In Yanjing, at the Xu house.
After Xu Lei returned from Jiangdong, she remained in the family business and helped to sort out all the businesses that Ye Fan had in Yanjing.
"Miss Xu, you've been working through the holiday season, and it's really bad for your health. Why don't you take a few days off? If Mr Chu finds out you've been working like this, he'll be worried."
Xu Lei was in a suit as she worked in her room. She was in a white blouse with a short pencil skirt.
Her attire was simple, but it was impossible for it to cover her curvaceous figure and gorgeous facial features.
But even though all of Yanjing knew how pretty Xu Lei was, nobody dared to go after her.
That was because every powerful person in Yanjing knew her as Mr Chu's woman. subordinate's concern. She just continued reading the document in front of her.
But Xu Lei didn't respond to her After reading it, Xu Lei laughed quietly. She felt some pride, some admiration, and a happiness from the bottom of her heart. But her happiness was followed by deep dejection.
"Wen-Jing, if the person you like is like the stars in the sky that sparkle brightly in the night and gives light to the world, but you're extremely ordinary, what would you do? Is there nothing else you could do besides just standing on the ground and watching him shine brightly in the sky?" murmured Xu Lei softly. Her quiet voice was filled with disappointment.
But her assistant, Lin Wen-Jing, shook her head. "Of course not. If that's the case, then I would try my best to get to a higher place and stand at a place that's closest to him. If we stand at a place that's high enough, then he'll definitely notice us and turn back to look," replied Lin Wen-Jing with a smile.
Xu Lei didn't reply her. Instead, she got up and walked to the window by herself.
When she looked down from the 19th story, everything looked so small.
She seemed to be high above the speeding cars and the tall trees.
But so what if she stood at a higher ground?
Even if she stood at the highest peak of China, she wouldn't be able to reach the moon and the stars in the sky.
Just like what Lin Wen-Jing said, if she liked someone who sparkled brightly in the sky, she would try to stand at a place as high as possible so as to be as close as possible to him. That was why Xu Lei had worked so hard over the years.
"I thought that if I stood at the pinnacle of power in Yanjing and became the queen of Yanjing, I could possibly reach the tips of Fan's fingers. But I was too naive after all,'' said Xu Lei as she shook her head. Her words seemed so sad.
Xu Lei never cared about wealth and power.
She had worked so hard to obtain these things only because she hoped to be a little closer to that man and to catch up with him.
But she soon realized that every time she managed to take one step forward, that man would rise by one level.
By the time she had become famous throughout Yunzhou, Ye Fan had already become the king of Jiangdong.
She was now at the pinnacle of power in Yanjing, but Ye Fan had become world famous!
"Fan, how are you such a brilliant man? You're so brilliant and glorious that everyone can only look upon you but cannot reach you,â she murmured softly in front of the window as tears filled her eyes.
The entire martial arts world was in a frenzy.
Even the most powerful martial arts group in the world, Chu Sect, had noticed the existence of Chu Tian-Fan.
The conceited Chu Qi-Tian in particular, was pale in the face after he found out that Yukiteru had actually been defeated.
"What...what did you just say?! The top martial artist of Japan, Yukiteru, has been defeated as well? How...how...how could this be?!â Chu Qi-Tian collapsed onto his couch in shock when he got the news. He felt like he had just been struck by lightning.
He simply couldn't believe that the exiled son of the Chu family that he despised so much, a lowly youth from the countryside, had actually made it this far in life.
Chu Qi-Tian no longer had the confidence and arrogance he normally did. He felt defeated and utterly shocked.
There was no way Chu Qi-Tian could deal with Ye Fan now.
"No. I can't just sit here and wait to die anymore. If I don't get rid of this fellow, he will definitely threaten my position as the heir to the Chu family."
Chu Qi-Tian quickly calmed himself down after his initial shock.
Ye Fan's current level of achievement was already a great threat to his position within the Chu clan.
He knew that Ye Fan's father, Chu Zheng-Hong, had always been hoping that Ye Fan could return to the Chu clan and become part of the family again.
If the old patriarch hadn't refused to give in, Ye Fan would have returned a long time ago.
This was also why Chu Qi-Tian had spent the last ten years attempting to get rid of Ye Fan.
He didn't expect Ye Fan to actually achieve so much so quickly.
After he had calmed down, Chu Qi-Tian immediately drove his car to look for his father, Chu Zheng-Liang.
"What did you say? The Chu Tian-Fan that everyone in the international martial arts world is talking about right now is the son of your eldest uncle?!
That child from the countryside that we threw out back then?!" Chu Zheng-Liang felt his mind go blank when he heard about this matter.
It had been more than ten years since Ye Fan had left the Chu family.
This was a long enough period for him to have completely forgotten someone so unimportant and insignificant.
A rich and powerful clan like the Chu family did not care about the existence of Ye Fan and his mother at all. After all, one was a woman from the village and the other was her bastard son the family had exiled. Who cared about people like that?
The only one who cared a little more about their existence was someone who was directly threatened by them like Chu Qi-Tian.
"Qi-Tian, this concerns your future. Remember, you must not let anybody know about this matter, especially your grandfather. Otherwise, I'm afraid you might not be able to hold onto your position as the heir to the family." After calming down from his shock, Chu Zheng-Liang began to weigh the pros and cons and started making plans.
"But Father, we can't keep this under wraps for long. I'm afraid Grandpa will find out that Chu Tian-Fan is actually the same person as the son he threw out back then," said Chu Qi-Tian worriedly.
"It'll be fine, Qi-Tian. Leave this matter to me. Don't worry, the position of becoming the head of the Chu clan will definitely belong to my son. It must be my son." Chu Zheng-Liang's expression grew cold as he clenched his fists tightly. A sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
Nobody knew what this man was brewing in his heart.
A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
ï¤Chapter 946 Dragon from China Awake for Love: My Coma Bridegroom ï¤Chapter 664 But while Chu Zheng-Liang and his son were plotting evil schemes, a middle aged man sat in a study within the Chu family estate. His eyes were filled with authoritativeness and his demeanor was imposing.
He paced the luxuriously furnished study as if he was waiting for something.
If anybody from the Chu family saw him do this, they would be both shocked and curious at the same time.
After all, this man had been the head of the Chu clan for so many years now, and he always remained calm no matter how dire the circumstances were.
Even when there was internal turmoil within Chu Sect and he had to help the Tang clan to take the position of being the leader of Chu Sect, he wasn't this anxious.
His behavior really made one curious. What serious matter could make the infamous Demon King Chu, the one who made the entire martial arts world shudder at the mere mention of his name, so terribly anxious?
A flurry of footsteps finally came running in from outside, so he quickly ran out to meet the one coming in.
"Han! How is it? Have you checked? Is the Chinese youth who killed Susa Mikoto, defeated Yukiteru and shocked the world by sweeping through Japan my son, Fan?" asked the man anxiously as he gripped the hands of the older man who had just come through the door.
His eyes were all red and his entire body was shaking.