Chapter 6-Huangfu (1/2)

Xiao Yifan was the first to rush into the courtyard. He then pressed Xiao Chen's shoulders, looked around alertly and said, ”Chen'er! What happened? Was it that Miss... That person has come back?”

Xiao Chen was so excited just now, and he did not expect that he would make such a big noise. He knew that he could not explain this. If he claimed that he had made such damage, nobody would believe him and his father would be laughed at again. He then pretended to be surprised, saying, ”I just came back from the Rainbow Pavilion. I don't know what happened neither.”

Xiao Yifan was still vigilant about the surroundings. He said, ”Come live in the Water Immortal Pavilion for some days. You can't live here anymore.”

”There's no need, father. From now on, you don't need to worry about me.”

At this moment, several elders came in and started to check around the damages in the courtyard. When that red-robed elder, who let Xiao Chen break a piece of sandalwood, noticed the trace of Palm Strength on the ground, his face was instantly filled with shock.

The Palm Strength should have spread around, but it was forcibly led to one place while spreading so that the entire courtyard was saved. In this world, who could wield the Palm Strength at will like this except for the chieftain? He said, ”This... The attacker is at least Sevenfold, right?”

The other elder seriously looked at Xiao Chen and asked, ”Are you sure that you haven't seen anyone?”

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, ”Seniors, don't you worry too much. The Xiao Family is the strongest of the four major families. Nobody dares to invade us.”

If these words came from some elder or outstanding young man, they would sound domineering. But it was Xiao Chen that said this. The fun-watching juniors of the Xiao Family snorted, especially Xiao Yuan, who gave a flick of his sleeve and left without another look at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen ignored those people, turned to his father and asked, ”By the way, father, what day is it today? Have I missed grandpa's birthday?” He had been asleep for too long and did not know what day it was.

Upon hearing his stupid words, the crowd laughed at him again. Xiao Yifan glared at those juniors, turned his head and said, ”It's March the 17th. You've been in a coma for half a month.”

Xiao Chen nodded and said, ”Father, don't worry about me. It's fine here. You can go back.”

Everyone had left, except for Xiao Yifan. He stood in the courtyard as if he had something to say but could not say it. Xiao Chen's brow slightly furrowed, saying, ”Father, what's wrong?”

Xiao Yifan smiled and said after a short while, ”Uhh... Chen'er, the Huangfu Family's people will come here tomorrow. If you are not feeling well, you don't need to see them tomorrow...”

Xiao Chen smiled and said, ”It's fine. I've recovered. I'll go meet them tomorrow.”

Xiao Yifan was stunned. Usually, when Xiao Chen heard this news, he tried to avoid seeing them. But why did he become so confident this time? It seemed that he had completely changed since he woke up.

”Okay.”

At dusk, Xiao Chen looked at the sunset, pondering. He had not received any message from Huangfu Xin'er. She used to send him letters every month. ”Has she been very busy lately?”

Huangfu Family was far away in Liu Province. About a hundred years ago, the two families' chieftains decided to unite two families by marriage. Back then, the two chieftains were so close and wanted to unite two families forever. However, in the following dozens of years, Huangfu Family had not had a daughter. The two chieftains still wanted to make this marriage happen when they died.

Finally when it came to Xiao Chen's generation, Huangfu Family had a daughter, Huangfu Xin'er. They were about at the same age, and naturally, their marriage was made certain so as to fulfill the two chieftains' wish.

This was supposed to be a happy event, but god played a joke on them. When Xiao Chen was 10, he was diagnosed that he was born without meridians and could not practice martial arts. This cast shadows on the two families for a long time.

Since then, seniors of the Huangfu Family were getting cold toward Xiao Family. Every time they came here, they talked coldly to Xiao Chen and gave him the cold shoulder. However, Huangfu Xin'er remained the same to Xiao Chen.

The next morning, Xiao Chen washed his face, cleaned his teeth, and wore clean clothes. When he was about to go out, Lil Ruo walked into his courtyard and saw his hair disheveled, saying, ”Master, you can't go there like this. Let me tie your hair up first.”

Xiao Chen smiled gently and nodded. He had never tied his hair himself, and Lil Ruo usually helped him do this.