Cold Priest VS Ancient Ferocious Beast

Chapter 152 Negotiation

Su Qingchen got straight to the point: "Long time no see, Boss Ye Ming."

The florist wasn't surprised either: "I heard your coffee shop opened, so I sent two flower baskets to congratulate you."

Two assistants brought the flower basket over.

"Thank you, it looks really nice. I'll put it in front of the store."

Ye Ming looked up and gestured, and the two assistants put down the flower basket.

"Every time we go to your store, you are alone. I didn't expect you have so many assistants." Su Qingchen hinted.

"Haha, I'm really enough to run the store by myself, but I still need some help with other matters."

"Does the other stuff mean waiting at someone's doorstep? Or following someone when they go out? Or secretly filming someone's family life? Are all flower shop owners so perverted?" Su Qingchen didn't let on that he knew they were targeting Xiao Momo.

"Hehehe, in order to find your own child, it takes some effort." Ye Ming did not hide it.

"Oh, then I wish Boss Ye can achieve his wish soon." Su Qingchen did not respond to the words handed over by the boss.

"You even figured out my name and let us film us shopping, going to the park, and camping, but you can't track where my child goes to school, and you can't find his information. I believe you fully understand my purpose."

"I really didn't know that. I thought Boss Ye was just congratulating me on my grand opening because we're old customers."

"Coffee." Wen Jin brought two cups of coffee, placed one in front of Ye Ming, and handed the other to Su Qingchen. Then she looked at Su Qingchen, the hint in her expression was too obvious, and her face said: Do you want to call the police?

"Go and get busy." Su Qingchen said to Wen Jin with a smile.

Wen Jin returned to the bar, but was still worried, so she took a photo and sent it to Mo Zhu.

"As you know, my name is Ye Ming." Ye Ming took out a family photo and pointed at a child in the photo who was about five or six years old. He said, "His name is Ye Qiu. This is our last family photo."

Su Qingchen took the photo. There were more than a dozen people in it. The child did look somewhat similar to Xiao Momo. There was another child of about the same age next to him, and the two children were also very similar.

When Su Qingchen was still hesitating with the photo in his hand, he saw the crescent moon pendant hanging on the bracelet of little Momo's hand. Another child also had one on his hand, and the adults holding their hands also had some familiar pendants on their hands. Some pictures flashed by quickly, and those seemed to be hanging on the head of little Momo's bed.

Seeing that Su Qingchen didn't say anything, Ye Ming took out the crescent moon pendant from last time and said, "This belongs to his twin brother. When they were born, our family specially customized a pair of pendants for them."

Ye Ming took a sip of coffee and said, "I don't know where you are from, and I don't know how much you know about Yuecheng, but judging by your meticulous protection of the children, you must have been to Yuecheng to learn more about it."

"Our Yuecheng Ye family was once a large family in Yuecheng. We mainly dealt in colored crystal mining. That's the one hanging around your neck. Everyone in our family has a unique colored crystal pendant in the world."

"There are so many coincidences in the world. It's too far-fetched to say that a pendant belongs to your child." Su Qingchen needed more information.

"Each of us has a family seal on our body. It is crescent-shaped and usually located a little above the waist." After saying that, Ye Ming stood up and began to take off his suit jacket.

"No need." Su Qingchen quickly reached out to stop him.

In broad daylight, should the newly opened coffee shop still operate?

Ye Ming smiled, sat down and said, "It's okay to show you the photos."

Although Su Qingchen didn't really want to watch it, this was not the time to act according to his mood.

Su Qingchen took the two photos handed over by Ye Ming. One was Ye Ming's own back at the beach, and there was indeed a mark on his waist and back. The other was Xiao Momo's. It was a photo taken secretly when they went to the water park together not long ago. Xiao Momo was wearing a small vest and couldn't help showing her back when she was playing with them.

Of course Su Qingchen knew what was on little Momo's back. Ye Ming just wanted to tell Su Qingchen a fact that he already knew. Su Qingchen rolled his eyes in his heart.

"Still want to call it a coincidence? Although you've kept your information about yourself and the child secret, I know more than that. If the child's belongings are still there, one velvet bag contains a note with his birthday. Another velvet bag contains not only his own pendant, but also six others, from his parents and grandparents, all in the same style as in the photo."

After saying that, Ye Ming handed over another note.

Su Qingchen took it and looked at it. The content was exactly the same as the birthday note in little Momo's velvet bag, and the handwriting was similar.

"The note the child carried with him was also written by me. If you have seen it, you should be able to tell it." Ye Ming said.

"so what?"

"Within the scope of your tacit agreement, I've also seen how you get along with the children. I don't know why you, at such a young age, would adopt two children, two little Os at that, but at least you have no ill will towards them, and the children love you very much. So I came to talk to you today."

"If we want to talk, is there someone missing?" Mo Zhu sat down next to Su Qingchen.

Su Qingchen glanced at Mo Zhu when he heard the voice, but didn't ask anything.

"What you, the Alpha, say doesn't count." Ye Ming joked, but this was also his summary after spying on their lives for the past month.

"I often think that it would be nice for the child to live with you like this. But for some things, he may have to make the decision himself." Ye Ming sighed.

"You don't have to answer me, but your little Momo, my Ye Qiu, probably only has recent memories. He doesn't remember anything from the past."

Su Qingchen and Mo Zhu remained silent out of respect and did not answer.

"Our family's colored crystal ore is so durable that it can be used as stealth material in military applications. We've always had close cooperation with the military, until the civil unrest over a decade ago. A militia sent over 800 men to seize our mine in the middle of the night. Although we had our own armed forces, we were ill-prepared, and with them colluding internally and externally, we struggled to hold out for half a month. Unfortunately, losing control of the mine was secondary. We also lost most of our family."

When Ye Ming said this, his emotions were already very calm.

"I brought Ye Qiu out of the war, but because I was too conspicuous and it was dangerous to take the child with me, I entrusted him to one of our guards at the time and asked him to take the child to a safe place and hide his identity. I have never seen the child since then. I can only ask people to find out about the child's situation occasionally, but..." Ye Ming sighed and paused.

"The child's parents and brother both died in front of him, and he has been in a bad mood for many years. Not long ago, Shouwei's identity was discovered. It was my negligence. Shouwei's family was attacked. When my people arrived, only Ye Qiu survived, barely alive. He was only a teenager and had experienced two major family changes. He was mentally traumatized and did many self-harming things during treatment. I couldn't be with him, and I couldn't bear to see him suffer too much, so I injected him with a drug developed by the military that would cause him to feel depressed. This allowed him to undergo treatment smoothly, although his ability to express himself seems to have been limited."

After Ye Ming spoke frankly, Su Qingchen and Mo Zhu understood some things that they could not find out through investigation.

"The child had been in stable condition in the hospital. I didn't expect him to go missing just when he was almost cured. I've searched everywhere for the past six months and couldn't find him. I didn't expect he was in Yuecheng. The hospital where he went missing is 700 kilometers away."

Su Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "He was sold to a child labor camp here, so you can't find him."

Ye Ming felt very guilty when he heard this.

"So what do you want to say?" Su Qingchen asked.

"After much reflection, I still feel that he should know what his past life was like."

"You want him to seek revenge?"

"The bodies of our family members are still at the mine. I wonder what you would think if you were in his shoes. For me, I must avenge this vengeance, bury my family, and give them an explanation. I've spent the past decade rebuilding my own strength, but at the same time, I'm also someone who doesn't know if I can live to see tomorrow. So, although it may be a bit cruel, I still hope to see a 50% chance of hope in him."

"Are you afraid that we will sell you out if you say this?"

"People who are too cautious will not be able to live on the edge of a knife. I have my own judgment on those scratches you made on my car."

"Hey? You need evidence to speak. When did we scratch your car?" Su Qingchen refused to admit it.

"Oh, it's already been repaired, and I don't want you to pay for it."

"Do you want us to give him to you when Xiao Momo turns 18?" Su Qingchen was a little resistant to the idea of ​​Xiao Momo recovering his memory.

"Children will grow up and have their own ideas. I came here today to confirm the child's identity and let you know that your child has such a story behind him. If the mine situation is not resolved, he and I will always be their targets. Your life is far from as simple as you think, and your enemy is not me."

"You didn't even register the child's identity. I don't know what you were thinking. Since you treated him well, I won't pursue it. But as the child's blood relative, I want to say that first of all, I completely respect the fact that the child lives with you. After all, it's much safer with you than with me."

Hearing this, Su Qingchen relaxed a little.

"But I also hope you can respect his fate. When he is 18 years old, I hope he can recover his memory." Ye Ming took out a tube of injection.

"Can this restore memory?" Su Qingchen asked.

"Yes."

"You really are! You're hitting the child for no reason. What if he recovers his memory? What are the side effects?"

"No, this medicine has been researched for more than ten years and has been through many experiments. Theoretically, there will be no side effects."

"There are still 6 years... What are your plans if he recovers his memory and decides to seek revenge?" Su Qingchen was very sure that if little Momo knew about it, he would definitely go.

"If I hadn't done it by then, I would have gone with him to do it."

"Why don't you go yourself? Give him a piece of the kingdom you conquered."

Ye Ming lowered his head and smiled: "You really like that child."

"Don't laugh!"

"I said, revenge must be taken. I've relied on those former colleagues who share the same sentiment to get me to where I am today. Over a decade is not a short time. We've also tried various things, but we've never had the right opportunity."

"So where are you now?"

"Do you still have this ability?"

"Tell me about it. We've talked about it so much, it's not shameful to talk about the gap."

"Soon after they took control of the mines, they formed a partnership with the military, which had successfully rebelled. So, not only do we have to take them down, but the military is a major challenge."

Su Qingchen swallowed his saliva: "You are really a good uncle to the child..."

"I said the decision is his. I only have a 50% chance of him not going."

"If he recovers his memory, he will definitely go..."

"So what are you lacking now?" Mo Zhu brought the topic back on track.

"Actually, the military doesn't necessarily want to kill everyone alive. When we worked with the previous military, we just split the money between the leader and the contact. They not only made the purchases, but also took care of our safety. Money can solve any relationship in this world, as long as it's not a blood feud."

"So it's because you don't have enough money?"

"After all, they have mines, and they have connections."

"How much is enough?"

"Uh..." Mo Zhu's question was too direct, and Ye Ming didn't know how to answer.

"We have to squeeze people in first, and then we'll see how to squeeze money in."

"So we have to kill everyone at the mine while taking out the military leaders and stabilizing the military," Su Qingchen concluded.

"I've said so much, who are you?" Ye Ming asked.

"An ordinary person who runs a coffee shop." Su Qingchen said very sincerely.

Ye Ming smiled speechlessly.

"So what's your stance on him regaining his memory at 18?"

Su Qingchen and Mo Zhu both fell silent.

"I think we should talk about it when the time comes." Su Qingchen felt that this question could not be answered now.

"That means you might disagree."

"You talk as if it will be of any use if we disagree." Su Qingchen was a little discouraged. Ye Ming knew the whereabouts of the child, and restoring the child's memory would only take a shot.

This is what happens to the only child in a family that has fallen on hard times. When he is young, he is the family's only hope. After he grows up, he is the family's only support and has to shoulder some heavy family missions.

"Where is the mine in Yuecheng?" asked Mo Zhu.

"On Bijia Mountain, 60 kilometers south of the city."

"How many of them are there now?"

"Not counting the workers, there are probably about 2,000 armed people."

"What weapons are there?"

Ye Ming looked deeply into Mo Zhu's expressionless face: "Why are you asking this?"

"Curious." Mo Zhu said lightly.

"No wonder you two are a couple. You really can't have two different people sleeping in the same bed."

He came to the negotiation sincerely and revealed everything, but these two people didn't tell the truth at all. Ye Ming was so angry that he had no place to vent.