Zhang Yide truly lived up to his reputation as someone who had witnessed Ye Lingtian’s growth. From Ye Lingtian’s previous glances and actions, he understood that Ye Lingtian was entrusting him to wholeheartedly assist Ye Fei and ensure that Ye Fei sustained the Ye family.
Zhang Yide also had deep affection for Ye Fei. He had never married in his life and had always regarded Ye Lingyun and Ye Lingtian as his own sons.
As the sole male descendant of the Ye family’s third generation, Ye Fei was especially cherished by him like a grandson. However, due to being aware of Ye Fei’s physical condition, he had never considered Ye Fei as the heir of the Ye family.
Now, seeing that the heavy burden of the Ye family was about to fall on this 16 - year - old boy, Zhang Yide felt extremely sorry for him. He reached out and stroked Ye Fei’s head, saying, "Child, the dead cannot be brought back to life. Don’t be overly sad. Now, you must pull yourself together!"
Ye Fei stood up, wiped the tears from his eyes, and nodded to Zhang Yide, saying, "Grandpa Zhang, don’t worry. I will cheer up. This is the first time I’ve cried since I became sensible, but I believe it will definitely be the last time. I will never allow such a thing to happen again, and the Ye family will achieve unprecedented glory under my leadership!"
As he spoke, a powerful sense of self - confidence emanated from him, causing those battle - experienced people behind Zhang Yide to secretly admire him.
Zhang Yide looked at Ye Fei in disbelief. He had never expected that this always weak and frail child could have such a side.
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At the same time, he noticed Ye Yu lying dead beside them, especially the several purple fingerprints on his neck, and knew that he had been forcefully strangled to death.
Having just witnessed Ye Yu’s strength, he naturally understood that Ye Lingtian did not possess the ability to kill Ye Yu. The only explanation was that Ye Fei, who had always been regarded as a good - for - nothing by others, possessed incredibly powerful strength.
The change in Ye Fei was something Zhang Yide was delighted to see. The stronger Ye Fei became, the more stable the Ye family would be, which was precisely what Zhang Yide hoped for the most. This loyal old man had dedicated his entire life to the Ye family and had even subconsciously regarded himself as a part of the Ye family.
Zhang Yide was right. Ye Fei had indeed changed.
After today’s events, he realized that he had been too indecisive in the past. He had always thought that with his intelligence and strength, he could handle everything. However, he had never anticipated that life was filled with unexpected situations.
Even the most capable person couldn’t account for everything. From now on, what he needed to do was to nip in the bud everything that could be detrimental to himself and his family.
It must be said that after this setback, Ye Fei truly grew up and truly acquired the mindset that an ambitious person should have. It was also this time that he truly took the first step towards dominating the world, and no one could stop him anymore.
After making the decision, Ye Fei recalled the plan he had come up with earlier. The last bit of hesitation he had felt before had now completely vanished. He asked in a deep voice, "Grandpa Zhang, how many people rebelled with Ye Yu this time?"
Zhang Yide’s old face turned red, and he said with some embarrassment, "Because Ye Yu was very skilled at making money, many people in the club admired him. Those who followed him this time accounted for nearly one - third. However, they have all been brought under our control now. Ye Fei... No, Clan Leader, how do you think we should deal with them?"
Since Ye Fei had just taken over and had no prestige within the Lingyun Club yet, Zhang Yide was eager to help him establish his authority. However, he didn’t have an opportunity for the time being, so he could only show him due respect in his address first. This way, those arrogant individuals would also pay more attention.
Ye Fei didn’t care about the form of address. He continued to ask expressionlessly, "What’s the specific number?"
"There are over 300 core members, and the peripheral members controlled by these core members are nearly 5,000." Zhang Yide replied without hesitation.
Ye Fei couldn’t help but secretly marvel. Although he knew the extent of his family’s influence, he had never been very clear about the number of members in the Lingyun Club. Now, after hearing Zhang Yide’s introduction, he realized that the Lingyun Club had nearly 20,000 members.
Although he was surprised in his heart, Ye Fei didn’t show it. He asked again, "Then, Grandpa Zhang, what do you think we should do with these people?" Ye Fei showed sufficient respect for this old man who had been assisting the Ye family since his grandfather’s time.
Zhang Yide said, "My opinion is that the peripheral members should be divided among other core members, and those core members who had a close relationship with Ye Yu directly..."
At this point, he formed his palm into a blade and made a slashing motion in front of his neck, saying, "Leave no future trouble!"
Ye Fei nodded and said, "Handle the peripheral members as you suggest, Grandpa Zhang. As for those core members, just hand them over to me."
Zhang Yide’s expression changed. He thought that Ye Fei couldn’t bring himself to execute those core members. He wanted to remind him, but there were still many gang members present, and this was Ye Fei’s first order.
Naturally, he couldn’t refute it. So, he could only nod reluctantly, planning to have a good talk with Ye Fei later.
Ye Fei noticed Zhang Yide’s hesitation and understood the reason. He smiled slightly and said, "Grandpa Zhang, don’t worry. I also know that these people can’t be left alive. However, I want to put them to good use."
Over the years, when Ye Fei had free time, he would use his hacking skills to poke around and had naturally come across a lot of confidential information.
For example, there was an island nation in the east that had an extremely cruel technology. It could completely extract a person’s thoughts and then implant another set of memories to completely control that person.
Now, Ye Fei planned to obtain this technology. However, those people from the island nation could at most control some ordinary people. But Ye Fei intended to use this technology and then use the machine he had developed to enhance their strength, thus creating a powerful team that was loyal only to him.
Previously, Ye Fei had been worried about not having enough people to form this team. Now, he no longer had to worry because with these over 300 people, it would definitely be sufficient to protect his family.
When he had fought against Ye Yu earlier, he felt that although Ye Yu was far inferior to him, his martial arts skills were no less than those of the warrior Ying from before. Moreover, Ye Yu was on the verge of controlling the Lingyun Club.
For such a useful person, the person behind him didn’t seem to value him at all. He didn’t even send anyone to protect him. This demonstrated how powerful that person’s forces were.
Therefore, Ye Fei decided that after handling the matters at hand, he would immediately commence this transformation work to completely eliminate any danger to the people around him.
Because he believed that no matter how powerful that person’s forces were, when faced with hundreds of extremely skilled individuals who were not afraid of ordinary bullets, there would be no way to deal with them.