Chapter 453 - Reunion With Fang Qiong (1/2)

When Chen Fan returned the East Mountain Villas, w.a.n.g Xiaoyun and Chen Gexin had already made their way back to Jin City. As soon as w.a.n.g Xiaoyun saw her son, she rushed to Chen Fan, hugged him, and held him for a long while.

“Mom, don’t worry, I am back. There is no one on this planet that can harm me. Don’t you worry about me.” Chen Fan held his mother in his embrace and whispered softly into his mother’s ears. Meanwhile, he turned to look at his father.

Chen Gexin was just over forty, but his hair was already tainted with streaks of white. Over the past year, this quiet and proud man had held against tremendous pressure.

He said nothing to Chen Fan but nodded approvingly at him.

“Xiao Fan, stay here in Jiang Nan Province with your ma and pa, OK? We don’t need cultivation, we just need each other.”

Tears welled in w.a.n.g Xiaoyun’s eyes as she pleaded.

“Mom, the fate of the Chen family lies on my shoulder. If I don’t gain more strength through cultivation, what happened last year will happen again, if not worse. I have killed too many people in the last couple of days, if we don’t keep our enemies under our boots, not even the Cang Dragon and General Li would be able to protect us.”

Chen Fan said slowly.

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun realized that she didn’t think her words through, so she wiped the tears away from her cheeks and put on an embarra.s.sed smile.

“Xiaoyun, with Chen Fan’s return, I doubt anyone in China would dare to mess with us. You can rest a.s.sured that the pride of our Chen family is going to soar in the world like a dragon.”

Chen Huaian let out a peal of laughter.

“Just so. I have gotten many phone calls from the Ji Family, Tang Family, and the Nin Family. They all wanted to visit me, but I turned them all away.” w.a.n.g Xiaoyun let out a thin smile.

“Mom, once I have some time, I will teach those ungracious SOB a lesson.”

Chen Fan said as a cold light danced in his eyes.

What happened in Russian taught Chen Fan a valuable lesson and made him realize that he had been too soft on his enemies before. If he had completely wiped out the Ji Family, Tang Family, and the Nin Family earlier, they wouldn’t even get the chance to turn their backs on him.

“Mom, what happened to Sister An?” Chen Fan asked.

“She went back to An family for me, for the Jin Xiu Group.” w.a.n.g Xiaoyun said as a pang of regret flashed in her eyes. “The An family came to us, asking for An Ya. An Ya refused to leave for An family at first, but when Jin Xiu Group’s future was hanging in balance, the An family offered a deal that changed her mind. They offered to protect Jin Xiu Group in exchange for An Ya. An Ya was gone the next day without even telling me her decision. I am sorry… I didn’t protect her as I should have.”

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun broke into tears again as she recounted the heartbreaking moment.

An Ya had been with her longer than Chen Fan. In some way, An Ya was closer to her than Chen Fan was.

“It’s OK mom, I will pay the An family a visit and bring Sister An back.”

Chen Fan said firmly as two golden flames lit up his eyes.

“Ok.”

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun nodded quietly.

“Grandpa, ma and pa, we need to think ahead of us and be more strategic. We should rope in those families who had treated us fairly to our side, make them our close allies. Those who we could still tolerate, we will give them a lesson that they wouldn’t forget. As for those who have done us wrong, we will kick them out of the city or outright wipe them out. We need to establish our absolute authority in Jiang Nan Province.”

Chen Fan looked around him as he announced firmly.

“very well”

Chen Huaian nodded.

The Chen family had been organized too loosely to defend against the Song Family. Now Chen Fan was back and the first thing he wanted to do was to establish a family caucus to centralize the decision-making process within the family. Chen Fan would strengthen the Chen family to a point that it would hold its own while Chen Fan was away.

“Ah right, Xiao Fan. General Li Wuchen and Red Sparrow have done us a great service. When you have time, you need to thank them.”

Chen Gexin put in.

“Yes, dad. I got it.”

Chen Fan nodded.

“What are you going to do to the Fang family and the Su Family?”

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun continued, hesitating. “Xiao Qiong had checked on us from time to time while you are away, and so did Mingde and Susu. However, I have heard that the Su Family of Wu Zhou City seemed to have second thoughts about your marriage proposal and Lord Su, Su Zhengde had been talking to the Ji Family again.”

“Hehe. Mom, you can’t fix stupid.”

Chen Fan cracked a derisive smile.

Chen Fan had never seen the Su Family as a threat. He knew that the key to his marriage was Fang Qiong instead of anyone else.

“My only concern is if Xiao Qiong is going to be mad at me for leaving her alone for so long. I didn’t even have time to bid a proper farewell before I left.”

Chen Fan grimaced.

For the few days that followed, Chen Huaian, Chen Gexin, w.a.n.g Xiaoyun, and Chen Ning started to put their plans into action. Their tasks were to solicit loyalties from friendlier families clans by extending olive branches.