Chapter 7: An Inherited Fiery Temper, Perfect for Dealing with All Forms of Defiance

"Oh, it's Young Master Jin. You are too kind. I am just here for a casual meal; I never expected to trouble you with my presence," Lin Tai said with a chuckle.

Ye Huan frowned. What kind of background did this Young Master Jin have that made a major entrepreneur like Lin Tai treat him with such caution, not even daring to act like his elder, addressing him as "you" repeatedly?

"Grandpa Lin, please stop calling me Young Master Jin. In front of you, I am just a junior. You can just call me Feiyu."

Jin Feiyu was very satisfied with Lin Tai's attitude, though his words were phrased to show feigned respect, treating Lin Tai as an elder.

"Since you insist, I will take the liberty of an old man and call you Feiyu." Lin Tai dared not defy him and said with a dry laugh, "Feiyu, I am very happy you came to greet me when you knew I was here. I know you are a busy man and must have come here to dine with many friends. If you stay too long with me, your friends might be displeased. You should get back to them; when you have time another day, I will host, and we can have a proper gathering!"

This was a polite way of asking him to leave, but Lin Tai phrased it very delicately.

"Grandpa Lin, I just arrived. Why are you chasing me away?" Jin Feiyu, maintaining his junior persona, bluntly pierced through Lin Tai's intentions. "I am not busy at all today, and I didn't bring any friends. I came here to eat alone. Since I happened to bump into you, Grandpa Lin, let's eat together. This meal is on me."

Lin Tai inwardly cursed Jin Feiyu for his shamelessness, but he dared not refuse, so he chuckled, "Since you don't mind our leftovers, then please sit and join us."

He then looked at Ye Huan and instructed, "Ye Huan, go ask the waiter to bring another set of cutlery!"

He intended to send Ye Huan away to avoid letting Jin Feiyu know about Ye Huan's relationship with Lin Xi, which might cause trouble.

"Wait!" Before Ye Huan could respond, Jin Feiyu looked at him and asked, "Grandpa Lin, who is this?"

Lin Tai felt a sense of dread, about to say that Ye Huan was a distant relative.

Just then, Lin Canglan interjected, "Young Master Jin, his name is Ye Huan. He is Xixi's fiancé; they just registered their marriage this morning."

Lin Tai was furious, cursing Lin Canglan for a scoundrel. By exposing Ye Huan's identity, he was clearly trying to use Jin Feiyu to deal with him.

Lin Xi frowned, her face clouded with anger. She had not expected her father to stoop to such despicable, low-class tactics just to break her and Ye Huan up. For a moment, she secretly worried for Ye Huan. Although she wished he would disappear, she did not want him to die at someone else's hands, and Jin Feiyu was exactly the kind of person capable of killing him.

Li Meiya gave Lin Canglan an "attaboy" look and then watched the drama unfold with anticipation.

"Fiancé? Registered?" The smile on Jin Feiyu's face froze. He turned his head sharply toward Lin Tai and shouted angrily, "Grandpa Lin, what is the meaning of this? Everyone in Pengcheng knows that Lin Xi is single. I have asked for her hand in marriage many times, and you have always used the excuse that 'Lin Xi is still young and the Lin Group needs her, so let's discuss marriage in a few years.' Why has a fiancé suddenly appeared today, and they even registered their marriage?"

Ye Huan was stunned. *Well, well, so this little punk is my romantic rival!*

"This..." Lin Tai did not know how to respond.

At this moment, Li Meiya said with biting sarcasm, "Young Master Jin, Ye Huan is the husband Father chose for Lin Xi. Today was actually the first time Lin Xi met him. Originally, Xixi was very resistant to marrying Ye Huan, but we didn't expect him to use underhanded schemes to trick Xixi into registering the marriage with him."

As soon as these words were out, Lin Tai and Lin Xi were both livid. Li Meiya's actions were clearly meant to incite Jin Feiyu against Ye Huan. This was a vicious, cutthroat move!

Ye Huan finally understood what was happening. He thought to himself that Lin Canglan and Li Meiya would stop at nothing to break him and Lin Xi up. Weren't they afraid that once they drove him away, they wouldn't be able to shake off Jin Feiyu?

Lin Canglan gave Li Meiya an approving look. Both of them knew their actions had angered Lin Tai, but with Jin Feiyu present, they believed Lin Tai wouldn't dare lash out. To break up Ye Huan and Lin Xi, they were willing to be scolded by Lin Tai later.

"So that's how it is!" Jin Feiyu's expression turned icy. He walked slowly to Ye Huan, grabbed him by the collar, and said coldly, "Kid, I don't care whose tire you crawled out of like a piece of dog excrement. While I'm not yet angry, get up, go to the Civil Affairs Bureau immediately, and dissolve your marriage with Lin Xi."

*Death wish!*

Being grabbed by the collar, Ye Huan's fists tightened instantly. He was about to smash the skull of this idiot who dared to provoke the Pluto.

"Don't be impulsive!" Lin Xi suddenly shouted, grabbing Ye Huan's right wrist. She said nervously, "Ye Huan, let me warn you: there are people in this world you can provoke, and others you cannot. Young Master Jin is someone you cannot afford to provoke. If you throw that punch, you will be throwing away your own life!"

Lin Tai wanted to intervene, but he held back. He suddenly had a bold idea: to use this opportunity to gauge Ye Huan's capabilities and see if he was truly the ruthless killer he suspected him to be.

"Oh my, Ye Huan, are you planning to strike Young Master Jin?"
"Young Master Jin, don't be careless. Ye Huan is a pig butcher; he has a bit of strength."

Lin Canglan and Li Meiya, eager to stir up trouble, fanned the flames, trying to goad Jin Feiyu and Ye Huan into a fight. If they fought, no matter who started it, Ye Huan would be dead for sure!

"Want to throw a punch?" Prompted by Lin Xi, Lin Canglan, and Li Meiya, Jin Feiyu realized Ye Huan was planning to fight. He said with disdain, "So you're not convinced? Well, that's quite a coincidence—my ancestral, short temper specializes in curing all kinds of defiance!"

After saying this, he picked up a teacup from the table and smashed it on the floor!

Immediately, the private room door was burst open, and over a dozen youths armed with knives swarmed in. Fortunately, the room was large enough to hold them all.

Seeing this, Lin Xi silently blamed her parents—they were going to get Ye Huan killed!

Lin Tai suddenly became nervous. If Ye Huan wasn't the person he suspected, he would either die or be crippled by Jin Feiyu today.

Lin Canglan and Li Meiya were thrilled. Jin Feiyu's underlings had arrived; Ye Huan was doomed.

"Interesting!" Ye Huan suppressed the urge to kill Jin Feiyu and said with a cold sneer, "I was only suspicious before, but now it seems my suspicions were true!"

These words left everyone in the room with question marks over their heads.

"You pig butcher, have you lost your mind? What kind of nonsense are you spouting?" Li Meiya mocked.

Ye Huan ignored her and said to Lin Xi, "The twelve people who blocked your car on the road to kidnap you were sent by Jin Feiyu."

Lin Xi's pretty face changed instantly. She looked sharply at Jin Feiyu and happened to catch his pupils contracting and a look of surprise on his face, though he masked it a second later.

Lin Xi believed Ye Huan's words, and at the same time, many things clicked into place.

Jin Feiyu felt a jolt of alarm; he couldn't fathom how Ye Huan knew about that.

Lin Tai was shocked. He hadn't even known that Lin Xi had encountered kidnappers on her way to pick up Ye Huan.

Lin Canglan and Li Meiya were stunned for a moment, then wore mocking smiles.

Lin Canglan said with contempt, "Ye Huan, you see so many of Young Master Jin's men and realize you're trapped, so you're trying to frame him and incite our Lin family to side with you, right?"

"I knew this pig butcher had a thousand schemes, or he wouldn't have been able to play Xixi like that!" Li Meiya acted as if she had seen right through Ye Huan.

Ye Huan looked at Lin Canglan and Li Meiya as if they were idiots and said with disdain, "If IQ were graded in levels, the two of you would definitely be at the 'diaper' level!"