Chu Yilan's father, Chu Changqi, was the illegitimate son of a family at the bottom of the upper-class hierarchy. After graduating from university, he came to work at the Ming Group. He was handsome, refined, and exceptionally capable.
But beneath that captivating human skin lay a filthy soul.
Chu Changqi was so skilled at pretending that even Old Master Ming failed to see through him in time.
Back then, Ming Mei was the goddess countless wealthy young men in Qu City would have beaten down the door to marry. With the advantage of proximity, Chu Changqi used a heart full of false affection to win her genuine love.
Old Master Ming's wife had died young, and Ming Mei had been born late in his life, so it was easy to imagine how much he doted on her. Whatever his daughter wanted, he would give her exactly that. And although Chu Changqi's family background was lacking, he could run circles around all those useless rich boys. Old Master Ming was quite fond of him.
With that, it was only a matter of time before Chu Changqi married Ming Mei.
Plenty of people mocked Chu Changqi behind his back, calling him a live-in son-in-law and a social climber who had married into money. Chu Changqi met them all with a smile, presenting himself as remarkably good-tempered.
Once the two were married and Ming Mei became pregnant, Old Master Ming temporarily stepped away from the company because of his health. In barely six months, everything changed.
Chu Changqi ruthlessly wiped out his own family.
He also drove several long-established companies that had always been on good terms with the Ming Corporation to the brink of bankruptcy. He kept the news tightly under wraps and came home every day wearing the face of a