The security guard looked troubled, but he was still dutifully trying to stop it.

"That's why...that's why I can't let you in."

"General Manager Lin instructed that you are not allowed to enter. If I let you in, I will lose my job."

"Oh, you're making it sound so serious." Dong Lihua scoffed, shrinking back defiantly, and threatened coldly, "Since you won't give me face, don't blame me for running you over with my car!"

"Anyway, my Lin Yuan has plenty of money. Even if I kill someone in a car accident, he can cover for me!"

After saying that, he pressed the clutch and shifted gears again.

Seeing this scene from afar, Ji Yuan subconsciously tightened his grip on Si Jin's hand and whispered, "I really regret not bringing a gun."

Si Jin held his hand and lied without batting an eye: "What do you want to do? I'll help you with mystical arts, no need for a gun."

Ji Yuan tried to calm his breathing, his mind flashing back to the despicable methods his parents used to force him to recreate the ghost town incident in order to pay off their gambling debts. His eyes grew increasingly filled with murderous intent.

But she still tried her best to restrain herself and spoke gently to Si Jin: "How can I trouble you with my own affairs? If it weren't for that saintly Ji Lin stopping me, saying that it would be bad to get involved in a murder case, I would have tied those two up to a place where no one knows and dissected them piece by piece."

“Indeed, getting involved in a murder case is not good.” Through their earlier interaction, Si Jin had learned a bit about Ji Yuan’s past.

He gently stroked his lover's hand with his thumb, caressing the thin calluses left from his shooting practice: "But I can send her to the ghost town for a bit. That way, it'll be the vengeful ghosts who get into trouble for murder. What do you think...?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuan slowly loosened his grip.

Her phoenix eyes lit up, and she felt even more admiration for Si Jin.

She couldn't help but lift Si Jin's hand, which was clasped with hers, and place it on her lips, planting a kiss: "Jin Jin, you're so naughty, I'm really growing to like you more and more."

“But you don’t need to do this. I can do it myself… oh no, Ji Linyuan can do it himself.”

As the bus was about to depart, Dong Lihua saw Ji Yuan at the entrance from afar and noticed him holding another man's hand with a smile on his face. She was immediately furious.

This is a company, after all!

He brought his sugar daddy here, and then he wouldn't even let her, his mother, in.

Aren't you afraid of losing face!

Dong Lihua immediately got out of the car, took two steps past the security guard who was in the way, and walked aggressively toward Ji Yuan.

"Ji Linyuan, you've grown wings and become capable?"

"He has a home but doesn't go back to live outside, doesn't let his parents into the company, and instead brings his mistress over to be all lovey-dovey?"

As he spoke, he pointed at Si Jin and continued to berate her.

Seeing that a crowd had gathered, he not only didn't back down, but instead raised his voice with considerable pride: "Look at yourself, what kind of pretty boy is this? You can't even bring yourself to kiss him, don't you find it disgusting!"

"Have you paid off the seven million gambling debts that your father and I owed this month? You..."

To everyone's surprise, Ji Yuan changed his previous violent expression and introduced Dong Lihua with a smile.

"Mom, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Lin Sijin, the current Palace Master of Tian Ce Palace."

When he spoke, he deliberately emphasized the three words "Tian Ce Palace".

Seeing Dong Lihua's eyes light up, he added cunningly, "That's right, it's the one where you always ask for a lucky charm before you go gambling, the Tian Ce Palace."

Heaven... Palace Master of Tian Ce?

Upon hearing this, Dong Lihua's expression immediately softened.

The look in his eyes towards Si Jin quickly changed from initial disgust to admiration and joy.

Three seconds later, with a beaming smile, she changed her tune: "Oh, Xiaoyuan, this... this young man is really your boyfriend? No wonder he's so handsome, turns out he's my son-in-law."

"He should come, he should come. We should bring more handsome young men to the company and home in the future."

"Let us all share in this good fortune."