After the two left the venue, Wen Zhe said, "Have your bodyguard come and pick you up. I'm leaving."

This was the first time Wen Zhe had spoken to Wang Shuyao on his own initiative, and in Wang Shuyao's eyes, this was already a significant step forward.

Suppressing her joy, she invited Wen Zhe, "Wen Zhe, may I treat you to a meal? Thank you for getting me out of that predicament."

Worried that Wen Zhe might refuse, she cautiously added, "Or... I could treat you to a movie..."

She blinked, looking at Wen Zhe with anticipation in her eyes.

Wen Zhe casually turned his face away, replying in a still indifferent tone, "No need. If you really want to thank me, then stay away from me in the future."

Wang Shuyao had already anticipated this outcome, so she wasn't too disappointed. She smiled wryly and teased Wen Zhe:

"You really don't give me any chance at all. Were you a monk in your past life?"

Wen Zhe didn't say anything, ignoring her words.

"I'm leaving. Take care of yourself."

He left after saying that.

Watching Wen Zhe's departing figure, Wang Shuyao sighed deeply, feeling both bitter and melancholy.

This man is really hard to handle. It seems that her persistent pursuit is not working. It looks like she has to think of other methods.

Just as Wang Shuyao was racking her brains about how to pursue Wen Zhe, Ye Huanhuan received a long-awaited phone call.

The call was from Xia Jianguo and his wife. Ever since they bought a luxury house for the couple during the last live stream, they haven't bothered Ye Huanhuan anymore.

Ye Huanhuan also specially dispatched two bodyguards to keep an eye on the couple, so as to prevent them from causing trouble under her nose.

All I heard on the phone was Xia Jianguo and Li Qin, both of them sobbing uncontrollably:

"Huanhuan, Pengpeng is our only son. Please help us save Pengpeng, considering how much we raised you."

At that moment, Ye Huanhuan was at the Ye family home with Gao Yalan. Just as she was about to hang up the phone, she heard Xia Jianguo continue:

"Huanhuan, I'm begging you, if you just save Pengpeng, I promise my whole family will never bother you again, and we'll never appear in front of you again..."

Ye Huanhuan couldn't help but scoff: "Do you think this kind of guarantee is meaningful to me?"

After saying that, she hung up the phone and blocked Xia Jianguo and his wife's numbers.

"What's wrong, Huanhuan?"

Gao Yalan asked with some curiosity, "Who called you?"

Ye Huanhuan continued to push Gao Yalan's wheelchair, strolling through the courtyard of the Ye family villa.

"It's nothing, just an insignificant person."

Gao Yalan didn't believe it, but she didn't ask any further questions. She just sighed slightly and asked Ye Huanhuan about something else:

"Huanhuan, has that matter your father mentioned to Tang Yi last time been resolved?"

She was naturally asking about the matter of the mayor of S City preparing to take action against the Ye family.

Ye Huanhuan massaged Gao Yalan's shoulders and replied, "Of course it's resolved. With Tang Yi here, what are you worried about?"

Hearing this, Gao Yalan breathed a sigh of relief, patted Ye Huanhuan's hand, and said with relief, "Huanhuan, Tang Yi is a good boy. With him taking care of you, I can rest assured even after I'm gone."

"Mom, what are you saying?"

Ye Huanhuan's face showed a helpless expression: "Could you please say less of this? As long as you actively cooperate with the treatment, you will definitely recover completely."

Gao Yalan shook her head. "Huanhuan, I know my own body. No matter how much medicine I take, I won't get better."

Then, she slowly turned her head to look at Ye Huanhuan and continued, "Right now, there's only one thing I can't let go of, and that's your brother... Mom knows that you and he are like oil and water, and once your father and I are gone, you two will definitely fight to the death. But, Mom wants to beg you, Huanhuan, when that day really comes, can you spare your brother's life?"

Looking at Gao Yalan's pleading eyes, Ye Huanhuan simply couldn't bring herself to refuse.

She thought for a moment and replied, "Don't worry, Mom. As long as Ye Ting doesn't bother me, I won't do anything to him."

Conversely, if Ye Ting dares to provoke her, she will absolutely not let him off the hook.

Gao Yalan forced a smile. Clearly, Ye Huanhuan's answer did not satisfy her, but she really had no other choice at the moment.

After the two walked around the yard, Ye Huanhuan asked Wu Ma to push Gao Yalan upstairs to rest, while she waited at the Ye family home for Tang Yi to come and pick her up from get off work so she could go back to her own home.

During this time, she made a phone call to the bodyguards stationed at the Xia family's residence:

How is Xia Pengpeng now?

When the bodyguard received Ye Huanhuan's call, he replied respectfully, "Miss, Xia Pengpeng has been taken away. The other party has already told Mr. and Mrs. Xia Jianguo, as you requested, that if they don't pay 50 million, they will chop off Xia Pengpeng's hands and feet."

Ye Huanhuan nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, keep a close eye on Xia Jianguo and his wife. Before Xia Pengpeng comes back, they are not allowed to have contact with anyone, especially Ye Ru and Ye Ting."

"Yes, ma'am."

After hanging up the phone, a cold smile gradually appeared on Ye Huanhuan's face.

Yes, this scheme targeting Xia Pengpeng was orchestrated by someone she specifically hired.

The goal was to ensure that the Xia family would never have a chance to rise again.

She had suffered so much in the Xia family for so many years, and had been driven to suicide by them time and time again. How could she possibly let this family off so easily?

So, when the Xia family moved into the house she had purchased, she began to have people deliberately approach Xia Pengpeng under the guise of investment.

After gaining Xia Pengpeng's trust, the man began taking Xia Pengpeng to various brothels, which not only involved sex work but also gambling and contraband.

In less than a month, Xia Pengpeng had picked up all these bad habits, especially gambling.

At first, he won a little money and got a taste of success. Later, he became blinded by gambling and completely lost his mind.

When he ran out of money, he started borrowing from others. When he couldn't borrow from others, he took out loans. When he couldn't get loans either, he had no choice but to borrow from loan sharks.

It wasn't until loan sharks came knocking that Xia Jianguo and his wife sold all the houses Ye Huanhuan had bought for them, and only then were they able to pay off part of the debt.

Unfortunately, this hole can never be filled.

They simply didn't have the ability to repay the remaining debt and could only beg for money from all sides, but unfortunately, no one was willing to lend them any money.

Desperate, they remembered Ye Huanhuan and, swallowing their pride, dialed her number...

Little did they know that all of this was actually orchestrated by Xia Huanhuan.