“I know people like you better than anyone else.” Ye Xingchen smiled: “You enjoy wealth and luxury in life, but the closer you get to death, the more afraid you become, because you can’t let go of the power and wealth you hold in your hands.”
"Yes, I can't let go. I'm afraid of dying. I'll grant you any request you make." Ye Taihe was full of anticipation.
"Unfortunately, what you possess now is not enough to impress me." Ye Xingchen sneered: "The Ye family may be a powerful family, but I, Ye Xingchen, am a powerful family all by myself."
"Moreover, after Jiang Yongkang's series of treatments, your full potential has already been exhausted. Even if I were to intervene, I could only save your life for three years at most."
Ye Taihe collapsed weakly onto the hospital bed, his eyes revealing a deep sense of regret.
After a long silence, he finally managed to say with difficulty, "If I had bowed my head earlier, would my illness have been cured much sooner?"
“That’s right, if you had given in earlier, you would have been cured long ago.” Ye Xingchen nodded: “Unfortunately, you chose a different path.”
"I... I give up." Ye Taihe was completely in despair. He turned around and ordered, "Tell them to release Xia Hanyue."
"This is the only good deed you've ever done in your life." Ye Xingchen nodded.
“Child… your father’s fault is mine.” Ye Taihe composed himself: “For more than twenty years, I have never been able to get over this hurdle in my heart, and I have dreamed about him more than once.”
“We haven’t seen each other since he went to Jinluo City. If I have the chance, I will bring him home and apologize to him on my behalf.”
"I will," Ye Xingchen said calmly. "I don't need you to remind me of these things."
"Then I have nothing more to say." Ye Taihe slowly closed his eyes: "You can leave now. I've already made them release your aunt. This is probably the only good deed I've done for the Xia family."
"Is that so?" Ye Xingchen stared at him. Ye Taihe was already in his twilight years, and he really couldn't bear to discourage him, but he still couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid those people might not listen to you."
"I'm not dead yet. I'm still the head of the Ye family." Ye Taihe suddenly opened his eyes: "Who dares to disobey me? Ye Chengen?"
"I'm afraid that's the case." Ye Xingchen looked at him with some pity: "You've been quite a figure in your life."
"But unfortunately, one wrong step can lead to being abandoned by everyone. What's the point?"
"Let's go, let's go save your aunt." Ye Taihe waved his hand and closed his eyes.
"This is a Soul-Locking Pill." Ye Xingchen walked to the door, then turned back and handed over a pill: "Take this, and it will save your life for a year. During this year, you can live like a normal person."
"But a year has passed, and even a god can't save you."
"Why are you helping me?" Ye Taihe asked with his eyes closed.
"At least, in your final moments, you finally dared to admit your mistakes," Ye Xingchen said. "Consider this medicine my way of repaying your blood debt."
"But from now on, we will still be strangers."
"Okay, okay." Ye Taihe closed his eyes, his expression excited, and slowly accepted the medicine.
Ye Xingchen turned and went out, quickly disappearing into the night.
Ye Taihe held the pill and called out, "Someone, water, give me water."
Just then, Ye Chengen walked in.
"Give me water quickly!" Ye Taihe shouted.
"Okay." Ye Chengen's face showed a cruel smile. He poured a glass of water and handed it to Ye Taihe.
Ye Taihe reached out to take it, but his hand was only half a foot away from the water glass, so Ye Chengen didn't pass the water forward.
"What are you doing? I want some water." Ye Taihe looked angrily at his son.
"Dad, this glass of water could save your life." Ye Chengen stared at him, a sinister look appearing on his bruised and swollen face.
"What exactly do you want to do? You unfilial son, you rebellious son, do you want to rebel?" Ye Taihe was furious.
Unfortunately, he is now completely powerless, and even shouting out a single sentence would require almost all his strength.
"You've pushed me to this point, what's wrong with me rebelling once?" Ye Chengen sneered. "You make a will right now, handing over everything in the Ye family to me, and I'll give you this cup of water."
"Don't even think about it," Ye Taihe roared. "Even if I dissolve all of the Ye family's assets, I will not hand them over to you."
"Then you'd better think this through. This glass of water could save your life." Ye Chengen sneered, "Old man, don't insist anymore. You've come this far, there's no point in wasting your time with me."
"This pill may not grant you immortality, but it can at least allow you to live happily for a year. Aren't you even a little bit tempted?"
Ye Taihe coughed violently, gasping for breath, and almost choked on his own breath.
Ye Chengen quickly put on his oxygen mask, then said with a vicious look, "You absolutely cannot die now, otherwise, who will I ask to inherit the family fortune?"
"Heh, you want the Ye family's fortune? Dream on." Ye Taihe was breathing heavily, but his tone was extremely harsh: "After I die, the Ye family will be dissolved, and you won't get a single penny of the inheritance."
"Your will only be valid if someone sees it. Do you think it will even reappear after you die?" Ye Chengen sneered. "Don't be ungrateful."
"When I die, this will will naturally come to light." Ye Taihe suddenly calmed down. He raised his head and looked at his son as if he were a stranger: "Second son, you're so eager for me to die, just for the Ye family's inheritance, aren't you?"
"Unfortunately, I'm dead, so you'll get nothing."
"In your eyes, I will never be as good as Ye Jinyu, right? Even though he has been dead for decades, in your eyes, he is still your best son, right?" Ye Chengen suddenly roared, "How exactly am I inferior to him?"
“You will never be as good as him, and…” Ye Taihe stared at him, using all his strength: “You are not my biological son at all. You are my adopted son. You and I have no blood relation whatsoever.”
"What did you say?" Ye Chengen suddenly raised his head, his face full of disbelief.
"Do you know why you are called Cheng'en?" Ye Taihe breathed heavily. "I gave you this name so that you would remember that you are grateful for my upbringing."
"What a pity, you're such an ingrate, an ingrate you can never be tamed no matter what."
"Why are you telling me all this? Why? What is my background?" Ye Chengen was on the verge of collapse.
He originally thought that victory was assured, and that as long as he could control the old man of the Ye family, everything would be fine.
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