Wang Fa was filled with utter despair.
He regretted once again not listening to Chen Jie's advice and refusing the jade Buddha.
Now, if things continued like this, he wasn't even sure if he would survive the day.
He couldn't help but murmur, "Is there really no way to resolve this?"
"It's not that there isn't one. Wear this jade pendant on you, and it will naturally help you ward off the misfortune that threatens your life," Chen Jie said, producing the jade pendant from earlier.
After all, he was Wang Xiaoyan's father; he couldn't possibly let Wang Fa die.
"Can it really work?" Wang Fa hesitantly took it.
He stood there for a moment, and indeed, nothing else happened.
Wang Fa's face lit up with joy. "Son-in-law, your jade pendant really works?"
Chen Jie gently shook his head. "No, this jade pendant of mine is a defensive artifact, it cannot eliminate misfortune. It can only block the attacks brought by misfortune. You haven't encountered misfortune yet, I'm afraid something even more serious will happen soon."
Ye Fan couldn't help but rage. "You little scoundrel, I think you're just talking nonsense! You said the misfortune hasn't disappeared, yet it seems to have vanished now. You say your jade pendant can defend you, yet nothing has happened. Isn't this utter nonsense?"
Chen Jie instantly flashed forward and slapped him across the face.
"Dare to disrespect me again, and I'll smash your face," Chen Jie said.
"You..."
Ye Fan, covering his face, looked extremely grim, but he dared not curse Chen Jie anymore.
"Little brat, you dare disrespect Young Master Ye! Get out of the Wang family immediately!" Qiu Shuyun exclaimed, her face changing drastically.
Slap!
Chen Jie didn't care who she was and slapped her.
"What I said includes you!" Chen Jie said coldly.
Qiu Shuyun's face turned bright red.
She shrieked, "This is outrageous! Is this Xiaoyan's fiancé? Is he always this arrogant?"
Qiu Feng glared at Chen Jie and said venomously, "You even dare to hit my sister, I've had enough of you! You bastard, calling you a 'little brat' is even flattering you! You'll never set foot in my Wang family's door in this lifetime! Get lost! Go as far as your mind can reach!"
Slap!
Chen Jie, with a fiery temper, slapped her.
He said eerily, "For the sake of you being Xiaoyan's mother, I'll only give you one slap. If you weren't related to her, it wouldn't be just one slap!"
"Chen Jie, you..." Wang Xiaoyan looked at Chen Jie with a complicated expression.
She hadn't expected Chen Jie to even lay hands on her mother.
This made her feel uncomfortable for a moment.
Even though she knew her mother had gone too far.
Chen Jie glanced at Wang Xiaoyan and said, "The Wang family treated me with respect, so I will treat the Wang family in the same manner. Conversely, it is the same."
"Your mother deserved it! As my woman, you should understand the principle of 'marrying a chicken, follow the chicken; marrying a dog, follow the dog'!"
Ye Fan, covering his face, saw this scene, and the anger from Chen Jie's slap vanished.
Is this Chen Jie an idiot?
He even dared to hit his future mother-in-law.
Now, with Wang Xiaoyan's pride, wouldn't she announce the cancellation of their engagement on the spot?
He couldn't help but chuckle.
However, to everyone's surprise, Wang Xiaoyan merely glared at Chen Jie before looking away and remaining silent.
Although she felt angry when Chen Jie hit her mother, she inexplicably found Chen Jie very domineering and handsome.
She felt a strange sensation.
Little did others know, Wang Xiaoyan, as the CEO of a company, was used to being domineering and had never had a man dare to disrespect her.
She despised weak men the most, and Chen Jie's strength was precisely the type she liked.
Although she was shocked to be treated this way by a man, she was surprisingly not overly angry or annoyed.
Instead, she felt a flicker of joy.
"Alright, everyone, stop arguing!"
Wang Fa, relieved that he was unharmed, gave Chen Jie an appreciative look. "You, boy, have a bit of my old domineering spirit! A man needs temper to achieve anything!"
"Mistakes must be punished!" Wang Fa casually glanced at Qiu Feng and Qiu Shuyun.
The two immediately abandoned the idea of confronting Chen Jie.
"Son-in-law, when will my next wave of misfortune erupt?" Wang Fa asked Chen Jie again.
Chen Jie glanced at him. "Soon."
"Soon?"
"Now," Chen Jie said calmly.
"Nothing has happened?" Wang Fa asked, confused.
Just then, Wang Fa's younger brother, Wang Ye, entered the hall and approached Wang Fa. "Elder Brother, the chef has prepared the dishes. Shall we serve them now?"
Wang Fa instinctively felt that his misfortune was related to these dishes.
He quickly grabbed Wang Ye. "No! Something is strange today, don't serve the dishes yet! Otherwise, I'll be in mortal danger!"
"Oh? Elder Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Are you worried someone poisoned the food?" Wang Ye chuckled.
Unexpectedly, Wang Fa said with a serious expression, "There is indeed a possibility. To be safe, replace the household chef, discard all the cooked dishes, and let's go dine at a hotel!"
"Right, if there's a possibility of poisoning, it's definitely related to the chef. Grab the chef and interrogate him before letting him go!"
Wang Ye frowned. "Elder Brother, have you gone mad? How could the chef poison the food? Don't scare yourself."
"Some things I didn't believe before, but now I have to. Forget it, I'll interrogate him myself!" Wang Fa said with a heavy heart.
"Elder Brother, wait," Wang Ye called out.
Wang Fa turned back, asking in confusion, "What is it?"
"Elder Brother, look what this is?" Suddenly, Wang Ye pulled out a cleaver from behind him and asked Wang Fa.
"Isn't this just a cleaver? What are you trying to say?" Wang Fa was even more confused.
"Heh heh, Elder Brother, this isn't just an ordinary cleaver, it's also a cleaver that can take your life!"
After saying this, Wang Ye suddenly raised the cleaver and violently swung it towards Wang Fa's neck.
Bang!
The cleaver struck Wang Fa's neck, making a dull thud like hitting bone.
The immense force sent Wang Fa sliding several meters across the floor.
"Dad!" Wang Xiaoyan let out a heartbroken scream upon seeing this.
She rushed towards Wang Fa without hesitation.
"Good niece, don't look, or it will leave a shadow on you," Wang Ye said with a smile, blocking Wang Xiaoyan.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing? He's your elder brother!" Qiu Feng exclaimed in disbelief, looking at Wang Ye.
Suddenly, Qiu Shuyun let out a sinister laugh. "My dear sister, what does it matter if he's your own brother? In the face of absolute profit, everything else is fleeting!"
She walked up to Wang Ye, and they clasped hands, acting intimately.
"You, you two, you're having an affair..." Qiu Feng pointed at them in disbelief.
"From now on, you will remain in the Wang family and continue to be Madam Wang. As for me, consider me your elder brother!" Wang Ye said with a smile.