Chapter 170: The Coveter: Yanyan Is Mine

At this moment, the facilities in Jiayu Manor were luxurious and ostentatious, exuding the kind of style only high society possessed.

Young Mistress Qi’s beautiful eyes flickered as every sentence she spoke provoked Su Wenhao.

The key was that Su Wenhao was so put down he didn’t dare make a sound.

The two characters “Yan Liang” carried so much intimidation and murderous intent that he didn’t dare to retort.

“Ms. Qi is right. As an uncle, how could I possibly obstruct my niece? Naturally, whatever she wants, I will comply with.”

“As for this banquet, I held it as an older brother especially for his younger sister, with no other scheme…”

Su Wenhao unconsciously bowed his body. He truly didn’t dare say anything.

Seeing the time, Yan Liang would probably arrive soon. He dared not give anyone any excuse at such a crucial moment.

“Uncle had better do as he says.”

Young Mistress Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow and gave an arrogant smile. She said nothing further, lifted her luxurious skirt, casually took a glass of champagne, and sat in a small booth beneath a white rose trellis.

Jiayu Manor was the dowry of Yan Liang’s mother, Su Jiayu.

Even Qi Yuan remembered that when she was little Yan Liang loved to play here. Jiayu Manor was planted with a garden full of white roses, pure and beautiful.

Yan Liang’s childhood had indeed been one of indulgence and pampering.

Qi Yuan was different. She was about the same age as Yan Liang but a year older.

And the Qi family, like Yan Liang’s, had two older brothers and a younger brother.

Only the Yan family had one older brother and one older sister.

Besides Yan Han’s other sister, who had been missing for many years.

The remaining so-called “siblings” in the Yan family, though nominally blood-related, hardly had any family affection left—they practically wanted to destroy each other!!

The Qi family was different: among Qi Yuan’s generation, anyone who could threaten her claim to the head seat of the family was gone.

Thus, she earned the reputation of “the most viperous Third Mistress of the Qi family and the most vicious Young Mistress Qi!!”

Since the day after the Qi family lost everyone except her.

She was, as a matter of course, called “Young Mistress Qi”!

No one called her Third Mistress Qi anymore.

Qi Yuan and Yan Liang had known each other since childhood. Although the Qi family had three sons, they still focused on grooming their male heirs, intent on using Qi Yuan as a “bargaining chip” to bring glory to the family in the future—the beautifully named strategy of a marriage of convenience!!

From an early age, Qi Yuan clearly knew relying on others was worse than relying on herself.

So when her younger brother, at thirteen, deliberately bullied her and tried to push her into the pool to watch her flounder because she couldn’t swim, she kicked him in instead.

Each time he tried to get up, she coldly snapped off each of his fingers.

“Little brother, is bullying your sister fun?”

“What a pity, in this life no one will have the chance to rightly call me ‘elder sister’ anymore.”

Qi Yuan shoved him into the water and then threw several snakes in after him…

The Qi family naturally had suspicions, but at that time Qi Yuan was already in charge of a major project within the Qi Group, and for the sake of profit the family did not touch her.

See, a family of tycoons is like this—everything is about profit!

So what if one son died?

He still had two more.

But who knew, those two couldn’t be kept either…

Qi Yuan sat beneath the white rose trellis, swirling the champagne in her goblet and watching the mingling crowd not far away.

The so-called socialites and nobles exchanged hypocritical pleasantries.

It was painfully boring.

She remembered there used to be a swing set not far from here, Yan Liang’s favorite…

Unfortunately, it had long since been razed to the ground.

She could actually empathize with Yan Liang. Both had families that didn’t treat them like people—seemingly prestigious households but in truth terrifying abysses.

“Back then, when Liang was little she even had dimples when she smiled… it’s been so long since I’ve seen her smile, I’m beginning to forget.”

Young Mistress Qi Yuan lifted her champagne glass, unable to help feeling a touch of sentiment.

“Young Mistress Qi, did you know Ms. Liang from when she was a child?”

The new favorite at her side couldn’t help but be curious. His clear eyes showed a naive innocence unversed in the world.

Qi Yuan looked at the young man whose features seemed vaguely familiar, reached out and ruffled his short hair. “Mhm.”

“She was beautiful as a child, like a little princess.”

Now, she was like her.

She had become a terrifying demoness that made everyone shudder with fear!!

“Sigh…today’s event isn’t going to be another ambush, is it? Last time at the Yan family’s old manor, at that so-called birthday feast I ate so badly my stomach was ruined—I almost died…”

“I just returned to the country and heard Young Mistress Yan went mad for love, renamed the Yan Group for the sake of a pretty face, and even transferred all her shares away…?”

“Oh my! What a top-tier love-struck fool!!”

“Such a great thing—why couldn’t it happen to me? I could even be a dog for love!“

“Hilarious, do you really think Young Mistress Yan is indiscriminate in love? I heard that pretty face actually has talent—only a sophomore, yet his start-up Jiang Yan Group already made over ten million in profit. He’s thriving in the influencer economy.”

“It’s odd—the twenty or so small influencers he signed all exploded in popularity. I heard he personally recruited them from various industries, and each really has a knack for riding internet dividends… don’t you think it’s strange?“

“I heard about it too. The internet scene isn’t that big—Jiang Yan Group’s signed influencers swept the market clean, and their biggest influencer is even getting cozy with that rich second-generation heir from that powerful family, which made them trend even harder…”

“Tsk tsk, Young Mistress Yan’s taste in men is truly ruthless. Those useless ones are gone—perhaps they never deserved her domineering aura anyway.”

“I can see this one right now is clearly favored by the Young Mistress.“

“Heh, but a pretty face alone, without Ms. Liang’s backing to start a business, how could he have this booming career? I think… a man who goes into selling himself will have to endure a lifetime of scorn!”

The speaker was Zhao Xiong, the young director of Jufeng Group.

As a longtime heavyweight in the internet industry, Jufeng Group was a rising corporation supported by old capital, and it chose the right track—right from the start it rode the first wave of short-video dividends.

This gave Zhao Xiong, already mockingly called the “Young Master of Jing City,” plenty of confidence.

Unlike other cowardly men who were terrified at the sight of Yan Liang, he fell in love with her at first sight.

And he pursued her with all his might.

Unfortunately, Young Mistress Yan didn’t even grant him a condescending glance.

And now, he was suddenly losing market share to Qin Jiang, this young but flashy pretty face, whose momentum was only growing. Of course he was displeased.

Worse, he was Yan Liang’s kept man…

He couldn’t even be one of Young Mistress Yan’s kept men!

Everyone could see his mood and sensibly fell silent.

Fortunately, Jufeng Group’s latest signing, the top-tier sports star and racer Qin Xiangyun, had already returned to the country.

As long as he properly built her up, Qin Jiang’s influencer economy would sooner or later be squeezed out of the market…

Zhao Xiong had even checked Qin Xiangyun’s records and learned she was Qin Jiang’s third sister, and that the entire Qin family was currently at odds with Qin Jiang.

Using Qin Xiangyun to suppress and destabilize Qin Jiang was the best option.

His gaze turned sinister as he looked toward the entrance, suddenly filled with extreme obsession. “Yanyan… Yanyan… is mine!”

Young Mistress Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow. What was up with this guy? Hoping to die young??