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

"Come on, come on, let's eat! Sister Shiyu, Wangshu, try my cooking. I'm not bragging, but my cooking is top-notch. During my four years abroad, every international student in the circle was completely won over by my culinary skills."

Composing himself, Ye Linyuan served the simple home-cooked dishes he had prepared one after another, greeting Su Shiyu and An Wangshu with a smile.

"Coming, coming, I'm coming right now."

"Wow, I never knew you were such a good cook! It looks delicious and smells amazing too."

"Haha, the dishes I cook not only look beautiful and smell delicious, but they also taste so good that you'll lick the plate clean!"

Ye Linyuan subconsciously raised his hand, smiled and patted An Wangshu's head. At the same time, he looked at Su Shiyu, sighing that he seemed to be getting more and more used to patting An Wangshu's head, just like patting a kitten. He then asked Su Shiyu.

"Sister Shiyu, shall we invite Mr. Zhao to eat with us?"

Su Shiyu had just picked up her chopsticks to try it when she heard Ye Linyuan's words, and an unhappy expression visibly appeared on her face.

"Ah Yuan, please, don't bring up this spoilsport when we're having such a happy time."

In Zhao Jinyan's room on the first floor, Zhao Jinyan, who was about to go out to make lunch for Su Shiyu, had just opened the door a crack when he heard Su Shiyu's cold voice. He froze instantly, glanced at the dining table quickly, and silently closed the door again.

To better cater to Su Shiyu's discerning palate, he specially used Su Shiyu's connections to become an apprentice of the head chef of a famous platinum five-star hotel in Haicheng. Even the hotel's head chef praised him for his talent.

So as a professional chef, even without tasting it, just from a fleeting glimpse and a faint aroma, he could tell that Ye Linyuan's cooking would be incredibly delicious, far beyond his own reach!

In other words, Zhao Jinyan lost to Ye Linyuan in every aspect, including family background, appearance, physique, talent, and even his best cooking skills!

If there's any way he surpasses Ye Linyuan, it's probably that he's the only one genuinely sincere towards Shiyu, while Ye Linyuan's sincerity towards Shiyu is minimal, and even if it exists, it's probably only a tiny bit...

Thinking of this, Zhao Jinyan slowly took out her phone with trembling hands, opened Green Bubble, hesitated for a moment, found one of the contacts labeled "Grandma", and sent a message to it.

Zhao Jinyan: Grandma, I agree to your requests, but I also have three conditions. First, Shiyu must give me everything after the matter is done; I don't want anything else. Second, I want to elope with Shiyu and find a place where no one can find us. Grandma, you must guarantee that no one can find us. My last condition is that I want 100 billion as a guarantee for the rest of my life with Shiyu!

A moment later, Zhao Jinyan received a reply with only one word—"Okay!"

After a moment of silence, Zhao Jinyan walked to the bedside table, took out an anonymous SIM card from a man she had saved by chance, and with trembling hands knocked it out four times before finally inserting it into the phone's slot.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Jinyan dialed a phone number.

The call was connected quickly, but there was no sound coming through.

As if he had expected this, Zhao Jinyan spoke up.

"I will transfer 500 million to the designated account. You need to help me kill someone, Ye Linyuan, the young master of the Ye family in Haicheng."

About three seconds later, a muffled sound came from the other end of the phone.

"This employer wants to kill Ye Linyuan; a mere 500 million won't be enough."

"How many do you want?"

"Ye Linyuan is of noble status. He is the only male heir of the Ye family in Haicheng in this generation and will inherit the Ye family in the future. According to our assessment, it will cost 10 billion to kill him."

10 billion? That much? Is Ye Linyuan's life really worth that much?

Zhao Jinyan hesitated. He originally thought that even for Ye Linyuan, 500 million yuan would be enough to hire an assassin, but he never expected that Ye Linyuan's life was worth far more than he thought.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Jinyan spoke weakly.

"So, could you give me a 90% discount? Or even if you can't give me a 90% discount, how about half price?"

The person on the other end seemed to be amused by Zhao Jinyan's words; their muffled voice clearly conveyed a sense of bewilderment.

"Hey employer, do you know you're hiring a killer? Do you think hiring a killer is like buying cabbages on the street? You can haggle over the price?"

"We are professionals when it comes to evaluating targets; there will be absolutely no errors!"

"If you can't afford this money, then don't come to us. Or you can find an assassin willing to kill Ye Linyuan for a low price. Of course, putting aside the success rate, whether you, the employer, will be scammed is up to you."

"Unlike us, as long as you can afford it, we'll kill even the president of the United States for you."

"Stop talking!"

Zhao Jinyan quickly interrupted the voice, gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, squeezing out a few words through her teeth.

"Ten billion it is, but I only have thirty million on hand right now. I need to gather the rest of the money before I can give it to you. But I want Ye Linyuan to die as soon as possible."

It's just 100 billion, right? Once the deal with my grandmother is finalized, I'll get 10 billion. Even if I give 10 billion of it to the assassin organization, I'll still have 90 billion left!

Nine billion is enough for him and Shiyu to live a wonderful life abroad.

"Okay, Mr. Zhao, you can pay the deposit first, and then pay the balance after the deal is done."

"However, I must remind Mr. Zhao that if you try to renege on the deal after it's done, don't blame our organization for being ruthless."

"Even if you hide at the ends of the earth, we will find you and tear you to pieces. Believe me, we can do it!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jinyan couldn't help but shudder, feeling a pang of regret for ever seeking out the assassin organization.

But there's no turning back now. That person said that once the call was made, the murder must be hired, and since preparations had already been made, there was no point in thinking about it anymore.

"Don't worry, it's just 10 billion. As long as I can get rid of Ye Linyuan, 100 billion is nothing. I'll have 10 billion soon!"

"In that case, please wait for good news, employer."

The other party seemed uninterested in the 100 billion that Zhao Jinyan mentioned, and hung up the phone after saying that, leaving Zhao Jinyan to listen silently to the dial tone.

If Shiyu knew Ye Linyuan was dead, I wonder if she would be very sad...

Snapped--

Zhao Jinyan slapped herself hard, her eyes red-rimmed, but a smile appeared on her lips.

"Hehehe, Zhao Jinyan, why are you still so persistent? She already has Ye Linyuan and doesn't need you anymore. Why are you still so hung up on her?"

"Please, wake up!"

"Please, stop being so pathetic!"

"Shiyu doesn't love you; she's always loved Ye Linyuan!"

Zhao Jinyan raised her head, forcing herself not to let her tears fall.

"But, but why does my heart still hurt so much..."