"Dead?" Gu Xichen seemed somewhat surprised, "Why bother calling me just to tell me that? It’s not like I care."
"Your ex-girlfriend died, you should at least be aware of that." The voice of Gu Lili came through the phone.
"I really don’t care about her affairs, you just focus on your recovery, I’ll visit you another day."
After hanging up, Jingsheng asked, "Who died?"
"I didn’t ask." Gu Xichen looked up at her, "What do you want for lunch?"
"..." Gu Xichen raised his eyebrows playfully, "Wishful thinking."
"Knock knock knock." The secretary came in, "President Gu, Mr. Ye is here."
Ye Yan walked in, tailored suit and all, his hands in his pockets and a smile on his face that made it clear he was in a good mood.
"What gust of strong wind blew you in?"
Ye Yan took a seat across him, hands casually crossed, "I came to ask you out for lunch."
"You could’ve just called for that. Coming in person, is there something you need my help with?"
"Thinking too much, there indeed isn’t anything requiring your help." Ye Yan’s tone was light, "Just that now I’m the major shareholder of the Ye Family, and I want to celebrate."
"Yo, congratulations." Gu Xichen stood up, "That’s wonderful news, let’s go then."
The three of them went to a restaurant together, entered a private room, ordered dishes, and Gu Xichen asked, "You’ve got quite the ability."
"It’s not about my ability, it’s that the Ye siblings are as useless as a pile of mud and the old man had no other choice; sooner or later it had to come to me." Ye Yan took a sip from his tea cup, "With Ye Ying causing trouble again, in order to take control of the Ye Family shares early, I’ve completely offended both the Jin Family and Tao Family."
"How did you handle it?" Gu Xichen was curious.
"Very simple." He said with a not-quite-smile, "I took the heads of both families hostage."
"..." Gu Xichen truly hadn’t expected that, "With this move, you’ve really made those two families hate you to death."
"Let them hate. It’s not just them who hate me; there are plenty more."
"Now that mother and sons trio must be very wary of you." Gu Xichen picked up the teapot to pour himself some tea, "But it seems like they’re not capable of making much of a splash."
"Ye Zheng just married Shi Xiaotian, the girlfriend of Tao Yunfei, and he got beaten half to death just a few days after; they didn’t even have their wedding, and the more trouble these siblings cause, the happier I am." Ye Yan’s smile was light, "I’m not afraid of them causing trouble, what I fear is if they didn’t cause any."
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"My stepmother is so worried that Ye Ying will cause more trouble again that she’s in a rush to have her married off through an arranged meeting, possibly before I get a chance to do anything to them. She hopes to find a good family for her, but whoever takes in this disaster without seeing clearly is really asking for bad luck."
Gu Xichen responded with a laugh.
The people they were discussing were at this moment neatly dressed and pretty, sitting with their mother in a café.
The person they were waiting for hadn’t arrived yet, and Ye Ying was already extremely nervous, "Mom, is it really Shen Congmo’s mother?"
"Of course, make sure to behave well when she arrives."
As they were talking, Mrs. Shen arrived with a graceful demeanor.
"Madam Ye." Mrs. Shen looked towards Ye Ying, whom she had already learned quite a bit about, thus she was not keen on coming today.
"Hello Auntie." Ye Ying behaved extremely demurely, her smile not revealing her teeth, and anyone who didn’t know her would think she was a high-society lady.