Chapter 1088: The Light of Fireflies, How Could It Compare to the Brilliance of the Sun and Moon?

Su Ruoli thought only of surviving first, then uncovering the truth of everything at this very moment.

At this moment, although she harbored hatred toward the Su family, she still clung to a faint hope.

She felt that if this matter were solely plotted by her grandfather Su Chengfeng, with her father Su Shoudao uninvolved and even kept in the dark, she would feel much relieved deep inside.

But if this matter involved both her grandfather Su Chengfeng and her father Su Shoudao, then she and the Su family would be utterly severed in kindness and righteousness!

Having thought this through, Su Ruoli looked at Ye Chen and pleaded softly: "I can go to Jin Ling with you, but could you let me call my mother? I need to let her know I'm still alive… otherwise she would surely be very worried…"

Ye Chen blurted out without hesitation: "No!"

Su Ruoli never expected that her earnest plea to Ye Chen—only wishing to report her safety to her mother—would be met with such a blunt refusal.

She couldn't help but feel somewhat annoyed and asked: "Why not? Even if the entire Su family wants me dead, my mother certainly wouldn't be involved…"

Ye Chen said coldly: "You must know that when a mother's daughter truly dies, and when her daughter hasn't actually died, her reactions to outsiders are completely different!"

"If your mother doesn't know you're still alive, she will surely show natural grief, and the Su family will absolutely detect nothing;"

"but if you now tell your mother the situation, and she knows you haven't died, she will surely find it hard to feign the true appearance of losing a beloved daughter, and then it would be very easy for the Su family to spot the flaw!"

Saying this, Ye Chen gave a cold smile with implied meaning: "After all, you Sues act decisively—you led people to exterminate the Matsumoto clan, and Su Chengfeng had someone kill you in Japan; who knows if he won't cause trouble for your mother, seeking to eradicate the roots?"

Upon hearing this, Su Ruoli felt utterly ashamed.

She had indeed been brainwashed before, believing the Su family's interests outweighed everything and were not to be violated.

Therefore, she had always dealt harshly with the Su family's enemies.

However, the previous extermination of the Matsumoto clan was actually not her idea, but her father Su Shoudao's.

The Matsumoto clan had nearly killed Su Shoudao's son and daughter, which enraged him greatly at the time, so he ordered Su Ruoli to lead people to directly exterminate the Matsumoto clan.

Now, thinking that the Su family was equally ruthless toward her, Su Ruoli felt deep anger, shame, and regret.

Had she known the Su family were such people, she would never have wholeheartedly served them no matter what.

At this moment, she truly realized she had not only considered things too one-sided, but also viewed the Su family too narrowly and simplistically.

She couldn't help but blame herself in her heart: "Su Ruoli, Su Ruoli, you're truly foolish! For so many years, besides killing, you can hardly do or understand anything, and you almost dragged your mother down too…"

"This man is right—if you let your mother know all this, she will likely rush to confront the Su family immediately; even if she can restrain herself, once the Su family finds her, she will hardly avoid being detected, and then your mother would be placed in danger…"

Thinking this, she immediately looked at Ye Chen, nodded obediently, and said in a muffled voice: "Then… that's fine… I… I will listen to you…"

Ye Chen hummed, then said: "I'll have someone take you first to the cabin to rest; your wound's bleeding has stopped, and later I'll help you pull out the crossbow bolt, then help you cleanse the toxins in your body."

Su Ruoli lightly nodded, hesitated repeatedly, then gently bit her lower lip and whispered: "Thank you…"

Ye Chen hummed, then said to the captain of this ship: "You go with me to the neighboring ship, set it to sail in the opposite direction at full speed, so as to divert others' attention."

The captain quickly nodded.

At this moment, the six people Ye Chen threw into the sea had all drowned to death.

Several of their corpses had already begun sinking to the seabed.

Ye Chen brought that captain to the opposite cruise ship; after the captain set the course, Ye Chen let him return to the ship first.

Then, he set the engine power of this ship to maximum, and the ship immediately shot forward at high speed.

Song Wanting, on the neighboring deck, saw the ship depart and shouted anxiously: "Master Ye!"

As soon as she spoke, she saw a figure suddenly leap up on that ship and jump into the water in a perfect arc.

Then she saw Ye Chen effortlessly lift his head from the water, swimming back to the ship's side unhurriedly.

Song Wanting worried about Ye Chen, quickly grabbed a towel, and at the moment he boarded, immediately handed it to him, saying anxiously: "Master Ye, quickly wipe off the water on your body, then go to the cabin for a hot shower, lest you catch a cold…"

Ye Chen smiled faintly: "No problem, just change into clean clothes later."

Saying this, he told the nearby captain: "Let's hurry and set sail, enter the international waters as soon as possible."

"Yes, Mr. Ye!" the captain immediately nodded and said: "You go change clothes first; we'll set sail right away!"

……

Ye Chen returned to the cabin, changed into a clean set of single garments, and the crew helped him put the seawater-soaked clothes into the washer-dryer combo; this way, they could be washed and dried in a few hours.

At this time, Su Ruoli was arranged in a large-bed room on one floor.

Because Ye Chen had previously sealed her meridians, she could now only sit on the sofa, unable to move.

Ye Chen politely knocked on the door, then pushed it open and entered, looking at Su Ruoli and asking: "How do you feel?"

Su Ruoli said somewhat embarrassedly: "I… I'm still okay…"

After speaking, she asked doubtfully: "Could you tell me how you did it?"

Ye Chen frowned and asked: "What do you mean by 'how you did it'?"

Su Ruoli asked: "How did you manage to instantly cleanse the toxins in my body? Moreover, you helped stop my bleeding, and I can't understand why my body's mobility seems to have been greatly restricted…"

Ye Chen said lightly: "Since you're a martial artist, you should understand internal energy, right?"

Su Ruoli nodded and said seriously: "I know internal energy, but this seems to completely exceed the scope of internal energy…"

"Martial artists painstakingly cultivate internal force and internal energy to strengthen their physique and strength; this force can only circulate within one's own body, but your internal energy seems able to circulate within my body… this… this is too miraculous…"

Ye Chen chuckled coldly, with an arrogant expression, and said: "My internal energy and yours are entirely different matters; the ancients said, 'How can the light of fireflies compare to the brilliance of the sun and moon?' If my internal energy is the sun and moon, then yours is merely the light of fireflies!"