To marry into the family in place of his brother? Impossible!

After the door closed, Jiang Zhe stood alone in the room, raised his hand to touch the scar on his face, and slowly slid his fingers down along the lines of the scar.

"Heh, what am I? Fine, I'd like to show everyone what I really am!"

He stood quietly by the window for a while, then smiled, somewhat neurotically!

Meanwhile, in the port city, Jiang Jinhuan was walking from the end of the corridor toward Sister Yao, who was waiting there.

He walked over to Sister Yao and stood in front of her.

Sister Yao looked up at him. "What did you say to Bai Zifeng just now?"

Jiang Jinhuan chuckled. "It's nothing, just a warning to him to stay away from you. I'm not petty!"

Sister Yao was stunned; she seemed somewhat at a loss.

She could tell that he clearly treated her as his possession.

But why didn't she seem angry at all?

Her eyes darted away, a hint of panic in them. "You went to bring this up specifically?"

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Jinhuan glanced at her, his tone as usual, "He keeps coming over here; it's an eyesore."

Sister Yao didn't reply immediately, but a slight smile played on her lips. "Alright, I understand! Let's go back."

On the way back, the atmosphere in the car became even more ambiguous than when we arrived.

Sister Yao leaned against the car window, tilting her head to look at the streetlights flashing by outside. She seemed lost in thought, the slight smile on her lips never quite disappearing.

Jiang Jinhuan's expression remained unchanged. When he left, he looked at Bai Zifeng's unpleasant face through the rearview mirror and felt unusually comfortable.

"Hehe, Bai Zifeng, I don't believe you can still hold back!" Jiang Jinhuan was like a chess player, placing a piece on the chessboard.

The car stopped in front of the villa. As Sister Yao got out, she glanced back at him, her voice tinged with shyness: "It's getting late. You can rest here. The guest room is ready."

Jiang Jinhuan looked at the villa in front of him.

The nanny had already left.

In other words, if he goes in, it will be a situation where a man and a woman are alone together.

A woman, a single and beautiful woman, invites a man to her home.

Even a fool could guess what would happen next.

Jiang Jinhuan lowered his head, a flash of intense disgust crossing his eyes!

He tapped lightly on the car door with his fingers, and just then his phone vibrated.

Jiang Jinhuan smiled, as if he had been waiting for this call.

He casually glanced at his phone, then said to Sister Yao, "I'm taking this call."

I took two steps away and pressed the call button.

Liangzi's voice came through the phone, tinged with impatience: "What is it you want? Why do you have to make me call at this hour? I just finished showering..."

"Okay," Jiang Jinhuan interrupted him, his voice neither too loud nor too soft, "I'm coming over now."

After hanging up the phone, he turned and walked towards Sister Yao, his tone slightly apologetic: "Sister Yao, unfortunately, Liangzi has some urgent business to attend to, so I have to go over there. I won't be staying tonight."

Sister Yao stood at the door and paused slightly upon hearing this.

She didn't ask any further questions, simply nodding: "Okay, go ahead then."

Jiang Jinhuan turned around and got into the car.

After starting the car, it drove out of the villa gate on the hillside.

Watching the car drive away, Sister Yao stomped her foot, her face full of resentment.

"That bastard Liangzi, I'll get you relegated to some backwater sooner or later!"

Jiang Jinhuan drove to another residence.

Today, he and Sister Yao were the only ones at the seminar; Liangzi and Ergou didn't come along.

This also illustrates his current status.

No one here anymore considers him the kidnapped person.

But just as Liangzi said before, he can't leave yet.

In addition, he also promised the police that he would provide evidence of Tai's crimes.

As I walked into the house, I saw Liangzi coming out of the bathroom, drying his hair. "What the hell are you doing? I just washed my hair and haven't even dried it yet, and you're making me call you?"

Jiang Jinhuan smiled and said, "You'll find out later."

Liangzi scoffed and sat down on the sofa, opening a bottle of beer.

"Ah—this place is so much better!"

At this moment, Er Gou also walked over. "Indeed, the only problem is that I can't just pick up girls like I used to in Jiangcheng!"

"You'd better behave yourself. The reason we're here is because we're behaving ourselves. If you do anything illegal or criminal and ruin Sister Yao's plans to clean up her act, not only Sister Yao, but Uncle Tai will kill you!"

Er Gou said, "I was just saying. Right now, we have money and time. If something can be solved with money, who would be blind enough to use another method?"

Liangzi said, "That's good! As long as Heng-ge is around, we can continue to live a carefree life!"

Jiang Jinhuan chuckled as he listened to their conversation.

This isn't the mainland, but it's more open. With money, you can do almost anything, and the risks are minimal.

They're not stupid; they have no reason to do anything illegal.

Jiang Jinhuan tidied up and went to his room.

"Now, Bai Zifeng, what will you do?"

……

Bai Zifeng was on the phone with his family at that moment.

"Dad, don't you want to establish yourself in Hong Kong as soon as possible?!"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Dad, the business world in Hong Kong is a mixed bag. Now that we have the Xiao family as our backing, opening up the Hong Kong market won't be difficult at all, as long as we're willing!"

After a few seconds of hesitation, the person on the other end asked, "What are your thoughts?"

"Dad, the gray industries in Hong Kong aren't allowed in the mainland, but that's not necessarily true here. We might be able to get involved in those quick money-making schemes. What we need now is time and money; we can't afford to waste any more time!"

"If you can arrange a marriage with the Xiao family as soon as possible, will these problems still be problems?"

Bai Zifeng's face froze, looking somewhat uneasy and resentful: "Dad, Xiao Jin'er's suggestion of a trial period is clearly an attempt to stall us. Who knows how long she'll keep going? Things could get complicated if we wait too long; we need to be prepared!"

The Xiao family is a top-tier wealthy family, and even a marriage alliance is not something that can be arranged casually.

You have to find someone with good character.

Xiao Jin'er proposed this probationary period, and even her parents couldn't say anything about it.

The other branches wouldn't care either; ultimately, if they wanted to arrange a marriage as soon as possible, Xiao Jin'er had to agree.

However, he recently discovered that Xiao Jin'er's attitude towards him has always been lukewarm, or even distant.

He figured this so-called probationary period would probably take at least a year and a half to end.

But the Bai family branch cannot afford to wait.

If his family is willing to invest here, he can control the resources here, and then he will have absolute say. So what if that little bastard comes back to his ancestral home?

He'll have plenty of ways to deal with that little bastard and that bitch when the time comes!

On the other end of the phone, Bai Jianshe remained silent; the family's situation was not good.

His investments in Jiangcheng were all swallowed up, and he can no longer enter Jiangcheng.

As for Hong Kong, although there is no formal marriage alliance with the Xiao family, the title of marriage alliance has been established.

If I fully commit to entering the Hong Kong market and can quickly accumulate wealth, my family members might support me.

"Okay, I agree. I'll arrange for someone to go there. You just need to keep an eye on things and avoid getting involved if possible!"

On the other end of the phone, Bai Zifeng's expression turned grim.

It was obvious that his own father no longer believed him.