Chapter 45 - Enemy At the Gate (2/2)

“Why don’t you have an evening stroll with Ran-Ran. You two youngsters must have a lot of talk about. Your Uncle Jiang and I will excuse ourselves.”

After she said that, she started down the path, dragging Jiang Haishan behind.

Jiang Haishan managed to blurt out a few more words before he was dragged away, “The kids nowadays are all pretty little liars!

“Don’t you think that you can have my daughter using just lies!”

“Shut your trap; let’s go!” Auntie Tang flung back at her husband.

It wasn’t until her parents had disappeared, Jiang Churan turned toward Chen Fan and asked.

“Why are you here?”

“Did you come here for me?”

Chen Fan paused a second and then said with a smile, “I really do live in Villa Number One.

“I can prove it to you; just come with me.”

Jiang Churan’s pulled a taut face as soon as she heard Chen Fan’s words.

“Chen Fan, we are alone now, why are you still lying to me?

“I know you are a friend of Wei Ziqin, but so what?

“I hope you realize that a real princess like Wei Ziqin would never have a true friends.h.i.+p with ordinary people like you and me. Your friends.h.i.+p with her was built on her pity for you.”

Even as she spoke, her eyes seemed to have lost focus.

She was stunned by the turn of events at the Hidden Dragon Villa. However, when she got home and gave the incident more thought, she realized that she had overestimated Chen Fan. However, powerful Wei Ziqin was, Chen Fan was just her friend, a poor friend while at it.

Most rich people would have one or two poor friends at some point in their lives.

However, those friends.h.i.+ps were often short-lived. Sooner or later, the rich and powerful would get tired of helping the poor.

After the auction, Jiang Churan had gone to the Coco bar again to see if anything had changed with Chen Fan. She was disappointed. Chen Fan was still doing the hard work a labor would.

Impatience flash across Chen Fan’s face, and then he said, “I have told you the truth. I own this mansion now. It has nothing to do with Wei Ziqin.”

Slightly frustrated, Chen Fan turned around and started down the path, leaving the girl all by herself.

She could not believe that Chen Fan had left her hanging for the second time. Anger rose inside of her, and she shouted at the arrogant boy:

“Chen Fan, you can’t rely on Wei Ziqin forever!”

Although Jiang Churan looked disappointed, many other feelings clashed together in her heart.

She didn’t believe Chen Fan’s claim, but deep down, she wished that he had told her the truth.

And then, she was mad at herself for being riled up by Chen Fan, and she asked herself why did she care about him so much?

Meanwhile, unknown to Chen Fan, there was a s.h.i.+p cruising toward Tian He City a few thousand miles away from China.

“Lord Hu, we are only ten miles away from the coast; we need to anchor down right now before we hit the rocks.”

“I will lower a boat and ferry you across to the cost.”

The captain spoke to a middle-aged man fearfully.

The middle-aged man stood upright with his hands linked behind him. Despite the swelling waves that rocked the s.h.i.+p, he stood still steadily without a word.

Everyone in the captain was staring at him like he was a freak.

He had been standing like this for 24 hours and didn’t move a muscle.

“No need for the boat.”

The middle-aged man finally broke the silence.

His eyes seemed to be able to pierce through the gloomy sea and see the coastline ten miles away.

“Lower the anchor; I will go there myself.”

Everyone was shocked by what they heard.

They were still a dozen miles away from the coastline; how could he reach the sh.o.r.e by himself? Without the knowledge of the sea, hidden rocks would surely destroy his boat.

Even as the captain was going to speak up, he watched as the middle-aged man hopped over the rail and jumped into the rolling sea.

“Lord Hu!”

Everyone’s hearts were caught in their throats. They leaned over the rail and looked down, and what they saw would stay with them for the rest of their lives.

They saw the middle-aged man run on the broken surface of the sea as if it was solid ground. He darted toward the coast with incredible speed, trailing behind a line of gleaming back-waves.

The captain collapsed to the deck; trembling uncontrollably, but he still managed to say a few words: “Is he… the Dragon Lord of the sea?”