The... The War God of the State?!
As those words ford in his mind, Shi Xu felt as if he were about to bite his own tongue off. His scalp tingled, his heart pounded, and he was flooded with utter disbelief.
THUD.
The young man, who just a second ago had been brimming with smug superiority and arrogance, crashed onto a nearby dining table, unable to remain standing.
This guy, only a few years older than , has achieved sothing so earth-shattering?
Shi Jiu gave up struggling. Out of the corner of his eye, the man who had trampled him underfoot seed to tower over him, majestic and upright.
Soone who had seed so ordinary before was actually the War God of the State, a na known throughout the entire nation? And Yang Hu, a man I dismissed as a bastard, is this great man's deputy?!
"COUGH, COUGH."
He gasped for air. The severe psychological blow made his scalp crawl and his mind go blank.
This isn't real, is it? But that gun...
"I wasn't wrong, was I?" Chen Yang knew exactly what Shi Xu was thinking. He glanced at him indifferently, a cold smirk on his lips.
Shi Xu was speechless.
"Why don't you give her a call?" Chen Yang suggested.
"This..."
Shi Xu's face instantly turned beet red. Just monts ago, he had been bragging to his neighbors about how he had started from scratch, building his empire with nothing but diligence and intelligence. But now...
A mont later, trembling, Shi Xu reluctantly took out his phone. He dialed the number of the woman whose very mory made his stomach churn.
"Put it on speaker."
Shi Xu complied. Setting aside whether the man's identity was real or not, the gun pointed at him was more than enough to dissuade any resistance.
The call connected quickly, and an old woman's voice ca through. "Baby, is everything going smoothly?"
As soon as her words were heard, the hair on the necks of many people in the room stood on end. Their skin crawled with disgust as their imaginations ran wild. Ugh... A visible shudder ran through the crowd.
"Confess," Chen Yang said flatly.
"Hm? Who's that speaking?" the old woman asked, confused.
Cold sweat dripped down Shi Xu's forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "I... I want to find a younger wife."
"What?!" The warmth in the old woman's voice vanished, replaced by a vicious snarl. "You eat my food and use my money! I pulled strings to get you that textile factory, and now you're tired of and want another woman? You're just a pretty boy! Do you have a death wish?"
"I, I..." Shi Xu was petrified. He wanted to explain that he was being forced, but she gave him no chance to speak.
"Fine! Go ahead and look! I'm taking back everything I've given you! You think you're so capable after being rich for a few days? Without , you're less than nothing!"
CLICK.
The call was disconnected.
"No, don't..."
Shi Xu was beside himself, slumping to the ground in a heap.
It was over. Everything was over.
The surrounding banquet guests' expressions turned lively with interest as they watched Shi Xu and his father, Shi Jiu, who was still pinned under Chen Yang's foot.
"So he was with a woman in her fifties? How could he stomach that? She's old enough to be his mother!"
"Disgusting. The man has no sha. And to think I was just asking him to ntor my son... Ugh."
"And he had the nerve to act so high and mighty? The sheer audacity."
The sa people who had been fawning over him monts before now looked at him as if he were a pile of filth. And a man like that had the gall to look down on Shi Kang?
Heh... what a joke.
"Good. You're obedient." Chen Yang tossed the pistol to Yang Hu, gave a slight nod, and then turned to leave.
"Hmph!"
An indescribable satisfaction filled Shi Kang. He shot a cold glance at Shi Jiu. "I, Shi Kang, may be a farr my whole life, but I live with integrity! Every penny I've ever earned has been clean. But you... you knew exactly what kind of person your son is. Not only were you not ashad, you were arrogant about it. Have you no face?"
Shi Kang patted his own cheek. "You really think you're so special?"
"Pah!"
Shi Kang spat fiercely on the ground before turning to leave.
The rest of the crowd also completely dispersed.
The large courtyard, still filled with the lingering aroma of roasted at, was now empty and desolate. Only the Shi father and son remained, kneeling on the ground, unable to stand for a long ti. Their brazen confidence had co from one simple assumption: that Shi Kang would forever be an easy target, a man with no chance of ever getting ahead in life.
And the result?
The War God of the State!
His son's backer was not just anybody, but the deputy to the War God of the State—an incredibly powerful figure in his own right! He was second to only one man, yet stood above tens of thousands. Forget rebuilding his house—with that kind of backing, where in the entire country could Shi Kang's son not go?
How could they ever compare?
"ARGH!!!" Shi Xu let out a roar of unwilling fury. "How... how is this possible?!"
Is this what they call reaping what you sow? A sudden twist of fate, the whole world turned upside down? I thought I would return ho in glory, reigning over everyone, a brilliant pearl in this backwater region. Who could have known? Not only was I stripped of everything, but I've been left with absolutely nothing. Nothing!
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Back at ho, Madam Huang had already prepared lunch.
The food, it had to be said, was absolutely superb. Even Qin Qiu couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice.
Perhaps because he now knew Chen Yang's true identity, Shi Kang was no longer as relaxed as before. In fact, he was incredibly reserved. He was, after all, just a farr. When would he ever have had the chance to et such a monuntal figure?
After lunch, the Shi Kangs saw them off. Chen Yang and his group left the village, heading straight for Cangyun City.
After so idle chatter, the two girls dozed off. Yang Hu then said, "Boss, the Chen Clan's Twelve-winged Iron Cavalry has entered the city. It seems they were worried about causing a misunderstanding, so the Chen Family submitted a report to the Elders' Court. They said that a traitor has erged from the Chen Family, and the purpose of the Twelve-winged Iron Cavalry is to find this traitor."
Chen Yang closed his book. "So I'm the traitor now?" he said indifferently.
"That Chen royal clan is truly shaless," Yang Hu spat before continuing. "What's more, they've been asking around about the identity of the new War God of the State. They also ntioned the whereabouts of the Zhennan Prince after he stepped down. It seems the Chen royal clan already knows you were the Zhennan Prince."
Yang Hu frowned deeply. "With the clan's influence, it's only a matter of ti before they confirm that the War God of the State is the forr Zhennan Prince," he said, his voice laced with worry.
"So what?" Chen Yang waved his hand dismissively. "Worst-case scenario, I get deposed again. Even if I have to do it alone, I will tear down the Chen royal clan."
"And !" Yang Hu declared, his expression resolute. "Speaking of which," he added with a feral grin, "since the Twelve-winged Iron Cavalry—the Chen royal clan's strongest guardians—are already here, they shouldn't expect to go back."
The strongest guardians?
Chen Yang's expression was impassive. Rumor had it that each of the twelve possessed imnse vitality and a formidable aura. Even a single one of them was said to be enough to dominate an entire region. At their level, numbers beco irrelevant. When skill is honed to such a degree, one can easily fight a hundred.
But, just as Yang Hu had said, now that they were here, those twelve could forget about returning to serve the Chen royal clan alive.
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