Chapter 72: Chapter 72: Betrayal
Qin Yumo walked into the bathroom, even Ye Fan didn’t notice.
Later, a suppressed low cry came from Qin Yumo, but because the sound was too soft, it also did not arouse people’s attention.
Liu Long and Xing Hai were still immersed in the excitement of the joint armed forces about to annihilate Ye Fan.
In their opinion, as long as they get rid of Ye Fan, this battle is a sure win.
Inside, no one is there to help Ye Fan now, and just relying on two soldiers and two dogs is useless. After all, the leaders from all sides are present, many people are Evolvers, and their subordinates are all armed. They don’t believe Ye Fan has the ability to turn things around.
Xing Hai coughed, his expression already somewhat excited.
"Leader Ye, what do you think is a reasonable trading price?"
Ye Fan spoke: "It’s very simple. The price we originally negotiated with your people, just double it. For example, I remember it used to be fifty grams of gold for fifty pounds of rice, so now it’s a hundred grams."
"Ye Fan, you’re too greedy. Two grams of gold for a pound of rice, is your rice the aromatic Wuchang Daohuaxiang?"
Ye Fan glanced disdainfully at Zhao Xiaohao, who spoke: "If Leader Zhao disagrees, then you can keep your gold and see if this stuff can be eaten."
"Ye, don’t think gold is useless; many high-tech instrument industries require it."
"Is that so? Then you should keep it and see when your high-tech will appear?"
Wang Huai from the Forest Farm Base had nothing to say; they were almost returning to a society where they couldn’t even eat, let alone high-tech, which was just a pipe dream.
Xing Hai spoke up: "Ye Fan, I advise you to be a bit more sensible. Now that everyone is unwilling to accept your oppression, it proves that your way is not feasible. How about this, I’ll give you a way out. Reduce your original price fivefold. Take rice as an example, it used to be one gram of gold per pound of rice, now one gram of gold for five pounds of rice, and the same for other goods. I guarantee we’ll keep all the goods you bring."
Ye Fan laughed heartily: "What if I don’t agree?"
"Then you might not have a choice. If all the leaders oppose you, you probably won’t walk out of this door!"
These words were said by Liu Long, who had already shown a murderous intent and said to those around: "Does anyone support Ye Fan?"
"I will not support him."
"Neither will I."
"Nor will I."
Everyone at the table expressed their stance, except for Chen Hao, who stood by Ye Fan.
Dai Yu from the Hot Spring was still hesitating. He wanted to trade the gold, after all, it was completely useless, but everyone wanted to suppress the strongest person, Ye Fan; what should he do?
Xing Hai looked dissatisfiedly at Dai Yu: "Leader Dai, what are you waiting for? Do you disagree with my opinion?"
Dai Yu glanced at the bathroom: "I’ll wait a little longer, we’ll talk when Leader Qin comes out."
"Leader Qin’s attitude is very clear, you’re being wishy-washy... "
Before the words fell, a graceful figure came out from the bathroom.
Qin Yumo seemed to have washed her face, her emotions not as agitated as when she entered the bathroom.
Xing Hai smiled and looked at Qin Yumo: "Leader Qin, now it’s just your stance that is missing. I propose Leader Ye reduce the commodity price fivefold, do you agree with my point of view?"
Qin Yumo returned to her seat, calmed her emotions, then looked at Ye Fan with a forced smile, and turned to Xing Hai: "What is Leader Ye’s opinion?"
"This vampire, he wants to exploit us, has doubled the price. Previously one gram of gold per pound of rice is now two grams; who can accept such a bad suggestion?"
"I can accept it."
Qin Yumo’s words left the babbling Xing Hai stunned.
He even doubted his ears had a problem, staring blankly at Qin Yumo: "Leader Qin, I didn’t hear wrong, did I? You’re not joking, are you?"
Qin Yumo glanced at him: "Do you think I look like I’m joking?"
With that, Qin Yumo addressed the gathered leaders: "Everyone, this is what I think: does Leader Ye need gold? Look at him from head to toe, is there any gold or silver on him? His style is low-key and simple, not influenced at all by the end times. What does he need gold for? What he’s doing is just trying to help everyone in a roundabout way. As those being helped, shouldn’t we accept with gratitude instead of turning against him?"
"Some people might be able to do such a thing, but I, Qin Yumo, can’t, so... I support Leader Ye’s proposal, not to mention a halved price, I would accept it even if it were free!"
After speaking, Qin Yumo lowered her head, retched a couple of times, as if her stomach was uncomfortable.
Xing Hai was somewhat dumbfounded, the people present were all dumbfounded.
How did Qin Yumo’s attitude do such a one-eighty?
This isn’t just a one-eighty, this is a seven-twenty with a face-down dive.
She didn’t even care about saving face!
Xing Hai looked at Qin Yumo, gritting his teeth: "Leader Qin, that’s not what you said just now!"
Qin Yumo didn’t even lift an eyelid: "I reconsidered and understood Leader Ye’s good intentions, I am deeply moved by him."
Ye Fan was also somewhat admiring Qin Yumo, he actually could resort to forceful means, but such actions were too bloody and violent, and there would inevitably be losses, so he hoped to trade part from some neutral survivors.
It’s hard to find someone who understands his intentions.
"Since Leader Qin is so discerning, I am willing to trade with you at the price I just set."
Qin Yumo smiled at Ye Fan, tears of excitement filling her eyes.
Dai Yu from the Hot Spring glanced back and forth, unsure of the situation, but instinctively felt Qin Yumo’s choice was right.
He immediately spoke up: "I also support Leader Ye and Leader Qin’s decision, I’m willing to trade with Leader Ye."
Ye Fan smiled back at Dai Yu, there are always clever people in the world.
Xing Hai couldn’t take it anymore, seeing the alliance about to form suddenly collapse, he felt like he had been played.
He looked gloomily at Qin Yumo: "Leader Qin, are you and Ye Fan putting on a show for me? Surely you knew each other before?"
"Think what you like," Qin Yumo was indifferent.
"Ha ha! Pretend! The Airport Base is on the outskirts of Coal City, obviously the nearest, yet you and Ye Fan arrived one after the other, I have to suspect you knew each other, maybe you spent last night together!"
Qin Yumo was in a terrible mood, hearing Xing Hai speak like this she couldn’t help but explode: "So what if we did? Do you think everyone behaves like you scum, living together means doing those things? What if we just stayed together? Played cards all night, how about that?"
Xing Hai laughed in anger: "Ha ha ha! You think I’m a three-year-old? A man and a woman play cards together? Who would believe such a ridiculous story? Hey, that guy named Chen Hao, do you believe it?"
He intended to break through Chen Hao, to dissolve Ye Fan’s power.
Unexpectedly, Chen Hao was already determined to follow Ye Fan’s lead, immediately speaking up for Ye Fan.
"Of course I believe it, I can testify to it. Yesterday Leader Ye and Leader Qin did indeed stay together, I was in the next room, but they were entirely innocent. They genuinely just played cards, Leader Ye’s card skills are superb, Leader Qin lost miserably yesterday and kept saying no, no all night."
Qin Yumo glared at the spouting-nonsense Chen Hao, but managed to hold back and didn’t refute.
Meanwhile, Xing Hai and Liu Long were furious, Xing Hai gave Liu Long a look, inquiring about the arrangements.
Liu Long secretly nodded, indicating everything was ready.
Xing Hai couldn’t care less about that now, though he couldn’t rope in Qin Yumo and Dai Yu was somewhat imperfect, he believed with the forces they had, they could already solve the problem.