Chapter 545

Although Xi Lin did not understand why this had to be done, she nodded upon hearing Ye Su's arrangement and took off her bag.

Sure enough, as soon as Ye Su rode the motorcycle up to the unfinished checkpoint, he was discovered by several soldiers, who forced him to stop at gunpoint.

"Stop right there! Move any further and I'll shoot!"

Bullets kicked up several wisps of dust in front of Ye Su's motorcycle. Ye Su brought the bike to a halt and whispered to Xi Lin:

"Are you ready? Hold onto me tight in a moment. When I start the bike, dump the money out immediately!"

Xi Lin nervously tightened her grip around Ye Su's waist and pressed herself against him to signal she was ready.

At this moment, the soldiers at the checkpoint saw that Ye Su was not nervous and felt somewhat surprised by his identity.

"Take out your identification now and submit to an investigation."

"Of course, that is a citizen's duty."

As he spoke, Ye Su turned his head to signal Xi Lin. Xi Lin understood and opened the zipper of the bag in her hand a little.

Seeing that the two of them were so cooperative, the soldiers relaxed their vigilance and let Xi Lin go.

"Snap!"

A stack of currency fell from the bag onto the ground. The eyes of several soldiers were immediately drawn to it.

Ye Su took the opportunity to twist the throttle, and the entire bike charged toward the unfinished checkpoint.

The soldiers reacted and raised their guns to aim at Ye Su, only to see money fluttering all over the sky, kicked up by the strong wind.

"Oh, my god!"

Watching the money dancing in the air as the bike moved forward, the soldiers fell into a panic. One soldier reached out and grabbed a fluttering bill.

It was like opening a floodgate. This was real money, after all; if you didn't pick it up, someone else would. Grabbing it meant earning it—after all, that little bit of discharge pay wasn't even enough to get between their teeth!

As for Ye Su, who had just left, they would claim they were just busy building the checkpoint and hadn't seen anything; otherwise, wouldn't that be a dereliction of duty?

Because no shots were fired, it didn't attract the attention of the main force, and the checkpoint sentries were content to be bought off.

As the motorcycle moved away from the checkpoint, Xi Lin asked:

"Ye, how did you know they wouldn't shoot? I thought they would keep us there directly when they saw the money; that way they would get more."

"They were dazzled by the money floating in the sky! Their brains lost the ability to judge for a moment. After we passed, their first instinct was to grab the money. By the time they thought about shooting, their brains would realize that the more people who were alerted to split the money, the less they would get!"

Seeing Xi Lin lost in thought, Ye Su laughed:

"However, this method is only effective against ordinary soldiers with poor military discipline."

Xi Lin nodded. That was indeed true; if they had encountered soldiers with better discipline, they might have truly been kept behind.

"Ye, where should I go next?"

"I am going back to my country. Do you want to come with me?"

Ye Su felt a bit worried; after all, the two of them didn't have a deep relationship, and strictly speaking, it was just a chance encounter.

"But neither of us has identification. Even if we did, we would definitely be discovered and wouldn't pass the security check."

Hearing that Xi Lin was already considering going back with him, Ye Su felt somewhat moved and tightened his grip on Xi Lin's hand, which was wrapped around him.

"The two of us certainly can't go openly, so we'll have to smuggle ourselves in!"

"Smuggle?"

Xi Lin was a bit curious. Although she understood the meaning of the term and had heard of smuggling, she never expected it to happen to her one day.

Ye Su said with some guilt: "I've really wronged you!"

"No, Ye, don't you think this is cool? I've experienced more in these two days than in my whole life. I'm really sick of the dull and boring life in the laboratory...

Ye, you are like a light that illuminated me and brought me a new life!"

Hearing Xi Lin's confession, Ye Su felt a bit awkward. What he had clearly intended was to trick this naive energy scientist into coming back to work for him, just like the other team members—closer than a superior and subordinate.

Who knew that this confession from Xi Lin would make Ye Su suddenly wonder if he really was as great as she said? That's right, I am just that great.

Two days later, Ye Su arrived at the pier and found the local kingpin, Jack, in an abandoned shipyard.

"So you two are the ones who want two tickets?"

Jack sat in a chair, swirling a glass of red wine, looking at Ye Su with interest.

Both sides of the shipyard were filled with Jack's henchmen, each one burly, tall, and fierce. Of course, these henchmen sometimes played the role of crew members, so they had to be strong.

The henchmen on both sides wore evil smiles, putting pressure on Ye Su, while Jack sipped his red wine nonchalantly, waiting for Ye Su's answer.

Of course, this answer wasn't just words; it also included his expression. If he didn't have a bit of backbone, he would likely be eaten alive by them.

Ye Su reached out to shield the timid Xi Lin behind him, looking at Jack in front of him with a calm expression:

"That's right, I want two tickets, but neither of us has identification information."

Hearing Ye Su's answer, Jack frowned, and the red wine in his glass began to swirl violently.

As time passed, the atmosphere in the shipyard became heavy. After a long while, Jack put down his wine glass and stared at Ye Su: