Chapter 3466: A Covert Passage Through Chen Cang

Ye Chen's thorough analysis and deduction made Hamid instantly a bit nervous.

He frowned anxiously and asked Ye Chen: "Ye younger brother, you say I can't beat them in a fight and can't hold them in defense, so isn't going back and forth just a dead end?"

Ye Chen let out a light sigh and said: "Older brother, I personally feel the situation is indeed not optimistic; I didn't expect the opposition to achieve total victory so quickly, and now the situation has completely changed."

Hamid asked: "Then what should I do now?"

Ye Chen pondered for a moment, then spoke solemnly: "If it were me, I would definitely start immediately with a covert maneuver to see if there is any internal discord or even factional split within the opposition; if there is, I would try to use a counter-espionage scheme and financial incentives to win over potential allies, find the right moment to attack from inside and outside, and perhaps I could replace them."

"This..." Hamid said embarrassedly: "Younger brother... I know you have the talent of a general, but I, your older brother, don't have this ability; frankly, before I met you, I struggled to command two or three thousand men, and to handle such a large situation would be beyond me—I'd be in over my head!"

After saying this, Hamid looked at Ye Chen with an excited expression and said: "Unless you, younger brother, are willing to help me command!"

"Forget it..." Ye Chen said helplessly with a wry smile: "I'm currently unable to free myself from various circumstances, and moreover, if you really fight this battle, it's likely to take three to five years or even longer to see results; to achieve total victory would be a protracted war."

Hamid sighed: "Yes, you also couldn't possibly have that much time and energy to help me command and lead troops in battle."

As he said this, he hurriedly asked: "By the way, younger brother, could... could you ask Wan Dianzhu to help? I don't expect him to help me fight, but if the opposition really comes to blows with me, could you ask Wan Dianzhu to mediate? To smooth things over, or to back me up?"

Ye Chen waved his hand and said: "If it were the former opposition, Wan Long Temple clashing with them would be no problem, but the key is that the current opposition is no longer an opposition; they are the legitimate government, and if Wan Long Temple opposes them, it would amount to invasion."

Hamid thought carefully for a long time and said: "Then I will first do as you said, younger brother, go back and secretly try to win over some potential allies from their camp."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "After returning, be careful in all things; as long as you hold your base, even if they attack you, they won't be able to do anything to you in the short term, and if they really do fight, I will help you think of a way."

Hamid breathed a sigh of relief: "With your words, younger brother, I am truly relieved!"

Ye Chen asked him: "By the way, what identity are you using for your visit to the Maldives this time?"

Hamid said: "I obtained a Dubai identity; now I am the boss of a Dubai construction company."

Ye Chen nodded: "Later, if I meet my family and we start chatting, just say I met you when I went to the northwest borderlands to assess the feng shui of your coal mine investment, understand?"

Hamid said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem!"

"Then it's settled." Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and said: "Come on, let's go eat; go to my table and say hello to my family, so they won't get suspicious; also, in front of them, don't call me younger brother, call me Ye Master."

Hamid nodded heavily, laughing and saying: "No problem, Ye Master!"

Seeing Ye Chen chatting amiably with the Middle Eastern tycoon for a long time, laughing and talking as they returned, Ma Lan couldn't help but sigh: "This son-in-law really is capable now—he's even developed clients in the Middle East! This tycoon looks extremely rich at a glance!"

Xiao Changkun said with a smile: "What need is there to say? In that Middle Eastern place, growing crops won't work, tourism won't work due to the climate, but there's just a lot of oil underground, so the people there have little of anything except money."

Ma Lan echoed: "Wrong, there are also many wives!"

Xiao Changkun dared not casually respond to this topic, so he could only smile and say nothing.

Upon seeing Ye Chen and Hamid walk over together, the couple felt a bit curious.

Ye Chen brought Hamid in front of the family of three, smiled and introduced: "Dad, Mom, wife, this is the Middle Eastern boss I mentioned."

Hamid then hurriedly introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I am Ahmad Sawani; you can just call me Ahmad!"

Xiao Changkun hurriedly stood up, feeling both honored and surprised, and asked in astonishment: "Oh, Mr. Ahmad, your Chinese is really good!"

Hamid said with a smile: "I've stayed in China for a long time; doing business, I am indeed an old friend of the Chinese people!"

Hamid dared not say he had studied in China, otherwise, if someone pressed him asking what school he attended and what major he studied, it would get deeper and deeper the more he said.

Xiao Changkun said: "Mr. Ahmad, let me introduce myself—I am Xiao Changkun, Ye Chen's father-in-law!"

Ma Lan also hurriedly came over: "I am Ma Lan, Ye Chen's mother-in-law!"

Hamid looked at Xiao Churan, smiled and said: "This beautiful lady who is as lovely as a heavenly immortal must be Ye Chen's wife, right?"

Xiao Churan inwardly guessed Hamid's identity, because she knew that whatever Hamid said would definitely be lies; he and Ye Chen knowing each other, he must certainly know Ye Chen's identity as the young master of the Ye family.

However, she did not show any abnormality, merely smiling very properly and saying: "Mr. Ahmad, hello, I am Xiao Churan, very pleased to meet you."

Hamid nodded and said politely: "Ye Master has helped me a lot in feng shui, I have always been very grateful to him; being able to meet him here and meet you all is also our affinity; let's do this—everything you spend on Baima Island from now on will be charged to my account."

Ma Lan was overjoyed: "Really, Mr. Ahmad... this... this is too much thanks to you!"

Xiao Changkun, however, still had a bit of reserve, hurriedly making polite remarks: "Oh, Mr. Ahmad, you don't need to be so polite!"

Hamid thought: Is this bit of money still called being polite? My Ye younger brother alone helped me raise hundreds of millions of dollars for infrastructure; I owe my current position to Ye younger brother—he is my parents in terms of food and clothing; this small gesture of mine, what is it worth?

So he immediately smiled and said: "You two don't need to be so polite with me—Ye Master has done me a big favor."

After saying this, he immediately called over the restaurant manager and instructed: "Remember, all expenses of these few people on the island are to be charged to my account."

Hamid arrived on the island two days before Ye Chen; the manager recognized him and also knew he was generous, so he immediately said respectfully: "Yes, sir, please rest assured, we will arrange it properly."

Ma Lan hurriedly said with a smiling squint: "Oh, look at how this matter has blown up—how could we possibly feel embarrassed, Mr. Ahmad..."

"It's nothing, it's nothing, just a small token, not meant as respect." Hamid laughed heartily: "By the way, you go ahead and eat; I need to keep the two ladies company, and we can chat again when we have time!"

The family exchanged pleasantries, saw Hamid off, and Ma Lan immediately picked up her phone, while searching she said delightedly unable to contain herself: "Oh, how good, someone is paying the bill entirely—I want to see how much the most expensive SPA here costs; after eating, I'll go experience it!"

After checking, she immediately asked in the WeChat group built by the butler Hani: "Butler, I want to book an underwater SPA; do you have time tonight?"

Xiao Churan said softly: "Mom, the underwater SPA here is very expensive—one person costs five or six thousand US dollars; we shouldn't be so extravagant."

Ma Lan said casually: "What's there to fear, isn't someone putting it on the account?"

Xiao Churan hurriedly explained: "Precisely because it's on the account that we shouldn't be so extravagant; otherwise, I'll give you my Visa card in a moment and you can use my card to spend."

"How could that work!" Ma Lan said sternly: "When there's no cheap deal to take, you have to create a cheap deal to take; now that there is a cheap deal to take, why should I spend my own money?"

Just as they were speaking, Hani replied in the group: "Madam Ma, our underwater SPA center is temporarily closed these two days; if you want to do SPA, you can book at other SPA clubs."

Ma Lan replied: "I just want to go to your underwater SPA—isn't it said to have fully transparent glass so you can see the underwater world? I only want to do this one!"

Hani replied: "Sorry, Madam Ma, our group's boss is coming to the island tomorrow for inspection; the underwater SPA center is currently under maintenance and will not reopen until the day after tomorrow."