This was what made Li Lang truly despair!

The Li Family had served the Ye Family so wholeheartedly, yet the Ye Family was now discussing with Xu Ke how to deal with them?

"Nothing is impossible," Xu Ke said lightly.

But Li Lang shook his head fiercely. "No, this must be a recording you doctored! Are you just trying to sow discord between us?"

Xu Ke smiled. "Then how do you explain Yuk Dalong's detailed records being in my possession? Do you think it's more likely that Yuk Dalong gave them to me voluntarily, or that the Ye Family did?"

Li Lang's face turned pale. Before hearing the recording, Li Lang had been able to stand firmly with his family. But now... he could no longer be so certain.

Seizing the advantage, Xu Ke pulled out his phone. "Then take a look at this picture. See if it looks familiar." He opened the image and placed it in front of Li Lang.

Li Lang glanced at it instinctively. A look of faint disbelief crept onto his face. "This... this is Golden K Bar?!"

The picture showed the corner of a private room at Golden K Bar, where several extremely covert listening devices were hidden in a clever and sinister manner. This was the photo Yuk Dalong had given Xu Ke.

"Good eye!" Xu Ke gave him a thumbs-up.

Li Lang's expression turned incredibly ugly. Those are listening devices! he realized. And isn't the private room in the picture the same one where I, Ye Fan, and Yuk Dalong talked last time?! Does that mean our conversation was also recorded? Why would the Ye Family install recorders?!

Xu Ke added, "Li Lang, Golden K Bar is Ye Chong's territory. So, who do you think these listening devices are for? Ye Fan, you, or Yuk Dalong?"

Ye Chong plotting against Ye Fan? Impossible! Aside from the adopted son, Ye Feng, the four Ye Family brothers were as close as flesh and blood. There was no chance of internal strife. Ye Chong plotting against Yuk Dalong? Also impossible! Ye Chong could crush a man like Yuk Dalong ten thousand times over without needing listening devices. In that case... the only person Ye Chong could be targeting... was him!

Upon realizing this, Li Lang's face turned completely ashen.

He could claim Xu Ke coerced Yuk Dalong into handing over the detailed records. He could argue Xu Ke doctored the recording. But the listening devices at Golden K... could he possibly claim Xu Ke told Ye Chong to install those?!

One piece of evidence could be an accident, two could be a coincidence... but three is a pattern! Now, even if Xu Ke told him the Ye Family *wasn't* trying to deal with him, Li Lang wouldn't believe it!

"Why? Why would they do this? Has our Li Family done anything to wrong them?" Li Lang mumbled, his entire belief system collapsing.

The Li Family had already decided to pledge their allegiance to the Ye Family. Even Ye Fan could boss Li Shichuan around at will. But in the end... why was this the result?! Li Lang's composure completely shattered.

"It's simple," Xu Ke shook his head, "because the Ye Family found a new partner."

"What?!" Li Lang was shocked.

"Something big happened at Golden K Bar last night. Did you know?" Xu Ke said calmly.

"Something big?" Li Lang was taken aback and instinctively recalled, "You mean, after Ye Chong arrived at Golden K Bar, he made all the customers on the first floor leave?"

"Yes," Xu Ke nodded.

Li Lang frowned. "What was so important about that?"

"Think carefully. Who went to Golden K yesterday?" Xu Ke chuckled. He knew Ye Chong's efforts to keep the subsequent events under wraps were extremely tight; even the Ye Family was kept in the dark, let alone the Li Family. This was the perfect opportunity for him to deceive Li Lang, whose mind was already in chaos from the previous three pieces of evidence!

Hearing Xu Ke's words, Li Lang once again fell deep into thought. But soon, he remembered. Many people had seen Wang Qiya go to Golden K Bar yesterday! In their social circles, it wasn't hard to find out about something like that!

"Are you talking about Wang Qiya coming to Golden K?" Li Lang asked hesitantly. He already had a vague guess as to what was happening, but... he didn't dare believe it!

"Yes. Now think, why did Ye Chong clear the venue after Wang Qiya arrived?" Xu Ke said softly.

A thought suddenly surged through Li Lang's mind. Looking into Xu Ke's eyes, he said with difficulty, "To... to partner with your Wang Family?"

"Close enough." Xu Ke smiled and took a sip of water. "Wiping out your Li Family was the first condition I proposed to them."

"And I might as well give you another piece of information: Duan Chongfeng from the Dapeng Commerce Guild was also there yesterday. That's why Duan Chongfeng did nothing after I hit you."

Li Lang's expression changed dramatically. What does this mean? The Wang Family, the Ye Family, and the Dapeng Commerce Guild are forming an alliance? Doesn't that mean the entire power structure of Tianhai is about to be overturned?!

This news completely shattered Li Lang's thoughts, robbing him of the ability to even think straight. Xu Ke, meanwhile, remained silent, pondering a problem. Good thing I came to Li Lang. If I'd gone to Li Shichuan, he probably would have flipped the table and stormed out by now! Li Lang is much easier to fool!

Just then, Li Lang suddenly looked up. "Wait, why would Duan Chongfeng cooperate with both of your families? And if the Wang Family wants to partner with the Ye Family, and you want them to wipe us out, why are you telling me any of this?!"

He found it hard to understand Xu Ke's behavior—wanting to have him killed, yet informing him of the plan. There had to be a catch!

Hearing this, Xu Ke slowly set down his phone, a cold smile touching his lips. "It's simple. As much as I dislike the Li Family, I despise the Ye Family even more. If you're willing to work with me, I'd much rather stab the Ye Family in the back first."

Li Lang's pupils constricted. "But wouldn't that compromise the strategic partnership between the Wang and Ye Families?! Aren't you afraid someone in the Wang Family will come after you?"

"Come after me?" Xu Ke scoffed. "The Wang Family knew the Ye Family kidnapped and nearly killed me, but they still chose to work with them, completely disregarding my life. So why should I give a damn about the Wang Family's strategy?"

It all clicked for Li Lang. So... Xu Ke, this good-for-nothing who was a live-in son-in-law in all but name, wanted to bite the hand that fed him! Now he finally understood why Xu Ke had sought him out and told him all this!

"But the matter with Duan Chongfeng…" Li Lang frowned. The Dapeng Commerce Guild, which has always claimed its independence, is finally picking a side? Isn't that too incredible?

"Why don't you just make a call and ask?" Xu Ke raised an eyebrow.

"Ask? Do you think I'm an idiot?" Li Lang glared. "How can I possibly ask about such a thing?"

Xu Ke nodded. "You really are an idiot."

"You...!"

Xu Ke frowned. "I told you to ask, not to ask directly. Can't you think of another way?"

Li Lang froze. Maybe Xu Ke has a point!

Li Lang picked up his phone, walked to the door, and quickly made a call. Ordinarily, Li Lang would never have been so obedient to Xu Ke, but after the bombardment of evidence, he had truly lost his ability to think clearly.

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