Chapter 102: Continuing Grievances (2/2)

“We have been looking for an opportunity to investigate the situation of the Chenshi Corporation and their connections in Singapore, but we were never able to find a good time. But this is undeniably a good chance. We don’t have much time either, so we have to bring out the bigger plays in order to cooperate with you. Don’t you know, you’re already regaled as a very important character.” Lin Yanan smiled.

“Alright, make your preparations then. When I arrive at Singapore, we’ll meet up. With how complicated Southeast Asia is and how formidable the power struggle within the Chen family is, it will be difficult for me to go against several people by myself. With Boulder and the others along with the South Sea Fleet, I can rest assured.” Wang Chao nodded with a sudden feeling that this was all necessary.

“Don’t worry, I’ve arranged everything nicely.” Lin Yanan revealed a nice smile before shaking his hand. “I’ll be going back to Qingdao then, everything will be up to you now.”

Zhu Jia’s ability had been great, true enough. After an unknown amount of phone calls, she had been able to bring out two international visas into their hands by the second day. After several hours, they had been on an airplane heading straight for Hong Kong, and on the third day, they were headed straight for Singapore.

After their departure, Wang Chao had given Chen Bin another call. Because they would be landing shortly, Chen Bin would have to be at the airport to personally pick them up.

Today, Chen Bin wore an elegant woman’s suit that showed off her fair skin and detailed curves. Her noble personality had carried a dignified air within her calm which served to be extremely eye-catching.

Whether it was because of this home ground advantage, Zhu Jia herself had tried her best as well. As fitting as a news reporter for CCTV, her own appearance had been stunning as well, but there was a slight difference to Chen Bin.

“And you are?” Chen Bin’s eyes lit up as soon as she saw Zhu Jia standing right besides Wang Chao.

“This is my friend.” Wang Chao was about to introduce her when Zhu Jia took the initiative to hold out her hand and spoke, “Zhu Jia, CCTV’s international news reporter. Miss Chen, it’s nice to meet you.”

Chen Bin revealed a perfect smile, “Chen Bin, executive chairman of the Chenshi Corporation of overseas transport.”

When the two eyes met, Wang Chao could faintly feel several sparks fly in between the two.

“Where’s your brother, did something happen?” Wang Chao had simply wanted to know what happened to Chen Aiyang and asked quickly.

“Let’s get on the car first.”

After the three got on the car, Chen Bin began to speak, “My brother is currently within our family’s hospital to recuperate his strength. No one is allowed to see him. Even if I, his own sister wanted to see him, I would need the elder’s permission first! As for his competition, I was in Hong Kong at the time so it wasn’t clear to me either. The elder had forbidden anyone from speaking of the matter as well, so even I don’t know the details of how my brother lost.”

“How can he do that? The way your elder is working, isn’t this the same as house arrest?” Wang Chao’s eyebrows narrowed together. “Even if he lost a competition, he shouldn’t be subjected to such an ordeal.”

Chen Bin sighed, “The way things are right now, my family has someone named Chen Xin who mysteriously disappeared a while ago. The elder is concerned for my brother, after all, that Chen Xin has the right to challenge for the right to be the successor of the Chenshi Corporation. The elder has put my brother in house arrest partially because of Chen Xin, and the other part due to his injuries. He’s afraid someone will try to assassinate him. That is what is most important.”

“Then what do you take of that Chinese Revival Society competition?” Wang Chao asked.

Chen Bin sighed once more, “Misfortune never comes by itself, and fortune never appears in twos. I don’t know either; my brother’s biggest achievement had been his victory over Zhang Guangming in the match with the Chinese Revival Society. Zhang Guangming was a traditional master of Baji Quan whose skill reached the ‘Hengha’ sounds to temper his marrow. This time, a younger disciple of the same teacher was invited by the Chinese Revival Society all the way from Canada to take revenge. After a written challenge, they have decided to challenge my brother!’

“Who is the fellow disciple of Zhang Guangming?”

“He is a master from the Canadian Chinese Association, Cheng Shanming. Whatever his martial arts is like, I’m not sure. The North American Chinese Association is too far away for me to be familiar with.” Chen Bin sighed, her entire body exuded some sort of perfume.

“The Canadian Chinese Association….” Even Wang Chao wasn’t familiar with this.

Liao Junhua had said that the Chinese were everywhere in the world. Every nation had their own rings, associations, the white, the black, and the gray zones. Everything formed together to be a total mess, even an Immortal from Daoism wouldn’t be able to keep track of everyone.

Even just the Chinese Association in New York’s Chinatown was differentiated into several different factions.

“We originally took the foreign exports industry from the Chinese Revival Society. After fighting for it on the seas, both sides lost plenty of people. In the end, we both came to an agreement to use a competition to resolve everything. In these years, our business has been becoming more and more stable, but if the other side were to challenge us now, we wouldn’t be able to handle it. Their reason to challenge us now is to destroy our business.”

Chen Bin continued to speak, “Although they wish to destroy our business, I’m not afraid of their threats. If anything, we can hire several mercenaries to fight it out overseas. But if this goes on, it’ll affect our business greatly. At this critical moment, the power struggle within the family is far too harsh. In my jurisdiction, if things don’t go well, then I’ll be accused by the family and that would make my life a lot harder.”

“So what you’re saying is with your brother’s current injuries, he cannot partake in the competition. Am I to be the substitute then?” Wang Chao looked at Chen Bin.

“N…N-no…that’s not what I meant.” Chen Bin had felt extremely apologetic and bent her head down. Both of her eyelashes twitched as her face grew red and her words came out with a stutter. With an extremely silent voice, she spoke, “If…if it’s possible. This competition will be extremely dangerous….”

Zhu Jia’s eyes stared icily from the side. As a spectator, she hadn’t any intentions on disturbing the conversation between Wang Chao and Chen Bin.

After muttering for a while, Chen Bin lifted her head, “Actually, I had wanted to try out my own strength. My Taichi is about fourth fifths of my brothers I’d hope, so I shouldn’t lose. You’ve seen my strength, but I’ve never formally been on a match to kill before. My heart hasn’t the depth, and neither am I able to even see my brother’s depth. I wanted you to help me speak of the experiences, after all, you’ve been through this multiple times. I wish to have you guide me.”

Wang Chao’s eyes looked at Chen Bin without ever moving. As soon as Chen Bin had finished saying her speech without any qualms in her heart or any fear in her eyes, Wang Chao’s eyes had finally met with hers.

“Ai…” Wang Chao looked away and took in a deep breath, “The other side is prepared for this, and his martial arts should be no weaker than Zhang Guangming if he is coming here to take revenge. You have no experience, if you were to go on the platform as you are now, then you would die for sure. I owe your brother a favor, this match is one I will help you accept.”

“Thank you very much.” Chen Bin hung her head down and began to play with her fingertips.