My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 1045: It wasn’t done by him
Therefore, he wouldn’t let Feiyu tell Ye Lu about the godfather or about the mission abroad.
He said he wanted her to live a peaceful and stable life.
Ye Lu noticed that Ilid was deliberately avoiding the topic. Her eyes shifted, but she didn’t press further, knowing that he definitely wouldn’t tell her.
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With Ilid’s arrival, life didn’t change much, except that there were many secret service agents around the villa to protect him.
Since Ye Lu knew there were dangers, she naturally didn’t go out to become a target and trouble herself.
She basically stayed at home. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
However, she was far from idle. After successfully selling a batch of arms to a local warlord last time, she came up with a new idea.
Those regions were rife with conflicts, and all factions, legal or illegal, viewed arms as an important commodity. However, it was not easy for them to obtain them through official channels, which made the black market for arms there thrive.
In the black market, the weapons were generally old-fashioned. High-end weapons were scarce, hence they fetched exorbitantly high prices—usually more than ten times the market rate—yet the demand still exceeded the supply.
This undoubtedly presented a huge business opportunity in a grey market, and she was excited. After a deep conversation with Hua Lunxi, she felt they could enter this new field to earn high brokerage fees.
She had more than enough funds to pay upfront and buy the Ji Family’s weapons, then resell them!
After completing that business deal, the warlord was very pleased and introduced her to several other clients. While the transactions were not as large as the first one, each involved billions and added up to a significant amount.
Recently, another shipment was underway, being transported by sea from Asia.
She called Ling Kong to inquire when the goods would be shipped. After the first deal that she negotiated with Ji Mo, the subsequent transactions had all been handled by Ling Kong.
Though the young master appeared young, he had undertaken many of the Ji Family Group’s critical business dealings. His approach to business was swift and effective, and his thinking and ideas were at least twenty years ahead of his time.
"I’m smoothing out the connections. Sea shipment inspections have been strict lately, so naturally, we must be careful. But rest assured, when Ling Kong takes on a task, there’s no way the goods won’t be delivered by the contracted deadline." The young man’s voice, gradually deepening in the midst of changing, lost its youthful timbre and gained a semblance of depth and steadiness. His tone was full of confidence.
Ye Lu was naturally reassured. This young master was the Ji Family’s heir-apparent, and his word was as good as gold.
She thought for a moment but couldn’t help herself.
"Ling Kong, there’s something I want to ask..."
"I know what you’re going to ask," Ling Kong immediately saw through her intention, his voice slightly cold, "What he did was really underhanded. Even if he is Yiyi’s father, I need to make my stance clear. My father and I are very angry about this. If we had known his target was Old Ling, we definitely wouldn’t have sold him the arms!"
Ye Lu was startled, knowing that Third Young Master Jun’s actions had unquestionably offended the Ji Family.
Because Ling Yan had a good relationship with the Ji Family, even having once saved Ji Mo’s wife, Mu Bao’er, Third Young Master Jun’s purchase of their weapons to target Old Ling, although not directly involving the Ji Family, essentially meant that the Ji Family’s weapons had killed Old Ling. Ji Mo would probably be furious!
She remembered that arrogant king of arms she met at the South European banquet; offending him was definitely a dangerous matter.
She blurted out in urgency.
"Old Ling wasn’t killed by him."
"How do you know that?"
"He told me so himself," she said, her breathing rapid.
