Conditions

At that moment, Li Jiaming received a message and reported to Long Fei, "Boss, a space fleet is requesting contact with us. They want permission to board this ship and discuss something with you."

"Which faction does the space fleet belong to?"

"The Long Family."

Long Fei frowned. "My aunt is the one who wants to see me, right?"

"Yes."

"Accept it."

Long Huijuan rode in her personal space shuttle, escorted by the most advanced Dragon Battle MS developed by the Long Family's arms company.

Looking out the window, Long Huijuan saw two Albion MS Carriers, newly developed Escort Ships and destroyers, as well as Specialized GM Mobile Suits.

She could tell that whether they were warships or MS, those developed by Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company were far more advanced and powerful than the warships and MS developed by the Long Family's companies.

If Father had treated Third Brother's child well, all these warships and MS would have belonged to the Long Family. At the very least, for the next ten years, the Hanxia Nation would have had to rely on weapons developed by the Long Family.

Unfortunately, Father's stubbornness had caused today's losses.

The space shuttle entered the hangar of Albion 1. Long Huijuan disembarked, followed by two bodyguards.

Long Huijuan glanced around and noticed that the mercenaries responsible for combat wore armed battle suits. Their appearance differed somewhat from the War God Armor Battle Suits mentioned in the intelligence reports, so she guessed they might be improved versions.

"Whether these battle suits are improved versions or not, they're equipment that none of the Long Family's companies could develop." Long Huijuan compared them to her family's companies, then noticed nearly ten Gundams in the hangar.

Long Huijuan secretly shook her head. Her foolish nephew, Long Taotian, had recklessly provoked Long Fei. He had simply brought humiliation upon himself.

Then, led by a mercenary, Long Huijuan arrived at a restroom.

Long Huijuan frowned as she looked at the restroom packed with people, unable to understand why Long Fei had arranged for her to come here.

"Ma'am, the boss is in the restroom. You may go in and see him." The mercenary made an inviting gesture.

"But this is the men's restroom. How can I, a woman, go in?"

The mercenary smiled. "These are special circumstances. For now, there's no distinction between men and women."

Long Huijuan frowned even more, then looked toward the restroom again and noticed female mercenaries inside.

"What exactly is going on here?" Long Huijuan still could not make sense of it.

"Just as I said, special circumstances." The mercenary continued making an inviting gesture.

Long Huijuan could only enter the restroom with a frown, her two bodyguards following behind her.

The restroom was extremely noisy. When Li Xiucheng spotted Long Huijuan entering, he waved. "Sister Long, over here."

Long Huijuan then saw Long Fei leaning against the wall, his gaze coldly fixed on a certain spot. Following his line of sight, she saw an utterly unbearable scene.

Long Huijuan immediately walked over to Long Fei and said, "Little Fei, make your people stop. Taotian may have been wrong, but you shouldn't treat him like this. You two are cousins, after all."

When all the mercenaries heard "Little Fei," they turned to look at Long Fei. Who was calling their boss that?

She was a beautiful woman dressed in luxurious clothes, and she looked somewhat like their boss.

"Heh." Long Fei let out a cold laugh.

"Aunt, don't you think what you just said is ridiculous? You say he and I are cousins, but has he ever treated me as his cousin? Not long after my parents died, you should still remember how he bullied me. Third Sister tried to protect me, yet he trampled and humiliated her instead. You haven't forgotten that, have you?"

Of course Long Huijuan remembered what happened then. She remembered Long Taotian having people seize Long Fei before beating him. To protect Long Fei, Long Wen had even knelt before Long Taotian and begged for mercy. Yet Long Taotian had shown no mercy, pushing Long Wen to the ground and stepping on her face.

When she arrived at the time, she had slapped Long Taotian across the face and angrily rebuked him for going too far.

"Little Fei, even if he went too far back then, you still shouldn't take revenge on him this way—torturing and humiliating him like this."

"You think I'm merely settling an old score with him? Aunt, don't tell me you don't know how many wicked things your nephew has done outside. Everything happening today is punishment for him. It's justice for all those victims."

Long Huijuan was momentarily speechless. She knew about the evil things Long Taotian had done, and she knew that he would eventually face retribution. But she had not expected his punishment to come so fiercely.

Still, seeing Long Taotian in such a miserable state, she could not bear it.

"Little Fei, if you're willing to let Taotian go, name your terms. As long as Aunt can do it, I'll absolutely satisfy your conditions."

"Every company and asset under Long Taotian's control must be transferred to me for one dollar. And you'll pay ten billion to ransom him."

Long Huijuan's expression became exceedingly troubled. The companies and assets under Long Taotian's control were all Long Family assets. Ten billion was indeed a drop in the bucket to the Long Family in terms of assets, but cash was another matter. The Long Family would not blink at investing ten billion, but spending ten billion to ransom a single person was a different matter altogether.

To outsiders, Long Taotian was indeed a lofty young master of the Long Family, but within the main family, he held no real status.

If it were the family head who needed to be ransomed, they would pay even fifty billion without hesitation. As for Long Taotian, the Long Family might not even pay one billion to ransom him. His abilities were not outstanding; even among the collateral branches of the Long Family, there were countless people more capable than him.

"Little Fei, I truly can't make the decision to accept those terms. Even if this reached your grandfather, he wouldn't agree to those conditions to ransom Long Taotian. He might even tell you directly to chop him up."

"Hmph. Long Dingkun truly is heartless. Everyone has a value in his eyes. If Long Taotian were talented enough, he might consider it. Those were my terms just now. So, Aunt, what do you intend to offer in negotiations to lower my demands?"

"The Long Family's industries in the Philalip Nation can all be sold to you for one dollar. I'll pay one billion to ransom Long Taotian." Long Huijuan stated the terms she could offer.

"Aunt, I can agree to the first condition. But one billion is too little. I want five billion."

"Two billion."

"Four billion."

"Two and a half billion."

"Three and a half billion."

"Three billion, final offer. That's the highest ransom I can offer. If you don't agree, then everything we discussed before is off."

Long Huijuan named her final price. If Long Fei still refused, she truly would no longer be able to make any decisions herself.

"I'll accept those terms."

Long Fei agreed to his aunt's terms. This was the greatest benefit he could obtain, because he also knew that if he demanded even more, his aunt would have no authority to continue making decisions. Otherwise, she might be punished by the family. The family elders would never let her off, and no matter how much Long Dingkun doted on her, he would still be unable to protect her.

Long Huijuan's two bodyguards first helped the limp Long Taotian get dressed, then dragged him away.

After Long Huijuan bid farewell to Long Fei, she turned and took several steps before suddenly stopping. She turned back and asked him, "Little Fei, I saw in the hangar that you have new Gundams. Could you sell Aunt your earliest Gundam? Name the price, and I can offer it."

Long Fei directly raised his middle finger at his aunt, as if saying, "Fuck off. Don't even think about it."

Long Huijuan widened her eyes prettily, then smiled and left the scene, boarding her space shuttle and returning to her luxurious spacecraft.