Chapter 141 - Chen Family’s Future (2/2)
“Gosh. More than half of the officers in the military headquarters are here. What is going on?”
Those who had recognized one or two people among the new wave of guests couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen.
Li Muchen stood at the center of the courtyard and didn’t speak a word. Silence had fallen into the entire Chen village.
Li Muchen scanned the crowded courtyard and finally found what he was looking for. Then he sauntered on without a word.
“Is he going toward Lord Wei?”
He was heading toward the direction of Elderly Man Wei, and the well-known connection between Elderly Man Wei and Li Muchen made everyone arrive at the same conclusion.
However, the development quickly took a dramatic turn.
Li Muchen walked over to Chen Fan and spoke to him with a broad smile.
“Mr. Chen, we have finally met! I have been looking forward to this for a while!”
Chen Fan finally rose from his seat and replied slowly: “Thank you.”
His demeanor made him look like he was greeting an old friend.
However, Li Muchen didn’t mind Chen Fan’s casual reply. He held on to Chen Fan’s arm and started talking joyously.
The development shocked everyone, Qin Hua, Chen Huaian, Chen Zhenxin, Chen An, Chen Gexin and his wife… Even all the guests were rendered speechless by the turn of events.
Everyone could only stare, leaving Chen Fan and Li Muchen the only two people who were talking.
Their voices echoed in the quiet courtyard despite the huge crowd inside.
No one could believe it: a seventeen year old boy sitting side by side with a prestigious old veteran in his sixties. Yet, they acted as if they were equal.
“How is this possible! That is Li Muchen!”
A lot of the guests exclaimed in their mind.
“Chen Fan and Li Muchen?”
Chen An was stupefied by what he saw. He conceded that he had never really known his cousin.
Suddenly, a powerful wave of helplessness came over him.
“How many years will it take for me to converse with Li Muchen as his equal? twenty? thirty? or never?”
The more Chen An thought about it the more despair filled up his heart.
Chen Fan’s Great Uncle and other relatives could only gape. For a while, they thought their eyes had tricked them so they outright blocked the sight in their brain.
Despite their denial, the scene was real, Li Muchen, and the people who came with Li Muchen were not their imagination.
“So he really was a powerful man. So powerful that he could afford to be so arrogant before anyone in the Chen Family.”
“Everything he claimed about himself was real?”
“And… the joke was on me!”
Chen Ning was suddenly amused by the thought.
She wondered if she looked like a clown before her powerful cousin.
Even Elderly Man Wei heaved a sigh of resignation as he lamented: “It appears that I have underestimated how desperate Li Muchen is, and how much leverage Chen Fan has over all of us.”
He gave Chen Fan a long glance and felt lucky that Chen Fan had accepted his apology. After today’s meeting with Li Muchen, no one, not even the Wei family, would be able to rival Chen Fan’s position.
Wei Ziqin was stunned by the development.
Wei Fu had reminded her of the power of a Transcendent Master on numerous occasions; however, it wasn’t until right now, that she started to comprehend the clout of Chen Fan.
“So this is what a Transcendent Master looks like.”
“He was equivalent to the legendary warrior general that had helped the emperor found his empire.”
Thus it was, the Transcendent Masters were mighty powerful warriors. Chen Fan was able to garner so much respect at such a young age, it would be hard to imagine what seasoned commanders such as Ye Nantian were capable of.
Wei Ziqin marveled in her mind.
Chen Gexin, w.a.n.g Xiaoyun, and An Ya looked proudly at Chen Fan. He was their son, brother and best friend.
Everyone felt happy about Chen Fan’s achievement.
Xu Ao, in particular, was elated by what he saw as businessman’s opportunistic nature glinted in his eyes.
If Master Chen really was Lu Munchen’s equal, who in the Hu Dong Province would be able to challenge him then?
Greetings over, Li Muchen put on a serious look and said somberly: “Mr. Chen, may I speak with you in private?”
“Very well.” Chen Fan knew he was finally going to get to the point.
The two walked side by side toward the exit, a large crowd tailing behind.
As people got out of their way, a path was created in the crowd. People looked to Chen Fan with complicated emotions. There was shock, disbelief, and confusion, but fewer and fewer gazes held envy and indignation by the second.
When a person had surpa.s.sed the mundane life, ordinary people could only look up at them without a smidgen of jealousy.
Even after Chen Fan and Li Muchen had left with their companions, the courtyard in the Chen family estate was still quiet as everyone tried to make sense of what had just happened.
After a while, Great-Great uncle finally stood up and announced with tears in his eyes.
“The Chen family finally produced a truly worthy heir! We are going to take off!”