Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO

Seeing Ye Chong's indifferent attitude, a flash of anger sparked in Wang Yu's eyes.

What a hypocrite! If she were still the one holding an important position in the Wang Family Corporation, Ye Chong certainly wouldn't treat her like this. But circumstances were against her, and Wang Yu could only suppress her displeasure, laying all the blame on Xu Ke. If it weren't for him targeting her, she wouldn't have fallen into such a state.

"Tell me, President Yuu, what are your thoughts?"

Ye Chong looked at Wang Yu with a faint smile. He wasn't overtly condescending, but his attitude was still overwhelmingly oppressive.

Wang Yu took a deep breath and forced a smile. "I heard that Xu Ke once spoke to you about cooperating, right?"

Ye Chong's eyes narrowed, a cold glint flickering in them. "Who told you that?"

He had assumed Wang Yu sought him out to discuss how to deal with Xu Ke. He never would have expected her to bring up the Golden K Bar incident.

This instantly put Ye Chong on high alert. He had to be. He was afraid Wang Yu knew too much—that his Dantian had been healed by Xu Ke and that he had once wanted Xu Ke to kill Ye Fan. If Wang Yu knew this, it would be incredibly dangerous for him. She could leak it to Ye Yunfeng or use it to blackmail him!

What made Ye Chong's expression even darker was the realization that he had no idea how Wang Yu, who hadn't even been present at the time, had learned all this.

Could Xu Ke have told her? Is it possible that she was deliberately sent by Xu Ke to deceive me?

Seeing Ye Chong's sudden wariness and the sharp look in his eyes, Wang Yu secretly rejoiced.

She knew Zhou Yiyi hadn't been lying. Xu Ke must have discussed cooperation with Ye Chong. Wang Yu never would have believed Zhou Yiyi's words outright, which was why she planned to have Wang Tianlu approach Ye Chong to verify the story. Now that it was confirmed, she could definitely use this to set a trap for Xu Ke!

"Is that important?" Wang Yu showed a hint of a smile, deflecting the question playfully.

"Not very," Ye Chong said, taking a deep breath as his tone shifted. "Then, what would President Yuu like to discuss?"

"Rest assured." Seeing Ye Chong take a deep breath and change the subject, looking as if he were facing a great enemy, Wang Yu chuckled. "I'm not your enemy."

Ye Chong smiled without mirth. "President Yuu jests. The relationship between the Ye and Wang families... heh."

"In terms of our families, we are certainly irreconcilable." Wang Yu picked up a bottle of red wine from the table, stood, and approached him. "But if we set our family allegiances aside, don't you and I share a common enemy?"

She poured a glass of red wine for Ye Chong, the crimson liquid sliding down the wall of the glass.

Ye Chong raised an eyebrow. "Do you also want to cooperate with me?"

"Of course." Wang Yu nodded, her eyes filled with venom. "Xu Ke used the press conference to oust me from the core of the Wang Family. I will make him pay for that."

Ye Chong made no comment on Wang Yu's ordeal, instead asking, "How does President Yuu propose we cooperate?"

Wang Yu replied, "It's simple. I want you, Young Master Chong, to call Xu Ke and discuss the 'exchange of benefits' you two supposedly arranged."

Ye Chong's brow furrowed. "Exchange of benefits?"

"Correct. Talk about how you captured Qi Ya to let Xu Ke play the hero.

"Talk about how you leaked the inside story of the Ye Family seizing Wang Family land to help Xu Ke earn credit.

"And talk about how Xu Ke helped you kill Ye Fan so you could take over," Wang Yu said coolly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Chong's eyes widened in shock. Fear and guilt flooded his heart, but he forced himself to remain calm. "What are you talking about?!"

His heart was in turmoil. Does she know something?

But then Ye Chong was taken aback.

Wait, the three incidents she just mentioned are completely different from what actually happened! I have no reason to panic!

Wang Yu didn't notice the guilt in Ye Chong's eyes. "Young Master Chong, you should understand what I mean. I simply want you and Xu Ke to put on an act."

Ye Chong was startled. "Put on an act?"

"Exactly! Since Xu Ke has already brought up cooperation with you, it gives you a perfect pretext to contact him, regardless of his sincerity," Wang Yu sneered. "If you're willing to call him, record it, and attribute all these incidents to a secret deal between you two, I'll have what I need to make the Wang Family Corporation's board kick him out."

"Without the Wang Family's protection, your Ye Family would be free to act against him without restraint, wouldn't you?"

Only then did Ye Chong understand. Wang Yu's words were just a "script" she had prepared in advance.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But do you really think I can say these things over the phone without him noticing something is off?"

After all, both he and Wang Yu had experienced firsthand how difficult Xu Ke was. Trying to trap someone with a phone call was the kind of tactic Xu Ke himself would use.

Hearing this, Wang Yu frowned and pondered for a moment. "Indeed..."

"But if a phone call won't work, why can't we meet in person?"

"You could pretend to present him with some important Ye Family documents. That would be enough to frame him for colluding with your family, wouldn't it?"

Ye Chong raised an eyebrow and smiled. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea."

"However, that pretext alone won't be enough to convince Xu Ke. He'll probably just get more suspicious."

Wang Yu frowned again, but then her eyes lit up. "Then how about this..."

「At the clinic.」

Since being punished by Chen Xiong, Chen Haiming was already considered half a member of the clinic staff, so no one treated him with much hostility. Besides, after his instant defeat by Xu Ke, Chen Haiming seemed to have suffered a huge blow and had become withdrawn and silent. Duan Jia was initially worried that Chen Haiming might have suffered a mental breakdown from the shock, but after observing him for a bit, Xu Ke figured Chen Haiming was probably just still suffering from a stomachache...

Tang Yingchang couldn't wait in the car forever. Once Chen Haiming and the others decided to stay, he got out and entered the building. The regular renovation workers simply thought Tang Yingchang was Xu Ke's driver. But when Dongfang Mingliang saw Tang Yingchang come in, he was so frightened he almost fell to his knees.

Only then did he realize what it meant to be a fool courting death. He and Chen Haiming were simply brash youngsters! He was immensely grateful that Tang Yingchang hadn't been the one to act first. Otherwise, forget working as renovators, he and Chen Haiming would be lucky if a hospital even admitted them.

Xu Ke stayed until twelve o'clock, then had Chen Haiming treat everyone to a meal as an apology and to smooth things over. After Chen Haiming bowed his head and apologized, the renovation team readily forgave him.

Time flew by. By evening, Xu Ke and Tang Yingchang were on their way to a dinner hosted by the Zhou Family. Although it was called a dinner, it was really just an intimate family meal. There weren't many people attending: just Zhou Qingzhi, his sister Zhou Xiuyun, and Ouyang Hao. Zhou Hongsheng was busy with other matters, and as for Zhou Yiyi, it went without saying that she was finding ways to avoid Xu Ke. Ouyang Hao had originally wanted to bring Ouyang Zhou, but as luck would have it, Ouyang Zhou was busy, so Xu Ke didn't get another chance to thank him privately.

Upon arriving at the Zhou residence, Xu Ke saw Zhou Qingzhi waiting for them at the door.

"President Zhou, there's no need for such courtesy," Xu Ke said with a wry smile, seeing Zhou Qingzhi waiting for him personally.