Inside the Financial Club, four young men stood with their hands behind their backs, watching the intimate gestures between Dongfang Yanran and Xiao Yufan. A glint of sharpness flickered in their eyes…
“If I’m not mistaken, that guy must be from the Situ family. I have to admit, he’s truly strong. Even Dongfang Haoran ended up stumbling in a minor mishap!” One of them spoke, watching Xiao Yufan with a slightly subdued expression on his face.
“For you, Xu Yifei, to actually praise someone, there aren’t many like him. Seems like you hold him in pretty high regard. But honestly, I don’t see anything particularly special about him,” another shrugged, a slightly arrogant and exaggerated smile on his face. Although he secretly acknowledged Xiao Yufan’s excellence, he refused to show any enthusiasm.
“Jiang Feng, although we all know you have a thing for Yanran, you don’t have to be so resistant to any man by her side, right?” Xu Yifei timely responded, clearly accustomed to their usual bickering.
“And you don’t like Yanran? If I recall correctly, back in college, you sure wrote a lot of mushy love letters. Do you really think our Dongfang beauty is that ordinary?”
“I was just being poetic; you’re just openly jealous!” Jiang Feng remained unfazed, a self-satisfied expression on his face, clearly used to his friend’s taunts.
“Jealous of you? Are you kidding? You big-headed, brainless guy!”
“Can you two just calm down for a second? Why don’t you think about why he’s here? I don’t recall us ever having any connection with him!”
A previously silent man finally spoke. Through the floor-to-ceiling window, his gaze fixed on Xiao Yufan, deep in thought. After his words, the room fell unusually quiet.
If the four of them were the pillars of the Financial Club, then this calmest man was their center—a rare business genius in the financial world, a veritable money-making machine.
“Who cares why he’s here? This is the Financial Club, not Fortune Club or the Situ family enterprise!”
“Idiot, haven’t you noticed how familiar Yanran and he seem? If Yanran asks, would you really say no?”
Dressed in white, this man exuded an ethereal aura. Without turning his head, his cold snort caused a slight chill down the spines of the other three.
“The Financial Club is yours, isn’t it, Zhang Yi? Yanran’s opinion surely won’t affect our decisions, right?”
“Mine? You’re overthinking,” the man called Zhang Yi replied with a faint, mysterious smile curling his lips, causing the speaker’s brows to subtly furrow.
“Alright then, tell me what you’ve done during my absence these past two days. I want the truth!”
“I didn’t do anything!”
“Same here!”
Xu Yifei and Wang Feng immediately declared. Normally they could joke around, but when their leader got serious, none dared to provoke him.
“So it must’ve been you, Chen Fan…”
Turning around, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. Zhang Yi fixed a cold stare on the man named Chen Fan, his anger subtly rising. Was this guy really treating the Financial Club as his own?
“I didn’t do anything…”
Though they often referred to each other as brothers, Chen Fan clearly understood one thing: when this man got angry, he absolutely dared not confront him directly—even if deep down, he wasn’t entirely convinced of Zhang Yi’s authority.
“It was someone from the Cheng family who asked me to target a woman of Xiao Yufan’s. But I only found out later who he really was—I had no idea he’d come here!”
Chen Fan’s words became incoherent. No matter how bold he might be, in front of this godlike figure, he could only cower. He knew that without the Financial Club, he would instantly become nothing. Thus, he dared not resist.
“Good… very good…”
Zhang Yi’s smile stiffened. Everyone could sense his genuine anger this time. Usually gentle and composed, he never showed his true colors to outsiders. But when truly enraged, he would remind everyone that he was a hidden dragon.
“Boss, don’t get too angry yet. Let’s deal with the matter at hand first. Since Xiao Yufan has come here, he must have come looking for trouble. We need to figure out how to get rid of him.”
Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Xu Yifei quickly interjected. Though the four were inseparable, internal conflict could cause significant damage to the Financial Club—though this was only his personal thought.
“Don’t worry, Yanran will handle it…”
Zhang Yi suppressed his aura and instantly regained his calm composure, as if the previous moment had been an illusion.
Of course, if Xiao Yufan were here, he would surely be surprised. This man exuded a faint but unmistakable killing intent, very similar to Long Tian’s aura.
No one spoke again. The atmosphere grew even more peculiar. The three were closest to Zhang Yi, yet they never fully understood the relationship between him and Yanran. One thing was certain, though: Zhang Yi was the one who loved Dongfang Yanran the most among them all.
Back in college, this man had silently stood by Dongfang Yanran’s side. Even after graduation, the Financial Club bore traces of this woman’s influence. Yet the two had silently chosen to remain silent about their feelings, leaving the other three completely in the dark about Dongfang Yanran’s true relationship with the club.
“Do you really think we alone could carve out a place for ourselves in the capital city? Dongfang Haoran barely managed it. The reason we’ve come this far isn’t because of your financial expertise, but because Yanran is the real pillar behind the club!”
As the three hesitated, Zhang Yi’s lips curved into a faint smile, his voice gentle yet sending a tremor through the three men. Chen Fan’s face turned pale with disbelief.
Dongfang Yanran was the true mastermind behind the Financial Club. This revelation was like a bombshell to them, leaving them momentarily stunned. Now everything made sense—how the club had remained unscathed for so long.
At that moment, the door quietly cracked open. The figures of Xiao Yufan and Dongfang Yanran suddenly appeared in the four men’s line of sight…
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