"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was too greedy. I shouldn't have stolen your credit, my fault! Slap——"

Li Jiangming knelt before Jiang Chen, apologizing, and slapped himself across the face.

The Ye Family members were completely dumbfounded, looking at each other, their faces burning with embarrassment.

They had all gathered around someone who had stolen credit and deceived them, yet they berated the real benefactor, looking like a bunch of fools.

But none of them were willing to admit their mistake, and when they looked at Jiang Chen, who was surrounded by Lin Youpeng and Cheng Zhiqiang, the sourness in their hearts almost turned their insides out.

Why should he, a kept man of our family, get such respect from these big shots?

Jiang Chen glanced at Li Jiangming kneeling before him, then at the obvious jealousy in the eyes of the Ye Family members, sighed, and said to Li Jiangming with a cold voice, "Alright, Li Jiangming, you can go now."

"Mr. Jiang, don't bother with these clueless people, let's continue drinking," Cheng Zhiqiang called out to Jiang Chen.

"Jing Yi, would you like to join us?" Jiang Chen then asked Ye Jingyi.

"I... No!" Ye Jingyi was about to agree, but when she suddenly saw Gong Lin beside Jiang Chen, she resolutely shook her head.

Jiang Chen shook his head again, took another look at the Ye Family members, and feeling that he truly hadn't wronged them, decided it wasn't necessary to explain at this moment. He nodded and turned back to the private room with Lin Youpeng and the others.

Gong Lin glanced at Ye Jingyi, offered a victorious smile, and also headed back.

Zhou Ru and the others immediately felt too ashamed to stay any longer and turned to leave.

Li Jiangming, red with humiliation, got up without even a glance at Ye Jingyi and the others, and left hastily, taking Li Yaoyao with him.

Ye Jingyi took one last look at the private room door, with a complex expression, stamped her foot, and turned to follow Zhou Ru and the others out.

...

After finishing his meal, Jiang Chen returned to Ye Jingyi's home with mixed emotions.

"Jiang Chen, come clean, how did you cozy up to the Cheng Family Head, the Lin Family Head, and people like them?"

"Yeah, how did you deceive them into trusting you so much?"

"Tell us, how did you make them show you so much respect?"

As soon as Jiang Chen entered, the Ye Family members began to press him for answers.

He scanned the crowd, took a deep breath, and said, "If I tell you the truth, will you believe me?"

"You tell us, we'll believe you!" Ye Jingyi insisted, staring straight at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen said calmly, "It's not that I sought their favor, but rather that they sought mine. The Cheng Family Head because I saved his son, Lin Youpeng because I saved his wife, Gong Lin because I saved her mother. Gong Lin was so grateful, she even made me the president of Sihai Company!"

After hearing this, the Ye Family members were stunned, then burst out laughing collectively.

"Haha..."

"You really know how to spin a tale! With your mediocre medical skills, do you think we'd believe you?"

"You must be crazy, making you the president of Sihai Company? Why not say they made you the chairman?"

The Ye Family members scoffed and jeered.

Jiang Chen said indifferently, "She did want me to be the chairman, but I refused."

"Haha! Made you chairman? Wouldn't that be like giving you the company? Do you even know what you're talking about? Sihai Investment is a multi-billion asset management company. Who do you think you are? Gong Lin is that nice to you? She must have taken a fancy to you, huh?" Ye Yanni jeered, laughing so hard she could hardly stand up straight.

Zhou Ru looked coldly at Jiang Chen and mocked, "Jiang Chen, I really don't know where Jing Yi found such a loser like you. Not only are you incompetent, but your skin is thicker than a city wall. Why don't you find a mirror and take a good look at yourself? Do you really think Sihai Investment would appoint you as the president? Do you think everyone is blind like us?!"

Jiang Chen shook his head with a wry smile, his expression slightly cold, "No, others aren't, but you really are blind."

"What did you say!" Zhou Ru, enraged and humiliated, stepped forward, raising her hand to slap Jiang Chen, only to be caught by him.

"Jiang Chen, let go of my mom!"

Ye Jingyi stepped forward and pulled Jiang Chen away from Zhou Ru, looking at him with a dark face, "Are you implying that the previous Lijing's investment, our Ye Family's investment, and Ye Tianming's affairs, and all of these things, are all thanks to your efforts?"

Jiang Chen nodded, "Yes, I did all of that."

Ye Jingyi shook her head in disappointment, "You must be crazy, you've turned into a mad con man, even deceiving yourself. You've disappointed me so much! Do you really expect me to believe you?"

"Exactly, what could a good-for-nothing who can only cheat people achieve like this?"

"Who do you think you are? The president of The Four Seas, no less. The only way that could happen is if you're being kept by Gong Lin!"

"Just get out of here, you scammer and waste of space; you're not worthy of entering our home. Get out now!"

"Get out! Get out!"

The Ye Family members all chimed in with scorn, urging Jiang Chen out.

Jiang Chen glanced at Ye Jingyi and, seeing that she didn't believe him either, shook his head helplessly and turned to leave Ye Jingyi's home.

"Jingyi, from now on, don't bother with Jiang Chen. Find a time to divorce him quickly, what a piece of junk!" After Jiang Chen left, Zhou Ru glared at Ye Jingyi and coldly said.

Ye Jingyi's face was full of disappointment, and she didn't say anything, going upstairs alone.

After that, although Ye Jingyi didn't divorce Jiang Chen, she didn't speak to him for half a month, and since she didn't believe him, Jiang Chen no longer visited the Ye home, starting a cold war between them.

...

On this day, at Ye Jianchang's home, Ye Tianming was watching TV in the living room when he suddenly received a phone call.

"What? The investment failed? How is that possible?!"

Heard the content on the phone, Ye Tianming's face turned pale.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Tianming slumped onto the sofa, looking devastated.

"What's wrong?" Ye Jianchang came downstairs and, seeing Ye Tianming's state, frowned and asked.

Ye Tianming didn't reply but suddenly jumped up from the sofa and dialed Sun Jiayu's number on his phone.

"What's the matter?" The call connected, and an indifferent voice came through the phone from Sun Jiayu.

Ye Tianming was taken aback, dispensed with worrying about Sun Jiayu's attitude, and said urgently, "Young Master Sun, how could the investment fail?"

"What?" Ye Jianchang was startled, sprinting to Ye Tianming's side.

"It's quite normal for investments to fail," Sun Jiayu spoke calmly.

Ye Tianming grew anxious and blurted frantically, "Young Master Sun, you were the one who said the investment was sure to succeed! Our family has transferred all of our liquid assets, but now... Please, I'm begging you, spare me. Those are billions of dollars, all of the Ye Family's funds! Please let me off, give me back the funds!"

"Give it back to you? Haha!" Sun Jiayu's sneer came through the receiver, "Why would I go to all the trouble of setting this up if I were just going to give it back to you?"

Ye Tianming was stunned, stammering, "Young Master Sun, what do you mean by that?"

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