Jiang Chen smiled faintly and began speaking, "When I first pointed out that this painting was a fake, I had no idea it contained a hidden painting within. It was only later that I learned of it."

The Ye family members paused, nodding to themselves in agreement. Indeed, the technique of concealing a painting within another wasn't something that could be easily discerned without close inspection.

But Jiang Chen continued, "However, even if I had known it was a painting within a painting back then, I still would have fought for it."

Ye Tianming shouted, "See, everyone? He did it on purpose!"

Grandpa Ye frowned and asked Jiang Chen, "Why would you fight for it?"

"Because at the time, I didn't know he was a member of the Ye family. To have a good gift for Grandpa's birthday, something that could bring him good fortune, of course I would fight for it," Jiang Chen said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Upon hearing this, everyone thought to themselves, right, that makes sense.

Yè Yùwǎn glanced at everyone and, seeing that they had nothing to say, her eyes twinkled as she looked at Grandpa Ye with a smile, "Grandpa, since your son-in-law has brought you such a fine gift, shouldn't you reward him?"

Grandpa Ye was taken aback, glanced at the Painting of Longevity, and began to speak with a light chuckle, "Well..."

"Boom——"

Suddenly, a muffled sound interrupted Grandpa Ye's words; Grandma Ye was looking at Jiang Chen with a dark face:

"Jiang Chen, if it hadn't been for Tianming, you wouldn't have discovered the secret of this painting. If you hadn't been there, Tianming would have bought this painting. Thus, this painting has nothing to do with you. And by doing this, are you trying to show off how smart you are and make the Ye family members look foolish? We in the Ye family do not welcome such opportunistic individuals!"

Jiang Chen was taken aback, looking at Grandma Ye in astonishment.

Yè Yùwǎn spoke up for Jiang Chen, "Grandma, it was the son-in-law who discovered the secret of the painting within the painting. How can you say it has nothing to do with him?"

"You shut your mouth!" snapped Grandma Ye, giving Yè Yùwǎn a fierce glare before turning back to berate Jiang Chen, "You listen to me well. You must not touch anything belonging to the Ye family again. You eat the Ye family's food, and if you dare to be so sly again, I want you out of the Ye family!"

Yè Yùwǎn rolled her eyes. Grandma only knew how to spoil her precious grandson, capable of turning black into white!

The other members of the Ye family, however, exchanged glances and smirked among themselves:

What Grandma said was right. This was the Ye family's gathering. If an outsider stole the limelight, the entire Ye family would lose face. Now, this was just perfect!

Grandpa Ye opened his mouth as if to say something, but Grandma Ye gave him a sharp look, and instantly, Grandpa Ye closed his mouth.

Jiang Chen furrowed his brows, feeling disgruntled. This Ye family truly had few reasonable people!

"Alright, Tianming, my dear grandson, don't be angry. The credit for the painting will go to you," Grandma Ye then turned to console Tianming, asking cheerfully, "What other gift have you brought for your grandpa?"

Tianming looked at Jiang Chen smugly, pulled out a blood-colored Jade Pendant from his pocket, turned, and bowed to Grandpa Ye, "Grandpa, I wish you good health and all the best. This is a fine piece of Blood Jade I managed to obtain through my connections. It can nourish the spirit and contain energy."

"Very good, very good!"

Grandpa Ye chuckled, reaching out for the Jade Pendant.

"Wait a moment!" Jiang Chen's voice suddenly rang out.

Grandpa Ye paused and looked up to find Jiang Chen staring seriously at the Jade Pendant.

The material of this Jade Pendant was Blood Jade. The formation of Blood Jade is related to corpses. When a person is buried, jade items meant to be placed in the mouth are forcefully pushed in. If the person has just died and the jade is inserted as the breath is taken, it would settle into the throat, entering the dense network of blood vessels. Left for a thousand years, permeated by dead blood, the blood threads would reach the heart of the jade, creating the stunning Blood Jade.

But such an object, when found in the mouth of a violently deceased corpse, it becomes a terrifying thing.

As soon as Tianming took out the Jade Pendant, Jiang Chen sensed something was off. The Jade Pendant had a strong Blood Fiend Aura, which would not only fail to nourish the spirit and contain energy for an elderly person but could also harm them.

Jiang Chen spoke in a grave tone, "There's a problem with this Blood Jade. If I'm not mistaken, its owner met with a violent death, harboring a heavy Malevolent Fiendish Aura. Just now, it had already caused a disturbance in Grandpa Ye's vital energies. If it is handled further, I fear it could endanger his life!"

"What?"

"Malevolent Fiendish Aura? What kind of nonsense theory is that, who are you trying to scare?"

"And fluctuations of qi and blood, do you think you are a Divine Doctor or something?"

The Ye Family members were all agitated; no one believed him.

Ye Tianming was even more scornful, "Are you still spouting nonsense? I went through a lot of trouble to obtain this, and I think you're just jealous that I managed to get something better!"

"Yeah, he must be jealous, what a person!"

"Are you not embarrassed enough already?"

The whole Ye Family joined in the mockery.

Ye Jingyi was so embarrassed her face turned beet red, she clenched Jiang Chen's hand tightly, wishing they could both just disappear into the ground. How humiliating!

"Stop spouting rubbish here. My son went through great lengths to get this; are you trying to tarnish my son's reputation? Put away your filthy thoughts!" Ye Tianming's mother, already disgusted with Jiang Chen over the incident with the painting inside the Painting of Longevity, seized the opportunity to curse at him, "Someone like you, joining our Ye Family, is a disgrace to our threshold!"

Grandma Ye's face was even colder as she stared at Jiang Chen, "Shut your mouth. You just can't stand to see Tian Ming do well, first trying to snatch his painting, and now tarnishing Tian Ming's name. What do you mean by that? Are you cursing my old man?"

"Alright, alright, no more arguing." In the end, it was Grandpa Ye, tired of listening, who raised his hand to stop everyone, looking displeasedly at Jiang Chen, and then at Ye Tianming's Jade Pendant, which he rather liked, and took it to fiddle with in his hands, "This Jade Pendant is quite nice, it..."

Before he could finish, "thump—"

Grandpa Ye collapsed to the floor, the Blood Jade falling to one side.

"Old man!"

"Grandpa!"

"Dad!"

The Ye Family was thrown into panic, crying out loudly as Grandma Ye and Ye Tianming quickly helped Grandpa Ye up.

Jiang Chen's expression changed, and he rushed over immediately.

"What do you think you're doing?" the Ye Family members shouted, as several young people blocked Jiang Chen's path.

Jiang Chen spoke with a heavy voice, "Move aside, I'm going to save Grandpa."

"Save what? You don't know anything, get lost!" the Ye Family members cursed loudly.

Jiang Chen glanced at Grandpa Ye and immediately saw that the situation was dire, urgently shouting, "Move aside, if we don't save him now, it will be too late!"

"Get lost, I think Grandpa fainted because of your curse!" The Ye Family members blocked him and wouldn't let Jiang Chen get close.

Jiang Chen grew anxious and started to take action, kicking aside those who were in his way.

"How dare you hit someone? Hit him!" shouted a young Ye Family member, and the crowd surged towards Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen frowned, quickly dodging the punches and kicks from the family members. Amidst the crowd, he endured the blows, took out Silver Needles, and swiftly punctured two points on Grandpa Ye's body.

"Cough cough—"

A series of coughing sounds arose, and Grandpa Ye slowly regained consciousness.

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