444: Chapter 444 is about sacrificing family for the greater good, understand?

Ye Chen looked down at the tearful Wang Tianlong and asked indifferently, "Do you know fear now?"

Wang Tianlong nodded frantically.

"I'm afraid! I'm really afraid!"

"Mr. Ye, I was wrong! I should never, ever have been so obsessed as to try and deal with you!"

Ye Chen shook his head. "If an apology were enough, what would we need the police for?"

Wang Tianlong trembled all over and looked up at Ye Chen, his eyes filled with terror and pleading.

"Then... then what must I do for you to spare the Wang Family?"

Ye Chen stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.

"Commit suicide."

"As long as you do that, I will spare the Wang Family."

His voice fell.

A deathly silence filled the main hall.

Wang Tianlong's face instantly turned as pale as paper.

Suicide?

He wanted him to commit suicide?

He never imagined...

That Ye Chen would be so excessive!

Making him, the Wang Family Head, commit suicide was no different from grinding his face into the dirt!

The surrounding members of the Wang Family all had major changes in expression.

Someone couldn't help but step forward and shout angrily, "Ye Chen! Don't push people too far! At worst, we'll fight you to the death!"

"Right! Let's fight!"

"There are hundreds of us in the Wang Family; are we really afraid of just one man?"

"Family Head! You can't agree to this!"

Indignation boiled over, and their shouts shook the heavens.

But Wang Tianlong suddenly turned his head and roared at them, "Shut up, all of you!!!"

All the Wang Family members were stunned, staring blankly at their own Family Head.

Wang Tianlong breathed heavily, his eyes bloodshot.

He stared at his indignant clansmen and spoke one word at a time.

"What do you know?"

"Fight? Fight with what?"

"The Third Elder of the Chen Family, a Heavenly Realm Peak, was kicked to death by him!"

"The Second Master of the Manluodi Family, with four Heavenly Realm guards by his side, was beaten to death by him!"

"If you go up, how many seconds can you last?"

The Wang Family members were speechless, the anger on their faces turning into fear.

Indeed.

Who was Ye Chen?

He was a ruthless man who could insta-kill a Heavenly Realm Peak!

If they went up, wouldn't they just be seeking death?

Wang Tianlong withdrew his gaze and looked back at Ye Chen.

His eyes were full of complexity.

There was fear, resentment, and despair.

"Mr. Ye, does your word... hold true?"

Ye Chen nodded. "Naturally. My word is my bond."

Wang Tianlong took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Three seconds later.

He snapped his eyes open, a flash of ruthlessness appearing in them.

His right hand brushed his waist, and a defensive short sword he always carried suddenly appeared in his palm!

It was a palm-length short sword, its blade gleaming with a cold light, incredibly sharp!

"Family Head!!!"

The surrounding Wang Family members cried out in alarm. Some tried to rush forward to stop him, but were halted by a single look from Wang Tianlong.

Wang Tianlong held the short sword, the tip pointed at his own throat.

He looked at Ye Chen and spoke word by word.

"Mr. Ye, I hope you keep your promise."

"After I die, spare the Wang Family."

As he finished speaking, his wrist flicked, and the blade slashed ruthlessly toward his neck!

At that critical moment...

Ye Chen raised his right foot and tapped the ground with his toe.

A pebble the size of a fingernail bounced off the ground and, like a bullet from a barrel, instantly struck Wang Tianlong's wrist!

The next second.

The short sword flew out of his hand, flipped several times in the air, and then plunged into the ground.

Wang Tianlong was stunned.

The surrounding Wang Family members were also stunned.

Their eyes widened as they stared at the scene in disbelief.

What was happening?

Didn't Ye Chen want the Family Head to commit suicide?

Why did he step in to save him at the critical moment?

This... what kind of move was this?

Yan Qingwu and Gongyang Shou stood to the side, equally bewildered.

This...

This didn't seem like something Ye Chen would do!

Wang Tianlong was dazed for two seconds before suddenly snapping out of it. "Mr... Mr. Ye, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Chen stood with his hands behind his back and smiled slightly.

"I saved your life, so you owe me a life, right?"

Wang Tianlong was completely dumbfounded.

These words... didn't seem to have any flaws?

It was indeed Ye Chen who acted just now, preventing his blood from splattering on the spot.

But the problem was...

The one who told him to commit suicide was also Ye Chen!

What the hell was this?

He was complaining wildly in his heart, but didn't dare show a hint of it on his face. He could only bite the bullet and nod.

"Right... right! Mr. Ye is right!"

"You did indeed save my life just now. I... I owe you a life!"

Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction.

"That's more like it."

"Since you owe me a life, you have to listen to me from now on."

"If I tell you to go east, you can't go west. If I tell you to beat the dog, you can't scold the chicken."

"Understand?"

Wang Tianlong: "???"

The surrounding Wang Family members: "???"

Gongyang Shou: "???"

Yan Qingwu, standing to the side, almost burst out laughing.

Exactly!

This was the real Ye Chen!

Scheming, driving people to their deaths without taking the blame!

First making someone commit suicide, then saving them at the last moment, and then logically making them owe him a life so they'd have to obey him obediently from then on...

Don't listen?

Then he'd have a reason to wipe out the entire Wang Family.

This was called having a righteous cause!

This move was too slick!

Wang Tianlong was completely numb.

He had lived for over sixty years; what kind of scene hadn't he witnessed?

But today's scene was truly something he had never seen before!

Clearly, it was Ye Chen who forced him to commit suicide, yet in the end, it turned into Ye Chen saving his life. He had to be grateful and even owed the man a life?

What... what kind of divine logic was this?

But what could he say?

Could he argue?

No!

Because Ye Chen really had stepped in to save him—that was an ironclad fact!

As for who told him to commit suicide...

That matter could only be buried deep in his gut!

Once he brought it up, it would mean a total fallout...

Wang Tianlong took one deep breath, then another, trying hard to suppress the mental breakdown in his heart.

Then.

He looked up at Ye Chen and spoke with a bitter smile.

"Mr... Mr. Ye is right."

"You saved my life. I... I do indeed owe you a life."

"From now on, whatever orders you have, just say the word."

"I, Wang Tianlong, will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"The Wang Family will also follow your orders and never dare to disobey!"

The surrounding members of the Wang Family looked at each other, the expressions on their faces quite a sight.

Some wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Some wanted to cry but couldn't.

Some were holding it in so hard their faces turned red, nearly causing internal injuries.

Gongyang Shou, standing to the side, couldn't help but secretly give Ye Chen a thumbs up.

Brilliant!

Truly brilliant!

Only Ye Chen could come up with such a slick move!

Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction and reached out to pat Wang Tianlong's shoulder.

"That's more like it."

"We're on the same side from now on. Let's not always talk about fighting and killing; it ruins the harmony."

"That sister of yours..."

He paused and smiled slightly.

"Her husband is dead, so let her come back."

"Given the status of the Wang Family, surely she doesn't need to worry about being unable to marry again, right?"

Wang Tianlong nodded like a woodpecker. "Yes, Mr. Ye is absolutely right."

Ye Chen continued.

"Also..."

"If she continues to be restless, do you know what to do?"

Wang Tianlong hurriedly replied, "This subordinate will personally discipline her..."

"Not discipline."

Ye Chen interrupted him. "It's placing righteousness above family, understand?"

Wang Tianlong: "..."

The Wang Family crowd: "..."

Hearing this, Wang Tianlong was completely stunned.

Placing righteousness above family?

That was his own biological sister!

Although she was indeed a bit muddled, and although she was indeed clamoring every day to avenge her husband, and although she was indeed a bit of a hopeless romantic...

She was his sister after all!

The sister he grew up with!

He wanted him to place righteousness above family??

Wang Tianlong opened his mouth, but meeting Ye Chen's eyes, he forced the words back down his throat.

Because he suddenly realized...

Ye Chen was digging a hole for him.

A massive hole.

If he said he couldn't do it, Ye Chen would have a reason to doubt his control over the Wang Family and suspect if he still harbored other intentions.

After all, if he couldn't even control his own sister, how could he manage the entire Wang Family?

But if he said he could...

What about his sister?

Truly place righteousness above family?

He was so conflicted that the muscles on his face were twitching.

The surrounding Wang Family members were even more wide-eyed.

Good grief!

The Family Head had just saved his own life, and in the blink of an eye, he was faced with the choice of "placing righteousness above family"?

This Ye Chen was simply playing with people until they died!

Gongyang Shou, standing to the side, couldn't help but give Ye Chen another thumbs up.

Brilliant!

Truly brilliant!

Whoever went against this guy would be played to death!

Yan Qingwu almost burst out laughing.

She found that following Ye Chen meant there was a good show to watch every day.

And every single show was absolutely spectacular!

Wang Tianlong took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.

He knew he had no choice.

Since he had already knelt and agreed to listen to Ye Chen, he had to show his sincerity.

Otherwise...

He likely wouldn't get through today's ordeal.

He gritted his teeth, looked up at Ye Chen, and squeezed out a smile that looked worse than crying.

"Mr... Mr. Ye is right."

"If my younger sister is still ungrateful and continues to cause trouble, then this subordinate... this subordinate will certainly place righteousness above family!"

Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction.

"That's more like it."

"Don't worry, as long as you're obedient, I won't treat you poorly."

Hearing this, Wang Tianlong felt slightly better.

Although he didn't know if Ye Chen's "won't treat you poorly" was just an empty promise, at least...

His life was saved for now.

As for his sister's side...

He'd agree for now and slowly persuade her later.

As long as she stopped making a scene, Ye Chen probably wouldn't actually force him to kill his own sister.

Ye Chen looked at his relieved expression and smiled slightly, then suddenly changed the subject.

"By the way, Wang Family Head."

"Since we're family now, I should remind you of one thing."