Touya Yaoyao

Ye Xiaofeng had anticipated the man's questioning. His face remained calm as he unlocked his phone and steadily handed it to the man.

The man frowned, glancing irritably at the phone Ye Xiaofeng handed him. Initially quite impatient, his expression changed drastically when his eyes fell on the words on the screen, his face darkening like the calm before a storm. He rolled his eyes dismissively, his words dripping with sarcasm:

"He's really gone too far. He'd actually do something like this just to be jealous of someone. I don't know what's so great about Yu Yaoyao that makes him so infatuated... Oh well, let him do whatever he wants. Just don't regret it later."

As he spoke, the man, who was still somewhat indignant, was now even more furious. He grabbed a pen from the side, gritted his teeth, and signed his name fiercely. Then, as if venting his anger, he threw the document to Ye Xiaofeng.

Seeing the man's angry expression, Ye Xiaofeng knew he was in a very bad mood and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He turned to leave. But the man seemed to suddenly remember something important and abruptly called out to Ye Xiaofeng, pressing him urgently for an answer:

"Will this debt still be settled through his private coffers?"

Ye Xiaofeng nodded absentmindedly, then subconsciously added:

"The second young master has been doing quite well in the entertainment industry in recent years, and he has enough money to buy several houses."

Upon hearing this, the man couldn't help but let out a soft scoff, his words dripping with sarcasm:

"I told him to come work for the company right after graduation, but he refused. He insisted on going into the entertainment industry. Doesn't he know how much he suffered in the past few years? Now that he's become a little popular, he's getting arrogant. He'll take any bad role and buy any favors. I don't know how much I paid to promote him."

Ye Xiaofeng understood the man's displeasure and anger perfectly. It was simply that the man felt Bai Taoshi had thrown away his reputation and future for Yu Yaoyao, completely disregarding everything—a total naive, love-struck fool.

However, Bai Taoshi's help wasn't for nothing. Although Yu Yaoyao wasn't well-known at the moment, she was, after all, a top student who graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Europe. Befriending her would greatly benefit Bai Taoshi's future development.

To put it bluntly, if Bai Taoshi suddenly gets tired of acting one day, he can ask Yu Yaoyao to help him write a few songs and switch to being a singer.

The man clearly didn't expect Ye Xiaofeng to say anything that pleased him given his silence, so he waved his hand impatiently, as if shooing away an annoying fly, and dismissed him.

Ye Xiaofeng didn't dare linger for a moment and slipped away as fast as he could. The man, looking at the mountain of documents in front of him, couldn't help but picture his foolish younger brother, and a surge of rage welled up inside him. Frustrated, he grabbed the trembling woman standing to the side and, without a word, pressed his lips against hers, kissing her passionately.

The man was none other than Bai Taoshi's nominal older brother, Bai Taosheng. He was also the playboy Ye Qishi had described as someone who liked to toy with women and a dangerous person to be avoided at all costs.

His romantic escapades were so numerous in Beijing that they could be discussed for three days and three nights without exhausting the stories. His doting on his younger brother was also a popular topic of gossip among the wealthy in Beijing.

It can be said that in the hearts of the people of Jingbei, if Yu Yaoyao's gossip and scandals are about being the Ye family's adopted daughter-in-law, then Bai Taoshi's scandals are about his brotherhood with Bai Taosheng.

From childhood to adulthood, whatever Shirato Shirai wanted, Shirato Mori would always fulfill it. From the ownership of a trivial item to the boundless supply of resources and money, as long as Shirato Shirai needed it, Shirato Mori would give it up without hesitation, even his own life.

Of course, this is just a rumor. But sometimes the truth is far more absurd than the rumors.

Sometimes Yu Yaoyao even felt that if Bai Taoshi hadn't been uninterested in the women around Bai Taosheng, Bai Taosheng would have been the first to give all those women to Bai Taoshi, and would have even respectfully sent them to his bed, willingly guarding his door.

Therefore, Yu Yaoyao had once secretly shipped the two brothers as an incestuous couple. However, Ye Qishi repeatedly forbade her from getting close to Bai Taoshi and Bai Taosheng, so she had no choice but to give up and could no longer watch the development of this couple.

Ye Xiaofeng was extremely efficient; in just half a day, all the unsold old houses were acquired by Bai Taoshi. Although Bai Taoshi lost a huge sum of money as a result, he couldn't help but feel smug and overjoyed at the thought of Ye Xiaofeng's plan failing.

Indeed, money and power are the most powerful weapons in the world. How could he stop Ye Qishi's plan without money? How could he get those people to sell all the old villas to him without power? This time, he wanted to see what tricks Ye Qishi would pull after his plan failed.

Yu Yaoyao had been wandering around all day and still had no inspiration. To make matters worse, Ye Qishi told her with a guilty expression that the old house had been bought up, so her wish might not be able to come true.

But Ye immediately said it was okay, they could buy a piece of land and build a traditional villa that Yu Yaoyao liked.

In short, Ye's intentions were very clear: if the conditions were right, he would go for it; if not, he would create them. In short, he was determined to get that old house for Yu Yaoyao.

Yu Yaoyao was taken aback by the other person's persistence, and even more surprised by his stubbornness. She had repeatedly told him not to, but why wouldn't he listen? Did he really not take her words seriously?

But this was clearly beyond her control, so Yu Yaoyao could only helplessly say, "Whatever makes you happy, I don't care," and then ignore everything else and let things do whatever they wanted.

Seeing Yu Yaoyao's dejected expression, Ye thought she didn't like his suggestion, so he gritted his teeth and decided to beg the person who bought all the old houses to give up one of their houses so he could make his sister happy.

He went to great lengths, traveling to many places and making inquiries everywhere, finally managing to contact the person who wanted to buy the old house. He nervously arranged to meet the person at a coffee shop, mentally calculating how to persuade them to give up their right to the house. But upon seeing that the person was Shirato Shirai, he angrily stood up abruptly.

To be honest, Ye never imagined that he would meet Shiratoshi in such an awkward situation, let alone that the other party would be so despicable as to completely cut off all his escape routes.

Shirai Momoya casually watched Ye Qishi, who had gotten up to leave, and couldn't help but sneer, saying:

"What, now that you see it's me, you don't want the house anymore? Ye, you really are... persistent, you actually managed to go this far."

When he said this, Bai Taoyi's tone was full of blatant sarcasm. He looked at Ye Qishi with contempt, like a high and mighty king looking at a prisoner who was trapped in a desperate situation and had nowhere to go.

Ye was provoked by his words and stopped moving. He sat back down indignantly, staring coldly at Shirato Shirai across from him.

Shirato looked at him indifferently, and the two stared at each other for a long time, the atmosphere seemingly frozen. Until Ye Qi turned her head away, clenched her fists, lowered her voice, and gritted her teeth, saying:

"Bai Taoyi, what exactly do you want to do?! What are you going to do to my sister, my Yaoyao...?"

Bai Taoyi, who was being questioned, raised her eyes coldly, looking at Ye Qishi with an indifferent expression, and warned him firmly, word by word:

"That's what I wanted to ask you too, Ye Qishi, what do you want to do to my Yaoyao?"

Shiro Momoya spoke with an extremely arrogant expression, as if warning others not to covet what belonged to him.

His tone was even arrogant and condescending, as if Ye was not Yu Yaoyao's brother, but his rival in love.

Ye Qi was looking at him, but before she could speak, Bai Taoya suddenly stood up, leaned slightly forward, placed his hands on the table, and stared at Ye Qi with the sharp eyes of a hunting cheetah, his tone calm yet as thunderous as he questioned her:

"A smile worth a thousand pieces of gold, a beautiful woman kept in a golden house—how elegant! But Ye Qi, did you get my permission before you wanted Yao Yao?!"

Upon hearing this, Ye couldn't hold back any longer. He stood up abruptly, grabbed Bai Taoshi by the collar, and warned him fiercely:

"Bai Taoshi, don't think that just because you're the second young master of the Bai family I can't do anything to you. Yaoyao is my sister. If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being impolite."