"Elder Ye, Family Head, Old Lady Luo, you two have arrived quite early!"

Seeing the two approaching figures, Zhou Cheng's expression darkened as he spoke indifferently.

The newcomers were none other than the Ye Family's former Family Head Ye Qiongbo and the Gong Family's Dingjing power-holder, Old Lady Luo.

Over the past week, both the Ye Family and the Gong Family had been nearly scared to death.

They had not refrained from setting traps for Jiang Chen in the past and had never shown him a kind face; but now, Jiang Chen had suddenly caused such a stir, and directly brought about the downfall of the Four Great Aristocratic Families.

This had terrified both families. They had spent the entire week in anxiety and fear, constantly worried that Jiang Chen might suddenly eliminate their two families as well!

"Director Zhou, may I ask if Jiang Chen... oh no, Mr. Jiang is here?"

Ye Qiongbo's voice was tinged with apprehension, his heart devoid of any certainty. Since the last time Ye Jianzhong had kidnapped Ye Yuwan, intending to marry her off to Qiu Liang, Ye Yuwan had not returned to the Ye Family or made any contact with them. Especially this past week, she had not taken any calls from anyone in the Ye Family, leaving them both angry and afraid.

Seeing Ye Qiongbo taking the initiative to speak, Old Lady Luo also hurriedly looked towards Zhou Cheng.

"Both of you, please follow me to the guest room and wait for a while. After the celebration ends, I'll take you to the boss's house!" Zhou Cheng spoke coolly and turned to enter the company building.

At Zhou Cheng's words, Old Lady Luo was slightly taken aback and said softly, "Mr. Jiang isn't here? Then let's go to his villa to find him!"

"Old Lady Luo, do you think that without me leading you, you'd be able to enter the villa's courtyard?" Zhou Cheng turned his head and looked at Old Lady Luo with a mocking gaze.

Old Lady Luo's face changed, and she said loudly with dissatisfaction, "After all, I am his grandmother; he..."

"Grandmother?"

Zhou Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, staring intently at Old Lady Luo: "Old Lady Luo, you should be clear about how you have treated the boss. If not for Director Gong's instructions to give your two families some face, do you think I would be waiting for you at the door? Don't take kindness for weakness!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cheng no longer paid them any attention and walked into the company building.

Wang Dingguo and Lin Bingrui shared a mocking smile between them. These two had once pushed away a Divine Dragon as if it were a mere insect; now that they wanted to make amends after witnessing its transformation, they still couldn't swallow their pride—truly laughable!

Old Lady Luo's expression soured, and she wanted to turn around and leave on the spot. The Gong Family was different from the Ye Family; even though their roots were in Dingjing, their current development focus was in Jincheng. So what if they fell out of favor in Dingjing? Did Jiang Chen really dare to destroy the Gong Family?

However, recalling Gong Jianqiang's admonition from the night before, Old Lady Luo was obliged to follow Zhou Cheng into the Yi Chen building with a cold face.

Gong Jianqiang had called Old Lady Luo the previous night, admitting he had made a mistake in terminating the engagement with Ye Yuwan. He wanted Old Lady Luo to use her relationship with Gong Lin to reconcile with Jiang Chen.

But Old Lady Luo had immediately balked, insisting Jiang Chen was unworthy of Gong Lin, calling him a mere upstart among other things.

At the time, Gong Jianqiang was very perplexed. However, after learning about how the Gong Family had treated Jiang Chen during this period, he became furious and had a severe argument with Old Lady Luo. He truly hadn't expected that after Jiang Chen had come to Dingjing, he would face such universal ridicule and disdain from the Gong Family when he was, in fact, a direct descendant of the Jiang Family.

Moreover, news had come from Jincheng stating that the Jiang Family's eldest grandson has been recognized by the Jiang Family. The moment he agreed, he could take over the helm of the Jiang Family and become its new leader.

All the major families of Jincheng were guessing who the legitimate eldest grandson of the Jiang Family was, and Gong Jianqiang had known all along that Jiang Chen was the legitimate eldest grandson of the Jiang Family. However, she and the people of Gong Family of Dingjing had pushed themselves right out the door ahead of time, how could this not infuriate Gong Jianqiang!

Therefore, Old Lady Luo had no choice but to bow her head.

...

Dingyun Lake Villa.

Jiang Chen held a bowl of herbal medicine and carefully fed Gong Lin.

"I'm fine, you don't have to do this," Gong Lin looked at Jiang Chen, who was feeding her with a soup spoon, with happiness and complained against her better judgment.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly and said softly, "You are my wife, isn't it right for me to treat you well?"

Gong Lin's heart trembled. Jiang Chen had called her his wife before, but the tone was completely different from now. This time, Gong Lin could clearly feel the tenderness and affection in Jiang Chen's words.

"Jiang Chen..." Gong Lin looked at Jiang Chen with anticipation in her eyes and an incredulous expression, "You... are willing to accept me now?"

Jiang Chen fell silent for a moment, then gently stroked Gong Lin's hair and spoke softly, "If I still didn't accept you, would I even be human? I think, if Jing Yi woke up, she would accept you too!"

Gong Lin's eyes instantly moistened, her lips pressed tightly together as she tried her best to keep her tears from falling.

It was so hard! Really so hard!

To make Jiang Chen, this foolishly devoted man, accept her was incredibly difficult!

Since she had known Jiang Chen, Gong Lin was very clear that in Jiang Chen's heart, no one could replace Ye Jingyi's position. She had never had high hopes of replacing Ye Jingyi, but when she realized she had fallen in love with Jiang Chen, all she wanted was for Jiang Chen to give her just a little bit of his love.

Now that her wish had come true, a sense of grievance suddenly surged in her heart, along with an extreme happiness.

Jiang Chen looked apologetically at Gong Lin, put down the empty medicine bowl, and took Gong Lin into his arms.

On the third day after Gong Lin was attacked, Hua Zhiqiang, Qiu Boyuan, Lin Bingrui, and even Shen Zhenguo, Wang Dingguo, and others, used their greatest efforts to gather all the medicinal materials Jiang Chen needed. Jiang Chen stayed in the room for four days concocting the medicine and finally succeeded in making the elixir to save Gong Lin. He also made some healing medicine and gave it to Qiu Boyuan and others.

After getting the elixir, Qiu Boyuan did not let everyone take it immediately. Instead, he asked Jiang Chen to write a few prescriptions to help everyone heal. Those medicines, however, he kept for himself to use as rewards in the branch.

After Gong Lin woke up, she received the highest standard of treatment. Although Shen Xiaoqin had gone to Jincheng, Jiang Chen stayed at the villa and did not step out of Gong Lin's side for the past two days, giving Gong Lin immense satisfaction.

A day passed in the sweet companionship of the two, and as the evening approached, Jiang Chen left the room to make dinner.

Gong Lin watched Jiang Chen leave with happiness, then turned to the lying Ye Jingyi beside her and said, "Jing Yi, rest assured, I won't steal Jiang Chen away. I also know that I can't steal him; in his heart, you will always be the most important. I only hope that you won't blame me for taking a little of his love, and don't blame Jiang Chen. Although you are younger than I am, if you wish, you can be my older sister from now on, and I will always be the younger one, okay?"

Suddenly, Ye Jingyi's steady breathing abruptly stopped, her eyelids seemed to flicker, and then her breathing resumed.

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