A well-aning lie, indeed told for his own good.
And if it's Ye Aotian, then no matter how furious Xiaofan is, he could never bla his grandfather.
Everyone knows this: as long as Ye Aotian said it, Xiaofan would definitely return to the country; he wouldn't be in danger, and HLY007 would absolutely not fall into Japan's hands. It's just that, in the end, they'd only lose one Shen Zuimo.
Yes, losing one Shen Zuimo, yet saving such a favorable situation—anyone in that position would do it, everyone would support it, right?
But to a certain soone, losing a Shen Zuimo, even if gaining the entire world, so what?
After hanging up the phone, Ye Aotian handed it to Shen Zuimo.
"He said he would save you..."
The beautiful face hesitated for a mont. The cold eyes shimred with clarity, and she placed the phone on the bed, hugging the pillow to her chest, seemingly deep in thought, seemingly at a loss...
"Old Mr. Ye, why, why did you do this?"
Chen Xu, standing nearby, began to question. An issue that could have been easily resolved was now ssed up, and it was a senior elder of the Yanhuang Soul himself who had ssed it up.
If it were anyone else, Chen Xu would've cursed openly, but the other's prestige was not low. No matter how displeased he was with Ye Aotian, he dared not speak a word of disrespect.
"Ah, I don't know why either. Well, let it be..."
He didn't want his grandson to have any regrets in his life. Do what you want, just go for it, if you have the ability...
Chen Xu and the others left in frustration. Ye Aotian's lack of cooperation had complicated things; he didn't have the ti to engage this old man in talks about life, ideals, or significant matters. What he wanted now was to imdiately send soone to bring Ye Xiaofan back.
"Chief, what should we do now?" The situation grew thorny, a man following Chen Xu asked worriedly.
"Imdiately deploy mbers of the Hidden Assassination Squad to secretly infiltrate Japan, find Ye Xiaofan, and bring HLY007 back," Chen Xu said flatly.
"But Ye Xiaofan is very powerful; if he resists, those we send might find it difficult to capture him alive."
"Are you an idiot? Can't you use a tranquilizer gun?" Chen Xu imdiately shouted in anger.
"But... but... he's soone who scored full marks in the evasion training center..." The man knew that even hitting Ye Xiaofan with a real gun was challenging, to say nothing of a tranquilizer gun.
"For the country, if he remains obstinate, then in critical monts, I permit you to eliminate him..."
"Wh... what... but Chief, he, putting aside the fact that he's Ye Aotian's grandson, just the accomplishnts he made recently have earned him a decent reputation and popularity in Yanhuang Soul. If we kill him, won't that..." The doubts were imnse indeed, sending one's own people to kill one's own people was truly a difficult affair.
"There's no room to consider all that now. If Fan Lingtian and Ye Aotian were willing to cooperate with us, things wouldn't be this complicated, right? Listen, this operation must be absolutely confidential. If it's confird that HLY007 is really with Ye Xiaofan and he refuses to cooperate, then it's permissible to eliminate him. By that ti... just say he fought to death with assassins in Japan. Understood?"
"O... okay..."
That Yanhuang Soul would resort to such an extre asure against Xiaofan was sothing many couldn't foresee.
But what does it matter?
Xiaofan quietly hung up the phone, his expression showing helplessness. However, in an instant, his eyes filled with determination.
"Li Fei, Li Fei..."
"Ah, I'm here..."
Outside the room ca Liu Qiong's voice.
Xiaofan, hearing the voice, walked out of the room...
"The toothpicks you wanted to buy, why do you need so many toothpicks? Isn't there already so at ho?" Liu Qiong asked casually.
"Hmm, I have a lot of cavities, and when I eat, food easily gets stuck in them. So I need to carry them around..."
"Wow, you—you seem so refined and clean usually, but you have cavities?" Liu Qiong made a face of disdain.
"Ah, I ate too much sugar, can't help it. Thanks, anyway."
Xiaofan took the toothpicks, then returned to the room, changing into a black shirt, slowly hiding the toothpicks in his clothes, on his waist, belt, pants... filling every place that could hold them.
Once prepared, Xiaofan finally dialed Lingze's number...
It was the final step, with no retreat.
"Hello... you finally called..." Lingze's voice was particularly excited the mont the call was connected.
"Where's the antidote for White Scorpion?" Xiaofan got straight to the point.
"Where's the HLY007 information..." Lingze was equally forthright.
"The information is in my hand, I'm in DJ now," Xiaofan said truthfully without hiding.
"The antidote you want is at the base... As for the base's location, I think you know better than I do... If you want it, co and trade for it..."
"How do I know if, during the exchange, what you give is the real antidote? I've already confird the information in my hand is real," Xiaofan still had this concern; he needed to clarify what the antidote truly was.
If the other party initially had no intention of providing the real antidote, then even if he successfully infiltrated the base and found the pharmacy, it would be impossible to find the antidote in a short ti without getting discovered.
"That's up to you to believe or not; I can't just find soone to test it out for you, right?" Lingze said with a faint smile.
"Testing it wouldn't be entirely impossible," Xiaofan insisted.
"You don't need to worry that I will give you a fake antidote. We have no use for Shen Zuimo's life anymore; she's no longer valuable. What we want is just the information."
"But to , she's more important than HLY007," Xiaofan had no need to hide his feelings for Shen Zuimo anymore, even in front of the enemy.
There's nothing left to hold back now; no matter what, he has to save her.
"So, how do you want to prove it? I can't mail you a piece of the antidote for you to see, can I?" Lingze continued.
"So that ans, there's no reason to make the trade, right?" Xiaofan said softly.
"That depends on what you think." Lingze had already determined that Xiaofan wouldn't give up, so in this phone conversation, he held the upper hand.
"Then... goodbye..."
Xiaofan decisively hung up the phone. It's not that he didn't want the antidote, but he had to know the antidote was real. Only a real antidote could save a life; with Shen Zuimo's life at stake, he couldn't afford any mistake.
And Lingze, looking at the hung-up phone, let out a cold laugh, casually tossing the phone aside. He knew Ye Xiaofan would definitely call back. It wouldn't take long; he would definitely call back. Absolutely...
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