Ye Bufan looked at Yang Fei and Liu Ruoyan, and said, "The thing I hate most is people dictating my life."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Bufan stepped on the bank card. With just one kick, the bank card shattered into powder.
"Good! Very good!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Yang Fei's eyes, "You will regret the decision you made today."
"Oh my, I wondered why the sales assistant looked so scared. So, we have distinguished guests. Young Master Yang, Miss Ruoyan, I didn't expect you to visit our Chu family's branded store. It's truly an honor."
At this moment, Chu Mengyao, who had heard the commotion, walked in from outside.
When she saw Liu Ruoyan and Yang Fei in front of her, she subconsciously glanced at Ye Bufan again and immediately felt a headache, cursing inwardly, "These two parties are really destined to clash."
The sales assistant, having witnessed the dispute between Ye Bufan and Liu Ruoyan and Yang Fei, had taken advantage of their conversation to run out and inform Chu Mengyao.
"You are Chu Mengyao of the Chu family?"
Ever since Chu Mengyao entered, Yang Fei's eyes had been scanning her up and down with a look of frivolousness.
"I heard you've taken over your Chu family's business. Your family relies on you, a woman. Can you handle it?"
Chu Mengyao felt Yang Fei's gaze and a trace of displeasure flickered in her eyes. However, considering the Yang family's influence in Jinhe, she stepped forward and spoke politely, "Yes. I had heard of Young Master Yang's name when I was studying abroad. It's finally an honor to meet you today."
"Young Master Yang~" Liu Ruoyan, seeing that Yang Fei's attention had been diverted by Chu Mengyao, quickly pouted and said, "This Ye Bufan matter is not yet resolved~"
Being spoken to by Chu Mengyao, Yang Fei felt much better. Moreover, Chu Mengyao's appearance, compared to Liu Ruoyan, was of a different kind of beauty, which immediately sparked other thoughts in him.
"Young Master Yang, this Mr. Ye Bufan is a distinguished guest of our Chu family. My grandfather said he would mediate the matter between him and the Liu family. Could you give my grandfather some face?" Chu Mengyao looked at Ye Bufan, then at Yang Fei.
"Your grandfather?" Yang Fei suddenly burst into laughter, "That old geezer Chu He, if you hadn't mentioned him, I would have thought he was already buried. He's still alive?"
Chu Mengyao frowned, clearly unhappy, but the Yang family was the top conglomerate in Donghai. The Chu family was no match for their influence and financial power, so she could only endure it.
"What? Unhappy? Am I wrong? Do you think the Chu family is still the Chu family it used to be?" Yang Fei's laughter became more sinister, "Giving your grandfather face is not impossible, but you have to make this distinguished guest of your Chu family kneel down and apologize to me and Ruoyan, and then hand over the marriage contract. I might consider it."
"This..." Chu Mengyao did not expect Yang Fei to be so unreasonable.
"How about this? Since you want the marriage contract so badly, why don't you kneel down and beg me?"
Ye Bufan, who had been silent beside them, spoke up and brought the marriage contract in front of Yang Fei and Liu Ruoyan.
Chu Mengyao looked at Ye Bufan in shock. She couldn't believe her ears, let alone that Ye Bufan would say such a thing.
"Ye Bufan, don't cause trouble!" Chu Mengyao gritted her teeth and whispered a reminder to Ye Bufan.
"Hahahaha, did I hear that right?" Yang Fei and Liu Ruoyan were also stunned, then burst into laughter.
"Baby~ I heard him say, we should kneel down and beg him." Liu Ruoyan supported Yang Fei with one hand, and held her belly with the other, laughing heartily.
"What?" Ye Bufan looked at Yang Fei. "The future daughter-in-law of Jinhe's foremost conglomerate is already betrothed before marriage. If this matter were to be made public, wouldn't the Yang family of Jinhe become a laughingstock?"
"You! Ye Bufan, don't go too far!" Upon hearing Ye Bufan's words, Yang Fei's face changed drastically.
"Too far?" Ye Bufan spread his hands, then looked at Liu Ruoyan and said, "If the Yang family cares about their reputation, would they break off the engagement with your Liu family over this matter?"
"You! You! You! Even if you make this marriage public, how many people will believe it?" Liu Ruoyan glared at Ye Bufan and retorted.
"The official seal of the Liu family's city would not be forged, would it?" Ye Bufan unfolded the marriage contract. At the very end, it was the official seal of the Liu family, which only the head of the Liu family could possess.
"Give me the marriage contract." Liu Ruoyan rushed forward to snatch the marriage contract. Ye Bufan moved his steps and easily dodged. Seeing this, Yang Fei also tried to grab the marriage contract.
Ye Bufan weaved between Yang Fei and Liu Ruoyan as if he were playing with monkeys.
"Fine! Ye Bufan, you wait and see. I'll deal with you." Yang Fei realized that Chu Mengyao had witnessed all their actions. He immediately stopped, pointed at Ye Bufan, made a threat, and pulled Liu Ruoyan away from the Chu family's clothing store.
"Your actions will only make things worse for you and the Liu family," Chu Mengyao stepped forward and reminded him. "Now you've also offended Yang Fei. If the Yang family truly gets involved, I don't know if Grandpa can handle it."
"This matter started because of me, so I will naturally resolve it myself," Ye Bufan said to Chu Mengyao.
In Chu Mengyao's eyes, Ye Bufan's words seemed arrogant and ignorant of the consequences. Thus, Chu Mengyao's impression of Ye Bufan dropped significantly.
The Yang family was the local power in Jinhe. Even if the Chu family joined forces with other families, they might not be able to contend with the Yang family. Ye Bufan alone wanted to oppose the Yang family, which was like a fool's dream.
"Sigh." Chu Mengyao sighed, constantly comforting herself—Ye Bufan was her grandfather's savior; it would be ungrateful to abandon him.
After buying clothes, the two drove towards Xiangshan Villa, which Chu He had mentioned.
According to Chu Mengyao's introduction, Xiangshan Villa was second only to Daocang Villa District, where the Chu family's villa was located, and it was situated on the outskirts of Jinhe City.
The journey was very quiet. Chu Mengyao barely spoke to Ye Bufan, especially after the incident. She began to question why her grandfather would give Xiangshan Villa to Ye Bufan.
Ye Bufan sat in the passenger seat, resting his eyes along the way. As they neared Xiangshan Villa, the car entered an artificial forest.
"Bang—" At this moment, a loud noise suddenly erupted from the artificial forest. Chu Mengyao was startled and stopped the car by the roadside.
"What was that? What was that sound?" Chu Mengyao's expression was a little panicked as she looked around the car.
"Stay in the car and don't move. I'll get out and take a look," Ye Bufan said.
Chu Mengyao nodded, took a deep breath, and gripped the steering wheel tightly.
Upon entering the artificial forest, Ye Bufan sensed that someone was observing their car from the shadows. He then released his true qi. The loud noise just now was a bullet fired towards the passenger seat. Ye Bufan used his true qi to freeze the bullet in mid-air.
In the bushes not far away, a figure was hiding in a tree, holding a sniper rifle and observing the front.