CHAPTER 924: CHAPTER 897: THE TRAP IN JAPAN

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Beside him, Zhang Yantong burst into laughter. Ye Chen flashed a mischievous grin and said, "You’re laughing, you’re laughing, you still look better when you laugh. When you’re angry, you look just like an old hag!"

"Bastard, you’re the old hag!" Zhang Yantong retorted angrily.

"Uh..." Ye Chen quickly shut his mouth and was finally handcuffed and taken to the police car by Zhang Yantong. Liu San and his crew retreated dejectedly.

Ye Chen was brought back to the police station, taken into a holding cell by two police officers. After being thrown into the holding cell, Zhang Yantong never came to visit, ignoring him, which depressed Ye Chen. It felt like he wasn’t even her husband.

Sitting in the holding cell, Ye Chen smoked silently, not because he was worried that Zhang Yantong wouldn’t visit him, but because he was pondering why the Fierce Tiger Gang dared to attack the Heavenly Reversal Gang this time. After thinking it over, Ye Chen finally narrowed it down to Japan. Hei Hu was a product developed by the Japanese. Therefore, it must be the Japanese pulling the strings behind the scenes. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Ye Chen’s lips.

However, when he woke up, he found the skylight bright. Without realizing it, it was already daylight. Ye Chen stretched lazily. Just when he was about to leave, Zhang Yantong walked in from outside.

"I thought you weren’t coming to see me!" Ye Chen chuckled and said, "I was just about to leave!"

"Leave? Where would you go?" Zhang Yantong glared at him and said, "You’ve been here all night. Have you thought it through now?"

"Of course, clearer than ever!" Ye Chen immediately nodded.

"Come on, have something to eat!" Zhang Yantong chuckled lightly and said, "I made some rice porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat this morning!"

"Ah, I can’t, I need to go to the hospital to check on Momo. I don’t know how she’s doing!" Ye Chen seemed a bit anxious.

"Don’t worry, she’s fine. I just brought her some rice porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat!" Zhang Yantong glanced at Ye Chen and said, "I’ve never seen you worry about me like this!"

"Do I need to worry about you? The state raises you, and the government protects you!" Ye Chen grinned and said, "Besides, you have me. With me around, nobody can do anything to you!"

"Slick talker!" Even though Zhang Yantong looked angry on the surface, she was delighted inside.

After leaving the holding cell, Ye Chen realized Zhang Yantong’s good intentions. It turned out this little girl wanted him to cool down and not be blinded by anger at the time, so she threw him into a holding cell to give him a chance to clear his mind.

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Japan’s Kyoto City.

The failure of the Fierce Tiger Gang had already been reported back to the Japanese authorities. Yoda, Miyazaki Yama, and two other Cabinet Ministers secretly gathered to discuss how to deal with Ye Chen. The Fierce Tiger Gang was a pawn for Yoda in China, and now it had been cut off by the opponent. How should this game be played next?

"Gentlemen, the Fierce Tiger Gang is completely gone!" Yoda glanced at everyone and said sadly, "And the most successful product, Hei Hu, is lost too. We will lose all future data from him!"

"Ye Chen has gone too far!" Miyazaki Yama said angrily, "He dared to take a hard line against Hei Hu, utterly disregarding us!"

"Prime Minister, if I were Ye Chen, I think I would have killed Hei Hu too!" The Minister of Finance said leisurely, "Hei Hu is a very dangerous killing tool. This time, we should reflect on ourselves!"

"Oh, Lord Fujiwara, what do you mean by that?" Yoda asked curiously.

"Dealing with Ye Chen isn’t something that can be done by one or two people. Behind Ye Chen is the Rothschild family!" The Minister of Finance frowned and said, "Someone who controls enormous economic power isn’t easy to kill just like that, don’t you think?"

"Mm, makes sense!" Yoda nodded and then looked at the Minister of Finance and said, "Then tell us, how should we deal with Ye Chen?"

"We can’t rush to deal with Ye Chen, but entice him with benefits. I believe there will be a way!" The Minister of Finance smiled faintly.

"How to entice him with benefits?" Yoda was taken aback.

"Enticing with benefits isn’t for Ye Chen, but for Ye Chen’s woman, for example, Li Ruo. Tianya Group is a diversified company. If we extend a friendly hand to Li Ruo, I think she won’t refuse!" The Minister of Finance showed a cunning smile and continued, "No one can resist money!"

"And then what?" Yoda asked puzzled.

"Afterwards..." The Minister of Finance smiled coldly, "With Tianya Group there, with Li Ruo there, I don’t believe Ye Chen won’t come. If he comes, we’ll find a way to control him!"

"Great idea!" Miyazaki Yama applauded loudly.

After a round of negotiations, Yoda finally decided to follow the Minister of Finance’s plan, but he skipped many steps, simply enticing Li Ruo with benefits, tricking her to Japan, and then finding a way to keep her under house arrest, then bring Ye Chen to Japan.

Of course, this approach shouldn’t be excessive, as it would anger the Americans. Tianya Group is now a US-funded enterprise, under the protection of the US Government.

Soon, Li Ruo received an invitation letter from the chamber of commerce. Any significant corporate group would join some chamber of commerce. Li Ruo joined the East Asia Business Association on Wall Street. This is a business association in Asia. Many well-known enterprises are part of it, including some from the Rothschild family.

"Mr. Li, how should we respond?" The secretary asked in confusion.

"Let me think about it!" Li Ruo frowned. Facing such enticing benefits, how could she refuse? Li Ruo was also quite puzzled, wouldn’t anyone go for such tempting benefits? Of course, it might well be due to her seeing the advantages of Tianya Group.

"Why don’t we take a trip to Japan for an inspection?" Xiao Bing giggled and said, "Japanese hot springs are famous. Why not treat it as a trip?"

"Work is work, travel is travel!" Li Ruo glanced at Xiao Bing and said, "We can’t mix work and travel!"

"I understand, Mr. Li!" Xiao Bing playfully stuck out her cute pink tongue.

"Your idea is not bad. Go ahead and book a ticket for tomorrow’s flight to Tokyo!" Li Ruo looked at her with a smile. Xiao Bing was stunned, then leaped three feet high with excitement and said, "Great, I’ve always wanted to see Mount Fuji, take a hot spring bath there, wow, so refreshing!"

Xiao Bing ran out excitedly, and Li Ruo watched her dashing figure with a tranquil smile. No one knew the intention behind the invitation. But since it’s a business opportunity, it must be thoroughly examined. If it’s really profitable, why not do it?

The next day.

Li Ruo flew to Japan with Xiao Bing.

This time, Japan sent a delegation from the Mitsubishi Group to receive Li Ruo. As Li Ruo and Xiao Bing came out of Haneda Airport, the person in charge of the Mitsubishi Group was already waiting inside the airport. As Li Ruo and her team disembarked, Kudou Yuuta, the representative from the Mitsubishi Group, hurried over with a smile and said, "Mr. Li, welcome, welcome!"

"Mr. Kudou, sorry to trouble you!" Li Ruo smiled hurriedly.

"No trouble, it’s our duty!" Kudou Yuuta quickly smiled.

Under Kudou Yuuta’s lead, Li Ruo boarded a Toyota car. The Toyota convoy slowly left Haneda Airport via the presidential passage. Meanwhile, at another location, two men in black suits observed the scene from a distance. They whispered to each other, then one of the men immediately took out a phone and dialed a number.

"Li Ruo has arrived. Should we inform Ye Chen?" At the Kyoto City, Yoda already received the news of Li Ruo’s arrival. Miyazaki Yama immediately said.

"Mm!" Yoda nodded and said, "Have Kudou and his team activate the signal jammer, Ye Chen must be unable to contact Li Ruo!"

"Prime Minister, rest assured, Kudou and his team will handle it well!" Miyazaki Yama immediately nodded.

Then, Miyazaki Yama immediately ordered someone to inform Ye Chen. Ye Chen was at this time in Tongzhou City. His phone was globally connected, usually carried with him to allow others to contact him easily and find others’ contact information conveniently.

When Ye Chen received the call, he was dumbfounded. Li Ruo was controlled by the Japanese?

"What are you trying to do?" Ye Chen stood up from his chair with a whizz.

"We don’t want to do anything, just invite you to Japan!" The other party spoke in awkward Mandarin and then sneered, "If you don’t come, suffer the consequences!"

After saying that, the other party immediately hung up. Ye Chen anxiously dialed Li Ruo’s number, but her phone couldn’t be reached and was outside the service area. Ye Chen immediately panicked. Not being able to contact Li Ruo certainly meant trouble. Under normal circumstances, Li Ruo’s phone wouldn’t be off. Firstly, her business needs wouldn’t allow her to turn it off, and it had to be on 24/7. Furthermore, for Ye Chen’s convenience in contacting her, it wouldn’t be off. But now, it’s unexpectedly off, which means there’s definitely a problem.