607 Kneel or Die (1/2)

It's common for family clans such as the Wang 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 Wang Chenchen's other auntie: Wang Zhongguo's daughter. However, since Wang 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 Wang or the Xiao families, they were among the elites nonetheless. Zhang Yu and Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang, 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…”

Wang Chenchen wanted to fill everyone in with more detail, but she wasn't sure where to start.

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

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

Recently, Wang 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 Wang Chenchen sensed fear from her uncle and aunties. It was as if the fame of Chen Fan's family had surpassed the Wangs'. Even his oldest uncle Wang Keqin and his cousin Wang Chen sounded serious whenever they mentioned Wang Xiaoyun.

The change in her family's attitude piqued Wang Chenchen's interest and spurred her to find a recent picture of Wang Xiaoyun. That was why she had recognized her right away.

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

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

Wang Chenchen hesitated.

Wang Xiaoyun eloping with her hudsband had been a huge scandal and the Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang 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 Wang family? Humph! Let me remind you that you're just from a branch family. Even if I kick you out of here, the Wang 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 Wang 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.