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"Young Master Ye, are you sure Ye Bai will come?"

In a high-end private room at Yuntian Club, three men sat around a tea table, chatting and drinking tea.

Two of them were very young, dressed very elegantly in designer brands, and were also very good-looking. They were Ye Xuanyuan and Zhao Chengfeng.

The other one, however, was a Taoist priest dressed in a black robe.

He was in his early thirties, with an ordinary appearance, but he exuded a terrifying aura, like a beast lying in wait.

"Don't worry, the reason this kid was able to enter the Qin family is all because of my Ye family. If he dares to forget his roots and show his ungrateful, treacherous nature, Old Madam Qin will definitely despise him, which would actually be a good thing for us."

Ye Xuanyuan took a sip of tea and snorted with a disdainful look.

"That's good."

Zhao Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the black-robed Taoist priest and said respectfully, "Master Lu, if Ye Bai arrives, the rest is up to you..."

The black-robed Taoist said arrogantly, "It's just a small matter. With me personally handling it, there will naturally be no mistakes."

Zhao Chengfeng laughed and said, "I'm relieved to hear Master Lu's words. However, that kid Ye Bai is a bit strange. According to what Young Master Ye said, he seems to have gone into the mountains to learn some Taoist magic."

The black-robed Taoist priest scoffed, "These days, there are plenty of charlatans who lack real skills but love to swindle and deceive. They're basically all just pretending to be something they're not. True Taoist magic isn't so easy to learn. Money alone isn't enough; you also have to have the talent!"

Ye Xuanyuan nodded and snorted, "Master Lu is right. Ye Bai has been dull-witted since he was a child. What talent does he have to speak of? Moreover, his master is a sly and shifty-eyed fraudster, and the kind with extremely useless methods."

"If my dad hadn't taken pity on that old geezer and given him a meal back then, he would have starved to death in front of my house! What kind of capable apprentice could someone like that possibly teach!"

The black-robed Taoist priest sighed, "Even within the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), there are countless people who seek fame and fortune, which is why we insist on cleaning up our ranks. If even the Xuanmen is so corrupt, one can only imagine the lowlifes outside of it. Fraudsters are nothing new."

Zhao Chengfeng pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and frowned, saying, "But this kid has some ancient books in his possession, which are said to be highly valued even by Master Nangong. These things are probably not something an ordinary person could obtain, right?"

After suffering several losses at Ye Bai's hands and even being kicked out of the Qin Group, Zhao Chengfeng has clearly grown a lot.

At least, she is far more cautious in dealing with Ye Bai than before.

There was no other way; he learned from his mistakes. After all, he was a smart man, not a good-for-nothing playboy like Ye Xuanyuan.

"Those lousy books you're talking about, most of them are fakes. I guess only a few are genuine, and Mr. Nangong just happened to get his hands on them."

Ye Xuanyuan waved his hand dismissively.

Zhao Chengfeng's eyes lit up as he asked, "Young Master Ye, do you perhaps know the origin of those books?"

As Ye Xuanyuan lit his cigar, he said, "These were all left to him by that swindler master Ye Bai. He probably got them from begging somewhere; they're definitely not anything valuable. If they were worth anything, he would have sold them long ago. Why would he be in such a sorry state?"

Ye Bai's books have been in the Ye family for quite some time now.

At first, Ye Xuanyuan was quite interested, thinking it was a valuable ancient book.

When he took one to an antique expert for appraisal, the expert told him it was a fake and worthless, so he never paid any more attention to it.

The black-robed Taoist priest, who had been listening for a while, nodded and said, "Young Master Ye is right. There are a lot of fake ancient books. Back then, many antique dealers were fooled by them. Later, everyone became more discerning, and those things could no longer be sold. They were no different from junk and were not considered rare items."

Hearing that both of them said so, Zhao Chengfeng felt relieved and said no more.

Although he felt that Ye Bai was not as simple as he appeared, he did not think that the other party was really a particularly powerful person.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to oppose Ye Bai anymore; running away would be the best course of action.

For a child from an orphanage to become an adopted son of the Ye family is already the greatest stroke of luck.

The main reason he was in such a sorry state was because of Qin Wanqing.

With the Queen of Jingzhou protecting them, even a dog can bite whomever it wants.

"Young Master Ye, are you sure that after Ye Bai is intimidated, he will be willing to use the Mingtai Mountain Resort to avoid further trouble?"

Zhao Chengfeng looked at Ye Xuanyuan and asked.

Ye Xuanyuan did not answer, but turned to the black-robed Taoist priest and said, "That depends on Master Lu's abilities. But we must get that resort back! The situation has suddenly changed, and we cannot let them have it so easily!"

The black-robed Taoist smiled slightly upon hearing this, and said confidently, "You two can rest assured. In the realm of deception... no, in the field of physiognomy and metaphysics, I have already reached the pinnacle. A mere ignorant young man can be scared out of his wits with just a few words, and he would rather go bankrupt than not beg me for help."

Ye Xuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Then there's no problem."

Zhao Chengfeng nodded and said, "Then I'll leave first, so that Ye Bai won't become wary if he sees me, which would be detrimental to the plan."

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"Son-in-law, why did we agree to drive, but in the end we insisted on riding these shared electric scooters?"

On the way, Shen Lu, wearing a helmet, rode a small electric scooter and asked loudly from behind Ye Bai.

Ye Bai was also wearing a helmet and riding the same model of electric scooter, leisurely enjoying the breeze ahead.

"Isn't this better than driving? It's much more environmentally friendly."

Ye Bai smiled slightly, but his gaze swept across both sides of the road, wondering whether Yan Yangshuo would be lured out by him.

He didn't know why Ye Xuanyuan had suddenly contacted him today, but it certainly wasn't anything good.

However, it doesn't matter. As long as Yan Yangshuo, who is hiding in the shadows, discovers that he met with Ye Xuanyuan and that the two brothers seem to have a good relationship, then the goal has been achieved.

Isn't that serial killer planning to harm those close to him? How about I give you an older brother instead?

Although they are not related by blood, in terms of closeness, the Ye family is his true family.

The Qin family, at most, can be considered the father-in-law's family.

Soon, after changing electric scooters several times, Ye Bai and Shen Lu finally arrived in front of the Yuntian Club.

After parking the car and going inside, Ye Bai disregarded his nausea and immediately gave Ye Xuanyuan a big hug, his face full of genuine affection.

"Big brother, I've missed you so much!"

Ye Bai's unprecedentedly intimate gesture completely caught Ye Xuanyuan off guard.

He froze, his mind filled with questions.

When did his relationship with Ye Bai become so good?

At this moment, Ye Bai's gaze fell on the black-robed Taoist priest in the private room, and his eyes widened immediately.

What's going on today? Buy one get one free? Double celebration?