Chapter 67: Kneel and Apologize (Thanks to Shaoguangyu for a glass of red wine)

Not long after.

Young Master Ji led a group of people from the Ji family, followed closely by a crowd of security guards, striding majestically toward them.

"Old Master Ji has actually come in person!"

The class monitor, Dong Jian, worked at a company owned by the Ji family, so he was naturally no stranger to its members.

Seeing that even the patriarch of the Ji family had arrived, Dong Jian broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that this time the matter had blown up completely!

Not just the Ji family—soon, the members of the Cui family, who were feeling uneasy, also followed them out.

When he witnessed with his own eyes that the heads of the five major families, along with a host of high-ranking family heirs, had all actually gathered here, Dong Jian turned as pale as a sheet, filled with bitter regret.

"It's actually true!"

"The higher-ups of the five major families were really dining in the other private room."

"Not only did I completely botch this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make connections, but I've also deeply offended the Ji family!"

Dong Jian hurried back into the private room and saw that Ye Feng was acting as if nothing had happened, still seated calmly there, chatting and laughing with Su Shan while leisurely sipping tea.

At this sight, Dong Jian flew into a rage.

"Young Master Ji has already brought people here!"

"And right as you wished, you've alarmed all those big shots, and they've all come over one after another!"

"I want to see how you're going to handle this and how you'll clean up this mess!"

Upon seeing this, the classmates also retreated to the sides, avoiding Ye Feng as if he were a plague god.

In an instant, a large space cleared up right in the middle of the private room.

Only Ye Feng and Su Shan remained seated there, looking completely unperturbed.

"Ye Feng, is this really going to be alright?" Although she sat chatting with Ye Feng, Su Shan still felt rather insecure inside.

After all, this was the Ji family's territory. Could it be like the previous two times, where the other party had to show Ye Feng respect and didn't dare act rashly?

The Zhao family and the Su family had already left Su Shan in disbelief.

She simply couldn't imagine that if the Ji family were added to the mix, it could still turn out the same way!?

"Don't worry, with me here, it's fine." Ye Feng remained calm and composed, like an emperor in total control of the entire realm, looking down on the world.

As they were speaking, Young Master Ji and his entourage arrived in a rush.

"Grandpa! It's this damn brat!"

Young Master Ji pushed through the crowd in a fury, pointing at Ye Feng and shouting curses.

Upon seeing this, the class monitor Dong Jian quickly chimed in: "Ye Feng, you still dare to sit there? Why don't you hurry up and kneel to apologize to the Ji family!"

Lu Chuxue also seized the opportunity to step forward and echo the sentiment: "Ye Feng! Hurry up—kneel and apologize!"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the private room grew tense to the breaking point.

Meanwhile, Ye Feng and Su Shan seemed to have become the targets of public criticism, and even his classmates had taken the initiative to stand on the opposite side.

Kneel?

Apologize?

Faced with these shrill, grating shouts, the corners of Ye Feng's mouth curled upward as he slowly raised his head to glance at Old Master Ji.

Just this single glance was almost enough to scare Old Master Ji so badly that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees first.

"Grandpa... what's wrong with you?" Young Master Ji hurriedly rushed forward to support his grandfather, otherwise the old man looked as though he was about to collapse.

Immediately afterward, Old Master Ji rubbed his eyes hard and drew a sharp breath, only then realizing what a ridiculous blunder had been made.

"Ye... Master Ye..."

Old Master Ji shook off his grandson's support, stepped forward, and bowed deeply. "This is all a misunderstanding!"

Master Ye!?

Hearing this form of address, along with Old Master Ji's bow and apology, all the classmates present dropped their jaws in astonishment.

"Master Ye!?" Dong Jian stood dumbstruck, as if he had just seen a ghost. "When did Ye Feng, that ex-con, become Master Ye?"

If anyone else had called him Master Ye, it wouldn't have mattered much—after all, it was just a common form of address.

However, when the three words "Master Ye" were spoken by the head of the Ji family himself, the meaning became entirely different.

The identity of someone who could make the head of the Ji family address him respectfully as "Master" can easily be imagined!

What's more, Old Master Ji was currently bowing and apologizing in person, which made it all the more unbelievable.

"Master Ye..." Lu Chuxue widened her eyes and held her breath, shock seeming to grip her throat. "Didn't he spend five years in prison? How could he possibly know a heavyweight big shot on the level of the Ji family head!?"

"Could they have mistaken him for someone else!?"

Just as everyone present was harboring this tiny shred of doubt:

"Master Ye!"

"It really is you, Master Ye!"

"Master Ye, we are late!"

Led by the Cui family, the rest of the group walked in one after another.

Seeing Ye Feng sitting serenely over there, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Cui Youliang's earlier speculations unexpectedly turned out to be true!

The Cui family, the Su family, the Chang family, the Tan family!

Seeing the heads or chief executives of these major families taking the initiative to step forward and pay their respects to Ye Feng, class monitor Dong Jian and the rest of the classmates were shocked beyond measure.

If Dong Jian hadn't been able to barely recognize more than half of the faces among these high-ranking figures from the major families, anyone witnessing this unbelievable scene would have assumed these were just extras hired by Ye Feng.

How could this possibly be real!?

The Ji family alone was enough to cause profound shock.

Add in the other four families—half of the ten great aristocratic families of Beijing were present, and they were all collectively paying their respects to Ye Feng in unison!?

What kind of international joke was this!?

Even Su Shan beside him looked at Ye Feng in sheer astonishment, unable to believe that his connections were so extensive!

Half of the renowned ten great aristocratic families were actually treating him with such deep reverence?

At this moment, Young Master Ji was practically petrified with shock.

When he had seen his grandfather's abnormal behavior just moments before, he had thought his grandfather's eyes were failing him and he had mistaken the person.

Before he even had a chance to correct him, the elders from the other major families filed into the venue one after another and, just like his own grandfather, took the initiative to bow and greet Ye Feng.

It couldn't possibly be that everyone had mistaken the person, could it?

Caught right in the middle, Young Master Ji felt as though he were being roasted over an open fire, deeply miserable and entirely helpless.

In an instant, the room fell into a dead silence.

Ye Feng's classmates were too stunned to breathe.

Meanwhile, the members of the Ji family and the other four major families all felt nervous and unsettled in their hearts, terrified that Master Ye would fly into a rage again and wondering how on earth they could appease him.

"Gran... Grandpa..." Young Master Ji forced his mouth open, wanting to ask what he should do now.

Unfortunately, there was not a crack in the ground for him to crawl into to escape this disaster.

*Crack!*

Old Master Ji delivered a backhanded slap directly across his grandson's face.

"You unfilial wretch! How dare you offend Master Ye!?"

"Why aren't you kneeling down right now to apologize to Master Ye!"