Chapter 164: Lin Kaiyang's Flattery Strategy

The next day.

Ye Tianlin left the house on schedule, driving Su Rulan and Su Weimin toward the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

As for Gao Yulan, she chose to stay at the villa to recover from her injuries rather than return to the hospital.

Recently, due to a relentless series of troublesome incidents, Su Weimin had been on leave for quite some time, and today he was finally able to resume work.

However, all along the way, Su Weimin sat in the back seat of the car with a gloomy and uncertain expression, his face flickering between annoyance and panic. He looked thoroughly bizarre.

Unable to watch any longer, Su Rulan said, "Dad, you couldn't still be thinking about how to curry favor with that profligate playboy Lin Kaiyang, could you?"

Su Weimin curled his lip and replied bluntly, "What else could it be? Haven't I already said that the man is simply here to go through the motions and put on a show? What I'm afraid of right now is that this fellow Ye Tianlin is going to stir up trouble!"

At this, Su Weimin glared at Ye Tianlin, who was driving, with an expression of intense annoyance, wishing he could reach forward and deliver a sharp knock to the back of his head.

Su Rulan rubbed her temples with a headache and sighed helplessly, "Dad, I think you're just worrying over nothing, having nothing better to do all day long than let your imagination run wild."

"Anyway, I'll put my words right here: when we see Lin Kaiyang later, Ye Tianlin, you are absolutely not allowed to act recklessly, or else I'll never hear the end of it with you! You have to remember that time and time again, you're the one who brought the trouble upon us. If we hadn't been lucky, we would have been done for long ago!" Su Weimin maintained his absolute certainty, adopting a haughty and lecturing posture.

Too lazy to bother, Ye Tianlin didn't even want to explain. From beginning to end, Su Weimin's brain simply didn't know how to turn a corner; he was far too self-righteous.

Of course, compared to the Matriarch's stubborn personality—knowing she was in the wrong yet refusing to lower her pride to admit the facts—Su Weimin was at least a good deal better.

The reason was simple: the Matriarch's stubbornness stemmed from deep-seated pride, whereas Su Weimin was purely foolish and stupid, yet stubbornly convinced of his own supreme brilliance and intellect rivaling Zhuge Liang!

As for Gao Yulan, there was no need to elaborate further—she was nothing more than a swaying reed in the wind.

After about a ten-minute drive, they arrived at the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce.

Just as the car was parked, they indeed spotted Lin Kaiyang standing at the entrance of the chamber.

At this very moment, Lin Kaiyang was nearly panicked out of his wits. Especially after a whole day had passed, the more he thought about it, the more terrified he became, regretting it until his intestines turned green.

One had to know that Elder Lin had already personally stated that even if Lin Kaiyang were ordered to eat feces, he would have to obey. Who knew if a fellow like Ye Tianlin would actually pull off something like that?

Therefore, before coming over, Lin Kaiyang had already reached a conclusion.

That was, in order to suffer a little less, he had to butter people up, shower them with flattery, and do his utmost to please Ye Tianlin—to be as sycophantic as humanly possible!

Otherwise, if Ye Tianlin flew into a rage, he could easily play him to death in a matter of minutes!

Catching sight of Ye Tianlin stepping out of the car from afar, Lin Kaiyang took a deep breath and immediately hurried forward.

Before he even had a chance to speak, however, Su Weimin stepped directly in front of him, trembling as he stammered, "Young Master Lin, everything before was our fault. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against us. I guarantee everything will go smoothly for you at the Yunhai Chamber of Commerce!"

"What are you..." Lin Kaiyang froze in place, utterly bewildered.

Swallowing hard, cold sweat beading on his forehead, Su Weimin stiffly curved the corners of his mouth into a smile that looked worse than crying. Displaying what he thought was cleverness, he said, "I know you only came here to go through the motions and put on a show for Elder Lin to see. We're all smart people here; we understand!"

Scared to the point that his legs turned to jelly, Lin Kaiyang's gaze fell upon Ye Tianlin. Looking as though he were on the verge of tears, he wailed and pleaded pitifully, "Ye Tianlin, I was wrong! Please let me off, can you stop playing games with me like this?

"Your father-in-law must be saying this on purpose according to your wishes, right?

"Me? How... how would I ever dare to put on a show in front of you? Right now, I wish I could enshrine you like my own ancestor!"

As those words fell, Su Weimin's eyes suddenly bulged, his jaw nearly dropping to the floor. He turned his head in utter disbelief to stare at Ye Tianlin, crying out on the spot, "Did I hear that right? How is this possible?"