A master of both medicine and martial arts, he picked up a beautiful CEO as his wife.

I pressed the answer button.

Ye Feng put his ear close to the receiver.

On the phone, Old Zhou looked certain and serious, as if the truth had finally come to light.

"Young friend, I've investigated thoroughly. The situation at CDH Investments is far more complex than I imagined!"

"How so?"

"It's a locally registered, legal, independent investment institution with clean books and no problems! I had someone dig up its equity layer by layer. The shareholder is one company, and that company is several companies, nested in a convoluted web, and in the end, all the shares are directed towards a shell company set up in an overseas tax haven!"

"And the actual controller behind this company—"

Old Zhou paused, then uttered two words.

"The Zhao family!"

Over there, Ye Feng narrowed his eyes.

"In my more than twenty years of uncovering the secrets of those bosses hidden behind layers of shells, I have never made a mistake," Old Zhou said confidently. "This CDH Capital is the white glove that the Zhao family often uses when they are conquering territories and do not want to reveal their true identity."

"They're eyeing your friend from the Lin family. They've got quite the appetite; they're eyeing the Lin family!"

Ye Feng paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Old Zhou, you've investigated so thoroughly, how confident are you in the outcome of this investigation? Are you sure you can bring this up for confrontation?"

"Don't worry." Old Zhou smiled, a condescending smile in his eyes. "What I'm giving you is what I can find out: the business registration documents detailing the multiple layers of shareholding, the registration documents for that overseas shell company—copies of them. I've already had them prepared and can deliver them to you anytime. Then your friend can take these and expose this facade to everyone on the spot!"

Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat.

"The Zhao family of Dongyang, among the four major families, is the one that started with energy and real estate and has been quietly and aggressively developing over the years." Old Zhou's voice deepened: "Let me give you a piece of advice: such a powerful entity is willing to wear white gloves to secretly take a piece of the Lin family's flesh. It is definitely not a momentary impulse. Their ambition is certainly not small. Your friend's days are not going to be easy."

Ye Feng's eyes suddenly turned cold and sharp.

"Thank you very much, Elder Zhou. I will remember your kindness."

"What are you talking about, old man?" Old Zhou said with a laugh, "Your sect saved my life, what's this small matter!"

Ye Feng thanked her, hung up the phone, and then turned around and told Lin Yuqing the news without missing a single word.

Lin Yuqing's face gradually froze as he spoke, eventually turning blood-red with coldness.

"The Zhao family..." she uttered, her voice trembling. "It really is the Zhao family!"

She blinked.

The questions that had been weighing on my mind these past few days—where did my uncle get the audacity and methods? How did CDH Investments manage to break in at this crucial moment? Who was behind this tricky proposal?—have all been answered now.

"My uncle, no matter how much trouble he causes, is just a discarded pawn, a stepping stone." She spoke, her eyes as cold as ice: "The big boss hiding behind the scenes, plotting and scheming to swallow the Lin family whole, is a member of the Zhao family!"

"Now, do you believe me?" Ye Feng looked at her. "Your uncle, Zhao Hui whom your uncle had your aunt drag out that night, and this CDH Capital today—they seem to be connected in many ways, but actually, if you trace them up one by one, the person holding all three of them has always been just one hand!"

Lin Yuqing took a deep breath, forcing her heart, which had just plummeted to rock bottom, to calm down again. Strangely, after learning that her opponent was a big boss like the Zhao family, her worries and anxieties disappeared. This was because the most terrifying thing was not the strength of the enemy, but the unknown enemy hiding in the shadows.

Now that they have shown their claws, a battle plan has emerged for this engagement.

"CDH Capital is the Zhao family's front man: is that point," she raised her head, her eyes flashing, "usable?"

"It's not just usable, it's their most fatal weakness in the whole game." Ye Feng smiled, his eyes gleaming with calculation: "The Zhao family went to such lengths to put on the guise of CDH Investments before daring to storm in, wasn't it all for a legitimate reason? As a shareholder of a so-called neutral institution that has nothing to do with the Lin family, they can question your moral bottom line, question your mother's shares, and force you to hand over power, all while appearing reasonable and compliant at every step."

"However, once this disguise is exposed to all the shareholders in the conference room, it will be revealed that 'CDH Capital' is actually a vicious dog that the Zhao family has infiltrated to devour the Lin family, skin and bones..."

"Then even that face that claims to care about all shareholders becomes the biggest joke in the world!" Lin Yuqing continued, speaking faster and faster, her eyes growing brighter, the pent-up anger in her chest finally bursting out after being held back all morning:

"A sworn enemy who's been trying every trick in the book to swallow up the Lin Group, is now using the guise of protecting the interests of all shareholders to question my authority as president and freeze my mother's shares—this is the biggest and most blatant conflict of interest!"

"They're not standing on the side of justice at all. They're invaders, thieves!"

"Hmm," Ye Feng snapped his fingers, giving her a satisfied look. "The intelligence has arrived, and the knife is sharpened. After the recess, take this piece of meat and, in front of all the shareholders, peel it for them yourself."

Lin Yu met his gaze and smiled.

That smile held the joy of breaking the deadlock, the momentum of a reversal, and even more so, a deep sense of dependence on the man beside her that she herself had never realized.

In just over half an hour and a single phone call, he dragged out this big guy who had been driving him crazy! With a man like this standing behind him, why would he be afraid?

"Let's go!" She turned around and stood up straight again, her high heels clicking on the ground with each step. "Let's go back and teach this wolf a lesson!"

She took a few steps, then suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Ye Feng, and said, "Ye Feng... we've gotten through this today. But since the Zhao family has made their move, they won't give up just because they lost once. Dinghui Capital is just one name on the surface; who knows how many more are operating underground!"

"I know!" Ye Feng nodded, his expression turning grave. "A family that can quietly amass wealth among the four great clans and achieve such power within their circles must possess cunning, ruthlessness, and patience! Today you've only scratched the surface; they'll become even more cunning and vicious in the future!"

"That……"

"Bring it on, we'll deal with it!" Ye Feng interrupted her, grinning. "They have their Zhao family, you have your Lin family, and behind you..." Ye Feng patted his chest, "there's also Ye Tepin, who earns 100,000 yuan a month. What's there to be afraid of?"

Lin Yuqing couldn't help but laugh at Ye Feng's shameless appearance. With a "pfft," she felt much more relaxed after days of suppressed emotions.

"You're such a smooth talker!" She glared at Ye Feng, but the hint of a smile remained in her eyes. "Don't get too cocky!"

With this person around, even the most difficult problems are manageable. Lin Yuqing suddenly realized that taking this guy home and keeping him around, almost as if by some strange twist of fate, might have been one of the smartest things she'd ever done. Hiring the best legal team might not be enough to uncover the deeply hidden Zhao family's front man within half an hour; hiring the best public relations experts might not be enough to turn a dead end into a victory. But this guy, with just one phone call and an hour and a half, resolved everything without asking for a single penny.

100,000 a month? Even a million would be worth it!

Taking a deep breath, she turned and walked into the meeting room first. This time, her steps were heavy and firm!

Just then, the bell signaling the end of the recess rang softly.

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