Ye Chen held his chopsticks, chewing slowly as he pondered the feasibility of the matter. He had meticulously reviewed all of Xu Mu's information.
This man was indeed a good-for-nothing rich second generation, a regular at bars and clubs—all captured on video.
He had originally assumed Xu Mu would treat Ye Tong and Ye Yu poorly at home as well.
Who would have thought that Xu Mu was actually good to the sisters?
In truth, Ye Chen could guess the reason: Ye Tong was very beautiful.
What man doesn't like a beautiful woman?
Especially a woman like Ye Tong, who probably never even gave him a chance to lose his temper.
However, a leopard cannot change its spots.
Someone like Xu Mu was, at his core, still a brainless wastrel.
If a pretty woman took a slightly proactive approach, she could definitely wrap him around her little finger.
When the time came, he might even take the initiative to divorce Ye Tong.
Ye Chen's eyes lit up. Why hadn't he thought of this before?
"Xiao Ran, wait for me in the car."
Ye Chen suddenly turned to look at Xiao Ran.
There were some things he didn't want others to know, as it could easily tarnish his image.
Nevertheless, Ye Chen always felt that to obtain Ye Tong, he was willing to pay any price.
"Yes."
Xiao Ran was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected Ye Chen to now be wary even of him.
After watching Xiao Ran leave, Ye Chen spoke calmly, "Zhong Qianqian, I'm giving you a mission: get close to Xu Mu and make him take a liking to you."
"Huh?"
Zhong Qianqian was puzzled. "Dragon King, should my priority be infiltrating the Xu Group, or getting close to Xu Mu?"
"Both simultaneously. But if I had to say which is more important, it's getting close to Xu Mu. Find a way to make him fall for you."
Ye Chen continued, "Then, you sow discord between him and his wife, striving to make Xu Mu initiate the divorce himself."
After saying this, even Ye Chen felt it wasn't his usual style.
That's why he had made Xiao Ran leave.
But to get Ye Tong, he considered all this secondary.
"Dragon King, this Xu Mu's wife... is she pretty?"
Zhong Qianqian's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
Who knew what this Xu Mu looked like? What if he was a very ugly man? The thought of having to deliberately seduce him was nauseating.
"Of course she's pretty."
Ye Chen answered without hesitation.
"Then I probably can't succeed, right? Men are visual creatures. If I'm not even as pretty as his wife, how can I seduce him?"
Zhong Qianqian lowered her head. "How about we forget it?"
"I understand men better than you do. In a man's eyes, the first meeting is about looks, but as long as you meet a certain standard, what matters afterward is the person."
Ye Chen said with a calm expression. "His wife is the more proper type. As long as you can offer Xu Mu excitement and passion, he'll definitely choose you."
"This..."
"You don't have the right to refuse."
Ye Chen lifted his gaze to look at Zhong Qianqian. "Do you remember what you promised me? To work for me for five years, during which you'll do anything I ask."
Zhong Qianqian clenched her fist, then said, "Send me this person's information."
"Fine."
Ye Chen gave a slight nod.
...
Over on Xu Mu's side, his coffee was also finished.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly; this Ye Chen was truly cautious.
He remembered from the original plot, Ye Chen trusted Xiao Ran the most and never kept anything from him, no matter what he did.
He hadn't expected Ye Chen to keep Xiao Ran in the dark about this matter.
Not only that, but Xiao Ran's behavior today was very strange.
Meng Wanyue had previously told her many things, like the cultivation techniques and the Qi Sea Pill, all given by Xu Mu.
As long as she wasn't brainless, she should know he wasn't that kind of mindless villain.
Yet she still had Zhong Qianqian use such a low-level honey trap on him.
Perhaps she really was doing it on purpose.
Xu Mu refilled his coffee. After Ye Chen and Xiao Ran left, he finally got up and departed.
He took a taxi home again, contemplating the matter along the way.
This Zhong Qianqian was a hacker and had studied medicine, so her goal was surely to steal the weight-loss pill and the Yang Energy Pill.
These two drugs were currently the Xu family's trump cards.
Especially the Yang Energy Pill, which scalpers had already driven up to ten times its original price.
As for their own production, it sold out the moment it hit the market.
Just as Xu Mu arrived home, he noticed Meng Wanyue waiting at the entrance to their villa area.
"President Xu."
Meng Wanyue called out from a distance.
Xu Mu nodded slightly and walked toward the villa with Meng Wanyue.
Meng Wanyue relayed everything about the recent events to Xu Mu.
After finishing, her face showed a hint of apology. "I'm sorry, President Xu. Ye Chen made me leave early, so I don't know what happened afterward."
"It's fine. Since you know this person, just knowing her identity is enough."
Xu Mu knew their entire plan perfectly well.
He could actually make use of Zhong Qianqian, but first, he needed to see how they would make their move.
After Meng Wanyue left, it was still early.
Xu Mu hesitated for a moment, then decided to go check on Chen Xuan.
He called first and learned that Chen Xuan had just returned home from the back mountains.
Xu Mu originally planned to drive over, but Chen Xuan said he would come himself.
Just yesterday, he had specifically bought a Yadi electric scooter nearby. The distance between them wasn't far anyway.
Xu Mu waited at home for nearly twenty minutes before Chen Xuan called.
He walked outside the villa area and found Chen Xuan, who had placed a woven bag on the footboard, parking his electric scooter in front of Xu Mu.
"Brother Mu, what's up?"
Chen Xuan parked the scooter to the side.
"Just had nothing to do, so I thought of looking for you."
Xu Mu said with a smile.
"I actually do have something."
Chen Xuan's expression turned serious. "Come on, I'll treat you to KFC."
"Alright."
Xu Mu directly swung his leg over and sat behind Chen Xuan. He had already guessed it was probably about that woman from Kunlun Mountain.
Chen Xuan took Xu Mu to a nearby KFC. The moment they walked in, Xu Mu was stunned.
Good grief!
Chen Xuan was truly something.
There, in the corner, sat Zhong Qianqian from earlier, eating fast food and drinking soda.
Xu Mu didn't know if it was his own luck or Chen Xuan's.
If it was Xu Mu's luck, he wouldn't have come to KFC if not for Chen Xuan.
If it was Chen Xuan's luck, it was Xu Mu who had called first, otherwise Chen Xuan wouldn't have come.
However, since Xu Mu wasn't supposed to know Zhong Qianqian yet, he acted as if she were a stranger.
Chen Xuan ordered a couples' combo, carried his woven bag, and sat opposite Xu Mu.
Zhong Qianqian, sipping her soda, was looking at her laptop.
Muttering as she looked at the information Ye Chen had sent, "He's quite handsome, but the person is just too trashy."
Suddenly, Zhong Qianqian froze. She adjusted her black-framed glasses, looking down at the photo on the screen.
Then she looked at the man not far away. It was the same person.
She hadn't expected to run into him here.
She was considering whether to stage a beautiful encounter right here and now.
Then continue with more chance meetings, making it all seem natural, just like in the TV shows.

Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"

ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!

grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)

ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!