"asked Ye Huan in confusion."
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I am extremely satisfied with this result!"
Lin Xi looked at Ye Huan with a radiant smile on her face—burning, dazzling!
Ye Huan: "..."
Seeing Ye Huan looking like a frosted eggplant, Lin Xi suddenly became overwhelmingly happy, thinking to herself that this time she had completely outmaneuvered Ye Huan!
In fact, the moment Lin Xi learned the truth, her anger had indeed spiked to the absolute maximum. Especially when she thought about how Ye Huan had seized the opportunity to kiss her while stating his intentions, she was practically bursting with fury and almost went berserk to scratch Ye Huan to death.
But the anger vanished in an instant!
She chose to enter a marriage agreement with Ye Huan for two reasons: first, to use the marriage contract to get back at Ye Huan; and second, to reject the marriage candidate her grandfather had arranged for her.
Now that she confirmed Ye Huan was the very same marriage candidate her grandfather had arranged for her, her goal was achieved.
Without that unfamiliar marriage candidate, all she needed to do next was single-mindedly use the marriage agreement to exact revenge on Ye Huan!
"It's destiny!"
Li Meiya slammed the table, saying excitedly:
"I never expected that the marriage candidate Dad arranged for Xixi would be Xixi's boyfriend. This is such a coincidence! Not even TV dramas would write something so coincidental. Destiny, this is definitely destiny!"
"Waiter!"
Lin Canglan shouted at the top of his lungs. As soon as the waiter entered, he urged:
"Bring the food, hurry up with the dishes. Today at noon, I'm going to drink to my heart's content with my good son-in-law!"
After saying this, seeing that Ye Huan, Lin Tai, and Lin Xi were still standing, he said:
"Dad, why are you all still standing? Sit down, quickly sit down. Good son-in-law, sit right next to me."
The three of them immediately sat down. Lin Tai took Ye Huan's hand and asked:
"What kind of work did you do abroad before? Let me see about arranging the same job for you at Lin's Group."
Lin Xi, Lin Canglan, and Li Meiya were about to answer for Ye Huan, but before they could open their mouths, Ye Huan spoke up himself:
"Butchery!"
He was indeed in the butchery trade, except that the things he slaughtered weren't livestock—they were people!
Lin Xi: "..."
Lin Canglan: "???"
Li Meiya: "???"
Hearing this, Lin Xi panicked, inwardly cursing Ye Huan for being a fool who didn't follow the profession she had fabricated for him. Now his cover was blown!
Still, she genuinely hadn't expected Ye Huan to be a pig butcher!
"Xixi, what is the meaning of this?"
Li Meiya glared at Lin Xi, demanding:
"Didn't you say Ye Huan was the founder of a multi-billion-dollar Wall Street company about to go public? How did he end up working as a butcher?"
Chapter 6 is here, the rival in love has arrived
Lin Xi's pretty face instantly burned red, and she was so embarrassed she wished she could dig a hole in the ground and bury herself.
She was just about to explain when her peripheral vision caught Ye Huan looking at her with an amused expression, leading her to mistakenly believe he was deliberately exposing her lie to humiliate her.
So, a plan forming in her mind, she said:
"Mom and Dad, I'm sorry, I lied to you."
"Grandpa forced me to marry a stranger, so I thought about randomly finding a man to get a marriage certificate with, and fabricated an educational background, career, and relationship with me that would make you like him. My goal was to get you on my side to persuade Grandpa to give up on making me marry that stranger. I just never expected that the random person I found would be the exact marriage candidate Grandpa sent me to pick up at the airport."
Inwardly, she sneered: *You want to expose my lie? I'll just tell the truth and team up with Mom and Dad to deal with you!*
Lin Xi mentally praised herself for being so clever—not only had she effortlessly unraveled Ye Huan's scheme, but she had also conveniently sicced two formidable enemies onto him!
*Hmph, you scumbag, just wait to face the wrath of my father and mother!*
"Xixi, you..."
Hearing Lin Xi's explanation, Lin Canglan and Li Meiya were so furious they felt ready to explode right on the spot.
Naturally, they weren't mad because Lin Xi had lied to them; rather, they were burning with humiliated rage over all the sweet things they had previously said to Ye Huan the pig butcher.
"You pig butcher, how dare you play games with my daughter!"
Li Meiya lunged forward in a rage, trying to scratch Ye Huan.
Ye Huan quickly dodged: "How did I play games with Lin Xi?"
"You still won't admit it? You—you're driving me crazy!"
Li Meiya's chest heaved with fury, and she snapped:
"Xixi didn't know you, but you saw the video Dad sent you, so you knew who Xixi was. If you had told Xixi the truth, she never would have gotten a marriage certificate with you! If this isn't playing games with her, what is?"
Lin Canglan chimed in: "I take it you just covet Xixi's beauty and the Lin family's money, so you deliberately kept the truth from her."
Just as Ye Huan was about to explain, he noticed Lin Xi looking on with a smug, gloating expression, so he asked:
"Lin Xi, would you like me to tell your mom and dad the real reason why you got a marriage certificate with me?"
"Shut your mouth!"
Lin Xi was just enjoying the show, never expecting Ye Huan to be so cunning as to use the fact that she had been deflowered by him back then to blackmail her. While inwardly cursing Ye Huan for being so malicious, she explained:
"Mom, Dad, Ye Huan didn't trick me. Even if he had told me the truth at the time, I still would have gotten the certificate with him. I'm never marrying anyone else in this lifetime!"
Slap!
Lin Canglan and Li Meiya felt as though they had just been slapped in the face.
They had originally thought that by using "Ye Huan tricked Xixi" as a breakthrough to make Lin Tai realize Ye Huan had bad character, they could force Ye Huan and Lin Xi to divorce.
To their shock, at the critical moment, Lin Xi actually turned her back on her own family and started helping Ye Huan!
"Dad, this pig butcher not only has a lowly job, but his character is also terrible. Xixi won't be happy marrying a man like this."
Lin Tai shifted his target, aiming at Lin Tai and expressing his firm stance:
"Anyway, as Xixi's father, I firmly disagree with letting Xixi marry this pig butcher!"
Echoing her husband, Li Meiya chimed in: "I don't agree to Xixi marrying Ye Huan either. If he dares to step foot in our house, I'll break his dog legs!"
Lin Tai had been watching the spectacle with a smiling face. Seeing that it was his turn to state his position, he chuckled cheerfully:
"I actually think Ye Huan and Xixi are a match made by fate; otherwise, they wouldn't have stumbled into getting a marriage certificate by mistake!"
Hearing Lin Tai's declaration, Lin Canglan and Li Meiya were so angry they almost wet their pants.
The two of them were about to continue expressing their firm opposition when Lin Tai's old face chilled, and he said coldly:
"Whoever dares to oppose Xixi marrying Ye Huan can get the hell out of the Lin Family."
With these words, Lin Canglan and Li Meiya instantly lost their nerve and didn't dare say another word, though in their hearts they planned to carefully persuade Lin Xi to voluntarily divorce Ye Huan once they got home!
Lin Tai saw right through the thoughts of his son and daughter-in-law. He pulled out the agreement, neutral pen, and red ink pad that he had prepared beforehand from his bag and said:
"Xixi, come over here and sign and fingerprint these documents!"
"Okay!"
Lin Xi didn't think much of it, assuming it was a company project contract since her grandfather often made her do this. Without even looking at it, she signed her name and pressed her fingerprint.
After finishing, she asked: "Grandpa, which project is this document for?"
"This isn't a company project document."
Lin Tai wore a shrewd and calculating smile as he said:
"I've also signed and fingerprinted this agreement. In the future, if you take the initiative to propose a divorce to Ye Huan, not only will you have to leave with nothing, but all your pre-marital and post-marital assets will belong to Ye Huan, and my assets will all belong to him as well!"
Lin Xi was dumbfounded!
She had just used a marriage agreement to trap Ye Huan, and in the blink of an eye, her grandfather had used an agreement to trap her!
However, her grandfather's agreement was invalid to her because she had the marriage agreement, which could force Ye Huan to initiate the divorce himself—and along the way, she could even make Ye Huan leave with nothing!
"Buzz..."
At this moment, Lin Canglan and Li Meiya felt as though they had been struck by lightning, their heads buzzing!
They had just been planning to convince Lin Xi to voluntarily divorce Ye Huan when they got home, but Lin Tai had pulled this stunt. It was a direct slap to their faces!
They absolutely could not let Xixi initiate the divorce!
Otherwise, all of Xixi's and the old master's wealth would end up cheapening Ye Huan, that pig butcher!
They could find a way to force Ye Huan to initiate the divorce instead, which would render Lin Tai's agreement invalid!
"Old Master, I've seen many gamblers, but you're the first one I've ever seen like this. Aren't you afraid of losing the bet?"
Ye Huan asked, looking at Lin Tai in shock.
Right now, his heart was filled with utter confusion. Lin Tai didn't know he was the Underworld King; apart from his name, he knew almost nothing about him.
Yet Lin Tai was forcing his precious granddaughter Lin Xi to marry him, and even went so far as to stake his and Lin Xi's entire family fortune to prevent Lin Xi from initiating a divorce.
Wasn't this far too reckless and hasty? Wasn't he afraid of losing the gamble?
"You are a man who keeps his word!" Lin Tai smiled faintly.
Ye Huan laughed dryly: "You're betting that I keep my word and won't divorce Lin Xi, which is why you dare to play such a heaven-shaking gamble. But are you really so convinced that Lin Xi will be happy marrying me? Aren't you worried that I'll give Lin Xi a head full of green hats?"
Lin Canglan and Li Meiya were furious, frantically giving Lin Xi meaningful looks that implied: *Xixi, you heard him! This pig butcher is no good, full of wandering thoughts. You're not even married yet, and he's already thinking about cheating. If you actually marry him, what will become of you?*
Lin Xi pretended not to see her parents' glances. She couldn't care less if Ye Huan cheated; in fact, she hoped he would cheat—ideally ten or eight times a day—until he died of kidney failure from exhaustion.
"A tired bird will always return to its nest!" Lin Tai smiled mildly.
*So you're letting me play around until I've had enough before I return to Lin Xi, huh? You really have a big heart...* Ye Huan had to hand it to Lin Tai!
At that moment, the waiters arrived one after another with the food and wine, and Lin Tai immediately invited everyone to eat.
Ye Huan, Lin Xi, and Lin Tai were in high spirits, eating with great relish. Ye Huan and Lin Tai even toasted each other, drinking to their hearts' content.
Lin Canglan and Li Meiya's moods had sunk to the absolute bottom, so this meal tasted no different to them than eating excrement.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Three rounds of drinks and five courses of food in, a knock suddenly sounded on the door!
"Come in!" Lin Tai said.
A young man wearing a large gold chain and a gold watch, dressed in flashy clothes with a flirty, hoodlum vibe, pushed open the door and walked in.
The moment the young man entered the private room, Ye Huan's gaze locked onto Lin Xi. His pupils suddenly contracted, though they returned to normal the next moment as he looked at Lin Tai with a chuckle and said:
"Hello, Grandpa Lin. I came to Shangyang Restaurant to eat and heard you were here too, so I came over to say hello."
As for the Lin family members, the moment they saw the young man, they all stood up, as if the young man's status was quite extraordinary.
The expressions of Lin Canglan and Li Meiya became exceptionally ecstatic.
It's here, it's here—Xixi's suitor has arrived!
If this guy found out that Ye Huan had used lowhanded methods to get a marriage certificate with Xixi, he would definitely fly into a rage and beat Ye Huan until he voluntarily divorced Xixi!
Chapter 7: Ancestral short temper, specializing in all forms of defiance
"So it's Young Master Jin. You're too polite. I just came over for a casual meal, I never expected to disturb your great presence."
Lin Tai said with a chuckle.
Ye Huan frowned. What on earth was the background of this "Young Master Jin" that made a major tycoon like Lin Tai treat him with such cautious care, not even daring to put on the airs of an elder and addressing him respectfully as "you" every other word?
"Grandpa Lin, please don't keep calling me Young Master Jin. In front of you, I'm just a junior. Just call me Feiyu."
Jin Feiyu was extremely satisfied with Lin Tai's attitude, though his words maintained the pretense of treating Lin Tai as an elder and showing him the utmost respect.
"Since you put it that way, then I'll pull rank and call you Feiyu."
Not daring to go against Jin Feiyu, Lin Tai offered a flattering smile and said:
"Feiyu, I'm very glad you knew I was here and came to say hello. I know you're a very busy man and must have brought many friends here to dine. If you stay here too long, your friends won't be happy. Go ahead and get busy. Another day when you have time, I'll host and we can all get together properly!"
This was effectively a polite dismissal, though Lin Tai phrased it very tactfully.
"Grandpa Lin, I just came in, why are you chasing me away?"
Playing the role of the junior, Jin Feiyu unceremoniously pierced through Lin Tai's intentions and said:
"I'm not busy at all today, and I didn't bring any friends with me. I came here to eat alone. Since I happened to run into you, Grandpa Lin, let's eat together. This meal is on me."
Inwardly, Lin Tai cursed Jin Feiyu for being utterly shameless, but he didn't dare refuse, so he could only offer a hollow laugh:
"Since you don't mind our leftovers, Feiyu, then sit down and join us."
With that, he looked at Ye Huan and instructed:
"Ye Huan, go tell the waiter to bring an extra set of cutlery!"
His intention was to dispatch Ye Huan elsewhere to prevent Jin Feiyu from finding out about the relationship between Ye Huan and Lin Xi and causing a scene!
"Wait!"
Before Ye Huan could answer, Jin Feiyu looked at him and asked:
"Grandpa Lin, who is this?"
Lin Tai inwardly shouted *oh no*, and was about to say that Ye Huan was a distant relative of his.
At that moment, Lin Canglan piped up: "Young Master Jin, his name is Ye Huan. He's Xixi's partner—they just got their marriage certificate this morning."
Lin Tai flew into a rage, cursing Lin Canglan internally for being a bastard who had exposed Ye Huan's identity, clearly intending to use Jin Feiyu's hands to deal with Ye Huan.
Lin Xi frowned, her face turning angry. She hadn't expected her father to stop at nothing to tear her and Ye Huan apart, even resorting to such a despicable, shameless, and low-handed tactic.
For a moment, she secretly began to worry about Ye Huan. While she wished she could see Ye Huan dead, she didn't want him to die at someone else's hands—and Jin Feiyu was precisely the kind of person who could kill Ye Huan.
Li Meiya gave Lin Canglan a "well done" look, then looked on with an expectant expression, ready to watch the show.
"Partner? Got a certificate?"
The smile on Jin Feiyu's face froze. He abruptly turned his head to glare at Lin Tai and demanded angrily:
"Grandpa Lin, what is the meaning of this? Everyone in Pengcheng knows Lin Xi is single. I've gone to the Lin family to propose marriage multiple times, and you always brushed me off with the excuse that 'Xixi is still too young, the Lin's Group needs her, and we can talk about marriage in a few years.' How did a partner suddenly pop up today, and why did they even get a marriage certificate?"
Ye Huan was stunned. *What the hell, so this little punk is my rival in love!*
"This..."
Lin Tai didn't know how to respond.
At this point, Li Meiya chimed in with a sarcastic tone:
"Young Master Jin, Ye Huan was the marriage candidate Dad chose for Lin Xi. Today was actually the first time Lin Xi laid eyes on Ye Huan. Originally, Xixi was extremely resistant to marrying him, but we never expected Ye Huan to use underhanded tricks and schemes to trick Xixi into getting the marriage certificate with him."
Upon hearing these words, Lin Tai and Lin Xi were consumed with fury. Li Meiya's actions were clearly intended to instigate Jin Feiyu into dealing with Ye Huan—such a vicious move deserved punishment!
At last, Ye Huan fully grasped the situation. He thought to himself that Lin Canglan and Li Meiya would truly resort to any trick to tear him and Lin Xi apart. Weren't they afraid that once they chased him away, they wouldn't be able to shake off Jin Feiyu?
Lin Canglan gave Li Meiya a "job well done" look of encouragement.
The two of them were well aware that their actions had angered Lin Tai, but with Jin Feiyu present, they believed Lin Tai wouldn't dare throw a tantrum. In order to separate Ye Huan and Lin Xi, they were willing to endure Lin Tai's scoldings afterward.
"So that's how it is!"
Jin Feiyu's expression instantly turned icy. He slowly walked up to Ye Huan, grabbed him by the collar, and said coldly:
"Punk, I don't care whose car tire blew out and birthed you as a piece of dog shit, but while I'm still feeling somewhat generous, hurry up and immediately take Lin Xi to the Civil Affairs Bureau to handle the divorce procedures."
*Courting death!*
As Jin Feiyu grabbed his collar, Ye Huan's fists instantly clenched. He was about to punch and shatter the dog head of this idiot who dared to provoke the Underworld King.
"Don't be impulsive!"
Lin Xi suddenly shouted and grabbed Ye Huan's right wrist, saying nervously:
"Ye Huan, let me warn you: in this world, there are some people you can offend, and some people you cannot. Young Master Jin is someone you can't afford to provoke! If you throw that punch, the one whose life you'll be throwing away is your own!"
Lin Tai wanted to advise him as well, but he held back. He suddenly had a bold idea: to use this opportunity to test Ye Huan's abilities and see if he truly was the murderous ruffian he suspected him to be!
"Oh my, Ye Huan, are you thinking of laying a hand on Young Master Jin?"
"Young Master Jin, you shouldn't let your guard down—Ye Huan is a butcher, he's got quite a bit of raw strength."
Stirring up trouble where there was none, Lin Canglan and Li Meiya added fuel to the fire from the sidelines, trying to provoke Jin Feiyu and Ye Huan into a physical altercation.
As long as they started fighting!
No matter who threw the first punch, Ye Huan would be dead for sure!
"Want to throw hands?"
Prompted by the reminders from Lin Xi, Lin Canglan, and Li Meiya, Jin Feiyu realized that Ye Huan intended to retaliate, and sneered with utter disdain:
"So you're refusing to submit, huh? Well, that's a coincidence—my ancestral short temper specializes in all forms of defiance!"
With that, he picked up a teacup from the nearby table and smashed it onto the floor!
Instantly, the door of the private room was kicked open, and more than a dozen knife-wielding young men filed in. Fortunately, the room was large enough; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to hold so many people.
Seeing this, Lin Xi silently blamed her parents—were they trying to get Ye Huan killed?!
Lin Tai suddenly grew tense. If Ye Huan wasn't the person he suspected him to be, then even if Ye Huan didn't die today, he would definitely be crippled by Jin Feiyu.
Lin Canglan and Li Meiya grew ecstatic. Young Master Jin's subordinates had arrived; this time, Ye Huan was done for.
"Interesting!"
Suppressing his murderous intent to smash Jin Feiyu to death, Ye Huan sneered and said:
"Earlier I was only having suspicions, but now it seems my suspicions were spot on!"
These words made question marks light up over the heads of everyone in the private room.
"You pig butcher, have you lost your mind? What kind of nonsense are you babbling about?" Li Meiya mocked.
Ignoring Li Meiya entirely, Ye Huan looked at Lin Xi and said:
"Those 12 people who intercepted your car to kidnap you on the road were sent by Jin Feiyu."
Lin Xi's pretty face changed drastically. She abruptly turned her gaze to Jin Feiyu, catching the exact moment his pupils constricted and a look of shock flashed across his face, though he managed to mask it in a split second.
At that point, Lin Xi believed Ye Huan's words, and simultaneously, many things suddenly became clear to her.
Jin Feiyu felt a jolt of shock inside, unable to figure out how Ye Huan had found out about that matter.
Lin Tai was greatly alarmed. He hadn't even known that Lin Xi had encountered kidnappers on her way to pick up Ye Huan.
Lin Canglan and Li Meiya froze for a brief second before derisive smirks appeared on their faces.
Lin Canglan said with utter contempt: "Ye Huan, seeing so many of Young Master Jin's subordinates here and realizing you're trapped with no way out, you're trying to frame Young Master Jin to instigate our Lin family to stand on your side, is that it?"
"I've known all along that this pig butcher has eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to pull one over on Xixi!" Li Meiya wore the expression of someone who had seen right through Ye Huan.
Giving Lin Canglan and Li Meiya a look as if they were utter idiots, Ye Huan sneered with disdain:
"If intelligence is graded by levels, the IQ of you two is definitely at the level of open-crotch baby pants!"