Chapter 3502

As Tavana's parents were puzzled, Ye Chen had already arrived outside Tavana's villa.

He rang the doorbell, and Tavana, who had hurriedly gone back to freshen up, came running to open the door for him.

Seeing Ye Chen, Tavana felt both joy and shyness, and said with some excitement: "Mr. Ye, you've come, please come in quickly!"

Ye Chen waved his hand: "Miss Svetlana, I won't go in; I'll just say a few words here."

Tavana was a little disappointed: "Ah? Say it here?"

"Yes." Ye Chen nodded, smiling: "My family and I are leaving the island today, so I came to say hello. Also, I want to thank you in person for your charity performance in France."

Tavana looked at Ye Chen, speaking respectfully yet with a hint of ambiguity: "Mr. Ye, my life has been saved by you several times. No matter what you ask me to do, even if it means going through fire and water or paying a great price, I will never hesitate. So please don't say thank you to me..."

Ye Chen smiled: "I've added a few more performances for you out of nowhere, and they're unpaid charity shows, so I really feel a bit guilty about it."

"You're joking." Tavana said somewhat shyly: "Since you saved my life in Tokyo, money has meant nothing to me. If you need it, I'm willing to perform all future concerts for free."

Ye Chen said with a smile: "Miss Svetlana, there's no need to be so polite. I invited you to France for a few charity performances purely to give Bernard Arnault some face. But rest assured, even though you're not taking payment, he certainly won't shortchange you. Moreover, you two can collaborate more in the future—his group owns so many luxury brands, you can work together often. Don't think about taking less money to give him face, or less money to give me face—he doesn't lack money at all."

Tavana understood Ye Chen's meaning, lightly nodded, and said: "I understand, Mr. Ye."

After speaking, she looked at Ye Chen, gathered her courage, and asked: "Mr. Ye, really won't you come in for a while? I'm alone here, no one else."

Actually, Tavana wasn't trying to seize the opportunity to do something with Ye Chen; she just felt that if they stood here talking, he'd say a few words and leave. If she invited him inside to sit for a while, they'd at least have a chance to talk more.

But Ye Chen didn't want to be alone with Tavana—this American woman was a bit too unrestrained, truly hard to handle.

So he smiled and said: "I won't go in; I'm about to check out and head to Malé, just came to say hello."

Tavana nodded lightly with disappointment, sighing: "Mr. Ye, after you leave, I don't know when we'll meet again..."

Ye Chen laughed: "In the future, you'll inevitably work with Changying Automobile, and you'll have many chances to meet. When Changying Automobile's first car rolls off the line, I'll invite you to be its image spokesperson."

Tavana nodded heavily, saying: "Then it's settled!"

"Good, it's settled!" Ye Chen agreed, then asked Tavana: "By the way, when are you planning to leave?"

"Tomorrow." Tavana said: "I've sent the performance team's manager to Paris, I'm returning to the US to rest for a few days, and once the Paris performance schedule is confirmed, I'll actively prepare."

Ye Chen nodded, smiling: "Then I'll wish you a successful performance in advance!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ye!"

Ye Chen, having seen the greeting done, said to her: "Miss Svetlana, this vacation you encountered the previous incident, which surely affected your mood greatly. After the France performance ends, if you still want to come to the Maldives for a vacation, just come back to Bai Ma Island. After the current guests check out and leave the island, this island will no longer be open to the outside. I will arrange for the mercenaries of Wanlong Hall to be stationed here. If you come here for vacation again, safety will absolutely be guaranteed."

Tavana asked in surprise: "Bai Ma Island won't be open for business anymore? This island doesn't seem to have been in operation for many years either."

Ye Chen smiled: "Bernard Arnault, to thank me for saving his life, bundled this island together with another and gave them to me. From now on, you can treat this place as your own property—come whenever you want, just say hello, and everything will be arranged properly."

Tavana's face lit up with surprise and delight, and she pressed him: "Then Mr. Ye, will you also come here often?"

Ye Chen said: "It depends on the situation. Since we have this convenience, we should come often in the future."

Ye Chen thought at this moment: He and Xiao Churan had only come out to travel this once in so many years, but this is a good start—having a first time means there can be a second, and in the future we could often come to the Maldives together. This place is basically isolated from the world, truly a good place to relax.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Chen collected his thoughts and said to Tavana: "Alright, Miss Svetlana, I have to go now. See you next time."

Tavana nodded repeatedly: "See you next time, Mr. Ye!"

Ye Chen waved his hand, turned and left. Tavana kept watching him go, then returned to her room, lost and dispirited.

Just as she sat down firmly on the living room sofa, her parents walked straight in.

Tavana's mother asked concerned: "Daughter, who was that man just now?"

Tavana was startled by her parents' sudden appearance and exclaimed: "Mom, Dad, how did you get in?"

Tavana's mother said helplessly: "You didn't lock the door yourself—what are you thinking about? So absent-minded, you even forgot to lock the door."

"Ah? Oh, nothing..." Tavana was quite embarrassed, stammering: "I was just thinking about the later performance, maybe I was a bit dazed."

Tavana's mother asked her: "Daughter, you still haven't told us who that man really is?"

Tavana murmured in her heart: "Who is that man? He is the love of my life..."

But she couldn't possibly say such a thing, so she explained to her parents: "He... he is Mr. Ye, a party representative I worked with when holding concerts in Huaxia."

Tavana's mother noticed that when her daughter answered questions related to that man, she clearly seemed evasive and flustered, so she quickly pressed: "Did you make an appointment to meet him here together?"

"No... just a coincidence." Tavana hurriedly explained: "I didn't expect him to be on the island."

Tavana's father leaned in and asked her: "Sweetheart, tell us, what's your relationship with that Asian man? Are you breaking up with Trevor because of him?"

Tavana pressed her lips, then said: "My relationship with him is my personal matter—you don't need to ask. As for breaking up with Trevor, whether it's because of him or not isn't important; what matters is that I no longer have those feelings for Trevor."

Tavana's mother said helplessly: "Sweetheart, don't forget you're my daughter—some things you can't hide from me. Tell me the truth: do you have feelings for that Asian man? Or have you two already made clear progress?"

Tavana quickly explained: "Mom, don't guess wildly—I and Mr. Ye are completely innocent, and Mr. Ye is already married. This time he came to Bai Ma Island with his wife."

"With his wife?" Tavana's mother instantly relaxed, then hurriedly urged her: "If you want to publicly announce your breakup with Trevor, then for the next six months you must absolutely avoid any scandal with anyone, or it will affect your reputation."

Tavana responded perfunctorily: "I know, you don't need to worry about me."

……

When Ye Chen's family finished their short trip to Bai Ma Island and flew back to Jin Ling, Bernard Arnault had already landed in New York.

The United Nations attached great importance to his arrival, with the Deputy Secretary-General and the head of the Counter-Terrorism Office personally going to the airport to receive him.

Just like when he returned to France before, reporters from all over swarmed in to catch the hot story.

As soon as Bernard Arnault stepped off the plane, he was surrounded by a ring of media reporters, who fired questions at him from all sides, the most frequent being: how much money he planned to donate to the UN Counter-Terrorism Office this time.

Bernard Arnault spoke bluntly: "Gentlemen, time is limited—I won't answer everyone's questions one by one here. For the issues you care about, I'll give a brief explanation. First, this time I come to prepare to donate two hundred million US dollars to the UN Counter-Terrorism Office to promote global counter-terrorism work by the UN."

The reporters on site were all shocked.

These days, many billionaires donate, and even more set up charity funds, but very few directly give huge sums of cash to such an authoritative body as the UN.

The reason is actually nothing more than some industry unwritten rules.

Many billionaires' donations aren't really given away—they just take money from their own pockets and put it into another pocket fully under their control.

They generally like to donate money to their own foundations; that money sits in the foundation, not necessarily really going to charitable causes—most of the time it's just a kind of false trust they leave for themselves and their descendants.

Using the name of charity to set up a foundation not only brings them great reputation, but more importantly, it gives them an excellent tax avoidance channel for their funds.

So they are very willing to donate money to their own foundations—often casually giving hundreds of millions, even tens of billions or over a hundred billion US dollars.

However, donating to an organization like the United Nations is different—this isn't just moving money from one hand to the other; it's directly giving away real cash, so when these reporters heard that Bernard Arnault was going to donate two hundred million US dollars to the United Nations, they were all shocked, as this two hundred million US dollars, once donated, would certainly not be recovered, suggesting Bernard Arnault truly wants to advance global counter-terrorism efforts.

At that moment, Bernard Arnault suddenly thought of something and quickly waved his hand with a smile, saying: "No, no, I need to correct myself—this two hundred million US dollars is meant to promote the United Nations' counter-terrorism work worldwide outside the United States, not including the United States!"