Chapter 1087: Pretend for a Moment

Seeing Su Ruoli's face full of curiosity, Ye Chen gave a slight smile and said: "This story goes like this: there was a rich second-generation heir who wanted to pursue a great beauty, but he was rather stingy and didn't want to spend too much money on this beauty, so he pretended to tell the beauty that he would buy her a Ferrari..."

"Then, this rich second-generation heir bribed the Ferrari salesperson to act out a scene with him."

"When he brought the beauty to see the car, the salesperson told them there was no car in stock, so they could only place a pre-order first, and then this rich second-generation heir, in front of the beauty, pretended to pay a one million yuan deposit and obtained the car purchase contract."

"The beauty thought the rich second-generation heir had already secured the Ferrari for her, so that very night she climbed onto his bed, and the rich second-generation heir successfully got his way with her."

"After the rich second-generation heir got what he wanted, he immediately went to find that Ferrari salesperson, returned the one million yuan deposit, and then gave that salesperson a twenty thousand yuan kickback."

"But that beauty remained completely unaware; she didn't know that the contract the rich second-generation heir signed was not a formal contract with the 4S store, but a fake contract with that salesperson—the rich second-generation heir never actually booked a Ferrari for her. He went to all this trouble just to trick her into sleeping with him."

"A Ferrari costs at least four to five million yuan, but this rich second-generation heir, from start to finish, actually only spent twenty thousand yuan and successfully slept with this beauty—twenty thousand compared to five million is less than one percent!"

Su Ruoli blurted out: "You... you telling me this story, what does it mean?"

Ye Chen gave a slight smile, sighed helplessly: "You, you are indeed very beautiful, but your brain, it's really incredibly stupid!"

Su Ruoli felt somewhat annoyed inside, but facing Ye Chen, she dared not show it.

So she could only act like a wronged little thing and retort to Ye Chen: "Can't you explain it more clearly?"

Ye Chen nodded, speaking seriously: "Actually, the story of that rich second-generation heir pretending to buy a car is the same principle as the Su family pretending to rescue you!"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "Look, if the Su family really wanted to bribe the entire Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to rescue you alive, it would actually not be impossible, but the cost might be very high!"

"After all, this matter is of extreme importance, everyone has to weigh its significance, unless an exceptionally large sum of money is offered, otherwise no one would dare to take this risk."

"I estimate, to truly get you out of Japan alive, without one billion US dollars, it's impossible to penetrate the Japanese judicial department, customs department, and the Self-Defense Forces through all those layers!"

Saying this, Ye Chen shifted his tone, smiling: "But! If it's just pretending to rescue you once, while actually not letting you leave Japan alive? Then it definitely wouldn't cost that much—estimated to be similar to that car-buying story, the actual cost would be less than one percent of the expected cost!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ruoli felt a deep blow in her heart, her entire worldview collapsed in that instant.

Although she was unwilling to believe everything Ye Chen said was true, she was not a fool.

Su Chengfeng's intention to harm her himself—he had already indirectly admitted it over the phone, so this matter was already set in stone.

Therefore, Ye Chen's story and his speculation about the Su family could be said to hit the nail on the head.

In her view, this story and speculation also perfectly matched the overall context of this matter.

At this moment, her heart was as cold as dead ashes; she had already shed too many tears earlier, so now she didn't even have tears left.

Seeing that she had basically given up, Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "We can't linger here; we must quickly take advantage of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces not having recovered yet and leave Japan in a hurry."

After speaking, he called out all the crew members on his ship, pointed to the captain and crew of the Su family's ship, and ordered: "You few, take these several crew members to the lower cabin, then wash the deck clean."

Ito Yukihiko's crew members hurriedly complied.

At this time, Song Wanting also walked onto the deck, surprised, and asked Ye Chen: "Master Ye, are these people coming for me?"

Ye Chen shook his head: "No, they are coming for me."

Song Wanting saw Su Ruoli with a crossbow bolt embedded in her leg, motionless, and her surprise grew even more; she hurriedly asked him: "Master Ye, this woman is..."

Ye Chen looked at Su Ruoli, smiled slightly, and said: "This little beauty, she was previously an enemy, but now she should no longer be considered as such."

After saying that, he raised his eyebrows at Su Ruoli, smiling, and asked: "Little beauty, am I right?"

Su Ruoli felt a wave of shame and annoyance.

Although she had already seen through the true nature of the Su family members, and although Ye Chen had indeed saved her life, she still couldn't muster any good feelings toward Ye Chen.

After all, it was Ye Chen who initially reported her and her companions to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

And among those companions, many were from the He family, and quite a few were even her martial brothers and cousins.

However, although she had no good feelings toward Ye Chen, her resentment toward him had also dissipated considerably as the truth of the whole matter came to light.

So, for a moment, she didn't know how to answer Ye Chen's question, and could only stubbornly turn her face to one side.

Seeing her resentful appearance, Ye Chen couldn't help but chuckle a few times and said: "Little beauty, the Su family members don't know you're still alive, and they don't know you're in my hands, so from now on you must follow my orders, just like everyone else, and first return with me to Jin Ling."

Su Ruoli instinctively said: "I won't go back to Jin Ling with you!"

Ye Chen smiled: "You're on my ship, yet unwilling to go with me—do you now want to get off the ship?"

Su Ruoli immediately became flustered.

She sadly thought to herself: "I now have nowhere to go; if I don't follow this guy, I can only wait here for the Japanese to come arrest me... in the eyes of the Japanese, I am an unforgivable criminal, and once I fall into their hands, I will surely not escape death..."

"Moreover, I cannot return to my country by myself..."

"Not to mention the vast ocean—I myself cannot get back, and even if I did return, I fear I would still not escape the Su family's clutches..."

"Just now, when that captain called Su Chengfeng, he clearly told him I was already dead; if I return alive, and the Su family finds out, they will immediately realize that the captain deceived them..."

"They will also realize that their vicious plot has been completely exposed!"

"By then, they will certainly try every possible means to kill me to silence me..."

"Now, my only chance is to follow this man back to Jin Ling..."

"With his strength so great, he surely has a way to silently bring me back, and he will surely be able to deceive the Su family..."