The Beautiful CEO’s Dragon Blood Bodyguard
Chapter 380 - 0380: Leading the Wolf onto the Island

Chapter 380: Chapter 0380: Leading the Wolf onto the Island

An Xiaoke cooked the traditional Chinese medicine and brought it out to feed Zheng Lili.

Speaking honestly, when a person is in despair and suddenly gets helped by someone,

even if that person is an enemy, they can’t help but develop a sense of dependence unconsciously.

This psychology, scientifically speaking, is called "Stockholm syndrome".

Zheng Lili had seen through Mu Tianyou; she had given her heart to the bastard, only to find out that he just saw her as a fling!

Compared to Mu Tianyou, she even found Fat Wang more agreeable to look at.

After drinking the medicinal soup, the pain in her stomach eased somewhat, and she poured out her grievances to Wang Xiaoya and An Xiaoke.

When women talk about men, they always find common ground.

It started with criticizing Mu Tianyou, and somehow, the conversation dragged in Long Fei and all the faithless men in the world.

Long Fei was sweating profusely as he kept his distance from them and focused on drawing talismans.

He drew one of each Five Thunder Talisman.

After breaking through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Building, his spiritual power had increased significantly, and he could now draw ten talisman in succession.

However, his spiritual power couldn’t be refined yet, so he had to rely on sleep for recovery.

No idea when the women finished chatting, but by the time he’d completed the talismans, he thumped down on the table and fell asleep.

The next day, Fat Wang woke him up early and they took a taxi to the wharf together.

He only brought five Jade Arhats with him, leaving the rest at home.

He had taught Wang Xiaoya and An Xiaoke how to operate the Hou Tu Zhenpan.

Whichever of them was at home, they could hold on for a while with this Array Plate in case of danger.

It wasn’t fully light yet and the sea wind was howling at the Li Family Wharf.

About a dozen professional adventure team members boarded a fishing boat one by one.

It was the kind of fishing boat commonly seen at the wharf, twenty meters long and five meters wide, with a blue hull and a national flag at the rear.

The crucial part was, the engine had been modified to a monstrous 500 horsepower, allowing for extremely fast sailing speed.

For a fishing boat of this size, 100 horsepower was already quite powerful.

horsepower—it could practically be used as a speedboat.

Among these people, there were veterans from the special forces, biology professors, high-tech computer geniuses, professional medics, professional divers, and seasoned old fishermen.

The veteran was named Yang Gang, with brawny muscles and a stature of about 1.8 meters, his skin dark as if he were a black chimpanzee.

In the army, his code name was Black Chimpanzee.

After his military service, he spent some time as a mercenary in another country, skilled in various firearms and possessing strong wilderness survival abilities.

This time, he was serving as the deputy team leader.

After boarding the ship, he checked the various equipment for the trip.

It must be the Li Family’s doing—detonators, drones, pistols, grenade launchers, semi-automatic rifles, they had it all.

Moreover, these weapons were legally registered.

This scientific research team was also under the auspices of the state; each mission was approved by higher authorities.

One person grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Didn’t we agree to meet up at eight? Why summon people at six? I haven’t even slept enough!"

Someone answered, "Who knows, why hasn’t the young lady arrived yet?"

"She’s waiting on the shore for that rock-climbing monster, Lu Buping. Isn’t he your master?"

Someone teased Lu Buping, who was checking the ropes.

Not many here had seen the last time Long Fei and Lu Buping had a contest, and they thought it was just exaggerated stories.

They all had a strong background in rock climbing and couldn’t believe that someone could scale the rock in just a few seconds.

That wasn’t human-like—it was more akin to a monkey.

Lu Buping didn’t say a word; everyone here thought highly of themselves.

But they were indeed geniuses.

Each person had their own unique skills.

Sometime later, three people came walking from the shore.

Just now, Long Fei had given some instructions to the people on the shore.

If someone comes over, tell them the secret of the Blood Spirit Flower.

Li Zhenni frowned upon hearing this, naturally the fewer people who knew about this, the better, to avoid competition.

However, she did not object to Long Fei’s decision.

Fat Wang was the first to jump onto the boat and aided Li Zhenni aboard with great eagerness.

He was purely a novice among these people, only good at flattering Li Zhenni.

Long Fei was the last to jump aboard, and everyone could finally see him clearly thanks to the light in the cabin.

"Quite strong!"

"Good height!"

"But we don’t know if he’s just a pillow with embroidery!"

"Once we reach the island, we’ll know everything."

A group of people buzzed with discussion, but Long Fei ignored them and found a spot to sit down after taking off his pack.

Li Zhenni cheerfully addressed everyone, "I haven’t seen you all in so long, friends. Before we set off, there’s something I must repeat to everyone. For this expedition, everyone’s base salary is one million, with a bonus of ten million. The team will distribute this bonus based on each person’s performance."

"Oh!"

"Generous!"

"I like it!"

The group reacted with various exclamations.

Li Zhenni smiled and said, "Don’t get too excited too soon, folks. I want to make it clear in advance. Devil Island is unlike any ordinary island, full of danger, with poisonous snakes and deadly vapors everywhere, and life-threatening risks at any time. Those who are afraid of death or injury, it’s still not too late to leave now."

A chorus of boos filled the cabin, followed by contemptuous laughter.

Smiling, Li Zhenni said, "Well then, since no one is backing out, let’s set sail!"

The engine roared to life, and the fishing boat headed out to sea against the rising morning sun.

Dressed in a black T-shirt paired with camouflage pants and black leather boots, Li Zhenni stood spirited at the bow, mesmerizing to behold.

No sooner had they left than a convoy of domineering vehicles approached from afar.

Mu Tianyou arrived with his people, purposely half an hour early to surprise Long Fei and his group.

However, upon inquiry, he found out that Long Fei and his team had left early.

Swearing, Mu Tianyou exclaimed, "A bunch of time-wasters! Wasn’t the departure agreed for eight o’clock?"

A staff member at the scene was brought over, and he asked gloomily, "Which island did they go to?"

"Devil Island," the staff member replied honestly.

"What is this island?"

Mu Tianyou was curious.

The staff member said, "It’s an uninhabited island, still undeveloped. They are going on an expedition."

"An expedition?"

Mu Tianyou furrowed his brow and asked, "What’s on it?"

The staff member vaguely relayed Long Fei’s instructions, "Not very sure, they’re looking for something called the Blood Spirit Flower. Word has it that it is food for the divine beast of the island and can prolong life."

Pasong, who was in the car, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and got out.

He asked in Chinese, "Is this island far from here?"

The staff member shook his head and said, "Not far, only a little over a hundred nautical miles."

Pasong’s mouth twitched with interest, "Go to the island, we’ll go too."

Mu Tianyou was taken aback, this old fellow had been reluctant when asked to come, but now he was quite eager upon hearing about this flower.

He was anxious to get rid of Long Fei and Fat Wang, so he was naturally happy to have Pasong’s proactive help.

Mu Tianyou inquired with the staff member and concluded by offering a hundred thousand yuan for them to find a fishing boat.

The wharf belonged to the Li Family, but the staff were all local fishermen.

Declining to earn money was foolish; they didn’t care what these people had against Li Zhenni, and would find them a fishing boat for a payment.

For a hundred thousand yuan, the staff member made calls around, and in the end, hired a fishing boat for thirty thousand yuan.