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Chapter 246 - 221: 【Wealthy Family Marriage】

Chapter 246: Chapter 221: 【Wealthy Family Marriage】

This slap, although Ye Fan did not use his power and tried his best to control his strength, was still quite forceful because he struck in anger.

On the ground, Qin Yan was sprawled out with her limbs in the air, an extremely undignified pose, to say the least. Her face instantly swelled, with five clear finger marks appearing, her left teeth nearly all loosening, the corner of her mouth split open, and fresh blood continuously flowing out.

Under the light, Qin Yan leaned against the sofa, motionless, her face filled with disbelief as she stared at Ye Wenhao, seemingly unable to believe that Ye Wenhao would actually strike her!

Even, if it weren’t for the pain coming from the left side of her face, she would have thought all of this was an illusion!

An illusion?

"Mr. Qin... Mr. Qin!"

What answered Qin Yan was Xu Jing’s cry of alarm. Earlier, she had seen Ye Wenhao kick the door open, and it was clear that Ye Wenhao was very annoyed. After a moment of thought, she snuck to the door, and at this moment, upon seeing Ye Wenhao slap Qin Yan to the ground, she immediately entered the room.

"You... you hit me? You actually dare to hit me??"

Upon hearing Xu Jing’s call, Qin Yan snapped out of her stunned expression, and while clawing her way up, she shrieked at Ye Wenhao with a shrill, nagging voice, like that of a shrew.

Ye Wenhao said emotionlessly, "From now on, for every time you curse them, mother and son, I will hit you once."

"Hiss~"

Seeing Ye Wenhao’s expressionless face in her eyes, and upon hearing Ye Wenhao’s deep voice, Qin Yan gasped in anger, her body swaying, almost falling to the ground again.

"Mr. Qin!"

Seeing this, Xu Jing didn’t care whether Ye Wenhao would get angry or not, she sprung to her feet and rushed to Qin Yan’s side, supporting her.

"Ye... Ye Wenhao, over these years, without the Qin family’s secret assistance, relying on your own abilities, you might not have become the hottest candidate for the Ye Family’s third generation successor, let alone have the chance to vie for the pinnacle of red authority! Even a few years ago, if it weren’t for the Qin family’s support, whether the Ye Family could suppress the Bai Family was still a question!!"

Qin Yan, with her hair disheveled, screamed like a shrew in mourning, "You have reaped all the benefits, gained enough advantages, and climbed to your current position. Not only do you not feel grateful, but you secretly think about that cheap woman, and you even hit me for that wretch’s bastard..."

"Slap—"

Once again hearing the words "cheap woman" and "bastard," Ye Wenhao immediately stepped forward and swung his right hand.

"Ye... Governor Ye..." Xu Jing’s face paled with fright, and she quickly stood in front of Qin Yan.

"Get lost!"

Ye Wenhao barked coldly, his right hand suddenly shot forward, grabbed Xu Jing’s collar, lifted her, then tossed her aside as if throwing out trash.

"Whoosh—"

Xu Jing was sent flying, crashing into a nearby potted plant, the clatter resonating nonstop.

Without paying any attention to whether Xu Jing was alive or dead, Ye Wenhao once again swung his right hand and grabbed Qin Yan by the neck, lifting her forcefully.

"What... what are you going to do?" Qin Yan asked, pale with fright and full of terror.

"I already warned you once, but you seem to have a short memory," Ye Wenhao said, gripping Qin Yan’s neck coldly.

"No... don’t!"

Seeing Ye Wenhao’s move, Xu Jing thought he was going to strangle Qin Yan and screamed in horror.

"Huff~ Huff~"

At the same time, Qin Yan’s breathing became rapid. Her already pale face turned red due to suffocation, and her eyes no longer held the disdain she had during her meeting with Ye Fan; what was there instead was an unprecedented fear!

She tried to struggle but found that her body seemed to be drained of all strength, unable to move at all.

Suddenly, she felt that the Ye Wenhao before her was so unfamiliar, unfamiliar to the point where she dared not believe it nor could she accept it!

Even, a delusion emerged in her heart: she had never really understood Ye Wenhao!

"Our marriage was an alliance between the Ye Family and the Qin Family. While the Ye Family did gain quite a lot, the Qin Family benefited even more. To put it bluntly, if it were not for the relationship of the marriage alliance between the Ye and Qin families, the Qin family would have fallen into decline long ago after your grandfather passed away! So, don’t act like you got a raw deal while actually reaping the rewards, telling me that the Ye Family took advantage of the Qin Family, when in reality it is the Qin Family clinging to the coattails of the Ye Family!"

Ye Wenhao did not strangle Qin Yan in a rage, instead, he spoke without any expression: "As for your claim that it’s thanks to the Qin family’s support that I have my current status and identity, I find that even more ludicrous! The decisions of the Ye Family camp are not something your Qin Family can influence, right?"

"Uh..."

Qin Yan’s mouth hung open, speechless, just gasping for air.

"Furthermore, let me tell you the truth. Marrying you was the biggest mistake of my life, and inheriting the Ye Family, becoming the flag bearer of the Ye Family camp, vying for the pinnacle of red power, that has been my greatest burden—it’s like a tight hoop around my head, making me very uncomfortable," Ye Wenhao said as he gradually released Qin Yan’s neck, letting her fall back onto the sofa, and continued, "Not long ago, after the Ao Xiang incident, I already made it clear, I’ve missed my chance once, and I don’t want to miss it a second time, even if it means giving up everything I have now!"

"Uh..."

Stunned by Ye Wenhao’s shocking words, Xu Jing was petrified on the spot.

"Shush!"

Qin Yan’s face also violently changed!

After so many years of marriage, she could tell that deep down, Ye Wenhao still deeply loved Ling Yun, and their relationship was only a marriage in name; they were not as happy and harmonious as a normal husband and wife.

But—

She had never imagined that Ye Wenhao had no ambition to take over the Ye Family Camp and aim for the Peak, and he didn’t even have the desire.

What’s more, she had never thought that after the Ao Xiang incident, Ye Wenhao would actually give up everything in order to save Ye Fan!

"Besides causing trouble and giving you problems, what else can he do?"

Perhaps sensing that Ye Wenhao was not joking, Qin Yan suddenly felt a surge of panic, and her attitude unconsciously softened, "Is he really worth you going to such lengths?"

"Causing trouble, giving me problems?"

Ye Wenhao said coldly, "I can tell you clearly that no matter what trouble he has stirred up, he has never actively sought my help; it was always me who took the initiative to help him! And as for the Ao Xiang Villa incident, although I broke the rules in order to save him, if it wasn’t for him afterward, the Yanhuang Organization would not have possibly joined forces with the Ye Family to deal a heavy blow to the Bai Family!"

"Uh..."

This was the second time Qin Yan had heard these words, but she was still greatly shocked.

Seeing her reaction, Ye Wenhao didn’t continue explaining; he was very clear in his heart that the Yanhuang Organization’s power behind the scenes, ’Yan,’ agreed to punish the Bai Family not only because they were a little annoyed at being underhandedly dealt with by the Bai Family but more importantly, they wanted to make things right with Ye Fan, or rather, with Ye Fan’s master, Chu Xuanji!

"And tonight, because of what you did, he almost suffered from spiritual deviation, not to mention he was later targeted for assassination and nearly lost his life to the underworld!"

Ye Wenhao said with fury, "Under such circumstances, he didn’t call me as you might imagine! Moreover, I can tell you clearly that even if I call him now, or say I go see him in person, he might not even bother with me!"

"No... It wasn’t he who called to tell you?" A hint of doubt flashed in Qin Yan’s eyes.

"He acknowledges me because he’s deeply loyal and yearning for familial affection, and also because I’ve been sincere and moved him," Ye Wenhao answered a question that wasn’t asked. As he spoke, he suddenly felt a sense of sorrow, "The Ye Family halo, which you see as supreme, means absolutely nothing to him!"

"Uh..."

Qin Yan pursed her lips, wanting to say something, but found her mind to be blank.

"Qin Yan, relationships between people are about reciprocity. Putting aside the mess before our marriage, you know very well what you have been doing these past few years in secret. I don’t call you out on it not because I am unaware, but because I genuinely still love Ling Yun, and I feel that, in some way, as your husband, I owe you an apology!"

With the mention of Ling Yun’s name, Ye Wenhao’s mind couldn’t help but conjure up her image in a floating white dress; then he sighed and said, "As for whether helping him is worth it or not, I tell you, it is worth it! He, afraid of implicating me in the Ao Xiang Villa incident, more than once told me to not fight until the bitter end—if I hadn’t wronged his mother and child back then, just based on his actions now, I would still recognize and support him!"

"—"

Whether it was because her dirty secrets were being exposed, or because she sensed something foreboding from Ye Wenhao’s words, Qin Yan wisely chose to remain silent.

"Now that the matter has come to this, I think it’s time to put an end to our hypocritical marriage—tomorrow, I’ll return to the Ye Family and discuss this matter with Dad and Grandpa!" As if to confirm Qin Yan’s suspicions, Ye Wenhao made his decision.

"No... Don’t do it!"

Upon hearing Ye Wenhao mention divorce again, Qin Yan’s face turned to one of horror; she knew Ye Wenhao was not joking or speaking out of anger, but was truly seeking a divorce!

She might not care about the past twenty years of her dispensable emotional attachment to Ye Wenhao, but she couldn’t afford to lose the halo of being the Ye Family’s eldest daughter-in-law!

Because, as Ye Wenhao had said, with the death of the elderly Qin family head, and lacking outstanding individuals in the Qin family’s second and third generations, the Qin family had indeed been declining; they only managed to remain among the ranks of the wealthy families because of the Ye Family’s support!

If Ye Wenhao divorced her, and she lost the status of the Ye family’s eldest daughter-in-law, even if the alliance between the Ye Family and Qin Family wouldn’t break, her position within the Ye Family, the Qin Family, and even outside, would plummet!

This was something she couldn’t accept!

She couldn’t imagine what that kind of life would be like!

"Wenhao, he may be your son, but we also have children. You can’t abandon our mother and son for him, right?" With fear and unease, Qin Yan cleverly played the sympathy card, resorting to a pitiful tactic.

Ye Wenhao remained expressionless: "Qin Yan, I’ve already given you a chance."

"Wenhao, I was wrong!" Realizing what Ye Wenhao was implying, Qin Yan immediately crawled and clung to Ye Wenhao’s legs, begging for forgiveness, "I’ll apologize to him with you!"

"Some things, some people, once missed, are missed forever," Ye Wenhao sighed lightly, a double entendre.

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PS: Congratulations to ’Zach丶鑫’ brother for becoming the fourth Alliance Hierarch of Kuang Shao. As a token of thanks, I’ll add another Chapter tonight; this is the first Chapter, there are still two more to come!

Last but not least, a sidetrack: while writing this Chapter, I can’t help but think of a real-life well-known affluent marriage that sadly ended with everyone for themselves when misfortune struck—how lamentable~

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