That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1361 Wouldn't it be better if that kind of person were dead?
When Li Ye first heard Lu Jingyao say that Lu Zixue "no matter what nationality he is, he is a Chinese person who was born and raised in China," he almost thought that Lu Jingyao had completely evolved into the kind of exquisite and selfish fairy that she would become decades later.

During the mask-wearing period, China offered free medical treatment to its own people. People who had long since renounced their Chinese citizenship returned to China, using a similar excuse to compete for the right to receive free medical care.

Although I renounced my Chinese citizenship, I'm still a Chinese person with yellow skin, black hair, and speaking the language of China! Why won't you treat me?

I cured you?

Why are they so self-righteous?
If your biological father gets rich, he's your biological father; if he falls on hard times, he's just a biological father, right?

However, when embassy staff sternly questioned Lu Jingyao about her nationality, Lu Jingyao did not resort to the same unreasonable arguments as people in later generations.
She didn't even bother to argue; she just apologized to the embassy staff with shame, then dragged her weary body out dejectedly.

[Hmm, not fully evolved yet, at least they know shame.]

Li Ye shook his head, greeted the embassy staff, and prepared to leave.

But Comrade Wang stopped Li Ye, frowned and asked, "Comrade Li Ye, are you very familiar with that Lu Jingyao?"

Li Ye didn't hide much and told the truth: "We're from the same county, but after she went to university in 81, we basically lost contact."

Comrade Wang thought for a moment, then asked doubtfully, "After receiving the call from the kidnappers, we tried to discuss the ransom, but they said that Lu Jingyao is very rich, at least tens of millions of pounds."

If that's the case, I suggest she find a good lawyer and try her luck at the British embassy. A British dependent citizen is essentially a British citizen, provided he has money.

"How much? Tens of millions of pounds?"

Li Ye was stunned.

Tens of millions of pounds is how much money? That's hundreds of millions of RMB!

Although Li Ye is already very rich, even richer than those who "have no concept of money", he would not consider 100 million as a "small goal".

Li Ye knew very well that if he didn't have "god-like foresight" and monopolistic privileges, he might not be able to earn 100 million yuan in this era where even pigs could fly, and he might even be bullied and lose his pants.

For ordinary people, 100 million is too difficult, really too difficult.

Lu Jingyao is Jonina's agent and housekeeper. She is the kind of person who gets a salary, and by some Western standards, she wouldn't even be considered middle class.

Because the evaluation method for those people is—they don't rely on a salary for their livelihood.

"Could it be that Lu Jingyao has also made a fortune?"

Li Ye couldn't help but ask Comrade Wang, "How did the kidnappers know she had tens of millions? How much ransom do they want?"

Comrade Wang rubbed his forehead, somewhat helplessly, and said, "It was Lu Zixue who told the kidnappers himself. She even told me to quickly have her sister bring twenty million pounds to rescue him."

[Damn it, what a jerk!]

"Okay! I'll go tell her."

After thinking for a moment, Li Ye agreed to Comrade Wang's request, stood up, and said goodbye.

The other party was very polite, shaking hands with Li Ye to say goodbye while saying, "Ukraine is currently in a state of chaos, and our embassy is still under construction, so we don't have the capacity to handle some of the more difficult problems."

I heard from Commander Zhou that one of your classmates has some connections in Ukraine. Perhaps you could ask someone to help you find out more information.”

"Okay, okay, I'll ask around when I get back." Li Ye politely said goodbye to Comrade Wang and turned to leave the office.

However, after he turned around, he always felt that the other person was watching him from behind.

Was he reminding me? Or was he doubting me?

Li Ye knows his own family's affairs best; he is indeed suspicious because he really has a "connection" with Pavlov.
However, it was not convenient for Li Ye to question Pavlov or notify Pavlov to "release the person" at this moment, because doing so would confirm his identity as an accomplice in the kidnapping.

That's why Li Ye wouldn't "deal with some thorny problems".

Didn't Comrade Wang also reject Lu Jingyao on the grounds of "not meeting the requirements"?

Lu Jingyao is a citizen of China, and given China's "helpful" nature, this matter should be somewhere between helping and not helping.

But he didn't want to get into trouble, so why did Li Ye want to get into trouble?

After Li Ye left Comrade Wang's office, he saw his wife facing off against Lu Jingyao, Lu Jingqi, and Gao Xiaoyan.

Wen Leyu was clearly in a bad mood. Although Lu Jingyao said she "believed Li Ye wasn't that kind of person," it had still alarmed Commander Zhou and the embassy staff, which meant Li Ye was now involved.

This kind of involvement could be significant or minor. If Li Ye doesn't have strong support, at some crucial promotion juncture in the future, someone might point out, "This person was involved in kidnapping; for safety's sake, it would be better to choose someone else."

China has no shortage of people; if you have even the slightest flaw or blemish, you risk being abandoned.

Seeing this, Li Ye felt somewhat helpless.

He insisted on bringing Wen Leyu with him today, firstly because Wen Leyu had the ability to "seek justice" for Li Ye. If the embassy insisted that Li Ye was involved in the kidnapping case, Wen Leyu could at least do everything she could to get him out.

Another reason is because of Lu Jingyao.

Although the young wife trusted Li Ye very much, it was still best for her to be present when meeting with Lu Jingyao to avoid any misunderstandings.

However, looking at Wen Leyu's domineering manner in a one-against-three situation, it seems as if Li Ye and his wife are the ones bullying others.

Li Ye walked straight up to Lu Jingyao and said calmly, "Comrade Wang just told me that your brother called you in front of the kidnappers, asking you to bring 20 million pounds to rescue him? Is that true?"

Lu Jingyao blushed, clearly feeling very ashamed, but she looked at Li Ye without saying a word, neither shaking her head nor nodding.

Li Ye continued, "Comrade Wang said that if you have that much money, you can hire a top-notch legal team from Britain and then negotiate with the British embassy. As a British citizen, you'd be considered a British citizen, but you'd need to be rich."

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Lu Jingyao paused for a moment, then slowly shook her head, unsure whether she meant she didn't have that much money or that being a citizen of the Turks didn't count as being a citizen of the British Empire.

But Li Ye didn't care. He had already conveyed the two sentences that Comrade Wang had told him to say, and whether you listened to them or not was none of his business.

However, just as Li Ye turned to leave, Lu Jingyao behind him seemed to have made a great decision and said to Li Ye, "Li Ye, can you help us? We really have no other choice."

Li Ye frowned and said softly, "Your little brother, he's not dead, is he?"

(End of this chapter)