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The whispers instantly turned into uncontrollable gasps, and disbelief was written on everyone's face.

Wei Ning was the first to react. He covered his swollen cheek, which his father had just slapped, his eyes wide open as if he had seen the most absurd thing in the world.

He rushed forward abruptly, pointing at Ye Heng in a frenzy, and screamed at Wei Zong:

"Dad! Are you crazy?! What did you call him? 'Sir'? Look closely! He's Ye Heng! Just a lowly employee from the Su family who's courting death and going against me! Are you sure you haven't mistaken him for someone else?! How could he possibly be some kind of 'sir'?!"

Su Wangchuan was also in a state of extreme shock and confusion.

The smugness on his face had vanished without a trace, replaced by paleness and contortion.

He couldn't accept this revolutionary reversal. Ye Heng... this "good-for-nothing" whom he had always looked down on and thought only relied on luck and Su Yingxue's protection, actually made the chairman of Tianhai Group so obsequious?

He instinctively spoke up, his voice dry and hoarse:

"Chairman Wei... are you... misunderstanding something? This Ye Heng is indeed an ordinary employee in our Su Group's Strategic Investment Department, and he hasn't been with us for long... I'm afraid he's not worthy of your address?"

Their words were filled with skepticism and disbelief.

Wei Zong was still reeling from recognizing Ye Heng and was filled with lingering fear. When he heard that Wei Ning and Su Wangchuan dared to question him in public and even speak rudely, he was immediately enraged.

He turned abruptly and shouted at Wei Ning, his voice rising with anger:

"Shut up! You unfilial son! What do you know?! If you dare to show the slightest disrespect to your elders again, I'll break your legs!"

Then, his sharp, knife-like gaze swept over Su Wangchuan, his tone icy and full of warning:

"Vice President Su, please watch your words! I, Wei Zong, am not so blind as to mistake one person for another! How could you possibly presume to know the identity of an official like yourself?!"

"I only made Wei Ning agree to your contract because of the adults' influence!"

His two angry rebukes, without any mercy, completely confirmed Ye Heng's extraordinary identity.

Wei Ning was so frightened that he fell silent, staggered backward, and his face turned completely pale.

Su Wangchuan was struck as if by a heavy blow, frozen in place, his face turning red and white in turns. Feeling the various gazes cast upon him, he was overwhelmed by a mixture of shame, fear, and disbelief, which almost suffocated him.

Su Yingxue stood not far away, seemingly frozen in place. Her beautiful eyes were filled with utter shock and bewilderment, her mind reeling.

Wei Zong's extremely respectful address of "Sir"...

Ye Heng's calm yet unequivocal response...

Wei Ning and Su Wangchuan were reprimanded without any mercy...

Furthermore, Chu Wei's meaningful words from before suddenly echoed in her ears with unparalleled clarity:

"The Su family is fortunate to have powerful backers... As for this project, our Chu family will not get involved. It's better to... build a good relationship."

As Chu Wei spoke, he subtly glanced in Ye Heng's direction...

Could it be... that "big shot" Chu Wei mentioned, the one who made even the Chu family wary and voluntarily withdraw from the competition...?

Is it really Ye Heng?!

This thought cleaved through the fog in her mind like lightning, but brought an even stronger shock.

She looked at the young man who was still sitting calmly in the corner, as if all the turmoil around him was irrelevant to him, and for the first time felt so unfamiliar, and so... unfathomable.

She knew all of this: he had saved her grandfather, helped her, recovered debts, and was exceptionally skilled.

But she never imagined that beneath these appearances, he actually possessed such a terrifying identity and power, enough to command such awe from the chairman of Tianhai Group and to make the Chu family retreat without a fight!

Just now, I was blaming him for his conflict with Wei Ning, and even thought about the "trouble" he might bring... Now that I think about it, how ridiculous and short-sighted I was.

Su Yingxue's heart raced uncontrollably, and a complex mix of emotions welled up inside her.

Ye Heng slowly walked up to Su Wangchuan, who was standing there with a pale face and frozen in place, and stopped.

A smirk of undisguised contempt curled at the corner of his lips:

"Vice President Su, oh no, Su Wangchuan. You don't really think that Tianhai Group chose the Su family because of your pitiful abilities and efforts, do you?"

Su Wangchuan's Adam's apple bobbed, his lips trembled as he tried to retort, but no sound came out. He could only stare helplessly at Ye Heng.

Ye Heng chuckled and continued:

"If I weren't sitting here, do you think Chairman Wei would have even glanced at you? Do you think the Chu family would have voluntarily withdrawn? Do you think this 500 million yuan project would have so easily landed in your hands, or rather, the Su family's?"

"You're nothing but a self-important clown who uses my name to his advantage."

"They actually dared to try and instigate the Tianhai Group to gang up on me?"

Su Wangchuan's face drained of color, his body swayed slightly, and he almost couldn't stand up.

The gazes directed at him instantly shifted from envy and congratulations to astonishment, disdain, and sudden realization.

"I see!"

"I knew it! Why would the Chu family suddenly withdraw..."

"Was Su Wangchuan's smug demeanor all an act? Was he just claiming all the credit?"

"A fraud! Utterly shameless!"

The whispers quickly turned into open accusations and ridicule.

Ye Heng didn't stop. His gaze shifted to Wei Ning, whose face was equally grim, then swept back to Su Wangchuan:

"And that disgusting additional clause at the end of the contract... handing me over to Wei Ning to do whatever he wants with?"

"Such a despicable and foolish idea—I doubt Wei Ning, that incompetent fool, could have come up with such a meticulously planned scheme to harm his own partner."

He stared at Su Wangchuan and asked, word by word:

"Su Wangchuan, you were the one who approached Wei Ning and proposed using this clause as a bargaining chip to join forces against me, while also getting rid of me, this eyesore, completely from the Su family and from Su Yingxue's side—killing two birds with one stone, right?"

"You...you're spouting nonsense!" Su Wangchuan denied it shrilly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, but anyone could hear the underlying weakness in his voice.

"Slanderous accusations?" Ye Heng's eyes were sharp as knives.

"Do you want me to present the evidence of your private meetings and secret deals with Wei Ning in front of everyone? Or should we ask Young Master Wei to recall who approached whom first, and who provided what 'valuable' intelligence from within the Su Group in exchange for Tianhai's support and revenge against me?"

Ye Heng stared intently at Su Wangchuan. In truth, he had no evidence at all, but he didn't need it now.

Upon hearing this, Wei Zong was already furious.

He abruptly turned to his good-for-nothing son, his eyes flashing with a murderous glint: "You unfilial son! Is what he said true?! Tell me the truth! If you utter a single lie, I'll break your legs and kick you out of the Wei family!"