Zhang Shoufu and Wang Liyun exchanged glances, nodding slightly to each other as if they had reached some sort of tacit agreement.

"Xinlan, that Ye Chen on the TV, he's your boyfriend, isn't he?" Wang Liyun was the first to speak.

"He was in the past, but not anymore," Zhang Xinlan replied dismissively, sipping her soy milk.

"Silly child, what are you talking about?" Zhang Shoufu said to his daughter with a smile plastered all over his face.

"I'm telling the truth," said Zhang Xinlan.

"..."

Zhang Shoufu's face stiffened, but he dared not get angry, realizing his mistake.

"Ye Chen has really made it big now, with a net worth of several billion. Why didn't you tell us?" Wang Liyun said, rushing to support her husband after their daughter's words had left him speechless.

"How did I not tell?" Zhang Xinlan laughed out of frustration. "When you met Ye Chen, you were prejudiced against him and looked down on his background!"

"I told you then that Ye Chen had become successful, rich, and a person of status and authority, but you just wouldn't believe me. You even thought I was lying to you!"

"Seeing that Ye Chen was an orphan, you were cold and harsh to him, giving him trouble and pushing him out, forcibly tearing us apart and even pressuring him to become the Liu Family's son-in-law!"

"Now, you finally realize your mistake and call it regret? Shock?" Zhang Xinlan vented her resentment. "But it's too late! You've destroyed my fate with Ye Chen!"

"Heh, that's the karma you've created!"

The confused expression mixed with regret on her parents' faces made Zhang Xinlan feel immediately refreshed, her body relaxing. The feeling of turning the tables was truly exhilarating!

"Xinlan, we were wrong!" Zhang Shoufu lowered his head in humility to his daughter. "Hurry and find Ye Chen, get married to him as soon as possible. You'll only be happy with him, don't let the Liu Family benefit from this situation!"

Zhang Shoufu was notoriously stubborn and once he decided on something, it was hard to change his mind. Previously, he had been prejudiced against Ye Chen, so he went out of his way to push him away.

Now that the news was saying that Ye Chen had a net worth of billions, Zhang Shoufu suddenly felt like a fool.

Zhang Shoufu now had one unwavering idea – to make Ye Chen his son-in-law!

"It's too late. Liu Shihua went to a hotel with Ye Chen yesterday; they've definitely made a done deal," said Zhang Xinlan.

"If Liu Shihua can turn raw rice into cooked rice, so can you!" Wang Liyun said. "In those TV dramas, which wealthy man doesn't have multiple wives and concubines? In the end, the one who bears a son is the boss!"

"Daughter, as long as you have Ye Chen's child, you'll be the one with him in the end!"

"To think you could even say such things—am I really your flesh and blood?" Zhang Xinlan sneered coldly.

"..."

Wang Liyun was immediately embarrassed, realizing she might have misspoken in her anxiety.

"Xinlan, it's all my and your mother's fault," Zhang Shoufu said anxiously. "Ye Chen is a good kid. You were deeply in love before, and this marriage can't be broken!"

"You dismissed Ye Chen, and now you want me to bring him back; how can I even bring myself to ask?"

"Am I supposed to tell Ye Chen, 'My parents initially despised you for being poor, so they looked down on you and pushed you away. But now that you're on the news and the whole country knows you're rich, my parents are interested again and want you to marry me?'"

Zhang Xinlan aired her displeasure, then after eating two fried buns and a bowl of soy milk, feeling full, she left her parents and went back to her room.

Zhang Shoufu and his wife had been biased against Ye Chen and had forcibly split them up, sending Ye Chen to become the Liu Family's son-in-law, which caused Zhang Xinlan a lot of discontent.

Now that Ye Chen was on television, and his status had been detailed, her parents were certainly filled with regret, realizing just how absurdly wrong they had been.

But let them regret it. The more they regretted, the more vindicated Zhang Xinlan felt. That's right, don't believe in people!

"What do we do now?"

Seeing Zhang Xinlan ignore them, seemingly having given up completely on Ye Chen, Wang Liyun began to panic.

"Sigh!" Zhang Shoufu sighed deeply. "That boy Ye Chen isn't ordinary; I underestimated him!"

"It's all your fault!"

Wang Liyun wanted to berate Zhang Shoufu fiercely, but realizing she was also complicit, her anger dissipated into a complaint.

"You're right this time; it's all my fault. I was blind!" Zhang Shoufu became angry at himself.

"Even if you know you're wrong, what can be done about it? Ye Chen has already become the Liu Family's son-in-law," Wang Liyun lamented. If she had been more firm, if she had staunchly supported Ye Chen and Zhang Xinlan instead of joining Zhang Shoufu in kicking him when he was down, things wouldn't have turned out this bad.

"I'm going to the Liu Family right now, risking my life if I have to. I will get Ye Chen to marry our daughter!" Zhang Shoufu was filled with fighting spirit, ready to claim Ye Chen back from the Liu Family.

Zhang Shoufu didn't know what a "big shot" or "boss" was, but he knew the value of money and understood the concept of possessing billions in wealth.

When Zhang Xinlan said Ye Chen was a billionaire, Zhang Shoufu scoffed at his daughter's words.

He thought Zhang Xinlan was speaking well of Ye Chen to deceive him, but reality hit him with a sledgehammer, leaving him seething.

Considering his past actions, Zhang Shoufu felt he should change his name to Zhang Regret!

His whole life, he had been hoping for a wealthy son-in-law, wishing for a good future for his daughter so she could be happy and he could have face.

Ye Chen, the 24K gold son-in-law, came, yet he met with a cold reception and was directly packed off and given away...

Zhang Shoufu now was feeling deep regret, wishing he could bash his head to death on the ground.

However, a true man never admits defeat. If his son-in-law was sent away by him, then he would go and invite him back!

"Dad, why are you moving the table and carrying the bench to block the door?"

Liu Shihua looked at her father's actions, completely puzzled as she asked him.

"Didn't the news just say that Ye Chen is a billionaire, the youngest tycoon in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and that he's sworn brothers with big shots like Liu Zhenglong, You Tianyi, and Sun Haiping!"

"Zhang Shoufu watches the morning news every day, he must have seen the report about Ye Chen. Such a golden son-in-law was turned away by him, now he must be so regretful that his guts are turning blue!"

"From what I know about Zhang Shoufu, this old guy will definitely abandon all sense of shame and run over to our house to snatch Ye Chen away!"

"With the enemy bearing down on us strongly, I must step up our defensive measures."

Liu Zhenglong blocked the door with benches and tables, creating a solid defense line.

"What's that, Shihua? You quickly take Ye Chen to have a meal, I alone am enough to handle things here!" said Liu Zhengqing.

"Earlier you told me that Ye Chen has a good constitution and a big appetite, I especially bought a hundred fried dough sticks, but who knew that Ye Chen would finish them in two minutes. I asked your mother to fry another hundred eggs and made a pot of braised pork, boiled ten pounds of noodles, I absolutely must keep him well-fed!"

"A well-fed man has the strength to work hard, where else could I find such a good son-in-law..."

"Zhang Shoufu, that old fool doesn't recognize a good thing when he sees it, but I can't let such a good son-in-law starve and run away."

Liu Zhengqing muttered to himself in an almost neurotic manner, busily using objects to reinforce the defense line, preparing to meet the impending enemy.

"..."

Liu Shihua and Ye Chen exchanged a glance, both with faces full of helplessness. This was their father-in-law's battle, and they couldn't get involved!

"Ye Chen, now you're awesome, you've made it onto the morning news!" Liu Shihua pulled Ye Chen to sit down at the dining table.

"This is all for publicity, it's all about hype in the entertainment industry, isn't it." Ye Chen chuckled.

That day's press conference was huge, with dozens of media journalists from Huaxia present. Ye Chen also wanted to drop a bombshell and push Ye Film Industry into the spotlight.

Ye Chen's enthusiastic promotion had an astonishing effect, sweeping across the entire entertainment industry!

Moreover, such morning news programs were even describing Ye Film Industry as a conscientious enterprise in the industry. They also gave a detailed introduction of big boss Ye Chen, with results that were truly unexpected.

"The man picked by this big star here, he is in one word, 'imposing'!" boasted Liu Shihua somewhat proudly.

"Was your math taught by a P.E. teacher? That's clearly two words!" Ye Chen corrected her.

"You big dumb ox, you don't have a single humorous cell in your body!" Liu Shihua rolled her eyes at him.

"..."

"Liu Zhengqing, open the door for me!"

As Ye Chen was eating a fried egg, a visitor arrived at the Liu family."

"Zhang brother, the door isn't locked, just push it open," Liu Zhengqing shouted to Zhang Shoufu, who was outside.

"Bang!" Zhang Shoufu almost broke the door open as he entered.

Zhang Shoufu knew that Ye Chen was having breakfast at the Liu family's place, so he hurriedly rushed over, wanting to rectify the mistake he'd made.

"What the—!" Zhang Shoufu had originally been prepared to put his life on the line and fight Liu Zhengqing for three hundred rounds. However, as soon as he entered the Liu residence, he was shocked still.

Liu Zhengqing knew Zhang Shoufu would come, so he had made preparations early on, arranging boxes, chairs, and tables to form a curved protective railing, which made it nearly impossible for outsiders to enter.

"Zhengqing, how am I supposed to get past this?" asked Zhang Shoufu.

"Zhang brother, I won't invite you to come in and sit. Just say what you need to," Liu Zhengqing said with a chuckle.

"No way, I need to sit down for this. Move these boxes and chairs out of the way," Zhang Shoufu said, his face showing displeasure.

"There've been a lot of thieves in the neighborhood recently, so I put up this protective railing just in case someone tried to steal something from my house," Liu Zhengqing explained.

"..."

Zhang Shoufu's hand trembled as he heard these words, his heart instantly filling with rage.

The 'thief' Liu Zhengqing was referring to was definitely him—he had put up such a tight defense against him trying to snatch away the son-in-law.

"So, Zhang brother, what do you want?" asked Liu Zhengqing.

Even if Zhang Shoufu didn't say it, Liu Zhengqing knew why he had come. The old guy had seen the morning news and realized his mistake, knowing that Ye Chen was a golden son-in-law, and now he was here to snatch him away.

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