Chapter 1376

While Chen Zekai was mobilizing resources to go to Mochen in the Northeast to pick up He Yingxiu to Jin Ling, Su Shoudao was escorted onto a plane by Chen Zekai's men, flying to Syria.

At the same time, Hamid, far away in Syria, also began to mobilize his soldiers, preparing to strictly implement the nine-character policy of "digging deep tunnels, storing grain everywhere, and delaying the claim to the throne" according to Ye Chen's advice.

His friend in the construction industry in Iraq, upon hearing Hamid say he could give a 50% project premium and was willing to prepay five million US dollars, stopped the project he was working on in Iraq where he couldn't get the final payment without hesitation, and took a group of construction workers who were desperate for money and headed to Syria at full speed.

Su Chengfeng did not yet know that his son had already begun his journey westward.

He knew that Su Shoudao was going to find an opportunity to meet with Ito Yuhiko today, so he waited quietly in the villa for Su Shoudao's good news.

And He Yuanjiang, who was teaching at Jin Ling Finance and Economics Academy, spent the whole morning in the torment of extreme anxiety.

He had been paying attention to the reports about the eight hostages in Syria, but what made him feel very nervous was that there were no latest developments in this matter in any public reports.

It was not that the local media did not report it, but that the opposition that had captured the hostages had not made any more statements.

According to the opposition's previous public rhetoric, if the US embassy did not pay 80 million US dollars, they would kill the hostages one by one at certain time intervals.

Logically speaking, once the opposition and the US embassy had no results in their negotiations, they would inevitably kill the hostages to put pressure on the US embassy, but they had gone silent and released no further information, which was truly contrary to common sense.

He Yuanjiang was also worried about Ye Chen's safety, and whether Ye Chen could bring his daughter back.

After all, that place was filled with the flames of war, and he thought it would be very difficult for Ye Chen alone to easily rescue his daughter.

But he did not know that as early as dawn, Ye Chen had already brought his daughter back to Jin Ling.

At this very moment, his daughter, He Zhiqiu, was in the land of dreams.

Life in Syria during this period had been very difficult, and after being captured, she had been filled with fear and anxiety, and her psychological and mental pressure had been very great.

Now that she had finally returned to the peaceful and stable Huaxia and was lying on the soft and comfortable big bed of a five-star hotel, her body and mind were completely relaxed unconsciously, so she was sleeping very soundly.

Ye Chen instructed Chen Zekai to contact He Yingxiu, and he himself strolled to the commercial area of the Buckingham Palace Hotel.

Such top-tier star-rated hotels all have very complete commercial facilities inside.

Many top luxury brands love to cooperate with five-star hotels.

Because in their view, consumers who stay in five-star hotels generally have strong spending power and completely overlap with their luxury customer base.

Therefore, many Chanel, Hermes, and Dior stores are opened in five-star hotels.

Ye Chen came here alone, not because he had nothing to do and came to go shopping, but because he intended to buy a new set of clothes for He Zhiqiu.

When he saw He Zhiqiu in the cellar in Syria yesterday, the clothes she was wearing were already so dirty that their original color could not be seen.

After all, she had been captured as a prisoner of war, so in such a situation, it was difficult to ensure that her attire was decent.

However, by noon, Ye Chen intended to take He Zhiqiu directly to Jin Ling Finance and Economics Academy to give her father, He Yuanjiang, a surprise.

Since he was going to deliver a surprise, he certainly had to deliver his daughter to him intact and clean.

If he let He Zhiqiu go dressed like a beggar, let alone how He Yuanjiang would feel, the key was that the security guards at Jin Ling Finance and Economics Academy might not even let her in.

Ye Chen came to the commercial area and, in the Chanel store, casually bought a high-end custom-made ready-to-wear outfit for He Zhiqiu.

The style of high-end fashion brands like Chanel is slightly luxurious, and the clothing style is also relatively beautiful and sexy, so Ye Chen casually chose a beige dress.

The Chanel dress had a very British royal princess style; the lower part was a skirt that went past the knees, while the upper part was a long-sleeved small suit style, quite a luxurious socialite style.

The reason he chose such clothes was mainly because the weather was still a bit cold, and this kind of spring and autumn clothing was just right.

Although the skirt of this dress was very long, if she really wore it with bare legs, it would definitely still be a bit cold, so Ye Chen casually bought a pair of black pantyhose as well.

After he chose the size based on his impression of He Zhiqiu's height and was about to pay and leave, he suddenly remembered that the pair of sneakers the woman wore yesterday were also dirty beyond recognition, so he bought her a pair of size 37 white fashion leather shoes.

Ye Chen didn't know if this size would fit her, but it didn't matter; if it didn't fit, he would let He Zhiqiu make do, it was still better than wearing that outfit that had been on the battlefield.

Carrying the newly bought clothes and shoes, Ye Chen walked out the door and inadvertently discovered that in the display window of the store next door, there were several mannequin models wearing only underwear.

Only then did he remember that he hadn't bought underwear for He Zhiqiu yet.

It went without saying that He Zhiqiu had been through so much and finally arrived at the room in the morning, so she must be exhausted, and it was highly probable that she had taken a shower and gone straight to sleep; she couldn't have had time to wash her own underwear one by one and hang them out to dry.

That meant that when he went to see her father in a while, she would have no clean underwear to change into.

Therefore, Ye Chen simply walked straight in.

After entering, Ye Chen realized that this was actually a high-end lingerie store that only sold women's underwear.

The salesclerks inside were women, and the few customers strolling in the store were also women.

Seeing Ye Chen, a grown man, actually coming to shop for women's underwear alone, everyone looked at him with a somewhat strange expression.

Ye Chen also knew that him coming here to shop alone was indeed a bit inappropriate, so he intended to make it quick, pointed directly at a set of black lace underwear worn by a mannequin, and said, "Come, please give me a set of this."

A female salesclerk said somewhat awkwardly, "Sir... what... what size do you need?"

"Size?" Ye Chen frowned, recalled, and said, "About 1.7 meters tall, on the thin side."

"Okay." The salesclerk nodded and asked again, "Then may I ask what cup size your girlfriend is?"

Ye Chen understood what she meant and thought to himself, "What cup size is He Zhiqiu? How would I know? I haven't touched her, and besides, He Zhiqiu didn't tell me..."

"And, when I saw He Zhiqiu, she was wearing an outdoor sportswear outfit printed with anti-war slogans, the clothes were relatively loose, and she didn't seem to have much of a chest."

So he bit the bullet and said, "Um, I don't know the specific cup size, but it shouldn't be considered large."

The salesclerk also said with some embarrassment, "Then it should be an A cup. Please wait a moment, I will help you match the size."

Ye Chen said without hesitation, "Okay! Hurry!"

The salesclerk soon took two pieces of underwear neatly folded in packaging bags from the small storage room in the back and asked Ye Chen, "Sir, do you want to open them and take a look? Check if there are any defects or loose threads."

How could Ye Chen be embarrassed to check women's underwear in front of so many people, so he hurriedly said, "No need, just pack them up for me. Come, pay, do you scan me or do I scan you?"

The salesclerk hurriedly said, "Wait a moment, I will scan you!"

The salesclerk skillfully put the underwear into the packaging bag and then scanned the code to settle the bill.

After paying, Ye Chen didn't wait to take the receipt and ran out directly carrying the underwear bag.

The salesclerk looked at Ye Chen's back, then at the back of the mannequin, and muttered, "I really didn't expect that this handsome guy looks so upright, yet he came alone to buy such revealing thong underwear for his girlfriend..."