With three supreme masters, they were invincible upon descending the mountain.

"Big brother! I heard you found a good-for-nothing from the Ye family to bring you good luck? Let me see him."

The door was suddenly pushed open.

A bald, middle-aged man strode in, his voice loud and grating.

He was about fifty years old, with triangular eyes, a hooked nose, and lips as thin as blades. Despite wearing a designer suit, he looked ridiculously like a monkey wearing a crown.

Ji Yun.

Ji Zheng's younger brother, the second master of the Ji family.

As soon as he entered, his triangular eyes locked onto Ye Yaocheng, scrutinizing him from head to toe as if he were examining a piece of merchandise.

"Let me take a good look at what kind of trash it is."

"Ji Yun!" Ji Zheng's face was ashen. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, what are you saying, brother?" Ji Yun grinned, revealing smoky yellow teeth. "I was just concerned about my niece. I heard you found... an illegitimate child?"

He deliberately dragged out the last three words.

"He's an illegitimate child who's been missing for eight years. The news has spread throughout the family, and everyone's laughing at him."

Ji Zheng's face turned bright red.

He turned sharply, glaring at Li Yuxiu: "It's all your fault! You insisted on agreeing! You've found some scumbag, you've completely lost face!"

Li Yuxiu clenched her fists, her voice cold.

"My choice will not be wrong."

"As for you, second brother, my family's affairs are none of your business."

"Sister-in-law, you're wrong about that." Ji Yun walked towards the bedside with a smile and glanced at the unconscious Ji Mingyue.

"We'll all be family from now on, so as his uncle, shouldn't I keep an eye on things beforehand?"

He turned his head to look at Ye Yaocheng, his smile turning mocking:

"A marriage of convenience? What era are we living in? People still believe in that? And even if you're going to have a marriage of convenience, you should at least find someone decent, right? Finding an illegitimate child, and a good-for-nothing at that, has really disgraced the Ji family."

Each word is like a knife.

Ji Zheng was so angry that he trembled all over, but he couldn't say a word.

Li Yuxiu's chest heaved, her eyes gleaming with murderous intent.

The air in the room felt stagnant, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Just then, Ye Yaocheng, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"This old bald man."

Ji Yun was taken aback, his triangular eyes narrowing: "Who are you calling 'old bald man'?"

"Besides you, is there anyone else here who's bald?" Ye Yaocheng looked up at him, his tone as calm as if he were talking about the weather. "Judging from your appearance, you should have a son, right?"

Ji Yun's face darkened.

He didn't know how the kid figured it out, but being called "old bald guy" in public had already crossed him off the rails.

"You little beast, you have no right to speak here." Ji Yun sneered. "That's right, I do have a son, so what?"

"It's nothing." Ye Yaocheng smiled, a faint smile that made Ji Yun's heart tighten inexplicably. "Just a reminder to you to keep an eye on your son and not cause any trouble this year."

He paused, then spoke slowly and deliberately:

"Watch out, you might be the only one left."

"you--!!"

Ji Yun's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot!

He pointed at Ye Yaocheng, his fingers trembling, too angry to utter a single word.

"Great...very good!"

Ji Yun took a few deep breaths, forcibly suppressing his anger, and turned to Ji Zheng.

"Big brother, you don't know yet, do you?"

A smile returned to his face, but it was full of malice.

"The family meeting has just concluded, and it was unanimously decided that my son, Ji Baoyu, will serve as the group's president."

Ji Zheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

Li Yuxiu suddenly looked up: "What did you say?!"

"Didn't you hear me?" Ji Yun picked at her ear, deliberately raising her voice, "One month from now, my son will be fully in charge of the multi-billion dollar cooperation project with the Wang family!"

He took a step forward, getting closer to Ji Zheng:

"Just wait and see, they'll come to congratulate you, hahaha!"

Every word is poisonous.

Ji Zheng and his wife lost all color in their faces, swayed, and almost lost their balance.

Six months ago, the Wang family came to Linjiang City to invest, and their multi-billion-yuan project caused a sensation throughout the city.

It was Ji Mingyue who stayed up for seven consecutive nights to come up with a plan that impressed the Wang family, thus securing the cooperation opportunity for the Ji family.

But just a week before signing the contract, she suddenly fell into a coma and lost consciousness.

Meanwhile, Ji Yun and his son seized the opportunity to take all the credit, not only taking control of the project but also relentlessly suppressing Ji Mingyue's confidants in the company after gaining power.

In just six months, Ji Zheng's lineage was marginalized to the point of almost disappearing from the public eye.

"Ji Yun..."

Li Yuxiu's voice trembled, her eyes bloodshot:

"Tell me honestly, did you cause Mingyue's coma?!"

The room was deathly silent.

Ji Yun's smile slowly faded.

He stared at Li Yuxiu for a full five seconds.

"hehe."

He laughed, a laugh that was unrestrained and uninhibited.

"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"

He spread his hands, looking indifferent.

"Your daughter is in a coma, and your son-in-law is a good-for-nothing. Now, in the entire Ji family, who can stop me? Who dares to stop me?!"

Arrogant.

Utter arrogance.

Ji Zheng was so angry that his vision blurred and he clutched his chest.

Tears welled up in Li Yuxiu's eyes, but she bit her lip tightly to keep herself from crying out loud.

suffocated.

Repressed.

It felt like a boulder was pressing on my chest, making it hard to breathe.

"Big brother."

Ji Yun paced back and forth in the room, as if surveying his own territory.

"You've gotten old, really old."

He stopped at the window, his back to everyone, and his voice suddenly became earnest:

"This era belongs to the young people; your ideas are outdated."

He turned around, his triangular eyes gleaming with the light of a victor:

"From now on, you can rest assured that you can leave the Ji family to me."

He looked at Ji Mingyue, who was unconscious on the bed, then at Ji Zheng and his wife, who were pale and full of anger, and finally his gaze fell on Ye Yaocheng.

A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"As for this good-for-nothing who's just trying to bring good luck, there's no need for him to exist anymore."

Ye Yaocheng watched quietly, not angered by these words. Why would a true strongman care about the clown performance of an ant?

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he turned to look at the bedside.

His actions were so abrupt that Ji Yun subconsciously stopped talking.

Everyone followed his gaze.

"Cough...cough cough..."

A soft cough came from the bed.

It's very light.

But in the deathly silent room, it was jarringly clear.

Ji Yun's smile froze.

Ji Zheng suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Li Yuxiu covered her mouth, and tears welled up instantly.

On the bed, Ji Mingyue, who had been unconscious, trembled slightly with her eyelashes.

Then, she slowly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were initially somewhat dazed, her pupils unfocused. She stared at the ceiling for several seconds before slowly turning her eyes to look at the person standing by the bed.

His lips moved.

His voice was hoarse and weak, yet it struck everyone like a thunderclap:

"Where...am I?"

in the room.

Time seemed to stand still.

Ji Yun's smug, arrogant, and mocking expression shattered instantly, like glass broken by a slap.

Ye Yaocheng stood quietly to the side, watching this scene unfold.

A very faint smile curved at the corner of his lips.

The real show is just beginning!