Chapter 653: Chapter 653

The four beauties by Lin Chen's side were all as gorgeous as celestial beings. To have them as the lady of the stronghold on the island would be sheer bliss.

Thinking about this, the pirate's face was even more filled with a lecherous smile.

"Take these women away for me," the pirate commanded coldly.

At that moment, several pirates behind him charged forward, attempting to grab the four girls next to Lin Chen.

"Hold on," Lin Chen suddenly spoke up.

"What, you want to die?" The pirate leader stared at Lin Chen coldly.

Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Of course I don't want to die. How about this—I'll pay a ransom for their release. Five hundred for all four of them. How does that sound?"

Hearing Lin Chen's words, the women behind him almost wanted to swallow him whole.

"Five hundred for four stunning beauties, that's just too insincere."

The pirate's face twisted hideously, "Kid, you think you can play me?"

Lin Chen smiled and then pointed at Kuli, "Brother, that Kuli over there is the son of a tycoon from the Cook family dynasty. His family is loaded with money. If you want money, go to him."

Upon hearing Lin Chen's suggestion, the pirate turned his gaze towards Kuli.

At that moment, Kuli had cursed Lin Chen's ancestors for eight generations in his heart. This scoundrel was so unscrupulous, selling him out just to save his own skin.

The pirate leader turned around, but rather than looking at Kuli, he set his sights on Sophina standing behind him.

He was immediately captivated by Sophina's beauty. Compared to the other four girls, Sophina's aura was even more alluring, and the pirate leader felt a surge of hormones just by looking at her.

Seeing the pirate approaching her, Sophina turned pale with fright.

The pirate leader glanced at Sophina and sneered with a cold laugh, "Not bad-looking, little girl. How about coming back to the island and becoming my lady?"

Upon hearing the pirate's words, Sophina trembled and shook her head uncontrollably with fear.

However, the pirate leader sneered coldly, "What, you don't want to? You don't have a choice in the matter."

Just as the pirate leader reached out to grab Sophina, in that instant, Kuli suddenly stood out in front of her, blocking her path.

"You can't take her," Kuli declared, his face the very image of righteousness.

At that moment, Sophina, filled with gratitude as if she had found a lifeline, hid behind Kuli.

The pirate leader let out a menacing laugh, "Kid, are you not afraid to die?"

There was no fear on Kuli's face, "Of course I'm afraid of dying, but for the person I love, what does it matter even if I die?"

Hearing Kuli's words, tears began to well up in Sophina's eyes.

All along she had thought of Kuli as a dissolute rich kid, even feeling that Kuli lacked mettle, but today she realized Kuli was a real man.

Sophina's gaze suddenly fell on Lin Chen, who wasn't far off.

At that moment, the man who claimed to be her fiancé was watching the scene with a mocking smile, with no intention of stepping forward to save her.

In her heart, Kuli's image had suddenly grown immense, completely overshadowing Lin Chen.

The pirate leader suddenly pulled out a gun and pressed it against Kuli's forehead, "Move aside, kid, or I'll kill you."

Kuri's gaze was resolute, "Even if you kill me, I won't walk away. Let both me and this girl go, and I'm willing to pay for our lives."

"Are you really willing to pay for this lady's life?" the pirate leader sneered.

Kuri nodded, "I'm willing to pay twenty million, just as long as you release this lady."

"Alright, transfer the money then," the pirate leader sneered.

Kuri transferred the money to the pirate leader's account and then said with satisfaction, "Now you can let this girl go, right?"

However, the pirate leader approached Kuri with a grim expression and suddenly pulled out a handgun.

"What, what are you doing, I just gave you the money!" Watching the pirate leader's sudden change of expression, Kuri's face turned pale.

"I can spare her because you gave me the money, but I never said I wouldn't kill you. I hate people like you who think they're above others just because they have money. So, you can die," the pirate leader said coldly.

"Wait, I, I don't want to die, please let me go," Kuri said with an ugly look on his face.

By then, he had already lost his righteous bravado, trembling all over. He had always believed that as long as he paid the pirates, they wouldn't make things difficult for him, but he had not expected these guys to be completely untrustworthy.

"Well then, transfer the money to buy your life, and I'll let you go, twenty million, the usual amount," the pirate leader sneered.

Kuri's face instantly turned even uglier, "He only has forty million in his account. Twenty million was spent on the painting, and he had just transferred another twenty million. How could he have any money left now?"

"Don't kill him, we'll die together if we have to," Sophina found some unexpected courage and suddenly rushed forward.

Yet no sooner had Sophina taken a step than the pirate leader fired two shots at the ground in front of her foot.

Sparks flew from the ground, and Sophina let out a scream, stopping in her tracks.

"Right, right, let her die. My money is to save my own life; I don't care about hers," Kuri, as if realizing something, hastily said.

"What did you say?" Sophina's face suddenly turned ugly.

Seeing this plot twist, the pirate leader suddenly burst out laughing.

"I don't want to play anymore, kill her, not me," Kuri said with a pallid face.

"You!" Sophina was dumbfounded. Just a moment ago, she had been willing to die with this man, but now he had blatantly betrayed her.

"Weren't you the man who loved her and was willing to die for her?" the pirate leader said coldly.

"To hell with it, what's there to love if I'm dead? Please let me go. If you want, you can take her to the island to abuse, or you can kill her; just spare me," Kuri begged, completely changing his tune from before.

"You bastard," Sophina, furious, slapped Kuri across the face.

Kuri, clutching his face, looked at her with contempt, "You bitch, I went through so much effort to chase you, and you couldn't care less about me. Just now you were even dancing with that stinking man. A cheap woman like you deserves to die."

"You, you!" Sophina was shaking with rage, her pretty face flushed. She was angry that she had been touched by him just moments ago and had even been willing to die with him. Thinking back on it, she felt disgusted.

The pirate leader sneered and aimed the gun at Sophina, "Miss, it seems he wants you to die. How about I give you one more chance? If someone is willing to die for you, then I can spare you."

After the pirate spoke, the hall fell into silence.

Even though Sophina was beautiful and many men wanted to pursue her, who would actually be willing to give up their life for her?

Sophina let out a bitter laugh, "Forget it, just shoot. No one will be willing to die for me."

Yet just then, a voice rang out, "I'm willing."