A hint of surprise flickered across Ye Chong's face at Ye Yunfeng's words.

Clearly, he had never expected his father to value Li Lang so highly.

He had always thought that in his father's mind, Li Lang and the entire Li Family were nothing more than insignificant pawns.

Ye Chong figured that after hearing all this, Li Shichuan must be moved beyond words.

At that moment, Li Shichuan was still weeping profusely. "Thank you, Family Head!"

Seeing this reaction, Ye Chong was very satisfied.

This was precisely the reaction a subordinate should have when shown such consideration by a superior.

"It's nothing." Ye Yunfeng patted Li Shichuan on the shoulder. "You go back first. I will contact the Kang Family, the Huang Family, and the people from Wong Ting."

"Don't worry. Lang'er will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Li Shichuan nodded emphatically once more before bidding farewell to Ye Yunfeng and leaving the office.

「...」

Li Shichuan kept up his deeply moved facade all the way to his car.

Only after getting inside did his expression slowly harden into a gloomy scowl.

Li Shichuan had appeared deeply moved by Ye Yunfeng's impassioned and concerned words, but in reality, he felt nothing but contempt.

The Ye Family had already sent Li Jun to his death without a second thought. Now, they were dishonoring his memory right in front of him—an utterly condemnable act!

Li Shichuan knew that if he were to tell Ye Yunfeng to his face that Ye Chong was more capable than the deceased Ye Fan, Ye Yunfeng would want him dead many times over.

Yet now, despite Ye Yunfeng's words, he had no choice but to swallow his pride for Li Lang's sake.

Xu Ke, I hope that by cooperating, you can truly deal a crippling blow to the Ye Family... Otherwise, I'll immediately make you pay for everything that's happened to Lang'er.

Li Shichuan slammed his foot on the accelerator, seething inwardly.

「...」

After Li Shichuan left the office, Ye Chong began to speak with Ye Yunfeng. "Dad, that was brilliant!"

"It's the first time I've ever seen Li Shichuan cry like that!"

Ye Chong's admiration for his father was genuine.

But Ye Yunfeng simply gave him a strange, unreadable look.

Ye Chong felt a pang of guilt under that gaze, and his eyes began to dart away. Did I say something wrong?

Seeing Ye Chong lower his head, Ye Yunfeng shook his head slightly, then asked, "When did the Martial Alliance decide to handle Li Lang?"

"Tomorrow morning," Ye Chong quickly responded.

Hearing this, Ye Yunfeng nodded. "Alright, you can go back now."

Seeing that his father didn't want to say another word to him, Ye Chong's expression instantly changed.

Back when Ye Fan was still alive, Ye Yunfeng had gone with him to the Martial Alliance. Even though Ye Fan had gotten into trouble that time, it at least proved that Ye Yunfeng cared about him.

But Ye Chong now realized that his father truly had nothing more to say to him. It was as if he didn't care about him at all.

This infuriated Ye Chong!

Yet, in the end, he didn't dare say a word, merely lowering his head and leaving.

Ye Yunfeng paid no mind to Ye Chong's feelings. After everyone had left, his expression quickly turned grim.

He then made a phone call. "Did Xu Ke go to the Martial Alliance today?"

From the other end of the line came the reply, "He did!"

Ye Yunfeng's face darkened. "To see Li Lang?"

The other person answered honestly, "No, he didn't. He went straight to Yuan Shang's floor."

"What for?"

"I'm sorry, Family Head," the person replied. "Yuan Shang was acting strangely today. He wouldn't let us go up, so we don't know what Xu Ke went there for."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yunfeng's expression grew even uglier.

Sensing Ye Yunfeng's silence, the person on the phone quickly added, "But one thing is for sure: Xu Ke didn't see Li Lang. Li Lang was under our surveillance the whole time."

After a moment of grim silence, Ye Yunfeng finally changed the subject. "What about Lin Zhongtian? What exactly happened last night? Why were Chang Yi and Sun Luo taken away by Xu Ke?"

The person replied, "We don't know what happened either. I secretly checked the surveillance footage and found it had been deleted."

"Moreover, for some reason, Lin Zhongtian declared in front of everyone today that he would see to it Li Lang is severely punished."

"What's worth noting, however, is that Lin Zhongtian had an injury on his face. He claimed he fell, but it was obvious he'd been struck by someone."

"We just don't know if it was Xu Ke or someone else..."

Hearing about Lin Zhongtian's bizarre one-eighty from yesterday to today, Ye Yunfeng took a deep breath.

He knew Lin Zhongtian must be Wong Ting's man. Otherwise, Wong Ting wouldn't have sent him to Tianhai.

He also knew that Lin Zhongtian was petty. After Xu Ke humiliated him yesterday, he was bound to hold a grudge.

But what was going on now?

Could it be that Lin Zhongtian and Xu Ke discovered they were kindred spirits, had a sudden change of heart, and decided to join forces?

That was simply too absurd!

Even with all his experience, Ye Yunfeng could feel a headache coming on.

At this point, the person on the phone began to stammer, "Family Head, although I don't know what happened, I can speculate that old fox Lin Zhongtian has likely sided with Xu Ke."

"With the Martial Alliance Elder insisting on punishment, rescuing Li Lang will be quite difficult. Should we give up?"

Ye Yunfeng sneered at this. "Not save him? Do you think Li Shichuan wouldn't immediately turn on us and fight to the death? Could you bear that cost?"

The person on the line fell deathly silent. "My apologies, Family Head. I spoke out of turn."

"Alright, that's enough for now."

Seeing that the person had little else to report, Ye Yunfeng hung up.

He then looked at Xu Ke's file on his computer, his brows knitted together. Why has Lin Zhongtian suddenly started helping you? Could it be that you really possess a power that even a Martial Alliance Elder would fear?

Recalling what his subordinates had told him about Xu Ke disappearing for a year, Ye Yunfeng's frown was so severe it looked as though it could crush a sea crab.

Furthermore, Ye Yunfeng found Li Shichuan's claim that Li Lang had killed Chang Yi and Sun Luo to be bizarre. It didn't align with his own hypothesis of what truly happened.

After all, he was convinced Xu Ke was the real killer.

But at the same time, he felt Li Shichuan and Li Lang had absolutely no reason to take the fall for Xu Ke. Their hatred for him was as deep as the sea; they would have no reason to lie on his behalf.

Therefore, Ye Yunfeng decided he could, for now, accept that Li Lang was indeed the killer.

As things stood, Lin Zhongtian's strange turnaround, the nature of Xu Ke's power, and the absolute truth of the matter were not the most important things to Ye Yunfeng.

What he did know was that Lin Zhongtian had clearly colluded with Xu Ke and intended to punish Li Lang severely.

Li Lang's death was undoubtedly what Xu Ke desired.

Furthermore, Li Shichuan was a dog that the Ye Family had raised for many years...

Therefore, he had plenty of reasons to save Li Lang.

Having made up his mind, Ye Yunfeng spoke to his secretary standing nearby. "Call Huang Zhendong, Kang Chenghua, and Wong Ting."

"I want to ask how they plan to pursue this matter."

The secretary nodded quickly and left the office.

After the secretary left, Ye Yunfeng fell into the same state of confusion that had plagued Ye Feng, Li Shichuan, and Li Lang that day.

What on earth is Xu Ke planning?!

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