Ouyang De said, "Ethan used to carry himself like he was something. One look at Kyle Chen and he turned into a completely different person. Watched them tear his house down and didn't make a sound."Ouyang Duo, "He's not stupid. Kyle has the Gu family behind him. Does Ethan Vale have a death wish? Shan found a real treasure this time. From now on, nobody touches the Ouyang family."A brand-new Range Rover pulled into the parking lot.Ouyang Zhi got out first, then Ouyang Shan.The morning version of Ouyang Shan, swollen cheeks, disheveled from two slaps, running out of the old house courtyard, had been replaced. She was wearing a limited edition Chanel dress, carrying an LV bag that she would shortly reveal cost a hundred thousand dollars, Prada sandals, and a pair of emerald jade bracelets that sat on her wrist with the self-consciousness of jewelry that has been purchased for the purpose of being seen.Ouyang Zhi beside her had arrived at the same conclusion about his day: gold chai

Ethan surveyed the crowd before him, his gaze finally settling on Ouyang Shan, and he said with a playful smirk, "Cousin, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about the demolition money. Thanks for the reminder."He turned to Gu Qingcheng and said, "You've already transferred the 10 million demolition dollars for my old family home into my account, but Manager Chen and his son gave them 6 million.Is your Gu Family Group that rich? Does this mean money can be spent freely, given to whomever you please?"His words were spoken lightly, but to those present, each word felt like a ton of bricks, especially to the Chen father and son, who felt as if they had been struck by lightning.The members of the Ouyang Family were all dumbfounded, they never expected that Gu Qingcheng would directly transfer the demolition money into Ethans's account.No wonder he had no reaction when the house was demolished, it turned out he had already received the demolition money, and it was a sub

After the woman went flying, Ethan turned to Clara."Mom, are you all right?""I'm fine, but you, don't hurt her!"Clara looked toward where the woman had landed. Her son's strike had carried more force than she was comfortable with, and she worried about what came next.The woman got up from the pavement, disoriented, spinning in place twice before locating Ethan again. She raised her hand and pointed at him."You bastard, how dare you hit me? Do you have any idea who I am?"Ethan crossed the distance, took her by the hair, and hit her again."I don't care who you are. You hit my mother. There's a price for that."Another strike."Illegal U-turn and still acting like royalty?"A third."Do you understand traffic violations kill people?"He didn't typically raise a hand to women. But this particular woman, convinced of her own sovereignty over public roads and willing to strike an older stranger without hesitation, had earned an exception.Clara stepped forward and grabbed his arm."T

"This"Ethan hesitated, weighing whether to go.It had been years since middle school. Outside of his closest friend, Marcus Reid, he'd basically lost touch with the rest of his class. Zhang Linlin herself was someone he'd only reconnected with by chance the day before."Ethan, what's there to think about?" Zhang Linlin's outgoing personality came through the phone. "You're not too important for your old classmates now, are you?"She said it as a joke, but there was real curiosity behind it. In her mind, anyone who could get an entire restaurant reserved by Gu Qingcheng for a private dinner had clearly made it. Across the state, maintaining a good relationship with the Gu family was practically a guaranteed path to wealth and advancement."Actually, this reunion was supposed to happen last night," she continued, "but the venue got booked out by Miss Gu, so we pushed it to tonight.""Which technically makes it your fault we had to reschedule, so you owe us the appearance tonight. Also,

"Believe it or not, that's up to you. As an old classmate, I'm just giving you fair warning.If you donate everything you have right now to charity, you might still escape what's coming. If you stay stubborn about it, your house burns first, then prison follows. You won't just lose the money, you'll never recover from any of it."Ethan had extended the offer purely out of what remained of old classmate loyalty. Beyond that, whether Kevin believed him or not was no longer his concern."You son of a" Kevin lunged forward.Marcus stepped between them and shoved him back."Ethan's my brother. Nobody touches him while I'm standing here."Kevin took one look at Marcus, built like a tower and immediately backed down. A pampered rich kid who spent his life eating, drinking, gambling, and chasing women wasn't going to survive one round with him, let alone ten.Tyler Wu pulled Kevin back by the arm."Kevin, don't waste your breath on him. He's just jealous you've got money."He turned to Ethan.