My disciple, you are now invincible. Go down the mountain and wreak havoc on the world!

The people in the living room, whose minds had just gone blank from being hit by a billion dollars, even stopped breathing.

Su Zhenbang swayed and barely managed to stand by holding onto the sofa armrest.

"What did you say? Didn't the expert team say this morning that the toxins had been suppressed? How could they suddenly invade the brainstem?"

"Chairman!" The butler wiped the cold sweat from his brow, his tongue tied in knots with anxiety.

"The doctor said that the neurotoxins in the old man's body have suddenly undergone an unknown mutation, and their spread has increased tenfold!"

"The expert team from the province just finished their consultation and said... said that there are at most 24 hours left, and that the family should prepare for the worst."

"Impossible!" Su Qingyuan's eyes instantly turned red, and her knuckles turned white as she gripped the hem of her skirt. "Yesterday, the condition was clearly stabilized. How could it suddenly mutate like that?" Shen Wenbai and President Wang stood in the shadows by the window, their brows furrowed, and remained silent.

All attention was focused on the doctor and the Su family; no one noticed that these top figures in Jiangcheng were standing quietly like background figures.

Just as the entire living room fell into dead silence, a series of frivolous footsteps suddenly came from outside the villa, accompanied by a gloating laugh; the sound preceded the person's arrival.

"Oh, is the Su family holding a funeral early?"

"I heard that Old Master Su is nearing his end, so I specially brought some things over to express my condolences. I, Lu Mingyuan, have done my utmost."

Everyone looked up and saw Lu Mingyuan swaggering in with his hands in his pockets and two bodyguards in black. He was carrying a cheap fruit basket and his face showed no sign of visiting someone in the hospital; instead, his eyes were full of undisguised smugness.

He entered the room and glanced around, immediately locking onto Ye Xunhuan, who was on the sofa with a lollipop in his mouth, and Su Qingyuan, whose eyes were red-rimmed, without even glancing at the shadowy area by the window.

In his eyes, the Su family was like grasshoppers in autumn, not going to last much longer.

As for the other relatives in the living room, they were all insignificant figures who couldn't be brought to the table and weren't worth his attention.

"Why do you all look so awful?"

Lu Mingyuan chuckled and walked straight up to Su Qingyuan, his gaze sweeping over her reddened eyes with undisguised frivolity.

"Qingyuan, I told you long ago that following this poor bastard will only lead to a bad end."

"Look, now the old man is about to pass away, and the Su family is going bankrupt. What are you trying to achieve?"

As he spoke, he reached out to touch Su Qingyuan's shoulder, his tone carrying an arrogant air of condescension.

"Kneel down and beg me now, and I might give you another chance."

"Be my plaything, and I'll take care of your 5 billion debt. I'll also make sure the old man's funeral is held in style. How about it?"

Su Qingyuan trembled with anger, took a step back to avoid his hand, and said in a trembling voice:

"Lu Mingyuan! Don't go too far!"

"Too much?" Lu Mingyuan scoffed, turning to glance at Ye Xunhuan, who remained motionless on the sofa, his voice rising a few decibels.

"What's outrageous is this charlatan! If he hadn't given the old man those random acupuncture treatments, would the old man be in this state now?"

"Su Zhenbang, if I were you, I'd break this kid's legs right now and throw him out to apologize to the old man!"

Upon hearing this, Su Zhenhai, who had just gotten up from the ground, immediately rushed over as if he had been injected with chicken blood, nodding and bowing in agreement:

"Young Master Lu said yes, yes, yes! It's this Ye Xunhuan!"

"He's the jinx of the Su family! If he hadn't offended you, would the Lu family have forced our Su family into this? Would the old man be so angry?" "Oh? Is that so?" Lu Mingyuan raised an eyebrow, took a step forward, and looked down at Ye Xunhuan with his chin held high.

"Ye Xunhuan, I'm putting my words out there today."

"If Old Master Su dies, you'll have to be buried with him; if the Su family goes bankrupt, Su Qingyuan will have to come into my Lu family and become my plaything."

"You're just a wild boy who ran away from the mountains, and you dare to steal my woman and my things? You should take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror!"

He was talking animatedly, spittle flying everywhere, becoming more and more smug as he spoke, completely unaware that Shen Wenbai's face by the window had turned cold.

President Wang and Chairman Li also frowned, looking at him as if he were a clown.

Ye Xunhuan slowly took out a lollipop from his pocket, twirling the white stick in a neat circle on his fingertip.

He looked up at Lu Mingyuan, a nonchalant smile playing on his lips, exuding a roguish charm: "Finished?"

"Okay, I'm done talking. What, you dare hit me? Come on, hit me!"

"Oh, your mouth stinks! Did you eat poop this morning?" He roared in anger, raising his hand to signal his bodyguards to attack. "Beat him! Knock out all his teeth! Let's see how he dares to talk back now!"

The two bodyguards had just taken a step forward when they saw Ye Xunhuan twirling the freshly peeled candy wrapper between his fingers and flicking it lightly.

The candy wrapper, so thin it was almost transparent, shot out like a silver flying knife with a "whoosh"!

“Pah!”

With a crisp snap, the candy wrapper was firmly stuck to Lu Mingyuan's face.

Looking at the light piece of paper, it felt like being hit hard by a brick when it landed on his face. Lu Mingyuan felt half of his face go numb and lose all feeling, followed by excruciating pain!

He let out a miserable scream, staggered back a few steps, covered his mouth and squatted down, a strong, sweet, metallic taste rising in his mouth.

"puff--"

He opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva onto the ground. A bloody molar slammed onto the polished marble floor with a sharp, jarring sound.

The entire living room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the bloody tooth on the ground, then at the translucent candy stick still clutched in Ye Xunhuan's fingers, and a cold sweat broke out on their backs.

A candy wrapper?

With a casual flick of the wrist, a sharp weapon was produced, easily knocking out one of Lu Mingyuan's teeth.

If this were any other object, wouldn't it have nailed someone to the wall? ...You dare hit me? Minglai's face was stinging, tears streaming down her cheeks, her eyes filled with venomous resentment as if she wanted to devour someone.

"Ye Xunhuan! You're dead! I'll make sure you don't leave here alive today..."

He was only halfway through his harsh words when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several figures standing by the window out of the corner of his eye.

First, he saw President Wang, dressed in a gray suit, staring at him with a sullen face and eyes as cold as ice.

Then I saw Chairman Li next to me, wearing a Zhongshan suit, his brows furrowed, exuding an imposing aura of authority.

Lu Mingyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he swallowed back the harsh words that were about to come out.

President of Jiangcheng Bank, President of the Municipal Chamber of Commerce?

Why are these two at the Su family's house? He muttered to himself, then shifted his gaze to the side and landed on the young man in the bespoke suit with an outstanding demeanor.

The man was backlit, his profile hard and cold, staring at him with the look of someone looking at a dead man.

Lu Mingyuan's blood froze instantly.

Shen... Shen Wenbai? Shen Wenbai, the president of the East China region of the city? My stomach almost collapsed to the ground.

How could this be? How could this person appear in a place like the Su family's residence? He's calling Ye Xunhuan a liar and even trying to hit him...

The more Lu Mingyuan thought about it, the more frightened he became, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his shirt.

He suddenly looked at Ye Xunhuan, his mind going blank—

President Wang, Chairman Li, Shen Wenbai... all these big shots gathered at the Su family's house. Could it all be for this wild kid from the mountains? Without any fear, he slowly put the candy back into his mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound. The candy stick dangled from the corner of his mouth, looking utterly smug and carefree.

"Why did you stop yelling? Weren't you being pretty arrogant just now? Keep going, I haven't had enough yet."

Lu Mingyuan opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Fight? What can he fight with?

Not to mention that any of Shen Wenbai's bodyguards could easily crush him, even ten of Ye Xunhuan's bodyguards would be no match for Ye Xunhuan's skill in flicking candy wrappers.

He dared not scold him.

If you offend Shen Wenbai, not only will Lu Mingyuan have to face consequences, but even his father, the head of the Lu family, will have to back down!

He covered his face, which was swollen like a bun, his eyes filled with resentment and fear. After a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out a harsh word through gritted teeth:

"Ye Xunhuan! Don't be so smug! My brother Lu Mingchen will arrive in Jiangcheng tonight! Offending me, Lu Mingyuan, is offending the Lu family of the provincial capital. My brother won't let you get away with this!"

"Also, tonight, Jiangcheng will host an unprecedented auction commissioned by Medicine King Valley, where a 500-year-old ice lotus will be on display."

"Do you dare go to the auction and compete with the Lu family there?"