Chapter 445 Chapter Four-Hundred and Forty-Five: Breaking Through Defenses

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Even when Miss Hong and Chen Tao failed to gain any advantage at the hospital or the villa and returned in defeat, Lan Long hadn’t expected that this was a battle the Shi family had been well-prepared for. He’d only lamented that Shi Ke’s defense was too tight and his combat power too great.

However, he never expected he would be so defenselessly exposed in front of them, and the one who sounded him out was Shi Xiu, whom he looked down on the most.

‘It wasn’t Shi Xiu who was unguarded against me, I’m the one who was unguarded against her,’ Lan Long thought before correcting himself, ‘No, Shi Xiu wasn’t guarded against me. I was the one who got careless.’

No one paid attention to Lan Long. In fact, the Shi family didn’t even come over to kick him when he was down, because… there was no need for that!

The shares of the four great families’ corporations, except for the Xi family, soared. The wedding banquet was far more than just a wedding banquet.

The rise and fall of a family depended more on their descendants than anything else. For the long-standing influential families that had been passed down for generations, the worst thing was to have no qualified successors. Take the Xi family for example: Xi Cheng was just a pretty face with no brains. If the Xi family wanted to reach the heights again, it would have to depend on the development of the children from its other branch families.

The Xi family was in a period suffering a shortage of young and talented successors, but so long as the Xi family still has people, there’s hope. Moreover, they still had the strong support of the other three great families behind them.

The other three great families had quite evidently already handed the reins over to the current generation of young talents, and the leader among them was Ye Kun’s brother, Ye Tang, who was blindingly dazzling but kept an unobtrusively low profile.

Ye Tang lost his father at a young age, so he independently held up the huge Ye family and its business, was filial to his mother, and raised his little brother all at the same time. Now, Ye Kun had also made a name for himself and wasn’t to be underestimated.

It was rare to see Ye Tang in public. This time, he showed up for his brother’s wedding and gave the guests attention and respect to spare, brokering many collaborations, which greatly increased everyone’s confidence in the Ye family and Ye Corporation.

As for the Shi family, it goes without saying. Putting aside the fact that Shi Nian alone could take on a whole army of his peers and wipe the floor with them, Shi Kong and Shi Yun were both tough old birds who were still in the prime of their lives. More importantly, Shi Nian had even married a super capable wife into the family. Presently, the Shi family could be said to be at the height of power.

The Liang family might seem weak in comparison, but Liang Han, despite being seemingly bohemian, never missed any opportunity in reality. All his businesses were thriving. And that was only mentioning Liang Han. The Liang family had four sons, and only the youngest was in the country. The other three overseas all had unfathomable power.

In short, you definitely wouldn’t go wrong riding on the coattails of these three great families.

That’s why, before when the Gu family barged in with noise and flare, people had thought there would be a change in the economic structure in Rong City, but they didn’t expect that the Gu family would be all thunder and no rain. Other than the scandal about their son, the Gu family barely made a splash, nothing more than a joke. It really brought others to ponder the importance one’s descendants were to a family.

The Gu family’s biggest exception was Gu Bei. Now, due to Yun Nan, the relationship between Gu Bei and the Shi family was inseparable, as is evident from today’s wedding. The dowry that Gu Bei gave Yun Nan was also jaw-dropping; the other young ladies of the Gu family truly couldn’t hold a candle to her.

As for the two brides, Yun Nan’s story and background had long been repeatedly exposed by various media outlets. And Fang Xi’s “headline news” past with Xi Cheng had long been buried six-feet under by Young Master Ye Kun’s deep affection for her.

What was exciting to the public now was the news that Mr. Mo actually had such a deep relationship with Fang Xi, taking on the roles of both father and teacher. Even his sons came to the wedding ceremony to support Fang Xi and provided her dowry. This was a proper marriage treatment for the Mo family’s daughter!

People had originally thought that with Gu Bei backing Yun Nan, Fang Xi’s side would be overshadowed no matter what. They didn’t expect that Fang Xi’s backing wasn’t any inferior to Yun Nan’s.

‘The Ye and Shi family had really lucked out to pick up these two gems,’ was the public’s collective thought; everyone was envious.

Xi Yue did her utmost to learn about the quintessence of the upper class society in Rong City in the shortest time possible. She was so happy her eyes reddened—she couldn’t sleep at all!

‘Now, my children would all have a good match to settle down with,’ she thought.

“Anna, Lina, you two, don’t just focus on Ye Tang, got it? You have to cast your nets wide, understand? Cast your nets wide!” Xi Yue gave the order to her two stepdaughters.

Her stepdaughters lowered their heads in union and didn’t speak. Their attitude made Xi Yue anxious, and she pleaded, “Oh, my Anna, Lina, my beautiful daughters! I’m doing this for your own good! We can’t waste such a good opportunity. You can’t put all your eggs in one basket! Keep your options open! What was that saying again? Zhu Ping—”

“Don’t give up the entire forest for a tree!” Zhu Ping spoke up, acting as a human-shaped translator machine.

Xi Yue clapped her palms together and said, “Yeah, that’s right! Anna, Lina, sweethearts, you must look around more and pick out more men! Give yourselves more options! Do you understand?”

“There are plenty of good men out there! It doesn’t matter if our reputation is ruined back home, no one here knows! But, that may not stay the case for long! We have to use fast and fierce methods to take the men here down! Marry into their families! Do you understand?”