Forced to Marry a Female Billionaire CEO-Chapter 629: The Situation of Each Family

"I knew you couldn't be that reckless. Uncle Wu and Aunt Lin still think you were responsible for the deaths of Li Shichuan, Li Lang, and Ye Feng," Wong Qifu said with a light laugh.

"That's impossible," Xu Ke said, shaking his head. "I just got back. How could I have possibly done something so outrageous? Do they think I'm an immortal?"

"Pretty much. Uncle Wu actually thought so for a while," Wong Qifu teased.

Ever since Xu Ke returned from Sui City as an Innate Initial Stage cultivator, Wang Wu had seen him differently. This was especially true after Wang Wu learned from Tang Yingchang that it only took Xu Ke ten minutes to break through to the Innate Stage. In Wang Wu's eyes, Xu Ke was now nearly indistinguishable from an immortal.

Besides, who knows how slow an actual immortal would be to break through to the Innate Stage...

Xu Ke was silent.

"Alright, since it wasn't you, do you have any idea who it might be?" Wong Qifu asked with a smile, changing the subject.

"It was all Ye Yunfeng's doing. I have the evidence," Xu Ke said.

"So it really was him!" Wong Qifu wasn't surprised. Instead, a strange smile touched her lips. "It seems his methods are as ruthless as ever."

"You guessed it was him, too?" Xu Ke was astonished. Wong Qifu was just too sharp. If he hadn't heard Li Shichuan's dying words, he never would have suspected Ye Yunfeng in Ye Feng's death.

Wong Qifu denied it. "I didn't guess. Hmm... it was more of a deduction. After all, that's just Ye Yunfeng's style."

Xu Ke drew in a sharp breath. "You truly are my wife! Your foresight is uncanny! You judged everything correctly."

Hearing this, Wong Qifu chuckled coquettishly. "Speak seriously."

"What's wrong with calling you my wife? Or are you going to ruin my good name and not take responsibility for it?" Xu Ke began to play the scoundrel.

But to his utter surprise, Wong Qifu didn't get angry. Instead, her voice suddenly became as soft and gentle as a kitten's, whispering sweetly, "No. In that case... my darling husband, could you please get back to the topic at hand? I want to hear what's going on!"

The words hit Xu Ke like a bolt of lightning. He was completely in her thrall, feeling as if his bones were about to melt. "You... you... you..."

He could almost feel her warm breath brushing past his ear. Xu Ke stammered for a moment, his own ears turning red with embarrassment.

He didn't want to be in her thrall... but this was Wong Qifu being coy!

"Well? Are you satisfied, my darling husband?" Wong Qifu continued to tease, her voice as soft and melodious as a warbler's song, scratching at his heart like a cat's paw.

The sensation sent Xu Ke into a daze, and he couldn't help but grin foolishly and nod. "Satisfied! Very satisfied!"

At that, Wong Qifu laughed in exasperation. "If you're so satisfied, then hurry up and talk! Don't waste my time!"

Xu Ke felt as if he'd fallen from the clouds back down to earth. He mumbled twice before saying, "That's it? Say it a couple more times."

"I was worried you were out in public laughing like a fool and embarrassing yourself. Hurry up and get to the point."

"I'm at home. No one can see me."

"Exactly. So hurry up and tell me."

After some more dawdling, Xu Ke finally told Wong Qifu the whole story.

After learning about Ye Feng's true parentage, Wong Qifu sighed softly. "I knew Ye Yunfeng was ruthless, but I never expected him to be this merciless."

She had dared to guess Ye Yunfeng was Ye Feng's killer because she believed he wouldn't hesitate to abandon his adopted son the moment he suspected a link between Ye Feng and Xu Ke. She never imagined Ye Feng was his own flesh and blood.

"For a man that ruthless to remain content in a corner of Tianhai, it's probably not due to a lack of strength, but because his ambitions are far too great. We need to be even more careful and prioritize stability!" Xu Ke said grimly.

He believed that, given Ye Yunfeng's demonstrated patience and cunning, his ambition wasn't just to be the Tianhai King. He probably had his sights set on Long Capital, Jiangnan, the Northern Region, and beyond.

Thinking about this, Xu Ke felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, Wong Qifu has been treading on thin ice all these years as well. Otherwise, if she had clashed directly with Ye Yunfeng, her beauty would have long since turned to dust...

"Mm, I'll take that to heart, and I hope you do the same," Wong Qifu warned with a pointed tone.

Xu Ke knew she was still bothered about the incident in Sui City and chuckled awkwardly. "I know, I know!"

After they hung up, Xu Ke immediately called Zhou Qingzhi.

"Xu Ke, I was about to call you. The prescription has been delivered to the pharmaceutical factory. Qing Yong knows Yihe Pharmaceuticals will be the biggest winner, and he's so ecstatic he's walking on air," Zhou Qingzhi said, getting straight to the point.

Hearing this, Xu Ke nodded and smiled. "Thank you, Uncle Zhi."

"Don't mention it!" Zhou Qingzhi chuckled, then suddenly lowered his voice conspiratorially. "Was all this your doing?"

The question left Xu Ke at a loss for words. Why couldn't he seem to escape this?

"It wasn't me. I can tell you truthfully, it definitely wasn't me," Xu Ke said earnestly. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Oh, is that so..." Zhou Qingzhi's voice was tinged with disappointment.

After exchanging a few more words, Xu Ke ended the call.

「At the same time.」

Inside the Qin Family's residence, Qin Jinghuan approached Qin Feng's study with a grave expression. "Dad, what do you make of Ye Feng's death?"

"What do I make of it?" Qin Feng looked at him and asked in return, "What do *you* make of it?"

Qin Jinghuan said quickly, "The Martial Alliance's notice is just a smokescreen. The real killer is definitely someone else."

Qin Feng shook his head. "That's beyond doubt. The question is, who do you think the killer is?"

"Xu Ke!" Qin Jinghuan blurted out almost without hesitation.

Through a notification from Ye Yunfeng, both the Huang and Qin families knew that the plan to ambush Xu Ke had failed, all because Li Lang and his father had betrayed the Ye Family. They all understood that Li Shichuan's death was simply the Ye Family dealing with traitors.

But they never expected that, in the blink of an eye, Ye Feng would also be dead.

From their perspective, Xu Ke's inside man had been killed, so he immediately retaliated by killing Ye Yunfeng's third son.

"That's right, I also think it's Xu Ke," Qin Feng nodded. "In all of Tianhai, only he would dare to be so blatantly arrogant, domineering, and ruthless. And only he could have handled it so cleanly, completely removing himself from the situation."

Despite his hatred for Xu Ke, Qin Feng couldn't help but admire him.

His strategic mind is truly unparalleled! When it was time to act, he struck like lightning, giving the Ye Family no time to even breathe. How wonderful it would be if such a man were a Qin!

The same scene was playing out in the Huang, Ye, Ouyang, and various other major families. Everyone who didn't know the full story, including Ye Chong, the Ye Family's only official son, was certain that Xu Ke had killed Ye Feng.

Only the man himself was currently speechless.

"My lord, it really wasn't you?" Duan Zhuo'e asked, his voice filled with astonishment.

"How many times do I have to repeat myself?" Xu Ke felt the urge to pull him through the phone and give him a good beating.

Duan Chongfeng hadn't explained the situation to Duan Zhuo'e, so he naturally couldn't resist asking Xu Ke himself.

Hearing Xu Ke's cold laughter, Duan Zhuo'e broke out in a cold sweat and immediately began to lay on the flattery. "No, no! I just meant that if you *had* done it, it would have been incredibly cool! That decisiveness, that ferocity... you would truly be a role model for all of us martial artists to emulate."

"So now that you know it wasn't me, do you think I'm lame?" Xu Ke asked, exasperated.

Duan Zhuo'e didn't miss a beat, immediately changing his tune. "Of course not! The fact that you *didn't* do it proves your benevolence and compassion. You possess the power to kill but choose not to. Such magnanimity is what one would expect from a Seasoned Envoy of the Northern Dragon Guard."

Xu Ke was utterly exasperated. "Enough. Stop with the flattery and get to the point."

"Yes!" Visibly relieved, Duan Zhuo'e quickly said, "Right! Ma Tong and Da Tou have already come up with a preliminary plan to deal with you."