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

"If you don't have it, then that's it. Neither you nor I are young anymore. We both know that money and things are ultimately meaningless. Only people are real. With people, you can have everything. Your Lin family's younger generation doesn't have anyone worth mentioning. It's all thanks to the older generation that you're holding on. In the coming era, it would be quite good if your Lin family could maintain its current power."

Hearing Ye Xiao so readily expose the Lin family's biggest wound, Lin Ba's face turned extremely ugly.

In fact, just as Ye Xiao said, the Lin family is currently in a period of transition, with no capable young people to show for it. It is all up to the current generation and the older generation to support the family. This is why he arranged for Lin Xuehuang to get engaged to Qin Lie in the beginning, and now he is allowing Lin Xuehuang to pursue Ye Linyuan.

Qin Lie's previous display of talent was indeed impressive, far surpassing that of Shen Xiao from the Shen family, which is why he looked down on Shen Xiao.

The Shen family's only plan is to exploit the Lin family. Do they really think the Lin family is stupid?!

Even if Principal Shen were to reach Qin Lie's level, the Lin family could accept it reluctantly, simply exchanging benefits for time. But the problem is, Principal Shen's level can only be described as utterly terrible!

On the contrary, if the Ye family and the Lin family can be bound together, then with this relationship, the Lin family can at least guarantee that it will not decline for the next fifty or even seventy years, and may even go further by boarding the big ship of the Ye family!

Even if there is no further progress, with a buffer period of fifty or even seventy years, the Lin family will have enough time to cultivate a leader who can carry the Lin family banner!

After a long silence, Lin Ba finally spoke.

"OK."

Luo Feng's face was practically beaming with joy when he saw Lin Ba agree.

The Luo family's interests were already guaranteed without them even having to say a word!

The three talked for another hour and finalized the details.

Finally, Ye Xiao, Luo Feng, and Lin Ba all stood up.

"It's a pleasure working with you."

"It's a pleasure working with you."

"It's a pleasure working with you."

Now that everything had been discussed, Lin Ba didn't intend to stay and turned to leave. However, after taking only two steps, Ye Xiao called him back.

"Brother Lin, are you really not going to get involved in your daughter's matter?"

"I can't control them, and I'm too lazy to control them. Young people have their own ideas, let them be."

Because Lin Ba made no attempt to conceal anything, the news that the Lin family was seeking cooperation with the Ye and Luo families spread throughout the entire Dragon Kingdom in less than half a day.

In the Shen family mansion in the capital, Shen Xing sat in his study, his face ashen.

"That old fox Lin Ba actually abandoned us and chose to join forces with the Ye family!"

Upon hearing this, Principal Shen's face also turned ashen.

He wasn't a useless person, so he naturally knew how unfavorable the current situation was for the Shen family. Originally, if the Shen family could form an alliance with the Lin family, then the Sun, Li, Zhou, Zhu, and Wei families of the seven major northern families, and the Qin, Zhao, and Wu families of the four hidden families could all unite. In this way, a huge alliance would be formed. Even if the Luo, Wu, Liu, and Wang families joined forces with the eight major southern families, they wouldn't be afraid. After all, no matter how you look at it, everyone is evenly matched. If they really fought, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

But things are different now. With the Lin family now fully aligned with the alliance led by the Ye and Luo families, it's likely that the other seven families—Sun, Li, Zhou, Zhu, Wei, Zhao, and Wu—will reassess whether they want to stand with them. Only the Qin family, because, like the Shen family, had a conflict with Ye Linyuan before, will definitely stand with the Shen family.

After a long silence, Principal Shen looked at Shen Xing.

"Dad, what should we do?"

He truly couldn't think of any other solutions...

"What should we do? Go find the Qin family!"

Shen Xing stood up, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

"The Qin family has a marriage agreement with your sister, Biyu, and the wedding must be held as soon as possible!"

"But what about Qin Lin..."

"Qin Lin? What use is that good-for-nothing? I'm looking for Qin Feng!"

Shen Xing picked up the phone and decisively dialed the number.

"I'm looking for Qin Feng!"

On the other side, in the Wu family, the patriarch Wu Tian sat in the living room, looking at the messages on his phone and smiling.

"Luckily, we took sides in advance."

At this moment, Wu Qianqian was sitting opposite him. Hearing Wu Tian's sigh, she smiled and said.

"Dad, you weren't willing at first, but now you know how good my judgment was, right?"

"Okay, okay, you're awesome."

Wu Tian waved his hand.

"By the way, how are things going with your relationship with Ye Linyuan?"

"It's alright, he said he accepted it."

"Received it? Received what?"

"You asked what you accepted? Of course, you accepted the three of us, and only the three of us."

Wu Tian was stunned for a moment, remained silent for a while, and then sighed.

"You mean, all three of you..."

"Yes, all of them should become his women."

Wu Tian was silent for a moment, then smiled.

"Alright, as expected of my daughter, you've got guts!"

"Dad, aren't you angry?"

"Angry? I'm overjoyed!"

Wu Tian stood up, a look of joy on his face.

"From this day forward, you are a hero of the Wu family!"

Like the Lin family, the Wu family also lacks any notable members among its younger generation!

At the Wang family residence, the patriarch Wang Zhen was drinking tea when Wang Xiaoya, sitting beside him, asked anxiously.

"Dad, please say something."

"What can I say? You've already sold yourself out, what else can I say?"

Wang Zhen put down his teacup, his tone full of helplessness.

"But are you sure Ye Linyuan will treat you sincerely?"

"It doesn't matter if he's not sincere, as long as he's willing to protect the Wang family."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhen fell silent, and after a long while, he sighed.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you, Xiaoya."

"I'm not wronged. This is my own choice. For the Wang family, I can do it!"

The Wang family faces the same problem.

At the Liu family home, Liu Weiyu stood before her father, Liu Neng, the head of the Liu family, looking at her with extremely complicated thoughts.

Using his own daughter to buy time for the Liu family, Liu Neng, you shouldn't be called Liu Neng, you should be called incompetent...

Liu Neng sighed deeply and looked at Liu Weiyu.

"Xiaoyu, are you really sure?"

Liu Weiyu nodded, her eyes resolute.

"I've made up my mind."

"No regrets?"

No regrets.

Liu Neng remained silent for a while before nodding.

"The Liu family is counting on you."

"Yes, daughter understands!"