Volume 1, Chapter 43: Ye Tian's Background

The Zhou family's side hall.

Zhou Yunyi sat in the pear-wood chair, his expression dark and severe.

Seated below him were his son and grandson, Zhou Chen and Zhou Xun.

Further down sat several core members of the family.

"The news has been confirmed."

"Xu Ziyao indeed made a trip to Dragon Head Mountain and brought someone back..."

"That person is none other than Ye Tian, the genius alchemist of the Li family."

"Moreover, Xu Ziyao personally escorted Ye Tian off the helicopter and walked him all the way to the entrance."

"Their relationship appears to be quite unusual..."

"In my opinion, the Xu family is most likely planning to have this Ye Tian treat General Xu."

"After all, that Ye Tian carries the reputation of both a genius alchemist and a miraculous doctor..."

The muscles on Zhou Yunyi's face twitched violently.

"Ye Tian..."

"That press conference held by the Li family last time was entirely orchestrated by Ye Tian, wasn't it?"

Raging flames instantly ignited in Zhou Yunyi's eyes, resembling a volcano on the verge of erupting.

The mere mention of the name Ye Tian was enough to make his fury uncontrollable.

The heavy blow the Zhou family had recently suffered was entirely Ye Tian's doing.

Ye Tian had suddenly made public the recipe for the Youth-Preserving Pill during the press conference...

That single move struck straight at the vital weakness of the Zhou family!

It was devastating!

Such an exquisite plan had clearly been plotted long in advance.

Ye Tian was the chief culprit.

Now it seemed that the Li family's forced surrender of the Youth-Preserving Pill formula was actually just a ploy of going along with the enemy's scheme to trap them.

They had long since prepared a trap targeting the Zhou family.

Once the Zhou family obtained the formula and poured massive amounts of capital into the production of the Beauty Pill, the Li family would suddenly strike, publishing the recipe for the Youth-Preserving Pill and delivering a fatal blow to the Zhou family.

This strategy was truly vicious!

Following that press conference, the Zhou family had lost all face among the various prominent clans in Nanjiang City, and their family reputation had plummeted to rock bottom.

More importantly, the Zhou family's capital chain had almost snapped, nearly plunging the entire family into an irreversible abyss.

Afterwards, the Zhou family exerted every ounce of strength, relying on the concerted efforts and painstaking operations of all family members to clear out their inventory, and only then gradually recovered a fraction of their vitality.

They had originally wanted to launch an immediate retaliation against the Li family.

However, because Xu Weiping suddenly returned to Nanjiang City, they temporarily shelved their conspiracies against the Li family.

Right now, the most crucial matter for the Zhou family was to quickly establish a good relationship with the tremendously influential Xu family.

Zhou Yunyi's plan was, naturally, to cure Xu Weiping's illness.

Never had he expected that at this critical juncture, Ye Tian would pop up again and maintain such an intimate-looking relationship with Xu Ziyao...

This was clearly intended to ruin the Zhou family's good fortune!

"Simply outrageous!"

Zhou Yunyi slammed his hand fiercely onto the table.

The tea set on the table rattled loudly, and tea splashed out, flowing wildly across the polished surface.

"In order to get in touch with the Xu family these past few days, we have invested a massive amount of manpower, material resources, and wealth. Look at the Li family—they actually expect to effortlessly appropriate the fruits of our hard work!"

Zhou Yunyi was beside himself with anger.

In his eyes, the Xu family was already a piece of fat meat delivered right to his mouth.

Anyone attempting to connect with the Xu family was snatching what belonged to him!

Suppressing the raging fire in his heart, Zhou Yunyi slowly turned his head to look at Zhou Xun sitting beside him.

Zhou Xun wore a well-tailored British suit, with exquisite gold-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, exuding an air of scholarly elegance in every movement.

As a globally renowned medical authority, particularly bolstered by his glorious resume as a private physician to the British royal family, he held considerable weight and speaking power within the family.

"Second son!" Zhou Yunyi managed to restrain his inner anger with great effort. "Tell me honestly, what percentage of certainty do you have in curing Xu Weiping's illness?"

Zhou Xun slightly frowned and gently pushed up his glasses with his finger.

After a moment of contemplation, he solemnly replied, "Father, given my profound attainments and rich clinical experience in the medical field over the years, coupled with the in-depth research and repeated deliberations on Elder Xu's condition conducted by the top-tier medical team we assembled recently..."

"I have a ninety percent certainty, and I have already formulated a detailed and scientifically rigorous treatment plan. If everything goes smoothly, I should be able to successfully cure General Xu..."

A ninety-percent certainty was already quite high.

Zhou Yunyi's expression eased slightly.

"Very well. Once this matter succeeds, the Xu family will owe us a monumental favor..."

"In the future, our Zhou family's position in Nanjiang City will undoubtedly become even as secure as a monolith!"

"The glory and interests of the Zhou family will be immensely guaranteed and expanded!"

"This is a crucial battle that will determine the family's destiny; you must not be careless!"

"Furthermore, that fellow named Ye Tian..."

"Must be taken seriously!"

"We absolutely cannot let him ruin our grand enterprise at this critical juncture!"

Zhou Chen immediately smiled with confidence.

"Grandfather, you don't need to worry too much about that Ye Tian..."

"I have investigated his background and coincidentally uncovered some unexpected inside information."

"This Ye Tian possesses absolutely no medical background, has never had any experience in practicing medicine or treating patients, and even those closest to him knew nothing about him understanding medical skills..."

"Additionally, he seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth for several years, completely disappearing from public view."

"Yet in today's highly developed and pervasive era of information, how could a person vanish completely without a trace?"

"There must be a profound story behind this!"

"Grandson used every ounce of effort and went through various special connections and channels, experiencing numerous twists and turns before finally uncovering the truth."

"As it turns out, this Ye Tian was sentenced and sent to prison for running someone over with his car and causing their death."

"For a prisoner who spent several years behind bars to suddenly transform into a miraculous doctor upon release—that is absolute fantasy!"

"It can only be said that the Li family is far too crafty!"

"This is their conspiracy, a well-rehearsed play directed and acted out by themselves!"

Zhou Yunyi narrowed his eyes slightly. "Do you have solid evidence for all this?"

Zhou Chen hurriedly replied, "Yes! Grandson has already found his ex-wife, personally talked with her for verification, and cross-examined it through multiple channels. There is not a shred of falsehood!"

Zhou Yunyi frowned and asked, "Is it possible... that he learned medicine in prison?"

Zhou Xun shook his head. "Domestic prisons are completely incapable of teaching inmates medical knowledge. Even if Ye Tian devoted his heart and soul to studying medicine during his three years inside, without systematic learning resources and professional guidance, he could at most pick up some superficial tricks. Relying on such half-baked medical skills to cure Elder Xu's illness is nothing short of wishful thinking; he might even end up killing the patient..."

"Since that is the case..."

Zhou Yunyi slowly straightened his posture and stared intently at Zhou Chen. "Go and contact his ex-wife immediately!"

"In three days, you will go to the Xu family and expose his ugly face in person, so that everyone can see his true colors!"

"The credit for curing General Xu can only belong to our Zhou family!"

"This monumental favor must remain with our Zhou family!"

"As for Ye Tian! He must pay a heavy price for his actions!"