Hearing these words, He Zhiqiu's entire body was at a loss for words.
She could tell that Ye Chen was not joking.
So he did not know what he should do if Ye Chen was really unwilling to take his companions.
She also did not expect that her friends would be so anti-intellectual, having already offended Ye Chen to death long before he had revealed his identity, and now, no matter how much they pleaded with him, it was reasonable for him not to save them.
Although she wanted to leave this place and go to Jinling to reunite with her father, she could not bear to leave so many friends and escape alone.
At one point, He Zhiqiu even thought that she might as well not leave and stay with her friends, so that even if she faced the worst outcome, she would still be able to live with a clear conscience.
Otherwise, if she left alone and the seven of them died here, then she would never be able to get rid of the guilt deep inside her heart for the rest of her life.
Ye Chen had not expected that this group of anti-intellectual, highly educated people would now start desperately trying to drag He Zhiqiu into the water.
They used all sorts of tactics, using either insults, reprimands, begging, or selling out, to repeatedly stimulate He Zhiqiu's psychological defences, with only two objectives:
Either to make He Zhiqiu take them with her
Either that, or He Zhiqiu would stay and die with them.
Ye Chen couldn't help but look at He Zhiqiu and saw that her expression was torn, and she even had the slightest hint of breaking her heart, so he said inwardly, "No!
Young people are most likely to get carried away by so-called righteousness and sentimentality, just like some condemned prisoners who take the blame for their so-called friends and are unwilling to betray them even to their death, thinking they are doing it for righteousness when they die, not knowing that the other party only sees him as a scapegoat.
So, Ye Chen didn't give He Zhiqiu a chance to react, he directly opened the door and said to Faisal outside: "Come and take Miss He out
Yes
Faisal, who had just brought four other men to control Hamid's two guards, agreed without hesitation and immediately walked up to He Zhiqiu, saying in a cold voice: "Miss He, please come with me!
He Zhiqiu was still wavering, but when Ye Chen asked Faisal to take her out by force, her sense of resistance was immediately aroused and she said almost immediately, "I'm not going.
As soon as He Zhiqiu said this, the other seven people's expressions instantly eased up a bit, and some even unintentionally showed a hint of excitement.
Ye Chen took in the performance of these people and inwardly had no hope at all for the humanity and character of this group of people.
At a critical moment, he did not want his companions to escape even though he did not have a chance to escape, and he wanted them to stay and die with him, this was the most dirty side of human nature.
So, Ye Chen immediately said to Faisal, "Gag her and take her out."
When He Zhiqiu heard this, she became even more emotional and shouted, "Don't touch me, I won't leave!
After that, she looked at Ye Chen and shouted, "Mr. Ye, please tell my father that I can't pay my respects to him, so he won't blame me.
Ye Chen frowned at her and asked rhetorically, "Your brain is also infected by the seven stupid birds."
"I didn't" He Zhiqiu said in a loud voice: "I've thought it through, I'm willing to bear all the consequences, and I definitely won't regret it.
Ye Chen was furious and pointed at her, shouting sternly, "Shut up! Before I came here, your death had nothing to do with me, but now that I'm here, you can only live.