Since she had acted on her own, she had to take responsibility for what she had done.
Besides, this was a critical time in the fight against the outsiders. Coming to Great Xia to pull something like this—even if we took it to Laozi, we would still have the moral high ground.
Ye Jinghong had agreed that as long as Ling Lan released them, we would let her go. Naturally, I had no objection. Her status was there for all to see—she was a princess. Killing her would also bring unnecessary trouble, and that did not serve our interests right now.
Our only purpose was to rescue Bingbing and Little Nian Bai.
"If you release the mother and son, we will naturally let you go. You can rest assured about that," I said.
"You guarantee it?"
I nodded. That was one promise I could keep.
Only then did she dial a number. She spoke at length in the Island Nation's language before hanging up.
"In an hour, my people will bring them here."
Ye Jinghong smiled. "You're not very honest. Didn't you say you had already sent them out of Great Xia?" Ling Lan said, "We're enemies. I can't possibly tell you the truth about everything, can I?"
"I'm very curious. When did you build a factory like this here?"
They had built such a factory right under our noses. More likely, it was a base specifically for implanting chips to control humans. She was aiding evil.
"Not that long ago. The factory was completed less than three years ago, and it only truly went into operation a year ago," she said.
"This isn't the first time you've performed chip implantation surgeries, is it? I want a roster of every person you implanted with chips."
Ling Lan was not surprised.