Chapter 1105: You have no choice!

Song Wanting's heart was filled with conflict at this moment.

Naturally, she hated Song Tianming and his son, Song Rongyu, to the bone.

However, when it came to actually deciding their life or death, she truly did not want to kill them.

On one hand, they were family after all, bound by blood;

on the other hand, she was worried that acting too ruthlessly would break Elder Song's heart.

Song Wanting understood her grandfather very well. She knew that while he was strict and currently hated his eldest son and nephew deeply,

she also knew that in his heart, blood was always thicker than water; he would not truly wish for the deaths of his eldest son and nephew as punishment.

Thinking of this, she looked at Ye Chen and said sincerely, "Master Ye, although they have committed many wrongs, they are still members of the Song family and my blood relatives. I still hope you can spare their lives..."

As soon as these words were spoken, three people on the scene breathed a sigh of relief.

Besides Song Tianming and Song Rongyu, there was also Elder Song, Song Jimo.

For Song Tianming and Song Rongyu, it went without saying—Song Wanting's words were equivalent to sparing their wretched lives.

As for Elder Song, he had truly been afraid that Song Wanting would demand the lives of this father-son pair out of hatred.

Yet, in front of Ye Chen, he dared not explicitly ask to protect them, so their fate had been entirely in Song Wanting's hands.

Now, hearing Song Wanting say this, he naturally felt his entire body relax.

Song Tianming kowtowed to Song Wanting repeatedly in excitement, choking out, "Wanting... I will forever remember your grace in sparing us..."

Song Rongyu also cried, "Wanting, thank you for your mercy..."

Ye Chen had long anticipated this result. He looked at the tearful Song Tianming and Song Rongyu, who were clearly relieved to have survived, and said calmly, "Since Wanting has said she wants to spare your wretched lives, I will naturally respect her wishes."

Having said this, Ye Chen said sternly, "But as the saying goes, while one may escape the death penalty, one cannot escape the punishment for one's crimes. You two may keep your lives, but you must still receive sufficient punishment!"

Song Tianming hurriedly said, "Master Ye! Rongyu and I are willing to go to the police station right now to turn ourselves in and let the law decide!"

Song Rongyu also nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Master Ye, my father and I will go turn ourselves in right now! We're going!"

Ye Chen sneered: "You two have quite the beautiful fantasy, don't you? You want to turn yourselves in and have me secure a 'surrender' status for you, so that your sentencing will naturally be more lenient."

Song Tianming hurriedly said, "Master Ye, you are a person of great stature; even with a surrender, we would still face at least a dozen years in prison."

Ye Chen waved his hand, "Forget it, don't bother turning yourselves in; there is no need to resolve this through legal channels."

Upon hearing this, Elder Song asked, "Master Ye, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Chen said, "I don't trust this father-son pair. Even if I sent them to prison, they might still threaten Wanting's life in the future. So, I have thought of another solution that can preserve their lives while preventing them from ever threatening Wanting again."

Song Tianming asked nervously, "Master Ye, what... what is the solution you speak of..."

Ye Chen said loudly, "Song Tianming, I intend to send you and your son far away, to a strange place where you will never be able to return."

Upon hearing this, Song Tianming and Song Rongyu thought of the Wei family father and son at the same time...

Because they had offended Ye Chen, that pair was still at the foot of Mount Zhangbai.

This winter was exceptionally cold, with temperatures at the foot of Mount Zhangbai dropping to minus twenty or thirty degrees or even lower. It was hard to imagine how that pair had survived until now.

Thinking of the harsh and brutal environment at the foot of Mount Zhangbai, Song Rongyu cried, "Master Ye, I beg you to show mercy and let us go to prison instead. We really don't want to go to that freezing place at Mount Zhangbai..."

Ye Chen sneered, "Rest assured, I won't send you to Mount Zhangbai. I have other arrangements for you."

After saying this, he called out, "Old Chen, come in."

Outside the door, Chen Zekai immediately stepped in and asked respectfully, "Master Ye, what are your orders?"

Ye Chen said, "Old Chen, I heard you invested in a diamond mine in Africa before?"

"Yes," Chen Zekai nodded and said, "I did invest in a diamond mine, and that mine is in Sierra Leone, Africa."

Ye Chen asked him, "How is the environment there?"

Chen Zekai laughed, "That hellhole is in West Africa, one of the least developed countries in the world. It has consistently ranked at the bottom globally for years. It is so poor you cannot even imagine..."

"Moreover, the climate conditions in that hellhole are also terrible. It has a tropical monsoon climate with high temperatures year-round, reaching over 40 degrees at the peak and never dropping below 15 degrees. It is humid and hot. They say that out of ten men, eight have eczema in their pant legs. Plus, that hellhole is infested with mosquitoes and rife with all kinds of infectious diseases. If it weren't for the diamond mine there, it would have been finished long ago!"

Hearing this, Song Tianming and Song Rongyu were already trembling with fear.

Ye Chen said with a smile, "According to what you say, this Sierra Leone is truly a great place for exile!"

Having said this, he pointed at the father-son pair and said with a smile, "How about this, Old Chen? Send this pair to Sierra Leone overnight, arrange for them to work at your diamond mine, and have them pick diamonds in the river with the local workers. Provide them with food and shelter, but absolutely do not pay them a single cent in wages. Furthermore, their living conditions must be exactly the same as the local workers. At the same time, send people to keep a close eye on them so that they can never return for the next twenty years. As for whether they can return after twenty years, it will depend on their performance during these twenty years."

As soon as these words were spoken, Song Tianming and Song Rongyu nearly fainted.

Song Tianming cried, "Master Ye, Master Ye, please spare us! In that hellhole of Sierra Leone, my son and I will die of dysentery or some other infectious disease within a few months at most. It would be better to just shoot us instead."

Chen Zekai laughed, "Mr. Song, there is no need to worry. Although the natural and human conditions in Africa are indeed very backward, we Chinese entrepreneurs who invest in Africa are very humane. We have equipped every construction site with professional doctors and have plenty of standby medicine, which will absolutely guarantee your health."

Song Rongyu wailed loudly, "I don't want to go to Africa, I don't want to go to Sierra Leone, I don't want to go to that kind of hellhole to dig for diamonds! I beg you, send me to prison! I am a criminal, let the law punish me, I beg you..."

Song Tianming also begged incessantly, "Master Ye, please be kind and let us turn ourselves in!"

Ye Chen sneered, "Do you think you still have the power to choose? You are simply daydreaming!"

Immediately, he looked at Chen Zekai and ordered, "Old Chen, have your men take them away immediately, and arrange for a plane to send them to Sierra Leone as soon as possible. It would be best if they left this afternoon!"