Washing It Clean, Returning Home, and the Treasure Aura!

"As long as the Cai Family's decision-makers have any sense, they'll definitely do it."

Wu Baiyi was quite certain.

"I'm just worried the Cai Family might tamper with the ransom."

Xu Zhenzhi reminded him.

"If it were me, I'd definitely do it!"

Shi Zunhou thoroughly agreed.

"If they tamper with it, they'll definitely do so in a very subtle way.

The Freedom Light Federation isn't some backwater like our part of the universe.

Your Excellency, we have to be on our guard."

Liu Zhi said with some hesitation.

"No matter.

The ransom paid by the Cai Family is different from that batch of premium modules.

We can sell it off directly.

Once we get the ransom, we'll immediately process it through the Freedom Light Trading Market."

Wang Dong chuckled.

Everyone couldn't help applauding the idea.

It didn't matter whether there was anything wrong with the ransom paid by the Cai Family.

Once it passed through the trading market,

it would be clean!

If they hadn't tampered with it, so much the better.

And if they had...

The Cai Family could take it up with the Freedom Light Trading Market later.

"Your Excellency, it just occurred to me that if you went into the space-pirate business,

you'd definitely do better than me!"

Wu Baiyi gave him a thumbs-up.

Wang Dong could only laugh helplessly.

He was the founder of a principality. When had he ever needed to sink so low as to pursue a career in piracy?

Early on February 5.

At the designated time and place,

the warships secretly dispatched by the Cai Family successfully received half the goods.

As agreed, they left the entire ransom behind

and withdrew some distance.

Half an hour later,

when they returned to the agreed-upon area of space,

they found the other half of