“Isn’t it rumored that Doctor Zhu cured Feiyang’s father before? I should pay a visit to such a divine doctor?” Yu Chi Yannian chuckled and said to Ji Feiyang.
Ji Feiyang rolled his eyes internally. This old man had been in the same trench as his father back then, but after years in business, he had many schemes. Ji Feiyang would never believe what he was saying now.
“Please sit down.”
Ye Bufan invited Yu Chi Yannian to sit.
“Patriarch Yu Chi, if you have something on your mind, just say it. You are an elder to Brother Ji, and you are old family friends with the Ji family. Just speak your mind.”
Yu Chi Yannian’s sudden visit was somewhat abrupt in terms of propriety. Ye Bufan knew that Yu Chi Yannian must have other intentions. He decided to get straight to the point and see what the man wanted.
“It’s like this. I know the Chu family is cooperating with Doctor Zhu in the traditional Chinese medicine industry. Our Yu Chi family also has this plan to further develop in the traditional Chinese medicine sector. I’d like to ask if Doctor Zhu is open to cooperation?” Yu Chi Yannian said.
“No,” Zhu Zizhen refused without even thinking.
Yu Chi Yannian was stunned at first but didn’t appear unhappy. Seeing him like this, Ye Bufan knew the visitor’s true intentions lay elsewhere.
“Feiyang, I saw that during the auction, the Marrow Cleansing Pill was almost yours. Why did you stop bidding in the end?” Yu Chi Yannian asked. “I heard that the military also attaches great importance to this Marrow Cleansing Pill.”
Ji Feiyang was slightly taken aback. This matter shouldn’t have been brought up in this context. Since it was, the situation had become interesting.
A slight curve formed on Ye Bufan’s lips. This old fox was here for the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
“Because I have other arrangements, and I also have other ways to obtain the Marrow Cleansing Pill,” Ji Feiyang said frankly to Yu Chi Yannian.
Upon hearing that Ji Feiyang had other avenues, Yu Chi Yannian’s first reaction was not to look at Ji Feiyang, but to scan Zhu Zizhen and Ye Bufan, and finally settle his gaze on Ji Feiyang.
“It seems Yu Chi Yannian is here for the Marrow Cleansing Pill,” Ji Feiyang had already reached a conclusion.
“This is something I collaborated with another family on. The specific method is inconvenient to disclose,” Ji Feiyang told Yu Chi Yannian.
“Doctor Zhu, since we’re on this topic, I’ll be direct. From the moment the Marrow Cleansing Pill appeared, there have been rumors that it was made by you, Doctor Zhu. So we’ve come today to seek the pill.” Yu Chi Yannian was also an old fox. Knowing he’d been exposed, he stopped pretending.
“It wasn’t me,” Zhu Zizhen said. “Why do you say it was me?”
Yu Chi Yannian smiled and said, “It’s actually very simple. The Marrow Cleansing Pill was discovered by Jin He’s Jin Fang, and thus the auction was held at Jin Fang. We just need to refer to Jin Fang’s usual practice. Going back in time from the announcement of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, we only need to check the surveillance footage outside Jin Fang during that time frame to see who the mysterious person was who went to Jin Fang.”
Ji Feiyang was stunned by Yu Chi Yannian’s information. He hadn’t expected Yu Chi Yannian to investigate in this manner.
After the auction, Yu Chi Yannian had only intended to make a brief appearance. Later, he encountered an old acquaintance at Jin Fang, and this idea came to him.
Thus, Yu Chi Yannian used some means to investigate. He discovered that Zhu Zizhen had visited Jin Fang during those few days, which further solidified his suspicions.
“It really wasn’t me,” Zhu Zizhen stated.
Seeing that Zhu Zizhen didn’t want to admit it, Yu Chi Yannian chuckled and said, “If Doctor Zhu says it wasn’t him, then it wasn’t. I merely came today to make friends with Doctor Zhu, and I have no other intentions.”
After speaking, Yu Chi Yannian took out a business card from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table in the living room.
“Doctor Zhu, I won’t overstay my welcome.” Yu Chi Yannian clasped his hands in a bow to Zhu Zizhen and then left Ye Bufan’s villa.
“This Yu Chi Yannian is quite interesting,” Ye Bufan remarked. “As expected of someone from the older generation, he has wisdom and knows how to advance and retreat appropriately.”
“Do you need me to negotiate with him?” Ji Feiyang asked.
Ye Bufan waved his hand and said, “He is a smart man. He has likely dealt with all the information he possesses. After all, if anyone knew about such a matter, they would wish that only they knew the secret.”
“I really don’t understand you people, thinking things through so complicatedly,” Ji Feiyang said.
“Brother Ji, you can consider Yu Chi Yannian’s visit as an invitation to cooperate with me,” Ye Bufan chuckled.
“Forget it, forget it. I’m not interested in that. I just want to know if I’ll really get my Marrow Cleansing Pill tomorrow,” Ji Feiyang looked at Ye Bufan very seriously.
Ye Bufan nodded at Ji Feiyang with certainty.
“Alright, brother, with your word, I’m at ease.” Ji Feiyang laughed heartily upon hearing this.
Finally, Ye Bufan didn’t linger. He had some matters to attend to in the military and left in a hurry.
Ye Bufan sat down. Zhu Zizhen looked at Ye Bufan and said, “Master, now that the matter of the Marrow Cleansing Pill is known, what should we do?”
“It’s nothing. This matter was bound to be known eventually, it was only a matter of time,” Ye Bufan replied.
That night, Ye Bufan was cultivating in his villa when he received a text message from Jin Yuchen.
“News of the deaths of the three Yue family members has reached Hu Zhou. People from the capital are here, and the Jin brothers are preparing to make a move against you. Be careful.” Jin Yuchen’s message was very concise. After reading it, Ye Bufan resumed his cultivation.
In the following days, news came from Hu Zhou that the Yue family was enraged by the accidental deaths of two successive family heads and vowed to find the killer.
As soon as the news broke, the Yue family fell into internal strife, with collateral branches vying for the position of family head. Jin Yuchen seized this opportunity and, according to plan, began to annex the Yue family’s enterprises, causing the call for revenge to disappear after it was issued by the Yue family.
On Ye Bufan’s end, the day after the auction, he refined a batch of Marrow Cleansing Pills, totaling nine. After Ji Feiyang took his, eight remained. This time, Ye Bufan did not choose to auction them at Jin Fang again but kept them.
At Jin Fang, after deducting taxes and their commission, the auction proceeds were transferred to Ye Bufan’s account. Ye Bufan was surprised to find that he had around forty billion left. He then secretly transferred this money to the Chu family’s account.
Apart from this, Jin He was in a state of extreme tranquility.
Ye Bufan was unconcerned. Perhaps for Chu Mengyao, Jin Yuchen, and others, this was a precursor to a major upheaval.
Five days after the auction ended, Huangfu Yujia smoothly emerged from the fish tank…