At Imperial Capital First Hospital, Ye Bai, discharged in the morning, was sent back to the ICU.
He was bleeding profusely, looking like a bloodied gourd; new nurses were afraid to approach.
The emergency director personally led top doctors and nurses all afternoon to stop the bleeding.
However, Ye Bai's wounds worsened, prolonging his recovery indefinitely.
Only at dawn the next day did Ye Bai awaken from coma.
His secretary anxiously waited beside him.
"I will make Lu Ziyan pay!" Ye Bai's cold eyes flashed. If not for luck and Steven's timely return, he might have died exposed.
"Steven, suppress the Lu Family at all costs."
"Boss, direct suppression could cause huge losses." Steven frowned. Summer Kingdom's networks were tightly sealed like iron buckets.
Their original plan was to integrate their capital into the network, build influence, and dismantle it piece by piece—their specialty.
But with Xia Shihan's failure, early suppression was costly.
"Even with full suppression, we probably can't destroy the Lu Family and will suffer major setbacks." Steven knew this well; Summer Kingdom families, despite rivalry, unite against external threats.
Ye Bai's overseas assets rivaled the largest Ye Family among the Four Great Families; he controlled many illicit industries.
Yet wiping out the Lu Family was a pipe dream.
Once the Ten Minor Families united, Ye Bai was doomed.
"I know!" Ye Bai clenched his fist. No one knew Summer Kingdom's iron network better.
"Don't rush to destroy the Lu Family. Use money to court the other nine families, apply limited pressure on Lu Family. I must have Lu Ziyan as my male protagonist!" Ye Bai's eyes gleamed.
As long as the Lu Family faced no extinction threat, the others would gladly pressure them.
Though he wanted to destroy Lu Family, he must hold back.
No worries if he couldn't now; he'd just annoy Lu Ziyan.
They said no to him starring as male lead? He'd star anyway!
He'd show Lu Ziyan he was unstoppable!
"Also, bring me all info on Lin Ziyu."
In minutes, thin A4 pages held Lin Ziyu's full dossier.
From birth through kindergarten, school, and abroad—already summarized.
"She's returning soon?" The last data showed Lin Ziyu was ready to come home; her ticket was booked.
"Monitor Lin Ziyu closely. Inform me once she returns." Ye Bai recalled his humiliation before Lin Tai.
He was furious.
He noticed wherever Lin Tai was, plans failed.
He knew it had nothing to do with Lin Tai, a total loser.
But it annoyed him; Lin Tai must pay!
His breakthrough was Lin Tai's sister Lin Ziyu.
He instinctively knew with her help, the Lin Family would soon fall to him.
Then Lin Tai would be left with nothing, and those women wouldn't side with him.
"Why is Lin Ziyu's birthplace unknown?" Ye Bai saw a question mark in her birth records.
"Boss, during investigation, we found Lin Ziyu's birth data was inconsistent, possibly deliberately concealed." Steven said.
"Good, keep investigating. I have a hunch Lin Ziyu's birth info will be very useful!" Ye Bai's eyes narrowed.
"By the way, how's Xia Shihan lately?" Ye Bai was still reluctant to lose the Xia Shihan card.
"Boss, Xia Shihan is expanding abroad with some success." Steven grew serious discussing Xia Shihan.
"Her sharpness is scary. In days, it's as if she had divine help, perfectly maximizing profits, making a fortune."
Steven was impressed; Xia Shihan's state was terrifying—she entered markets effortlessly, predicting everything flawlessly, as if knowing the future.
"That's why I favored her." Ye Bai tried to smile but winced in pain.
"To shock even the fiercest Wall Street wolf like you, I want to see how far she can go."
"This ambitious and capable woman must be mine. Arrange a meeting with her as a board member." Ye Bai was confident Xia Shihan wouldn't refuse this time.
His capital was enough to impress her.
"Also, recall the Reaper Squad. I can't trust Hecate anymore." Ye Bai realized if not for his Lu Family informant, he wouldn't know Ye Bai was at the Lu Family.
Suspicion of Hecate's betrayal grew; he completely distrusted her.
"The entire Reaper Squad?" Steven gasped. The Reaper Squad was Ye Bai's world's second-ranked assassin organization's top team.
They were well-organized and feared abroad.
Rumor said anyone targeted by them was doomed.
Unlike Hecate, the Reaper Squad was a team, strong even against her.
Ye Bai created the squad partly to balance Hecate.
Now he truly needed them.
"Yes." Ye Bai nodded, realizing he had very few trustworthy people since returning home.
Recalling the whole squad was not only to check Hecate.
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