Chapter Sixteen: Audacity Beyond Measure!

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QQZJ immediately said coldly, “Are we really that close? Why are you casually asking for my school’s address?”

Xu Ye felt deeply wounded. “What? Aren’t we close?”

QQZJ curled her lips. After hesitating for a moment, she finally muttered, “I’ll tell you tomorrow.”

“What?”

Xu Ye stared at her in bewilderment. “Does it really have to wait one more night?”

“Then wait a few more days!”

Xu Ye nearly rolled his eyes, but at that moment, someone suddenly knocked on the bedroom door. Immediately afterward, the voice of Xu Zhengjie, the head of the bodyguard team, came from outside.

“Young Master, I’ve discovered something. Would you like to come out and take a look?”

Xu Ye’s pupils contracted sharply. He quickly said goodbye to QQZJ, then turned and strode out of the room.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a large pile of electronic components scattered across the nearby floor. Judging from their appearance, they were clearly listening devices and miniature cameras.

“Young Master, I discovered these by accident while installing the hidden cameras in the villa, as you instructed.”

“It seems your suspicions and predictions were correct. That woman, Wu Jinrong, really is hiding something serious!”

Indeed, the phone call Xu Ye had made earlier had been to Xu Zhengjie, the head of the family’s bodyguards.

Originally, he had only intended to have some hidden cameras installed around the house so that he could obtain evidence of her schemes and thoroughly ruin that wretched woman.

But he had never imagined that she would already have grown bold enough to install so many listening devices and surveillance cameras!

“Excellent… Truly excellent!”

Xu Ye gritted out the words through clenched teeth. He had really underestimated that vile woman, Wu Jinrong.

“Young Master, shall we report this to the police?”

Xu Zhengjie asked cautiously. He simply could not determine whether his young master was genuinely taking action this time or merely putting on another act.

After all, he knew everything that had happened that evening, but their young master…

His past scandals and offenses were simply too numerous.

Xu Ye knew exactly what was going through his mind. Without offering any explanation, he instead asked, “If we report it, what kind of consequences would there likely be?”

As a security professional, Xu Zhengjie understood the relevant laws. After thinking for a moment, he replied, “Probably nothing too serious. At most, she’d be fined and detained for a few days.”

After a pause, he added, “The main problem is the evidence.”

“First, there’s no way to prove that Wu Jinrong installed these listening devices and cameras. Second, and more importantly…”

“There’s no evidence proving that these things caused any actual harm to you—or even to the Xu family as a whole.”

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That was also why, when such devices were discovered in hotels, there was usually very little impact.

The problem was collecting evidence.

There simply was none.

“Then don’t report it. A punishment that minor would be completely meaningless.”

Was he joking? If she were facing a life sentence, he might consider it. But a fine and a few days of administrative detention?

He might as well keep this matter to himself and enjoy playing with them slowly.

In his previous life, they had swallowed up his family’s assets and driven his family to ruin. If he did not make them wish they were dead, how could he justify being given a second chance at life?

“Brother Xu, from today onward, keep that wretched woman Wu Jinrong under constant watch!”

“Don’t worry, Young Master. Leave this matter to me!”

Xu Zhengjie thumped his chest in assurance.

He had always been utterly loyal to the Xu family, which was precisely why Xu Ye had entrusted him with such an important task.

That vile woman from the Wu family had enjoyed the Xu family’s kindness toward her, her daughter, and even their entire family.

Yet not only was she ungrateful—she was utterly cold-blooded and conscienceless, capable of doing something like this?

She was less than human. She deserved the worst death imaginable!

What he did not know was that the Xu family headed by Xu Ruowei had done far more than this.

This was not even the tip of the iceberg. There were much more terrifying things still to come.

Xu Ye then called Aunt Liu over and instructed her coldly, “Aunt Liu, starting tomorrow, give every dirty and exhausting chore in the house to Wu Jinrong. You only need to supervise her.”

“Remember, she has no privileges whatsoever. If she has any objections, send her directly to me!”

After arranging the matters at home, he thought of his parents—and the company as well. He quickly took out his phone and sent a message to the family group chat.

“Dad, Mom, something has happened at home.”

He then recounted everything that had happened and sent along photographs of the listening devices and cameras lying on the floor.

Liang Qiuxue, who was attending a banquet, felt her pupils contract when she received the messages. She immediately found a quiet, secluded place, took out her phone, and called him directly.

“Son, what’s going on?”

She could hardly be blamed for reacting so strongly. She had always trusted everyone in the household completely and had never imagined that anything like this could happen at home.

“Mom, I can’t be certain yet, but I suspect Wu Jinrong is behind it.”

“And it may not be limited to the house. I suspect that your car and Dad’s car may have been bugged too. The company may also have been fitted with surveillance equipment.”

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In his previous life, the Xu Corporation had begun suffering a series of major problems over the following few years: projects being seized by competitors, newly developed products being exposed in advance, confidential information leaking, product crises, and much more.

At the time, Xu Ye had been entirely focused on Xu Ruowei and had never considered the possibility of anything like this.

But judging from the current situation, it was obvious that the entire Wu family of beasts had been behind it all.

“Wu Jinrong again?”

Liang Qiuxue’s expression instantly became extremely grim.

She thought back to what had happened that evening. No wonder her son had behaved so strangely. He must have discovered something.

But that damned Wu Jinrong—how dare she?

“Son, don’t do anything rash for now. I’ll take care of everything else.”

Xu Chongrui was abroad on a business trip and would not be back for several more days. But an issue this serious could not wait. She could only make the decision herself as the head of the household.

“All right, you should get some rest. I’ll deal with things here, then make a trip to the company.”

After ending the call, Xu Ye put away his phone, and his gaze gradually turned cold.

The future had already begun to change.

Xu Ruowei, Wu Jinrong, Xu Dahai, Xu Zhihao…

You damned beasts, are you ready to pay the price for everything you did in your previous life?

“Young Master, your delivery is here.”

As Xu Ye was thinking, a maid suddenly approached carrying a food delivery order.

“Oh? All right…”

Xu Ye nodded instinctively and took it from her. But just as he was about to turn away, he suddenly realized something was seriously wrong.

When had he ordered takeout?

He lowered his head for another look.

Damn—it was Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Lychee Pork in Fragrant Sauce, and South African Abalone with Oyster Sauce?

That had to cost at least four thousand!

It could not have been ordered by one of the servants. Nor could it have been his mother’s doing; either of them would have informed him first.

Then who was it?

Could it be…?!