Chapter 162: The Defeat and Retreat of the Liu Family

Hearing this, Ye Fei immediately stood up and tossed a USB flash drive onto the table. "The evidence of your attempt to murder me is right in here. Don't think about denying it, President Liu! If this gets out, it's the Liu family's reputation that's going to be in ruins."

As the head of the premier family in South Guangdong Province, Liu Beiliang cared far more about the family's prestige than his own. He lunged forward and snatched the flash drive out of the air.

"What on earth do you want?"

Ye Fei smiled faintly. "I want your Liu family reduced to a second-tier family. After all, your financial luck in South Guangdong has run out. I'm simply here to help push things along."

Liu Beiliang sneered, the initial panic subsiding somewhat. Although he did not recognize the young man standing before him, Ye Fei's words gave him a rough idea of his intentions.

"So that's how it is. Are you working for Xue Bengui, or Sun Yao? Spit it out. Not that it matters, seeing as you've got dirt on me."

Ye Fei chuckled softly. "My name is Ye Fei."

Liu Beiliang was taken aback. Could it really be this brat who was deliberately plotting against him?

He gritted out, word by word, "You damn well don't think the Liu family is going to go bankrupt overnight, do you? This is a foundation built over a hundred years. A starved camel is still bigger than a horse. Even if the Liu family falls to a second-tier status, it won't happen overnight."

Ye Fei snapped his fingers. "Of course not. But your latest product launch has been hit with devastating suppression, and I'm guessing your company's capital chain has completely ruptured by now?"

Liu Beiliang was too stunned to speak. This punk was merely a family physician for the Xue family; what kind of capability did he have to challenge him so boldly?

Ye Fei stared directly into Liu Beiliang's eyes. "Isn't suppression the exact tactic you've always used against other insignificant, small families? How come you're losing your mind now that it's happening to you?"

Across South Guangdong Province, more than half of the smaller families had suffered under the Liu family's suppression. Whenever they launched a new product, the Liu family would systematically monopolize it; whenever they tried to expand into new business ventures, the Liu family would cut them off at every turn, reducing the provincial economy to a monotonous, heavily controlled landscape.

Never in his wildest dreams had Liu Beiliang imagined that Ye Fei would be so thoroughly informed.

Beside himself with rage, he snapped, "It looks like you've been investigating me! I've spent half my life operating this way. Do whatever you want, but the Liu family's reputation cannot be tarnished! You want money, is that it? How much? Name your price, and I, Liu Beiliang, will double it!"

Ye Fei instantly stepped back, wearing a righteous expression. "Don't insult me! I don't want your money. I want you to turn over a new leaf starting today, and you'd better refrain from suppressing any other families, or I'll settle both old and new scores with you. My main purpose today was just to teach you a lesson, nothing more. I'm off!"

...

Was this kid out of his mind?

Liu Beiliang stood frozen in place for a long time, utterly failing to comprehend Ye Fei's actions. He had simply dropped by to deliver a lecture?

As Ye Fei sprinted all the way outside, the notifications flashing on his phone filled him with exhilaration.

"The Liu family's stock prices are in a freefall."

Chen Yu's message gave his spirits a massive boost. He had originally planned to extort a fortune from Liu Beiliang or force him to scrap his expansion plans altogether, but none of that was necessary anymore! Once the stock prices plummeted, retail investors would inevitably panic. The Liu family was now effectively caught in a pincer attack from all sides.

Three days later, all business operations of the Liu family came to a complete halt.

A week later, in order to get their enterprise back on track, the Liu family was forced to begin selling off portions of their family businesses, officially dropping to the rank of a second-tier family in South Guangdong Province.

In the span of a mere ten days, Ye Fei had completely dismantled the Liu family.

Since Lin Qiqing had already issued an ultimatum—declaring that if Ye Fei didn't return immediately, he could vanish into the crowd forever—Ye Fei didn't dare dawdle any longer. He hurriedly instructed Chen Yu to book the earliest available flight.

Upon learning that Ye Fei was leaving, both the Xue and Sun families turned out in full force, forming a massive welcoming circle at the airport entrance. An onlooker would have thought some mega-celebrity had just arrived in South City.

"Ye Fei, regardless of everything else, I do want to thank you." Xue Bengui finally managed to utter a relatively amicable sentiment.

Ye Fei cupped his hands in a traditional greeting. "Father-in-law, until we meet again."

Xue Bengui didn't get angry; instead, he patted Ye Fei on the shoulder. "Until we meet again."

Standing nearby, Sun Yaoqi protested indignantly, "Father-in-law? What's going on between you and that Lin Daiyu from their family? Did you two sleep together or something?"

Ugh...

If Sun Yao had not hastily clamped a hand over her mouth, Sun Yaoqi likely would have blurted out something even more explosive. Seizing the moment, Ye Fei thought to himself that if he didn't run now, when would he? He grabbed Chen Yu and dashed into the departure lounge.

Sun Yaoqi shook off her father's grip and whined, "Dad~ You should hire Ye Fei! I really like him. Can't you make him a general manager or something?"

Sun Yao sighed softly. It wasn't as though he hadn't tried to recruit Ye Fei. Any talent capable of collapsing a century-old family that had dominated South Guangdong for generations within ten days was someone he desperately wanted to enlist.

The problem was, Ye Fei had turned him down.

"He is not someone you can fantasize about. You just focus on properly finding yourself a wealthy young master and leave it at that! How dare you harbor designs on Ye Fei. It's your own fault for being so incompetent—the cooked duck already in your hands has flown away!"

Sun Yao scolded her irritably. It was infuriating that his own daughter was so useless; why was Xue Ningning able to become Ye Fei's girlfriend?

Nearby, Xue Ningning stood with tear-filled eyes, sobbing quietly into her older brother's arms. Xue Bengui let out a similar sigh, sharing the exact same plight as Sun Yao—he, too, had been met with Ye Fei's indifference.

On the car ride back, Sun Yao and Xue Bengui, who were about to discuss a business partnership, spoke in unison: "What kind of person do you actually think Ye Fei is?"

The two men glanced sharply at each other, then shared a mutual, knowing smile.

"He's a talent—a talent beyond our reach. For years, I lingered in Liu Beiliang's shadow, never finding an opening to take down the Liu family. Yet Ye Fei accomplished our family's century-old dream in a mere ten days." Sun Yao finished with a look of profound relief.

Xue Bengui remained melancholic. The number of times he had actively invited someone to join his company in his entire life could be counted on one hand, yet he had been outright rejected.

Gazing into the distance, he offered his own verdict: "Ye Fei is a true talent. Whether in the business world or anywhere else, Ye Fei is destined to reach the pinnacle of his industry."

Meanwhile, Ye Fei and Chen Yu touched down at the airport in Hangzhou.

For some inexplicable reason, the moment he stepped out of the arrival hall, Ye Fei felt an ominous aura of murderous intent pressing down from behind.

"Sister Yu, do you feel that killing intent?"

Chen Yu looked left and right, then shrugged. "I don't feel anything. Stop making a fuss over nothing."

Suddenly, a rush of violent wind stirred behind them!

Not good!

There really was a killer!

Ye Fei stopped dead in his tracks, preparing to react at a moment's notice.

However, the spiritual energy circulating through his body moved far faster than his physical reflexes. Just as the gust behind him closed in, a protective barrier of spiritual energy had already spontaneously formed over his skin.

Ye Fei and his spiritual energy prepared to deflect the impending attack simultaneously.

It was coming; the rushing wind was drawing closer by the second.

He held his breath and focused his mind, keenly tracking the approaching rush of air.

Getting closer. Five steps away,

Four steps,

Three steps,

Two steps,

One step,

Now! The spiritual energy erupted outward in a blinding flash.