After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Tang Qingshan was very satisfied with Ye Kening's words.

"Take good care of your sister," he instructed, before leaving with Tang Kairui and Ye Jin'er.

Tang Qingshan believed that, given Ye Sanqing's current personality and abilities, dealing with the Ye family would be no problem. He didn't want to continue clashing with the Ye family; it was always the same, endlessly annoying. With Ye Kening, that clever little devil, around, it would probably be much easier than him going there in person.

Ye Siqing was forcibly taken away by Ye Jin'er.

He gave his grandfather a "save me" look, but no one noticed.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Ye Siqing complained in a low voice when his maternal grandfather and uncle in front of him were not paying attention to him.

"Shut up, you want to get yelled at?" Ye Jin'er glared at him. Just because she didn't yell at her sisters didn't mean she couldn't yell at her brother. "Or is your face not hurt enough? Want to get another punch?" This didn't have to be paid for; he could beat her up himself.

Ye Siqing grinned and said, "You all pretended not to see her hit me? Am I not your brother anymore?"

"Didn't you say it yourself? Ye Wanyin is your older sister." Ye Jin'er said coldly, deciding not to listen to this idiot anymore. Let him die of stupidity! He jumped out first, shouting that Ye Wanyin was his older sister, and now he's blaming them for not treating him like a younger brother?

Meanwhile, Ye Sanqing, accompanied by Ye Kening, arrived at the area where the Ye family members were resting.

Throughout this time, Ye Zheng kept sighing and lamenting, but Ye Sanqing pretended not to hear him.

Seeing her sister like this, Ye Kening also pretended to be a silent human-shaped ornament.

No one responded to his question, which annoyed Ye Zheng. So when he arrived at the destination, he gave a heavy "humph" and sat down.

Ye Hai had to take on the responsibility of introducing them: "This is Sanqing, this is your eldest aunt, Ye Jianghe; this is your youngest aunt, Ye Xi; uh, this is..."

Ye Xi leaned against a man's chest, looked up from admiring her manicured nails, and said in a coquettish voice, "Second Brother, this is my boyfriend, don't you recognize him?"

Ye Hai scratched his head. His little sister always brought a different boyfriend; how was he supposed to remember who was who? "So his name is..."

"Mu Zhihong, hello everyone, congratulations on Sanqing's return home." The man Ye Xi was leaning against stood up and greeted them, displaying a rather refined demeanor.

At first glance, Mu Zhihong and Ye Xi resembled the protagonists of a novel from twenty years later: one refined and composed, the other beautiful and charming. They even evoked a sense of admiration from onlookers that the two were quite a well-matched couple.

However, Ye Sanqing sensed the gaze coming from behind Mu Zhihong's glasses and felt that this person also had ill intentions.

"Who are you?" Ye Sanqing asked without any politeness.

"What are you saying, child?" Mu Zhihong didn't seem embarrassed at all, and continued to speak gently, "According to the rules, you should call me uncle. I don't blame you for being young and not knowing the rules, but this is still not proper. You need to learn more about manners!"

"Is your surname Ye, or mine Mu?" His question confirmed Ye Sanqing's suspicion that he was after her. "Could it be that Grandpa has taken in a godson? I'm truly sorry for my rudeness."

"Ye Sanqing, what are you saying!" Ye Xi stood up, stamping her foot as she said, "This is my boyfriend, don't you understand? I'm your elder, so my boyfriend is of course your elder too. Don't you have any respect for your elders?"

"Oh...it's my aunt..." Ye Sanqing said uncertainly, drawing out the syllables. "I really didn't realize you were my elder. Perhaps I should compliment you on your eternal youth?"

Hearing this, Ye Kening secretly suppressed a laugh. Ye Xi was almost forty years old. Although she was well-maintained and her age might not be obvious on her face, it was something that, like poverty, couldn't be hidden. That was fine, but even Ye Kening found her demeanor and actions somewhat childish, which was really a bit disgusting.

Ye Xi didn't understand the sarcasm in her words, and even asked happily, "You mean I can't tell your age? Oh, this child, you really know how to talk! I knew it, everyone says I look no older than twenty! Well, I won't hold it against you!"

Ye Sanqing watched with great interest as she sat back down to admire her nails, leaving Mu Zhihong standing there, speechless.

Ye Zheng clearly didn't approve of his "daughter's boyfriend" pretending to be a member of the Ye family, and snorted again.

Ye Jianghe seemed quite used to it and said, "Sanqing, welcome home."

Ye Sanqing looked at what was probably the only normal person here and nodded, saying, "Hello, Aunt."

If Mu Zhihong's refined and easygoing demeanor was full of hypocrisy, then Ye Jianghe was genuinely refined and easygoing, clearly exuding a strong scholarly air, which matched the information she knew.

Ye Jianghe is in charge of research and development at Nightfall Group. Today, he was dressed very smartly and presentably, as if he could return to the laboratory at any time.

After making a preliminary assessment of these people and telling Xiaochong to keep an eye on Mu Zhihong, Ye Sanqing exchanged a few more perfunctory pleasantries with them before asking, "So... all the Ye family members are here today?"

She meant that there must be others who hadn't arrived yet, since the records showed that the Ye family had more than just this many members.

Upon hearing this, Ye Zheng seemed to find an outlet for his anger and immediately shouted, "Do you think you're that important? Is it worth the whole family going to such lengths for you? Making such a fuss, as if you're afraid others won't know the Ye family lost a child! Humph!"

Ye Sanqing: ? I don't think I offended him.

"Grandpa, even though you're an elder, I still have to say something." Ye Kening naturally couldn't stand these old, senile words. "Did the lost child want to be lost? Was there not enough time? They couldn't find the child for over twenty years, and now that the child has returned, they're still blaming you!"

"And who are you, you wild child? Don't think that just because you share the Ye surname, you have any say in the Ye family's affairs!" Ye Zheng naturally didn't take this so-called adoptive parents' daughter seriously. Don't think you'll get any benefits by speaking up for Ye Sanqing!

"Since Grandpa thinks my sister is a wild child, then so am I. Let's pretend we never met today." Ye Sanqing wasn't angry. He pulled Ye Kening and turned to leave.

Since she had already achieved her goal of saying hello, there was no need to waste any more time here. She felt an itch to gesture.

Besides, since the old man has objections to this matter, let's return the question to them: Does your Ye family even need Ye Sanqing?

"!" Ye Hai wanted to stop him, but seeing his father's terribly sour face, he could only sigh and advise, "Dad, why are you doing this?"

Ye Zheng knew he had gone too far, but he hadn't expected Ye Sanqing to leave so suddenly. He certainly couldn't apologize, so he could only stand there, puffing out his cheeks and glaring, "Am I wrong?! Look at this willful behavior, isn't he just a wild child!"

Ye Jianghe glanced at them, shook her head, and silently walked away. Her initial impression of Ye Sanqing was quite good, but as for the people in his family... well, it was pointless to say anything.

Ye Xi was still oblivious to what was happening, but from an angle she couldn't see, Mu Zhihong's gaze behind his glasses was like that of a venomous snake, fixed on Ye Sanqing's back.

[Aside from Ye Hai's younger cousin who is studying abroad and couldn't come back in time, the other members of the Ye family who didn't come today are Grandma, and Uncle Ye Hai's eldest and second cousins. It seems they think I'm not important, so I'll add an "unimportant" note to their names too.] Ye Sanqing said to Xiao Chong as he walked towards the changing room.

Although she also thought it was normal for her to be unimportant in other people's eyes, what was needed in today's situation was an attitude. If she didn't even bother with appearances, either she had truly seen through the world and had no attachments, or Ye Zheng and Ye Tian's so-called "decency" had not been put into practice at all.

Ye Sanqing leans more towards the latter.

"Does Master think there's something wrong with Mu Zhihong?" Little Insect asked.

"Yes, there's something very wrong. He seems to only have eyes for Ye Xi, but the way he looks at me isn't like an elder eyeing a junior; it's more like... eyeing prey." Ye Sanqing didn't ignore that unsettling gaze. That was one reason she left quickly—what if she hit him again? This time, no one would pay; she couldn't afford to lose money.

"Then I'll first gather the traces he left online, summarize them, and then report back." The little bug also became wary upon hearing the word "prey." His Majesty's intuition hadn't been wrong, and those who treated His Majesty as prey... usually ended up not even alive.

"Sister!" Ye Kening hesitated for a moment before speaking when she saw that she seemed to be concentrating on something. "The Ye family is so complicated. Will that old man be angry with you?"

Ye Sanqing turned her head to look at her. She saw that Ye Kening was genuinely worried for her, so she softened her tone and said, "Don't worry about him, I haven't done anything wrong."

After learning about the Ye family's rise to power, one can see that the Ye family initially relied on the still-living Tang Jinkun. Later, when Ye Tian took over, things remained lukewarm. It was Ye Yifan who truly propelled the family to its peak. Therefore, Ye Zheng, as someone who made no real contribution, could only act like a figurehead.

However, your real sister is no longer here. Ye Sanqing felt inexplicably apologetic towards Ye Kening. Although this was not what she wanted, she was the one using this body, and she should at least treat Ye Kening as her younger sister from now on.

As for Ye Wanyin, after she and Cheng Yanye were sent back to the lounge, the bodyguards didn't stand guard at the door as they had before the banquet began. Instead, they brought them back, waited a while, and left when they didn't make any unusual moves.

"Wanwan, my older sister hit me." Cheng Yanye pulled Ye Wanyin aside to tell her his grievances when no one else was around.

Even after being beaten by Ye Sanqing, he still had the audacity to go to Ye Yifan's door and make a scene; but just now, Ye Yifan had hit him, and slapped him in front of so many people.

When Cheng Yanye recalled it, it was as if the only sound in the entire space could be the echo of that slap, filling him with shame and indignation.

Ye Wanyin had no time to pay attention to him. She held her phone, waiting for Tong Wuyu to give her a signal. Once the signal arrived, she would take action.

But Cheng Yanye would still be useful later. She persuaded, "Brother Ye, the rumors about Big Sister are true, she's a cold-faced devil, but I never expected... she would actually... actually side with Ye Sanqing so much..." She even handed over the Purgatory Red Lotus to Ye Sanqing! Thinking of this, Ye Wanyin almost couldn't hold back anymore.

"But I believe that my sister has a soft spot in her heart. If we behave well in the future, she will definitely be moved and forgive us!" Ye Wanyin clenched her fist to cheer herself up.

Cheng Yanye was deeply moved by these words. He thought to himself, how could a woman really be some kind of cold-blooded devil? Women are always driven by emotions; wasn't she just acting impulsively today? A few kind words later would probably smooth things over. He didn't believe that after he became Ye Yifan's brother-in-law, Ye Yifan would still slap him like that.

"Wanwan, you're still the most considerate one." Cheng Yanye hugged Ye Wanyin and wanted to kiss her.

Ye Wanyin skillfully dodged him, and said coquettishly, "Brother! This is so embarrassing, there are people coming and going here..." She then slipped out of his arms.

After all, this was a lounge and the door was open. Cheng Yanye thought it was indeed inappropriate, but he couldn't bear to give up the meat that was right in front of him, and he didn't know what to say. He just held Ye Wanyin's hand and rubbed it repeatedly.

"Brother, come with me." Ye Wanyin winked playfully, pulled Cheng Yanye out the door, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, they left the main building and headed towards Villa No. 4.

As she walked, she said to Cheng Yanye, "Today, accommodations have been assigned to the guests. Villa number four is the one assigned to me. These separate villas won't disturb us, brother...we..."

She glanced at Cheng Yanye with a hesitant look, then lowered her head as if shy, but in reality, she was hiding the scheming in her eyes.

Although a cold wind was blowing outside, Cheng Yanye was now restless and burning with desire. So, in a little while, he could…?

He didn't even consider that even if Ye Wanyin had that intention, she wouldn't choose this kind of occasion. Not to mention that Ye Wanyin had never shown him her willingness, always saying it would be after marriage, just consider the timing... Would they be more in sync when doing this, with the marks of being beaten on their faces?

But his overwhelming joy prevented him from thinking about any of this; he simply felt that his years of waiting had finally come to fruition, and his face beamed with happiness.

Villa No. 4 is a simple two-story building with a living room on the first floor and a bedroom on the second floor. The floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor are very bright and airy. It is located by the lake and does not have a separate wall. All you can see is the shimmering water and the beautiful lake scenery.

Ye Wanyin led Cheng Yanye to the sofa on the first floor and said shyly, "Brother, I just drank some wine, I'm going to take a shower first~ You can look at the scenery here, I'll be right there."

Cheng Yanye was in no mood to admire the scenery; he wished he could just press Ye Wanyin against the French windows and do what he needed to do. But since they were already here, he couldn't rush things, so he nodded and pretended to be calm, saying, "No rush."

Ye Wanyin gave him another charming smile and went upstairs first.

Hearing the sound of water coming from the bathroom, Cheng Yanye felt even more parched. Seeing two glasses of orange juice on the coffee table, he picked them up and drank them.

Ye Wanyin estimated that it was about time, so she came out of the bathroom fully clothed and stood by the stairs looking down. She saw that Cheng Yanye was already lying on the sofa, his consciousness blurred.

She nodded in satisfaction and took out her phone to reply to Tong Wuyu's message.