200: Master, please accept my bow!

Normal?

A few days ago, Ye Chen had a direct confrontation with this young master.

He even kicked his white moonlight into the sea.

Yet this guy acted like a completely different person, chatting and laughing with him, calling him brother.

Think about it?

Anyone would suspect something was wrong!

Chu Niubi felt extremely uncomfortable under Ye Chen's scrutinizing gaze, coughed dryly, and let the frivolous smile on his face recede slightly.

"Brother Ye, what are you implying..."

"Can't I, Chu Niubi, truly be grateful to you, seeing Li Meier's true colors as a venomous woman, realizing my mistake, and wanting to make friends with you?"

Ye Chen stared at him for two seconds, then suddenly rolled his eyes.

"Save the act."

"Stop with these flowery, meaningless words."

"If you don't tell me the truth, I'm really leaving."

Saying that, he lightly grasped Bai Wanqing's wrist beside him and made a move to walk past Chu Niubi.

The movement was natural, as if it were expected.

Bai Wanqing's wrist was held by his warm hand, the eyelashes behind her sunglasses trembled slightly, but she did not pull away, allowing him to lead her.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't go, Brother Ye!"

Chu Niubi panicked, discarding all pretense, and quickly spread his arms to block the path, his face filled with misery, "I'll talk! I'll talk, alright?"

Ye Chen stopped walking, raising an eyebrow: "Speak."

Chu Niubi glanced left and right. Although the people waiting at the airport consciously kept some distance due to his status, this was still a busy place.

The next second.

He lowered his voice, leaned close to Ye Chen, his face unusually devoid of its usual jest, replaced only by a trace of yearning.

"Brother Ye, I'll be direct."

"I want you to help me join the Dragon Group."

Ye Chen was stunned, then his face showed an expression of absurdity.

"Join the Dragon Group?"

"Young Master Chu, you must have the wrong person, right?"

"How could I possibly have the ability to arrange someone to join the Dragon Group? That place is decided by Old Man Xuanyuan."

Chu Niubi hurriedly shook his head.

"You didn't get the wrong person! Absolutely not!"

"Brother Ye, you might not even realize your current standing within the Dragon Group!"

"Among all living members of the Dragon Group, there are only five people who possess the supreme authority of 'execute first, report later'—and you are one of them!"

"Each one is an existence like a stabilizing pillar, either a veteran monster with outstanding achievements, or someone like you..."

"Well, someone so special they cannot be replicated."

"And the Dragon Group has an unwritten rule: if a person possessing this authority is willing to take an apprentice, that disciple, after passing an assessment, can be directly inducted into the Dragon Group establishment, bypassing the usual set of harsh to the point of being perverse screening procedures!"

Ye Chen frowned as he listened: "So? Why don't you just go apprentice under the other four?"

"I already tried to apprentice!"

Chu Niubi's face was mournful, his voice full of grievance.

"My grandfather groveled, taking me around to grovel at each of them!"

"And the result? They wouldn't even let me fully enter their door!"

"The first one said I was too restless and unlikely to achieve anything great."

"The second one was more direct, saying my innate talent was mediocre, ill-suited for the martial path."

"The third one closed his door upon seeing me for the first time, saying he was afraid of corrupting his grandson."

"The fourth one was polite, offered me tea, and then tactfully told me the Dragon Group wasn't an amusement park, practically telling me to stop daydreaming..."

He became angrier the more he spoke, clenching his fists.

"I, Chu Niubi, have never been so despised in my entire life!"

"But after visiting all of them, I almost started doubting my own existence!"

Bai Wanqing let out a soft chuckle.

Actually, she had heard about this matter before.

She originally thought it was just gossip, a tactic to belittle the Chu family.

Now... hearing it directly from the person involved, there was no doubt about it!

Ye Chen rubbed his nose: "With your Chu family's status in Yanjing, someone dared to be so disrespectful? Why didn't you just bring people over and wipe them out!"

Based on Chu Niubi's usual reckless personality, he should have caused an uproar after suffering such disrespect.

Chu Niubi, however, looked like a deflated ball upon hearing this, his shoulders drooping.

"You think I didn't want to?"

"The problem is... the four predecessors you mentioned are backed by four of the five major families currently in the capital!"

"In terms of foundation and influence, even if the Chu family enters the capital, we only rank sixth!"

"No matter how capable I am, my father and grandfather wouldn't dare completely fall out with those four families just for my little hobby..."

He spoke with helplessness and sadness.

Clearly, this matter had become a knot in his heart, an obsession stemming from his repeated failures to prove he wasn't just a pure playboy.

Ye Chen looked at his appearance, remained silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly seemed to understand something, his gaze becoming even stranger.

"Wait a minute!"

“You went through such a big circle, you weren't trying to...”

“Take me as your disciple?”

Chu Niubi was stunned by Ye Chen's words, then stiffened his neck and said, “That’s right! I want to take you as my master!”

Ye Chen rolled his eyes.

“I don't take apprentices.”

“After all, as you said, even if I accept an apprentice, it has to pass the Dragon Group’s assessment. If you can’t pass the assessment, wouldn't I lose face to my grandmother’s house?”

Chu Niubi: “...”

He opened his mouth, unable to utter a word for a long time. The expression on his face shifted from anticipation to shock, then from shock to frustration, and finally his entire face fell.

Wait... what Ye Chen said was even harsher than those old guys!

Those guys at least pretended to give some evaluation, but you, you directly think I can't even pass the assessment and would bring you shame?!

Chu Niubi’s chest heaved violently; he felt like he was about to suffer internal injury.

“Brother Ye... you think too little of me!”

Ye Chen shrugged, too lazy to argue further with him. He took Bai Wanqing’s wrist and walked straight past him toward the airport exit.

“It’s none of my business anyway.”

“Let’s go.”

Chu Niubi froze in place, watching Ye Chen and Bai Wanqing walk away without looking back, their departing figures so dashing they made his teeth itch.

The gazes from the surrounding people who had been secretly watching seemed to carry a hint of mockery now.

Chu Niubi’s face flushed with alternating shades of red and white, his fists clenched so tightly they clicked.

Damn it... rejected again!

No way!

I can't let this go just like that. You forced me to use my ultimate move!!!

With that thought.

He directly pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

Soon.

Someone answered on the other end: “Young Master!”

Chu Niubi took a deep breath and growled.

“Stop dawdling!”

“Activate Plan B immediately!”

The person on the other end was silent for two seconds, then asked hesitantly, “Young Master, are you sure about this? If the Old Master finds out, he’s going to raise hell...”

“Damn it!”

Chu Niubi cursed loudly, “If he raises hell, I’ll take the blame!”

“But...”

The person on the other end still wanted to persuade him, but Chu Niubi interrupted directly.

“Are you finished yet?”

“Once my old man dies, won’t I be the one inheriting the family business?”

“If you don’t listen to me, who should you listen to?”

The person on the other end: “...”

Chu Niubi urged impatiently, “Hurry up, or Ye Chen will get too far away!”

The person on the other end reluctantly agreed, “Okay... fine!”

...Exiting the airport hall.

Bai Wanqing finally couldn't help but giggle.

“You just rejected him like that, aren’t you afraid he’ll hold a grudge?”

“Chu Niubi is notoriously troublesome in Yanjing.”

Ye Chen let go of her wrist and shrugged indifferently.

“He shouldn't be that much of a scoundrel, right?”

“Besides, I already have enough people to deal with in Yanjing this time. I really don't have the energy to take on an extra burden of a disciple.”

Before the words could even fall, a sudden change occurred!

“Rumble——!!!”

A massive roaring sound came from high above the sky without any warning!

The sound approached rapidly from afar, amplifying like rolling thunder passing across the firmament!

Everyone inside and outside the airport subconsciously looked up at the sky.

They saw.

Three helicopters, arranged in a triangle formation, sped in from a distance, arriving over the airport in the blink of an eye!

The helicopters hovered at a low altitude, and the fierce wind generated by their rotors kicked up dust from the ground, forcing many people to squint, their clothes flapping wildly.

“What’s going on? Why are helicopters flying over the airport?”

“Are those military? Or private?”

“Who is so bold? Aren't they afraid of being intercepted?”

...Gasps of surprise erupted everywhere.

Ye Chen and Bai Wanqing also stopped, looking up... Suddenly!

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Three muffled sounds came from the helicopters almost simultaneously!

In the next second.

Three wide red banners dropped down abruptly from the helicopter doors like waterfalls!

Each banner was over ten meters long, blood-red, and extremely glaring in the sunlight.

Written on the banners in large, sweeping golden characters were—

“Chu Niubi Takes Ye Chen as Master!”

“Ye Chen is Awesome! Chu Niubi is Convinced!”

“Master Above! Please Accept Your Disciple’s Bow!”

The calligraphy was flamboyant and overbearing, as if afraid no one would see it.

Immediately following that.

The loudspeakers equipped on the helicopters were turned to maximum volume. A familiar voice, carrying a desperate energy, blasted across the entire airport through the static.

“I, Chu Niubi, want to take Ye Chen as my master!!!”

“Master Ye! Please take me in!!!”