Ye Shaodong's eyes lit up, "Medical skills? You said just now you could heal my injuries, you weren't just trying to make me happy?"
Ye Tian: "Of course not, I can really heal you. Brother, you and Yan'er wait for me at home, I'll go buy medicine first. And visit Ziyi along the way."
Ye Shaodong quickly said, "Go quickly, you should go see her first."
Ye Tian hailed a taxi and headed to Lin Ziyi's home.
The Lin family wasn't considered a prominent family in Haicheng, but they had tens of millions in assets and some influence.
Sitting in the taxi, Ye Tian called Lin Ziyi. He got her number from his elder brother.
The call didn't go through. He sighed, and the memories of the two of them surfaced in his mind.
In his third year of high school, Lin Ziyi was the campus belle of Haicheng No. 1 High School, with countless suitors. Ye Tian wasn't outstanding among the boys; he wasn't the richest, the most handsome, or the most talented.
Until one evening after evening study, Lin Ziyi went for her usual night run. Ye Tian, who had a crush on Lin Ziyi at the time, knew about her habit of running at night and followed her from a distance to protect her every day. This protection lasted for several months.
That day, when Lin Ziyi ran onto a secluded path, she encountered several drunken middle-aged men. Seeing Lin Ziyi's curvaceous figure and beautiful face, they were overcome with lust and dragged Lin Ziyi into the woods.
Lin Ziyi was in utter despair then. She felt ruined and had even thought about how to commit suicide. But at that moment, she heard a furious roar. A young man, holding a brick, descended like a divine soldier and slammed it hard onto the heads of the drunken men. Sudancn.com
Ye Tian's eyes blazed with ferocity. With one brick after another, he beat the drunken men until their heads were bloody and they screamed in agony. In the end, they fled in disgrace.
Lin Ziyi came back to her senses and suddenly hugged Ye Tian. That night, Ye Tian escorted Lin Ziyi home. From then on, the two became lovers, and their relationship lasted until university.
However, their relationship was met with strong opposition from Lin Ziyi's family.
Lin Ziyi had lived a life of comfort and luxury since childhood, never experiencing hardship. But just because she was dating Ye Tian, she suffered greatly.
In her first year of university, Lin Ziyi's father, in a fit of anger, cut off all her living expenses, forcing her to work to earn tuition. Every day, besides studying, she had to work hard for four to five hours.
Thinking of their past, Ye Tian felt even more guilty. He murmured, "Ziyi, I'm sorry, I will definitely compensate you properly!"
He said to the driver, "Driver, faster."
The Lin family lived in Haicheng's villa district, Jiangnan Huayuan.
The car stopped at the entrance of the community. He said to the security guard, "Excuse me, I'm looking for Lin Ziyi."
The security guard sized him up and said, "Does the Lin family know you're here?"
Ye Tian: "No, please inform Lin Ziyi, she will definitely see me."
The security guard snorted, "I'm sorry. According to regulations, if the resident doesn't call, we can't let anyone in."
Ye Tian frowned, thought for a moment, and turned to leave.
He knew the location of Lin Ziyi's house. Reaching the high wall, seeing no one around, he touched his toes, and with a "whoosh," he shot up several meters high, easily clearing the wall.
He landed in a green area. Confirming his location, he strode towards Lin Ziyi's house.
In no time, he arrived in front of a three-story villa. Through the flower wall, he heard a voice.
"Ziyi has finally come to her senses and is willing to marry into the Ma family," a woman said, sounding like Lin Ziyi's mother, Zhu Yuting.
Then a middle-aged man's voice came, he sighed and said, "That scoundrel Ye Tian has caused Ziyi to have no peaceful days for several years. It's good that she's come to her senses. The Ma family is the premier wealthy family in Haicheng. If she marries into it, she'll at least have a life of comfort and security."
This middle-aged man's voice sounded like Lin Ziyi's father, Lin Jinsheng.
Zhu Yuting: "Yes, I don't know what Ziyi was thinking, to fall for that poor boy."
Lin Jinsheng: "The Ma family said that as long as Ziyi marries them, I can contract major projects from the real estate developments the Ma family is undertaking. Mother has always favored my elder and third brothers, thinking he is more capable than me. Hmph, I want to show her who her most successful son is!"
Zhu Yuting: "Exactly! Husband, once we secure the project from the Ma family, let the third family envy and be jealous! We'll earn more in a year than they can in a lifetime!"
Hearing this, Ye Tian was struck by lightning. Lin Ziyi was going to marry someone else!
"Uncle Lin!" Ye Tian walked to the front gate, "Lin Ziyi cannot marry into the Ma family!"
Lin Jinsheng and Zhu Yuting were both startled and looked sharply towards the door, immediately recognizing Ye Tian.
"It's you!" Lin Jinsheng's anger flared upon seeing Ye Tian, and he said fiercely, "How did you get in here? Get out, get out immediately!"
Ye Tian frowned, "Uncle, I will treat Lin Ziyi well. Also, if you need to do projects, I can help you."
"Security!" Lin Jinsheng roared, not wanting to look at Ye Tian any longer.
The security guards in the wealthy district patrolled twenty-four hours a day. With his shout, two security guards immediately rushed over.
Seeing Lin Jinsheng's agitated state, Ye Tian didn't want to clash with the security guards. He shook his head, turned, and walked towards the courtyard wall. By the time the security guards caught up, he had already leaped over the wall and out.
Outside the courtyard wall, Ye Tian murmured, "Ziyi shouldn't be at home. I must find her."
He took out his phone and made a call. The owner of the number was the head of an intelligence center named Ren Ping. Ren Ping's youngest daughter had been cured of ALS by Ye Tian. Ren Ping was full of gratitude towards him and would grant any request. It was Ren Ping's help that allowed him to quickly find Lin Ziyi before.
"Old Ren, help me locate Lin Ziyi again," he said.
In less than five minutes, he received a location map showing Lin Ziyi about ten kilometers away from him. He immediately hailed a taxi to go there.
In the taxi, Ren Ping called, "Little brother Ye, my subordinate in Haicheng inquired, and the Lin Ziyi you're looking for has already made a marriage engagement with the Ma family. The day after tomorrow morning, the second young master of the Ma family, Ma Shijue, will come to the Lin family to propose. It's said that the Lin family's old matriarch will personally receive him."
After taking the call, Ye Tian considered for a moment and said to the driver, "Turn around."
He decided to go to the Lin family to propose tomorrow, to marry Lin Ziyi openly! He would never let Lin Ziyi suffer any more grievances!
"The Lin family looks down on me, it's simply because I don't have money. As long as I'm richer than the Ma family, everything will be fine."
He asked the driver to drive him to a herbal medicine shop in Haicheng. He bought dozens of herbs and then went straight home.
Upon returning home, while brewing medicine for Ye Shaodong, he dialed a number from his notebook.
The owner of this number was the behind-the-scenes boss of several major cosmetic companies in China, named Yang Shoucheng, with a net worth of tens of billions.
Yang Shoucheng had been diagnosed with a terminal illness six months ago. Ye Tian saved his life with three doses of medicine. Because of this, Yang Shoucheng held him in high esteem and had offered to cooperate with him, providing formulations for the production of several drugs or health supplements.