Best Young Master
Chapter 339 - 301 Undercurrents Surge_2

Chapter 339: Chapter 301 Undercurrents Surge_2

"Dinglingling..."

Ye Wenhai didn’t know how long it had been when he put down the third red-headed document, the telephone in the study began to ring.

Upon hearing the ringtone, Ye Wenhai extinguished his cigarette and picked up the phone, "Hello."

"Dad, it’s me." Ye Long’s voice came through the handset.

"What made you think to call home?"

Ye Wenhai was slightly startled, as due to the special nature of Ye Long’s work, not to mention his rare visits home throughout the seasons, the chances for even a phone call were few.

"Dad, I might not be able to return for Old Master Ye’s birthday."

On the other end of the call, Ye Long quickly said as he dodged the members of Yanhuang Organization’s Punishment Hall who were monitoring his call.

"Work is important, I believe your grandfather will understand," Ye Wenhai said after a moment of contemplation, then added, "However, if you can come back, try your best to do so."

"I understand."

Ye Long immediately grasped the meaning behind Ye Wenhai’s words. Members of the fourth generation of the Ye family normally only showed their faces to Old Master Ye during the New Year’s celebrations. The birthday gathering for Old Master Ye that the Ye family was organizing was a rare opportunity to make an appearance, and one surely had to find a way to be seen.

After all, a single word from Old Master Ye could very likely determine, change the fates of the Ye family members in the future!

"Is there anything else?"

Perceiving that his son had understood his intention, Ye Wenhai didn’t add anything superfluous but decided to end the call.

Upon hearing this, Ye Long hurriedly revealed the purpose of his call, "Dad, I’m calling to tell you, if I can’t return for grandpa’s birthday gathering, could you perhaps speak a few words on my behalf in front of grandfather, and even Old Master Ye."

"What?" Ye Wenhai asked.

"A few days ago, I went to Elder Gu of the Resource Hall to forge a Magic Artifact, only to find out that Ye Wenhao had, under the guise of the Ye family, commissioned Elder Gu to craft a Magic Artifact for Ye Fan. This is just too much!" Ye Long complained with some frustration, "If we continue with Ye Wenhao’s way, we genuine Ye family’s young masters won’t even match the treatment of an outsider’s mongrel!"

"What... What?"

Ye Wenhai was startled upon hearing this!

He was not aware of the secret agreement between Ye Fan and Ye Zhen, and naturally, he did not know about the Magic Artifact that Yan had commissioned for Ye Fan. He instinctively took Ye Long’s speculation for fact.

At once, Ye Wenhai’s expression turned stern.

As the second candidate to succeed the third generation of the Ye family, his position was awkward and delicate. There were many things he couldn’t say.

For example, matters concerning Ye Wenhao were taboo to him. He never brought them up proactively, nor would he voice any opinion even when others did.

"What’s more important is that mongrel is manipulating the Dong hai Gang behind the scenes; deeply involved in criminal activities. Ye Wenhao’s actions will only aid a tyrant causing harm, eventually bringing an unpredictable impact on our Ye family!" Noticing that Ye Wenhai was silent, Ye Long added fuel to the fire with his words.

"Xiao Long, it’s okay to talk about this in front of me, but you must never mention it to outsiders,"

Ye Wenhai was silent for a long while before he finally spoke, "As for what you’ve said, I believe your grandfather and your Old Master Ye have their own understanding, it’s unnecessary for us to remind them."

"Understood."

Although Ye Long was resentful, he could only comply with Ye Wenhai’s directions with frustration.

At the same time.

In Yanjing, within a single-family villa in an upscale residential area.

After returning home from work, Qin Yan ate some snacks casually and sat alone in the living room, lost in thought.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Qin Yan thought of the Ye family’s gathering and picked up the phone, dialing Ye Wenhao’s private mobile number.

"Wenhao, for grandpa’s birthday gathering, are you coming back on the day itself or the day before?" As soon as the call connected, Qin Yan took the initiative to ask, her tone much gentler than before.

In fact, ever since the last time she was slapped to the ground by Ye Wenhao in Dong hai, Qin Yan had become much more submissive when facing him, and didn’t dare to act as she once did.

"You can take Xiao Cang there, I’ll go by myself," Ye Wenhao answered, not quite addressing her question.

"I... I and Xiao Cang go?"

Qin Yan was taken aback at his response. To her memory, whenever it was the New Year or Old Master Ye’s birthday, all members of the Ye family would always attend together.

"Beep... Beep..."

There was no answer, Ye Wenhao had hung up the phone, leaving a busy tone coming from the receiver.

Whoosh!

Qin Yan’s face changed, and she wanted to redial, but on second thought, she gave up the idea and let the phone fall onto the sofa.

Just then.

Accompanied by a light sound, the living room door opened, and a young man dressed in branded clothes, styling trendy, walked into the hall.

"Young Master."

Seeing this, the nanny immediately approached and bent down to offer the young man his slippers.

"Why are you coming back so late?"

The originally sullen Qin Yan noticed her son Ye Cang’s return and, looking at her wristwatch, asked him angrily.

"I was chatting with classmates after school, what are you so worked up about?" Ye Cang frowned at Qin Yan, completely indifferent to her anger.

Qin Yan leapt up from the sofa "whoosh," trembling with anger, she interrogated him like a firing machine gun, "Worked up? How can I not be? Tell me, why don’t you wear a school uniform like the other students? Are you special? And, I heard from Aunt Huang that you’ve been coming home late recently. What are you out doing all day long?"

"You can go months without coming home, my dad returns once in a few months, what am I supposed to do at home alone? Stare at the walls?" Ye Cang retorted sharply.

"You..."

Qin Yan was so angry she was at a loss for words, then took a deep breath and continued to question, "Fine, then let me ask you, the principal told me you’re not studying properly at school and leading a group of prodigal young masters around bullying others, what’s that all about?"

"Bullying others?"

Hearing Qin Yan’s words, Ye Cang not only didn’t feel remorse, but he sarcastically remarked, "Compared to that bastard, I must seem like a good boy, right? I’ve heard that relying on my dad’s protection, that bastard is acting like a king without a crown in the Southern Half Country! They even say he is some underground godfather from Dong hai, laughable!"

"Why don’t you learn from the good ones?" Qin Yan shouted angrily, seemingly seeing Ye Fan as the epitome of scum.

"The more that bastard stirs up trouble, the more my dad cares about him, to the point where even you can’t handle him when you go to Dong hai. Why should I be the good boy who hardly ever gets a glance from my dad?" As he finished, Ye Cang clenched his fists, his face filled with anger, and his frustration could not be concealed.

"..."

Qin Yan had no response.

Compared to her son Ye Cang, Qin Yan’s own frustrations were just as deep, if not deeper.

That day, she went to Dong hai, high and mighty, to scold Ye Fan and tried to make him leave Ye Wenhao and the Ye Family; not only was she threatened with death by Chu Ji, but she was also slapped to the ground by Ye Wenhao afterward, the humiliation was extreme.

However—

What she could never have dreamed was that neither Ye Zhen nor Old Master Ye blamed Ye Wenhao or Ye Fan; incomprehensibly, they even wanted Ye Fan to return to the Ye Family!

And... the Ye Family’s resources were all at Ye Fan’s disposal!!

Even though Ye Fan rejected Old Master Ye’s invitation that day, Qin Yan knew very well that Ye Fan meant more than just a mere illegitimate child to the Ye elders; rather, he held significant weight in their hearts!

All of this, Qin Yan could not comprehend, but she dared not ask about the reasons and could only follow Old Master Ye’s instructions to never speak of that day’s events, as if they had never happened.

And... just now, when she called Ye Wenhao to ask when he would return to Yanjing so they could attend Old Master Ye’s birthday gathering together, Ye Wenhao instructed her to bring her son Ye Cang instead...

All of these events, could they not make Qin Yan, as a Ye Family daughter-in-law, feel stifled?

"Ssss~"

Moments later, just as Ye Cang was about to head to the staircase, Qin Yan took a deep breath, looked at his retreating back, and reminded him sternly, "You’ve been hanging around with those prodigal young masters this past year, often bullying others with your power, even doing some over-the-line things—the rules of the Ye Family are not unknown to you. If you break them, nobody can protect you!"

Whoosh!

Ye Cang, upon hearing this, seemed to recall something, his expression slightly changed, but he pretended to hear nothing and went upstairs without looking back.

Seeing this, Qin Yan wanted to remind Ye Cang again not to provoke Ye Fan, but on second thought, she felt it was futile and gave up.

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