How A Ride-Hailing Driver Comes To Dominate The World? [EN]: Chapter 684

Anubi hung up the phone, looking anxious.

His younger brother, Adubi, quickly asked, “Brother, what’s wrong? What happened again?”

Anubi sighed and said, “That stubborn girl, Lin Manda, wasn’t willing to accept defeat. She wanted to win back everything she lost, so she challenged Yang Chen to another competition. As a result, she lost herself to him again.”

Adubi exclaimed, “Ah? That girl is even more addicted to gambling than I am! She already lost once, why is she so stubborn about losing again? What do we do now? Did Yang Chen make any demands?”

Anubi replied, “He said that if we want to redeem Lin Manda this time, we need to give him at least thirty billion U.S. dollars. Not even the Crown Prince can get it for less.”

Adubi asked, “Ah? Another thirty billion U.S. dollars? Is he crazy? Lin Manda isn’t worth thirty billion U.S. dollars, and neither are you or I. I think he just doesn’t want us to redeem Lin Manda. He must have designs on her.”

Anubi wasn’t too worried at first, but after hearing his brother’s words, he instantly became concerned.

If Yang Chen really had feelings for Lin Manda, then her purity would be in danger.

Anubi quickly called the Crown Prince and reported the matter of Lin Manda losing to Yang Chen again.

Salman was dining with foreign guests when he heard Anubi’s words. He couldn’t help but curse out loud.

He quickly apologized to the foreign guests, excused himself, and went to the corridor to talk to Anubi.

Salman angrily asked, “What exactly are you trying to do? Why did you allow her to compete with Yang Chen again? She already lost once, how dare you let her compete again?”

Anubi quickly explained, “Your Highness, you misunderstood. It wasn’t that I allowed her to go, but she went secretly. Adubi and I were eating at home and didn’t know she went to compete with Yang Chen again. This time, Yang Chen is asking for 30 billion U.S. dollars, and he said that even if you come forward, he won’t take a penny less. Isn’t it obvious that he doesn’t want us to redeem Lin Manda? Isn’t it obvious that he has feelings for Lin Manda? Your Highness, please think of a way quickly, otherwise Lin Manda’s purity will be in danger, and our royal family will really lose face.”

Salman was so angry that he couldn’t even curse anymore. He immediately hung up the phone and called Yang Chen.

Since Yang Chen had already said that even if the Crown Prince came forward, he would still need thirty billion U.S. dollars to redeem Lin Manda, he would naturally have to keep his word. No matter what Salman said, it was useless. If he wanted Lin Manda, he had to pay thirty billion U.S. dollars or exchange items of equal value.

Salman knew that Anubi couldn’t come up with another thirty billion U.S. dollars, so he could only use the oil field shares he held to pay off the debt.

However, Salman certainly didn’t want foreigners to hold shares in their country’s oil fields, so this problem was now very difficult to solve.

However, at this moment, the name of an unlucky person appeared in Salman’s mind. That’s right, it was Hutas, Lin Manda’s rumored date [the person she was supposedly seeing].

However, they weren’t even close, so it was unlikely that he would spend 3 billion U.S. dollars to redeem her.

Salman had no other options available now, so he had to try even if it was impossible.

He immediately called Hutas and said, “Hutas, I have some bad news for you. Lin Manda was not happy being defeated by Yang Chen and wanted to win back everything she lost. She challenged Yang Chen again, but she lost herself again. Now Yang Chen is asking for thirty billion U.S. dollars, and he won’t redeem Lin Manda for a penny less. You also know that Anubi has no money left and only has some oil field shares. We certainly can’t let foreigners hold shares in our oil fields, so you have to help him redeem Lin Manda.”

As soon as Hutas heard this, he refused. What kind of rumored date is worth thirty billion U.S. dollars? Wasn’t the Crown Prince joking?

With so much money, what kind of woman couldn’t he marry?

Even if he played with international superstars, one a day, he wouldn’t be able to spend thirty billion U.S. dollars in his lifetime. Why should he use it to redeem Lin Manda?

However, Hutas only dared to think this in his heart and certainly couldn’t say it out loud.

“Your Highness, I don’t have that much money either. If I ask my dad, he won’t agree. Lin Manda isn’t my wife yet, not even my girlfriend. You know what her attitude is towards me. In this situation, my parents certainly won’t agree to me spending thirty billion U.S. dollars to redeem her. That’s thirty billion U.S. dollars! There’s no reason for our family to clean up Anubi’s mess, right? They are members of the royal family, and so are we. Your Highness, you can’t favor one over the other,” Hutas complained.

Salman looked helpless, but what Hutas said made sense, and he couldn’t refute it, let alone force Hutas to spend 3 billion U.S. dollars to redeem someone.

The conversation between the two ended hastily, and Salman was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet.

At this moment, the assistant walked over and said, “Your Highness, the guests are almost finished eating. Please go back quickly.”

Salman had no choice but to go back quickly and think of a solution after seeing off the foreign guests.

On the other side, Yang Chen took Lin Manda to the hotel.

Lin Manda asked, “Do you want to reconsider my suggestion? I think asking for 10 billion U.S. dollars is more appropriate. I’m still a princess, so 10 billion U.S. dollars is very reasonable.”

Yang Chen was a little confused by Lin Manda’s thoughts. Shouldn’t she be trying to lower the price? Why was she not only not lowering the price but also encouraging him to ask for a higher price?

Yang Chen asked suspiciously, “Did you deliberately lose to me so that I would take you away from the Country of Sand [a fictional country, likely referring to a desert nation]? Do you think that if I ask for 10 billion U.S. dollars, they will think it’s too expensive and then give up on redeeming you, so you can go to Dragon Country [a fictional country, likely referring to China] with me? Is that it?”

Seeing that her little trick was exposed, Lin Manda quickly denied it, saying, “How is that possible! Don’t guess randomly. Well, I’ll disturb you tonight. I’ll sleep in the small room.”

Yang Chen nodded and said, “Okay! My bodyguards will be guarding outside all the time. Don’t do anything strange.”

Lin Manda nodded and said, “Don’t worry, I sleep very soundly and will definitely not do anything strange.”

Yang Chen returned to the master bedroom and opened his computer to check emails.

Lin Manda went to the small room, lay on the bed, and secretly prayed that Yang Chen would definitely take her away from this country. She wanted to live a free life in Dragon Country.

Late at night.

Salman, who had seen off the foreign guests, angrily arrived at Anubi’s house.

As soon as they met, Salman scolded Anubi severely.

Anubi knew that he was indeed responsible, so he didn’t dare to argue or talk back.

After Salman finished scolding him, he proposed his plan.

“She is your daughter, so of course you have to bear the consequences. Yang Chen wants thirty billion U.S. dollars, not a penny less. You can only give him thirty billion U.S. dollars. I know you don’t have that much money, so you can only use oil field shares to pay off the debt. But I don’t allow a foreigner to hold shares in our oil fields. Therefore, I require you to sell the oil field shares you hold at a low price so that you have money to redeem Lin Manda.”

Salman only wanted to protect the oil fields held by Anubi, and he didn’t care about Anubi’s future life.

As a member of the royal family, if he didn’t have oil fields as a backing, Anubi’s status would be particularly awkward. Other members would look down on him, and he would not have the right to speak at important occasions and activities in the future.

In fact, this choice was very clear and the only one. Anubi could not accept Salman’s plan.

Anubi immediately said, “I don’t want this daughter anymore. I’ll just pretend I never had her. That way, I don’t have to spend thirty billion U.S. dollars to redeem her.”

Salman said speechlessly, “You can’t just say you don’t want her and then not want her. What about the royal family’s face?”

Anubi was probably angered by Salman’s plan just now, so he blurted out, “Then you, as the Crown Prince, can’t do anything about it either. Isn’t that a loss of face?”

As soon as he said this, Anubi and Adubi both felt that something was wrong.

Salman’s face changed drastically. Before he could explode, Anubi quickly bowed and apologized, “Your Highness, please forgive me. I was too anxious just now and spoke without thinking. Please forgive me.”

He had already said it, so would a simple apology be enough?

Salman angrily kicked Anubi to the ground and cursed at him.

Adubi quickly pleaded for his brother, but Salman said mercilessly, “What qualifications do you have to plead for him now? You have nothing left. Are you worthy of talking to me?”

Adubi was stunned in place with an embarrassed expression. After a long time, he silently lowered his head and stopped talking.

Look, this was a vivid example. Without oil fields to guarantee his status, he didn’t even have the right to speak.

Seeing this scene, Anubi became even more determined in his thoughts. He could give up his daughter, but he had to protect the oil fields and absolutely could not sell them at a low price.

Anubi immediately said clearly to Salman, “Your Highness, I admit that I didn’t think before I spoke just now, and I apologize to you. But I still insist on my choice. I would rather not have this daughter than sell the oil fields at a low price. Your Highness, please don’t interfere in this matter. Let her bear all the consequences for the path she chose. If Your Highness is worried about affecting the royal family’s reputation, I can issue a statement to sever my relationship with her. She is no longer my daughter, so she has nothing to do with the royal family, and everything about her will no longer have any impact on the royal family. What do you think?”

Salman asked, “How can you not understand? It’s not like you can just say she’s not your daughter and then she’s not. Besides, if you issue a statement to sever your relationship with her at this time, wouldn’t others think that our royal family can’t even deal with a foreigner? Wouldn’t we lose even more face?”

This won’t work, and that won’t work. What exactly do you want?

Anubi now even suspected that Salman wanted to take the opportunity to seize the oil field shares he held. Otherwise, why would he be forcing him so much?

Anubi said, “Anyway, I won’t sell the oil field shares at a low price. How about this? I’ll talk to Yang Chen again. Your Highness, please go back and rest. I’ll report the results to you as soon as I get them. Okay?”

Salman glared at Anubi angrily for a while, but finally left helplessly.

After seeing off Salman, Adubi couldn’t wait to say to his brother, “Brother, you must not sell the oil field shares at a low price. You saw it just now, I don’t even have the right to talk to the Crown Prince anymore. If you don’t have oil field shares either, you will be like me and not be worthy of talking to him. He is too realistic. I just lost the oil fields, and the oil fields were sold to you. We are brothers, but he said I’m not qualified to talk to him. At least one person in our family must ensure that we have a voice in the royal family, so you must not sell the oil field shares you hold.”

Anubi nodded. He understood his brother’s words very well, but the Crown Prince had asked him to redeem his daughter, so he had to find a way to solve this problem.

Early the next morning, Anubi called Yang Chen and asked him to bring Lin Manda to his house to discuss a solution.

Yang Chen was not afraid of him playing tricks, so he brought Lin Manda over.

As soon as they met, Anubi wanted to hit his daughter.

Lin Manda quickly hid behind Yang Chen and said, “I am now Mr. Yang’s person. If you want to hit me, you have to get his permission first.”

Anubi trembled with anger and said, “How dare you talk to me like that! I might as well really beat you to death!”

Yang Chen immediately stopped him and said, “Mr. Anubi, Miss Lin Manda is right. She is now my personal property. You have to ask me if I agree before you hit her. Without my permission, hitting her even once is provoking me.”

Anubi had to withdraw his hand and said, “Let’s get straight to the point. You want thirty billion U.S. dollars, which I definitely don’t have. Change the condition.”

Yang Chen said, “Okay! I want shares in your Lingti Oil Field. According to my estimate, the shares you hold are only worth 1.5 to 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. I can now accept you using these oil field shares to offset the 3 billion U.S. dollars to redeem your daughter. This is my bottom line. Think carefully.”

To be honest, Anubi was really tempted.

He held 15% of the shares in the Lingti Oil Field. If he sold these shares properly, he would get a maximum of 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. Yang Chen’s valuation of 1.5 to 1.8 billion U.S. dollars was already a premium. More exaggeratedly, Yang Chen accepted these shares to offset 3 billion U.S. dollars, which doubled the value. How could he not be tempted?

However, Salman said that he would not allow foreigners to hold shares in the oil field, so even if Anubi was tempted, he would not dare to accept this plan.

Anubi shook his head and said, “Don’t even think about the oil field. The Crown Prince won’t allow it.”

Yang Chen said, “Oh, if that’s the case, then forget it. We’ll leave first. By the way, I’m going back to the country tonight and will take Lin Manda with me.”

Anubi instantly became anxious and immediately stood up and said, “You dare! If you dare to take Lin Manda with you, I guarantee your plane won’t be able to take off.”

Yang Chen said, “You don’t have the final say. Miss Lin Manda, take your documents and personal belongings. Let’s go.”

Lin Manda nodded happily and quickly ran to her room to pack her things.

Anubi immediately shouted, “Someone, lock Lin Manda’s room door. Without my order, no one can enter or leave! This is my house. I don’t believe you dare to rob me!”

Yang Chen said, “Someone, someone is robbing my personal property. Get it back for me!”

The bodyguards of Star Defense immediately showed their weapons and confronted Anubi’s bodyguards.

The situation had reached this point, and Anubi was no longer thinking about leaving any room for maneuver. He said very arrogantly to Yang Chen, “Come on, if you have the guts, order your people to shoot. Let’s see if you die!”

Yang Chen smiled and said, “I wasn’t here today. I don’t know anything about what happened here. However, no matter what method you use, you must bring Lin Manda to the hotel to see me!”

After speaking, Yang Chen got up and left under the protection of his personal bodyguards, leaving only the bodyguards of the Sand Country branch of Star Defense to continue confronting Anubi’s people.

Not long after Yang Chen left, a burst of gunfire came from Anubi’s house.