Unparalleled medical and martial arts skills, saving the CEO's fiancée at the start.

Ye Chen was too lazy to pay attention to Zhou Tianhao, after all, in his eyes Zhou Tianhao was just a nobody.

Ye Chen always wanted to provoke someone like Zhou Tianhao whenever he saw him.

Seeing Zhou Tianhao's angry expression really made him feel relieved.

The Zhou family truly lives up to their reputation as an upper-class family in Jiangcheng. The layout of their villa is simply perfect; describing it as luxurious and extravagant would not be an exaggeration at all.

Jiang Ruoxi glanced at the people present; she recognized most of them: Li Chengwen, president of Wansheng Group; Han Tingshan, the tycoon of Jiangcheng's textbook industry; Chen Haomin, the owner of Huayu Amusement Park; Su Yunian, the energy giant of Jiangcheng…

The Zhou family has real influence; almost all the prominent figures in Jiangcheng are gathered in the hall. No wonder Zhou Xinde said it would be helpful for Jiang Ruoxi's new energy project.

Ye Chen knew several of them, and they had collaborations with the Jiang Group.

Ye Chen glanced at these business tycoons and paid them little attention.

Among them, the person Ye Chen was most concerned about was Su Yunian, the president of Jiangcheng Energy Group.

This woman was about the same age as Jiang Ruoxi. She rarely smiled in public. She was 1.7 meters tall, wearing a black dress. Her features were delicate and beautiful, and she had a kind of dignified and heroic air that gave people a sense of distance that made strangers want to stay away.

Su Yunian stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a glass of red wine, showing no intention of communicating with anyone.

Several young men who wanted to approach her were deterred by her powerful aura before they even got close, and they sighed and went to offer toasts to others instead.

Ye Chen couldn't help but glance at Su Yunian a few more times.

This wasn't because Ye Chen was lustful at first sight. Although Su Yunian was indeed quite beautiful, and she and Jiang Ruoxi each had their own merits, Ye Chen found that there was something about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

The feeling emanating from Su Yunian was not the kind of aura sensing that martial artists have, nor could it be explained by any of the aura-gazing techniques his master had taught him. It was simply a pure intuition that told him this woman was no ordinary person.

"Honey, do you know who Su Yunian is?"

Ye Chen nudged Jiang Ruoxi lightly with his elbow and gestured with his chin toward the corner.

Jiang Ruoxi followed his gaze and quickly spotted Su Yunian: "Jiangcheng Energy Group is the largest energy company in Jiangcheng. Su Yunian took over as president three years ago when she was only 23 years old. She is the youngest head of a multi-billion-dollar company in Jiangcheng."

"Younger than you? How is that possible? Are you still single?"

Ye Chen was somewhat surprised; he had once again entered a "getting beaten up" mode.

Jiang Ruoxi was 24 years old when she took over the Jiang Group, which was already considered a legend in Jiangcheng's business world. She never expected that there would be someone even more formidable than her.

"Why don't you go by yourself? You're a year younger than me!"

Jiang Ruoxi spoke calmly, her words filled with admiration.

"She is ruthless and efficient, and has a nickname in Jiangcheng's business circles: Black Rose."

"Black Rose? The thorny kind? That name suits her quite well." Ye Chen couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.

"She's not just prickly; she's even more ruthless than a man. Last year, a competitor sabotaged her project, but she remained silent on the surface. Currently, that competitor is still in jail, reportedly sentenced to twelve years."

Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine after hearing this, and he looked at Su Yunian again.

It's hard to believe that such a young and beautiful woman could be so ruthless.

As expected, no woman who can gain a foothold in Jiangcheng's business world is easy to deal with.

His cold-faced wife is like that, and so is that black rose.

Just as Ye Chen was sizing up Su Yunian, Su Yunian seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head.

Two people, four eyes collided.

Su Yunian's eyes were as cold as Jiang Ruoxi's, but unlike Jiang Ruoxi's aloofness, her coldness carried a ruthless edge.

Su Yunian looked at Ye Chen without any change in expression. She stared at him for three seconds, then raised her glass of red wine and gestured to Ye Chen from afar.

Ye Chen paused for a moment, then raised his champagne glass in return.

Su Yunian took a sip of red wine, put down her glass, and walked towards Ye Chen.

Su Yunian's pace was neither fast nor slow, her high heels making a crisp sound on the marble floor, each step carrying a confident air of control.

The surrounding guests unconsciously made way for her, and several people wanted to greet her, but swallowed their words after seeing her expressionless face.

Su Yunian stopped in front of Ye Chen and Jiang Ruoxi, her gaze first falling on Jiang Ruoxi, and a smile appeared on her face: "President Jiang, hello, it's been a long time."

"President Su, it's been two or three months since we last met after the energy summit."

"No, it should be exactly three months and five days." Su Yunian gave the exact number, which showed her meticulousness.

Su Yunian turned to look at Ye Chen, her sharp eyes filled with admiration: "This must be Mr. Ye Chen, who has recently turned Jiangcheng upside down. I've heard so much about you."

Ye Chen felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze. He didn't like being scrutinized like prey, but he still wore that nonchalant smile: "President Su is joking. I'm just an ordinary security guard. I'm not as amazing as you make me out to be. I'm just trying to make a living."

"A regular security guard?"

Su Yunian looked at Ye Chen in disbelief.

"Mr. Ye, many of Ma Wu's men are still in the hospital, and Zhou Tianhao's cast hasn't been removed yet. Do you think what you've done is something an ordinary security guard could do?"

Ye Chen's smile vanished, and he was a little embarrassed, unsure of what to say.

This woman knows far too much about him! It seems her intelligence network is even more powerful than he imagined.

Jiang Ruoxi took a half step forward without making a sound, intentionally or unintentionally blocking Ye Chen from going back: "President Su, what brings you to the Zhou family's banquet today? I remember you didn't usually attend these kinds of events."

Su Yunian turned her gaze from Ye Chen to Jiang Ruoxi: "The Zhou family head personally called to invite me, so I can't refuse. Besides, I'm also very curious about what kind of man you, Jiang Ruoxi, would make an exception and bring along to formal occasions."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruoxi was at a loss for words; Su Yunian was right.

Everyone in Jiangcheng's business circles knows that Jiang Ruoxi, the president of the Jiang Group, never gets close to men and always goes alone on any formal occasion, at most accompanied by a female secretary.

Su Yunian is indeed Su Yunian; she saw through the mystery with just one sentence.

"Isn't President Su's curiosity a bit too much?" Jiang Ruoxi's voice turned even colder.

Su Yunian smiled gently, a smile that held an inscrutable quality: "President Jiang, please don't misunderstand, I mean no harm. I just find this Mr. Ye quite interesting. He can make Li Chengwen suffer, make Ma Wu back down, and make the Zhou family father and son grit their teeth yet be powerless against him. I'm quite curious, which school of thought does Mr. Ye belong to?"

Ye Chen became secretly on guard.

Su Yunian went through a lot of trouble, but the last sentence was the key point; she was trying to probe his background.