The Master Descends the Mountain: My Destined CEO

Xiao Ye stood on the second floor, a faint smile on his face as he watched the every move of the people below.

He had summoned so many people today with the clear intention of dealing with members of the Angel Association.

He didn't want to waste any more time; he planned to take care of several of them in one fell swoop.

Xiao Ye called over a few of his men and sent them into the main hall first.

In just a few moments, the sound of an argument drifted out from within.

"Damn it, you're just a waitress! What's with the attitude? Me taking a liking to you is the honor of your life!"

The exceptionally beautiful waitress, her face streaked with tears in a way that would stir anyone's heart, sobbed, "But I don't want to go with you. I'm just here for a part-time job."

"I may be from the countryside, but I refuse to be a kept woman! I want to rely on myself!"

"Hah! Rely on yourself? You're just a woman, what are you capable of? Your entire year's salary is just a day's spending money for me!"

The man speaking was Xiao Ye's first target: a lecher, but also a member of the Angel Association.

Hu the Third might have been useless, but he did know quite a few of the Angel Association's internal members.

He had originally wanted to get on their good side, but he was afraid of the Angel Association's rules, so he had been investigating them in secret all this time.

"What's going on here?" Xiao Ye asked, slowly descending the stairs.

"Patriarch Xiao, you're here. It's nothing, just a small interruption," said a man from a top-tier family. He was in cahoots with the other man and also a member of the Angel Association.

As if she had seen her savior, the waitress dropped to her knees directly in front of Xiao Ye.

"Patriarch Xiao, I'm just an ordinary person! I don't want to offend the rich and powerful, but... but I don't want to be a kept woman either!"

"I'm begging you, Patriarch Xiao, please help me! I'm just here working part-time. I still want to save up for college!"

Xiao Ye looked at the man. "Is what she's saying true?"

The man's face flushed with embarrassment. "Patriarch Xiao, she's just a woman..."

SMACK!

Before he could finish his sentence.

Xiao Ye struck him with a vicious slap, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Seeing this, the other guests were too frightened to make a sound.

"'Just a woman?' Who taught you to speak like that? Isn't your mother a woman? Isn't your wife a woman?"

"You think you're king of the world just because you have a bit more money and power than most? And you dare pull something like this at my banquet!"

"Men, break his legs!"

After saying that, Xiao Ye turned to the man who had spoken up for him earlier. "And you. Did you really think I was that easy to fool? Break his legs too!"

The people around were terrified into silence. This Xiao Ye was far too domineering, ordering legs to be broken at a moment's notice!

Not even the other Hidden Clans dared to be so audacious!

"Patriarch Xiao, I am so sorry!" The man's father emerged and slapped his son across the face as well. "I'll take this defiant son home right now!"

"Do you think a banquet hosted by my Xiao Family is a place you can just come and go as you please? Men, do it!"

"If anyone dares to interfere, I guarantee your family's misfortune will begin tomorrow!"

Xiao Ye's subordinates pushed through the crowd and ruthlessly forced the two men to the ground.

Two bloodcurdling screams rang out.

The two men's legs were grotesquely twisted as they were dragged out like dead dogs.

The entire banquet hall was dead silent.

But Xiao Ye just smiled. "Why the long faces? I just dealt with a couple of noisy dogs. And this incident serves as a good opportunity to explain why I've invited you all here today."

"I've noticed a lot going on in the Imperial City lately, especially acts of market bullying and thuggish behavior, which are becoming all too common."

"For the good of the Imperial City's environment and out of a sense of responsibility to its ordinary citizens, I've decided to clean house!"

After speaking, Xiao Ye clapped his hands.

Someone quickly brought over a thick file.

"Let's start with the first one... From the Wang Family, Wang Lang. You previously forced yourself on three girls. They posted about it online, trying to seek justice for themselves."

"But as a result, you harassed them daily, driving two of them to severe depression and the third to commit suicide by jumping off a building. And all you did was give them each a paltry compensation of a hundred-odd thousand."

After reciting the crimes, Xiao Ye looked at Wang Lang. "And this is only what I've uncovered. I'm sure there's more I haven't found. It seems the Wang Family's moral character is lacking."

"Starting tomorrow, the Xiao Family will cease all cooperation with the Wang Family. As for you, Wang Lang, I'm giving you one day to turn yourself in. If you can't manage that, then I'll help you."

The crowd was stunned.

"Patriarch Xiao, what are you doing? To put it bluntly, how many of us who have climbed to our positions have clean hands?"

"By doing this, you're not just disrupting the entire Imperial City—no, the entire Dragon Country! The financial markets will absolutely be thrown into turmoil because of your actions!"

Xiao Ye gave a faint smile. "No, they won't. Because there are plenty of people who can replace you."

"I will support families that do good deeds to take your place. As long as the transition is fast enough, and as long as I invest enough money, nothing will happen."

He had an abundance of nothing but money!

"You... How can you do this!"

Xiao Ye's expression turned cold. He then ordered his men to close the banquet hall doors.

"I'm doing it. What can you do about it?"

With that, he had his men continue reading out the evidence of others' crimes.

Anyone whose name was read would face punishment!

It was only then that everyone finally understood. No wonder Xiao Ye had invited so many people; it turned out he had been planning this all along.

Someone who had committed too many evil deeds cried out, unwilling to accept his fate, "Patriarch Xiao, you can't do this! You have no right to judge us! The information you've gathered is all fake!"

Xiao Ye had spent a great deal of time and wasted countless manpower and resources to investigate these matters; there was no question of fabrication.

"Whether I have the right or not is for me to decide. If you refuse to accept it, feel free to resist."

Xiao Ye stood on the steps, his disdainful gaze falling upon them. "Or you can all band together. Go ahead and try. See if you can resist me!"

A representative from the Fifth Clan suddenly stepped forward. "I support all of Patriarch Xiao's decisions. And I also feel that some people have gone too far."

"They get a little money and forget who they are. It's high time they were dealt with."

After speaking, the man clasped his fists in a salute to Xiao Ye. "Patriarch Xiao, what you're doing is what we've long wanted to do. I admire you!"

With the Fifth Clan's endorsement, the expressions of the other families instantly changed.

Immediately after, the Ouyang Clan also stepped out.

The current Ouyang Clan was, in reality, already in Xiao Ye's pocket.

"We also support Patriarch Xiao."

The Zhu family was the last to emerge, seemingly reluctant, but this was actually a feint to confuse the Angel Association.

"We support him too!"

All four of the great Hidden Clans had agreed.

Now, the others dared not say another word.

Forget about banding together.

Even if every other family present united, they would be no match for these four great clans!