ON!IBESAFL | Chapter 9 – That’s the Plaintiff

“Dad, I kind of like your car too. Can you give it to me to use?” Ye Zhi asked with a bright smile.

Ye Yongxian chuckled. “Sure, if you like it, just take it.”

“Thanks, Dad!” she said happily.

Ou Minghan’s expression darkened further.

This woman—she had disrupted his plan again.

That car had already been tampered with. As long as Ye Yongxian drove it, an accident would eventually happen. Worst case, he would be crippled. Best case, he would die.

Once the backbone of the Ye family was gone, even if Ye Zhi had talent, she wouldn’t have time to build any foundation.

But now she had taken the car?

If she ended up dying in it, fine. But if she didn’t, then he would have wasted such a perfect opportunity. And worse—he would have to start planning everything all over again.

The thought alone made his mood sink.

He hated anything that slipped beyond his control.

“Uncle, Auntie, I still have some company matters to handle. I’ll be leaving now,” Ou Minghan said coldly.

After some polite small talk, the Ye family did not insist on keeping him.

Ye Qinya followed him out to see him off. She could sense that her boyfriend was unhappy, but she didn’t understand why.

In the living room, Liu Lingyu chatted casually with Ye Zhi for a while. Ye Zhi then casually asserted her “elder sister authority” and sent Ye Yuzhe off to do his homework.

After that, Ye Yongxian called her into the study.

“Xiao Zhi,” he asked with some confusion, “do you know Ou Minghan from before?”

“No,” she shook her head.

“Then why were you deliberately targeting him earlier?”

He wasn’t wrong to ask. Her behavior had been obvious enough that anyone could see it—except, perhaps, Ye Qinya.

“Because he doesn’t look like a good person,” Ye Zhi said bluntly. “Dad, Qinya still has slap marks on her face. As her boyfriend, did he even ask her if she was okay? I don’t think he truly cares about her. He must have some hidden motive for getting close to her.”

Ye Yongxian laughed helplessly. “But wasn’t that slap from you?”

“I was saving her. Besides, that’s a separate matter,” Ye Zhi replied, pouting. “If he truly cared about her, even scolding me a little would make me feel better.”

As she spoke, she carefully observed her father.

In the original plot, Ye Yongxian had a favorable impression of Ou Minghan and even supported Ye Qinya being with him. Because of that, he later walked straight into Ou Minghan’s trap.

So she had to start changing his perception now—slowly, subtly.

“Actually, he’s quite capable,” Ye Yongxian said with a smile. “And your sister likes him a lot. Next time, at least save some face for him. Don’t make things too awkward. Otherwise, your sister will be put in a difficult position.”

“Got it, Dad.” Ye Zhi suppressed a sigh.

It would take time to change his mind. She couldn’t rush it.

“You should go rest and recover from jet lag,” he added kindly. “Tomorrow come with me to the company. Since you said you want to take over the business, I’m taking you seriously.”

“Okay~” she smiled.

Back in her room, Ye Zhi lay down on the soft bed and let out a long breath.

The inherited memories in her mind had given her a clearer understanding of this world.

The Ye family treated her well. According to those memories, she had gone abroad at fifteen and completed high school, university, and a master’s degree overseas. It had been nearly a decade.

So interacting with them wasn’t difficult—she just had to act naturally. There was no need to fear being exposed.

As for her attitude toward Ou Minghan, it wasn’t deliberate hostility.

She simply saw no reason to pretend.

This world’s technological and economic development was a few years behind her original world, still in the era of rapid internet expansion and a booming real estate market.

After losing his parents, Ou Minghan had been adopted by a wealthy man with the same surname. Using that family’s resources, he built an e-commerce company, aggressively expanded through mergers and acquisitions, and became a rising tech star.

Meanwhile, the Ye family was in real estate—one of the most influential groups in the capital, responsible for many major developments.

Because of this, Ou Minghan couldn’t directly attack them. He had to use Ye Qinya as an entry point, pretending to date her while slowly weaving his schemes.

That was why Ye Zhi had no reason to give him a pleasant face.

Of course, directly bringing him down wouldn’t be easy either.

Not because his company was beyond reach, but because Ou Minghan was extremely skilled at manipulating women.

Besides Ye Qinya, he was also entangled with several wealthy young ladies. All of them were equally infatuated with him, and if he got into trouble, they would surely persuade their families to help him.

So while Ye Zhi wasn’t afraid of him, she also didn’t want to drag the Ye family into unnecessary enemies.

To take him down, she needed patience.

Step by step.

A complete plan slowly formed in her mind.

The next day.

After breakfast, Ye Zhi went with Ye Yongxian to the Ye Corporation.

She didn’t bother with the “start from the bottom” approach. There was no time for that.

So she directly asked for a position as acting executive.

And surprisingly, her father agreed without hesitation.

Not only that, he even instructed the management team to fully cooperate with her.

In the morning, Ye Zhi studied the company’s structure and focused on an upcoming project.

In the afternoon, she walked into Ye Yongxian’s office with the proposal in hand.

“Dad, I want to talk about the Fengle Residence development project,” she said seriously.

“What’s wrong with this proposal?” he asked.

What’s wrong?

There were plenty of problems.

The Fengle Residence project was a joint venture between the Ye family and Ou Minghan. It had only been approved because Ye Yongxian trusted his second daughter’s judgment.

But in the original plot, Ou Minghan used this project to bribe partners and replace high-quality materials with substandard, radiation-contaminated construction waste.

He then leaked the information to the media, causing Ye Corporation’s stock to plummet.

Not only that, he later engineered a forced demolition incident that resulted in fatalities—and pinned everything on the Ye family.