Chapter 607 - Kneel or Die (1/2)

It’s common for family clans such as the w.a.n.g family to have many branches across China. However, members of the main stem and those of the branch families had a drastically different status in the clan.

No one would dare to even speak up in front of w.a.n.g Chenchen’s other auntie: w.a.n.g Zhongguo’s daughter. However, since w.a.n.g Xiaorun was from the branch family, Zhang Yu thought very little of her.

The ostentatious young man was called Zhang Yu and was from the Zhang family of the Hu Dong District.

Hu Dong was a district in Yan Jin City. It was located just to the east of Lake Kunming. Only the richest and the most powerful could afford real estate in that district.

Although the Zhang family was not as prominent as the w.a.n.g or the Xiao families, they were among the elites nonetheless. Zhang Yu and w.a.n.g Chenchen were only sixteen years old, and were both far from the center of their clan’s power. However, their upbringing had instilled an acute sense of hierarchy in them.

“Ah, they are distant relatives.”

The other teenagers nodded, face awashed with disdain.

They were all from the major families in Yan Jin City, and wouldn’t think too highly of a branch household from the w.a.n.g family.

“The fact that Chen Chen called her auntie means that they are pretty close. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have recognized her. That being said, if the branch family fails to impress Old Lord w.a.n.g, they are still voiceless in the clan.”

A girl wearing very little makeup watched them quietly.

Although she was reticent, it was obvious that she was the center of the group. Even without makeup on, her appearance was miles away from that of her friends.

She would be a campus flower regardless of which high school she attended.

“Well…”

w.a.n.g Chenchen wanted to fill everyone in with more detail, but she wasn’t sure where to start.

w.a.n.g Zhongguo and Chen Fan were a taboo topic within the w.a.n.g family and no one had ever brought them up. Both w.a.n.g Zhongguo and w.a.n.g Keqin pretended she had never existed.

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun had met with w.a.n.g Chenchen when the latter was still a kid. However, w.a.n.g Chenchen had heard Chen Fan’s name many times at the dinner table.

Recently, w.a.n.g Chenchen sensed the mood at the dinner table had changed from jealousy to fear whenever they brought up Chen Fan.

It was the first time w.a.n.g Chenchen sensed fear from her uncle and aunties. It was as if the fame of Chen Fan’s family had surpa.s.sed the w.a.n.gs’. Even his oldest uncle w.a.n.g Keqin and his cousin w.a.n.g Chen sounded serious whenever they mentioned w.a.n.g Xiaoyun.

The change in her family’s att.i.tude piqued w.a.n.g Chenchen’s interest and spurred her to find a recent picture of w.a.n.g Xiaoyun. That was why she had recognized her right away.

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun had retired from her business, so it had taken w.a.n.g Chenchen a while to find her picture.

“What should I say? I can’t tell them that Auntie Xiaoyun was expelled from the family.”

w.a.n.g Chenchen hesitated.

w.a.n.g Xiaoyun eloping with her hudsband had been a huge scandal and the w.a.n.g family had since kept their lips sealed about the incident. Other than people who were old enough to remember that event, no one knew that the w.a.n.g family had another daughter.

Zhang Yu linked his hands behind his back and scolded them, “I will let it slide this time for the sake of Chenchen, but remember to watch your mouth. This is not the countryside where you came from, and one small mistake will cost you dearly.”

Although he was only sixteen, no one felt it was out of place for him to reprimand a forty year old woman and her entire family because he was the heir of the Zhang family of the Hu Dong District.

At this point, most branch families of the w.a.n.g family clan would have bowed and apologized to this powerful heir.

However, Chen Fan said calmly, “Stop.”

“What? You have something to say?” Zhang Yu turned around with a smug smirk on his face.

“Do you think I’m afraid of you because you are from the w.a.n.g family? Humph! Let me remind you that you’re just from a branch family. Even if I kick you out of here, the w.a.n.g family would not say a word. ”

A girl wearing a Chanel and Prada handbag said, “Just so! Brother Yu is the direct heir of the Zhang family. His father is the current family lord. The Zhang family of Hu Dong District ranks in the top thirty in Yan Jin City. I am sure even brother w.a.n.g Chen would support him if he kicked you out.”

“Country folk like you need to be smart if you want to survive in Yan Jin.”

Even as the others thought Chen Fan was going to back down, they heard him say, “Kneel and take twenty slaps, I might just let you live if you do.”

“What?”

The teenagers thought their ears had tricked them.

They were from powerful family clans, and never once did anyone dare to talk to them like that.

Even the girl with no makeup furrowed her eyebrows and was astonished by Chen Fan’s brusque impudence.