The male supporting character was actually myself.

He angrily hung up the phone, the old man's white beard twitching as he sulked.

"Is that Ah Zhong on the phone?" The old lady came over after hearing the news, and asked with a slight frown, "Isn't he coming?"

"He's not coming! He said an important project fell through and he couldn't get away. He's the good son you raised, but look at him, he's getting worse every year. He's only filial in words."

The old lady was also very angry. Last year, her son had brought his illegitimate child to celebrate her birthday, but Xingluo had disappeared without a trace. Who would have the heart to celebrate?

This year, my eldest grandson finally came back and has been studying hard and making progress. I was thinking of having a big celebration, but I didn't expect my son to not come!

"They're really starting to disregard their parents more and more," she muttered to herself, feeling resentful. She picked up her phone to find her eldest grandson's number and call him.

Before her old eyesight had faded and she could find the number, she heard a car approaching from the gate of the courtyard.

"Grandpa and Grandma, I smelled the delicious aroma as soon as I walked in! What are you making?" Ye Xingluo walked in carrying a gift box, smiling broadly as she presented the gift with both hands. "Happy birthday, Grandpa!"

Jiang Chen, carrying a large custom-made cake and gift box, smiled and said, "Wishing the old man boundless happiness and longevity."

The elderly couple, who had been feeling down, were instantly overjoyed and hurriedly invited them into the house.

"If we're talking about thoughtfulness, it has to be my eldest grandson!"

"Dr. Han is still as sweet-talking as ever. Come inside and have some tea. We'll eat in a bit!"

"I had the kitchen prepare this early this morning; it's all your favorite dishes. Eat plenty later..."

Taking advantage of the elderly couple's good mood, Ye Xinglu sat down opposite the old man and placed the gift box on the table. "Grandpa, today's birthday gift is a bit special. I would like you and Grandma to open it together."

"Why are you being so secretive about giving a gift?" the old lady said with a kind smile, sitting down next to her husband and nudging him with her elbow. "Hurry up and open it to see what surprise Xingluo has prepared."

One minute he was being ignored by his son, the next minute his grandson came over with a beaming smile to wish him a happy birthday. The old man felt much better. He put on his reading glasses and solemnly untied the ribbon on the gift box and opened it.

"This is……"

The elderly couple were taken aback when they saw the thick stack of file folders inside.

"I was really too ignorant before because no one was there to discipline me, and I caused my grandparents a lot of trouble and made you worry a lot," Ye Xingluo explained solemnly. "After experiencing hardships, I finally realized my mistakes."

Last year, while I was working hard to pass the entrance exam for a continuing education program, I also tried starting my own business with the help of Dr. Han.

Now that I've finally achieved some results, I want to show them to my grandparents!

After carefully examining each item in the file folder to confirm that there were no forgeries, the old man's expression turned serious. "Xingluo, Taobao, which became a nationwide sensation as soon as it was launched, was created and built up by you?"

"Oh my goodness, this is incredible!" The old lady examined the transaction records and accounts with a shocked expression. "My child, how did you do that?"

The classic scene of showing off and getting slapped in the face wasn't as dramatic as in the novel, thanks to Cat's restraint.

But the elderly couple were still so shocked that they couldn't recover for a while.

Both of them were once prominent figures in the business world, and even now, in their old age and retirement, they still keep up with the news in this field. When they learned that the online platform Taobao had become a nationwide sensation and an indispensable shopping app, they exclaimed that the younger generation is surpassing the older.

But no one expected that this rising star was actually their own eldest grandson, who had been hiding so well!

The old man still couldn't believe it, so he dragged Ye Xingluo into the study and "interrogated" her for a long time.

Fortunately, under Jiang Chen's strong pressure, Cat has been involved in every detail of the business from the beginning to the present. Therefore, he can answer the old man's questions fluently and even gave him a brief introduction to the prospects of the mobile game industry he is currently working in.

Chapter 45: Max-Level Veteran Guides Newbie

Three things happened after the birthday banquet: First, the elderly couple "unintentionally" revealed information during a casual chat with Dr. Han that Ye Xingchen had repeatedly failed in his business ventures after being kicked out of the group, and that Ye Zhong was not coming to celebrate the birthday today because he was there to help him negotiate and prepare for his third business venture.

Secondly, Dr. Han's words were still loaded with meaning. She mentioned that Ye Zhong brought a young girl home and asked him to help regulate her body. It seemed that her endocrine imbalance was serious and that she had probably taken too many birth control pills, which had damaged her body and made it impossible for her to have children.

Thirdly, after dinner, when Xingluo was about to leave, the elderly couple who had been whispering about him for a long time called him into the bedroom. When he came out, he had a green jade thumb ring on his left thumb, which looked a little old-fashioned but very impressive.

"Harvest successful!" Stepping out of the courtyard, Ye Xingluo raised her left hand, giving a thumbs-up to show off the jade thumb ring, and said to Jiang Chen with a sincere expression, "You deserve more than half the credit for this achievement!"

Jiang Chen rolled her eyes and kicked him. "Get in the car and go back to the villa. We have important things to do. If you want to thank me, you don't need to look at me with such affection. Just give me a bigger bonus at the end of the year."

"Hehehe, I just wanted to acknowledge your efforts." Ye Xinglu skillfully dodged the flying kick, jumped to the other side, opened the car door, got in, and asked in a low voice, "Although there's no one else in the villa, Yang Yingying has just installed the most advanced surveillance equipment. How can we bypass the cameras and get into the master bedroom?"

The car roared as it sped through the streets, but Dr. Han ignored it and focused on driving.

Cat couldn't help but ask again.

He sighed deeply. "Young Master, can't you use your brain a little? It's just a camera; if you cut off its power, it'll be completely useless."

"Cut the cable?!" Ye Xinglu's eyes lit up and several exclamation marks popped up above her head. "That's right, how come I didn't think of this method? Oh no, the villa seems to have emergency power supply, so even if we pull the switch and cut the cable, it won't work."

Until power is restored after emergency repairs, the emergency power supply can still support the normal operation of the monitoring equipment.

The fluffy ball perched on its host's shoulder lazily raised its paw. "Well, is this little thing worth your worry? With a press of my soft and cute paw, I guarantee no device will work!"

"You don't need to worry about that. Just head straight to the second floor and into the master bedroom. I'll take care of the rest and make sure no one notices anything unusual." Jiang Chen had originally planned to use the Soul Artifact to cut off all the power supply, but when he heard that using the fluffy ball would be easier, he changed the subject and said, "The problem you need to worry about is—what exactly are the relics left behind by Madam Ye?"

Mr. Ye's safe must contain many things. You must ensure which items are his belongings so we can make the necessary arrangements.

Ye Xinglu glanced at the tasks to be completed on the system, feeling uncertain. "Yeah, what will my mom leave behind? Why won't she tell me the truth?"

If that relic contained any information, it should have been completely destroyed...

Cat was completely baffled, and the system didn't offer any clues.

Faced with a more pressing issue, he quickly forgot about the surveillance camera problem.

Anyway, Dr. Han said he could handle it. Given his abilities over this long period of time, he definitely can!

"Is it okay to just go in like this?" Ye Xingluo asked in a very low voice, glancing nervously at the security camera at the front gate before entering the villa by car.

Jiang Chen reassured him, "Don't worry, I've taken care of everything. You just need to go upstairs as usual."

When the villa's butler saw the young master's car enter, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and help open the car door to let the young master out.

The two nodded to each other as usual, then chatted casually as they entered the lobby and headed straight for the second floor.

The little dumpling had already positioned herself on the camera and altered the footage. From the monitoring room, it appeared that the young master and Dr. Han were talking as they went up to the second floor and entered the young master's suite on the far east side.

In reality, the two put on medical rubber gloves as they walked and then stopped in front of the master bedroom door.

"Click!"

Ye Xingluo tried to open the door but couldn't. She twitched her lips. "It's locked."

"Leave it to me." Jiang Chen took out a small metal piece from his pocket, pretended to poke it a few times in the keyhole, but actually manipulated the Soul Artifact to fix the mechanism inside, turned the handle and opened the door directly. "It's done."

"Holy crap! You have this kind of skill?"

Cat subconsciously scratched his ear, then rubbed his face and asked in a low voice, "This is the highest level of security lock on the market. How did you do it? Teach me!"

Jiang Chen took out shoe covers from her spatial storage and handed them to him, saying, "We can talk about these things when we have time. Let's hurry up."

"You've prepared everything so thoroughly!" Ye Xinglu stared in disbelief again. "Dr. Han, do you have any side jobs besides being a family doctor?"

For example, someone skilled in disguise, voice changing, escape techniques, or top-notch hacking, who specifically targets rare treasures, places advance notices to steal them, and then returns them...

Rolling her eyes, Jiang Chen watched him put on his shoe covers and shoved him into the house. "Hurry up and find the safe!"

The system had already indicated that the safe containing his mother's belongings was in the walk-in closet. Ye Xingluo joked, but her actions were swift and decisive as she pushed open the bright and luxurious walk-in closet next to the master bedroom.

"It should be here." He glanced around and saw three walls covered with various custom-made clothes, shoes, bags of all sizes and colors, and rows and rows of luxury watches and jewelry. Where was the safe?

The fluffy little dumpling got the camera working, hopped in, and jumped onto its host's shoulder. Watching him and Cat Master rummaging around, it couldn't help but cover its mouth with its paw and laugh, "Host, you have to ask me about finding the safe, I'm an expert!"

These safes hidden in walk-in closets are usually practically tiny houses!

The entrance is basically one whole wall, hidden behind a closet in the walk-in closet. You definitely won't find it by searching like this.

Before he could release his Horcrux to search, the little white cat hopped onto the cabinet on the west wall, tapped on it, and reminded him, "It's here. There should be a mechanism to open it."

Jiang Chen walked to the wall and observed it carefully. After a moment, he reached out and turned a jade horse ornament on a gold base half a circle. The cabinet on the entire wall slid out silently, revealing a gap of less than two meters.

Behind that was a whole wall of safe doors!

"Damn! How many good things are hidden here?" Ye Xinglu was startled.

He had never worried about this before, and if it weren't for the system reminder, he wouldn't even have known that his villa had a safe.

After staring at it for a while, Cat turned back to Dr. Han with a bewildered look and asked, "How do you open this thing without a password and fingerprint?"

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly, took out a stethoscope, and stuck the other end to the safe, starting to try to find the safe's combination using the method seen in TV dramas.

Ye Xingluo: (￣□￣；)

My family doctor seems to have some really amazing second job!

Why does he even know how to open a safe?!

"Host, you must treat me well tonight!" The fluffy little ball covered its mouth and chuckled. "Your acting is quite impressive, it's so realistic, even your cat is dumbfounded!"

It stretched out its furry little paws to help pry open the internal mechanical devices and sort out the complicated mechanical locks, muttering to itself, "It feels like two max-level pros are pretending to be newbies and leading their teammates. They've managed to win you over as a special bond. Cat is so lucky!"

Chapter Forty-Six: Before the Finale

With Jiang Chen's perfect performance and the little white cat's great help, the safe door, which resembled a bank vault, opened with a soft "click" in less than two minutes.

Ye Xingluo: (キ｀?Д?')!!

"Really?! Is that really possible?!" Ye Xinglu was so shocked that she stared blankly, completely dumbfounded.

The fluffy little ball of fluff, hands on its hips, laughed heartily, "Host, look how well we worked together! We scared the cat so much he was dumbfounded! He's so easy to fool, hahaha~"

"I can't go in right now, you hurry up and look for it." Jiang Chen took a step back to let him in.

The entire safe was about three meters long, wide, and high, with various rare treasures piled up on the inner shelves of the copper and iron walls.

Rows of gold bars, gleaming brightly;

The boxes for displaying fine jewelry alone filled almost an entire wall;

The file folders containing land deeds and property certificates were piled up to half a person's height;

There were also many antiques and collectibles placed in the corner; the rest were stacks of cash, and it was unclear how much there was.

Ye Xingluo didn't dare to breathe loudly. Her gaze swept over the extraordinary treasures, and the words echoed in her mind: "They're fucking rich!"

The fluffy little ball of fluff had a greedy glint in its eyes, and it muttered under its right paw while pressing its left paw down, "I can't take these, I can't take these, these are all from the cats that the host raised..."

"This!" Among a pile of dazzling treasures, he carefully observed for a long time before his eyes suddenly lit up and he reached out to pick up a small, outdated music box from the corner.

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained a key clue: the relic. Please explore the secrets hidden within the relic and unlock the analysis bar.]

The system gave him a notification the instant he picked up the music box.

"Young Master, try not to take anything conspicuous, it's easy to be discovered." Jiang Chen noticed that although the music box he was carrying was small and old-fashioned, it was decorated with various gemstones and looked very luxurious.