Before making his decision.
The head of the He Family had considered several possible answers.
Things had reached this point.
Offending the Long Family was inevitable.
He believed that,
given the Long Family's capabilities,
they had likely already figured out that the person plotting against Long An
was his own younger brother.
And many people would also assume
that the He Family had done this solely to make Ye Yuan and Long An fight.
That way, they could vent their anger over losing Chenghuang Island.
He had considered that possibility before as well.
But what many people did not know was
that he had done this
entirely because of a woman.
Whenever he thought of the woman he loved dying in depression within the Long Family,
the nameless fire in his heart became impossible to extinguish.
He had lacked the power before, so all he could do was endure.
Now, he had nearly reached the point where he could speak to the Long Family as an equal.
What the Long Family owed him, he would repay bit by bit upon every one of them.
Even the son of the woman he loved was not someone he intended to spare.
That was what He Jing truly thought.
Of course, he would not tell anyone what he was thinking.
Not even his own younger brother.
Ye Yuan had no idea
that the mastermind he had made up on the spot
had accidentally turned out to be real.
At that moment, Ye Yuan was sitting in Song Ran's villa, looking at the uneasy expression on her face, unsure what to say.
Ever since entering the villa,
he had sensed Song Ran's recent state of mind.
It had to be said that the trending topics from before
had indeed dealt a serious blow to