Chapter 1154 The Final Judgment


    "Ye Fan..." Qiu Mu-Cheng looked at Ye Fan with a pleading look.


    It was obvious that she wanted to save the father and daughter.


    Ye Fan waved his hand expressionlessly. "Alright, Mu-Cheng, you don''t have to say a word. I know


    what you want to tell me."


    He stared at Chen Ao, who was kneeling on the ground, and at Chen Nan, whose cheeks were stained


    with tears. After a long moment, he finally sighed. The murderous urges that he had felt earlier


    receded.


    "Forget it. Chen Ao, I''m going to spare your life on Nannan''s ount. But you will not escape


    punishment. Leave Jiangdong and never step into thesends again," said Ye Fan coldly.


    That was the punishment he had decided for Chen Ao.


    Having said that, Ye Fan turned and left with Qiu Mu-Cheng.


    The crowd was left with the sight of his retreating back.


    "Mr Chu, thank you for sparing my life.” Chen Ao''s head hit the ground loudly as he wept and


    kowtowed.


    Mr Chu''s words had sent tears streaming down the grown man''s cheeks.


    Chen Ao was filled with both guilt and gratitude towards Ye Fan.


    He had not expected to live after what he had done.


    Even though Ye Fan had cast him out of Jiangdong, at least he had spared his life.


    "Dad, you''re going to live! Fan spared your life!" Chen Nan wept tears of joy when she heard what Ye


    Fan had said.


    She turned, threw herself into her father''s arms and sobbed uncontrobly.


    "Don''t cry...everything''s alright now," said Chen Ao as he hugged his daughter and patted her shoulder.


    His words offort


    seemed to be directed at both his daughter and himself.


    No one knew how he had survived the past few days.


    They had been akin to the final days of a prisoner facing capital punishment. The devastation and


    hopelessness that he had endured while awaiting death must have been terrifying.


    No one could preserve theirposure in the face of death.


    Even though Chen Ao had been a powerful man who had hadmand over countless men in


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    Jiangdong, he was only still a man.


    Fortunately, everything hade to an end.


    The life of terror and utter fear had finally ended.


    Chen Ao had survived.


    The others smiled with relief.


    Li Er walked up to Chen Ao and pulled both father and daughter up from the ground. He sighed. "Chen


    Ao, you''ve got a wonderful daughter. If she hadn''t turned up in time and pleaded for your life, you would


    be dead now."


    Lei San and the others gathered around Chen Ao and offered simr words of constion.


    After a brief moment ofughter, a forlorn look settled on their faces.


    After all, Chen Ao had been cast out of Jiangdong.


    They would miss theirrade sorely.


    "Chen Ao, don''t hold it against Mr Chu. He''s the leader of Jiangdong. There are some things that he


    has to do. He''ll lose the respect of the public if he doesn''t punish you for the terrible misdeed that


    you''vemitted," sighed Li Er and the rest.


    "I know," said Chen Ao. "I won''t me anyone but myself for this. I''m happy that


    I''m alive."


    Lei San and the rest nodded.


    ''Tm d you think this way. What are your ns after you leave Jiangdong? Let us know if you need


    any help. I''m sure you''ll do alright though. You''ll make a name for yourself outside. I have faith in your


    abilities."


    Li Er, Lei San and the rest looked at Chen Ao.


    They had sharedughter and tears with each other for many years. There had been plenty of fights


    and arguments amongst them too. Their time spent together had culminated in a deep friendship.


    They couldn''t help but feel sad now that Chen Ao was leaving them.


    Chen Ao shook his head.


    ''Tm doing no such thing. I''m old and tired. I just want to find a quiet ce, have a small garden and


    keep a few songbirds. I want to spend time with my family. That''s all I want," said Chen Ao softly with a


    smile. He seemed like an old man who, having survived the ravages of time and reality, had seen the


    world for what it truly was and gained release from it.


    The lesson that he had suffered had been too heavy.


    No other lesson had been as memorable and as painful as this particr lesson.


    It was the reason why he had decided to go into retirement.


    "Come on, Nannan, let''s go home." Having bade Li Er and the others farewell, Chen Ao leaned against


    his daughter and hobbled slowly out of the Haiyuan Restaurant.


    Li Er and the rest watched as the once formidable man who hadmanded a legion in Jiangdong


    leave them.


    He walked into the horizon, disappearing into crimson sunset and from Jiangdong.


    The Chen family of Jianghai became history that day.


    It was unlikely that they would meet the man who had served Mr Chu alongside the others and


    watched over Jiangdong again.


    Li Er, Lei San and Wang Jie-Xi sat in the restaurant, gazed out at the mountains andke that spread


    before their eyes and drank without stopping.


    "I was only a hawker manning a street stall when I first met Chen Ao. He was already in the big league


    then. I swore then that I would catch up and be his equal one day. Ten years have passed since.


    No one could have expected that he would be cast out of Yunzhou one day," sighed Wang Jie-Xi.


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    Li Er and Lei San felt the same way.


    "That''s right. No one could have foreseen that one day, Chen Ao would leave thesends with his tail


    between his legs.


    Nothing is certain in this world."


    Li Er raised his cup and emptied it.


    The wintry winds carried the voices of these men into the distance.


    In the meantime, Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-Cheng had returned to the mansion in the west.