Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Keeping Up Appearances (Subscribe and Vote for Monthly Tickets!)
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“Xue An ah!” Chi Weiyang said, blinking her large eyes.
Wei Ruyan took a deep breath to calm the shock in her heart.
“Does Master Wei happen to know him?” Chi Weiyang asked again.
Wei Ruyan shook her head, “I don’t know him! Sorry, I have some things to do, so I’ll leave first!”
Having said that, Wei Ruyan stood up and left.
Chi Weiyang and several other young ladies from wealthy families looked at each other in confusion.
They had no idea what was going on with Wei Ruyan.
After leaving the hotel and getting into her car, Wei Ruyan took out her phone and made a call.
“Hello! Master Wei, what made you think to call me?” a languid and enchanting voice came from the other end of the phone.
Wei Ruyan said in a deep voice, “Xue An has come to Zhongdu!”
“So he’s come… Wait, who did you say?” the voice on the phone suddenly trembled.
“Xue An! The one who went with you to gather herbs in the mountains and beheaded the Jiaolong, the same Xue An who made all things spring back to life and the flowers bloom in abundance!”
“Where is he?” the voice on the other end asked eagerly.
“At the An Family! He’s actually An Yan’s husband!”
After a long silence, the person on the phone said, “Understood!”
Right after that, the call was ended.
Wei Ruyan looked ahead, silently thinking to herself.
With Xue An’s arrival, this Jingdu is about to become unsettled!
At the same time.
In the Chen Family of Zhongdu.
Chen Rushi sat on her bed, her heart filled with a mixture of emotions, unsure of what to feel.
Xue An had arrived.
The figure who had effortlessly slain a dragon on Mount Qingmang still often appeared in Chen Rushi’s dreams.
Yet she had never expected that he would turn out to be the husband of the An Family’s daughter, An Yan.
Chen Rushi sighed and got up to leave the bedroom.
“Ru Shi, where are you going?” Chen Rushi’s father and current Family Head, Chen Dong, asked.
“I’m going to see Grandfather!”
Chen Rushi then made her way to the inner room.
Her grandfather, the true power holder of the Chen Family, Chen Xiuhe, was leaning against the headboard, reading a book.
Upon seeing Ru Shi, Chen Xiuhe put the book down and smiled kindly.
“Little girl, who has upset you? Why do you look unhappy?”
Chen Xiuhe was always extremely fond of his granddaughter, and Chen Rushi’s slightest displeasure did not escape his notice.
Chen Rushi sat down by the bed and suddenly started crying.
Chen Xiuhe was taken aback. Then, his already graying eyebrows rose, and despite his age, his expression was still fierce and commanding!
“Who is it? I will have someone wipe him out right now!”
Chen Rushi shook her head, “Grandfather, no one has bullied me. I’m just sad inside, a cry will make me feel better!”
Chen Xiuhe nodded, “Good! If my granddaughter wants to cry, then cry! There’s no shame for a girl in shedding tears!”
Chen Rushi hummed a response, but then she broke into a smile through her tears.
After a while, she spoke in a low voice, “Grandfather, does it really hurt to like someone?”
Chen Xiuhe was startled, then he replied with a half-smile, “What? Has my eldest granddaughter finally come to her senses? There’s a troop of boys chasing after you. Who has caught your eye?”
“Oh, Grandfather! I was just asking!” Chen Rushi felt her face heating up.
Chen Xiuhe sighed softly, “Yes. Liking someone indeed brings a mix of joy and sorrow!”
“What if the other person is already married?” Chen Rushi asked.
The chill of resolve flashed in Chen Xiuhe’s eyes, then he said smilingly, “Silly girl, why would you ask that? Could it be…?”
“No! I was really just asking!”
After a few more words, Chen Rushi got up and left.
No sooner had she left than Chen Xiuhe got up from the bed.
Chen Dong walked in, “Father!”
He then dared not make another sound because Chen Xiuhe’s face was terrifyingly dark.
“Investigate all the men around Ru Shi, and if anyone with a family has had contact with her, kill them all!” Chen Xiuhe said through gritted teeth.
“Yes!” Chen Dong quickly left.
Chen Xiuhe was filled with a murderous aura as he paced back and forth in the room. Someone dared to target his granddaughter—and it was a married man at that.
This made Chen Xiuhe, a man of military background, so angry he felt like his lungs were about to explode.
However, his confusion didn’t last long as a phone call cleared it up.
The call was from General Lin.
General Lin and Chen Xiuhe had been comrades in the same trench, and naturally, their bond was the deepest.
Otherwise, Chen Rushi would not have given the rare Spiritual Medicine to General Lin.
“What is it, Lin?” Chen Xiuhe spoke with a nasty tone.
“Oh, are you loaded with gunpowder? Why so fiery?”
“Hmph! Someone actually has their sights set on Ru Shi!” Chen Xiuhe said coldly.
General Lin chuckled, “Isn’t it normal for Ru Shi to date now that she’s grown up?”
“But the other party is married!” Chen Xiuhe said with a face full of murderous intent.
General Lin was startled, then after pondering for a moment, he said, “There’s something I think you should know!”
“Oh? What is it?”
“The one who killed Jiaolong, Xue An, has come to Zhongdu!”
“What? Where?” Chen Xiuhe was also startled.
After Chen Rushi returned, she didn’t hide anything and told everything to Chen Xiuhe and General Lin.
Both men had a very deep impression of Xue An.
Never did they expect him to come to Zhongdu!
“At the An Family!”
“The An Family?”
“That’s right, four years ago, the An Family’s runaway girl, An Yan, left with him!”
Having said this, the two old foxes suddenly paused, then exclaimed in unison, “It couldn’t be!”
Then they both sighed together.
“Old Chen, you’ve got a headache now! Since ancient times, beauties have loved heroes. I heard that Xue An is handsome, highly skilled, and it’s no wonder Ru Shi is smitten!”
Chen Xiuhe’s face looked extremely unpleasant, “You have the nerve to say that? If anything happens to Ru Shi, I’ll make sure you pay!”
General Lin chuckled, then said solemnly, “Old Chen, in a few days it will be the old lady of the An Family’s birthday. Will you attend?”
“I wouldn’t go! I feel like throwing up at the sight of that old witch’s face!”
“But I think it’s best if we do pay a visit!” General Lin said gravely.
Chen Xiuhe was about to make a sarcastic remark but then he understood the implication.
“You mean… go to support Xue An?”
General Lin gave a bitter smile, “After all, we owe our lives to him. Showing some presence there isn’t asking much!”
“Hmm! Then it’s settled. I will go too. I want to see for myself what this man, who has bewitched my granddaughter, actually looks like!”
Hall of Worship of the An Family.
An Xue walked in with a solemn face.
A few elders were playing chess.
“I pay my respects to the venerable elders!” An Xue greeted with a bow.
The elders looked up at An Xue. One of them smiled and said, “Ah, it’s the second master. What brings you here? Is something the matter?”
“May I ask the venerable elders, have you been informed about the matter of the birthday celebration?”
“You mean…”
An Xue clenched his teeth, “The matter of killing someone!”
“The third master has told us,” one elder nodded and said.
An Xue nodded, “I merely came to tell the venerable elders to use all your strength when the time comes, strike fatally, and leave no complete corpse!”
The elders looked at each other and then chuckled, “You don’t need to worry about that, second master. Killing a mere mortal who knows but a smattering of kung fu is all too easy for us!”