Chapter 3489

Although Xiao Changkun felt Ma Lan's request was rather shameless, at this moment he agreed to her without the slightest hesitation.

The last time he went to Dubai, it was indeed the darkest moment of his life; not for any other reason, but in order to personally shatter this nightmare, he would go to Dubai again, wholeheartedly experiencing that kind of debauchery.

Thus, he said to Ma Lan: "The Maldives is not far from Dubai; why not, after our Maldives trip ends, we let the two children return to Jin Ling, and we two fly directly from the Maldives to Dubai?"

"Sure!" Ma Lan laughed heartily: "Your idea is quite good; just so decided, hurry back and rest, and tomorrow when you get up, tell Xiao Churan!"

That night, many people around the world were sleepless.

But Xiao Churan slept especially soundly, not opening her eyes gently until the next morning.

By this time, the entire White Horse Island had already returned to tranquility; the corpses had all been transported away, the blood left at the scene had been cleaned up, tourists had been well soothed, and even Bernard Arnault had used the pain pump brought overnight by French doctors.

His knee, medically speaking, had no possibility of recovery, but fortunately artificial knee replacement technology was already very mature; the French doctors planned to let him return for treatment, but Bernard Arnault insisted on staying on the island for a few more days, at least waiting until Ye Chen left before speaking.

Today happened to be the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve; Bernard Arnault specially had the island staff decorate the entire island in Chinese style and had also purchased a large quantity of fireworks, which were being air-freighted in, planning to give all island tourists a maritime fireworks display tonight.

After getting up, Xiao Churan did not know what had happened the previous night.

Seeing Ye Chen still not up, after she washed up simply, she used the hotel room's capsule coffee machine to brew herself a cup of coffee, then came to the seaside terrace holding the coffee in one hand and her phone in the other.

During this period, she had been hiding many things in her heart; various pressures made her breathless, and this scene of one person sitting by the sea could make her heart rare peace.

But this peace did not last long.

Because she lowered her head to glance at her phone, she was immediately startled by the various pushes on the screen!

"Breaking: White Horse Island in the Maldives suffered a terrorist attack last night!"

"Tawana Svet experienced the harrowing ordeal, live-streamed throughout"

"Tawana Svet's White Horse Island Horror—An Unanticipated Terrorist Attack"

"Blackwater Company Plotted Terrorist Attack, Former World's Richest Used Financial Offensive to Save Over a Hundred Lives"

Xiao Churan was stunned, her eyes wide open; last night, wasn't Tawana attending a party at the seaside bar? Her parents also went, but she and Ye Chen did not; later she felt sleepy, so she slept straight through until now, sleeping extremely soundly.

Could it be that while she was sleeping soundly, a terrorist attack occurred on this island?!

Xiao Churan dared not believe it; she hurriedly clicked open these news items to examine them one by one.

One video news item used footage from Tawana's live stream; when she saw in the live stream her parents hugging their heads and crouching on the ground, she then realized this affair was actually true!

She hurriedly looked at many related reports; allegedly, it was the American Blackwater Company, in order to assassinate a rival, that specially impersonated mercenaries of the Wanlong Temple to launch this terrorist attack.

Moreover, their original target was to kill all guests attending the party at the bar and create a world-shocking major case, but they did not expect that the former world's richest man on the island, Bernard Arnault, would actually use over a hundred million US dollars to buy off the Blackwater Company personnel, letting them turn on each other and defuse this crisis.

Xiao Churan instantly felt immensely relieved; fortunately there was this Bernard Arnault, otherwise her parents would probably have already encountered misfortune!

But after these reflexive conventional thoughts appeared, Xiao Churan's heart unconsciously gave rise to a notion.

If such a major event truly occurred on the island, Ye Chen could not possibly be unaware; after all, on that day she had seen the Venerable Jingqing's ability beyond the ordinary, and Jingqing himself had said that with his strength, he fundamentally could not compare with Ye Chen.

Then, given Ye Chen's modus operandi, last night he should not have stood by idly.

Could it be that the reason last night's events passed safely was entirely due to Ye Chen's doing?

She hurriedly recalled that last night she had been watching Tawana's live stream; after seeing her sing "Assassin," she suddenly became very drowsy, and then slept straight through until now.

And upon reviewing last night's related news reports, it seemed the bandits appeared when Tawana was singing at the bar, which highly coincided with her own sleeping time.

Thinking about it, her reason for sleeping soundly must be inseparable from Ye Chen.

While she was actively thinking, Ye Chen pushed open the door, walked out from the room, stood at the terrace edge stretching lazily, and said with a smile: "Wife, you got up really early today!"

Xiao Churan collected her thoughts, nodded and said: "I slept early yesterday, so I got up early today as well."

After saying that, she looked at Ye Chen, with a puzzled expression saying: "How did I fall asleep so early yesterday? I remember I was still watching the live stream at that time, and then I just fell asleep in a daze."

Ye Chen casually laughed: "Maybe it's just that I've been too tired these two days; after finally relaxing, people tend to feel listless."

Xiao Churan asked him again: "Then when did you fall asleep?"

Ye Chen laughed: "I fell asleep when you did; what's wrong?"

Xiao Churan shook the phone in her hand, saying: "I saw on the news that last night a terrorist attack occurred on the island, and it was quite serious; I even saw my parents in the related videos."

Ye Chen feigned surprise: "Really or fake?! A terrorist attack happened on the island?! Are my parents alright?"

"They're fine." Xiao Churan somewhat admired Ye Chen's acting, murmuring: "The news said it was that Bernard Arnault who spent money to buy off the terrorists, thus saving everyone; the island's tourists suffered no casualties yesterday; I was thinking of going to see my parents and ask them about their situation."

Ye Chen could only continue acting: "Really didn't expect the Maldives to be this dangerous! Come on, let's go to my parents' room to ask them exactly what happened."

Xiao Churan nodded, and together with Ye Chen left the water villa, arriving next door.

After knocking for quite a while, Xiao Changkun opened the door while rubbing his eyes, seeing Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, he said with a yawn: "Oh dear, Churan, Ye Chen, why did you two come over so early?"

Xiao Churan hurriedly asked: "Dad, I saw the news saying there was a terrorist attack last night; are you and Mom alright?"

"No problem." Xiao Changkun waved his hand indifferently: "Not only are my wife and I unharmed, but we turned misfortune into blessing, each receiving one hundred thousand US dollars in mental distress compensation!"

After saying that, he again wore a face of regret: "Too bad you two weren't there yesterday; if you had been, you each could have received one hundred thousand."

Xiao Churan hurriedly said: "Exactly what happened? You quickly tell me."

Xiao Changkun invited the two in, and described last night's terrifying moment with embellishment.

When Xiao Churan heard that he and Ma Lan had also inexplicably fainted for a period at the bar, she knew last night was absolutely not Bernard Arnault's financial offensive saving them, but rather Ye Chen stepping forward to save them.

She couldn't help but look toward Ye Chen, only to see Ye Chen listening to the story with rapt attention, as if he were very interested in the course of last night's events.

She couldn't help but sigh; in her marriage with Ye Chen, there were all kinds of lies; even if he acted as a hero and saved her parents, he still had to put on an act in front of her; this feeling indeed made people feel utterly helpless.

At this moment, Ma Lan heard the movement, also walked out from the bedroom, seeing Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, she exclaimed excitedly: "My daughter, good son-in-law, our trip to the Maldives this time is truly worthwhile; we spent not a single penny, and when we leave we can still earn quite a bit!"

Xiao Changkun chuckled: "I've already told them that."

Speaking, Xiao Changkun again looked toward Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, saying: "By the way, Ye Chen, Churan, we two have discussed and decided that when we leave we'll go to Dubai to play for a few days before returning; you two, if you have matters, just return to Jin Ling first, no need to accompany us."

Xiao Churan knew that her parents receiving two hundred thousand US dollars in compensation this time, being able to return to Jin Ling steadily was actually not their style, so she nodded and said: "Then you just plan your itinerary as you wish."

At this moment, the doorbell outside suddenly rang; Xiao Changkun got up to open the door, and saw the housekeeper Hani standing outside, respectfully saying: "Mr. Xiao, hello, sorry to disturb you so early; I have three matters to report to you."

Xiao Changkun nodded: "Go ahead, Hani."

Hani then said: "First, the staff of the Chinese Embassy have contacted us, wanting us to convey to all Chinese guests that if you wish to leave the island early and need embassy assistance, they can arrange flights to help Chinese guests return home; however, this is entirely voluntary; if you and your family wish to continue staying on White Horse Island, they will not interfere."

Xiao Changkun said: "The embassy acted quickly enough, but we won't bother; we'll leave on the day we check out; second matter?"

Hani said: "The second matter is that our group's CEO, Mr. Bernard Arnault, knowing tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, has specially prepared a New Year's Eve dinner at the Asian Flair Restaurant at 5 p. m. Please come with your family and other Chinese guests on the island to celebrate the new year there. Mr. Arnault will also attend in person, and we will broadcast the Chinese Spring Festival Gala live on site."

Xiao Changkun laughed and said: "Your island's service is quite thoughtful. By the way, why start the New Year's Eve dinner at 5 p. m.?"

Hani said: "We are three hours behind China here. When it's 5 p. m. here, it's already 8 p. m. in China, and the Spring Festival Gala should have started."

"Oh oh oh, that's it!" Xiao Changkun said with a chuckle: "Alright, we'll be there on time. By the way, could you ask when the compensation your boss promised will be paid?"

Hani hurriedly said: "Mr. Xiao, this is the third matter I came to discuss with you. Could you please provide your and your family's bank account information? Our group's finance department will transfer the funds today. Additionally, Mr. Ye and Ms. Xiao are also eligible for the same compensation. Our boss said that all guests on the island will be treated equally, each receiving 100,000 US dollars!"