Yan Zhiyuan's car approached the Ziyuan residential area.
Before even entering the community, his car was stopped by the security guards.
"Hello, we are here to visit someone."
Yan Zhiyuan lowered the window and said.
With his high status and imposing presence, in most residential areas, saying something like that, coupled with his impressive car, would have the security guards letting him through directly.
"Who are you looking for?"
One of the security guards inquired.
His sharp eyes stared intently at Yan Zhiyuan, whose expression changed slightly. These two security guards were no ordinary people; they were likely retired soldiers.
And the very capable kind.
"I'm looking for Mr. Lin Chen."
"You should know who I'm looking for, right?"
Yan Zhiyuan said.
"We know Mr. Lin. Drive to the second basement level of Building 5, and someone will conduct a security check on you."
"Okay."
Yan Zhiyuan and his party finally entered the community and drove into the underground parking lot of Building 5, second basement level, where two other people were already waiting for them.
One of them was holding a detector, and the other was leading a dog.
After a thorough inspection confirmed there were no issues, Yan Zhiyuan was allowed to proceed. He took the elevator to the 20th floor.
"Ding-dong!"
Yan Zhiyuan rang the doorbell.
Lin Chen, who had just finished writing a fairy tale and was chatting with Xu Mengyao, opened the door and saw Yan Zhiyuan outside.
"Patriarch Yan!"
"What brings you here?"
Lin Chen said calmly.
He didn't step aside to invite Yan Zhiyuan in.
Yan Zhiyuan said in a deep voice, "Mr. Lin, let's talk."
Lin Chen raised an eyebrow: "What's there to talk about? We're not acquainted."
Yan Zhiyuan: "Mr. Lin, I've come here today with sincerity. How about we talk inside?"
Lin Chen shook his head.
"I don't think it's necessary."
"Say what you want to say quickly. I just mopped the floor; I don't want you to dirty it."
Yan Zhiyuan: "..."
He was somewhat annoyed; Lin Chen's attitude was too poor.
"Mr. Lin, you know about the trouble my second and third brothers are in, right?"
Lin Chen feigned surprise and said, "They were assassinated too? That has nothing to do with me."
Yan Zhiyuan shook his head: "They didn't die. My second brother embezzled a little bit of money and was discovered, and my third brother was transferred. Our Yan family accepts our fate and won't be your enemy anymore."
"I'll attend your wedding."
Lin Chen chuckled: "Yan Zhiyuan, do you know what flaw your Yan family members have? You're all arrogant!"
"You think that if you do something wrong, as long as you compromise, you can easily get away with it?"
Yan Zhiyuan frowned.
Lin Chen continued: "What's the use of you coming to me? Yan Mingzhu killed Old Song. Did you only offend me? You've disrupted the rules."
"If there aren't severe consequences for breaking the rules of the game, wouldn't the heads of other families feel insecure?"
Yan Zhiyuan said, "Mingzhu is already dead, and she was a married woman."
Lin Chen: "Her death doesn't mean the matter is over. Although she was a married woman, she received a lot of help from your Yan family. Can you deny that?"
"If she had succeeded, your Yan family would have benefited greatly. If she failed, naturally, you have to bear the serious consequences."
Yan Zhiyuan frowned deeply.
Lin Chen sneered: "You still want to attend my wedding? If I agree to let you go, what if Song Shize and the others come looking for me? What if Old Song comes to find me at night?"
"Don't think I'm targeting you; you've narrowed your own path."
Yan Zhiyuan: "Mr. Lin, regardless of others, how about our Yan family first turning hostility into friendship with you?"
Lin Chen snorted: "If you don't provoke me, I naturally won't provoke you. But if you provoke me, don't blame me for being impolite."
"Yan Zhiyuan, you haven't realized yet that your original circle was helping you, but now you're being ostracized."
Yan Zhiyuan's face was extremely ugly.
He felt that Lin Chen was right.
They had broken the rules of the game in the circle, and their Yan family was being rapidly squeezed out of the top circle.
"Yan Zhiyuan, the reason I'm saying so much to you is just to make you understand that your enemy isn't me. If you have any anger, don't direct it at me."
"Otherwise, you won't just be squeezed out of the circle."
Lin Chen sneered.
After he finished speaking, he slammed the door shut.
Yan Zhiyuan left silently. Not long after, he arrived at the parking lot, and the driver drove the car out of the Ziyuan residential area.
"Xiao Liu, pull over."
Yan Zhiyuan instructed.
Soon the car stopped, and the driver got out of the car and walked more than ten meters away. Yan Zhiyuan dialed Yan Zongxiang's phone: "Father, I just met Lin Chen—"
Yan Zhiyuan recounted what had just happened.
"An outsider?"
Yan Zongxiang felt bitter in his heart.
After struggling for decades to reach the top, he had been in the circle for so long that he really hadn't realized this.
"Father, if this is really the case, I'm afraid everything that's happening now is just the beginning. Our Yan family will continue to decline in the coming time."
Yan Zhiyuan said unwillingly.
Yan Zongxiang was silent for a long time and said: "Zhiyuan, come back and prepare more things to obtain the Song family's understanding. I'll also visit some old friends."
"Strive to minimize the losses."
The Yan family being squeezed out of the top circle is likely a foregone conclusion; just try not to be squeezed all the way down.
"Okay, Father."
After hanging up the phone, Yan Zhiyuan let out a long sigh.
A month ago, their family was still very powerful, but he didn't expect that in such a short time, their Yan family had reached the edge of a cliff.
...
"Di Di!"
Lin Chen's phone suddenly rang.
Lin Chen thought it was Yan Zhiyuan calling, but when he picked up the phone, it wasn't. The call was from Dong Chengren.
"Minister Dong, is there any good news?"
Lin Chen answered the phone and smiled.
On the other end of the phone, Dong Chengren said happily: "Professor Lin, good news, Yan Zongxiang's article is going to be withdrawn. Yan Zongxiang himself proposed it."
A faint smile appeared on Lin Chen's face.
He hadn't mentioned this just now.
He knew that Yan Zongxiang's sons were in trouble, so could Yan Zongxiang still protect his article? He took the initiative to withdraw it, which was more dignified.
If he didn't want to be dignified, someone would definitely make him dignified.
"Minister Dong, that's a good thing."
"In that case, there's no problem with my two fairy tales going up."
Lin Chen said with a smile.
Dong Chengren: "Professor Lin, we'll arrange it as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chen was in a good mood.
The Yan family's matter was basically over. If the Yan family didn't come looking for him again, he wouldn't need to look for the Yan family again.
He didn't actually like fighting back and forth like this.
Isn't it better to take care of the kids and improve myself?
"If the Yan family doesn't cause me any more trouble in the future, there shouldn't be any major problems domestically for the time being."
Lin Chen muttered to himself.
The Zhao family, the Wu family, and others had long dared not to say anything. The head of the Wu family was already eating public meals in prison.
"Overseas, the Vette family needs to be dealt with, but there's no rush for that. It's not too late to deal with it after the wedding."
