313 The Ancient Su Family (1/2)

Chen Fan's meeting with Su Susu and Fang Mingde was uneventful.

Both Su Susu and Fang Mingde were smart people and they knew that they wouldn't do anything after the die had already been cast. Su Susu hid her resentment and plastered on a welcoming smile. Fang Mingde had always liked the boy and he was more than happy to accept the boy as his son in law. He persuaded Chen Fan to drink a few cups of hard liquor with him as his way of celebration.

Chen Fan obliged and poured the contents of the cup down his throat.

It would take at least a few hundred kilograms of hard liquor to make an Ethereal Enlightenment level cultivator drunk.

Su Susu watched the interaction between the two men with complicated feelings.

If not for Fang Mingde's conviction in what he knew of Chen Fan, she would never have guessed that Chen Fan could lord over Jiang Bei. The way he carried himself, from his attitude to the cadence of his speech, resembled that of an erratic hermit instead of a tycoon.

”Could the rumors be true that he had used a Dharma Spells to subjugate all the tycoons of Jiang Bei?” The question rose in Su Susu's mind. She simply couldn't believe that an ordinary teenage boy sitting before them was Master Chen that was feared by everyone in Jiang Bei.

However, for Su Susu, Dharma Spells and Divine powers were the stuff of legends.

The people she dealt with every day were government officials and elites of the city who were law-abiding citizens. However, Chen Fan was someone who would kill an entire family and could get away with it. Therefore, Su Susu was afraid of Chen Fan, worse, she simply couldn't understand him and neither could she comprehend Chen Fan's methods.

Throughout the family dinner, the couple didn't ask Chen Fan's personal matters.

When the dinner was almost over, Fang Mingde finally brought up the fact that the Su Family Lord had decided to arrange a marriage for Fang Mingde. Chen Fan nodded knowingly. Although Chen Fan couldn't remember Xiao Qiong ever mentioning this in his past life, he knew he would have to face some competition sooner or later.

After he left the Fang's residence, he didn't go back to his dorm. Instead, he took a taxi and went to the Chen family's manor.

He needed to inform his family about his marriage and also get some information about the Su Family of Wu Zhou City. There was one person in the Chen family who knew the Su Family of Wu Zhou City better than anyone would.

Chen Huaian had dominated Jin City for many years, so Chen Fan wagered that he must know the details about the Su Family's power.

When he arrived at the manor, the Old Man was all by himself, practicing calligraphy.

Chen Huaian let out a smile as a greeting to his grandson and returned to his practice. Chen Fan stood beside his grandpa and watched as the old man commanded the ink to form powerful strokes on the paper.

”Xiao Fan, come take a look at my work.” Chen Huaian put down his brush and said with a proud smile.

”It's heavy and powerful. The strokes are as steady as Master Han Yu's work. It's a testament to Grandpa's decades of dedication to the art.”Chen Fan praised.

Although Chen Fan was not trained in the art of calligraphy, he knew how to appreciate it. His father was also an avid calligraphy artist, so Chen Fan could read cursive fonts easily.

”I have practiced calligraphy ever since I was a child. I picked it up again after I retired and it wasn't until recently that I started to get good at it. However, my level of attainment is no match compared to you.” Chen Huaian shook his head and put away his calligraphy work. He grabbed hold of Chen Fan's arm and said: ”Come on, let's play a round of Chinese chess.”

Chen Huaian had many hobbies, among them, were calligraphy, martial arts, and Chinese chess.

Of all the members of the Chen family, Chen Fan was the only one who appreciated the fun of those hobbies as much as he did.

In the past five hundred years, Chen Fan had fiddled with chess whenever he had free time. If he was alone, he would cast an illusion spell to create an opponent to play chess with him. Over the hundreds of years, his chess skill had surpassed even the best player on earth.

However, since he was playing with his grandpa, he needed to be turned down a little.

As Chen Huaian' pondered on his move, he asked casually: ”What brings you here today?”

”I am married, Grandpa.” Chen Fan moved his knight and captured a bishop.

”what?” Despite Chen Huaian's previous steady demeanor, he dropped a chess piece on the board. He looked up at Chen Fan with shock and asked: ”You are married? Why didn't your parents tell me that?”

”I just got the marriage license yesterday.”

Chen Fan rubbed his head embarrassed and told the old man what had happened yesterday.

”How reckless!” Chen Huaian was not sure what to make of what had happened. ”You are only nineteen years old, not even old enough to get your ID card, much less getting a marriage certificate. This kind of marriage license is not going to be legally binding.”