"Ahem! Well, my men like to joke around, haha!" Nie Yun gave everyone a slightly embarrassed smile.
These two idiots! Still, I might have taken the joke too far. How am I supposed to break the cruel truth to these two brats that I'm not an alien...?
"Was it really a joke?" Commander Hu, standing nearby, began to wonder.
He glanced at the two mysterious men, who had now taken their places behind Nie Yun but still occasionally showed deference to Chu Xiaoxiao.
Your Highness? Could this young lady of the Chu Corporation be some king's illegitimate daughter?
That's it! That must be it!
No wonder! No wonder she was reportedly rescued under bizarre circumstances by a mysterious force both times she was kidnapped!
No wonder the force behind Nie Yun approached the Chu Group to act as their representative!
No wonder this Nie Yun fellow had dared to say earlier that he could give away nuclear fuel worth tens of billions for free as long as Chu Xiaoxiao agreed!
So Chu Xiaoxiao was a princess!
And apparently a princess with real power and an extremely high standing within their organization!
That would explain everything!
It was as though a ray of dawn had pierced the fog! So-this was the truth!
Commander Hu's eyes shone with the wisdom of a man who had seen through everything!
Just then, the Escort Captain beside Commander Hu received a transmission from the military frigate through his earpiece. His expression changed as he listened, and sweat instantly poured down his face! He hurriedly leaned over and whispered into Commander Hu's ear.
Commander Hu's expression changed as well. The Escort Captain had reported something shocking.
The escorting frigate's sonar had detected a full eighteen submarines lurking underwater on the other side, forming a semicircle around