Chapter 8


    Zhou Ying gnashed her teeth—she hated this gatecrashing Chu Feng, though Zhou Lie was visibly


    excited andughed. “Good man. Here, have another drink with your father.”


    “I’ll toast you then, Dad.” Chu Feng wasn’t perturbed in the slightest, so he merely continued


    drinking and eating with Zhou Lie. Sun Mingxuan was beingpletely sidelined, and his


    expression darkened as he continued to stew in the awkwardness.


    Just then, Zhou Ying took Sun Mingxuan’s hand and told him tenderly, “You’re the Zhou family’s


    son-inw. Don’t mind what Dad just said.” The subtext was clear: no matter how much Zhou Lie


    favoured Chu Feng, there was nothing Chu Feng could do to change the situation. It was Sun


    Mingxuan who was the one to have won the fairdy in the end after all.


    Sun Mingxuan felt better instantly and smiled as he answered, “How could I? I’m already used to


    Dad being so straightforward.” But on the inside, he nced at Chu Feng with a malicious scoff. He


    didn’t dare mess with Zhou Lie, but as for Chu Feng, how dare he embarrass him in public? I see


    this rich boy will have to p some humility into you!


    After a round of wining and dining, the guests were all scrambling to toast Sun Mingxuan and butter


    up this rich inw with an exceptional background. Sun Mingxuan was also very generous, agreeing


    to help with everything from job searching, money borrowing and even pulling strings with


    government officials. This made him the subject of everyone’s praise, cing him squarely within


    the spotlight! Zhou Ying was also bing more prideful and was practically glowing. Thank


    goodness she had a good eye back then and didn’t marry Chu Feng, that penniless boy, how else


    would she be getting so much attention today?


    Just then, a troubled Liu Minn suddenly spoke, “Mingxuan, your family runs such a big business,


    so you must be in need of more trustworthy staff. Chu Feng has just retired from the army, which


    means he’s currently unemployed. Why don’t you make some arrangements for him?” SheN?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    continued awkwardly, her wrinkled hand shakily raising a ss of wine. “Mingxuan, I’ve never asked


    anything of you since you started dating Ying Ying, but I’m begging you now. Help me arrange a job


    for him, alright?”


    Chu Feng suddenly felt mncholic. Liu Minn was doing this for him withplete sincerity,


    because that was motherly love; no matter how old he became, he was still a child in her heart and


    they would forever give unconditionally, with the utmost care.


    “No need for that, Mom.” Chu Feng stopped Liu Minn. Your son is now the renowned God of


    War, known throughout thend and bowing to no one, not even that Chu family in the capital!


    Sun Mingxuan also hastily helped Liu Minn up, but before he could say anything, Zhou Ying


    interrupted impatiently, “Can you not make a scene, Mom? Mingxuan’spany is not a charity


    case. Every position and job there requires men with professional skills, chosen through multiple


    rounds of selection. Chu Feng doesn’t have the education or the skills, so how is he going to earn


    his keep there? How are the other workers going to perceive Mingxuan?”


    Zhou Lie put down his chopsticks with a grim look. “What, you’re disrespecting your mother before


    you’re even marrying into his family? You have some nerve.”


    Zhou Ying’s expression was indignant as she argued, “Dad, why are you always siding with Chu


    Feng—”


    “Alright, alright.” At this point, Sun Mingxuan stepped in to y the mediator and chuckled. “Father,


    Mother, Ying Ying is right. Mypany employs highly technically-skilled people, so it won’t be


    easy to get Chu Feng a job. But since you’ve asked, then I’ll do my best!”


    When Liu Minn’s expression changed to joy, he pretended to think for a while, then smiled at Chu


    Feng as he offered, “How about this? Ourpany still needs a janitor in the washrooms. I think it


    would be a suitable job, what say you? It’s just the usual mopping, scrubbing toilet bowls and


    urinals, quite an easy job…”


    Chu Feng’s eyes narrowed at that.


    “Bullsh*t!” Zhou Lie stood up abruptly and yelled at Sun Mingxuan. “You little twerp, you’d dare let


    my son scrub your toilet bowls? What the heck were you thinking?”


    “Hey, hey. Don’t say that, father. Allbour is equal, you’re overthinking it.” Sun Mingxuanughed


    Zhou Lie’sments off again, barely concealing his delight as he raised his ss of wine. “Why


    don’t I give you a toast so you can calm down—”


    Zhou Lie smacked Sun Mingxuan’s wine ss out of his hand in a wide arc and yelled, “Who are


    you calling ‘father’? Get out of here now. You’re no son-inw of mine, so stay away from my


    daughter!”


    Sun Mingxuan’s expression instantly darkened, and there was amotion among the surrounding


    crowd.


    “Dad, you’ve gone too far! On what grounds are you treating Mingxuan like this?” Zhou Ying


    couldn’t take it anymore, and tears streamed down from her face as she yelled indignantly. “You


    know what kind of lives we’ve had for the past few years, and if it weren’t for Mingxuan’s discreet


    help, we would have starved to death long ago. What rights do you have to treat him like this? And


    Chu Feng! We raised him for so long, but then he just left for ten years without a word of goodbye,


    and we didn’t hear from him at all.” Zhou Ying angrily pointed at Chu Feng, taking out all her


    resentment on him. “What has he done for the family? Has he even earned a single cent? What


    right does he have topete with Mingxuan?”


    Chu Feng frowned. “Didn’t I leave and title before I left? That piece ofnd is at least a thousand


    acres and about to be developed into a business district. Even if you all did nothing, the annual rent


    alone you could have received would have been two to three million.”


    Thisnd had been his parting gift for the family. More precisely, the Chu family’s gift to them on his


    request, as a way of tying up his loose ends. He’d been wondering why the Zhou family was still


    living in their old house, and using their old furniture for ten years after he left them such a fortune.


    He’d thought they were being nostalgic or frugal, but it seemed like this was not the case.


    “Ha! You’ve got some nerve talking about thatnd title, Chu Feng!” Zhou Ying scoffed at his words,


    “If it weren’t for thatnd title, our family wouldn’t have faced such a catastrophic disaster!”


    Zhou Lie’s expression changed. “Zip it! Don’t say anything more!”


    “Why can’t I say it? I’m saying it no matter what!” In her fury, Zhou Ying shouted. “Because of that


    land title, Dad was targeted by Ma Sanyuan of the Chamber of Commerce of the Four Seas! Those


    animals were cruel and merciless, and no one in Jiangling dared to go against them. So they took


    thend title, broke one of Dad’s legs and to this day, his right leg’s got metal imnts in it that hurt


    him like h*ll every time it rains. You know that?”


    Chu Feng felt his mind go nk with a buzzing sound, and he stood abruptly. Around them, there


    was nothing but dead silence except for Sun Mingxuan, who was gleefully watching Chu Feng


    making a fool of himself.


    Liu Minn secretly wiped her tears, and Zhou Lie’s gaze became evasive while he discreetly drew


    his right leg toward him and smiled as he exined, “Don’t listen to that girl. It was a superficial


    wound, and I’m already healed. After all, I used to be a special ops soldier. Those twerps that tried


    to hurt me, hah, they got hurt worse in the end.”


    Chu Feng remained silent and knelt down, then grabbed Zhou Lie’s right leg. There was a visible


    scar at least ten centimeters long, and the metal imnts inside were clearly visible too. “Does it


    hurt?” Chu Feng pressed down on the leg.