Chapter 1599: No mistakes allowed

In Ye Zhongquan's eyes, this ancestor worship ceremony, although he was full of expectations for Ye Feng and his marriage, ultimately, what he valued most was Ye Chen.

The royal family indeed had money, and indeed had status and face, but whether it was assets or status, they could only be considered upper-middle.

Therefore, comprehensively speaking, the royal family was a jack-of-all-trades, all aspects were quite good, but there was nothing particularly outstanding or exceptional.

If you really want to compare overall strength, ten Nordic royal princesses might not be able to compare to Gu Qiuyi.

After all, although European royal family members were not as numerous as those in the Middle East, each family had at least a few children, but Gu Qiuyi was a proper only daughter. How could a royal princess compare?

Tang Sihai had followed Ye Zhongquan for many years and naturally knew Ye Zhongquan's plan, but for so many years, Ye Zhongquan didn't know much about Ye Chen and didn't know Ye Chen's personality and style of doing things, but Tang Sihai knew.

For so many years, Ye Chen almost grew up under Tang Sihai's eyes.

Although Tang Sihai had never interfered with Ye Chen's growth, nor had he deliberately made any arrangements for Ye Chen's education, he was very clear about Ye Chen's situation.

From his understanding of Ye Chen, he knew very well that Ye Zhongquan's plan for Ye Chen was very difficult to achieve.

However, he also felt a bit worried in his heart, and couldn't help but secretly think: "If Young Master Chen has always been unable to make the Old Master wish, will the Old Master fall out with Young Master Chen, and will he take the Dihao Group back from Young Master Chen's hands?"

"If the Ye family takes away the Dihao Group, and Young Master Chen is unwilling to marry Gu Qiuyi, then the Gu family's assets will also brush past him. What should he do then?"

Thinking of this, Tang Sihai became increasingly uneasy in his heart.

Thus, he looked at Ye Zhongquan and asked tentatively: "Old Master, you went to such great lengths to find Young Master Chen, is it just to let him marry that little girl from the Gu family?"

"Of course not." Ye Zhongquan waved his hand and said with some emotion: "Chen'er is ultimately my grandson, the bloodline of my Ye family! As the head of the Ye family, I must let him return to the Ye family, so that I can be worthy of Changying and the ancestors of the Ye family. As for whether he marries that girl from the Gu family, it only concerns his own future. As his grandfather, my starting point for everything is hoping he can be better."

As he spoke, Ye Zhongquan sighed lightly and said seriously: "I hope he can understand my painstaking efforts."

Tang Sihai heard this, and suddenly felt a bit nervous in his heart.

He could see that Ye Zhongquan was actually acting in everything he just said.

But what made him nervous was that Ye Zhongquan was actually acting in front of him.

Why act like this?

Naturally, it was hoping that he could be deceived by him, and then convey what he just said to Ye Chen.

Therefore, Tang Sihai immediately understood that Ye Zhongquan already had suspicions about him.

At the very least, in his heart, he must have already thought that his position was more inclined toward Ye Chen, not him.

Thus, Tang Sihai could only bite the bullet and sigh: "Old Master, what you said is right. I believe Young Master Chen will definitely understand you."

Ye Zhongquan nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand at him and said, "Alright, you may withdraw; I am going to rest for a while."

"Understood." Tang Sihai immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Master, please call me anytime if you need anything."

Ye Zhongquan watched Tang Sihai leave the room, his expression gradually becoming blank.

Thinking of Ye Chen, he actually did not have much affection for him.

After all, Ye Chen had been away from home for so many years, and the bond between grandfather and grandson had long since faded for him.

Moreover, he had always been somewhat worried about Ye Chen, fearing that Ye Chen would vent his anger on him because of his parents' deaths.

Therefore, finding Ye Chen and bringing him back actually held only disadvantages and no benefits for him.

He himself was very clear in his heart that bringing Ye Chen back was highly likely to be bringing back a wolf with a white-eyed heart.

However, the reason he insisted on having Ye Chen return to acknowledge his ancestors, even going so far as to humble himself to beg Ye Chen, was primarily because of an experience he had in Singapore three years ago.

Three years ago, Ye Zhongquan went to Sweden to attend an entrepreneur summit.

It was a grand gathering of the world's top entrepreneurs; no more than five entrepreneurs from within the country were truly qualified to be invited, and he was one of them.

Those who came from other countries were also representatives of top families with trillions in assets; at that time, Ye Zhongquan's strength could only be ranked as middle-tier at that summit.

Besides him, the top financial groups from the United States and Japan, the long-standing super-families of Europe, and the financial giants of Russia—any one of them had strength above his.

And the reason so many top tycoons attended this summit was because behind this summit, there were three executive directors.

Everyone who attended this summit was there for the sake of these three executive directors, and everyone was racking their brains to try to get closer to these three executive directors.

These three executive directors were representatives of the world's three top financial groups.

One was a representative of the Middle Eastern royal family, one was a representative of the Rothschild family, and the third was a representative of the An family.

Each of the three families sent one person to serve as an executive director of the summit, jointly managing all affairs of the summit, and each possessed veto power.

With their own strength and influence, the three families gathered a massive amount of resources, and precisely because of this, all entrepreneurs hoped to be able to sneak into this summit.

Ye Zhongquan also wanted to mix in and get some resources and connections at the summit, and as luck would have it, the person the An family sent to serve as an executive director happened to be Ye Chen's own uncle, An Kaifeng.

Ye Zhongquan naturally knew that the An family had always looked down on him, but they were relatives after all, and he knew that Ye Chen's uncle, An Kaifeng, had a very deep affection for Ye Chen's mother, so he thickened his skin and wanted to try to get close to An Kaifeng.

Unexpectedly, when Ye Zhongquan, of the older generation, took the initiative to ask to see An Kaifeng, An Kaifeng did not even give him a single chance to meet, only letting his subordinates reply to him with one sentence: Among those surnamed Ye, he only recognized one, and that was the flesh and blood of his sister An Chengxi, Ye Chen! Apart from him, he would not see anyone else surnamed Ye!

An Kaifeng's attitude made Ye Zhongquan realize that his grandson, who had been missing for many years, was actually the only remaining link between the Ye family and the An family.

Originally, he had thought that the An family had always looked down on the Ye family ten thousand times over, and were not even willing to acknowledge the in-law relationship between them.

Furthermore, he had even thought that the An family must also look down on Ye Chen, as they had always opposed An Chengxi marrying Ye Changying, and it was normal for them to have no good feelings toward the child of An Chengxi and Ye Changying.

However, he truly did not expect that An Kaifeng had actually left a glimmer of opportunity for the Ye family.

In his view, regardless of whether Ye Chen's maternal grandparents cared about Ye Chen, having this statement from An Kaifeng was enough.

Because An Kaifeng had long been designated as the next-generation successor of the An family; winning him over was equivalent to winning over the An family!

Ye Zhongquan had been dreaming of the overseas market for years, but relying solely on the Ye family, it was difficult to take steps to develop overseas.

The An family's strength was dozens of times stronger than the Ye family's, and they had outstanding strength and deep roots overseas; if they could have the An family's help, they could naturally walk on flat ground.

Therefore, in Ye Zhongquan's view, if he could have Ye Chen acknowledge his ancestors, have Ye Chen marry Gu Qiuyi, and even have Ye Chen go to the United States to establish a link with the An family, then the Ye family's prospects would be bright.

And this matter was the core motivation truly driving Ye Zhongquan to want to find Ye Chen and bring him back, only he had never told anyone about this, not even Tang Sihai.