Chapter 3550

Xiao Churan's words gave Ma Lan a new understanding of her own intelligence and judgment.

She immediately put on an "I knew it" expression, wringing her hands and sighing: "Actually, I've long felt that Ye Chen this brat is dishonest, doing feng shui readings every day and taking large sums of money from people—how could nothing ever happen?"

Xiao Changkun also sighed in agreement: "Ah! I should have realized earlier! I should have realized earlier! Back then, so many nationally renowned so-called masters who could call wind and summon rain—didn't they all end up blowing up in the end? Some ended up in jail in disgrace, some simply lost their lives, and others were just retaliated against!"

After saying that, he asked Xiao Churan: "Churan, hurry up and tell me—what exactly is going on with Ye Chen?"

Xiao Churan looked at her parents, who seemed to see through everything, helplessly sighed, and said: "Dad, Mom, Ye Chen really did offend someone—it's trouble caused by doing feng shui readings, and the trouble is quite serious, even involving loss of life. People are now everywhere looking for him to settle scores. He fears implicating us, so he arranged for us to hide in the South Pacific, while he himself went to other countries to lay low."

"The reason I took away your phones is because I feared you couldn't resist contacting others—if Ye Chen's enemies discovered it, we'd be in trouble. They might not find Ye Chen, but they could find us, and if they really came looking, who knows—it might cost us our lives."

Xiao Changkun nervously asked: "Then Ye Chen arranged for us to go to the South Pacific—will he not come over himself in the future?"

Xiao Churan replied: "Ye Chen said, if the matter isn't resolved, he won't come looking for us, and he also told us not to look for him, not to return, not to contact former relatives and friends, and just live quietly in the South Pacific under assumed names."

Ma Lan nervously asked: "When we left, we didn't bring anything at all! How are we going to live in the South Pacific? No money, no connections—won't we have to beg on the streets?"

Xiao Churan said: "Mom, don't worry—Ye Chen has arranged everything. He quietly sold the villa at Tang Chen Yi Pin, negotiated with the buyer, and got them to agree to take possession after February 2nd, the Dragon Head-Raising Day—just didn't tell you."

"And Dad's car has also been sold. Coincidentally, our villa has appreciated significantly—converted to US dollars, it's already worth over thirty million. Add the car, plus the money Ye Chen earned from doing feng shui readings recently, and we're looking at roughly seventy to eighty million US dollars."

"That much money!" Ma Lan immediately asked nervously: "Where did all this money go? Won't he just have run off with it all?"

Xiao Churan said: "Ye Chen took this money, bought us an island in the South Pacific, hired some bodyguards and servants, so we can live there peacefully. Prices are low there—even if this matter doesn't blow over, we'll have food and clothing for the rest of our lives."

Ma Lan's expression instantly changed, delighted: "Ye Chen bought us an island?! Meaning, the whole island is ours?"

"Yes." Xiao Churan nodded, saying: "Ye Chen has arranged everything—we just need to go and live well. He can ensure we have food and clothing, but you must remember: absolutely, absolutely must not let anyone know where our family of three is, otherwise, all of this will be taken away."

Ma Lan breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, good, good—don't worry, even my own parents, I absolutely won't contact them!"

After saying that, she reminded Xiao Changkun: "You also remember—no one is allowed to tell! Say anything, but absolutely cannot reveal our family's whereabouts to anyone!"

Xiao Changkun nodded repeatedly: "Such a big matter—beat me to death, I still couldn't say it!"

After finishing, he suddenly felt moved and said: "Ye Chen still has some conscience and righteousness—he cheated to get this money, but left it all for us."

Ma Lan nodded, sighing: "It's only fair—our family hasn't raised him in vain these past years."

Xiao Changkun thought about possibly never seeing Ye Chen again in the future, and felt a bit melancholy, sighing: "To be honest, Ye Chen this kid isn't bad—it's just that these past two years, after being praised as 'Master Ye,' he got a bit arrogant. If he had stayed down-to-earth like before, his life would surely keep getting better and better."

Ma Lan recalled the past, suddenly gained some new insight, and said gloomily: "Ah, you say that—there's something I've never told you two..."

Xiao Changkun asked: "What is it?"

Ma Lan said somewhat embarrassedly: "Ah, a few years ago—I once found a bank card in Ye Chen's pocket. At the time, we were arguing with your mother, that dead old lady, right? I was short on cash, so I thought I'd check if there was money in Ye Chen's card, get some cash to go to a beauty salon for a facial. I was damn unlucky—I actually managed to guess the password of that bank card..."

Xiao Changkun wondered: "You're quite something—you could guess Ye Chen's bank card password, yet you still say you were unlucky?"

Ma Lan felt a sudden twinge of pain in her old leg injury, gritted her teeth, and said: "You'd never guess in your dreams—there were over a hundred billion in that card!"

"How... how much?!"

Xiao Changkun was completely stunned.

He complained: "Ma Lan, you're not just talking in your sleep from not waking up, are you? Do you even know what a hundred billion means? You could buy a whole fleet of planes with that! Even if Ye Chen did feng shui for the Jade Emperor, they couldn't give him that much money!"

Ma Lan thought Xiao Changkun didn't believe her, and immediately snapped angrily: "This is the pain of my life—I could still lie to you?"

Xiao Changkun laughed: "Come on, go ahead and explain—how did Ye Chen's bank card become the pain of your life?"

Ma Lan lowered her head, hesitated for a moment, then confessed: she had secretly transferred the money away, and later was taken away by the police—she told the whole story.

Xiao Changkun listened, eyes wide open, and said: "I always thought you were scammed by a pyramid scheme, that the police caught you while cracking down on pyramid schemes—never imagined... never imagined there was actually this kind of hidden truth!"

Saying this, Xiao Changkun slapped his thigh and sincerely exclaimed: "Ma Lan, Ma Lan—you bitch, your guts are really something! If I saw a hundred billion, I'd be so scared my legs would go weak—you actually dared to transfer it all to your own card!"

"Even if that hundred billion isn't from a fraud ring—even if it really were Ye Chen's—do you really think transferring it to your card makes it yours? If Ye Chen reports it, with this amount involved, you'd not just get shot—you'd deserve to be shot seven or eight hundred times!"

Ma Lan's face also showed some embarrassment, and she said: "Actually, I was just momentarily confused back then—you know, those years our family suffered because Churan refused to divorce Ye Chen, constantly targeted by that dead old lady, and Xiao Gan's family always opposed us—we were so poor we could barely keep the pot boiling. Seeing so much money, I couldn't hold back—I thought this meant I'd never have to suffer poverty again, so I transferred it all to my card. Never imagined... it was actually a new tactic by a fraud ring..."

Saying this, she cautiously asked: "You say—did Ye Chen actually participate in that fraud ring? The police said he was also a victim, but looking now, Ye Chen doesn't seem so honest either—this period of doing feng shui readings seems like just another scam."

Xiao Churan's face burned with shame—her mother had stolen a hundred billion from Ye Chen, hadn't reflected on it to this day, and even suspected Ye Chen of colluding with the fraud ring—truly made her feel ashamed and unable to face anyone.

So she interrupted Ma Lan's speculation, saying: "Mom, stop overthinking here—our good life these past years has almost entirely relied on Ye Chen, and our future path is also paved by him. Even if you don't feel grateful, don't think badly of him."

Ma Lan nodded: "Fine, fine, fine—I won't say more."

After saying that, she asked concerned: "Churan, did Ye Chen give you any information about that small island? Let Mom take a look."

Xiao Churan shook her head: "No information—everything happened too rushed, no time to prepare so much. But don't worry—there, everything is available, and conditions are absolutely no worse than in Jin Ling."

Xiao Changkun chuckled: "Oh, last time I went to the Maldives I didn't stay long enough—if I could have my own island, what kind of immortal life would that be? I'm already starting to long for it!"

Xiao Churan said: "This voyage will still take quite a while. To avoid leaving traces for enemies, Ye Chen arranged for the personnel escorting us to leave, and in the middle, we still have to switch ships. You rest well, recharge—I'll go greet them."

Temporarily changing strategy, Xiao Churan hoped the staff arranged by Tang Sihai could cooperate with her, so that Mom and Dad would fully believe Ye Chen arranged their escape to South Pacific after his downfall to avoid pursuit—this way, we could ensure Mom and Dad would never voluntarily think of returning to Huaxia, or think of finding a way to contact Ye Chen.