1038: Chapter 1039: A Minor Aristocratic Clan, I Don’t Even Care For!

1038: Chapter 1039: A Minor Aristocratic Clan, I Don’t Even Care For!

The highly-skilled injured man’s face was ashen as he retreated to the side.

The other person didn’t even dare to make a move.

At the moment Ghost Blade made his move, he hadn’t even clearly seen what happened, therefore he was definitely no match for the opponent.

This was beyond doubt.

“Go back and tell your Family Head, regardless of whether the paternity test is real or fake, I have nothing to do with the Duanmu Family, and if he still wants to disrupt my life, don’t blame me for being impolite.

The aristocratic Bai Family may indeed be powerful, but my wife’s Xinmeng Group is no pushover either, I’m not short of that bit of money.”

While smoking, Xiao Chen said, “Go back.”

Having said that, Xiao Chen got up and walked toward the inside of the Dark Moon Club.

Ghost Blade stood there coldly, frightening the two men into quickly turning around and leaving.

The Xinmeng Group actually had such a master; they had been completely unaware.

“Get out of Xiongcheng City fast!”

Duanmu Yun awaited the arrival of the injured bodyguard and was startled to see his condition, feeling fortunate that he hadn’t gone that day, or else it might well have been him who got his hand chopped off.

The feng shui of this place in Xiongcheng was bad indeed.

There were already several families that had fallen here before.

It was only after getting back to Chaoyang City that Duanmu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

“How could this have happened?”

Duanmu Lin, upon hearing what Duanmu Yun recounted, furrowed his brows deeply, “Yun’er, didn’t I tell you not to get involved in this matter?

To deal with that kind of person, you should tempt them with benefits first.

By trying to forcefully take him away now, you’re only going to cause resentment.

He might even become fearful.

If he worries that returning to the Xiao Family could get him killed, why would he act?”

“Dad, don’t blame me, that Xiao Chen is so arrogant.

Relying on that Jiang Meng, and yes, the Li Family of Xiongcheng too, he acts as if we don’t exist in his eyes.

He even said Xiongcheng is Li Family’s territory, Xinmeng Group’s market, and that he’s not afraid even if we are an aristocratic Bai Family,” Duanmu Yun lamented.

“Alright, go back and rest.”

Duanmu Lin waved his hand, feeling somewhat disheartened.

How did he end up with such a disappointing son?

Could he really pass the position of Family Head onto this guy?

After Duanmu Yun left, Duanmu Lin went to Duanmu Hai and said, “Second brother, you’ll need to make a trip.

There’s ten billion in this card, go and apologize to Xiao Chen, and try to be as polite as possible.

After all, his return is meant to help solve the Duanmu Family’s difficulties; don’t make it harder for him.”

“Yes!”

Duanmu Hai nodded and made his way to Xiongcheng overnight, and the next morning, he was waiting at the gates of the Dark Moon Club for Xiao Chen.

The moment Xiao Chen stepped out, he saw Duanmu Hai.

This was a man he recognized.

“What, come to give me money again?”

Xiao Chen said with a smile as he looked at Duanmu Hai.

“My child, my dear nephew, that Duanmu Yun is really foolish, actually sending people to capture you.

This is what the Family Head asked me to bring along as a small token, no offense intended, to apologize for what happened last night.”

Duanmu Hai walked over, grabbed Xiao Chen’s hand, nearly squeezing out tears, seemingly as affectionate as an uncle meeting his nephew.

“How much?”

Xiao Chen asked with a smile.

“Ten billion.”

Duanmu Hai said.

“Wow, the Duanmu Family is truly generous, makes me feel a bit embarrassed.

Alright, I won’t hold last night’s issue against you.

If you have any business, just spit it out.”

Xiao Chen handed the card to Ghost Blade next to him: “Invest this money into training our brothers, buy the best equipment and gear.”

“Isn’t this too much?”

Ghost Blade grimaced with a bitter smile.

That was a billion after all.

“Just leave it if we can’t use it all up right now, there will always be a need for it.

Let the brothers spend as much as they want; after all, what we do is quite dangerous.

We ought to enjoy life as much as we can in the little time we have.”

Xiao Chen said with a smile.

Duanmu Hai, on the other hand, was completely stunned.

A billion just like that, handed over to someone else.

How generous that was.

“Anything else?”

Xiao Chen asked.

“Nephew, don’t you want to know about your mother?”

Duanmu Hai inquired.

This time, he thought of a strategy, which was to appeal to Xiao Chen using his mother, not believing Xiao Chen wouldn’t take the bait.

Mother!

Xiao Chen frowned slightly.

He had investigated before and found that Duanmu Lin had abandoned the mother and child and gone to Chaoyang City, marrying into the Bai Family.

That mother, too, was a woman of hard fate, who had died of cold and hunger.

If he indeed was that child, he would be truly grateful to this mother, because she had preferred to starve or freeze to death in order to let her child survive.

“What was her name?”

Xiao Chen asked.

“This is not the place to talk, let’s go to the cafe over there.”

Duanmu Hai thought to himself that Xiao Chen had taken the bait.

It seemed that his choice was the right one.

Once they entered the cafe, Duanmu Hai said, “Your mother’s name was Chen Ningxia, a typical woman from the water towns of Jiangnan.”

Chen Ningxia!

Xiao Chen memorized this name, intending to look into it.

There were some things that needed to be made clear.

“Xiao Chen, your father has already realized his mistakes.

He abandoned you and your mother back then to marry into the Bai Family, leaving you both to suffer hardship.

Now, he knows he was wrong, and he has been frantically searching for you, but sadly your mother has already passed away.”

“I know you’ve heard some rumors, but those were just smoke screens from your father.

His true intention was to send Duanmu Yun to Tajin Country, to be treated as the true heir, since Duanmu Yun is too disappointing.”

“Don’t worry, as long as you’re willing to come back, your father will immediately hand over a company for you to manage, and the next time he gives you money, it won’t be five hundred million, nor a billion, but a hundred billion.”

“After you return, we will publicly acknowledge to the media that you are the heir of the Duanmu Family.

In the future, the Duan Family will be under your control.”

Duanmu Hai wanted to strike while the iron was hot and secure Xiao Chen.

To be honest, if Xiao Chen was really just a naive young man, he might have been hoodwinked by this guy’s words.

But he was Xiao Chen.

He had been through too much.

Duanmu Hai’s fake tears and insincere words only came across as shameless and ridiculous to him, not moving him in the slightest.

Even if he truly inherited the company and had a hundred billion, even if he became the heir to the Duanmu Family, so what?

Once he married into Tajin Country, all of that would turn to naught.

Duanmu Hai had no idea what Xiao Chen was thinking.

Seeing Xiao Chen remain silent, he assumed he must have been shocked.

Of course, how could a man under thirty, offered such a rich reward, not be tempted?

Not just Xiao Chen, even he himself couldn’t resist such seduction.

He thought to himself that he should have done this sooner; perhaps it would have been successful the first time.

However, just then, Xiao Chen’s voice rose, “Duanmu Hai, giving me money is fine, but returning to the Duanmu Family is out of the question.

Besides, it’s been decades since we’ve seen each other.

I’m quite comfortable with how I live now.

To be honest, I don’t really care much for an aristocratic clan like yours.

Not to mention the future, even if you were to give me the Duanmu Family right now, I might not even care for it.”