The beautiful CEO falls in love with me
Chapter 566 - 547: Unexpected Surprise

Chapter 566: Chapter 547: Unexpected Surprise

An unexpected surprise filled Li Ruo with delight. Although she didn’t openly accept Ye Chen’s proposal, in her heart, she had already belonged to him, filled entirely with his presence.

Ye Chen had unknowingly consumed Li Ruo’s heart. He excitedly followed Li Ruo into the office. All along the way, Li Ruo was emotionally turbulent, agitated because she was holding the diamond that Ye Chen had given her. It was the first time Ye Chen had publicly expressed his love for her, making Li Ruo’s heart race and giving her a desire to get married.

"Xiao Ruo, why is your face so red?" Ye Chen asked with a smile.

"No, it’s not!" Li Ruo quickly shook her head, saying, "My face isn’t red!"

As she spoke, Li Ruo’s cheeks were as red as an apple. Ye Chen found her exceptionally adorable at that moment, almost like a little schoolgirl. It was the first time Ye Chen saw this side of Li Ruo.

From the first time he met Li Ruo, she had always appeared cold, and he later discovered she seemed to have split personalities, as she was completely different at night compared to during work hours, almost like two different people. Eventually, under Ye Chen’s influence, Li Ruo started to change, though subtly, now occasionally showing a smile at the office. Many people found it unbelievable, but they gradually got used to it.

"Is everything going smoothly with Tianya Group’s listing?" Ye Chen asked as he sat down on the sofa.

Bang...

Li Ruo slammed her hand on the desk. Ye Chen almost jumped reflexively, looking astonished, "What... what’s happening, Xiao Ruo?"

"You bastard, still asking!" Li Ruo bit her teeth, glaring at Ye Chen, and said, "Where have you been these days?"

"I... uh," Ye Chen stammered, hurrying to reply, "I... I wasn’t dead, I... I just had some things to deal with!"

"What could be so urgent that you even neglected the listing of Tianya Group?" As she said this, Li Ruo couldn’t contain her frustration and glared at Ye Chen, "Was it that urgent?"

"My foster father passed away!" Ye Chen shrugged helplessly.

The office fell into sudden silence, and Li Ruo was immediately at a loss for words. She had not expected the dignified elderly man to have passed away. After a long pause, Li Ruo took a deep breath and said, "Ye Chen... I... I truly didn’t know it was something like that. If I had known, I... I might not have been so harsh on you!"

"It’s okay," Ye Chen replied with a light smile, "My foster father passed peacefully, without any pain."

"Mm!" Li Ruo nodded and said, "That’s good. Let me know when I can visit him!"

"No need, he’s already been buried," Ye Chen smiled, "Just having the thought is enough!"

"Then... you also take care," Li Ruo was at a loss for how to comfort Ye Chen, remembering how she had scolded him harshly without understanding the situation, suddenly feeling a bit shrewish, even barbaric. She decided in her heart that she must speak more kindly to Ye Chen next time.

After spending a moment at Tianya Group and chatting with Li Ruo, Ye Chen received a call from Liu the Tyrant of the Heavenly Reversal Gang. The voice on the other end seemed off, since Liu the Tyrant usually spoke with a booming voice. However, this time, he seemed subdued, so Ye Chen immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Xiao Ruo, I need to go back to the security company!" Ye Chen informed Li Ruo.

"Mm, go ahead!" Li Ruo nodded, then stood up to see him off, only remembering to inform Ye Chen about Zhu Group’s interest in a partnership as he was about to leave. Seeing Ye Chen’s grave expression, she immediately sensed something was off, so the words that had reached her throat were swallowed back.

In a rush, Ye Chen ran downstairs, hopped into his Infiniti, and hurriedly drove away from Tianya Group towards the Black Water Security Company.

At the entrance of Black Water Security Company, a crowd of little brothers gathered. Only when Ye Chen arrived did they part way, their eyes red but silent, giving Ye Chen an eerie feeling. He quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Brother Chen, you should come inside and see," the little brothers said as they wiped their eyes and pointed inside the room.

Ye Chen hurried inside to find a group of people kneeling, some even leaning on crutches, others with empty sleeves. Liu the Tyrant was there talking with one-armed Li Ke, whose emotions seemed very agitated. Ye Chen quickly approached.

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen is here!" Liu the Tyrant saw Ye Chen approaching and hurriedly said, "Li Ke, you talk to Brother Chen!"

Seeing Ye Chen coming, Li Ke immediately knelt down and said, "Brother Chen, I want to speak on behalf of our injured brothers. Although we are disabled, we can still move. As long as we are still breathing, we are willing to stay in the Heavenly Reversal Gang, as long as Brother Chen does not drive us away!"

"Please, Brother Chen, do not drive us away!" The dozens of disabled little brothers behind him all looked up at Ye Chen with red eyes, pleading, "Even if we’re just doing odd jobs for the Heavenly Reversal Gang, even if we’re just cannon fodder, we are willing. Because alive we belong to the Heavenly Reversal Gang, and dead we are the ghosts of the Heavenly Reversal Gang, but we do not want to leave this place!"

Among them were some retired soldiers, some little brothers who had come out from Jianghuai Prison, and some local residents of Jianghuai City. Regardless of their backgrounds or their social statuses, they all had an equal identity here: they were members of the Heavenly Reversal Gang.

In the Heavenly Reversal Gang, even throughout the entire underworld, there was an explicit rule that disabled little brothers, those who had lost their ability to work, had to leave the gang. Then the gang would give them a sum of settlement money, which was considered settling all ties. This was their only protection. Of course, if a little brother died, then a compensation of 300,000 would be given, which would be directly given to their family.

This money was their only protection.

"Brothers, get up first!" Ye Chen was moved by everyone’s emotions.

"No, unless Brother Chen agrees, we will not get up!" Li Ke bit his teeth, his head touching the ground, his empty sleeves dragging, making Ye Chen feel particularly heartbroken. Ye Chen gritted his teeth and shouted at the brothers watching by the side, "Are you all useless, watching our brothers kneeling?"

"Brother Chen..." Everyone was stunned.

"Brothers of the Heavenly Reversal Gang kneel to heaven, kneel to the earth, kneel to their parents, but they must never kneel to anyone else, including me!" Ye Chen roared. Clearly, Ye Chen meant to tell them that within the Heavenly Reversal Gang, everyone’s social status was equal, no one was special.

"Yes!" The crowd gritted their teeth and immediately went forward to help up the kneeling brothers.

"Brother Chen... please, do not drive us away!" Some little brothers burst into tears. They were disabled but their spirits were not broken, their wills were not broken. Unfortunately, according to the gang rules, they had to leave.

The underworld was ruthless, and the worthless had no value!

Ye Chen turned his head and shouted at Liu the Tyrant, "Liu the Tyrant, give these brothers double the compensation money!"

"Yes!" Liu the Tyrant nodded hastily.

"No, Brother Chen, we would rather not take a penny, we just want to stay in the Heavenly Reversal Gang!" Li Ke said tearfully.

"No!" Ye Chen shook his head and said, "There are laws in the country, and rules in the gang. You are disabled now; you can’t lift heavy weights, nor carry burdens. If I let you go to the battlefield, it would be tantamount to sending you to your deaths. I, Ye Chen, cannot just watch my brothers throw their lives away; there is no need to say more!"

Seeing Ye Chen’s resolute attitude, Li Ke and the others knew they no longer had any hope of staying. Indeed, since ancient times, disabled little brothers in the underworld were left disabled, some of whom, less severely disabled, could still make a living, but those with severe disabilities often needed others to take care of them, likely soon to be rejected by society, by their families, facing a very bleak end.

"Brother Chen, since you are letting us go, then we will go!" Li Ke nodded and said, "We are also obeying the gang leader’s order, not burdening our brothers. Who made us disabled? Who made us useless?"

"No!" Ye Chen grabbed Li Ke’s shoulders and said, "In the eyes of your brothers, you are not disabled, nor useless, you are our brothers forever!"

"Brother Chen, we only wish, when we leave, to keep a Heavenly Reversal Gang badge!" Li Ke pointed at the badge on his chest. The badge was merely a logo of Black Water Security Company, featuring a pair of axes and a heart in the middle, symbolizing protecting those around them and who they loved with the axes in their hands.

"That’s possible!" Ye Chen immediately nodded and said, "Liu the Tyrant, get some badges right away, give the brothers something to remember!"

"Yes!" Liu the Tyrant nodded immediately, retrieving a stack of boxes, each containing a badge with a bit of gold content, not much, but enough to make the badge sparkle.

Ye Chen took a deep breath and said, "Then, with this badge, when the Heavenly Reversal Gang has grown stronger in the future, you can make a request within your means to the gang!"

"Really?" Li Ke was taken aback.