The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

That night, with Ye Linyuan's return to the country, some people were destined to toss and turn, unable to fall asleep, such as Mo Zhuo, the eldest young master of the Mo family, one of the eight great families of Haicheng.

"Ji Ze, are you sure you really saw Su Shiyu, Ye Xi, and Ye Xin fighting over a man at the airport today?"

Mo Zhuo stared at Ji Ze with bloodshot eyes, his tone filled with anger.

Upon hearing this, Ji Ze nodded vigorously and swore an oath.

"Brother Mo, don't you understand what kind of person I am? My eyes will never be wrong about any beautiful woman, especially Su Shiyu and those stunning twins from the Ye family. Even if I were brain-dead, my eyes would never be wrong!"

After a pause, in order to increase the credibility of his words, Ji Ze continued.

"If I'm mistaken, I'll gouge my own eyes out and use them as a light bulb!"

Hearing Ji Ze's confident words, Mo Zhuo's expression turned even more unpleasant.

In his memory, there was only one person who could be so fiercely contested by Su Shiyu and the Ye family twins—a person who single-handedly suppressed the entire younger generation in the industry, making them unable to hold their heads high...

Damn it, after four long years of high spirits, is the nightmare from four years ago about to return...?

"Brother Mo, what do you think...?"

As he spoke, Ji Ze made a throat-slitting gesture at Mo Zhuo, his face contorted with a ferocious smile.

With the backing of the Mo family, one of the eight great families of Haicheng, killing a few people would be a piece of cake for the Mo family, given their strength.

"Kill him? Do you even know who Su Shiyu, Ye Xi, and Ye Xin are fighting over? That's the Ye family's pampered young master! Ye Linyuan, the most renowned figure in the circle four years ago!"

Mo Zhuo looked at Ji Ze speechlessly, as if he were looking at an idiot.

"If you dare lay a finger on him, believe me, your whole family will be lined up for execution tomorrow!"

"Let me remind you, within the same circle, you can use any means necessary to target people from another circle, and if you're powerful enough to bankrupt them, no one will say anything. But if you dare to kill them, even if they've just entered this circle, believe me, someone will turn you over to the authorities in no time, and even completely wipe out the forces behind you!"

Ji Ze was startled by Mo Zhuo's cold tone and spoke weakly.

"No, it's not that serious, is it..."

"It's not that serious! If you can kill someone you don't get along with today, someone else will dare to hire someone to kill you tomorrow. You kill me, I kill him, and then nobody will be able to live a peaceful life. You'll be constantly on guard against assassins, which will be enough to give you a hard time."

At this point, Mo Zhuo really felt like prying open Ji Ze's skull to see what was inside, that he dared to say such thoughtless things.

"So Ji Ze, don't do anything reckless."

"I know your Ji family has just climbed into Shanghai's high society. It's okay if you don't understand the unspoken rules; I won't hold it against you because your Ji family has provided a lot of benefits to our Mo family. But remember this!"

Mo Zhuo's expression had become extremely serious, without the slightest hint of a smile.

"If you dare to kill anyone in our circle, then not only will your mere third-rate Ji family be unable to protect you, but even our Mo family won't be able to!"

"Anyone who dares to bring this unspoken rule into the open will be hunted down to death by the entire industry, no matter who the other party is! Believe me!"

Ji Ze was completely intimidated by Mo Zhuo's serious expression and nodded hurriedly. However, after hesitating for a moment, he still asked.

"Brother Mo, what should we do now?"

"What should we do...?"

Mo Zhuo couldn't help but roll her eyes at Ji Ze. He really knew how to rub salt in the wound. If he knew what to do, he wouldn't be in such a hurry and upset.

Wait.......

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Mo Zhuo quickly asked Ji Ze.

"Ji Ze, go and investigate whether Ye Linyuan is back to take over the Ye family's group or to do something else. If he takes over the Ye family's group, then no matter how well he does, my parents won't say anything. Anyway, Ye Linyuan's abilities have far surpassed those of us of his generation since he was a child. He is a prodigy in the eyes of the elders. At worst, I will just be a coward and not meet him."

"But if he comes back and doesn't take over the Ye family's group, then I'll just stay at Haicheng University and never leave. Wherever he appears, I won't show up. That way, we won't have any interaction. Anyway, even though I've started taking over the Mo family's businesses, I'm still a senior at Haicheng University!"

"Yes, that's what we'll do!"

As soon as Mo Zhuo finished speaking, Ji Ze stared at Mo Zhuo blankly as if he had seen a ghost.

Is this still the same Mo Family Brother who has always been spirited, bold, and regarded as a role model in the circle?

It looks like something carrying a tortoise shell on its back, with its neck twitching back and forth...

Glancing at Ji Ze's strange look, Mo Zhuo naturally knew what he was thinking. He was already used to it and waved his hand helplessly.

"You don't need to look at me like that. Go ask other people in the circle. Who dares to say they don't feel pressured in front of Ye Linyuan? I, Mo Zhuo, will acknowledge him as my father! Even my own father wouldn't have any objections. Before he went abroad, he alone made all of our generation feel suffocated."

Thinking of Ye Linyuan's glorious past achievements, Mo Zhuo continued with a dark face.

"When I studied partial differential equations and operator algebra, I didn't learn much even during my four years of university. In fact, those books seemed like they were just waiting for the future to pass. But he was already reading them with great interest in sixth grade and had a thorough understanding of the content."

Thinking about this, Mo Zhuo almost burst into tears. Heaven knows how tough it was for her parents to use Ye Linyuan as a role model every day when she was little. Finally, she was a little older, and then Ye Linyuan started skipping grades. While they were still in sixth grade, he had already self-studied university courses; while they were still in middle school, Ye Linyuan was already working on abstract concepts…

"Furthermore, he took the college entrance examination for the first time when he was fifteen years old. That year's college entrance examination was known as the most difficult since the college entrance examination was reopened in China. As a result, he became the only perfect scorer in the country with a score of 750."

"What?! He got a perfect score of 750 on the college entrance exam that year?"

Ji Ze's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He had taken the college entrance exam the year it was considered the most difficult, and he had practically burned his brains to get a mere 320 points—not even half of Ye Linyuan's score...

How could someone score 750 on such a difficult question?

Is this even human?

Wait a minute, Mo Zhuo just said that this was his first time taking the college entrance exam, could it be...?

"Yes, it was that college entrance exam. Unfortunately, he didn't choose any university that year, saying the time wasn't right. So he retook the exam and started his own business at the same time. He took the exam again at the age of sixteen and still got a perfect score of 750. He still didn't choose any university, still said the time wasn't right, still chose to retook the exam, and still continued his business."

"He took the exam for the third time when he was eighteen, and still got a perfect score of 750. This time he chose Tsinghua University, but I don't know what happened during the summer vacation. He just packed his bags and went abroad."

At this point, Mo Zhuo's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot. After all, when Ye Linyuan took the college entrance exam for the third time, he was one of the candidates in that year, and the difficulty of that year was not small. Even the cutoff score for Haicheng University, a top-tier university, was only 535. He had worked his butt off for three years in high school and barely managed to score 540...

Ji Ze, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. What was Ye Linyuan thinking? Most people would take the college entrance exam once and never want to take it a second time, but he took it three times in a row?!

This is showing off, isn't it? Blatant showing off!

"I remember my dad looked regretful at the time, saying that his company was about to go public, but it ended up merging with the Yip Group for nothing."

"Two years! In just two short years, they built a company from scratch that's almost ready to go public, and all while studying and casually dabbling in it!"

Stop talking, bro, stop talking! If you keep going, I think I'm going to become withdrawn!

I knew the difference between people was greater than the difference between people and dogs, but I never imagined it would be this big!

If I squander less of the family fortune, my dad will praise me to the skies. Then look at Ye Linyuan...

Ji Ze stared blankly at Mo Zhuo, looking utterly broken, inwardly groaning.

Whether he heard Ji Ze's thoughts or not, Mo Zhuo sighed and made a concluding statement.

"This is only a small part of his actions. There are all sorts of other incomprehensible moves. In this industry, if you completely give up, you can at most be admired from afar but not approached. But for those of us with some ability, he is a mountain, a mountain that we can never climb no matter how hard we try!"

"So four years ago, when we heard he was going abroad, a few of us got drunk for days on end. After all, nobody wants to have a mountain weighing on their head. But now, sigh, four years of good times have come to an end..."

"Sigh, stay away from Ye Linyuan, and happiness will be yours and mine."

"By the way, Ji Ze, do you have any older or younger sisters? Aunts or anything like that?"

Ji Ze was taken aback by Mo Zhuo's sudden change of heart. Then his eyes lit up, and he instantly forgot about Ye Linyuan and said to Mo Zhuo with a grin.

"Brother Mo, yes, yes, yes, I have a younger sister named Ji Youyou. She's very beautiful and has a great personality. If you're interested, I can play matchmaker for you two. Let me tell you, she's very obedient, she..."

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Mo Zhuo looked at Ji Ze, who looked like a pimp, with surprise, and really wanted to slap his size 44 shoe on his size 44 face.

What kind of people are these? They even sell their own sister...

Pressing his temples, Mo Zhuo helplessly interrupted Ji Ze, who was endlessly promoting his sister.

"Ji Ze, you misunderstood me. What I meant was, if you have any older sisters, younger sisters, aunts, or cousins, remember to keep an eye on them and make sure they never see Ye Linyuan."

"Huh? Why?"

Ji Ze was stunned. He never expected that after talking for so long, the result would be such a surprising turn of events.

"because......"

"Brother!!!! I heard that Brother Yuan is back!!!! Take me to him quickly!!!!"

Under Ji Ze's blinded gaze, a petite figure hurriedly grabbed Mo Zhuo and ran away, giving the two grown men no chance to resist.

"...like this..."

In the final moments before leaving the house, Ji Ze saw Mo Zhuo's lips moving and instantly understood why Mo Zhuo had said that...

Similar things happened tonight at the Gu family, Bai family, Xiao family, and so on!