Dong Qiuge was extremely proud and felt a great sense of superiority.
"And what about the document regarding the repossession of our Dong family ancestral home?"
Dong Qiuge asked impatiently.
She really wanted to see the documents that would reclaim their Dong family ancestral home.
Her father has always ignored her, and now that they're in crisis, he still expects his daughter to stand up for the Dong family. Her brothers are just useless.
"Hmm...we'll talk about that later. Before that, I'd like to introduce you to a big shot."
Wei Yuanyi replied.
"Introduce me to a big shot?"
Dong Qiuge was puzzled, wondering why her husband did this.
Why are you suddenly introducing me to some big shot?!
"Let's not talk about the documents from our Dong family's ancestral home. Tell me, what are your plans for dealing with Ye Chen?"
Dong Qiuge asked curiously.
Simply taking back the ancestral home of the Dong family is not enough. Ye Chen is going against the Dong family, and he will definitely pay the price.
Hearing his wife say this, Wei Yuanyi gave a helpless, bitter smile.
"Oh, the big shot I was talking about has arrived."
Suddenly, noticing Ye Chen entering the restaurant and walking towards them, Wei Yuanyi said to Dong Qiuge.
"Oh, really?"
Dong Qiuge immediately stood up, forced a smile, and prepared to warmly welcome the big shot her husband had mentioned.
However, when Dong Qiuge turned her head and followed her husband's gaze, she immediately froze.
To her astonishment, Ye Chen slowly walked to the dining table and calmly sat down.
Wei Yuanyi immediately spoke respectfully:
"Qiu Ge, let me introduce you. Ye Zuzong is the big shot I was going to introduce you to."
In an instant, Dong Qiuge was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
"What did you say?!"
Dong Qiuge was stunned.
Dong Qiuge realized something was wrong, especially when she noticed how her husband addressed Ye Chen.
"Qiu Ge, I am no match for Boss Ye. I have already begged Boss Ye for mercy. From now on, I am Boss Ye's subordinate."
Wei Yuanyi finally confronted his wife about the truth.
"So you lost? Not only did you fail to reclaim our Dong family's ancestral home, but you were also punished by Ye Chen?!"
Dong Qiuge asked incredulously.
"Yes."
Wei Yuanyi nodded.
"You...you...you have disappointed me so much..."
Dong Qiuge said angrily.
In an instant, she felt as if she had fallen from a rosy cloud to the bottom of a precipice.
"snort!!!"
Dong Qiuge turned around angrily, intending to leave.
"Do you still want to take back your Dong family's ancestral home?"
Just then, Ye Chen spoke up.
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Dong Qiuge immediately stopped in her tracks.
“If you leave now, your Dong family’s ancestral home will never be taken back.”
Ye Chen added.
Dong Qiuge paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and returned to her seat.
"Ye Chen, what do you mean? My husband has bowed his head, but as a member of the Dong family, I will never bow my head to you."
After sitting down, Dong Qiuge spoke with great integrity.
"The Dong family?"
Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh when he heard Dong Qiuge say that, and asked in return:
"Do you really think you're a member of the Dong family? If your father, the patriarch of the Dong family, treated you like one, would he have neglected you from a young age and let you be bullied by your family?!"
"If your father thinks you're a member of the Dong family, would he make you give up your studies and your career?!"
"If your father considered you a member of the Dong family, would he really make you give up your lifelong happiness, your love, to marry a complete stranger for the sake of the Dong family and the interests of other members of the Dong family?!"
Ye Chen asked Dong Qiuge three questions in a row.
Dong Qiuge's information was collected incidentally while her own people were gathering information on Wei Yuanyi.
After reviewing the information, Ye Chen had a different plan come to mind.
“I…I…”
Faced with Ye Chen's first two questions, Dong Qiuge could still defend her family and her father to some extent, but when Ye Chen uttered the word "marriage alliance," Dong Qiuge completely lost her composure.
Dong Qiuge's eyes reddened, and a huge sense of grievance welled up in her heart.
Back then, before the arranged marriage, she already had a boyfriend, a boy who loved her very much. He was her classmate, very outstanding, but came from an ordinary family with no background or assets. Her father looked down on him, calling him a poor wretch.
The two had already planned to get married, but her father, in order to force her into the marriage, sent someone to drive her boyfriend away and then used him to pressure her. Left with no other choice, Dong Qiuge agreed to the marriage.
Looking back now, Dong Qiuge feels a strange hatred in her heart.
If it weren't for her father's long-standing preference for sons over daughters, favoring her brothers since childhood and believing that women from wealthy families were only meant for political marriages, perhaps she would have a happier life today.
Now the Dong family is in crisis, her brothers have all become useless, and her father still has to rely on her.
"How about that? Can't refute it now?"
Ye Chen asked Dong Qiuge.
Dong Qiuge remained silent.
"Actually, you don't need to go through all that trouble to get the Dong family's ancestral home back. I can give it to you right now."
Ye Chen suddenly spoke:
"You only need to agree to one condition."
"One condition?"
Dong Qiuge was extremely surprised; she hadn't expected that taking back the ancestral home would be so simple.
"What are the conditions?"
Dong Qiuge asked cautiously, not thinking that Ye Chen was an easy-going person who could be bullied by others.
"The condition is that you become the next head of the Dong family."
Ye Chen's words were astonishing.
"You want me to be the next head of the Dong family?"
Dong Qiuge was dumbfounded. What kind of conditions were these?!
She thought Ye Chen would make things difficult for her by proposing a very difficult condition that would be hard for her to meet.
But Ye Chen made an unbelievable condition—that she become the next head of the Dong family. For her, that would be a great thing.
What kind of condition is this? This is clearly a reward!
Beside him, Wei Yuanyi was also extremely surprised. So this was why Ye Zuzong wanted to find his wife. But why would Ye Zuzong do this?
"I don't understand why you're making such a condition?"
Dong Qiuge asked.
Ye Chen smiled mysteriously and revealed the reason.
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