"Indeed, something has happened!" Long Tianhao pushed the thought of killing Ye Xiu to the back of his mind and sighed. "Last night, all of the Long Family’s money was cleaned out by Ye Xiu. However, there’s no need to worry. The Clan Leader has already ordered all branches of the Long Family on Hexia Road to immediately liquidate their assets. It will take time to sell everything, so until that money arrives, you will all need to find your own food."

As a leader, he knew he should report good news, not bad, to boost morale and inspire everyone. However, the Long Family and the thirteen affiliated clans already knew about the theft; only the people in the Long Family Manor were still in the dark. Long Tianhao had no choice but to lay his cards on the table.

"What’s wrong with all of you?" After he finished speaking, Long Tianhao prepared to comfort them. In his mind, learning that their money was stolen and their survival was no longer guaranteed would surely cause everyone to become dejected and their morale to plummet. He had even prepared a speech to lift their spirits.

But to his surprise, he found that everyone’s expression was perfectly normal, showing no sign of dejection. What was going on?

"Sixth Master, you just need to worry about solving the food problem for the others. Here at the Long Family Manor, we have Ye Liangchen. He will take care of our food and drink," Nangong Yue said with a smile. Pride beamed from her face, as she had completely settled into her role as ’Mrs. Ye Liangchen.’ Her man was solving the food problem for everyone. As his wife, she felt so proud and honored!

"Ye Liangchen?" Long Tianhao was taken aback.

"Sixth Master, you may not know this, but we ran out of food yesterday. It was only thanks to Ye Liangchen that we didn’t go hungry," Nangong Yue said, indirectly exposing Long Yifei’s negligence.

"Oh?" Long Tianhao turned to Long Yifei and asked, "Was the Long Family Manor’s money also stolen?"

"Yes!" Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Long Yifei had to admit it. He then took the opportunity to complain, "Last night, Ye Liangchen hosted a grand banquet and invited everyone to eat but deliberately excluded me. He’s targeting me on purpose."

Hearing this, Long Tianhao flew into a rage. Ye Liangchen had actually started to oppose him so openly. If that’s the case, then I’ll just kill Ye Liangchen and take his money!

The members of the thirteen affiliated clans suddenly began to worry for Ye Xiu. With Long Yifei continuously stirring up animosity toward Ye Liangchen, and considering Long Tianhao’s personality, he would very likely target Ye Liangchen.

Just then, an ambulance drove into the Long Family Manor. After it stopped, two paramedics carried the Clan Leader out on a stretcher.

"Elder Brother, what’s wrong?" Long Tianhao cried, running over.

"Quick, get Ye Liangchen here to heal me! Huang Quan was too vicious this time. My injuries are severe," the Clan Leader said weakly.

"But Ye Liangchen isn’t here," Long Tianhao replied.

"Then go find him!" the Clan Leader bellowed.

"Right, right!" Long Tianhao quickly yelled to the members of the thirteen affiliated clans, "All War Gods, go find Ye Liangchen! Hurry!"

"Yes, sir!" Instantly, everyone from the thirteen affiliated clans—except for Nangong Yue and the others who were above the War God realm—rushed out of the Long Family Manor to search for Ye Xiu.

"Elder Brother, Ye Xiu has gone too far. We must find him quickly," Long Tianhao said fiercely.

"Starting today, everyone is to search for Ye Xiu with all their might," the Clan Leader ordered through gritted teeth. "By the way, where is Tang Bo?"

"I’m here, Master, I’m here!" Tang Bo, who had just returned to the Long Family Manor, heard the Clan Leader calling for him and hurried over.

"Tang Bo, what is the status of your mission?" the Clan Leader asked.

"Mission? What mission?" Tang Bo asked, looking puzzled.

"Did I not order you to impersonate Ye Xiu, ruin his reputation, and lure him out?" the Clan Leader demanded, enraged.

Tang Bo was completely dumbfounded. He had totally forgotten about the mission over the past few days. But he certainly couldn’t admit that, or the Clan Leader would have his head. He quickly said, "For the past two days, I’ve been impersonating Ye Xiu and hitting on girls all over the place."

He inwardly praised himself for his quick wits!

In reality, he had been using his own name the entire time and hadn’t impersonated Ye Xiu at all.

"Oh?" The Clan Leader’s eyes lit up. "That’s a good idea. Gradually, Ye Xiu’s reputation will become stained."

"Yes, yes, that was exactly my thinking," Tang Bo said with an awkward laugh.

"Tang Bo, where did you get the money for that?" Long Tianhao asked.

"My brother, Ye Liangchen, gave it to me," Tang Bo replied. "He’s very generous, always giving me two thousand at a time."

"It seems Ye Liangchen is very invested in seeing Ye Xiu’s name smeared," the Clan Leader said with a satisfied smile.

"There’s more," Tang Bo added. "When Long Yifei left us to starve, it was Brother Ye Liangchen who paid for all our meals out of his own pocket."

"It appears Ye Liangchen feels a true sense of belonging to the Long Family," the Clan Leader said, even more pleased.

"Elder Brother, don’t be fooled by Ye Liangchen’s facade." Seeing the Clan Leader’s growing appreciation for the man, Long Tianhao couldn’t help but interject. "Long Yifei is severely injured, yet Ye Liangchen, with his excellent Medical Skills, refused to treat him. Furthermore, when Ye Liangchen hosted the banquet, he deliberately excluded Long Yifei. He is clearly targeting our Long Family on purpose!"

"Sixth Master, I take issue with that," Tang Bo shot back, his anger flaring. He immediately recounted how Long Yifei had tormented Ye Liangchen, adding plenty of embellishments. Nangong Yue and the others gathered around, chiming in one after another to supplement the story, collectively tearing Long Yifei’s character to shreds.

"Insolent fool!" After hearing the full story, the Clan Leader was so furious that a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. He rounded on Long Tianhao, shouting, "Sixth Brother, just listen to this! Listen! What kind of great-grandson have you raised? Ye Liangchen is now in charge of the Fire Seed Company and an ally of our Long Family! Yet Long Yifei, with his narrow mind and jealousy of the talented, maliciously obstructed him. He is undermining the very foundation of our family!"

The angrier the Clan Leader became, the louder he spoke, finally delivering his verdict with absolute finality. "From this moment on, I strip Long Yifei of his eligibility to compete for the position of Young Master of the Long Family. He is not fit to be a successor to this family!"

Hearing this, Long Yifei was so enraged he nearly leaped up to kill Tang Bo. He had finally found the perfect opportunity, with Ye Liangchen absent, to maliciously slander him and incite his great-grandfather, Long Tianhao, to want to kill him. But now, Tang Bo’s words had exposed him and ruined everything! Worse, it had cost him his eligibility to compete for the position of Young Master.

"You useless thing! You’ve completely disgraced me!" Long Tianhao roared, kicking Long Yifei and sending him flying.

He truly hadn’t expected that Ye Liangchen had been targeting Long Yifei simply because Long Yifei had provoked him first. After this incident, he feared that the sixth branch of the Long Family, which he led, was doomed to decline. After all, among all his great-grandsons, Long Yifei was the only one of any real promise. He had no other great-grandson who could contend with the geniuses from the other five branches.

Ye Liangchen, you’ve ruined my branch of the family. Just you wait, Long Tianhao thought. He directed all his fury toward Ye Xiu but kept it hidden on the surface. He knew the Clan Leader would never permit him to retaliate against Ye Liangchen.