Chapter 232: Stay Behind as a Hostage?

“Let’s go.” Lin Jian didn’t greet anyone. After handing over the flowers, he grabbed Ye Ziqiu’s hand and was about to leave!

“Hmph!” Just as Ye Ziqiu was at a loss for what to do, Elder Ye suddenly slammed his walking stick and let out an angry snort!

Ye Yuanhang also asked coldly, “Thomas, what is the meaning of this?”

Thomas’s gaze turned icy. “Ye, Lin is the boss of our Black Gloves.”

“HISS!” Although they had vaguely guessed it, hearing Thomas admit it himself still made the father and son of the Ye family draw a sharp breath in shock!

If this was truly the case, then everything that had happened before made sense! This little security guard from their home country—the one Ye Ziqiu liked—was actually the boss behind the scenes of the Black Gloves.

They wondered how he had managed to become the boss of the Black Gloves.

At this moment, Ye Xuan spoke up. He cast a smiling glance at Lin Jian, lingering on him for about half a second before turning to Sha Shun. “I didn’t expect to run into a Grandmaster in San Francisco,” he said with a smile.

Sha Shun was chewing betel nuts. Lin Jian had asked him to eat them because he was always munching on something whenever he was awake. Lin Jian had told him he couldn’t keep eating like that and got him some betel nuts to chew on instead. Then, as he chewed, he got addicted.

Dongfang Wan had said her eldest brother was foolish. However, after interacting with Sha Shun, Lin Jian knew he wasn’t stupid. Sha Shun just didn’t know how to handle interpersonal relationships and wasn’t good at communicating with others. Put bluntly, he was a bit dense.

Because of this, he didn’t know how to respond to Ye Xuan’s words, so he looked at Lin Jian for help!

Ye Xuan naturally took everything in. He could also tell that his daughter’s boyfriend was just an ordinary person. But this ordinary person wasn’t truly ordinary; after all, he had a Grandmaster protecting him and a Superpower User at his beck and call! Therefore, this ordinary boy who used to be a little security guard had to be the Young Master of some major financial conglomerate or Ancient Martial Family back home!

Ye Xuan felt confident in his guess. Among them, the real powerhouse was just the big fool.

Ye Xuan continued, “I know most of the Ancient Martial Arts schools on the Continent. May I ask where this fellow cultivator hails from?”

Sha Shun scratched his head and looked at Lin Jian again, asking with his eyes if he should answer.

Lin Jian shook his head speechlessly, but then nodded. Old Ye’s dad had got it all wrong! But then again, it made sense. He wasn’t an Ancient Martial Cultivator, just an ordinary person, so naturally, Old Ye’s dad didn’t care about him and paid all his attention to Sha Shun instead!

Having received Lin Jian’s nod of approval, Sha Shun clasped his hands and replied in the tone of a martial artist, “Dongfang Shun. My father is Dongfang Leopard.”

Ye Xuan’s eyebrows shot up. “The Dongfang Family of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Siming Mountain?”

Sha Shun nodded and said no more, surprised that the other party actually knew of his family.

Ye Xuan took a deep breath, clasped his hands, and said, “I am Ye Xuan. I studied under Luo Yujie of the Celestial Secret Sect. According to the hierarchy of the martial world, you should call me Martial Uncle!”

Sha Shun rolled his eyes. “My dad won’t let me enter the martial world, so you can save the ‘Martial Uncle’ title!”

“Alright.” Lin Jian signaled with his eyes for Sha Shun to stop talking. He then looked at Ye Xuan and said, “Hello, Uncle. My name is Lin Jian. I’m sorry for intruding today—”

Ye Xuan waved a hand to cut him off. “You want to take my daughter away, right? Three conditions.” He looked at Lin Jian playfully. “First, release my niece, Zisu.”

“She was already released on our way here,” Lin Jian nodded.

“Second, my father said you killed someone right in front of him when you came the day before yesterday, which terrified him.

“Therefore, I need someone to take responsibility for this. Hand over the killer, and at the same time, return my Ye family’s one billion USD, plus additional compensation for our losses. It’s not much, just two billion in total!”

Ye Yuanhang was delighted to hear this. Although San was a bit eccentric, he was still quite reliable!

“Third, you will stay here for now. Let them go back!” Ye Xuan pointed at Sha Shun, Thomas, and the others, then continued with a smile, “Let them go back and notify your family to come and pick you up!”

Sha Shun was bewildered.

Dachun was also bewildered.

Thomas, being slow to react, couldn’t process it for a moment.

Ye Ziqiu was confused. “Have Lin Jian’s mother come to pick him up? What does Dad mean by this?” she wondered.

At this moment, Lin Jian instantly cheered up. “This is great! Shunzi, Dachun, Thomas, you guys go back first. I can stay here and keep Ziqiu company. Her dad just came back, so she definitely wants to spend more time with him. You guys go back, and I’ll stay!”

“Alright!” Sha Shun turned around, grabbed Dachun, and left!

Thomas bowed to Lin Jian and turned to follow them out!

“Wait.” Ye Yuanhang suddenly shouted. “San, they… they’re just leaving like that?”

He had still been thinking about taking revenge on Thomas!

“Yeah, let them go back and prepare the money. Two billion in compensation!” Ye Xuan said with a carefree smile.

Thomas scratched his head and looked at Lin Jian, his eyes asking if he actually needed to prepare the money.

Lin Jian felt a headache coming on. Foreigners were just too dense.

“Go back. No need to prepare anything,” Lin Jian said with a wave of his hand.