Li Ke lowered her eyelids slightly: "If you want to make a deal, you have to be sincere. How about having someone send me a warm coat first?"
Chen Nanxing looked Li Ke up and down: "I thought you weren't afraid of the cold? If you were cold, you should have said so earlier. You made me misunderstand again."
Li Ke put on the long coat that Chen Nanxing had sent her, and casually sat down in a sheltered spot on the deck. Chen Nanxing, who was still holding the chain, followed her to a different spot.
Chen Nanxing didn't mind; she didn't care where they sat, as long as it was convenient for them to talk alone.
Sitting across from Li Ke, Chen Nanxing propped his head up and asked, "Tell me, where did you put the treasure you stole? Or tell me, where did you put your super supplies?"
Li Ke: "You're from R country, how did you get into the army?"
Chen Nanxing tugged at the chain, and Li Ke's neck throbbed again: "You saw what Xia Qing and the others looked like. I didn't have anyone change your clothes or shave your head, and I even stopped those men who wanted to get close to your beauty. I've already treated you much better than you could have. If you have any conscience, you should know how to repay me."
Li Ke yanked the chain that Chen Nanxing had tightened back, and Chen Nanxing immediately drew his gun and pointed it at Li Ke's head. Li Ke stared at him without changing his expression: "You think you can take away my entire fortune with such a small favor? Are you still dreaming? Besides, I haven't forgotten that you were the one who drugged me and put me in this situation, have you? If you want to talk about a deal, say something useful. The only reason you haven't used any tricks on me is because you don't want to provoke me and cause a lose-lose situation."
Chen Nanxing holstered his gun: "You're right, I am indeed from R country, and they named me Xue Ji, but I am also Chinese, and Chen Nanxing is indeed my name. But actually, I feel that neither country is my country; I am just myself."
Li Ke had never heard of this name before and remained silent for a moment. Chen Nanxing continued, "Although you haven't known me for very long, I knew about you much earlier. I received a message a long time ago, asking me to keep an eye out at the military headquarters for any large amounts of supplies coming in or out. Later, I even got your name, but unfortunately, they were all wrong. You never contacted the military headquarters at all."
Chen Nanxing, through his own methods, also made many connections within the military. In the early stages of the tsunami, the military did receive a huge amount of supplies, but these were all normal allocations or purchases and had nothing to do with that treasure.
Later, she received a message from R country and began searching for people in the military, but she still couldn't find Li Ke.
Although the R country insisted that they were absolutely certain that Li Ke was a member of the Chinese military, Chen Nanxing had long since ruled out this conclusion, but she did not convey this deduction to the R country.
Chen Nanxing leaned closer to Li Ke with a hint of seduction: "Actually, I think we're quite similar. If we cooperate, we'd definitely be a perfect team. I don't need much, just a quarter of your supplies, and in exchange, I'll tell you some things you don't know. How about it?"
Li Ke said uninterestedly, "My things can support ten bases for a hundred years without any problem. You want a quarter of mine right off the bat. That's too greedy. Besides, I'm not interested in what you're talking about. If you really want to impress me, you should offer something of real value in exchange."
After hearing Li Ke's pointed remark, Chen Nanxing pondered for a moment and said, "You want solar energy ore? This stuff is not easy to obtain, and its value is not much less than a quarter of your resources."
Based on Li Ke's recent actions, she deduced that the only thing that might attract her was this new gadget.
Li Ke looked at Chen Nanxing: "It's not difficult, after all, there's one on your ship. Even so, I have no intention of making a deal with you, because you have no integrity with me."
Chen Nanxing wasn't angry: "Integrity is something that needs to be built up over time, and right now you can only choose to cooperate with me. You give me a quarter of yours, and I'll help you get through these difficulties, how about it?"
Li Ke thought for a while and asked, "Where are we headed this time? What's the situation with Xiao Yi and his group? If you help me rescue them and give me the solar energy minerals on this ship, I'll agree to your request."
Chen Nanxing and Li Ke stared at each other, not answering for a moment. Judging from her hesitant look, it seemed that the conditions Li Ke had offered were somewhat difficult. However, Li Ke's eyes did not waver or back down. She knew that Chen Nanxing was a very good actress. Who knew if her performance was genuine or not?
In Li Ke's view, this so-called transaction might just be a pretext to extract information about her. Now it's a matter of who can out-act whom.
Chen Nanxing approached Li Ke and said in a low voice, "I know you have a secret. Your companion is so mysterious that she has never appeared. I have suspected many people, but now I think we may all be wrong. Maybe you never had a companion from the beginning? Maybe you did everything by yourself?"
As Chen Nanxing made these speculations, she kept staring into Li Ke's eyes, trying to confirm her guesses from the changes in her expression. However, the other party was very calm, much calmer than she had imagined.
Chen Nanxing continued, "I searched your entire body and found nothing of importance. I also investigated your past. For someone with your upbringing, the distrust of others would prevent you from entrusting your belongings to others."
If you don't cooperate with me and end up in a real prison in R country, even if you have extraordinary skills and abilities, you won't be able to escape.
Xiao Yi's group has already been abandoned; there's no point in rescuing them, and I won't risk my life for them. As for the solar energy ore, we can exchange it for the ore on delivery.
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