyes lit up instantaneously.

"The same taste, and this hot one is even more delicious! Perfect, perfect!"

Ding Maofu immediately got up and demanded that the two young men hand over all the recipes.

The young men laughed, and another left the Shunhua Company. About ten minutes later, he returned with a bag containing various recipes, most notably the breast-enhancing herbal cuisine that had been all the rage across Jiangnan.

Ding Maofu was ecstatic and, without a second word, immediately transferred fifteen million from the company's account to the account specified by the young men.

Then with a smug smile, he said to the two youths, "You two can scram now."

After saying that, he laughed wildly, staring at the recipe for the breast-enhancing herbal cuisine, afraid of missing any word.

The two young men hurried out of the Shunhua Company, rounded the street corner, crouched down, and directly dived into a black Iveco van parked by the roadside. The vehicle then started up and left Shunhua Catering Company.

On the speeding van, the two young men laughed loudly.

One of the youths laughed and said, "That Shen Qiang is so awesome, making a plan within a plan, and he didn't even tell us that the truffle steak recipe was real. I was so scared I almost wet my pants, but thank goodness, everything went smoothly. Boss, did the money come through?"

The tall and shapely female Heroic Thief, Jiang Hanyang, gently shook her smartphone and showed them the bank transfer information for the fifteen million.

Everyone burst out laughing.

"Shen Qiang is so amazing, damn, making a plan within a plan and he didn't even give us a heads-up."

Another young man said with a laugh, then suddenly stopped when he saw a road sign by the roadside, his expression turned, and he frowned, "Boss, where are we going? Weren't we supposed to go back to the pool club to meet Shen Qiang after pulling it off?"

Looking at his watch, the young man added, "He should be waiting for us there by now."

Hearing this, the tall and shapely female Heroic Thief, Jiang Hanyang, smiled and her eyes curved, "Let him wait there like a fool. We're heading to the airport, flying to Shanghai, then we'll split the money, and everyone will act freely for a month. We'll meet in HN one month from today, and that, that is the real plan within a plan!"

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