Chapter 724: Is It Okay If I Hit Him?

“Live to be a hundred years old? Haha, that sounds nice, but it doesn’t apply to me. I know my own body best.”

Old Master Chen waved his hand with a smile, appearing very open-minded. Having come to terms with life and death and letting go of family attachments, there was no need to keep struggling anymore.

He had held on for so long solely because of his concern for the family.

“Old Master, I won’t disturb your rest any longer. I’ll take my leave now. I’ll come back to pay my respects on your birthday.”

Xu Shaochen stood up to say goodbye. Although he was curious about the gift the other party wanted to give him on his birthday, he didn’t ask about it.

Old Master Chen nodded: “In my condition, I won’t see you out.”

“Old Master, please rest well.”

With those words, Xu Shaochen turned and walked out of the room.

“What did my grandfather talk to you about?”

As soon as he stepped out, Chen Ju came up to him and asked curiously.

“The Old Master said…” Xu Shaochen deliberately paused.

Chen Ju looked at him anxiously: “Come on, what did he say?”

“He said you should recognize me as your big brother, and from now on I’ll look after the Chen Family.” Xu Shaochen wasn’t lying, at least the latter part was true.

Chen Ju’s face darkened: “If you don’t want to say it, fine. But why use such words to brush me off?”

“If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do!” Xu Shaochen sighed helplessly. These days, honest people had no way out; nobody believed what they said.

As the two went out, they found that Chen Ling was still at the entrance.

They were surprised at first, then ignored him and continued walking out.

“Stop right there!”

Seeing the two blatantly ignore him, Chen Ling’s eyes flashed with anger. He quickly stepped forward to block their

“Chen Ling, I don’t want to hear your nonsense today. Get out of my way!”

Chen Ju raised his eyebrows and scolded coldly.

Clearly, there was an untold story between the two.

“Nonsense?” Chen Ling sneered, glanced at Xu Shaochen, and said to Chen Ju:

“You say I’m talking nonsense? Chen Ju, don’t you know grandfather’s condition? At a time like this, you bring an outsider to disturb his rest. If anything happens, can you take responsibility?”

Hearing these deliberately provocative words, Chen Ju felt extremely irritated. But not wanting Xu Shaochen to see the Chen Family’s embarrassment, he suppressed his anger and said, “Chen Ling, if you have issues with me, I ask you to choose the right time and place.”

“Friend, let me explain something. It wasn’t Chen Ju who brought me to see the Old Master; the Old Master himself wanted to see me.”

Although he didn’t understand the grudge between Chen Ju and Chen Ling, Xu Shaochen naturally stood on Chen Ju’s side.

“Shut your mouth! Who gave you the right to speak here?” Chen Ling shouted angrily, his eyes showing a hint of mockery: “Who do you think you are? The Old Master would see you? Look at yourself in the mirror, are you worthy?”

Even those currently in high positions couldn’t see the Old Master. How could Xu Shaochen, someone who appeared out of nowhere, receive an invitation from the Old Master?

It was utterly ridiculous!

In his view, Chen Ju was just taking advantage of the Old Master’s favor and acting recklessly.

Xu Shaochen’s face darkened: “Friend, you can eat whatever you like, but you can’t speak carelessly. Be careful not to bring trouble upon yourself.”

If it weren’t for Chen Ju’s sake, Xu Shaochen would have slapped him already.

After all, Chen Ling was also a member of the Chen Family. If he acted without thinking, it would make Chen Ju look bad too.

“So what if I say it! Damn, you’re just Chen Ju’s dog. If you’re a dog, you should know your place. Don’t think you can bark just because your master favors you!”

Chen Ling sneered and stepped forward provocatively, poking Xu Shaochen’s chest with his finger, looking at him mockingly.

In Jingcheng, he knew almost everyone more powerful than the Chen Family, but he had never seen Xu Shaochen before. He thought he must be some insignificant person who had somehow curried favor with Chen Ju.

For such a person, he naturally had no fear and could use this opportunity to indirectly step on Chen Ju’s face.

“Is it okay if I hit him?”

Xu Shaochen smiled calmly, then turned to ask Chen Ju.

Chen Ju directly turned his back on both of them and said flatly: “Just leave him alive.”

“I’ll fuck your…”

Seeing the two treating him with such disregard, Chen Ling felt greatly humiliated. His blood rushed up, and anger burned in his chest.

“Slap!”

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Shaochen raised his hand and slapped him hard across the face, knocking out a tooth on the spot.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Chen Ling felt his head buzzing. Immediately after, Xu Shaochen grabbed his hair, pulled him down, and rammed his knee into his face. His nose bridge shattered instantly, blood splattering everywhere.

“Thud!”

Casually throwing Chen Ling to the ground like a dead dog, Xu Shaochen pulled out the decorative handkerchief from his chest pocket and wiped his hands.

Then he lightly tossed it onto Chen Ling’s face, looking down at him and saying in a cold tone:

“I can be polite and civilized in a suit, or I can take off the suit and hurt people. It all depends on how you speak to me.”

“As it happens, I really dislike your tone. Next time you speak to me, you’d better think it through first.”

With these words, Xu Shaochen walked towards the courtyard exit without looking back.

Chen Ju had not looked at Chen Ling once throughout. No matter what, he was a member of the Chen Family, Chen Ling was his cousin. Watching an outsider like Xu Shaochen beat Chen Ling without reacting was already a mistake on his part.

Chen Ling stared at their retreating figures, his lips trembling, the hatred in his eyes almost solidifying and bursting forth.

“What’s going on between you and him? He seems to really resent you!”

Xu Shaochen asked Chen Ju. Chen Ling had stepped on him earlier just to step on Chen Ju’s face, because he was the person Chen Ju had brought.

“Sigh.”

Chen Ju sighed, shaking his head and saying helplessly: “Every family has its own troubles. His kind is actually easier to deal with, because he’s stupid. The scariest are those who remain calm, acting respectful on the surface but always ready to stab you in the back.”

“Tell me about that idiot first.” Xu Shaochen said. Idiots weren’t scary, but they could be the most annoying.

Chen Ju said: “The story is simple. He liked a woman, but due to a family arranged marriage, that woman ended up engaged to me.”

“The hatred of a stolen wife, no wonder he hates you so much.”

“What stolen wife hatred! She didn’t like him at all, it was just his one-sided crush. And he keeps opposing me everywhere, it’s really sick.”

Chen Ju said irritably. He didn’t want to bother with Chen Ling, but Chen Ling kept biting him like a mad dog.

Xu Shaochen showed a strange smile: “Now that the woman has become your fiancée, he probably likes her even more. Like dumplings, better when…”

“Get lost!”

Before Xu Shaochen could finish, Chen Ju’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he blurted out a curse.