Chapter 113: Turning Against Someone Faster Than Flipping a Page

“Because now, I am the Young Master of the Ye Family!”

As soon as the words fell, every gaze in the room converged on him.

The sudden turn of events abruptly shattered the couple’s delight. Their smiles froze, replaced by profound astonishment. They had never seen the face before them.

The entire Su family was equally bewildered. None of them recognized the newcomer, yet he was actually carrying a birthday gift. The whole thing was utterly baffling.

Most astonishing of all was his claim to be the Young Master of the Ye Family.

Only moments ago, Ye Tianlin’s true identity had just been revealed. How, then, had someone suddenly appeared at their door and made such a declaration?

Old Master Su drew a deep breath and hurried forward, leaning on his cane. With a strange expression, he asked, “May I ask who you are, sir?”

Ye Tiancheng curled his lips into a smile and immediately presented the birthday gift in his hands to Old Master Su. He sneered, “I heard the Su family was celebrating a grand birthday. As the newly appointed Young Master of the Ye Family, how could I not come and offer my regards? And, while I am here, I thought I might as well kick a dog while it is down.”

Old Master Su accepted the gift and opened it, only to find a priceless luminous pearl inside. The extravagance of the present left him staring in stunned silence.

Su Weimin finally recovered, his brows knitting in fury. Feeling utterly humiliated, he snapped, “Who do you think you are, coming here and pretending to be my son-in-law?”

“Exactly! My son-in-law is the true Young Master of the Ye Family. Why pretend now of all times?” Gao Yulan was equally indignant.

Ye Tiancheng leisurely shrugged and smiled. “Your information is truly woefully outdated. Ye Tianlin has already been formally stripped of his position as Young Master by the Old Madam. Surely you do not still know nothing about it?”

The entire Su residence erupted in an uproar.

Old Master Su was badly shaken. Without daring to delay, he held the birthday gift in both hands and asked cautiously, “May I ask who you really are, sir?”

“Did I not just say so? I am the newly appointed Young Master of the Ye Family—Ye Tiancheng!” Ye Tiancheng stood with his hands clasped behind his back, an air of arrogance radiating from him. His face was practically glowing with the smugness of a petty man who had suddenly risen to power.

Su Weimin stared at him in disbelief and hurriedly said, “That is impossible—absolutely impossible! The Old Madam is Ye Tianlin’s own grandmother. How could she strip him of his position? You must be talking nonsense.”

“That’s right. You have offered no sound reason at all. It is nothing but outrageous nonsense.” Gao Yulan found it extraordinarily difficult to accept. After all, she had only just begun to hold her head high.

Ye Tiancheng sneered. “It would indeed have been impossible under ordinary circumstances. But Ye Tianlin defied the Old Madam’s arrangements for the sake of a mere Su Rulan. Not only that, he even joined forces with the Upper Capital consortium and relied on outsiders to damage the interests of the Ye Family. Naturally, he was impeached—and that gave me, Ye Tiancheng, the opportunity to rise!”

At those words, everyone suddenly understood.

So Ye Tianlin had already been impeached. He was no longer the Young Master of the Ye Family.

“You’re saying Ye Tianlin was impeached?” Su Weimin sucked in a sharp breath. His face went deathly pale, as though struck by a thunderbolt in broad daylight.

“Was Ye Tianlin impeached because of my daughter Rulan?” Gao Yulan’s mind went blank. Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that matters would develop to this point.

Old Master Su trembled from head to toe. Yet instead of fear, a surge of excitement rose within him, gradually revealing itself on his face. In a quavering voice, he asked, “Is this… truly the case?”

Ye Tiancheng narrowed his eyes contemptuously. “The newly appointed Young Master is standing right here. Do you still think there could be any doubt? If you want to curry favor, you ought to curry favor with me—not with a stray dog who has lost everything!”

“Hahaha! After all that commotion, Ye Tianlin really was stripped of his position! I was so frightened for nothing, living on tenterhooks all this time!” Su Zhengjun’s expression changed dramatically, and he too became wildly elated.

Su Yicai’s brows shot up, and he nearly leaped off the ground. He changed sides faster than one could turn a page and even deliberately imitated Su Weimin’s tone as he mocked him, “Well, well, Heaven has finally opened its eyes! Some people barely had time to celebrate before being slapped in the face. This is absolutely hilarious!”

Su Yixue was the most astonished of all. She had thought she would never have another chance to rise again, that she would spend the rest of her life living in Su Rulan’s shadow and defeat. Yet in the blink of an eye, everything had been turned upside down.

“So what if I cannot marry into a wealthy family? That wretched Su Rulan is just as undeserving of such good fortune. Since Ye Tianlin is no longer the Young Master of the Ye Family, I think your good days are over as well. And our Su family no longer needs to show you the slightest courtesy!” Su Yixue declared.

Faced with this turn of events, Su Weimin and Gao Yulan were completely stupefied. Their hearts burned with fury, yet they had been reduced to nothing more than laughingstocks, enduring the mockery of everyone around them.

At last, Ye Tianlin spoke.

“What gives you the nerve to come here and run wild?”

Ye Tiancheng tugged at his collar and responded with utter contempt, “Ye Tianlin, you no longer have the right to speak to me in that tone. Everything you once possessed now belongs entirely to me. You had better consider your own status carefully.”

“Because now, you are like a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river—unable even to save yourself!”

“As for the Upper Capital consortium’s assessment, I imagine it was arranged specifically to deal with you, wasn’t it?”