Reborn back to the day I descended the mountain, Miss Ji, I will take responsibility for you!

The person who arrived was none other than Ye Chen, who had just arrived.

"Ruoyu, what's going on here?"

Zhou Rui looked at Ji Ruoyu with some confusion, not understanding why he let Ye Chen hold him like that.

Sensing the jealousy in Zhou Rui's eyes, Ye Chen smiled and didn't wait for Ji Ruoyu to explain.

Ye Chen said, "Hello, we meet again. Is there a problem with me putting my arm around my wife?"

When Ye Chen called Ji Ruoyu his wife, Ji Ruoyu did not object.

Zhou Rui immediately understood, and in an instant, the atmosphere around him seemed to become oppressive.

Zhou Rui's face visibly darkened as he stared at Ye Chen, who was embracing Ji Ruoyu.

“You’re just that country bumpkin from the mountains. Be smart and leave on your own. Don’t make things difficult for Ruoyu.”

Zhou Rui maintained his refined demeanor as much as possible, looking down at Ye Chen and speaking calmly.

But deep within his eyes surged a fierce killing intent, and in his eyes, Ye Chen was already a dead man.

Ye Chen ignored Zhou Rui and instead said gently to Ji Ruoyu, "It's your birthday today. Why did you come to a place like this and be with people like this? You didn't even tell me. I would have been worried if something happened to you."

As he spoke, Ye Chen gently straightened Ji Ruoyu's slightly disheveled coat collar.

When Zhou Rui saw this, his eyes immediately turned red. It was a blatant slap in the face, and yet they were behaving so intimately in front of him.

They even called him that kind of person. What do you mean by "that kind of person"?

Zhou Rui's gentle demeanor vanished instantly, and he stared at Ye Chen with icy eyes.

"What right do you, a country bumpkin from the mountains, have to call me that kind of person?"

"I think you're going to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. If things get too ugly later, don't blame me for being ruthless."

When Ji Ruoyu heard Zhou Rui call Ye Chen a country bumpkin, her brows immediately furrowed.

"Senior Zhou Rui, I respect you as my senior, and you have given me a lot of help when we were in school."

“But that doesn’t mean you can insult my husband. I expect you to take back your words and apologize to my husband.”

Zhou Rui's face stiffened upon hearing this. Looking at Ji Ruoyu's incredulous expression, he hadn't expected Ji Ruoyu to defend Ye Chen.

"Ruoyu, my feelings..."

Ji Ruoyu interrupted him directly, saying, "Senior Zhou Rui, please stop saying such embarrassing things."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rui's expression turned even uglier. He then turned to Ye Chen and said coldly, "Kid, I've already investigated your affairs."

“You only married into the Ji family because of an agreement made by the older generation. I look down on you.”

As he spoke, Zhou Rui looked at Ji Ruoyu solemnly and said, "Ruoyu, you have received higher education. This kind of marriage should not be comfortable for you. You should bravely say no instead of choosing to endure it."

Before Ji Ruoyu could answer, Zhou Rui pointed at Ye Chen and said, "Look at him, so carefree and unsophisticated. How could someone like him be worthy of you?"

Seeing Zhou Rui getting more and more carried away, Ye Chen smiled disdainfully: "If I'm not good enough for my wife, who are you? In my eyes, my wife is a fairy from heaven. I don't think I'm good enough for her."

"So I'm willing to marry into the Ji family, as long as I can stay by my wife's side. Can you do that? If you're willing to marry into the family, I might consider stepping down and making way for you."

Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Zhou Rui swallowed his rest of his words, unable to utter a sound.

Not to mention that given his status, it would be impossible for him to marry into the Dao Ji family; even if he were willing, his family would never agree.

Seeing that Zhou Rui remained silent, Ye Chen revealed a disdainful smile.

Seeing that smile, Zhou Rui was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, almost jumping up.

"With your status, marrying into the family is an insult to your social standing. Ruoyu and I are a perfect match, and our marriage is equal. No one needs to be subservient to the other."

After saying that, Zhou Rui pointed to the pool table next to him and said, "Kid, do you know what this is?"

"Let me tell you, this is called snooker, it's an international billiards sport. Ji Ruoyu and I were teammates in college."

“We used to practice together often, and we can talk about things. As for you, I’m afraid you can’t even play billiards.”

Upon hearing this, Ji Ruoyu suddenly fell silent. He admitted that Ye Chen had helped him a lot, but he and Ye Chen really didn't have much in common.

Ji Ruoyu has always loved snooker, a game of strategy, and it used to be her main way of venting her frustrations.

But after graduating from university, she never touched it again, not because she didn't like it anymore, but because there was no one to play ball with her.

Even Su Mengyao's snooker skills are only at a basic level, not at all on the same level as her. There's absolutely no bromance when fighting against such an opponent.

Moreover, after graduation, the pressure from her family left Ji Ruoyu with no time to think about anything else.

She needs to find a way to improve her family's status within the clan, because only in this way can she have the power to control her own life.

Otherwise, in the end, they will only become victims of family interests or tools for family marriage alliances.

Now that he has joined the company, the burden on his shoulders is even heavier. He hopes that someone can share the burden, but he can't find a suitable target.

Ji Ruoyu looked up at Ye Chen, only to see a disdainful expression on his face.

As if sensing Ji Ruoyu's gaze, Ye Chen turned around and looked at Ji Ruoyu gently, saying, "So my wife likes playing snooker. You should have said so earlier. I could have played with you. I was already a world-class player in this when I was seven years old."

"Later, I gave up because it was too easy and not challenging enough."

Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Zhou Rui burst out laughing.

"I heard you brag without thinking, but I didn't expect it to be true. You were a world-class athlete at the age of seven. How come I've never heard of that before?"

"And do you even have a standard snooker table on your mountain? I think you're dreaming."

Ji Ruoyu looked at Ye Chen with some surprise. He knew that Ye Chen came from an unnamed mountain.

In his stereotype, aren't the mountains all remote villages? Even some small county towns don't have standard snooker tables, let alone the mountains.

However, after laughing, Zhou Rui thought of something and said, "Since you said that you were world-class when you were seven years old, and you are now in your twenties, even if you haven't played for more than ten years, your skills shouldn't be too bad, right?"

"How about we play a game? Let me see the skill of this world-class player."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen glanced at Zhou Rui and said, "You're probably not even qualified to compare with me."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rui's face immediately turned cold, and he said disdainfully, "I think you're just too scared. After all, if you lose too badly, you might lose face."

"If you kowtow to me and admit your mistake now, I might consider letting you go. But stop bragging about being a world-class athlete. Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you?"

Ye Chen replied calmly, "I wouldn't dare. I'm afraid you can't afford to lose. When I was seven, my appearance fee for a game was fifty million, and if I won, I could take away one hundred million. What could I get by playing against you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rui scoffed, "You think you can get a 50 million appearance fee? Who do you think you are, the world's snooker king?"

Ye Chen shrugged and said, "The world's snooker king isn't even qualified to carry my shoes."

Seeing Ye Chen's increasingly outrageous boasting, Ji Ruoyu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Ye Chen, stop talking. If you don't know how, that's fine, but you don't have to go on like this."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen immediately straightened his back and said, "Wife, if you don't believe me, then I'll play a game with this kid."

Zhou Rui's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his lips. In his opinion, Ye Chen was doomed to lose.

He had already decided to utterly defeat Ye Chen and thoroughly humiliate him in front of Ji Ruoyu.

Just then, Ye Chen spoke up again: "I can play a game with you, but according to my rules, it's one hundred million per game. If you win, I'll give you one hundred million; if you lose, you give me one hundred million. How about it? Do you dare?"

Zhou Rui sneered. In his opinion, Ye Chen was trying to scare him off with a bet of 100 million. He was naturally not afraid of such a sure-win bet.

"Okay, I'll bet with you, but do you even have that much money?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen calmly replied, "It's only one hundred million." As he spoke, Ye Chen took out his phone and made a few adjustments.

Immediately afterward, Ji Ruoyu's phone rang.

"Payment received: 131,452,000 yuan."

Ji Ruoyu raised her phone in disbelief, but Ye Chen turned around and smiled, saying, "Happy birthday."