With three supreme masters, they were invincible upon descending the mountain.

Dinner was great.

Li Yuxiu prepared twelve dishes, filling the entire table.

"Yaocheng, eat more!"

She kept piling food onto Ye Yaocheng's plate, making the bowl look like a small mountain.

"This is braised pork ribs, your favorite. This is steamed sea bass, it's very fresh..."

Ji Mingyue sat opposite her, watching her intently, and couldn't help but ask, "Mom, I'm your biological daughter, aren't I?"

She pointed to her almost empty bowl: "Isn't this so unfair?"

"Favoritism?" Li Yuxiu glared at her. "When you were making a scene about divorcing Yaocheng, why didn't you ask your mother if she agreed?"

Ji Mingyue choked for a moment: "I...I was just saying it casually..."

"Just saying?"

Li Yuxiu slammed down her chopsticks and stood up.

"I don't care! You have to sleep with Yaocheng tonight! I don't need to tell you what to do, right?"

She put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm eager to hold my grandson!"

Ye Yaocheng was engrossed in his meal when he heard this, and his eyes lit up.

He recalled the scene he had witnessed during the day: Ji Mingyue lying on the bed, her robe slightly open, her skin snow-white, her legs long and slender…

His gaze unconsciously intensified.

Ji Mingyue blushed and turned to look at Ji Zheng, her eyes filled with pleading.

Ji Zheng straightened his back.

Although he found Ye Yaocheng much more agreeable, it didn't mean he was willing to give away the cabbage he had raised for twenty years.

"Um... Mingyue."

He cleared his throat: "You've almost recovered. Shouldn't we restart our cooperation with the Wang family?"

The topic shift was very abrupt.

But it works.

Ji Mingyue fell silent.

She picked up her chopsticks and slowly ate the rice in her bowl.

The collaboration with the Wang family was something she achieved after working seven sleepless nights to develop a proposal and establishing contact. She then spent countless hours and money cultivating relationships to secure the opportunity.

But now, Ji Yun and his son have taken the fruits of their labor.

It's not impossible to take it back.

But it's really difficult.

It's almost like starting all over again.

"Dad, Mom."

Ye Yaocheng suddenly spoke up: "I can give it a try with the Wang family."

Three pairs of eyes turned to him simultaneously.

Ji Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then revealed a disdainful expression: "You? A mere illegitimate son of the Ye family, how much influence could you possibly have?"

"Even if you can collect the Black Dragon Society's debt through your own strength, so what? In front of the Wang family, it's all insignificant."

He was about to continue speaking when he suddenly felt a chill down his back.

Li Yuxiu glanced at them.

Ji Zheng shrank his neck and buried his head in his rice.

"Yaocheng, don't listen to your dad."

Li Yuxiu turned to Ye Yaocheng, her voice gentle: "Tell me first, what's your plan?"

"When I went to the Black Dragon Society to collect debts before, I met a member of the Wang family."

Ye Yaocheng put down his chopsticks: "The chat... went quite smoothly."

"Someone from the Wang family?" Ji Zheng couldn't help but interject again. "Come on! He's probably just a servant! Look how smug you are!"

The voice just fell.

He felt another chill run down his spine, tinged with a murderous aura.

Turning his head, he met Li Yuxiu's cold gaze.

"...I'm eating."

Ji Zheng quickly lowered his head and shoveled rice into his mouth.

He sighed inwardly: that sweet little sister who used to chase after him every day calling him "brother" before they got married is really gone forever. It's so sad.

"That Wang family member you know..."

Ji Mingyue suddenly spoke, her voice very soft: "Is it a man or a woman?"

"A woman," Ye Yaocheng said casually. "What's wrong?"

Ji Mingyue tightened her grip on the chopsticks.

She didn't say anything.

A few seconds later, she put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm full."

After saying that, he got up and went back to his room.

His back view looked a bit cold.

Li Yuxiu glanced at her daughter, then at Ye Yaocheng, a smile flashing in her eyes.

As someone who's been through it all, she immediately saw through some of the tricks of the trade.

She nudged Ye Yaocheng: "Your wife is unhappy, go and comfort her."

Ye Yaocheng was taken aback: "Unhappy? Why?"

"Silly boy!"

Li Yuxiu laughed and scolded, "Go quickly!"

Ye Yaocheng reluctantly went upstairs. Although he had feelings for Wang Shiyu, he was, after all, a married man. What was Ji Mingyue thinking?

Only the couple remained in the restaurant.

Ji Zheng put down his chopsticks and let out a long sigh.

"If it really doesn't work out..." he said in a low voice, "I'll just withdraw from the race for clan leadership."

Li Yuxiu frowned: "What are you saying? Look at Ji Yun's sour face, are you satisfied with that?"

"What can I do even if I'm unwilling to accept it?"

Ji Zheng smiled bitterly: "We haven't completely fallen out yet, so it's not too late to back out. But once things are really out in the open, if we win, that's fine. But if we lose, given Ji Yun's personality, our fate will be even worse."

He looked towards the second floor: "Why not break away from the family as soon as possible? I've saved a lot of money over the years, and with Mingyue's business acumen, I might be able to make a comeback in the future."

Li Yuxiu stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled.

"I didn't expect... you're actually quite intelligent."

Ji Zheng was taken aback, then his face showed an expression of being flattered.

After more than 20 years of marriage, this was the first time Li Yuxiu had praised him for being "intelligent".

The two locked eyes, their gazes meeting.

……

Second-floor bedroom.

Ji Mingyue stood by the window, looking at the night outside, lost in thought.

The door was pushed open, and Ye Yaocheng walked in.

"Don't interfere in the cooperation."

Ji Mingyue didn't turn around; her voice was cold.

"Why?" Ye Yaocheng asked.

"I've said before that we're not compatible. If we really get together, it will cause you a lot of trouble."

Ye Yaocheng smiled.

His smile held undisguised contempt: "Those so-called troubles are nothing to me."

With his current strength, at the very least, there is no one in the entire Linjiang who can withstand a single blow from him.

He stopped in front of Ji Mingyue and looked down at her: "Let's think about when Mom can hold her grandson."

He leaned closer and lowered his voice: "Wife."

"Don't you dare call me that!"

Ji Mingyue's eyes turned cold.

The next second, a sharp aura erupted from her!

Foundation Establishment Stage 1!

The true energy surged, and the curtains moved automatically even without wind.

Ye Yaocheng thought to himself: With an innate spiritual body and a system, the cultivation speed is indeed terrifying.

Unfortunately, she was facing Ye Yaocheng.

"Not bad."

Ye Yaocheng remained unfazed and continued walking forward, completely unaffected.

step.

Two steps.

Although Ye Yaocheng did not release the slightest bit of his aura, at this moment he was sharp and dignified, like a giant walking towards her step by step, putting immense pressure on her.

"You...you stay away!"

Ji Mingyue panicked and retreated step by step.

Until his back hit the wall, with nowhere left to retreat.

Ye Yaocheng stretched out his right hand and braced it against the wall next to her ear.

Trapped her between his arms and the wall.

"What's wrong?"

He looked down into her eyes, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

"Didn't the 'thing' inside you tell you about the little bit of strength I deliberately displayed?"

Ji Mingyue's pupils contracted.

Deliberate?

Was he doing it on purpose?

Taking advantage of her momentary daze, Ye Yaocheng bent down and swept her up in his arms!

"what!"

Ji Mingyue exclaimed in surprise.

He was thrown onto the bed!

She tried to get up, but Ye Yaocheng had already pressed down on her!

His hands were held down tightly.

"Let me go—!"

"Shhh."

Ye Yaocheng lowered his head, his lips almost touching her ear:

"My dear wife, if you keep making such a fuss, it won't be good for Mom and Dad. They need to rest too."

A warm breath brushed against my ear.

Ji Mingyue's body stiffened.

The next second—

Ye Yaocheng kissed her.

The moment their lips touched, Ji Mingyue's eyes widened in surprise.

This was the first time in her life she had been kissed by a man, and in such a domineering way no less.

Her mind went blank.

A few seconds later.

Ye Yaocheng stood up and released her.

He turned around, took out a quilt from the wardrobe, and spread it on the floor: "Since you don't like me..."

"Then I'll come back less often in the future."

Ye Yaocheng lay down, his back to her: "But what I do outside is none of your business."

The voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable authority.

Ji Mingyue sat on the bed, staring blankly at his back.

The warm touch still lingered on my lips.

My mind is in complete turmoil.

Ye Yaocheng, who had his back to her, had a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth. His lips... were so moist.

For a strong woman like this, blind obedience won't work. You have to take it step by step, using both gentle and firm approaches, to achieve the desired outcome.