Phew!

In the kitchen, the sound of three people exhaling was heard, and the trio paused, glancing at each other. Lou Qiangqiang and Tang Wanru both turned to look at Ye Yùwǎn.

"Shifu's wife, please don't overthink it. If you go to extremes, Shifu will go crazy!" Tang Wanru quickly spoke with concern.

Lou Qiangqiang also hurriedly said, "Yeah, sister-in-law, you mustn't overthink!"

"What is there for me to overthink, let's go, carry the fruit out!" Ye Yùwǎn said with a light laugh, shaking off her hands, not competing with Lou Qiangqiang and the other person to carry the fruit, and turned towards the kitchen door.

At the moment she turned around, a determined look appeared in Ye Yùwǎn's eyes, and she secretly vowed in her heart.

I must become stronger, I absolutely cannot let myself get hurt, not for myself, but to prevent Jiang Chen from being controlled by the Heart Demon, I have to become stronger!

Strong enough that no one can hurt me, strong enough to protect Jing Yi and Lin Lin for Jiang Chen!

...

In the attic of Ye Minglong and his wife's place.

"Chen'er, you're back?!" Shen Xiaoqin and the other person looked at the entering Jiang Chen with surprise and joy, both standing up.

"Big brother!" Jiang Yuqing watched Jiang Chen with a beaming smile.

Jiang Chen smiled at Jiang Yuqing and then turned to look at Jiang Minglong and his wife: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."

"It's good you're back, it's good you're back, sit down, don't stand!" Shen Xiaoqin called out happily.

As everyone sat down, Jiang Chen pulled out his phone and sent a document to Gong Lin, Ye Jingyi, and Jiang Yuqing.

"Jing Yi, Lin Lin, Yu Qing, this is a list of all the assets under Ge'er Te, I've briefly looked over it, and most of them overlap with the operational scope of Jiuzhou and Longteng, which is perfect. Starting now, we'll fully suppress the industries under Ge'er Te, but remember, don't touch the other assets of the Ge'er Family, only target those under Ge'er Te. As soon as Ge'er Te's assets are transferred to the Ge'er Family, we stop our actions!" Jiang Chen spoke with a stern expression.

"Okay!" Several people nodded.

"Lin Lin, I've got someone watching over the Diamond Country mine situation. After the Meng Family's birthday celebration, I'll personally go to Diamond Country to handle the matter and bring a group of brothers back," Jiang Chen turned to Gong Lin.

Gong Lin nodded, "Okay!"

"Jing Yi, start running ads for hiring at Yichen Security Company, but remember, set the standard at retired special forces soldiers, and secretly the minimum martial realm should be Heavenly Level peak. Of course, if they are retired special forces who aren't at Heavenly Level, they can be considered too!" Jiang Chen looked at Ye Jingyi again.

"This..."

"Set the standard at Heavenly Level peak?!"

"Isn't that too high?"

Everyone was momentarily surprised, looking at Jiang Chen with astonishment.

"Not too high!" Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "When I come back from the outside, you'll understand."

"Right!"

Jiang Chen turned his head towards Jiang Yuqing, "I told Butler Lu that I'm going to Jinhuan Clubhouse tonight to meet those families. Yu Qing, get ready. This time, I want to establish Jiang Family's authority and let everyone know that in Jincheng, our Jiang Family doesn't bully others on a whim, but if anyone dares to have thoughts against our family, they're as good as dead!"

"Okay!" Jiang Yuqing nodded spiritedly, the meaning in Jiang Chen's words was very clear.

Tonight, Jiang Chen is raising his family banner, hoisting the standard of Jincheng's First Family!

...

Night falls and the nightlife begins.

Jinhuan Clubhouse, one of Jincheng's top three clubs, becomes the liveliest spot as evening approaches.

At this moment, the entire Jinhuan Clubhouse is booked out. Yet the representatives of the prominent families inside the grand third-floor banquet hall have no idea who has reserved the entire venue.

"Who do you think booked the club?"

"It must be Family Head Zhao, Family Head Chen, and Family Head Liu, right?"

"Definitely, since they're the ones who organized today's gathering!"

"What do you think the three top-tier families are summoning us here for today?"

In the banquet hall, various family heads from the Jincheng dynasty whisper among themselves.

With the Wang Family's downfall, the Zhang Family, Sun Family, and Meng Family have increasingly aligned with the Jiang Family. This left the Zhao, Chen, and Liu Families in somewhat of an awkward position!

"Hmph! The Jiang Family may be powerful now, but they have become too arrogant. Today they annihilated the Wu Family. What are they trying to do, dominate the Jincheng business circle?" A cold snort sounded.

Everyone was startled and turned their heads to see who dared to challenge the Jiang Family so openly.

"What? Am I wrong?" Yu Family Head Yu Hanwen scanned the crowd and bellowed, "The Jiang Family's actions are clearly aimed at dominating the Jincheng business circle! They have the audacity to do it, can't we even speak of it?"

"Yes, the Jiang Family has indeed gone too far lately. We can't let them continue like this. If things go on this way, I fear we won't have a foothold anymore!"

"Exactly, we must unite and suppress the Jiang Family's arrogance. If we continue to fight on our own, we'll slowly be devoured by the Jiang Family one by one!"

Two voices of agreement rose. Zhang Yuezen and Chen Kaiyang stood up, loudly calling out.

The various family heads looked at each other and fell silent.

The Yu, Zhang, and Chen Families are all first-class families with conflicts with Jiang Chen, which is no secret in the Jincheng circle, especially since the time when Jiang Chen was still in Dingjing.

The other families had no grudges with the Jiang Family, so they each had their own calculations regarding the words of Yu Jiaming and the others.

"What's the matter? Are you all still hesitating? Haven't you seen enough from the recent Eagle's Nest incident? That was the direct heirs of more than twenty families, all ordered by Jiang Chen himself to have their legs broken. This alone shows he hasn't taken us seriously at all!" Yu Hanwen shouted again.

Some murmurs started among the family heads.

The Eagle's Nest incident did cause a stir within the entire Jincheng circle. That day, Jiang Chen broke the legs of people from over twenty families in one fell swoop, leaving everyone deeply shaken and wondering if he was starting his reign as Family Head of the Jiang Family with a fierce show of force.

However, as things eventually calmed down without further developments, everyone stopped dwelling on the incident.

Now that Yu Hanwen brought it up again, the family heads whose pride was trampled that day struggled to maintain their composure.

"Are you still somewhat apprehensive?" Zhang Yuezen, eyeing an opportunity, shouted loudly, "I know everyone is wary of the Jiang Family's connections, especially apprehensive of the owner of this clubhouse, Miss Song Wanqiu."

"But look at today. The three top-tier families have booked the club. Have any of you seen someone booking the entire clubhouse before? This has never happened. The ability of the three top-tier families to reserve the clubhouse shows that Miss Song Wanqiu's relationship with them is not as simple as we thought. What is there to fear?"

Zhang Yuezen's frenzied rant lit up the eyes of the people around him.

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