Chapter: 2640

The phone rang just twice before it connected. Ye Zhongquan answered with a cheerful tone, “Chen’er, what made you think to call grandpa today?”

Charlie Wade got straight to the point. “I need your help.”

“Of course!” Ye Zhongquan replied eagerly. “You don’t need to be polite. Just tell me what you need, and if I can help, I will!”

Charlie said, “I need to get to Lebanon quickly. I heard you have a Concorde airliner, and I want to borrow it.”

Ye Zhongquan paused for a moment. Then he smiled and said, “Well, if you need a private jet, I have a very luxurious Boeing business jet. It’s been modified inside and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s like a palace in the sky! Should I lend you that instead?”

Charlie shook his head firmly. “No, I only want the Concorde.”

Ye Zhongquan sighed. “Oh, that plane is really old. It was made in 1985, which is older than you! You know, older planes are not as safe.”

Charlie couldn’t help but remember the times Ye Zhongquan did Tai Chi with him. He replied, “You don’t want to lend me the Concorde, but I need a plane that can fly from Jinling to Lebanon in half an hour.”

Ye Zhongquan hesitated, “That’s quite a tight schedule. Can’t you be a bit more flexible?”

Charlie countered, “If you can lend it to me, I’d appreciate it. If not, I won’t push you too hard.”

Charlie Wade spoke coldly, “I might have to rethink the ancestor worship ceremony. If borrowing a plane is this much trouble for something so small, I won’t bother in the future, Ye family.”

Ye Zhongquan clenched his teeth and replied quickly, “Oh, Chen’er, don’t be hasty! It’s just borrowing a plane! Grandpa will lend it to you! I’ll have the crew ready to fly you directly to Jinling. I have two crews on standby at the airport, ready to take off at any moment! Are you satisfied now?”

Charlie’s tone softened, and he said, “In that case, I’ll keep my promise about the ancestor worship ceremony.”

Ye Zhongquan let out a sigh of relief and smiled, “Chen’er, you should come home more often when you can. Your uncle, aunt, and I miss you!”

Charlie nodded and replied casually, “Okay, after the ancestor worship ceremony, I’ll visit more often.”

“Great! That’s great!” Ye Zhongquan exclaimed. Then he asked, “Chen’er, what are you planning to do in Lebanon? Do you need Grandpa’s help?”

Charlie remembered his earlier conversation with Chen Zekai and said, “I was wondering if you could help me clear some connections so I can leave Lebanon and head to Syria smoothly.”

“You’re going to Syria?” Ye Zhongquan said, surprised. “There’s a war going on there! What do you need to do there?”

Charlie replied calmly, “I have some personal matters to take care of.”

After thinking for a moment, Ye Zhongquan said, “I have some contacts in Lebanon. I can help you out.”

“Make sure you finish this before you get to Lebanon,” he said. “I promise that once you arrive in Lebanon, you’ll be able to go straight to Syria.”