Chapter 825: Chapter 825

On Mali Island, fights, brawls, and even gunfights are common occurrences, so hardly anyone paid attention when Ding Fan beat up the African big guys just now.

"Thank you for saving me." At this moment, Huang Yingying hurried over, her face full of gratitude. "You said you know my brother earlier, so do you know where my brother is now?"

The person nodded. "I do."

"That's great... By the way, benefactor, I still don't know your name?" asked Huang Yingying.

The one who came to the rescue was naturally Ding Fan. Since Huang Yingying was Huang Can's sister, there was no way he could just stand by and watch her being bullied by a few African men.

"You are also a Huaxia person, right?" At this moment, Lv Chenglu, who was beside them, walked over.

Lv Chenglu, having been saved, showed no gratitude, and on the contrary, carried an air of arrogance.

In fact, Ding Fan had only saved Lv Chenglu incidentally while rescuing Huang Yingying. Otherwise, for a spoilt brat like him, even if he were killed in front of Ding Fan, he wouldn't have bothered saving him.

As far as Ding Fan was concerned, the death of such worthless scum could even be considered a contribution to society.

"This place is rather dangerous. Let's leave now. I'll take you to see your brother later," Ding Fan said, ignoring Lv Chenglu and speaking to Huang Yingying instead.

Huang Yingying nodded. She had great trust in Ding Fan by now. At this moment, Ding Fan seemed like a towering mountain to her; as long as he was there, she had someone to rely on.

Seeing Ding Fan not even giving himself a glance, Lv Chenglu felt a surge of annoyance for a moment.

"I am the son of a big company's boss. You saved me just now, and I will pay you... Moreover, if you are willing to be my bodyguard right now, I can offer you a million!"

At this time, Lv Chenglu spoke with a lot of confidence.

A million was no small sum, and in his eyes, Ding Fan, dressed modestly, would surely nod and accept immediately once the offer of a million was made.

Ding Fan furrowed his brows slightly. "Saving you was just incidental. As for being a bodyguard... I'm not interested. You can go now."

Lv Chenglu really didn't expect to be flatly refused. A million, that was a million. Couldn't a million convince someone to protect him?

You should know, the two bodyguards he had before only cost him four hundred thousand...

Lv Chenglu was willing to spend a million to hire Ding Fan because he had his own plans; Mali was very chaotic, and just now, without having provoked anyone, he was nearly abducted by a few Africans.

Ding Fan's skills were extraordinary; he had dealt with six Africans in a blink of an eye. Lv Chenglu thought to hire Ding Fan's protection with a heavy sum and ensure his safety while leaving this place.

But in the end, he was rejected.

"I'll give you five million! Five million to be my bodyguard!" Lv Chenglu clenched his teeth and quickly held up five fingers as he spoke.

Here in Mali, if he didn't have the protection of a bodyguard, he felt he had no chance of leaving alive, so biting the bullet and stomping his foot, he decided to secure his own life first.

Even if you won the lottery jackpot, that would only be worth five million, and even then, you'd have to pay twenty percent tax to the country. After all the calculations, there wouldn't be much left in hand.

He believed that with an offer of five million, Ding Fan would surely agree.

However, this time, Ding Fan didn't even look at him again and turned around to leave with Huang Yingying directly.

Five million was enough to hire a hitman army, yet Ding Fan had no interest at all...

As he watched Ding Fan walk further and further away, Lv Chenglu started to panic. If Ding Fan really left him behind, he was certain he would die here; the people around were either murderers or fugitives...

Just standing here alone, he felt terrified.

"Big brother, wait for me, please! Save me, without you, I'm as good as dead here, please save me," he begged.

Watching Ding Fan about to walk away with Huang Yingying, Lv Chenglu ran over, and with a thud, he knelt directly in front of Ding Fan.

Huang Yingying looked down at Lv Chenglu kneeling on the ground with disdain in her eyes.

Just now, when Ding Fan saved him, he relied on the fact that his father was rich and did not even thank him. Instead, he wanted to use money to hire Ding Fan as a bodyguard.

Now that money was of no use, Lv Chenglu sold out his dignity.

Don't Huaxia people have a saying?

A man's knees have gold beneath them, only kneeling to Heaven and parents...

Huang Yingying now truly despised Lv Chenglu to the core.

Ding Fan looked at Lv Chenglu but didn't say anything for a moment.

Seeing Ding Fan's silence, Lv Chenglu's eyes darted around, and quickly he turned to kowtow to Huang Yingying instead.

"Huang Yingying, considering I've accompanied you all the way here, please speak on my behalf. Let this big brother save me. Take into account how I've behaved on the way here, please say a word for me," he pleaded.

Huang Yingying was taken aback, she didn't expect Lv Chenglu to kowtow to her at this time.

After hearing Lv Chenglu's words, Huang Yingying did feel somewhat soft-hearted.

Lv Chenglu was a friend she had met at a gathering, and for years, he had persistently pursued Huang Yingying. Recently, when Huang Yingying's mother became seriously ill and wanted to see her brother one last time, Huang Yingying learned that her brother was in Mali and decided to find him.

After learning about this, Lv Chenglu hired bodyguards to accompany her there.

On this journey, Lv Chenglu indeed helped a lot, or else Huang Yingying might not have been able to make it here.

"Big brother, I did come here with him. Although he is rather overbearing, I couldn't have made it here without him... If it's possible, big brother, please take him with us," she requested.

Huang Yingying spoke to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan glanced at Huang Yingying and then casually dropped a sentence. "Let him follow."

Seeing Ding Fan agree, Lv Chenglu was so busy with gratitude that he kept kowtowing nonstop. "Thank you, thank you... thank you..."

"Get up quickly," Huang Yingying said to Lv Chenglu, who was kneeling on the ground.

Only then did Lv Chenglu rise from the ground and followed closely behind with a quick jog.

At this moment, Ding Fan actually had no plans to take Huang Yingying and Lv Chenglu back to his own territory to see Huang Can.

Huang Can was currently organizing troops to attack the Twelve Tusi Alliance, so even if he took Huang Yingying back at this time, she would not be able to see Huang Can.

Furthermore, this was General Tekari's turf, the head of the Allied forces, and this place was bound to be hotly contested. Taking Lv Chenglu and Huang Yingying back now would undoubtedly be very dangerous.

Therefore, Ding Fan decided to find a place nearby to temporarily settle down. When the opportunity arose, he would take Huang Yingying and the others back to his territory to see Huang Can.

Just at this moment, chaos suddenly erupted all around.

Soon, a squad of armed personnel with guns rushed over. They kept driving the pedestrians on the street, and everyone inside the hotels was also driven out.

"Everyone, gather in the town square, General Tekari is summoning everyone!"

At this time, a gaunt elder holding a copper gong is walking while striking the gong non-stop.

Just then, a gunshot rang out directly; not far away, a man who tried to run away was killed by a militant with a submachine gun.

"Anyone who tries to run will be shot on sight!"

The elder struck the gong again and shouted loudly.

"What do we do now...?" At this point, Lv Chenglu was on the verge of tears.

He knew Mali was chaotic, but he didn't expect it to be so chaotic. Here, life seemed too cheap; they would kill on a whim...

Although Huang Yingying didn't say anything at the moment, her complexion also turned very ugly. Such a chaotic scene would not be seen back in her country.

"You two, follow me," Ding Fan said and then walked towards the square along with the flow of people.

Huang Yingying and Lv Chenglu both followed closely behind Ding Fan.

The square in this small town was about the size of two basketball courts, and by now, it had already gathered around two hundred people.

At least twenty or thirty armed militants were surrounding these two hundred people.

Ding Fan took Huang Yingying and Lv Chenglu to stand in a corner.

About ten minutes later, more people were brought to the square one after another, and by now, there must have been over four hundred people.

At this time, a burly man with one eye, accompanied by two armed militants, strode onto a platform in the center of the square with a fierce demeanor.

"Listen up, everybody. I am Barton, the battalion commander for General Tekari. I've summoned you here today to offer a chance to make a fortune," he said.

The crowd on the square began to murmur at this.

Barton clapped his hands, and the entire square fell silent.

Seeing the crowd quiet down, Barton continued, "Everyone knows about the old territory of Haji, right? Now it's been taken over by a group of Huaxia people, they've snatched a lot of gold and marijuana from Haji. General Tekari says, join General Tekari's army, and let's together wipe out those Huaxia people, then rob their gold and marijuana... General Tekari says all the spoils will be shared with everyone. The general won't take a single thing!"

Having heard what Barton had to say, Ding Fan understood the other party's intentions; it seemed like Tekari was looking to expand his forces to attack him... Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝓷𝓮𝓽

However, such a way of recruiting soldiers was simply too frivolous; even with these four or five hundred people, no matter if they were each given a gun, how could a force assembled in such haste compete against Huang Can's army that had been training for some time and was equipped with standard gear...

By now, Ding Fan could almost foresee that in this battle, although Tekari had the Twelve Tusi Alliance, they would still be no match for him.

The people below the stage, after hearing Barton's words, began discussing among themselves, and it was clear that their enthusiasm was not high.

"If you really want us to go to war, that's fine, just pay us a military allowance like those Huaxia people did..."

"Exactly, who knows how much gold old Haji had, such empty checks are utterly useless."

"Pay us first, then we'll risk our lives!"

The crowd below the stage boiled with agitation.

Barton appeared somewhat annoyed, raising his submachine gun and firing off a burst.

The people below heard the gunfire and quieted down.

"Those who join might live; those who don't, I'll execute every single one of you today!" Barton said, looking around arrogantly.

The people present fell silent.

In a place like Mali Island, killing a person was as easy as killing an ant; even if he really did execute these four hundred plus people, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Under the intimidation, no one raised objections anymore.

"Men, take up arms; women, come with us to sort the grains," Haji said loudly.