Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Ling Family of Jiang City

“It does not matter if you will not speak.”

Ye Qiu withdrew his gaze and, with obvious waning interest, projected Yun Yan’s holographic image.

“Was the portrait from earlier captured?”

“Master, it has already been collected. Although the other party was wearing a face mask, based on the contour around the eyes and cross-referencing with everyone who has appeared in Jiangcheng recently, there are one thousand five hundred sixty-one matches.”

As she spoke, Yun Yan pouted with grievance. “Master, to compare these more than a thousand possible candidates, with my current computing power it will take at least thirty-six hours. Master, when will you upgrade my hardware?”

“You are already the most advanced computing system available,” Ye Qiu said irritably. “Even the budget system from Zero-One is about the same as you.”

“Master, I know a company in Huaxia has developed the latest computing system. If I had that newest system, my processing power could increase a hundredfold.”

“Is this really the time to be saying that?” Ye Qiu shot her a glare. This thing was becoming smarter by the day, and naughtier too.

To his surprise, Yun Yan heard him and puffed out her lips in grievance. “I was only thinking of serving Master better.”

“Cut the act. You clearly have plenty of ways to eliminate more people.”

“You saw through me, human. Tremble, for I shall rule…”

“Rule your head.”

Ye Qiu directly cut off Yun Yan’s projection.

“Let me out, human. You cannot treat such a cute and adorable robot baby this way.”

“Quit fooling around. Be normal.”

“Yes, Master.”

Yun Yan’s hologram projected once more. She stuck out her tongue at Ye Qiu with an air of mock pride, then began scanning the men on the ground.

“Master, after comparison, one person’s eye shape appears in Jiangcheng as well. After further cross-analysis with suspicious individuals, it has been confirmed to be the target: Jiangcheng’s Ling Nianhan.”

As she spoke, Yun Yan projected information about the Ling family of Jiangcheng.

The Ling family made its fortune in medicine. Several of its drugs are well circulated on the market, and some special medications are distributed within Huaxia through joint ventures and licensing agreements.

Later, the Ling family expanded into real estate, biotechnology, and technological development, becoming one of Jiangcheng’s three great tycoons.

Ling Nianhan’s father, Ling Pingzhi, studied in the United States in his youth, where he became acquainted with Buck of Teton Technologies. It was also Buck who invested in Ling Pingzhi’s first biotechnology company.

“Master, shall I issue the Seraphim Order?”

“No.”

Ye Qiu shook his head.

Issuing the Seraphim Order would cause far too much commotion.

Besides, the Jiangcheng Ling family was not yet worthy of such an order from Ye Qiu.

After some thought, Ye Qiu called Xie Yishou: “Send out a message for me. I’m going after the Jiangcheng Ling family. Anyone willing to make me, Ye, a friend can step on them as well.”

“Yes, Mr. Ye.”

Xie Yishou did not feel offended by Ye Qiu’s commanding tone; instead, his whole being trembled with excitement.

One of Jiangcheng’s three great tycoons was about to fall, and the opportunities that would open up were enough to make anyone salivate.

What? No one would respond?

With Ye Qiu’s current prestige in Linhai, it would be enough for him to rally the masses with a single call.

At the very least, Xie Yishou felt that he himself would throw in without hesitation.

With a hundred percent profit, people can do anything; let alone when the profit is far more than a hundred percent.

“Yezi, won’t this make too much of a scene? Besides, we still can’t be sure it really is Ling Nianhan.”

How could anyone in business have never heard of the Jiangcheng Ling family? Naturally, Liu Yiran had also long been thunderstruck by the family’s reputation.

Despite the fact that the Ye-Liu Group’s stock price now seemed to be rocket-mounted, the Ling family’s enterprises were not publicly listed. Yet whether in scale, stature, or even foundation, the Ye-Liu Group could not compare with the Lings.

An egg against a rock.

She had just truly felt death up close.

The light in Ling Nianhan’s eyes had inspired a nameless fear in her heart. If possible, of course she would want that pervert completely erased from the world, so he could not go on harming others.

But compared with Ye Qiu’s safety, all of that suddenly seemed so insignificant.

“Big Master, you have to trust science.” Yun Yan puffed up her little mouth again. “A robot will not make mistakes.”

“You’re asking for a beating, aren’t you? How dare you talk to Big Sister like that?” Ye Qiu took back Yun Yan’s projection once more, then looked at Liu Yiran and said, “The mistake itself should not be much of a problem. As for the commotion, if it is not big enough, it will not intimidate these people.”

“Yezi?”

Liu Yiran looked at him with a half-understanding, half-worried expression.

When people suddenly come into great wealth, it is easy to become arrogant and forget their limits. But she knew Ye Qiu was not such a person, which made it all the more dangerous.

“Big Sister, don’t worry. I will not put myself in danger.”

“All right. Since you have already decided, Big Sister supports you.”

Liu Yiran’s eyes glimmered faintly with tears. Of course she knew Ye Qiu was doing all this for her.

She was deeply moved.

And she was willing to do everything in her power to support him. After all, that had always been the very reason she had devoted herself wholeheartedly to business.

…

“Slap.”

“Bastard, do you know what kind of background the other side has?”

Young Master Liu clutched his face, unable to understand why his father was so furious.

That was the Jiangcheng Ling family, wealthier than their own Liu family, and far more influential in Jiangcheng than the Liu family could ever hope to be.

This Ye fellow was simply courting death. At a time like this, their Liu family should be helping to trample the Ye-Liu Group and that Ye Qiu, not aiding him. It made no sense to him.

Wasn’t it just that his second sister had taken a venerable old man as her master? At worst, they would just spend a bit more money on medical treatment in the future. A famous doctor in the capital might be given face in Linhai and called a master physician, but without that face he was nothing at all. Why should the Liu family fear some old man?

“What, you think he’s just some man with the surname Ye?”

Seeing Young Master Liu’s refusal to yield, Liu Wenhong’s anger surged all over again.

If he had not only this one son—if he had even one daughter—Old Liu might not have continued grooming him as his successor.

“Do you know what kind of background this Ye man has?”

Old Liu had no choice but to proceed step by step.

“I heard he inherited an estate from some foreign tycoon. A few billion, maybe.”

Young Master Liu’s face was full of contempt. The Liu family was not far behind that. The key was that in Linhai, with the Liu family’s connections and reputation, how hard could it be to deal with an upstart?

In fact, Young Master Liu had already set his sights on that money. As long as he found a pretext, squeezing several hundred million out of that brat would not necessarily be impossible.

Old Liu had worked hard his entire life, and just by looking at his son’s eyes he knew the boy was up to no good.

“I’m warning you, do not go looking for death. Otherwise, even I won’t be able to save you.”

“Dad, I understand.”

Young Master Liu’s obedient, deferential expression finally made Old Liu breathe a sigh of relief.

So be it. Your old man will do one more thing for you.