But he never dreamed that his father would reveal such a shocking secret before he died.

"You? Heh, you're just an orphan I picked up from the roadside. Nobody knows your background, and nobody knows who your biological parents are," Ye Taihe said with a chuckle.

"Originally, I wanted to cultivate you like an older brother, but you came from a bad background and have bad genes. As it turns out, you can never make a good person out of nothing."

"No matter how much effort I put in, you're still a worthless piece of trash."

"Shut up, stop talking, stop talking." Ye Chengen couldn't accept this fact, and he couldn't stand such stimulation.

He never dreamed that such a secret would come out of the old man's mouth: he was not a member of the Ye family, and he was just an orphan who did not even know his own biological parents.

"Why did you tell me all this? Wouldn't it have been better to keep this secret to yourself?" After screaming madly for a long time, Ye Chengen seemed to have accepted the fact. He stared at Ye Taihe with red eyes, his gaze seemingly murderous.

"Because you have no self-awareness whatsoever, let me tell you, even if the Ye family disbands, it will never be handed over to you." Ye Taihe gritted his teeth, using all his strength: "Because you are simply not worthy."

After saying all this, Ye Taihe collapsed heavily onto the hospital bed, breathing heavily, as if his life was about to come to an end.

Ye Chengen stared at Ye Taihe, looking at the old man who had raised him for decades. Suddenly, he smiled: "This secret, only you know it, right?"

"If you die, then no one will know this secret, right?"

"You should know that there are no secrets in this world. Heh, the Ye family... has come to this point because of my incompetence, because I have let down the ancestors of the Ye family." Ye Taihe smiled bitterly.

"Then how can you face them?" Ye Chengen sneered. He loosened his grip, and the cup in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Ye Taihe stretched out his hand desperately, as if trying to grab something, but he couldn't grasp anything.

With a thud, the Soul-Locking Pill fell to the ground in his hand. He collapsed onto the bed, watching helplessly as the life-saving medicine was right in front of him, but he didn't even have the strength to swallow it.

"I must say, your grandson is truly remarkable." Ye Chengen picked up the Soul-Locking Pill and revealed a sinister smile: "This medicine is indeed a life-saving medicine, but Dad, you're about to die, so you'll probably never need it."

He carefully put away the Soul-Locking Pill, his smile growing increasingly cruel: "Also, there's something else you don't know."

"Since you're going to die anyway, I might as well tell you. I've kept this secret for over twenty years."

Ye Taihe stared intently at Ye Chengen, waiting for him to reveal the secret.

"I was the one who revealed my brother's whereabouts to the Chen family. The Chen family has an inseparable relationship with Jinluo City." Ye Chengen whispered in his ear, his voice chilling: "In other words, the death of your precious son is inextricably linked to me."

“You…” Ye Taihe’s pupils suddenly constricted. For more than twenty years, he had felt that there was something fishy about his son’s death.

He was a war god, the soul of China, how could he die so easily? Although he knew that the Chen family was behind it all, he had no evidence.

It wasn't until Ye Chengen revealed the secret that the truth came to light: his son's death was inextricably linked to his adopted son.

"Haha, how about that? Didn't expect that, did you?" Ye Chengen laughed arrogantly. "Don't you think the person you adopted is a wolf cub?"

"Dad, you've made almost no mistakes in your life, but you were terribly wrong about my eldest brother." Ye Chengen looked at Ye Taihe, whose eyes were wide open, and said slowly, "If you hadn't pushed so hard back then, how would others have had the opportunity to break up the Ye family?"

"Your elder brother... is the soul of China." Ye Taihe strained to raise his head, shouting with all his might, "He won't die, he can't die! Twenty years have passed, and I haven't seen his body. He's not dead... he's not dead..."

*Pfft...* A mouthful of blood spurted from Ye Taihe's mouth, and his body fell heavily onto the bed, his hand dropping limply, and he died silently.

"Dad?" Ye Chengen approached Ye Taihe and called out tentatively. Then he reached out and checked Ye Taihe's breath. His eyes showed a hint of fear. He cursed inwardly, "Old man, the will hasn't been finalized yet, how could you die like this?"

A figure flashed by, and a man walked in. He was Jiang Ran, Ye Taihe's personal bodyguard.

Seeing all this, Jiang Ran's expression froze slightly, then a wave of grief washed over him: "Old Ye, he..."

“My dad… he’s gone.” Ye Chengen forced out a trace of sadness.

"Elder Ye..." Jiang Ran knelt down on the ground with a thud and kowtowed three times.

He was rescued by Ye Taihe when he was desperate, and he vowed to be loyal to him for life. Now that Ye Taihe is gone, he is at a loss.

“Jiang Ran, I know you are loyal to the Ye family,” Ye Chengen said in a deep voice, “but my father passed away suddenly without making any arrangements for his funeral. If the news gets out, the Ye family will definitely be in chaos.”

"The Ye family is his life's work. If anything goes wrong, my father will not rest in peace even in the afterlife."

“Mr. Ye, please tell me what you need me to do.” Jiang Ran raised his head.

"What I mean is this: temporarily seal up my father's body and don't let the news leak out. We'll release the news once I've taken control of the Ye family." Ye Chengen thought for a moment and said, "Currently, this is the best way to minimize the losses."

Jiang Ran gritted his teeth: "Did Old Master Ye give any instructions before he passed away?"

“He put me in charge of the Ye family, and I am the only, legitimate heir.” Ye Chengen said in a deep voice, “Jiang Ran, the old man has passed away. What you need to do now is to stabilize the Ye family and prevent any turmoil from occurring.”

"Only in this way can we repay the old man for his kindness in giving you a second chance at life, do you understand?"

"Jiang Ran understands." Jiang Ran pondered for a moment, then resolutely raised her head: "Do everything as President Ye says."

"Alright." Ye Chengen smiled slightly. "A wise person knows when to yield. Jiang Ran, don't worry, once things are settled, your status in the Ye family will only be higher than before."

"I guarantee that the old man will remain the same as he was before he died, and you will be a core member of the Ye family from now on."

Jiang Ran nodded and glanced at Ye Taihe, only to see that Ye Taihe's eyes were still open.

Ye Chengen went outside, picked up his phone and made a call: "Old Xiong, kill Xia Hanyue."