Chapter 1388

Ye Zhongquan truly had not expected Ye Chen to admit it so readily.

This sudden candor caught him off guard.

A moment later, he subconsciously wrung his hands and sighed, "Chen'er, you are being foolish!"

Ye Chen frowned, "How am I being foolish?"

Ye Zhongquan lamented, "You are foolish because you shouldn't have laid a hand on Su Shoudao! Think about it: he is the eldest son of the Su family, and he went missing at the Bai Jinhangong. Can our Ye family possibly distance ourselves from this?"

Ye Chen retorted, "What? Did Su Chengfeng come looking for you?"

"He did!" Ye Zhongquan said, his face full of worry, "Su Chengfeng called me and ranted, even threatening to fight the Ye family to the death! You must know that our two families have always fought with words, not hands. We have broken the rules this time; the Ye family will surely retaliate crazily. Moreover, if this reaches the authorities, we will be the ones in the wrong. It will be very difficult for us to stand our ground then!"

Ye Chen smiled, "Did you call just for this?"

Ye Zhongquan sensed the disdain in Ye Chen's tone and spoke very solemnly, "Chen'er, I know you have a big temper and often don't want to endure things, but you must have a sense of the big picture when doing things! Laying a hand on Su Shoudao now won't cause any substantial damage to the Su family. This guy has been completely sidelined by his father; he's just a mascot. What is the point of tying him up? Instead, you've given the Su family a reason to target us!"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "I didn't move against him for the sake of the Ye family, but to make him pay the price for the Anti-Ye Alliance back then. He targeted my father, so I will target him. And I didn't just tie him up; when the ancestor worship ceremony comes, I will force him to go to Mount Ye Ling and kneel before my parents' graves to admit his mistakes!"

Ye Zhongquan was shocked by Ye Chen's words and blurted out, "You... you are forcing the Su family to fight us to the death! If that's the case, I would rather not hold the ancestor worship ceremony this year than go to war with the Su family now! The Su family has already made the authorities very dissatisfied. As long as we wait patiently, the authorities will surely exert pressure on the Su family gradually, and we can just sit back and reap the benefits. But if you stir up trouble like this, it's equivalent to helping the Su family divert the authorities' attention, and then the trouble will fall on us..."

Ye Chen gave a scoff and said, "Old Master, don't be so afraid. This matter isn't as complicated as you think. And rest assured, I have already sent Su Shoudao to Syria. No one can find him, and I won't let the outside world know his whereabouts, so it won't implicate you in anything."

Ye Zhongquan said helplessly, "Chen'er, why do you think about problems so simply? The person went missing at the Bai Jinhangong. Even if you handle it without leaving a trace, we have no way to defend ourselves!"

Ye Chen smiled, "Old Master, what was the first question you asked me?"

Ye Zhongquan asked in surprise, "What first question?"

Ye Chen said, "The first question you asked me as soon as the call connected."

Ye Zhongquan blurted out, "I asked if you were the one who caused Su Shoudao's disappearance."

Ye Chen gave an 'oh' and said casually, "Oh, it wasn't me."

"Uh..." Ye Zhongquan was momentarily speechless, then said helplessly, "Chen'er, this is meaningless... Su Chengfeng isn't a child. If I tell him that, will he believe it?"

Ye Chen smiled, "What if he doesn't believe it? Tell him Su Shoudao never came to the Bai Jinhangong at all."

Ye Zhongquan was extremely helpless, "This... what is the point of such childish sophistry?"

Ye Chen said solemnly, "This isn't sophistry; it's the actual situation. Su Shoudao never checked into the Bai Jinhangong. There is no name of his in the check-in information, and there is no footage of him entering the hotel in the surveillance cameras. Do you understand?"

Ye Zhongquan hurriedly asked him, "You wiped out the surveillance footage of him checking in?"

"No," Ye Chen said indifferently, "When he checked in, it was to secretly approach Ito Takehiko, but he was afraid of being discovered by the people at the Bai Jinhangong, so he had his subordinates come to open the room, and then he disguised himself and bypassed the surveillance to sneak in. Naturally, no check-in information was left behind."

"So, if Su Chengfeng comes looking for you again, just tell him directly that you've checked the entire Bai Jinhangong's check-in information and there is no such person as Su Shoudao. If he isn't convinced, tell him to produce evidence of Su Shoudao checking into the Bai Jinhangong, or just tell him to go to the police."

After finishing, Ye Chen added, "Then you can also bite back and question him about what he means, and whether he is intentionally trying to frame the Ye family and find a reason to go to war with us."

Ye Zhongquan was dumbfounded listening to this.

At first glance, he felt that the approach Ye Chen suggested didn't seem very reliable.

However, after pondering it carefully, he felt it might actually work.

Thinking about it even more carefully, it even made one want to applaud!

He couldn't hide his excitement as he thought to himself, "Damn it, if Su Shoudao had walked into the Bai Jinhangong openly, then the Bai Jinhangong would certainly have an inescapable responsibility for the person going missing. And since the Bai Jinhangong belongs to the Ye family, it would be impossible for the Ye family not to provide an explanation."

"But... the doors of my Bai Jinhangong are open 24 hours a day. You, Su Shoudao, could have walked in openly, but you chose to sneak in like a rat, and you actively left no traces behind. Then can you blame me for your disappearance? What a joke!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly became excited and blurted out, "Chen'er, so you had already considered this! This matter was handled truly beautifully!"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "Beautiful is a stretch, but it won't bring you any trouble. However, even if you say this, it will only make the Su family suffer in silence. The Su family will surely still blame you for Su Shoudao's disappearance. But since my wings are not yet fully grown, you will have to help me shoulder this."

Ye Zhongquan gave a chuckle and said, "That doesn't matter. As long as Su Chengfeng has no direct evidence to prove it has anything to do with our Ye family, he has no reason to go to war with us. If he forces a war without a reason, the authorities will only have a worse opinion of them. So, in this way, Su Chengfeng certainly won't dare to act rashly and will have to suffer in silence!"

After finishing, he hurriedly asked, "By the way, Chen'er, how did you get Su Shoudao to Syria? You didn't send him to that Hamid, did you?"

Hearing him mention Hamid, Ye Chen wasn't surprised. After all, his entire trip to Syria was almost entirely arranged by his subordinate Han Guangyao, and when Hamid sent him away, Han Guangyao had seen him. Han Guangyao must have reported these situations to Ye Zhongquan.

Therefore, Ye Chen admitted it quite generously, saying, "I had Su Shoudao sponsor Hamid with 100 million US dollars, and then I sent him over to experience life. That place is isolated from the world. As long as I don't let go, the Su family might not be able to find him even in fifty years!"

Hearing this, Ye Zhongquan couldn't suppress his excitement and said, "Beautiful! Well done!"