CHAPTER 920: CHAPTER 919: CHOOSING BEAUTY OVER POWER

He amended his words under the threat of Bo Tingshen’s squinting eyes, "Colleague!"

"CEO, he’s taking advantage of me!"

Ye Xian pouted and complained to Bo Tingshen, when a call suddenly came in.

"I’ll settle the score with you later."

Ye Xian tossed aside the script, took out her phone, and to her surprise, it was her dad calling?

Usually, isn’t it mom or second brother who calls from home...

Ye Xian answered the phone, and behind her came the sound of a click and a wail from Shangguan Yunli, "Tingshen, you actually went for it, take it easy, take it easy, I’ve been feeling a bit kidney deficient lately..."

"Okay, I understand."

Ye Xian hung up the phone, feeling somewhat lost.

Bo Tingshen noticed it, released Shangguan Yunli, and walked over, "What’s wrong, whose call was it?"

She turned around, her expression somewhat grave as she looked at him, "It’s a call from my dad, he wants us to go home."

"Together?"

"Mmm, it seems to have something to do with the Lu Family, and it sounds quite serious."

"CEO!"

Pang Kai’s phone suddenly rang, he opened it, and looked up in surprise, "Email just came from Lu Group, they’ve... refused the collaboration."

Shangguan Yunli: "What collaboration did they refuse? With Meng’s?"

"Yes, yes!"

"What a joke," Shangguan Yunli said in disbelief, "AKAM, such a massive mechanical manufacturing group, agreed to collaborate with Lu’s all because of Tingshen, yet they not only don’t treasure it but rejected it? Their company is so precarious; if they don’t operate, their capital chain would be broken, won’t it? Could it be... that Lu Cen truly wants beauty over the kingdom? He doesn’t seem like someone so lacking in ambition."

"What beauty over kingdom," Ye Xian: "I’m not even familiar with him."

"Otherwise, how do you explain his reason for rejecting such a windfall like AKAM?"

In the depths of Bo Tingshen’s calm, pond-like dark eyes surged a trace of cold gleam, he held Ye Xian’s hand, "Let’s go home."

Shangguan Yunli: "I want to go too!"

Tingshen has always been the type to prioritize courtesy before force, this time he personally went to Jin City to handle the AKAM case because of Ye Xian and the Ye Family, who would’ve thought the Lu Family to be so ungrateful, the upcoming matters won’t be as fortunate.

But he truly wanted to see what exactly the Lu Family could rely on to compete with Tingshen for someone.

Elegant Royal Court Villa District, Ye Family.

In the hall, the atmosphere was silent, Father Ye and Mother Ye sat on the couch, sighing from time to time, Ye Juncheng comforted them, while Ye Shaowen paced under the light, even his shadow revealed a hint of anger.

"I really misjudged that Lu Cen, I thought he was a decent person, but he turns out to be two-faced, claiming to adhere to some ancient martial rules, but he didn’t say that when he came to visit the family, I think he just covets Xiao Yezi but doesn’t dare admit it!"

"Shaowen," Ye Zhuoxuan sternly reprimanded, his tone full of helplessness, "don’t say that, it’s us who broke the contract first, we owe the Lu Family."

"Dad, it’s only us who broke the contract, didn’t they also breach it? What did Lu Cen say initially? As long as Xiao Yezi disagrees, the marriage contract would be canceled, now he’s changed his stance, saying something about promises, family rules, that to cancel the marriage contract one has to go through a life and death arena, and they even specially invited the strongest disciple from the sect, and have sent out invitations, what’s their intention? They want to force Xiao Yezi to marry, refusing would lead to the Ye Family’s ruin?"

"I think you were previously deceived by that brat’s hypocrisy, the reason he dared to say that if Xiao Yezi didn’t develop feelings within three months, the marriage contract would be canceled, was due to overconfidence, thinking that Xiao Yezi would surely like him, not knowing about Bo Tingshen’s existence, now realizing the strong rival, he immediately reneged, simply Bo Tingshen wasn’t even arrogant..."

At least Bo Tingshen was humble in front of mom and dad and didn’t make any false promises.

Ye Juncheng: "Now talking about this won’t solve anything, we have to think of a way to handle the arena situation."

"With their words so firm, actions resolute, what else can we do?"

Besides sending Xiao Yezi over, or confronting the life and death arena.

Ye Shaowen clenched his fist, his eyes filled with determination, "Don’t worry, I’ll handle this arena, if they want to marry Xiao Yezi, they’ll have to step over my dead body first."

"Don’t say things in anger!"

"Nonsense!"

"Absolutely not!"

Zhu Shanshan, upon hearing this, stood up anxiously, "You don’t even know martial arts, how could you possibly defeat their strongest disciple from the Ancient Martial Sect, isn’t it unrealistic?"

"If I don’t step into the arena, should big brother? His hands are meant for the scalpel, not dealing with brutes, if Xiao Yezi is forced to marry such a person, I’d rather be beaten to death!"

"Well... we could think of other ways," Zhu Shanshan was so worried she scratched her head, "or hire a master for a high price to fight for us?"

"Do you think this is a novel you’re writing? The situation is urgent, where can we find a master stronger than the strongest disciple of the Ancient Martial Sect, and even if we found one, such a master wouldn’t risk their life for some money in an unknown life or death arena!"

What should we do...

Zhu Shanshan was anxiously pacing, "Or I could call my dad and ask what to do..."

"Miss, Mr. Bo, you’re here!"

Aunt Tao opened the door, the family of four looked towards the doorway and saw Ye Xian, Bo Tingshen, and behind them... Shangguan Yunli?

"Young Master Shangguan."

Ye Zhuoxuan stood up, Shangguan Yunli nodded slightly, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt."

"Tingshen, you’re here, come in and have a seat."

"Mom, Dad, what exactly happened?" Ye Xian ran over in confusion, "What about the Lu Family?"

Xia Hewan sighed softly, looked at Bo Tingshen with some difficulty.

"Today, your dad and I went to the Lu Family to discuss breaking the engagement, but Old Master Lu’s face changed instantly, refusing to agree no matter what, and even sent back the AKAM contract, seeing we insisted... things turned ugly, he said if we adamantly wanted to call it off, we must adhere to the Ancient Martial sect’s rules and fight in a life and death arena, win and the engagement can be annulled."

"Life and death arena?" Shangguan Yunli laughed, "Is there still such an outdated way of dueling nowadays?"

Ye Shaowen snorted, "What dueling method? They’re clearly using the sect’s force to pressure us, if anyone in the Ye Family could defeat their martial disciples, would we have sought them in the first place?"

"True."

"Why?" Ye Xian didn’t understand, "Why are they refusing to sign a contract which could save the family business, insisting on the marriage?"

Could it really be like what Shangguan Yunli said?

Ye Zhuoxuan: "Xianxian, Lu Cen has his eyes on you and wants you to marry him."

Ha

Ye Xian found it truly bewildering, she had only met Lu Cen a few times, and barely spoken a few words with him, and he’s set his eyes on her? Even willing to sacrifice the family business and turn against her parents to marry, they truly regarded her as a commodity in this marriage contract?

"Who is the defender?"

Bo Tingshen lifted his gaze, Ye Juncheng shook his head, "I’m not sure yet, but they said it’s the strongest disciple of the younger generation from the Ancient Martial sect."

Upon hearing the words, both Bo Tingshen and Shangguan Yunli looked slightly startled, exchanging a glance between them.

Then, Bo Tingshen’s gaze fell on Ye Shaowen.

Ye Shaowen unintentionally met his eyes, furrowing his brow, why was he looking at him?