After Listening to What Inside My Mind the Female Leads Want to Flung Into My Harem
Chapter 249 – After finishing this cup, there are still three cups left

After a few drinks, Ye Qiu couldn't shake the feeling that something was off with the taste in his mouth.

This wine... it really packs a punch, doesn't it?

"Maybe it's because the yellow wine has been aged for so long," Ye Qiu thought to himself. It was his first time trying this aged yellow wine.

Compared to Ye Qiu, who was drinking with gusto, the others weren't as fortunate. With only so much of the wine to go around, they could only savor a single glass, treating it like a divine nectar from the heavens, believing that a sip could grant immortality.

Everyone here was a seasoned drinker, and they found the taste of the yellow wine quite pleasant. However, because they were drinking slowly, they started to notice a faint, unusual taste in their mouths.

They didn't think much of it, though, and instead marveled at how extraordinary this century-old tribute wine was, something that neither white wine nor red wine could replicate.

"This tribute wine is truly remarkable."

"Indeed, the taste is rich and lingers on the palate."

"Yes, yes, it has a unique flavor that other wines don't have."

The group praised the wine, adopting the demeanor of wine connoisseurs. But then, a balding middle-aged man suddenly turned red and spat out his drink, gagging a couple of times.

"What's wrong, Old He? Can't handle the good stuff?" This man was one of the puppets Ye Qiu had propped up, and the current head of the He family. Seeing him spit out the wine, one of his friends asked with a chuckle.

"Is there something wrong with this wine?" Old He asked with a peculiar expression.

"What do you mean?" Ye Qiu raised an eyebrow, looking displeased. He had already downed five glasses and still wanted more, and here this guy was wasting it. If he'd known, he wouldn't have given him any.

"It's just... I suspect there's urine mixed in this wine," Old He said bluntly, gritting his teeth.

As the younger brother of the previous head of the He family, Old He had a rocky relationship with his brother during their youth, always looking for ways to annoy each other. Once, while his brother was asleep, he had shoved a radish-scented fart into his brother's mouth, waking him up in disgust and leaving him unable to eat for three days, threatening to kill him.

After hiding out for a week, he dared to return home. Within half an hour, his brother had pinned him down and forced him to drink half a bottle of yellow wine, which had been tainted with urine. The taste was unforgettable, even after nearly thirty years. It was a taste of his lost youth, though revisiting it was far from pleasant.

As soon as he said this, the faces of Ye Qiu's group turned pale. No wonder there was a strange taste in the wine, but no one dared to speak up, fearing they'd be ridiculed as country bumpkins who'd never tasted fine wine.

Ye Qiu's face turned ashen. While others had only had a glass, he'd nearly finished half a bottle. Just then, a belch brought a strong, foul taste to his mouth, as if it had turned into a chamber pot.

As a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, he could tell just by the smell that the urine in the yellow wine was quite potent. Just as he was about to lash out at Yang Chongshan, who had brought the wine, Yang Chongshan poured the remaining wine over Ye Qiu's face, laughing heartily.

"Young Master Ye, this is the divine nectar my seventy-two-year-old aunt made for you. After this glass, there are three more."

Ye Qiu, unable to contain his rage, slapped Yang Chongshan several meters away, knocking him unconscious.

The crowd began to collectively vomit. Damn it, after all their efforts to climb to the top with the Dragon Soul organization, their first day of celebration ended with them drinking urine. And from an old lady, no less. At least make it a young beauty!

Disgusting! Revolting!

Yang Zhilan, standing at the door witnessing the scene, couldn't hold back her laughter. Her anger dissipated, and she shook with mirth. Besides Tang Yu, she couldn't think of anyone else who could come up with such a wicked plan.

"You're laughing?" Seeing Yang Zhilan dare to mock him, Ye Qiu was furious. He had thought he could finally make her beg at his feet, but after drinking that urine, his cobbled-together dignity vanished.

He glared at Yang Zhilan and said viciously, "Your Yang family is finished. Just wait, within a week, your family will suffer more than anyone else!"

How dare she laugh at him? Did she even have the right? The Yang family was on the brink of destruction!

Daring to oppose the Ye family was a doomed endeavor!

"Not necessarily," came a voice from the hallway. Tang Yu had somehow appeared at the door, walking in with a smile. "Isn't this the King of Soft Rice who talks tough? Surprised to see you here."

"You?" Seeing Tang Yu, a murderous intent flashed in Ye Qiu's eyes. If it weren't for this damned bastard provoking him, he could have continued to endure! Now that he was here in Pearl, he wouldn't hold back!

To ensure he could kill Tang Yu, he quickly pressed a few buttons on his watch, sending an emergency alert to Butler Ye and the Heavenly Stem team. Upon receiving this alert, they would rush to his location. Today, he would set a trap to eliminate this guy who dared to cuckold him!

"It's me. How was that wine?" Tang Yu laughed heartily. The entire Pearl Chamber of Commerce glared at him with eyes full of fury. Just as they were about to explode, a series of footsteps echoed from outside.

Soon, a dozen people walked in. They all looked haggard and weak, but their authoritative aura was unmistakable. They were the heads of the ten major families, or rather, the former heads. After Ye Qiu had propped up these puppets, these people hadn't been killed but were instead placed under house arrest.

As the heads of major families, killing them all at once would have severe consequences. Some had been sent to hospitals under the pretense of mental illness, while others were framed and imprisoned in family dungeons. In short, they had been forcibly removed from power through various schemes.

Last night, Tang Yu and Lu Junzhuo had gone to rescue each of them. Seeing these true family heads arrive, the puppets Ye Qiu had installed turned pale.

"Big brother, why are you here?"

"Second uncle, weren't you in the hospital?"

"Dad, let me explain..."

The puppets, once they regained their senses, were filled with fear and guilt. Meanwhile, Ye Qiu's phone rang. After listening for a few moments, his expression grew even more grim. The families he had controlled had withdrawn all their funds from the stock market, which they had been using to pressure the Yang family. It was clear that these newly freed family heads were behind it!