Chapter 142 - No One Really Knows Me (1/2)
Chapter 142: No One Really Knows Me
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
After so many twists and turns, the Chen Family’s gathering finally ended.
Countless people left the courtyard with a mindful of questions. After a while, Elderly Man Wei and the other tyc.o.o.ns also left for home. Qin Hua was the first to excuse himself after he suffered a few bouts of embarra.s.sment.
When Chen Fan returned, he was called into the main hall by grandpa. By then, the only people who remained in the main hall were Great Uncle, and a few other important family members, aside from the Great-Great Uncles.
By then, everyone knew that Chen Fan was no longer the boy they used to know. Even Chen Fan’s parents looked to Chen Fan as if their son was a complete stranger.
“I have something to say first.” Chen Fan said lightly.
He sat steadily in an armchair, looking calm and confident. He looked nothing like a seventeen year old fledging but a seasoned and experienced elder.
When Chen Fan’s gaze landed on Second Uncle, The Second Uncle felt his heart skip a beat as an overwhelming sense of something bad was going to happen rushed into his mind.
Lo and behold, he heard Chen Fan say: “This is my proposal: remove Chen Qianxin from his position as the CEO of The Chens Group and appoint Mrs. w.a.n.g Xiaoyun as the new CEO.”
“What?”
Second Auntie gasped as the life drained away from her face
“I second it.” Seventh great uncle agreed.
“I agree.” “Me too.” “Same here.” slowly but surely, other members of the Chen family all agreed. The Second Uncle looked to Great Uncle for help, however, Chen Zhenxin ignored his younger brother as he nodded and agreed to Chen Fan’s proposal.
“It is done then, Xiaoyun will be the new CEO of The Chens Group.” In the end, grandpa announced conclusively.
Hearing the deal was set in stone, Second Uncle collapsed into his chair like a lifeless doll.
The development also took the wind out of Chen Xu. He lowered his head and lamented his family’s misfortune. Without being the CEO of The Chens Group, his family could only get a small number of dividends from the company, it wouldn’t be enough to even maintain a Lamborghini much less purchasing one.
w.a.n.g Xiaoyun was half glad and half surprised by the announcement. However fast Jin Xiu Group had grown, it was no match against the powerful Chen’s group. She was confident that she would be able to double if not triple The Chens Group’s profit in a few years.
Once the motion was pa.s.sed, everyone looked at each other and were not sure what the next item to discuss was.
Chen Fan finally broke the silence and said: “I know you guys have questions, start asking.”
Everyone glanced at each other and no one dared to be the first one to raise a question. In the end, Chen Huaian spoke up after he mustered enough courage.
“Xiao Fan, how do you know Li Wuchen and Elderly Man Wei?”
The arrival of Li Wuchen and Old Man Wei and shocked the entire Chen family. Hearing Chen Huaian’s question, Chen An and Chen Ning both held their breath as they waited for the answer expectantly. w.a.n.g Xiaoyun found herself leaning forward closer to her son as she, too, anxiously waited for the answer.
“I cured Elderly Man Wei’s old injury. As for Li Wuchen, he asked for a favor from me.” Chen Fan answered calmly.
“A favor from you? He is the mighty Li Wuchen, what could you offer him?”
Chen Gexin hurried to ask his son.
He was most afraid that his son had learned to achieve fame using unorthodox, if not outright evil methods. He would rather Chen Fan live as an ordinary boy than putting his life in danger.
“Um…” Chen Fan held it in for a second before he asked: “Dad, Grandpa, have you ever heard of the Internal Force Martial Artists?”
“Internal Force?” Great Uncle and other family members looked at each other in confusion.
What the heck was that? Was he talking about characters from Wuxia Novels? Weren’t we talking about Li Wuchen?
However, the word had turned both w.a.n.g Xiaoyun and Chen Huaian’s faces pale. Chen Huaian had worked as a high ranking official and therefore had seen a great many unexplainable things. While w.a.n.g Xiaoyun was from one of the mightest families in China, she, too, had learned the stories about humans with supernatural abilities.
“Once a martial artist possessed the Internal Force, he or she could fight against ten enemies at the same time. If he furthered his power, the Martial Artist could even defend against firearms. Once the Martial Artist reached the Transcendent state, he or she would be practically invincible.” Chen Fan explained slowly.
“You mean you are one of those Internal Force users?”
Great Uncle asked doubtfully.
Even the name, “Internal Force” sounded so preposterous, it reminded him of something he heard from wandering sake oil sellers.
“Indeed.” Chen Fan nodded.
No one was pleased by the explanation, particularly for Second Auntie. She believed that Chen Fan was fooling everyone.
“I have heard of internal force users before.” w.a.n.g Xiaoyun put in. “When I was living with my family, I had a bodyguard who was one of them. He demonstrated his power to me once by dodging a bullet from a shot fired at him point blank. ”
“Really?” Everyone was stunned by the revelation. Dodging the bullet? What is this? The Matrix?
w.a.n.g Xiaoyun didn’t mind the other’s disbelief, she looked at Chen Fan in the eyes.
“Xiao Fan, are you really an Internal Force user?”
“I am more like a Transcendent Master, to be exact.” Chen Fan said lightly.
“Transcendent Master?”
This time, even w.a.n.g Xiaoyun was dumbfounded by the jargon. For people without martial arts training, it was very difficult to comprehend the power of a Transcendent master.
“He sounds like a swindler to me.” Second Auntie murmured in low voice.
Although she dared not to raise her voice before Chen Fan, the anger and indignation inside of her spurred her to murmur out her seething loathing toward Chen Fan.
“Hehe”