"Jiang Yi, you truly have no shame. My sister is already divorced from you, yet you still shamelessly followed her to the auction." Ye Xiaofeng also chimed in to humiliate Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi remained calm.
Jiang Yi had no intention of engaging with them.
Liu Tianyu and Ye Xiaofeng were like two rabid dogs, barking incessantly. Arguing with them would only make him stoop to their level.
"Miss, your taste is truly appalling!"
Ye Xiaofeng looked at Dongfang Mei and said, "You're so beautiful, how could you possibly fancy this good-for-nothing Jiang Yi? When he was our Ye family's son-in-law, he was an absolute failure. His only skill was leeching off women."
Dongfang Mei was sharp. After listening for so long, she had already figured out the entire situation.
Dongfang Mei found it laughable.
From the moment she saw Jiang Yi, she knew he was a man of true capability.
"It's not that I have poor taste, it's that all of you have terrible judgment."
Dongfang Mei said with a smile, "Your Ye family will regret this sooner or later. I haven't known Jiang Yi for long, so I don't know his full capabilities, but judging by my experience, he is definitely a man of great potential. People like you, with your short-sightedness, don't even qualify to look up to him."
Dongfang Mei's words insulted everyone present without using a single vulgarity.
Dongfang Mei hadn't intended to get involved in Jiang Yi's affairs, but Ye Xiaofeng insisted on dragging her into it.
Dongfang Mei was a formidable individual.
By provoking Dongfang Mei, they had chosen the wrong opponent.
"It's truly laughable that you think so highly of a good-for-nothing. You'll regret it sooner or later," Ye Xiaofeng said with schadenfreude.
"What does that have to do with you?"
Dongfang Mei sized up Ye Xiaofeng. "Judging by your attire, you must be a young master from a minor family. If I'm not mistaken, you've come to this event hoping to network with the influential. Do you really think anyone here will pay attention to someone like you?"
After speaking, Dongfang Mei's gaze shifted to Liu Tianyu.
"You look much wealthier than the previous fellow. You should be the young master of a third-rate family. You deliberately tried to humiliate Jiang Yi. Setting aside whether you have the right to, look at your character. People like you don't even know how to behave. No matter how rich you are, you're still a societal blight, just a pathetic parasite."
Dongfang Mei proceeded to berate both Ye Xiaofeng and Liu Tianyu.
The two men gritted their teeth in anger.
Their faces turned red with suppressed fury, yet they couldn't utter a single word.
Jiang Yi was dumbfounded.
Dongfang Mei was indeed a formidable character.
She had silenced Ye Xiaofeng and Liu Tianyu so effectively that they couldn't even respond.
Anyone who provoked such a woman was bound to suffer misfortune.
Seeing Ye Xiaofeng and Liu Tianyu's dejected expressions, Jiang Yi couldn't help but smile.
The onlookers wanted to laugh but dared not. They didn't want to offend Liu Tianyu, so they held back their mirth.
Jiang Yi, not noticing Ye Yanran's expression, walked to the front row with Dongfang Mei and sat down in the first available seat.
The moment Jiang Yi sat down, all eyes turned towards him.
Some frowned!
Some looked confused!
Even Ye Yanran and Liu Tianyu glanced at Jiang Yi.
This was not surprising.
Those seats were not meant for just anyone.
The Sun family, in organizing the auction, had an unwritten rule.
They would vet attendees, with those of higher status and influence being seated closer to the front.
Even Liu Tianyu could only occupy a seat in the middle section.
Ye Yanran, on the other hand, was seated in the rearmost row.
Jiang Yi's appearance seemed to overshadow everyone else.
The seating arrangement was a clear symbol of status and prestige.
Many people, after regaining their composure, began to whisper amongst themselves.
"That seat is reserved for VIPs. What right does he, a former son-in-law abandoned by the Ye family, have to sit there?"
"Exactly, this kid is just trying to show off."
"It's not showing off, it's outright arrogance."
...
The crowd started pointing fingers at Jiang Yi.
Liu Tianyu wore a cold, sinister smile.
His earlier attempt to humiliate Jiang Yi had failed, and he had instead lost face.
Now, a better opportunity had presented itself, allowing him to use the auction security to deal with Jiang Yi.
After formulating his plan, Liu Tianyu walked straight out.
Moments later, Liu Tianyu returned with a large group of security guards.
Leading them was a menacing-looking security captain.
"It's this guy, deliberately causing disruption in the venue!"
Liu Tianyu pointed at Jiang Yi and said to the security captain, "This seat is for VIPs. He, a good-for-nothing rejected even by the Ye family, dares to sit there. This is clearly a blatant disregard for the auction's rules and an intentional act of disrupting the proceedings."
This was not a minor issue!
Liu Tianyu's elaborate scheme was intended to escalate the situation.
He wanted the Sun family to deal with Jiang Yi severely.
The security captain, unaware of the invitation details, wore an angry expression and stared at Jiang Yi, speaking sternly, "You have quite the audacity to disrupt the auction and disregard its rules. Get out of here immediately, or you'll face consequences."
Jiang Yi acted as if he hadn't heard a word.
He was well aware that Liu Tianyu intended to make a spectacle of the situation.
If things escalated, it wouldn't be him who suffered, but Liu Tianyu and these guards.
Let alone this minor issue, even if he were to smash up the auction, old man Sun Shenshou and the Chen family wouldn't dare to utter a word.
"You are not qualified to tell me to leave!"
Jiang Yi didn't even lift his eyelids, stating calmly, "I am sitting in this seat today, and not only you, but even people from the Sun family and the Chen family would not deter me."
His words were met with uproarious laughter.
In their eyes, Jiang Yi was merely a clown putting on a pretentious show.
"Kid, you've got a big mouth. With your status, you're not even fit to carry the shoes of the Chen family or the Sun family," Liu Tianyu sneered.
Liu Tianyu was eager to see how Jiang Yi would extricate himself from this situation.
The security captain, unwilling to waste any more time, waved his hand at the surrounding guards.
The guards stepped forward, surrounding Jiang Yi, preparing to forcibly remove him.
Jiang Yi remained unmoved.
He had long suspected that Liu Tianyu had colluded with the security captain, otherwise, such a minor matter wouldn't warrant such a grand display with so many guards.
Jiang Yi wasn't afraid of trouble; if they wanted to play, he would oblige.
"What's going on?"
A voice suddenly rang out from the back of the crowd.
Everyone turned their heads towards the source of the voice.
The onlookers then made way.
The person who arrived was none other than Chen Kun.
Upon Chen Kun's appearance, many people rushed forward to greet him, their faces filled with deference.
Chen Kun ignored them and walked directly towards the commotion.
"Brother Chen, why didn't you inform me you were coming to Jiangcheng? I would have arranged a banquet to welcome you," Liu Tianyu quickly went to ingratiate himself with Chen Kun.
"I was in a hurry, I didn't have the time!"
Chen Kun took a deep breath. "I have a lot on my plate. My father sent me to assist the Sun family with the auction. I dare not delay!"
The two began to exchange pleasantries.