Best Young Master
Chapter 371 - 332: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Chapter 371: Chapter 332: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

"Since I have stepped in to handle this matter, I will naturally deliver a fair outcome."

Ye Yuanshan looked at the horrifying scars on Ye Long’s body, sighed silently in his heart, then turned his gaze towards Ye Cang, "Ye Cang, what about you?"

"Old... Old Master, I’m the same as Brother Ye Long."

Because of his guilty conscience, Ye Cang appeared slightly nervous, but then he thought, at this point, like an arrow drawn back on a bow, he had no choice but to shoot—he could only follow the same dark path as Ye Long.

Only by doing so, could he possibly avoid family punishment and even make Ye Fan suffer consequences!

Ye Yuanshan, having witnessed a century of prosperity in Huaxia and survived numerous severe crises, had honed his ability to read people to the purity of fire.

Seeing Ye Cang’s slight nervousness in answering the question, he was almost certain the problem originated from Ye Cang.

Realizing this, Ye Yuanshan frowned and asked sternly, "Ye Cang, today’s issues stem from you. I have several questions for you, and you must answer truthfully. Do you hear me?"

"Old... Old Master, please ask," Ye Cang’s nervousness intensified, his heartbeat suddenly quickening.

"According to what you told your mother on the phone, you took a girl with the surname Pan singing at the club, and Ye Fan beat you up, right?" Ye Yuanshan asked.

"Yes, Old Master."

This time, Ye Cang was not nervous since that was the truth.

"According to what you said, this girl surnamed Pan is your girlfriend, right?"

"Yes."

"Since that’s the case, why would Ye Fan strike you for taking your girlfriend singing?"

As the last word dropped, Ye Yuanshan’s initially cloudy eyes suddenly became extraordinarily sharp, and a terrifying aura of a long-standing authority emanated from him.

That aura caused Ye Cang’s heart to jolt, his legs to soften, almost collapsing to the ground.

"Xiao Cang, since the Old Master is deciding for us, you don’t have to fear Ye Fan retaliating later. Just tell the truth," Brother Ye Long said.

For Ye Long, his biggest worry was that Ye Cang couldn’t withstand the pressure and fail to lie as they had agreed beforehand. Seeing Ye Cang’s mouth agape in panic, he quickly spoke up to assist him.

"I wasn’t asking you!"

Hearing Ye Long’s words, Ye Yuanshan’s eyes flickered, and he gave Ye Long a cold glance.

Before Ye Fan crippled his martial arts, Ye Long, who had cultivated the Yanhuang Fist, was a Peak stage of Innate Martial Artist who could match the combat strength of a Innate Great Perfection cultivator. His Martial Arts Will was extremely resolute, further tempered in fights against Ye Fan, achieving a terrifying degree.

Now, facing the powerful aura of Ye Yuanshan, his face showed no sign of panic.

On the other hand, hearing Ye Long’s words, Ye Cang felt his panic lessen slightly, and he began to speak as Ye Long had taught him: "Replying to the Old Master, to my knowledge, my girlfriend Pan Ying is a sister of a friend of Ye Fan. When he learned that Pan Ying and I were together, he warned me not to be with her. I refused, and he then fiercely threatened to teach me a lesson. Worried about him causing trouble, I called Brother Ye Long.

Before Brother Ye Long could arrive, Ye Fan came to the singing venue, tried to take Pan Ying away. I blocked him, and he slapped me, even cutting off one of my fingers. After that, he still wanted to attack me, but the security of the club and my friends arrived in time to stop him—those security guards had their hands chopped off by him, and my friends had all their Achilles tendons cut!"

"Old Master, both my friends and the club’s security can testify to everything I’ve said," Ye Cang continued, adding, "Besides, Brother Ye Long can also testify. If it weren’t for Brother Ye Long arriving in time, he probably would have attacked me too."

"Ye Fan, is that true?" Ye Yuanshan asked, directing his gaze at Ye Fan for the first time after listening to Ye Cang’s narrative.

Ye Fan thought for a moment and said, "Old Ye, in order not to disturb your rest and to resolve this issue quickly, I will temporarily not explain. After they finish speaking, I will respond."

"Hey, you sure have a way with words... I think you just haven’t figured out your excuse yet, have you?" Ye Wenling sneered coldly.

"Shut up!"

Ye Yuanshan glared coldly at Ye Wenling.

Her face slightly changed with fright, and she dared not say anything more.

Although she dared to talk back to Ye Zhen, she wouldn’t dare to confront Ye Yuanshan, the stabilizer of the Ye Family, even if she had ten times the courage.

Seeing Ye Wenling scolded by Ye Yuanshan, including Ye Wentao, other third-generation members of the Ye Family wisely chose to remain silent, though they agreed with Ye Wenling’s judgment internally.

However, Ye Long couldn’t help frowning slightly, suddenly feeling a bit uneasy.

"Ye Long, according to what you said, you received a call from Ye Cang, learned that Ye Fan was going to teach Ye Cang a lesson, so you rushed over to stop it, but as soon as you showed up, Ye Fan attacked you by surprise, injuring you, and then relentlessly pursued and ultimately crippled your martial arts, right?" Ye Yuanshan asked without waiting for Ye Long to think it through.

"Yes, Old Master," Ye Long responded in a deep voice, his tone steady and firm, "Everyone present at that time can testify to this."

"Given that you are a Peak stage of Innate Martial Artist with the combat strength of a Innate Great Perfection Stage Martial Artist, and Ye Fan, although practicing both Magic and Martial Arts, is merely at the entry-level of Innate, how could he possibly have injured you, let alone pursue and violently attack you?"

At this point, Ye Yuanshan had basically confirmed that Ye Long and Ye Cang were lying, and he had completely lost interest in their lies. However, he was still curious about how Ye Fan managed to defeat Ye Long.

"Replying to the Old Master, because you acknowledged him and made him a member of our Ye Family, I was cautious during our first encounter, not wanting to hurt him, so I only used part of my strength. However, I didn’t expect that he had concealed his true power and struck me down, greatly weakening me," Ye Long said, mixing truth with lies.

"Ye Long, Ye Cang, let me be clear—if everything you two have just said is a lie, or if you have hidden any crucial details, even if it turns out that Ye Fan violated family rules, you will still be punished!"

His curiosity satisfied, looking at Ye Long’s horrifying scars, Ye Yuanshan felt a tinge of compassion and tried to give them a chance, "I’ll ask you one last time, are you sure everything Gao Cai just said is true? If you speak truthfully now, there’s still time!"

"Certain!"

Ye Long was the first to speak, his tone still firm.

According to his plan, although both he and Ye Cang were lying, if all the witnesses took the lies as facts, then the lies would become facts, and the facts would turn into lies.

This was the essence of creating chaos with falsehoods.

He believed that even if Ye Yuanshan was determined to investigate thoroughly, whether it be Ye Cang’s fair-weather friends or the club’s manager and security, they would all know what to do.

In this way, the only witness Ye Fan could produce would be Pan Ying.

And Pan Ying was the sister of Pan Jueming, who was Ye Fan’s spokesperson in the Underworld, this intricate relationship would greatly undermine the credibility of her words.

After all, Ye Fan could completely persuade Pan Ying to change her testimony through Pan Jueming!

Even if Ye Yuanshan believed Pan Ying’s words, it would only prove that Ye Cang was misusing the Ye Family’s power to commit evil.

In the worst-case scenario, Ye Cang, under the threat of Ye Yuanshan, would reveal the truth about their collusion, and he could simply claim that Ye Cang was trying to drag him down out of fear of familial discipline—Ye Cang had no evidence that he was setting up a trap for Ye Fan!

"Confirmed!"

Ye Cang also went all out, following closely behind Ye Long.

Ye Fan, before you speak, I want to ask you a few questions," Ye Yuanshan spoke again to Ye Fan.

"Please ask, Old Ye."

"Ye Long and Ye Cang were injured by you, correct?" Ye Yuanshan asked.

"It was I who hit them," Ye Fan answered succinctly.

"Why did you decide to strike them?" Ye Yuanshan went straight to the point.

"They all deserved it, especially Ye Long. His death would be insignificant!"

Ye Long spoke coldly, his icy words like pouring a ladle of water into a boiling oil pan, instantly causing an uproar.

"Rascal! Have you no respect for family rules? Have you no regard for the law?" Ye Wenjun, working in the police force, was the first to angrily scold Ye Fan.

"Grandpa, you see? He doesn’t have a bit of remorse. On the contrary, by the looks of it, he seems like he hasn’t had enough! I think he wishes he could stab Xiao Long to death. Or perhaps, he wishes he could slaughter all of us??" Ye Wenling said furiously, yet with a laugh, adding fuel to the fire.

Ye Wentao also wanted to say something, but after hearing their words, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

As before, Ye Wenhai, Gu Mei, and Qin Yan, like the couple, chose silence, opting to retreat strategically, letting Ye Wentao and the others take the brunt.

Ye Fan, no matter your reasons, Ye Cang and Ye Long are your brothers. You didn’t need to be so harsh, did you?" Ye Zhen couldn’t help but speak up, his eyebrows knitted, appearing quite dissatisfied with Ye Fan’s argument.

"Ye Fan, this hardly counts as a reason."

Ye Yuanshan also frowned, he wanted Ye Fan to be a whetstone for the Ye Family, but if Ye Fan truly became an unrestrained slaughter blade, then he would become a disaster for both the Ye Family and Huaxia!

"The reason is here."

Ye Fan pulled out a USB drive he had obtained from the security at Qingshui No.1 Club, and said gravely, "This is the surveillance video from tonight at Qingshui No.1 Club."

Surveillance video?

Upon hearing these four words, both Ye Yuanshan and Ye Zhen’s pupils slightly dilated, enlightening them.

The third generation of the Ye Family, led by Ye Wentao, all tensed up, their eyes instinctively shifting towards Ye Cang and Ye Long.

Under the lights,

they clearly saw Ye Cang’s eyes widen in horror as he looked at the USB drive in Ye Fan’s hand, his swollen face instantly turning as pale as paper, his legs trembling uncontrollably, as if he could collapse at any moment.

Similarly, Ye Long’s eyes were also round with fear, those eyes that were filled with hatred now showed deep horror!

He didn’t know about Ye Fan obtaining the surveillance video.

Yes.

He didn’t know!

At the time Ye Fan went to the main lobby of the club to ask the security for the surveillance video, he had already passed out. When he regained consciousness, neither Ye Cang nor his two colleagues had mentioned it to him.

And... Ye Cang was also unaware!

At that moment, he had collapsed in terror outside the main door of the club, his heart completely filled with fear, unaware of what Ye Fan had done or said inside the club building.

Facts speak louder than words.

The surveillance video that Ye Fan brought out would expose their lies without them having to say a word!

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PS: Two updates completed~

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