Volume One, Chapter 52: The Showdown Begins, The Reckoning Commences

Yan Fengjia was furious.

If anything happened to his seventh senior sister because of him, how could he ever face his seventh master?

"Fengjia, don't be impulsive. If your seventh senior sister still has value to the Ye family, they would never kill her at a time like this."

Returning to the Hundred Herb Hall, Jin Linglong stepped forward to comfort Yan Fengjia.

Among the seven senior sisters, Gusu Yanyrou had the weakest abilities, showing only fleeting enthusiasm for anything she studied.

At twenty-one, she took charge of the Junlin Group, and looking at Yan Fengjia lying in agony on his bed, she had told him:

When he returned after mastering his skills, she would guard the Junlin Group for him, ensuring he would one day be able to stand against the Jiang family.

Holding his phone, Yan Fengjia wanted several times to dial Yan Qiluo's number.

To make her mobilize the connections of the Jiang family's Heavenly Palace, but he could not do that.

If he went to war with the Jiang family prematurely, what would happen to his father?

What would happen to Sister Wanqiu?

"Fengjia, calm down, relax, it will be fine," Jin Linglong embraced Yan Fengjia, saying softly, "Your sixth senior sister is still right here, there's nothing to worry about."

"If my seventh senior sister is harmed, I will make everyone in the Ye family die for it."

"Rest assured, I have already sent people to investigate. I believe we will soon find out where the seventh is being held."

Meanwhile, on the other side, the members of the Ye family had rushed to the Su family to demand answers.

The building was completely empty, and the sight before him sent a chill straight down Elder Ye's spine.

He tried calling Old Master Su, but the number was now a disconnected line.

"Grandfather, what on earth is going on here? Could Yan Feng be in trouble?"

Elder Ye, who had been worried just moments before, suddenly burst into roaring laughter.

This scene left the brother and sister completely dumbfounded.

"Grandfather, what are you laughing at?"

Elder Ye patted Ye Ningshuang's shoulder. "Girl, it truly seems that our Ye family is about to rise to greatness."

"Grandfather, what... what do you mean by this?" Ye Xiaotian asked on the side, looking baffled.

"Have you not figured it out yet? That old dog Su is finished, and he still doesn't realize that Yan Feng is the junior brother of Master Jin Linglong from the Hundred Herb Hall."

"Since he has offended Jin Linglong, who in the entire Junlin Group would dare to protect him?"

"Now that the Su family has abandoned their estate and fled, it's clear they have run away in terror."

Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian was overjoyed. "Then doesn't that mean, right now..."

"Indeed," Elder Ye said with a gratified expression. "Yan Feng is truly the lucky star of our Ye family. Not only did he cure my illness, but now he has even helped the Ye family eliminate a major competitor."

Ye Ningshuang, standing to the side, remained silent.

No one knew what she was thinking.

Elder Ye continued, "Even if you know about this, keep it to yourselves. This is a good thing, a tremendously good thing."

For the sake of his granddaughter, Yan Feng had wiped out the entire Su family, which showed he was quite satisfied with her.

Since that was the case, they needed to strike while the iron was hot and fully embrace Yan Feng as one of their own family.

"Tomorrow, notify Yan Feng to come to the house, and tell him I have a matter of utmost importance that requires his help."

"Grandfather, could you possibly..." Ye Xiaotian imagined a certain possibility.

Elder Ye nodded. "Now that Yan Feng has already sided with us, how could we treat him as an outsider? It is time."

...

The next day, Yan Fengjia indeed received a call from Ye Xiaotian.

He was invited to attend a family meeting at the Ye residence.

Right at that moment, Jin Linglong brought some good news.

"Fengjia, we've found the seventh. She was locked up by the Ye family in the basement of an old ancestral estate."

Hearing this, Yan Fengjia let out a long breath, the heavy stone in his chest finally dropping, but the next second, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

At noon...

The Ye residence.

Yan Fengjia arrived at the Ye family estate alone.

Seeing Yan Fengjia appear, Elder Ye smiled broadly, stepped forward, and grasped Yan Fengjia's hand.

"Yan Feng, you've finally come. I was afraid you wouldn't grace us with your presence."

Yan Fengjia offered a hollow, mirthless smile. Once his seventh senior sister was rescued, he would no longer need to keep up this charade.

"What is Elder Ye saying? Since you think so highly of a junior like me and invited me to your family meeting, of course I had to come."

As he spoke, Yan Fengjia glanced at Ye Ningshuang. She looked somewhat distracted, and the two merely exchanged a brief glance.

"Come, walk with me inside," Elder Ye said, pulling Yan Fengjia along.

He acted as though Yan Fengjia had already been accepted as his future grandson-in-law.

"Brother," Ye Ningshuang grabbed Ye Xiaotian's sleeve.

"What is wrong with you? My future brother-in-law is here, why don't you look happy at all?" Ye Xiaotian had noticed that Ye Ningshuang had been gloomy since yesterday.

"Brother, our family is already wealthy enough. Can't you talk to grandfather and just call it a day, stop right here?"

Ye Xiaotian's expression darkened. "Stop?"

"Ningshuang, how do you think you've lived a life free from worries since you were a child?"

"It is because your brother has shielded you from the wind and the rain."

"Why do you think Grandfather and I push ourselves so hard?"

"Back then, our parents died in a car crash precisely because of the vicious power struggles over the Junlin Group."

"I told myself back then that I must make the Ye family strong, so powerful that no one would ever dare lay a hand on my family again."

"Ye Ningshuang, you can afford to be a kind, innocent little princess, but you need to understand one harsh reality first."

"In the Junlin Group, if you don't claw your way upward, you will be trampled beneath everyone else's feet."

"That's right, we want to win over Yan Feng, but don't you have feelings for him?"

"This is a win-win situation, isn't it?"

Ye Ningshuang lowered her head. "I don't like him anymore either."

"In the end... he is just like you people. I hate you all."

Ye Ningshuang turned around and walked away.

"You come back here," Ye Xiaotian called out, wanting to chase after her.

His subordinate walked up to him. "Young Master, the Elder tells you to hurry inside, the meeting is beginning."

Sighing, Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to turn back.

Inside the conference room.

Yan Fengjia smiled faintly. "Does Elder Ye mean to say that you kidnapped Gusu Yanyrou, and now, as long as she hands over her shares, the entire Junlin Group will belong to the Ye family in the future?"

Elder Ye nodded. "Yan Feng, I treat you as one of our own, which is why I'm sharing this secret with you."

"Once I take control of the Junlin Group, our two families will join forces. Who in the capital could possibly stand against us then?"

"No, not just the capital—the entire commercial and medical world of China."

Yan Fengjia smiled indifferently. "What is Elder Ye trying to get at?"

"What I mean is, I want our two families to become even closer by marriage. Once you and our Ningshuang marry under the witness of the entire capital's elite, the world will be ours."

"That's right, brother-in-law, didn't you want to make a name for yourself when you first came to the capital?"

"What do you think?"

Yan Fengjia fell silent, then countered with a question, "What does Miss Ye think of this?"

The two men exchanged a glance. "Naturally, my sister is fond of you, otherwise she wouldn't have gone out with you yesterday."

"In short, brother-in-law, just give us a straight answer. Do you agree or not? If you agree, the Elder and I will immediately have someone calculate an auspicious wedding date and arrange the marriage with your senior sister as a witness."

Yan Fengjia's phone rang.

A text message from his sixth senior sister, Jin Linglong, popped up on the screen.

"Done!"

Reading it, Yan Fengjia let out a long sigh of relief, then lit a cigarette as the smile vanished completely from his face.

Seeing Yan Fengjia remain silent, Elder Ye took the initiative to say, "I guarantee that in the future, the Junlin Group will be split seven-to-three, consider that part of my Ye family's betrothal gift. How about that?"

Suddenly, at that exact moment, Ye Xiaotian's phone rang, the urgent ringing interrupting the conversation.

"Grandfather, please excuse me for a moment."

Ye Xiaotian walked out smiling, but the moment he finished the call, his entire expression shifted drastically.

He burst back into the conference room, locked his eyes onto Yan Fengjia, and roared, "You dared to play me! Who the hell are you?!"

"Xiaotian, what madness are you up to?" Elder Ye scolded when he saw his grandson acting this way.

Without answering, Ye Xiaotian rushed forward, grabbed Yan Fengjia by the collar, his eyes bloodshot and filled with rage.

"Who the hell are you? Speak!"

Although Yan Fengjia did not know how the other party had started suspecting him right after a phone call, his objective of buying time had been fully achieved.

Yan Fengjia took a deep drag from his cigarette. "Didn't I already tell you?"

"My surname is Yan, my name is Yan Fengjia. My seventh senior sister is Gusu Yanyrou, and my sixth senior sister is Jin Linglong. Whether it is the Junlin Group or the Hundred Herb Hall, I am the master of them both."

"What did you say?!" Elder Ye's smiling face instantly turned pale with shock.