The Master Descends the Mountain: My Destined CEO

The Yuan Family was in chaos.

Yuan Tiancheng seized the opportunity to deal with the remaining traitors.

In just two days.

He had nearly finished his part of the cleanup. The traitors either ran into bad luck or had 'accidents' befall them, leading to their swift capture.

As for the Yuan Family, things had only just begun to calm down.

For some reason, they still chose Yuan Tianhui as their puppet.

Yuan Tiancheng wasn't surprised. "Master Xiao, Yuan Tianhui is the most suitable person they can find at the moment."

"He only struck one clan elder, not all of them."

With that, he pulled out his phone. "Time to close the net!"

Since it was still Yuan Tianhui, Yuan Tiancheng's subsequent plans could now proceed!

Xiao Ye paid little attention to the Yuan Family's affairs. He was still investigating the mysterious woman, but unfortunately, he had very little information to go on.

Just then, a subordinate came to report, "Patriarch, we had an intruder. An assassin. But we've already dealt with him."

"He's in the basement now."

Xiao Ye rose to his feet. "I'll go see for myself."

In the basement.

The lights were dim.

A man lay on the floor, trussed up completely.

Hearing footsteps, his expression changed, and he stared intently at the stairs.

One look at the man and Xiao Ye understood. 'Just a common assassin.'

'He's no match for my Death Warriors, but he's better than your average bodyguard.'

'Professionally trained, but his skills are only average.'

"Did the Yuan Family send you?"

The man's pupils constricted for a moment before he visibly relaxed. "That's right. Since you already know, there's no point in hiding it."

"The Yuan Family hired me. Five hundred thousand to kill Yuan Tiancheng."

Xiao Ye could tell he wasn't lying. He turned to leave. "Finish him. And find out where he was trained."

"Yes, sir!" The subordinate advanced on the man. "If you don't want to suffer, you'll answer my questions!"

...

Yuan Tiancheng had no idea he had just had a brush with death.

If not for Xiao Ye's men, the assassin might have actually gotten close to Yuan Tiancheng.

「Three days later.」

Yuan Tiancheng used his cunning to utterly destroy Yuan Tianhui's reputation.

Now, even if the clan elders wanted to make him Patriarch, it was impossible.

If they insisted, the Yuan Clan's stock would only continue to plummet—something they definitely did not want.

They had moved against Yuan Tiancheng for the sake of profit; they wouldn't put the cart before the horse now.

Without Yuan Tianhui as their puppet, there were many things they couldn't easily do, or do at all.

Yuan Tiancheng seized the chance to consolidate his own power. On the fourth day, he made his triumphant return.

Before the gates of the Yuan Family estate.

A convoy of cars pulled to a stop.

"Who is that?"

"Those look like the Yuan Family's cars! Could it be Yuan Tianhui? Besides the Patriarch, who else would have an entourage like this?"

"No way. Yuan Tianhui is locked up. It can't be him!"

A car door opened.

And Yuan Tiancheng stepped out.

The Yuan Family members at the gate paled.

They had been trying and failing to find Yuan Tiancheng. After so many days, they assumed the poison must have taken its full effect.

Even if he was lucky enough to have survived, he would surely be bedridden, completely incapacitated.

But they never expected to see him standing before them now, alive and well.

Yuan Tiancheng didn't rush into the Yuan Family estate. Instead, he walked around to the other side of the car and respectfully opened the door.

Xiao Ye emerged.

"Master Xiao, I swear I will retake the Yuan Family today!"

This incident had taught Yuan Tiancheng a valuable lesson: his compassion was not something his family deserved.

From this day forward, he would be a cold, ruthless man.

Even family would be punished for breaking his rules.

Xiao Ye nodded. "Go on. I'll just watch."

With that, Yuan Tiancheng, flanked by bodyguards, strode toward the Yuan Family's main gate.

"What's the matter? Don't you recognize me?"

"Yuan... Yuan Tiancheng, how are you not dead?"

Yuan Tiancheng sneered. "With all of you still alive, how could I possibly die?"

"Get out of my way! Don't blame me for what happens to anyone who stands in my path!"

Hearing this, the Yuan Family members scrambled to get out of his way.

They were already afraid of Yuan Tiancheng, and he had brought more men.

Yuan Tiancheng entered the estate without any trouble. The clan elders and the members of the second branch had already heard the news and were waiting for him in the main hall.

A clan elder gritted his teeth. "Yuan Tiancheng, so everything that's happened lately was your doing!"

Yuan Tiancheng chuckled. "It seems you're as stupid as they come, to only realize it now."

"From the day Yuan Tianhui and my fiancée were caught by the paparazzi, everything has been my doing. After all that's happened, you still thought it was all a coincidence?"

The elder was so furious he stumbled backward, collapsing onto the sofa. "Yuan Tiancheng, what are you trying to do?"

"I'm here to take back what's mine, of course. And everything you've done to me, I will repay a hundredfold!"

When Yuan Tianhui heard that Yuan Tiancheng had returned, he somehow managed to escape the room he was confined in and came running.

He was dumbfounded, staring in disbelief. "This... this is impossible!"

"How did you cure the poison? How are your legs healed?!"

Everyone else looked on, eager to hear the answer.

Yuan Tiancheng settled onto the opposite sofa. He spoke slowly, enunciating every word. "It was all thanks to you, of course."

"That Wunan Grass and Wubei Grass... worked wonders."

Yuan Tianhui was so enraged he coughed up a mouthful of blood!

He had been stewing in rage for days, but hearing that Yuan Tiancheng had been cured by his own medicinal herbs... it was enough to make him choke with fury.

Even the clan elder's pointing hand trembled, and he was rendered speechless.

Yuan Tianhui finally forced the words through his clenched teeth. "Who is he?"

Yuan Tiancheng's expression darkened when he saw where he was pointing. He shot out a leg and kicked the man to the ground.

"Insolence! Who gave you permission to point at Master Xiao! You don't have the right to even know the name Xiao Ye!"

Yuan Tianhui clutched his stomach, curled up like a prawn, yet he was still insistent. "Who is he!"

'He had to know who had ruined his plans!'

'If he couldn't get revenge on Yuan Tiancheng, surely he could get it on an outsider?'

'That man had ruined his life, and he would pay him back a hundredfold!'

Yuan Tiancheng suddenly laughed. He planted his foot on Yuan Tianhui's head. "Judging by that look in your eyes, you want revenge on Master Xiao?"

"You've got some nerve!"

He leaned down and whispered, "He is the Patriarch of the Xiao Family. A man so far beyond your reach you couldn't touch him in a thousand lifetimes."

'The Patriarch of the Xiao Family!'

"No... that's impossible. I investigated him. He's not!"

"That was merely what Master Xiao wanted you to find. Otherwise, who do you think could have saved me? Why else would I show him such reverence?"

"In any case, you'll find out eventually."

Xiao Ye was only going to become more famous. When that happened, Yuan Tianhui would naturally learn more.