744: Chapter 744 If you don't court death, you won't die!

As soon as these words were spoken, the passengers kneeling on the ground lifted their heads one after another, a glimmer of hope rekindling in their eyes.

That's right!

Ye Chen is from the Dragon Group!

He has a duty to protect the citizens of the Dragon Kingdom!

He cannot stand by and watch them die!

However, Ye Chen turned his head and glanced at Young Master Mu Qingshan.

"Are you threatening me?"

Young Master Mu Qingshan felt a chill run down his back from that glance and instinctively shrank his neck, but he still forced himself to speak.

"I... I am speaking the truth!"

"If you can help us, you must help!"

"Otherwise, you will regret it!"

The surrounding passengers chimed in one after another.

"That's right! Young Master Mu Qingshan is right!"

"You are from the Dragon Group, you cannot ignore us!"

"If you stand by and watch us die, we will report you as soon as we get back!"

"Yes! Report you! We'll make you pay for this!"

Those passengers who had been kneeling, begging for mercy, and weeping bitterly just moments ago now acted as if they had found a backer, and one by one, they grew arrogant again.

Qian Duofu stood behind Ye Chen, watching this group of people change their faces faster than flipping a book, and he trembled with rage.

"You bunch of ingrates!"

"You were just kneeling and begging him, and now you're threatening him?"

"Do you have any shame left?"

The passengers' faces turned pale and green from the scolding, but no one retorted.

Because they really had no shame left.

But with their lives on the line, what use was shame?

Ye Chen looked at Young Master Mu Qingshan and couldn't help but laugh.

Then, he glanced at Scarface.

"What is your name?"

"This humble one is called Sam."

Scarface shivered all over and hurriedly explained, "Mr... Mr. Ye, do you have any instructions?"

Yierqi, who was on the side, was stunned.

Wait... could it be that this guy Scarface had also been beaten up by Ye Chen?

Otherwise, why would he be so respectful?

Ye Chen lifted his chin, pointing at Young Master Mu Qingshan and the group of passengers who had just been threatening him.

"How you deal with the people who just threatened me has nothing to do with me."

"But as for those who didn't curse at me, let them go."

As the words fell, the pier was silent for a moment.

Then, the group of passengers erupted as if a pot had exploded.

"What? Let us go? Mr. Ye is going to let us go?!"

"I knew it! I knew Mr. Ye wouldn't ignore us!"

"Mr. Ye's great kindness is something we will never forget!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ye! Thank you, Mr. Ye!"

The passengers who hadn't cursed at Ye Chen were moved to tears.

Damn it!

They were glad they had kept their mouths shut!

If they had joined in with their loose tongues earlier, they probably would have been left here too.

What a stroke of luck!

However, the passengers who had just joined Young Master Mu Qingshan in threatening Ye Chen instantly turned pale.

"No! You can't! You can't do this!"

A middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses stood up abruptly, his face flushed red.

"You are using public office for private revenge! By what right do you demand they be released but not us?"

"Exactly! We are all human! You have no right to discriminate!"

"We don't accept this! We are going to report you!"

The passengers were acting like madmen; some were cursing loudly, others were struggling desperately to break free from their ropes.

The pirates guarding them kicked them, knocking them to the ground one by one, but those people seemed not to feel the pain, continuing to writhe and howl on the ground.

The scene! The sounds!

It was just like a zombie siege!

Watching this scene, Ye Chen said indifferently.

"What are you to me?"

The clamor came to an abrupt halt.

Everyone was stunned.

Ye Chen continued.

"Are you my friends? Or my relatives? Or have you done me a favor?"

"Why should I indulge you?"

"I gave you a chance, but you chose not to take it."

"Now that something has happened, saving whoever I choose is my duty, and not saving whoever I choose is on you."

"You want to talk to me about fairness?"

He smiled, a very faint smile.

"When you drove me away, why didn't you talk about fairness?"

"When you colluded with Young Master Mu Qingshan to force me off the ship, why didn't you talk about fairness?"

"Now that you're begging me, you want to talk about fairness?"

"Are you worthy?"

The entire scene was deathly silent.

The passengers who had been hysterical just moments ago were now like people whose throats had been choked, unable to utter a single word.

Ye Chen continued, "How the pirates treat you is the pirates' business; I won't interfere, but don't expect me to save you either. I am a person who holds grudges."

Scarface stood to the side, completely dumbfounded.

Wait... this guy is too ruthless, right?

But thinking back to how Ye Chen could control so many sharks, he felt relieved.

Scarface hurriedly bowed, "Mr. Ye, this humble one understands! I will handle it right away!"

He straightened up, turned to look at his pirate subordinates, took a deep breath, and waved his hand.

"Did you all hear that? Grab everyone who just cursed at Mr. Ye!"

"Don't miss a single one!"

The pirates responded in unison and lunged at the group of passengers like wolves and tigers.

"No! Don't grab me!"

"Let me go! Let me go!"

"Mr. Ye! I was truly wrong! I beg you to give me another chance!"

The passengers struggled, cried, and begged, but the pirates gave them no chance at all.

Some were dragged out by their collars, others were kicked over and dragged away like dead dogs, and those who struggled too hard were knocked unconscious by the pirates with rifle butts.

In just a few minutes, the dozen or so passengers who had joined Young Master Mu Qingshan in threatening Ye Chen were all pulled out from the crowd and detained to the side.

As for the remaining passengers, the pirates cut their ropes, granting them freedom.

Ye Chen didn't even glance at those people; he took Yi Yue's hand, turned around, and walked toward the outside of the port.

"Yierqi, lead the way."

Yierqi snapped out of it, scrambled to his feet from the ground, and bent over to run ahead of Ye Chen to lead the way.

That posture... was even more loyal than the most loyal servant!

Night Owl and Qian Duofu followed closely behind.

However, before turning around, Qian Duofu didn't forget to grin at the dozen or so shivering passengers.

"What did I say?"

"If you don't court death, you won't die."

"If you had just honestly followed Mr. Ye in the first place, would you need to suffer like this?"

"A bunch of ungrateful wretches."

He shook his head and strode off to catch up with Ye Chen.

Behind them, the released passengers looked at each other, their expressions incredibly complex.

There was remorse, relief, lingering fear, and an indescribable complexity.

But they knew that from the moment they drove Ye Chen away, they no longer had the right to beg him for anything.

Him speaking up to release them was his benevolence.

Once the people left, Sam stood in front of the group of pulled-out passengers, hands on his hips, his eyes full of mockery.

"You bunch of idiots."

"Mr. Ye was standing right there; originally, everyone on the ship could have been saved."

"Now look, you had loose tongues and courted your own death."

Young Master Mu Qingshan and the others' faces looked even worse.

However, Sam then stood up, turned to look at the released passengers, and waved his hand.

"You lot, get on the ship and get lost."

The passengers felt as if they had received a pardon, scrambling and running toward the ferry.

Today's ordeal would be enough to give them nightmares for a lifetime.

In less than ten minutes, the ferry was full of people again.

The engine started, and the ferry slowly sailed away from the pier.

Sam stood on the pier, watching the ferry disappear into the distance, his heart bleeding.

Fuck!

These were all moving little gold mines!

It's a pity... but compared to being slaughtered by Ye Chen, letting them go was better!

After all, you have to be alive to earn money, and alive to spend it!

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at the passengers who had been left behind.

Young Master Mu Qingshan was squatting at the very front of the crowd, lifting his head with a face as pale as paper, only to meet Sam's face.

Sam grinned at him.

"Young Master Mu Qingshan?"

"This time, I've changed my mind. To redeem your life, it will cost at least ten times as much now."

Young Master Mu Qingshan: "..."

Ye Chen and his party got into a black Hummer and drove toward the depths of Thor Island.

Yierqi sat in the passenger seat personally to direct and lead the way, not daring to have any tricks up his sleeve.

There was no way around it.

A person who couldn't be killed by bullets, could they be a simple person?

Especially Sam's reaction, which proved even more that Ye Chen was not simple!

The Hummer quickly passed through the pirate residential area and then entered a wasteland on the island.

"Mr. Ye, that is the dividing line ahead."

Yierqi pointed ahead and explained respectfully.

"Past that stone wall is Black Prison's territory. The rules over there are different from ours; we never cross the boundary."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "Drive to the stone wall and stop; you can go back."

Yierqi nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, thank you, Mr. Ye."

Suddenly!

"Whoosh—"

A harsh sound of breaking air came from behind.

Yierqi's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively turned his head.

Night Owl's reaction was faster.

She slammed the steering wheel, and the front of the Hummer veered to the side.

The next second.

"BOOM!!!"

A missile slammed into the road in front of the Hummer, and the light of the explosion soared into the sky, with flames carrying gravel and dust sweeping in all directions.

The blast wave hit the Hummer's body like a solid wall.

The whole car shook violently, and the window glass was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

Qian Duofu slammed his head into the backrest of the front seat, grimacing in pain.

"Ouch, damn it!"

Yi Yue instinctively closed her eyes, her body instinctively leaning toward Ye Chen.

Ye Chen reached out to wrap his arm around her shoulder, steadying her body.

The Hummer spun half a circle on the gravel road, tires locked, dragging out several charred skid marks on the ground before coming to a stop across the middle of the road.

Yierqi was completely stunned.

"Mis... missile?"