Xiao Churan’s words gave Ma Lan a new understanding of her own intelligence and judgement.
She immediately put on a face of “I knew it” and sighed regretfully. “Actually, I had long felt that Ye Chen, that kid, wasn’t being honest. He spent all day looking at feng shui for people and taking large sums of money from them, how could he avoid trouble forever?”
Xiao Changkun also sighed in agreement. “Ah! I should have thought of that earlier! I should have thought of it! So many nationally famous so-called masters who could summon wind and rain, didn’t they all eventually crash and burn? Some ended up in prison in disgrace, some couldn’t even keep their lives, and some were just retaliated against!”
With that, he asked Xiao Churan. “Churan, tell us quickly, what’s the situation with Ye Chen exactly?”
Xiao Churan looked at her parents’ expressions as if they had seen through everything and sighed helplessly. Then she said, “Dad, Mum, Ye Chen really did offend someone. It was trouble from looking at feng shui, and the trouble is quite big. It seems like it even caused a death. People are now looking everywhere to settle accounts with him. He’s afraid of implicating us, so he arranged for us to hide in the South Pacific. He’s gone to another country to lie low.”
“The reason he took your phones away is to stop you contacting others. If Ye Chen’s enemies find out, we’ll be in trouble. They can’t find Ye Chen, but they can find us. If they really come looking, it could be a matter of life and death.”
Xiao Changkun asked nervously, “Then Ye Chen arranged for us to go to the South Pacific. He won’t come over in the future, will he?”
Xiao Churan said, “Ye Chen said that until the matter is resolved, he won’t come to find us. He also told us not to look for him, not to go back, not to contact old friends and relatives. We should just live quietly in the South Pacific under assumed names.”
Ma Lan asked nervously, “We left without bringing anything! How will we live in the South Pacific? No money, no connections. Won’t we end up begging on the streets?”
Xiao Churan said, “Mum, don’t worry. Ye Chen has arranged everything. He quietly sold the villa in Tomson Riviera long ago and negotiated with the buyer to let them take possession after the second of February, when the dragon raises its head. He just didn’t tell you.”
“And the car Dad drives has also been sold. Our villa has appreciated a lot now. Converted to dollars, it’s worth over thirty million. Plus the car, and the money Ye Chen saved from looking at feng shui over this time, it’s about seventy or eighty million dollars in total.”
“So much money!” Ma Lan immediately asked nervously, “Where did all this money go? He didn’t run off with it all, did he?”
Xiao Churan said, “Ye Chen used this money to buy an island for us in the South Pacific. He also hired some bodyguards and servants so we can live there peacefully. The cost of living is low there. Even if this matter doesn’t blow over, we can live without worries for the rest of our lives.”
Ma Lan’s expression changed immediately, and she asked in surprise, “Ye Chen bought us an island?! So the whole island is ours?”
“Yes.” Xiao Churan nodded and said, “Ye Chen has arranged everything. We just need to go and live well. It can ensure we have no worries about food and clothing, but you must remember, absolutely, absolutely do not let anyone know where our family of three is. Otherwise, all this will be taken away.”
Ma Lan breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Okay, okay, okay. Don’t worry. Even if it’s my own mum and dad, I absolutely won’t contact them!”
With that, she urged Xiao Changkun, “You remember too! Don’t tell anyone! No matter what, don’t reveal our family’s whereabouts to anyone!”
Xiao Changkun nodded repeatedly. “Such a big matter, I’d rather die than say anything!”
With that, he suddenly felt a bit emotional and said, “Ye Chen still has some loyalty. He even left all this money for us after scamming it.”
Ma Lan nodded and sighed. “It’s worth it that our family raised him all these years.”
Xiao Changkun thought about how he might never see Ye Chen again and felt a bit melancholic. He sighed and said, “To be honest, Ye Chen is a good kid. It’s just that after being hyped up as Master Ye these past two years, he got a bit carried away. If he had stayed down to earth like before, our days would definitely have gotten more prosperous.”
Ma Lan recalled the past and suddenly had some new insights. She said depressedly, “Ah, speaking of that, there’s something I’ve never told you two…”
Xiao Changkun asked, “What is it?”
