Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Two Choices, Mo Yinhe Can Only Choose One 2
On this island stood the most beautiful private villas and the most imposing office buildings.
It was very difficult for landlubbers to discover the existence of this island.
This was because ships and planes would mysteriously disappear once they entered this domain.
It was known to landlubbers as the "Bermuda Triangle."
Today, the island was particularly bustling.
Various countries had dispatched representatives to attend the Four Nations Summit.
Upon learning that Atlantis had sent Mo Yinhe to the summit, the other nations, in turn, sent their Crown Princes.
The reasoning was simple—equivalence of status.
Otherwise, if your nation sent a Crown Prince while mine sent the Emperor in person, wouldn’t that make my Emperor seem less dignified?
What status does your Crown Prince possess that he deserves to sit at the same conference table with my Emperor to discuss matters?
Thus, the representatives attending the Four Nations Summit were:
The Crown Prince of the Atlantis Empire: Mo Yinhe;
The Crown Prince of the Gendaya Empire: Qu Gaoyang;
The Crown Prince of the Mu Continent Empire: Si Lisao;
The Crown Prince of the Lemuria Empire: Feng Chonghua.
At this moment, it was dinnertime.
Apart from Mo Yinhe, the Crown Princes of the other three nations were gathered for dinner, toasting and reveling!
They regarded Mo Yinhe as an outsider, unwilling to include him in their activities.
This was because the policies Mo Yinhe implemented in the Atlantis Empire allowed the inferior land-dwellers to witness the world of the superior oceanic people, an act they felt was a degradation of their own status!
Mo Yinhe was also a land-dweller.
Both his parents were from the land!
His mother had merely been lucky—a man-made Mermaid from A Country who had actually become the Queen of the Atlantis Empire!
In the hearts of these oceanic people, the entire Atlantis was instantly devalued.
Qu Gaoyang, arrogant and conceited, was drinking and pontificating. "I’d like to see how Mo Yinhe plans to continue his arrogance! His brother dared to insult my sister, driving her to commit suicide because she couldn’t bear the humiliation. This matter is settled; there’s absolutely no chance of a reversal! Mo Yinhe has no choice. Out of two options, he can only pick one!"
This was his most brilliant accomplishment since stepping over the former Crown Prince Qu Liushang to become the Crown Prince of Gendaya!
From now on, he could boast about this for a lifetime!
Feng Chonghua, who looked gentle and elegant but was in fact cunning and shrewd, raised his glass in a flattering toast. "Prince Gaoyang, what an excellent strategy. I never expected that Mo Yinhe, for all his cunning, would ultimately fall at your hands. He indeed only has one choice. If he chose the second, the entire populace of Atlantis would oppose him."
Qu Gaoyang was smug, thoroughly enjoying such mutual adulation.
"Mo Yinhe is merely a paper tiger," he said. "A little trick from me is all it takes to make him stumble. Crown Prince Lisao, Little Prince Ye Nianbai will definitely be able to return to the Mu Continent this time."
Si Lisao, inscrutable, raised his glass slightly. He smiled faintly. "Let’s hope so."
Among the four undersea nations, the Mu Continent possessed the largest territory, the largest population, and also the greatest strength. Si Lisao maintained his airs, so Qu Gaoyang not only dared not object but also proactively poured wine for him.
After pouring the wine, Qu Gaoyang even guaranteed, "This is absolutely foolproof. Just relax and watch how I stomp Mo Yinhe’s arrogance into the ground and furiously rub it in!"
Qu Gaoyang was already vividly picturing the scene. He was so excited he wished tomorrow’s conference could be moved up to tonight! That way, he could trample Mo Yinhe into the ground and furiously rub it in, again and again, a whole night earlier! The mere thought of it was incredibly satisfying.
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Elsewhere, in a private leisure club in A Imperial Capital, two other people were also leisurely drinking together.
They were Sheng Liuyun and Qu Liushang.
Sheng Liuyun said, "Your brother is truly ruthless. To deal with Mo Yinhe, he’d even sacrifice his own sister."
"Royal families have been devoid of kinship since ancient times," Qu Liushang replied. "He used Yang Wanling to drive Mo Yinhe into a desperate situation. This time, Mo Yinhe has no choice but to send Xiaobai to the Mu Continent. You all in the Mu Continent can finally get Xiaobai back. I just feel sorry for the boy, Xiaobai. He grew up without a mother and will soon be separated from his father. Thinking of Mo Yinhe’s situation, he felt a touch of sympathy."
After all, there was still some semblance of a fragile brotherhood between them. Qu Liushang continued, "Using an imposter Ajiu to publicly repudiate her husband, Mo Yinhe, and take their son—your elder brother’s move is truly vicious."
Sheng Liuyun’s elder brother was the Crown Prince of the Mu Continent, Si Lisao.
Sheng Liuyun said, "We’ve suffered so much at Mo Yinhe’s hands. If the tables don’t turn and he doesn’t take a major fall, then this world is simply too unfair! He deserves to be ground into the dirt and receive a merciless beating from society."
At this point, Sheng Liuyun paused, then added with schadenfreude, "Right now, Mo Yinhe must be frantic, completely at his wits’ end!"
Sheng Liuyun had no idea that at this very moment, Mo Yinhe was teasing his younger sister.
Mo Yinhe was on the phone with Si Mingjing.
Mingjing was in her small house, cooking noodles.
Her noodle-cooking skills were nothing to boast about. She hadn’t timed it correctly, and the noodles had turned to mush.
Mingjing scooped out the mushy noodles, added a few cabbage leaves, and served them in a bland, watery soup. Seeing this made Mo Yinhe feel a pang of distress. He hated that he couldn’t cook the noodles for her himself.
"What on earth is that? Can you even eat it? Just throw it out. I’ll have the butler bring you dinner."
"It’s fine, I’ll make do. I heard police sirens earlier. Ye Shen was taken away by the police. The house is in total chaos right now, so I don’t want to add to the trouble."
Mingjing carried her bowl to the living room, pulled up a chair, and forced down a couple of mouthfuls.
She hadn’t thought it tasted that bad initially, but after Mo Yinhe’s comment, she truly couldn’t eat anymore.
She put down her chopsticks and said, "You’re right, it’s really awful. How are things on your end?"
Mo Yinhe gave her a profound look through the video. "Just waiting for Heroine Mingjing to rescue the ’beauty’—me—from these dire straits..."
The man was still in the mood to tease her.
Mingjing chuckled softly. "I will save you, but it’s not about a ’hero rescuing the beauty.’ I’m Xiaobai’s wife; for Xiaobai’s sake, I have to save you too."
Then, she hung up on Mo Yinhe.
She dialed another number.
The mastermind has been prancing around for long enough. It’s time to deliver a stunning blow! The great counterattack begins now.
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