Chapter 211: Li Boju of the Li Family

In the study, Elder Ye and Ye Yuanhang completed several USD transfers to Thomas’s account over the phone.

By the time the transfers were complete, the one-hour deadline was up.

Ye Yuanhang heaved a sigh of relief. He picked up his father’s cup and gulped down a large amount of water.

"Dad, here’s what happened tonight..."

He recounted everything that had happened since they left the airport. This included Mr. Yu’s technological gadgets and ruthless methods, as well as how Mr. Yu and Mr. Jiaqiang were sent flying by an unknown, invisible Power. He also detailed how his own body had lost gravity, floating over twenty meters into the air before instantly plummeting back down.

He described every single detail.

After he finished, Elder Ye felt as if he were listening to a fairy tale!

It also indicated that a formidable Superpower User was hidden within the Black Gloves.

"Dad, I apologize for my earlier attitude, but I was just too anxious. You probably can’t imagine the sheer terror of falling from a height of over twenty meters."

Ye Yuanhang was highly educated after all, so he had quickly regained his polite demeanor.

Elder Ye nodded. "It’s in the past. It’s all in the past now."

At that moment, Ye Yuanhang’s phone suddenly rang!

He took it out and saw that it was Thomas calling.

He quickly answered, "Thomas, you’ve received it, right?"

"Yes, we got the money. But you need to release your statement as soon as possible."

"Statement? Wha—" Just as Ye Yuanhang was about to ask what statement, he quickly stopped himself and gave an awkward laugh. "Well, Thomas, we’ve already given you the money. Is the statement really necessary?"

Thomas’s voice was cold. "Are you trying to negotiate with me?"

"No, no, I just... well, the Ye Family and the Li Family are actually..."

"Hmph!" Thomas cut him off. "If it’s not in tomorrow morning’s papers, you’ll suffer the consequences!"

"But—" Before Ye Yuanhang could argue further, Thomas hung up!

Ye Yuanhang looked at Elder Ye, speechless.

Elder Ye frowned. "They already have the money, yet they still insist on it being published?"

"He said if it’s not in the papers, we’ll suffer the consequences!"

"Is it still about that little security guard? But that doesn’t make sense. Thomas should only be after money. Why would he stand up for a lowly security guard?"

"But... but... Thomas ordered us to have it in tomorrow morning’s papers." Ye Yuanhang sighed. "Dad, let’s just drop it. After Ziqiu breaks off the engagement with the Li Family, let her go wherever she wants. She just can’t stay here anyway. She’s a jinx!"

Elder Ye glared at him.

Ye Yuanhang stiffened his neck stubbornly. "Am I wrong? Back then, the Chinese God-like Physiognomist Li Tiekou said that this Baihu Girl belongs to the Killing Clan and brings bad luck. Then, San disappeared, didn’t he? Shortly after San’s disappearance, his wife ran off with someone else. She even drove her own mother away with her curse.

"So, whoever is good to her, whoever stays by her side, gets cursed by her.

"Just look at us now. We’re doing this for her own good, aren’t we? Marrying into the Li Family would be so glorious. She would be a young madam, never having to worry about food or clothing for the rest of her life.

"But even though I’m doing it for her own good, she curses me instead. How long has she been back? I almost died tonight! We need to get rid of her as soon as possible."

"But how are we going to explain this to the Li Family? Won’t this offend them?"

"Not necessarily!" Ye Yuanhang’s eyes darted around as an idea formed. "If we relay what Li Tiekou said back then, the Li Family will definitely raise both hands in agreement to cancel the engagement!"

Elder Ye took a deep breath. What Ye Yuanhang said was indeed true. Chinese people placed great importance on feng shui and metaphysics. Especially wealthy Chinese families like theirs; they always matched the Eight Characters of their children’s birth charts before marriage. If the Eight Characters clashed, the marriage was absolutely out of the question.

Take the Huo Family in Xiangdao, for example. Why would such an immensely wealthy family choose a diver as a daughter-in-law? One reason was to show goodwill to the authorities, but the other was that their Eight Characters matched perfectly! The Huo Family had consulted an expert to read her Eight Characters. If they had clashed, there was no way they would have allowed their son to marry an ordinary athlete.

"Then give Li Boju a call and explain it to him carefully." Elder Ye sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"Got it."

Ye Yuanhang didn’t leave the room; he simply dialed the number of Li Boju, the head of the Chinese Li Family.

Li Boju was Li Ziheng’s father and the current patriarch of the Li Family. The Li Family wasn’t based in San Francisco but in Canada. They were old-money Chinese immigrants, already in their third or fourth generation abroad. Furthermore, the Li Family’s assets were even larger than the Ye Family’s, with businesses spanning across various industries.

Therefore, marrying Ye Ziqiu off to Li Ziheng was actually a step up for the Ye Family. Otherwise, Elder Ye and Ye Yuanhang wouldn’t have gone against Ye Ziqiu’s wishes so forcefully. An alliance between the two would only bring mutual benefits to both families.

However, now Ye Yuanhang had no choice but to make this call.

"Boju, it’s Yuan Hang!" Ye Yuanhang spoke politely as soon as the call connected.

"Yuan Hang, what’s the matter so late at night?" Li Boju asked directly.

"It’s like this. I suddenly remembered something. You know of the Chinese God-like Physiognomist Li Tiekou, right? He read Ziqiu’s Eight Characters back in the day, and he said that Ziqiu is a Baihu Girl..."

"What?!" Hearing those three words, Li Boju was greatly shocked.