Chapter 88 From now on, my rules shall prevail.
The small garden in front of Xihetang, the mansion at No. 1 Qingtang Street.
It's even more lively than during the Lunar New Year.
The Ye sisters had just gotten up and hadn't even brushed their teeth when they heard the noise and rushed over to see what was going on.
Their grandfather, Ye Qizong, had already squeezed to the front.
Before Ye Qizong could figure out what was going on, he hurriedly spoke up: "What's wrong? Second brother, at your age, there's no need to get so angry. Bao Ling, you too, I don't know who you take after, always messing with your own family."
"Pah!" Ye Kaimin jumped up. "Third Uncle, what do you mean?"
Ye Qizong sneered: "Whatever you think I mean is what I mean."
Ye Kaimin retorted, "If we're talking about targeting your own people, then it has to be Ye Kaishen! He's in jail now, are you happy?"
These words finally left Ye Qizong speechless.
At this moment, Ye Kaisi realized what was going on and turned to ask Ye Qizong, "Third Uncle, did you sell your shares in Ye Qingtang to Ye Baoling?"
Ye Qizong shrugged: "How would I know if it was sold to her? It was a stockbroker surnamed Liu who made the connection."
Ye Kaisi: "That's her. Liu Haonan, isn't she? One of her henchmen."
"It seems so."
Ye Kaisi felt something was wrong, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and called the head of the second son's family. He quickly found out what was going on.
“Dad, you guessed right. Ye Baoling is just a front man for Ye Huaizhang, helping her husband deal with his own family. I just asked the second son’s family, and they already sold their shares in Ye Qingtang to Ye Huaizhang.”
So, what Ye Baoling just said about shorting US stocks was all a lie?
Ye Qizu slammed his cane down again in anger: "I knew it! I knew it would turn out like this. You still won't admit that you helped the third wife's family, helped your man against your own grandfather, is that even right?"
Ye Kaisi chimed in, "Everyone says girls are outgoing, but who would have thought they'd be this outgoing?"
Thinking about the humiliation he would suffer from losing control of Ye Qingtang, Ye Qizu became increasingly angry: "If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled him when he was born!"
The father and son cursed at each other in unison.
The middle-aged and elderly men present preferred to believe that Ye Baoling was helping Ye Huaizhang deal with them, rather than believe that a woman could have such great ability to become the largest shareholder of Ye Qingtang on her own.
Hearing this jarring noise, Ye Baoling gave a helpless laugh: "Because I'm a woman, you don't believe in my own abilities? Because I'm a woman, you'd rather strangle me than see me have such abilities? It seems your world doesn't need women! Are you men born from men? No. You were born from women. Why didn't your mother strangle you all?"
Ping couldn't bear to see so many people attacking her young lady, so she couldn't help but curse, "So this is karma! Now the Ye family is having sex with men. I'm not very educated, but I really want to know if men having sex with men can produce a male offspring!"
The Ye sisters almost applauded and cheered when they heard this.
Ye Baoshun blushed with embarrassment and hid behind.
Ye Kaisi and Liang Meiyun were furious.
Liang Meiyun pointed at Sister Ping and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you have the right to speak?"
"It's unacceptable for such a large family to bully my young lady!" Pingjie knew that Yulan knew kung fu, and that Aqing was also there. She didn't believe that the few of them couldn't defeat these cowards who each had their own ulterior motives.
Seeing this, Sister Yin quickly stepped forward and quietly persuaded Sister Ping to stop her from saying anything more.
Ye Qizu was naturally angry, but it would be petty to argue with a maid. Just as he was about to continue scolding Ye Baoling, Ye Huaizhang arrived after hearing the news.
When Ye Kaisi saw Ye Huaizhang arrive, he couldn't help but sneer, "Weren't you busy? You finally have time."
"I called him here," Ye Kaimin shouted.
Ye Kaimin's feelings were also very complicated at this moment, but no matter what, he had to side with his daughter first, unite against the outside world, and grasp his daughter as a lifeline, which was the most important thing he should do at the moment.
As for how to distribute the profits, we'll discuss that later.
When Ye Qizu saw Ye Huaizhang approaching, he fell silent.
The old man just stared at him coldly, wanting to hear his explanation.
Knowing his wife was certain to win, Ye Huaizhang, as a bystander, remained remarkably calm: "I wasn't in Hong Kong yesterday. But even if I had, it wouldn't have mattered; I couldn't have helped."
Ye Qizong couldn't help but sneer: "You can't help? You're the one directing from behind the scenes, of course you can't help."
Ye Huaizhang guessed their low-level idea.
He said, "A lot has happened recently, you don't know..."
Ye Qizong scoffed, "If you don't tell us, of course we won't know."
Ye Huaizhang glanced back at Ye Qizong. The old man had been acting a bit crazy ever since his youngest son was arrested.
"Aren't I speaking right now? Can you please stop interrupting me?!"
Under the disdainful gazes of the crowd, Ye Qizong finally shut up.
Ye Huaizhang said in a serious tone, "I want to clarify first that everything Bao Ling has achieved so far is due to her own abilities, and has nothing to do with me. You may think that our third branch of the family also contributed shares of Ye Qingtang to help Bao Ling become the largest shareholder of Ye Qingtang. But that's not what you imagine. On the contrary... Before the Lunar New Year, we were besieged by the Li family and almost lost control of Gangtong Industrial. At that critical moment, Bao Ling helped us a lot."
Someone asked, "What big help did you provide?"
Ye Huaizhang: "During the stock market crash, she did make a lot of money in the US stock market. She had previously bought a large number of Hong Kong Stock Connect Industrial shares when the stock price was low, and she used her Hong Kong Stock Connect Industrial shares to exchange for our Ye Qingtang and Gezhi Jewelry shares."
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.
Ye Baoling exchanged her Hong Kong Tong Industrial shares for the shares of the third wife's Ye Qingtang and Gezhi Jewelry.
Some people understood, while others remained confused and didn't understand.
Ye Qizong's second son asked curiously, "Who is the owner of Gezhi Jewelry now?"
Ye Huaizhang: "The owner of Gezhi Jewelry is now Ye Baoling. We are only temporarily managing it."
Shocked, Ye Qizu's mood underwent a subtle change. In other words, his granddaughter had also defeated the third branch of the family.
Ye Huaizhang continued, "The reason I was able to take the position of chairman of Gangtong Industrial ahead of schedule was because Bao Ling fought for it for me, so please stop saying that I am the mastermind behind the scenes. Bao Ling has always been very clear-headed. She comes from the eldest branch of the Ye family, and she will not be under my command in the slightest when it comes to business."
Ye Kais was still skeptical: "You guys were in cahoots, weren't you?"
Ye Huaizhang: "I believe that in the near future, Gezhi Jewelry will merge with Suman. Do I need to give away my own business to you for nothing? Besides, who doesn't have face? I have face too. If I lose to my wife, I lose. I am honest and open about my skills. There is nothing I can't admit."
A good man should have the courage to bow his head.
This time, Ye Leqiong and Ye Leyan really applauded.
They were afraid of being scolded for clapping earlier, but now when they clap, everyone is focused on watching the drama unfold and no one pays them any attention.
Ye Qizu still couldn't understand why his granddaughter treated him this way.
He coughed a few times, looked at Ye Baoling, and asked, "You bought a large number of Ye Qingtang shares on the secondary market, and then acquired Ye Qingtang shares from the second and third branches of the family..."
Yeh Chi-tsung added, "And ours too."
Ye Baoling: "Third Uncle, I didn't want to buy your shares. It was you who were in a hurry to sell that I bought them. I didn't care whether I bought them or not."
"What are you saying!" Ye Qizong was speechless. The shares he cared so much about turned out the other party didn't care at all. If they didn't care, so be it! Was it necessary to say it out loud? Why make him feel humiliated in public? "Who would believe that!"
Ye Kaimin couldn't help but say, "Third Uncle, your family is about to exit the stage of history, can you please stop interrupting?"
"What do you mean by withdrawing from the historical stage!" Ye Qizong was displeased.
Ye Kaimin was about to retort when Ye Qizu stopped him.
"What do you want?" Ye Qizu slammed his cane down in anger again. Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by two or three people. These people only had eyes for profit and couldn't see him at all. "Shut up, okay?!"
The scene was completely silent.
Ye Qizu then continued, "Baoling, all that you did beforehand, acquiring Ye Qingtang shares everywhere, wasn't it all a calculated attempt to wrest control of Ye Qingtang from me? Why did you do that?"
Ye Baoling calmly replied, "I don't want to scheme either. It's so much better to be like Ye Baoshun, who doesn't have to do anything. Grandpa, you've arranged everything for him. They don't need to scheme, they don't even need to work hard. As long as they're born healthy and not stupid, they can become directors of Ye Qingtang's board of directors. And me? I've opened up the American market for the company, a market that will be many times larger than the domestic market in the future. I led Suman Jewelry to defeat Gezhi. I've put in so much effort and brought so much profit to the company. You originally promised me that as long as I could do it, I could join the board of directors, but what happened? Grandpa, you went back on your word and wouldn't let me join. You turned around and assigned the board of directors position to Ye Baoshun. I also want to ask, why? Just because I'm a woman and they're men?"
Ye Qizu gritted his teeth, "Yes, it's because you're a woman. If you were a man, I would definitely treat you better than they did!"
"Since you look down on us women, you deserve to be kicked off the stage by a mere woman like me!"
"You!!!" Ye Qizu was so angry that his hand, gripping his cane, was still trembling violently.
Ye Baoling: "Not letting me join the board of directors is only one aspect. Like this Jiaqi factory incident, I did deliberately hide it from you. Because you are the root of Ye Qingtang's deep-seated problems, if you knew, you would disrupt my plans, so I had to keep it from you. If you were a rational family leader, shouldn't you reflect on yourself at this time? You didn't; instead, you used this opportunity to suppress my morale. You demoted me from group vice president to deputy head of the marketing department. Why didn't you just let me go back to being a general clerk? You couldn't bear to part with me. You still wanted me to continue developing the market for you, and then give the opportunity to promote me to your successor, so that I would be a lifelong servant to the eldest son of the family and your heir."
Ye Kaisi, Ye Baoshun, and the others dared not utter a sound.
Ye Qizu was still unconvinced, "Isn't that how it is in every family? Passing down the family name to sons but not daughters? Isn't it the same in the third son's family?"
"Whether the third branch of the family passes on their abilities to a person is none of my business. I was born into the eldest branch, and now it is you who are treating me unfairly, so I will seek justice from you." With that, Ye Baoling looked at everyone, "From now on, I will rule by my own rules."
Everyone present was stunned by Ye Baoling's last words.
The Ye sisters looked at Ye Baoling with tears in their eyes and became her staunch supporters from that moment on.
Ye Qizu reacted the fastest: "You've rebelled! Even if you are the major shareholder of Ye Qingtang, and you call the shots in Ye Qingtang, the Ye family is different from Ye Qingtang. You can't run wild here. I am the head of the Ye family, and I call the shots here."
Ye Baoling nodded slightly: "Alright, then let's discuss whether you are suitable to be the head of the family and whether you are qualified to continue being the head of the family."
Yeh Chi-tsu: "What do you mean?"
“My mother, Gu Min, only gave birth to me, a girl, after my father and I got married. My father used this as an excuse to have an affair with his secretary.” Ye Baoling pointed at Ye Kaimin.
Ye Kaimin didn't expect his daughter to bring up this matter again. He couldn't interrupt her, so he could only bow his head and accept it.
Ye Baoling: "Grandpa, as the head of the family, have you followed the ancestral teachings of your great-grandfather, admonishing your son not to have extramarital affairs, not to take concubines, and not to keep mistresses? Have you done so?"
Ye Qizu retorted: "How do you know I didn't? I was on your mother's side at first. It was her own immoral behavior that led her to steal the ugly king's jade pendant that was enshrined on the altar. After your father found out, she was ashamed to face our Ye family and chose to divorce him."
Ye Baoling sneered, "Is that so? I'd like to know, is the Ugly King's Jade Ring very valuable?"
“Although the Ugly King Jade is not valuable, it is a family heirloom, and your mother has long said that she wants to see it with her own eyes. She probably thought that this Ugly King Jade was very important to our eldest son’s branch, so she stole it.” Ye Qizu said without blushing or skipping a beat, but his hands were still trembling slightly with excitement.
"My mom didn't steal it."
“Your mother is dead. If you want to turn black into white, you need to rely on evidence and logic.”
"The logic is this: my mother was exhausted both physically and mentally from my father's infidelity. How could she have the energy and ability to steal the Ugly King Jade from a locked altar? As for the evidence, I investigated the so-called loss of the Ugly King Jade quite seriously some time ago." Ye Baoling looked at everyone and said loudly, "I know that everyone has only heard that my mother stole the jade, but they don't know the specifics. Today I will explain it clearly."
She wanted to restore the innocence of the Mother of God in front of everyone.
“At that time, my grandfather was sick and hospitalized. For some reason, the Ugly King Jue was enshrined on the altar. On the day my grandfather was discharged from the hospital, he found that the Ugly King Jue was missing. Then my father found it in my mother’s drawer.”
Everyone listened with their breath held. In fact, no one who knew Gu Min believed that she had stolen the jade.
For many years, everyone suspected that Ye Kaimin had framed her, but it was just speculation and no one dared to be sure. So the charge of stealing the jade remained on Gu Min's head and was never removed.
“My mother said she didn’t steal, but my grandfather and my father didn’t believe her because there was almost always someone in my mother’s room, making it difficult to frame her. It wasn’t until my recent investigation that I discovered that on the day my grandfather was discharged from the hospital, Aunt Xing came upstairs to notify everyone to come down and greet him. There was a brief period of time in my mother’s room when there was no maid on duty. And during this period of time, only Aunt Xing, who came to notify him, was there.”
Ye Baoling looked at Aunt Xing in the crowd.
Aunt Xing avoided her gaze and lowered her head.
Someone asked, "Did Aunt Xing frame you?"
Ye Baoling retorted, "Do you think Aunt Xing has the guts and the motive? Why would she frame my mother?"
No one spoke.
Ye Qizu, with a complicated expression, wanted to interrupt Ye Baoling to continue, saying, "There's no point in you saying these things now."
"Of course you think it's pointless, and of course you don't want me to continue. It's old news to you, but to my mother, it's a disgrace on her face. How did Aunt Xing get the Ugly King's Jade to frame someone? At the time, the Ugly King's Jade was on the altar on the fourth floor of Xihe Hall, and only Uncle Xing had the key to the fourth floor of Xihe Hall. The only possibility is that Uncle Xing and Aunt Xing conspired to frame a woman who had no conflict of interest with them. Why would they do that?" Ye Baoling looked at Uncle Xing.
Uncle Xing glanced at Ye Qizu but didn't say anything.
Ye Kaimin rushed up, "Uncle Xing, it's you? You've made me eat dead cats for so many years?"
Ye Baoling glared at her father: "As the instigator, you benefited and then act innocent. Is that interesting?"
Ye Kaimin was shocked to be scolded by his daughter in public. He said aggrievedly, "I...I wanted to help you!"
"I don't need your help. I see right through you. You'd better shut up and stop wasting my time."
Ye Kaimin: "..."
She could only look to her son-in-law for help.
Ye Huaizhang ignored him, keeping an eye on the surroundings just in case.
Uncle Xing then said softly, "I'm sorry, Miss. I'm sorry to your mother. I... I've felt guilty all these years."
Ye Baoling pointed at Ye Qizu: "My grandfather instructed you to do this, right?"
The crowd erupted in uproar!
How could it be the old man who ordered it?!
Everyone was surprised.
Uncle Xing lowered his head again and remained silent.
Ye Qizu secretly speculated that Ye Baoling's private chat with Uncle Xing last time was probably about this.
Ye Baoling: "Uncle Xing is a very loyal person to my grandfather. He didn't refute it, which is actually his admission."
Ye Kaisi tried to salvage Ye Qizu's reputation by saying, "Not refuting it is tantamount to admitting it. What kind of logic is that?!"
"Second Uncle, you want Uncle Xing to testify against my grandfather in person, and hear with his own ears that it was my grandfather who framed my mother, before you are satisfied, is that right? Your idea is quite interesting."
Ye Kaisi paused, then quickly said, "What kind of witness is someone who doesn't speak?"
Uncle Xing said helplessly, "Back then, it was Master who made us do this. I'm sorry, Master. I've served you like a slave all my life, but today I have to tell the truth, otherwise I will really be letting down the spirit of the First Madam in heaven. I'm sorry."
After saying this, Uncle Xing bowed deeply.
Aunt Xing wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and buried her head deeply.
The crowd exchanged glances, but no one dared to speak.
Ye Baoling raised her voice, wanting everyone to hear her: "Why did my grandfather do this? Because my mother didn't have a son, my maternal grandmother's family went bankrupt, and the woman my father was having an affair with was pregnant with a boy. Our family's ancestral rules forbade taking concubines or keeping mistresses, so my grandfather came up with this insidious scheme to frame my mother, ruin her reputation, and force her to relinquish her position in despair..."
Enraged, Ye Qizu shouted, "What do you want to do? This is not a courtroom, and it is not your place, Ye Baoling, to judge me."
Ye Baoling's expression was full of disdain: "I insist. You, Ye Qizu, are sexist, opportunistic, scheming, filthy, and hypocritical. You are a modern-day Yue Buqun! Such a hypocrite who violates our ancestral precepts is not worthy of being the head of our Ye family!"
So many precise adjectives came at him that Ye Qizu collapsed in anger before he could finish listening.
The scene descended into a minor commotion. No one dared to criticize Ye Baoling, after all, she would be Ye Qingtang's boss in the future, and the distribution of the family fund still depended on Ye Qingtang.
Moreover, today's performance was her contribution to everyone.
She has every reason to be an unfilial descendant in order to exonerate her mother.
Besides, there are plenty of people who don't like Ye Qizu.
This time, Ye Baoling got revenge for everyone.
Only Ye Kaisi and Ye Baoshun still clung to the old man, after all, they still wanted to inherit his property.
The system notification sounded at the right time.
[Congratulations, host, for completing the bonus question. You will receive an additional reward after seeking justice for the original owner's mother.]
[Optional bonus rewards: A) Obtain clues to the next lottery's grand prize; B) Obtain important clues to find the Plum Blossom Key.]
Without a doubt, Ye Baoling would choose B.
Immediately, a message appeared on the virtual screen.
[You can choose to cooperate with Ye Jinliu to obtain the plum blossom key clue.]
Collaborating with Ye Huaizhang's third aunt?
The scene was chaotic, and Ye Baoling didn't have time to think much.
Today's business still needs to be finished.
She exchanged a glance with Ye Huaizhang, and then went to the hospital with him.
*
Ye Qizu was taken to the hospital.
The doctor diagnosed it as a mild stroke. Because the patient was brought to the hospital in time, there was no serious problem, and it did not affect speech or walking.
Knowing that the old man wouldn't die anytime soon, Ye Baoling and her husband left immediately.
Even at this point, the person Ye Qizu trusts most is still Uncle Xing.
Uncle Xing took care of all his hospitalization matters.
The Ye brothers, Kaimin and Kais, wanted to stay with their father at the hospital, but they were both turned away.
When Ye Kaisi returned home, Liang Meiyun was in her bedroom talking on the phone with her sister about the earth-shattering gossip that had happened at home that day. She quickly hung up the phone and asked what was going on.
"Mild stroke, hospitalized for a week."
"Why are you all back? Ye Baoling is at the hospital taking care of you?"
"She's not here; Uncle Xing and his men are keeping watch."
Liang Meiyun then asked, "What should we do in this situation?"
Ye Kais took off his coat and laughed, "I've been thinking about this all afternoon. Actually, the current situation might not be a bad thing for us. After this incident, most of the shares of Ye Qingtang held by the old man will probably be inherited by us. Baoshun isn't cut out for business. If Ye Qingtang were to be passed down to him, he would probably hire a professional manager. Now the situation has changed. Ye Baoling has become the largest shareholder of Ye Qingtang. She will definitely devote herself to developing the company. We are the second largest shareholder. We can just sit back and wait for the dividends and reap the benefits. What do you think?"
That makes some sense, but not much.
Liang Meiyun: "How can you be so sure that the old man will leave the Ye Qingtang shares to us? Your older brother is eyeing them covetously. And it's not certain whether Ye Baoling will pull any tricks. Don't forget, if Ye Baoling has any children in the future, they will also bear the Ye surname."
Ye Kais: "The surname Ye is from the third branch of the family. What does it have to do with our eldest branch?"
Liang Meiyun shook her head slightly: "That's hard to say. The old man's thoughts change from time to time. The best way is to coax him and get him to make a will as soon as possible."
Ye Kaisi certainly knew this principle: "It's not a good idea to bring up the matter of a will; he'll become suspicious as soon as you do."
"Remind the lawyer to talk to him."
Ye Kais nodded to indicate that he knew what to do.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, Ye Qizu lay on his hospital bed, his mind still buzzing with the words his granddaughter had said to him that morning.
He grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there any other way for me?"
Uncle Xing, who was sitting to the side, quickly stood up. "Sir, you should listen to the doctor. You need to rest more at this time and not think too much."
"You think Ye Baoling is better than me?"
Uncle Xing smiled awkwardly and said, "In my heart, sir, you have been incredibly kind to me. You are the best. But, one must accept getting old. Among the younger generation, you should be proud to have someone as capable as you."
Ye Qizu sighed, "What's there to be gratified about? She didn't even come to see me when I was so angry that I was hospitalized."
Uncle Xing dared not speak.
"What can I do to turn defeat into victory?" Lying in his hospital bed, he was still unconvinced.
Uncle Xing: "I dare not say."
Ye Qizu glanced at him and said, "Speak."
Uncle Xing: "You've made the young lady your heir, so now, don't you think you've won big?"
"Have all the men of our eldest son's branch died out?"
How could he possibly let his granddaughter be his heir?
Uncle Xing quickly tapped the wooden table, "Touch wood! Don't say unlucky things."
Ye Qizu sighed in bewilderment. Ye Baoling had made such a big fuss today; he had probably become the laughingstock of the entire Hong Kong elite circle.
This unfilial granddaughter!
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Author's Note: The unfilial granddaughter: Drinking [winking emoji]
Unfilial grandson-in-law: Drinking with his wife [kissing emoji]
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