Insufficient balance

  Under Mu Zi Xuan's disbelieving gaze, Ye Yi Zhe ignored the people around him and walked straight towards Xiao Yu Ling: "Senior, happy birthday."

  He then pointed at Feng Si Niang who was following behind him and said: "This is the friend I mentioned earlier who would be coming with me, you should already know her, Feng Si Niang."

  Xiao Yuling nodded, her calm face showing no ripples, but Gong Sunjian, who had been paying attention to Xiao Yuling, noticed that when Ye Yizhe appeared, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. This accidental discovery made him suddenly pay attention to the man in front of him.

  Feng Si Niang walked forward, looking at Xiao Yu Ling and said: "I came uninvited, please forgive me. I've always heard Ye Zi mention 'Xiao Xue Jie' this and that, so I was wondering what kind of person this Xiao Xue Jie would be. Today, seeing you for the first time, indeed you are even more lovely than I imagined. No wonder my foolish younger brother keeps mentioning you every day."

  Xiao Yu Ling immediately replied: "Fourth sister, you're joking, I'm the one who's excited just by looking at him, is Ye Xue your younger brother?"

  Although she was speaking to the fourth daughter of the wind, her eyes were directed at Ye Yizhe. After seeing Ye Yizhe nod, she immediately added: "What are we standing outside for? Let's go in."

  In the blink of an eye, he took advantage of everyone's inattention to hastily pat his chest and calm himself down. Gong Sun Jian, on the other hand, secretly exclaimed "not good" and reviewed all the information in his mind, only to find that there was no such person existing. With a mixture of confusion and vigilance, he stared at this man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, possibly his love rival, with furrowed brows.

  Entering the villa, Xiao Yu Ling found that Xiao Lei had also come down. He must have heard the movement at the door and knew of Feng Si Niang's arrival. Seeing him, Xiao Yu Ling hurriedly ran over: "Grandfather."

  Xiao Ling stroked Xiao Yu Ling's hair, and Xiao Lei walked up to Feng Si Niang and bowed his hands: "Feng Si Niang, you have arrived, Xiao Lei did not personally welcome you, he will definitely be punished with wine later."

  For these businessmen, what they fear most is not the deceitful business world or those insatiable bureaucrats. These people always have a bottom line and will not be shaken unless that line is crossed. However, underworld figures are different. They operate independently in the shadows with their own code of conduct and their own unique world. Others cannot intervene, and they do not consider any consequences when taking action. This is what makes them most apprehensive.

  Especially for a big family like Xiao's, the secret struggle and slow erosion in their unknown situation may seem insignificant, but it is fatal to any family.

  A scholar meets a soldier, and no matter how reasonable they are, they can't make themselves understood.

  What's more, it's still such a group of bandits?

  So, whenever Xiao Lei arrives in a city, he will always make contact with the local underworld first and won't let himself fall into their trap. In Jiangzhou, the Xiao family has always maintained good relations with the Qingbang gang and has never had any conflicts with the four major gangs, who all coexist peacefully without offending each other or trying to curry favor with one another.

  Xiao Feng, who had long since handed over the Xiao family to his children, had never seen people like Feng Si Niang and Li Hu, who appeared only in recent years. When he heard the report from his subordinate just now, he hastily came downstairs, not because he was afraid - those who got along with the Green Gang naturally didn't fear other gangs in Jiangzhou - but rather because he was always one to prefer fewer troubles over more, and so he warmly welcomed them at the first opportunity.

  No one noticed that Xiao Chenfeng glanced at the middle-aged man beside him, both of whom had a worried look on their faces, wondering what they were thinking.

  "Who is this?" Feng Si Niang nodded with a smile as a greeting, today she was not the main character, and stepped aside to stand behind Ye Yi Zhe. It wasn't until then that Xiao Tong saw this strange man, looking at Xiao Yu Ling in confusion.

  "Hello Uncle Xiao, I'm Ye Yizhe, a freshman from Fudan University's Philosophy College."

  Ye Yizhe stepped forward and said respectfully.

  Xiao Chenfeng didn't wait for Xiao Tong to speak, and instead asked on his own initiative: "Oh? I don't know where Mr. Ye's family is from?" He could see that Xiao Yulian had a lot of good feelings towards this man, which also caused a stir in his heart. As someone who had long considered Gong Sunjian as the only candidate for son-in-law, he naturally wouldn't allow such a situation to arise, and making him retreat with dignity was also the best solution in this situation.

  Ye Yizhe's face revealed a smile as he calmly said: "Orphan, without father or mother."

  Everyone including Feng Si Niang was stunned, Feng Si Niang had never asked such questions before and wouldn't have thought to ask them. To her, whether something was good or not didn't matter as long as she liked it, and if she didn't like it, no amount of money could change that. Mu Zi Xuan, who had clashed with Ye Yi Zhe early on, suddenly lit up for a moment, but everyone's attention was focused on Ye Yi Zhe, so no one noticed.

  "This young master Gongsun is the heir of the Gongsun family, and has grown up with our Rain Spirit since childhood... They can be said to have a deep affection for each other..." Just as Xiao Chenfeng was about to give this ignorant young man a warning shot, he was interrupted by Xiao Yu Ling's voice: "Dad, what are you doing?!"

  The obvious anger made Xiao Zhenfeng and others look at her, knowing that she was too excited, Xiao Yuli hurriedly explained: "Ye Yizhe is just my junior, because he helped me in school, so I invited him over."

  "Oh?……" It's better not to explain, once explained, a group of young people would drag out their voices and shout, listening to Xiao Zhenfeng's cold cough twice, looking at Ye Yizhe and continuing: "Of course, young people, everyone plays together every day, you also helped us Yu Ling, we are all friends, does Mr. Ye know if I'm right or not?"

  Ye Yizhe fell silent, he was very clear about the meaning of Xiao Zhenfeng's words. Everyone cast their eyes on Ye Yizhe, wanting to hear his answer, especially Xiao Yuling, although she didn't know what was going on herself, but still had some expectation for his answer. Noticing this scene, Xiao Feng's mouth corner revealed a faint smile.

  "It's my honor that Sister Xiao treats me as a friend." Ye Yizhe nodded in satisfaction, then continued after a pause, "So I think it's better to just go with the flow."

  "Pfft!" Xiao Tong almost spat out the tea in his mouth, and the more he looked at Ye Yizhe, the more pleasing to his eyes. He ignored Xiao Chenfeng's suddenly murderous gaze and walked forward, laughing loudly: "Right, right, everything is going with the flow."

  Ye Yizhe looked at Xiao Tong and didn't show any anger, he also put down a stone in his heart. He couldn't come to the Xiao family and offend everyone here, it was clear that Xiao Chenfeng wasn't very fond of him, but he still wanted to get recognition from the Xiao family deep down. Now, someone who recognized him had arrived.

  Yi Zhe, who became more and more comfortable as he looked at Xiao Tong, said: "Grandfather Xiao, today is my first time coming to the Xiao family. Sister Xiao didn't tell me anything, so I didn't prepare any gifts."

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Having lived for more than half his life, what hasn't Xiao Feng enjoyed? What he wants most now is just the joy of family reunion. Those external things are not important to him at all.

  Xiao Zhenfeng and several young people from the Xiao family looked at Ye Yizhe with even more disdainful expressions, while Gong Sunjian and Mu Zi Xuan, who were outsiders, looked thoughtful. They all felt that things were not so simple.

  Feng Si Niang saw the situation and was about to put her hand into her LV bag, Ye Yi Zhe stretched out his hand to stop her, smiled and shook his head at her. Then, under everyone's attention, he took off the pendant that had been with him since he could remember from his neck and handed it to Xiao Feng, who looked puzzled, saying: "I've worn this Tianzhu for many years, if Uncle Xiao doesn't mind, I'll give it to you, hoping it will bless you with a long life of one hundred years."

  "Tianzhu?"

  After hearing his words, the crowd let out a burst of exclamations and then looked at Ye Yizhe with disbelieving faces. Especially Xiao Chenfeng, who thought that such priceless treasures would not appear on this poor boy's body. He muttered to himself: "I don't know how much money he spent buying something from a street stall, but it's actually the Tianzhu, is the Tianzhu really that easy to obtain?"

  Only Mu Zi Xuan, who knew Ye Yi Zhe's true identity, sneered on the side. Although she didn't get along with Ye Yi Zhe, in her heart, she was also looking forward to him slapping this seemingly prosperous family with a loud slap.

  Yi Zhe is who, the heir of the first living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism. If the Tianzhu on his body is also fake, then there must not be any real Tianzhu in this world.

  Xiao Tong silently took the Tianzhu from Ye Yizhe, looking at Xiao Zhenfeng with a hint of dissatisfaction. He thought to himself that handing over the family to this easily agitated son might be a wrong decision. However, he couldn't understand what Ye Yizhe meant by suddenly giving him this thing. To him, everything could be bought with money. Originally, he didn't want to make things difficult for Ye Yizhe, so he said those words, and following his lead would be the best choice for Ye Yizhe. Feng Simu also looked at him with dissatisfaction, her eyes seeming to say: "You've lost face now."

  He stared at the Tianzhu in Xiao Feng's hand, disregarding his demeanor, and suddenly rushed forward, grabbing the Tianzhu, staring at it intensely. Under everyone's puzzled gaze, he looked at it for a long time before taking a deep breath and saying to Ye Yizhe, word by word: "Lotus Tianzhu!"

  In his heart, he yearned infinitely for Gong Sunjian to deny it, but all he saw was Ye Yizhe smiling and nodding slightly. However, his gaze wasn't on Gong Sunjian, but rather the Tianzhu in his hand. The expression was sacred and devout.

  This smile made the three most stunning women in the room dazed and intoxicated.