Chapter 480

After getting her cast at the People's Hospital, Ma Lan was driven home by Xiao Changkun to recuperate.

Along the way, Ma Lan kept nagging Xiao Changkun, while also fishing for information, trying to figure out why he had dressed so sharply for his gathering today.

However, Xiao Changkun's mouth was tighter than a safe.

He only wanted to find a good opportunity tonight to bring up the divorce with Ma Lan, so before that, he absolutely could not let her know about Han Meiqing.

In another car, Ye Chen was driving with a red-eyed Xiao Churan, following Xiao Changkun's car at a steady pace.

Xiao Churan was very sympathetic to her mother's ordeal; after all, as a daughter, anyone would feel uncomfortable seeing their mother suffer so many injuries and so much torture.

Besides that, another thing that worried her was the state of her parents' relationship.

She knew her father liked Han Meiqing, and compared to Han Meiqing, her mother was truly lacking, so she was very worried that her father would eventually give up their current marriage to pursue his own happiness.

Seeing his wife looking so worried, Ye Chen was about to say a few words of comfort when he suddenly received a call from Chen Zekai.

Chen Zekai asked him on the phone, "Young Master, have you picked up your mother-in-law?"

Because his wife was by his side, Ye Chen couldn't speak too clearly, so he said vaguely, "Yes."

Chen Zekai said, "That's good."

After a pause, he added, "By the way, Young Master, I heard some news."

Ye Chen asked, "What news?"

Chen Zekai said, "The Wu family in Suhang seems to be looking everywhere for your enemies. They even sent people to Jingcheng to find Xiao Yiqian, and they even sent people to Mount Zhangbai to find those two, Wei Yongzheng and Wei Changming. However, they were discovered by the people Hong Wu arranged there, so they escaped in advance."

Ye Chen couldn't help but frown tightly.

There was only one possibility for the Wu family to suddenly contact Xiao Yiqian and even the Wei family: they wanted to unite with more of his enemies to deal with him.

Ever since Wu Donghai and his son Wu Xin had been humiliated and fled back to Suhang, the Wu family hadn't made any moves. He had thought they realized he wasn't someone they could provoke, but he hadn't expected them to be plotting in the shadows.

Ye Chen asked, "Who else have they contacted?"

Chen Zekai said, "The Wu family has also reached out to others who have been taught a lesson before, but those are all bottom-tier losers who won't be able to stir up any trouble, like that dog-and-bitch couple who once bullied your classmate Wang Daokun and their father."

Then, Chen Zekai asked, "Young Master, should I notify the family and just wipe out the Wu family, or have the family warn them to behave themselves from now on?"

"No need," Ye Chen said with a smile, "I don't want others to help."

Ye Chen was not yet ready to return to the Ye family, and he even felt that he might not necessarily have to return to the Ye family in the future.

After all, he had been away from the Ye family for so many years, and to be honest, while he couldn't say he had deep hatred for the Ye family, there was still a hurdle in his heart—the accidental death of his parents all those years ago.

So, he said to Chen Zekai, "Some things are more interesting when you do them yourself. Relying on others for help is not only unreliable, but it also loses a lot of the fun."

Chen Zekai hurriedly said, "But Young Master, the Wu family is a top-tier existence in the entire Jiangnan region. If they are truly determined to go against you, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it alone."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry about that. Although I'm not a very successful person, I'm not a soft persimmon that anyone can squeeze."

Chen Zekai sighed and said, "Young Master, you must still be very careful and never let your guard down against the Wu family. The Wu family has put out a 300 million bounty just to kill Liu Guang and his son. Now countless people are hunting them down all over the world. Once their whereabouts are exposed, they will likely be hacked to death by countless people."

Ye Chen asked curiously, "Does anyone know where those two went?"

Chen Zekai said, "It's rumored they went abroad, but no one knows which country, because they seemed to have used fake passports when they left."

Ye Chen nodded. Although he didn't say it out loud, he knew very well that the reason the Wu family was hunting down this father and son was actually because of that crosstalk performance on the short video platform.

The Wu family had been racking their brains to delete that crosstalk from the platform, but because the platform had been bought by Tang Sihai, they had no way to do it.

Because of that crosstalk, the entire Wu family had lost all face and couldn't delete it, so the only way to regain their dignity was to kill both Liu Guang and his son, letting the world know that the Wu family would never suffer humiliation in vain.

Chen Zekai added, "Young Master, the Wu family is willing to spend 300 million or more just to deal with Liu Guang and his son. If it were to deal with you, I believe they would be willing to pay an even greater price, so you must, must be careful."

Ye Chen said calmly, "Okay, I understand."

Chen Zekai said, "Young Master, if you need any help, please be sure to tell me."

Ye Chen gave a hum, glanced quietly at his wife beside him, and said to Chen Zekai, "I'm on my way home now, we'll talk about other matters later."

"Okay."

After Ye Chen hung up the phone, Xiao Churan asked curiously, "Who were you talking to? What was that about help or not, and soft persimmons? Is someone trying to bully you?"

"No," Ye Chen smiled and said, "Wasn't Mom bullied by a pyramid scheme organization? So I was planning to ask a friend to see if they could help Mom vent her anger."

Xiao Churan hurriedly said, "Absolutely not!"

As she spoke, she added, "To be honest, my mom has suffered so much, and while it's pitiful, as her daughter, I have to say she brought it on herself. She values money too much; not only is she obsessed with wealth, but she always wants to get something for nothing and take shortcuts. Even if she hadn't fallen for this scam today, she would have fallen for another one tomorrow."

Ye Chen nodded in full agreement. He hadn't expected that although Xiao Churan was somewhat foolishly filial to Ma Lan, she at least knew what kind of person Ma Lan really was.

Originally, saying he would help Ma Lan vent her anger was just an excuse anyway, so seeing Xiao Churan say this, he didn't continue the topic.

At this moment, Ye Chen was thinking about the Wu family far away in Suhang.

Since the Wu family father and son were still dwelling on their previous humiliation, they would eventually come to take revenge on him sooner or later.

But there was one problem that exceeded his expectations: the Wu family father and son were both very arrogant. Why would they need to find helpers for something like taking revenge on him?

Their contacting Xiao Yiqian and others who had offended him must be because they wanted to unite several enemies to target him together.

For Ye Chen, this was not a good signal.

Because enemies are always easy to defeat when they are arrogant.

But when enemies are no longer arrogant, they become more cunning and, likewise, more difficult to deal with.

The Wu family already had significant strength, and now they were uniting with others to deal with him, which proved they had made great progress and were worth his serious attention!