From Now On, He Will Never See Yang Chen Again
Yang Chen and Maya quickly left the scene under the escort of bodyguards. Not long after they left, Lanshid rushed over with his bodyguards.
“What’s going on? Why are you in such a panic?” Lanshid asked, feigning concern.
Yang Chen immediately grabbed Maya’s hand, turned around, and walked in the opposite direction, avoiding getting close to Lanshid.
“If Lanshid chases after us, pay him immediately. If he resists, you can kill him!” Yang Chen ordered the bodyguards in Dragon Country language [Chinese].
Maya understood Dragon Country language and immediately guessed what was happening.
“Chen, are you saying those people were sent by my brother?” Maya asked.
Yang Chen: “It must be someone he sent. Although they were wearing masks, I recognize their figures. They are the bodyguards your family employs.”
Lanshid led his men to chase after Yang Chen. There were too many people here to make a move, so they just followed from a distance, waiting for a less crowded place to strike.
Maya looked back and saw her brother closely following with his men. She was almost certain that Yang Chen was right.
Yang Chen deliberately walked into an alley, creating an opportunity for Lanshid to attack.
As expected, when Lanshid saw that there was no one else in the alley, he immediately ordered his bodyguards to attack.
Yang Chen’s bodyguards saw them rushing up aggressively and immediately took out their batons to meet them.
Lanshid even frantically pulled out a gun. Fortunately, one of the bodyguards was quick-witted and threw his baton, knocking the gun out of Lanshid’s hand. He then rushed forward, pinned Lanshid to the ground, and beat him up.
Yang Chen pulled Maya away from the scene and went directly to the Starlight Defense Jinbai Branch.
At this time, Maktoum had received the report and knew that Yang Chen had been targeted in an assassination attempt. He was on his way with his men when Yang Chen stopped them on the road.
Maktoum jumped out of the car before it even came to a complete stop, stumbled, quickly got up, ran to Yang Chen, and looked him up and down, asking, “Mr. Yang, are you alright? Are you hurt? Do you need to go to the hospital?”
Yang Chen: “No need! Take me to the company and send someone to the hotel to pack up my luggage.”
Maktoum nodded and said, “Okay! I’ll take you to the company.”
Soon, Yang Chen and Maya followed Maktoum to the Starlight Defense Jinbai Branch.
Maktoum quickly asked, “Mr. Yang, what exactly happened? Who is so bold as to try and assassinate you and Princess Maya in broad daylight?”
Yang Chen remained silent, and Maya said, “It was my brother.”
Maktoum was shocked and couldn’t believe what Maya said.
“Prince Lanshid? Why would he assassinate you? Princess Maya is his own sister,” Maktoum asked, puzzled.
Maya looked at Yang Chen, unsure how to explain Lanshid’s madness.
Yang Chen was too lazy to explain and quietly waited for the bodyguards to bring Lanshid over.
About ten minutes later, the bodyguards arrived with Lanshid.
Lanshid said unconvincingly, “I have nothing to say about letting you get away! Just kill me!”
Maktoum immediately stepped forward and asked, “Lanshid, why did you try to assassinate Mr. Yang and Princess Maya? You know how important Mr. Yang is to the King, right? Princess Maya is your own sister. You wouldn’t even spare her. You’re insane! What happened that made you do this?”
Lanshid said defiantly, “Don’t waste your breath. Just kill me now. I won’t explain anything. I only ask for death.”
Maktoum was even more confused. What was going on? Lanshid was acting like he was ready to die.
But then he suddenly thought of something, and his expression gradually became shocked and grim.
“Could it be that His Majesty the King sent him to assassinate Mr. Yang? No way…” Maktoum thought to himself, both suspicious and feeling that this was a possibility.
Yang Chen still didn’t speak but called Haved.
Haved: “Hello, Mr. Yang, what’s up?”
Yang Chen: “Lanshid brought people to assassinate me. Did you authorize this?”
There was a crashing sound from the phone, and then Haved said excitedly, “Mr. Yang, please don’t misunderstand. I’ll explain this to you in person. Where are you now? I’ll come over and explain to you immediately.”
Yang Chen: “Starlight Defense.”
Haved: “Okay! I’ll be right there!”
Hanging up the phone, Yang Chen whispered a few words to Maktoum, who nodded and immediately went out to prepare.
Maya stared at Lanshid for a while. She didn’t want to speak, but she couldn’t help it. After all, Lanshid was her own brother.
Maya: “What are you thinking? Didn’t you think about the consequences of doing this? Even if Chen doesn’t pursue it, His Majesty the King will hold you responsible.”
Lanshid: “Before I took action, I was already prepared to die. His Majesty the King is so submissive in front of him, he doesn’t look like a king at all. I must get rid of him so that the King can truly become our king, not his puppet!”
Yang Chen: “Is that what you call a puppet? I’m helping him achieve great things, and even if it’s an exchange of benefits, he has to give me a lot of benefits to match my help to him. Have I interfered with his governance of the country? Don’t make grand excuses for your behavior. In the end, you’re just unhappy that Maya and I are together. Why make so many excuses?”
Lanshid: “That’s right! I’m just not happy that you’re together! You’re living together without getting married, which is a great humiliation to us. Maya is a member of the royal family and could have become a princess. You have tainted her noble bloodline.”
Yang Chen: “What bloodline or no bloodline! In Dragon Country, only dogs talk about bloodlines! You people just haven’t evolved properly and have so much prejudice against women!”
Lanshid: “You insult our faith! You deserve to die!”
Yang Chen: “Don’t use the name of faith to do uncivilized and inhumane things! Forget it, I’m too lazy to talk nonsense with you. I’ll hand you over to Haved to deal with. He’ll decide whether you live or die. Do you think that if you die at my hands, Haved and Maya will have a rift with me, or even become enemies?”
Lanshid didn’t answer, but Yang Chen was right. That’s what he was thinking, or he wouldn’t have done this.
But Maya’s words were heartbreaking. She said to Lanshid, “Even if Chen kills you, it won’t affect my feelings for him. I also believe that even if Chen kills you, it won’t affect his relationship with His Majesty the King. You’re just being self-righteous. You’ve been like this since you were a child, and you haven’t changed. You’re stubborn, self-righteous, impatient, and unwilling to listen to advice. As a sister, I don’t see any example or advantage of being a brother in you. From a human point of view, you are good for nothing except for being born into a good family.”
Maya’s words were as devastating to Lanshid as an atomic bomb explosion. Maya not only denied his role as a brother but even said he was unqualified as a person.
He rushed over excitedly but was immediately pinned down by the bodyguards.
“I’ll kill you! You’re talking nonsense! You’re not qualified to judge me! You’re not qualified!” Lanshid roared.
Maya: “See, see, am I wrong about you? I’m your own sister, and you couldn’t wait to strangle me to death. In your eyes, my life is not even as good as a dog. You have never treated your dog like this. From the moment you almost strangled me to death, there is only a nominal sibling relationship between you and me, but in reality, there is no emotion at all. If you die, I will still love Chen, and it won’t have any impact.”
Lanshid was shouting and yelling in anger when Haved arrived.
Haved shouted before entering the door, “Lanshid, shut up!”
Lanshid immediately closed his mouth when he heard Haved’s voice.
Haved hurried in, stepped forward, slapped Lanshid, and scolded, “I warned you not to mess around, why don’t you listen? I told you that my relationship with Mr. Yang is very good now, and this state is very good. Don’t be clever and do something wrong. Why don’t you listen?”
Lanshid: “But you are our king, you shouldn’t be his puppet.”
Haved slapped Lanshid again and scolded, “Bastard! Who told you I was Mr. Yang’s puppet? My relationship with Mr. Yang is very harmonious, how did I become Mr. Yang’s puppet? I said you’re being clever, and you still don’t admit it?”
Lanshid lowered his head and didn’t speak.
Haved sighed helplessly, then turned to speak to Yang Chen, but as soon as he said Yang Chen’s name, Yang Chen interrupted, “I’ll leave him to you; you can do whatever you want.”
Haved was stunned for a moment, then looked at Maya.
Maya also quickly said, “You are His Majesty the King, so of course, you have the final say. I can state my attitude first: whether he lives or dies, it won’t affect my relationship with Chen.”
Haved understood what Yang Chen and Maya meant. They no longer cared whether Lanshid lived or died; it was up to him to handle it in a way that would satisfy Yang Chen.
“Okay! I understand! Then I’ll take him back now. No matter how I deal with him, I guarantee that from this moment on, he will never appear in public again,” Haved assured Yang Chen.
Yang Chen nodded and said nothing.
Haved patted Lanshid and said, “Come with me honestly!”
The bodyguards released Lanshid, who said unconvincingly, “God! I am your devout believer, why don’t you help me!”
Haved hit Lanshid on the head again and shouted,
“Still talking! Hurry up! From now on, I won’t let you speak, you are not allowed to speak, not a single word! Do you hear me?”
Lanshid took one last unwilling look at Yang Chen, then turned and left.
This glance was the last time he would ever see Yang Chen in his life. Whether Haved executed him or not, he would never see Yang Chen again.
Yang Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and Maya quickly said, “Chen, don’t worry, I promise it won’t affect our relationship.”
Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay. Maktoum, prepare a room for me in the company.”
Maktoum: “Okay! I’ll have someone prepare a room right away.”
Yang Chen temporarily stayed at the company. After the camel race tomorrow, he could prepare to return home. There was basically nothing else to do here.
The next morning, Haved came to the Starlight Defense Jinbai Branch early in the morning to pick up Yang Chen.
The camel race track was located at the border between the UAE [United Arab Emirates] and the country of sand [Saudi Arabia], where tycoons from both countries could come to play.
Shalaman’s undefeated war camel had been transported here, and he was currently checking the undefeated war camel’s physical condition.
Haved brought Yang Chen to Shalaman.
Shalaman: “You’re here. How is it, have you chosen your camel yet?”
Yang Chen: “I haven’t gone to choose yet. Is this your camel?”
Shalaman nodded and said, “That’s right! How is it, does it look particularly strong?”
Yang Chen joked, “Is this the undefeated war camel? It looks very ordinary. It’s not that I’m deliberately looking down on your camel, but I could close my eyes and pick a camel that’s stronger than yours. It seems you really don’t know anything about camels. Others are just afraid of your status and deliberately lose to you, but you actually think this camel is very powerful?”
Shalaman was immediately provoked by Yang Chen’s words and said, “Do you know what you’re saying? It’s not that they’re afraid of my status and deliberately lose to me, but my camel is really that powerful. Understand? I’m too lazy to talk nonsense with you; go and choose your camel quickly.”
At this time, a tycoon next to him was angrily roaring to kill his camel because his camel lost the race, making him lose face and a lot of money.
Yang Chen immediately stopped him and said, “How much is this camel? I’ll buy it.”
The man casually said, “100,000 Dims [Dirhams, the currency of the UAE].”
Haved: “Robbery? 10,000!”
The man saw that it was the King speaking and quickly said, “No money, no money, it’s a gift. Sorry, I didn’t know you were His Majesty the King’s friend.”
Yang Chen: “How much should it be?”
The man quickly replied, “No money, I’ll give it to you. I was going to kill it anyway, so if you want it, then it’s yours.”
Yang Chen was not polite and pulled the camel to Shalaman’s side.
“How is it, is the camel I chose pretty good? It’s more than enough to beat your undefeated war camel,” Yang Chen said with a smile.
Shalaman and the people around him laughed; it seemed that Yang Chen didn’t know anything about camels.
Shalaman: “This camel just lost the race and came in second to last. If it can defeat the undefeated war camel, then I’ll have to slaughter the undefeated war camel myself.”
Yang Chen: “Why are you tycoons all like this? If you lose, you lose, why do you have to deprive them of their lives?”
Shalaman: “This is related to our dignity and face; you don’t understand.”
Yang Chen shook his head with disdain, but he couldn’t care about the life or death of the undefeated war camel. It was more important to win 100 million US dollars.
Yang Chen immediately used the last [Exchange Card] to exchange the speed attributes of the camel he chose with Shalaman’s undefeated war camel.
Haved whispered to the side, “Mr. Yang, are you sure about this one? This camel looks very ordinary, and it just ran a race, so it’s very tired. Now you’re making it run another race; it might not be able to handle it. It’s not even sure if it can finish the race. There are more and better camels over there for you to choose from; there’s no need to choose this one.”
Yang Chen replied with a smile, “What you said makes sense. However, I still think it’s very easy for the camel I chose to beat the undefeated war camel.”
Yang Chen’s vision has always been very good, and since he insisted so much, Haved couldn’t say anything more and waited to see the results.
The referee blew the whistle, reminding all participants to immediately lead their camels to the corresponding track to prepare for the final start.
Yang Chen and Shalaman walked over with their respective camels. Coincidentally, the tracks of the two camels were next to each other, which made it easier to compare whose camel was better.