“Even if we’re not allies, we’re at least not enemies,” Ye Xingchen said leisurely. “Fighting among the elite is common. I don’t mind having one more enemy, but having one more friend will allow me to establish myself in Yanjing more quickly.”

"I've remembered your favor," Li Tianqi said in a deep voice. "I will repay it."

"Understood." Ye Xingchen nodded. "If there's nothing else, I won't bother you any longer."

"Xiao Li," Li Tianqi said, "see Mr. Ye out."

“Yes…” The girl from the Three Thousand Building glanced at Ye Xingchen, then saw him out.

"Your muteness has been completely cured. Your voice is excellent, and it sounds beautiful." After leaving, Ye Xingchen glanced at Xiao Li and said, "If you hadn't accidentally wandered into the Three Thousand Towers, you should have gone to sing."

"Thank you for the medicine. I owe you my life." Xiao Li looked up at Ye Xingchen: "I want to know, does the Three Thousand Towers really no longer exist?"

"I dodged the main peak where the Misty Rain Pavilion was located with a single sword strike. The entire Misty Rain Pavilion plunged into the abyss along the cliff. If anyone survived, it can only be described as a miracle." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly.

Xiao Li nodded, then bowed slightly, gesturing for them to proceed.

"Li Tianqi's stepmother isn't just after the Li family's wealth; I think she has other motives." Before leaving, Ye Xingchen instructed, "Keep an eye on her movements. I think she might do something desperate."

"Understood, thank you for reminding me." Xiao Li's expression hardened.

In a dilapidated house in the suburbs.

This is a place far north of Yanjing, with vast greenhouses, and this dilapidated house stands on one side of the greenhouses, completely inconspicuous.

Xu Jie drove to the residence and pushed open the door.

The room was dimly lit; there were no electric lights, only a few candles.

The flickering candlelight cast a dim yellow light on the room, and in one corner, an old woman dressed entirely in a black robe was fiddling with something.

"The sorcery has been exposed," Xu Jie said bitterly.

"China is a place where many outstanding people have emerged." The old woman turned around and straightened her hunched body.

Her face was like dried tree bark, her gray hair was very messy, and her body was so thin that her face looked like a skeleton.

If someone were to suddenly see this in the middle of the night, a timid person would probably be scared half to death.

"So what do we do next?" Xu Jie asked dejectedly.

"Don't rush, take it slow, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water." The old woman smiled grimly as she shuffled off to light an oil lamp.

"Everything the Li family has today should have belonged to our Xu family. Li Tianqi's father, through his insidious and despicable means, stole it all, leading to the destruction and death of our Xu family."

"They not only want to give up everything they have now, but they also want them all to die."

"Auntie..." Xu Jie hesitated for a moment, "Does it have to be this way?"

"What do you mean?" the old woman suddenly screamed. "Have you forgotten your blood feud? The destruction of your Xu family was all caused by the Li family."

"Auntie, that's not what I meant." Xu Jie was startled, her expression somewhat fearful. "Don't we have any other way to solve this?"

"There is no other way," the old woman said coldly. "If you insist on saying there is, then I can only tell you that either the Li family dies, or you die."

"I understand. We must avenge ourselves." Xu Jie nodded.

"Xiao Jie." The old woman's eyes softened. "It's not that I'm forcing you, but the deep-seated hatred of the Xu family is here, and we must make a more difficult effort than ordinary people."

"It's been almost thirty years. I traveled all the way to Southeast Asia to become an apprentice of a local sorcery master and learned all these sorcery techniques. All for today, the entire Li family must die."

"I understand." Xu Jie's eyes gradually turned sinister.

At the Xia family mansion, Xia Jingyi finally got a day off.

Even at home, she was constantly on the phone, as she had to make many decisions.

"Mom, you rarely get a day off, can't you just turn off your phone?" Ye Xingchen asked.

“Normally there aren’t this many problems, but recently we’ve been negotiating a multinational project. If it goes well, it will benefit the rapid development of certain industries in China, but the negotiations have reached a stalemate.” Xia Jingyi said somewhat helplessly, “The higher-ups have decided to put the other party’s negotiation team on hold for now.”

"Then let it sit there. The domestic market has huge potential, and they certainly won't give up this piece of fat meat so easily," Ye Xingchen said with a smile.

“Yes, that’s true, but there are always exceptions. We can leave them hanging, but we can’t leave them hanging for too long. We have to find the right balance,” Xia Jingyi said.

"If we can't reach an agreement after so long, there must be a problem." Ye Xingchen thought for a moment and said, "We haven't revealed our bottom line, have we?"

“Not yet, but the price they’re sticking to is close to our bottom line,” Xia Jingyi said. “They seem to know our bottom line, and An Zhiguo also has a team following up on this project.”

"Both of us are in a hurry right now, it's just a matter of who wins first."

"Is it possible that our bottom price has been leaked?" Ye Xingchen asked, turning his head.

Xia Jingyi's expression faltered slightly, then gradually became serious. She pondered, "Our bottom line was decided at the meeting, so it shouldn't be leaked."

Just then, she received a phone call, walked to the side, chatted for a few minutes, and then hung up. Her brows furrowed slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression.

"What's wrong?" Ye Xingchen asked.

"The other party's negotiating representative wants to see you." Xia Jingyi looked up at her son.

"See me?" Ye Xingchen asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why would you want to see me?"

"I don't know, but this is a very important matter. You should come with me," Xia Jingyi said.

"Okay." Ye Xingchen agreed without hesitation.

The Yanjing State Guest Hotel has always been the preferred hotel for attracting foreign investment.

In a private room, Ye Xingchen met with the foreign negotiation team.

Ye Xingchen unexpectedly met an acquaintance, Yu Er, the head of a well-known foreign pharmaceutical research and development company. Ye Xingchen had cured his sister, who was in a vegetative state.

"Haha, Ye, it's great to see you again." Yu'er laughed heartily and gave Ye Xingchen a warm hug.

"Yure, I didn't expect it to be you." Ye Xingchen also said with a smile, "I was curious how your country's negotiation team knew about me."

“I’m not in charge of this project, but I’m friends with Ferguson, the head of the negotiation team, and I learned indirectly that Ms. Xia is your mother.” Yul said with a smile, “Come, let me introduce you to my friend Ferguson.”