Chapter 439: Starting Today, Change Your Surname

Lin Kai left.

Xu Shaochen remained seated, immobile.

Zhang Mingrong, Zhou Yun, Zheng Bei—is this some kind of Avengers team?

“Hey, handsome, would you mind buying me a cup of coffee?”

Just then, a light voice interrupted his thoughts.

A woman in a miniskirt casually sat down across from him.

“Waiter, get this lady a cup of Blue Mountain coffee.”

“Alright, take your time; I’m heading out.”

After ordering a coffee for her, Xu Shaochen nodded and smiled at the woman, then put down his spoon and stood up to leave.

“Hey…”

The woman muttered under her breath as she watched Xu Shaochen leave. She had approached him after recognizing the expensive watch on his wrist.

She thought she’d landed a rich and handsome guy, but he wasn’t interested at all.

“Miss, your coffee.”

The waiter brought over a cup of coffee.

The woman smiled wryly. Well, at least she got a coffee out of it.

After a few sips, she stood up to leave.

“Excuse me, miss. Please settle the check.”

At that moment, a waiter stopped her, handing over the bill.

“Damn it! He… didn’t pay?”

Seeing the steep price, the woman cursed Xu Shaochen’s ancestors—turns out she was the one buying the drink.

This was a major loss.

…

After leaving the café, Xu Shaochen suddenly realized he might have forgotten to pay.

Oh well, I’ll let her have the chance to pay the bill. After all, equality is important.

Xu Shaochen instructed Long San to drive to Du Ruyan’s house.

Today, Long Yi and Long Er were handling some tasks; they were scheduled to pick up some friends arriving from Myanmar-Vietnam tonight.

So Xu Shaochen’s daily security was left to Long San and Long Si.

“Good evening, Mr. Xu.”

When he got to the Du Family Residence, the bodyguards didn’t stop him.

Long San and Long Si stayed in the courtyard with a few others, expertly distributing cigarettes to the Du family’s bodyguards before starting to chat.

Xu Shaochen came by so often that everyone knew each other by now.

In fact, Xu Shaochen knew that Long Yi and the crew had even formed a WeChat group for bodyguards, which included those from the Du Family, the Han Family, and basically any guards he was familiar with.

“Ruyan…”

When Xu Shaochen walked into the Du Family’s living room, he discovered a few others there, and the atmosphere was tense.

“Brother Shaochen.”

Seeing Xu Shaochen, Du Ruyan immediately threw herself into his arms.

“What’s going on?”

Xu Shaochen could sense Du Ruyan’s sadness. He scanned the room and focused his gaze on their housekeeper, Aunt Li.

“Mr. Xu, these people are here to fight for the inheritance.”

Aunt Li spoke through clenched teeth.

“Smack!”

As soon as she finished, a middle-aged woman on the sofa stood up and slapped Aunt Li hard across the face, cursing, “Watch your mouth! What do you mean ‘fight for the inheritance’? My son is Du Feng’s blood! All of this belongs to him! How could some daughter who’s just going to marry out inherit a single thing?!”

“Smack!”

Xu Shaochen slapped the middle-aged woman hard in retaliation, his voice cold, “How dare you strike someone in my presence? Who gave you the guts to do so? You don’t know what’s good for you.”

“I dare you to hit my mother again!”

A cocky young man jumped up from the sofa, glaring at Xu Shaochen.

“And who do you think you are? The Du Family’s matters are none of your business! Du Feng got my sister pregnant; does he really think that sending monthly payments is enough? Dream on. That inheritance belongs to my nephew!”

“Exactly! I’m telling you, no one’s taking my nephew’s inheritance!”

Two middle-aged men also stood up, their spittle flying as they shouted.

“And you, little slut! He’s your brother! What gives you the right to hog the property that rightfully belongs to him?!”

The others who came with them also jumped in, even going so far as to insult Du Ruyan.

Through all the noise, Xu Shaochen managed to understand that the cocky young man was named Du Lan, Du Feng’s illegitimate son, and he was older than Du Ruyan.

Du Feng had been secretly supporting his illegitimate son, sending money every month.

But this month, they hadn’t received it, and after asking around, they learned that Du Feng had died.

This knowledge immediately stirred them. Since Du Feng was dead, Du Lan, as the only son, felt entitled to the inheritance, regardless of his illegitimacy.

So these people had packed up and come to Jiangzhou, demanding Du Ruyan hand over everything to Du Feng’s illegitimate son.

Listening to this, Xu Shaochen frowned. He hadn’t expected Du Feng to have left behind an heir outside the family, causing trouble for Du Ruyan.

“Everyone quiet!”

Xu Shaochen yelled, his face stern, making everyone fall silent.

He then looked at the group and said, “An illegitimate child is still an illegitimate child. They can’t be made legitimate. All the assets have already been legally inherited by Ruyan, so give up. Take a sum of money and don’t come back.”

“Bullshit! Take some money? How much? A hundred million? Two hundred million? Is that even a tenth of what the inheritance is worth? No way! We’re taking the whole estate. This child’s last name is Du!”

The middle-aged woman wasn’t backing down. She insisted on inheriting the entire fortune.

“Exactly! This is Du Feng’s son. The estate should naturally go to him! Let Ruyan take some money and leave!”

“That’s right! And who do you think you are? What gives you the right to decide here?”

The others chimed in, knowing full well that the inheritance amounted to a fortune, more than enough to last them a lifetime.

So, there was no way they’d settle for a mere hundred million or two.

“I advise you all not to bite the hand that feeds you. Two hundred million—take it and leave. Otherwise, you won’t get a single cent.”

Xu Shaochen didn’t care whether Du Lan was Du Feng’s blood or not. As long as he could secure more assets for Du Ruyan, that was all that mattered.

Moreover, two hundred million was already an astronomical sum to ordinary people. It would last them a lifetime, even if they squandered it.

“Who the hell do you think you are, butting into my family’s business? My last name is Du; I’m his only son! This estate should belong to me!”

Du Lan, Du Feng’s illegitimate son, looked at Xu Shaochen, puffing himself up.

“Is that so? Your last name is Du? You think someone like you deserves the name Du? Well, I’m telling you now, change your surname from today forward.”

“I don’t care whether you change it to Zhang or Li, just not Du!”

“Do you really think a piece of trash like you deserves to share a surname with my woman, Du Ruyan?!”

Xu Shaochen sneered, glaring at Du Lan and commanded, “Someone come here!”