Chapter 146 – To Stay or Leave (Part One)

Di Wei was absolutely furious. He turned his head and glared at Di Junxie, who continued directing the servants. His gaze swept across the light-colored carpet, the ornate table lamps, and one decorative vase after another.

“Th-this!!”

The old man rose angrily: “Aren’t these all collectibles from the basement?!”

These were all items he had purchased during his overseas travels – all classic pieces. Though their prices varied, they were absolutely unique items!!

Such precious things were actually being used to decorate that little girl’s room?!

Yet Di Junxie showed no sign of regret.

“My granddaughter-in-law is using them, she’s not an outsider.”

“……..”

Did I agree to the person you chose? Are you forcing people to acknowledge this relationship?!

Di Wei gritted his teeth. As he watched the most expensive painting about to be taken inside, the old man moved quickly, snatching it and throwing it to Zeng Guanjia: “I like this one, hang it in my room!”

Di Junxie stared at the painting for a moment, then nodded to the servants: “Continue.”

Di Wei’s room already had many paintings, all ink wash masterpieces by famous artists, each more valuable than this one. The old man had taken it purely out of personal displeasure, but to hang it meant removing another painting. Helpless, Di Wei could only take down one calligraphy piece and hang this painting instead.

What he didn’t know was that the removed artwork never made it past the second floor – it was intercepted right in the corridor and directly hung in Ye Yunxi’s room.

The Young Emperor was quite satisfied.

This piece was at least prestigious enough to match Yunxi’s status.

Zeng Guanjia was relieved the old man hadn’t witnessed this scene, otherwise he would surely have died from rage.

**

Seven Days into Ambush’s theatrical run.

Box office earnings broke seven hundred million!

For a film with no big names, no major investment, and no hype, this result was explosive, clearly becoming the biggest dark horse before the summer season ended.

Zhuang Ge excitedly gathered his underlings, handing each of them a ticket purchased with his own money, insisting they all go watch it.

After all, he had made a cameo appearance – shouldn’t his brothers get to see his dashing heroic presence?

As he finished distributing tickets, he suddenly spotted Wang Zaihao, the East District’s boss. Zhuang Ge immediately put on an ingratiating smile and approached him.

“Brother Hao!”

Wang Zaihao was the local leader with numerous business ventures. While considered a businessman, his operations weren’t entirely clean, and he maintained many like Zhuang Ge working under him to do his bidding.

Among the three major local bosses, Wang Zaihao was one.

“Here, a movie ticket for you! You must go see it!”

Taking the ticket, Wang Zaihao lifted his eyelids slightly and glanced at it.

This was currently the hottest film. Clearly many supporting actors’ performances weren’t particularly skilled, yet the box office remained high. One could only say their marketing was excellent. The movie’s theme was acceptable, but other aspects seemed somewhat amateurish.

“Brother Hao will definitely support it!”

Wang Zaihao snorted with laughter, then tore the movie ticket to shreds.

Zhuang Ge’s face immediately fell: “Brother Hao, what are you…”

A slap struck his face as Wang Zaihao sneered: “What, want to be an extra? Bought off for twenty yuan a day plus a boxed meal? Do you even know who you’re really working for?”

“O-of course I work for Brother Hao!”

“Don’t make it sound so nice!”

Wang Zaihao snorted coldly: “You’ve already become someone else’s enforcer behind my back. What, is their Money better than mine?”

Zhuang Ge trembled all over. It seemed Brother Hao had found out about him helping Ye Yunxi collect debts!

Wh-what should he do? Things were about to go wrong!Seeing him trembling uncontrollably, Brother Hao tossed over a phone and blew out a smoke ring: “Go on, call Miss Ye. Let’s discuss whether you should belong to her or to me!”

(End of Chapter)