NOVEL NEXT Chapter 16
Chapter 16 – Zhonghai Bigwig Lu Chennong_1
Chapter 16 Zhonghai Bigwig Lu Chennong_1
Translator: 549690339
Lu Chennong and Zhang Lijuan, a married couple, had barely hung up the phone with Xu Fan before they made their way to Su Chen’s place without stopping.
As Lu Chennong walked in, he carried two ancient-looking wooden boxes made of sandalwood, with gold and jade inlays and a large number of pictures engraved on them, appearing very valuable.
A faint scent of medicinal herbs drifted slowly from the wooden boxes.
“Uncle Lu? What brings you here?” Xu Yixue saw Lu Chennong and her expression subtly changed, speaking with a hint of surprise.
“Oh? Are you Little Xue from the Xu Family?” Lu Chennong also saw Xu Yixue in the room, his expression brightening.
“Yes, Uncle Lu, you still remember me. I am Little Xue. It’s been several years since I saw you after going to America.” Xu Yixue smiled at Lu Chennong and gave him a gentle bow.
Zhang Lijuan, who was standing by, came over immediately upon seeing Xu Yixue, took her hand and said, “Little Xue, Auntie Zhang hasn’t seen you in just a few years, and I can’t believe how beautiful you’ve become. You’re not only more mature but also more capable. It’s true what they say, girls really change once they come of age. By the way, weren’t you always in America? What brings you to Zhonghai this time?”
“Auntie Zhang, I came to Zhonghai City to take over some family business. I’ve been studying business management abroad and now I can apply what I’ve learned.” Xu Yixue spoke affectionately to Zhang Lijuan.
Lu Chennong and Zhang Lijuan were not only old family friends of Xu Yixue’s parents’ generation but also the leading business tycoons of Zhonghai City, heading Huaxin Group, one of the Fortune Global 500 companies.
Moreover, Xu Yixue occasionally heard from her mother that the power of Lu Chennong’s family was not limited to the business world. His status and influence in Zhonghai could be said to be transcendent.
Although Zhonghai City did not have the rumored four major families like Dragon City, in Zhonghai City, Lu Chennong’s power was the greatest. No matter how strong the four major families were, they had to defer to Lu Chennong in Zhonghai City.
However, Lu Chennong and Zhang Lijuan had always kept a low profile. They lived very simply, and to those who didn’t know them, they might even seem like just an ordinary elderly couple.
After some brief pleasantries with Lu Chennong and his wife, Xu Yixue suddenly remembered that Lu Chennong had brought some medicinal herbs for Xu Fan to prepare some medicine.
So, Xu Yixue pointed to Xu Fan and asked Zhang Lijuan, “Auntie Zhang, did you come here to find him?”
“Yes! Today we indeed came to seek out Master Xu to help us concoct a medicine,” Zhang Lijuan nodded affirmatively to Xu Yixue.
Xu Yixue was a bit shocked and pointed to Xu Fan saying, “Him? He knows how to concoct medicine? Impossible.”
Hearing Xu Yixue’s words, Lu Chennong turned his head towards her and said, “Little Xue, you don’t understand, don’t speak recklessly. Just watch from the side.”
Upon hearing that, Xu Yixue felt a bit wronged, but she quickly returned to normal.
In her eyes, she was certain Xu Fan had used some tactic to successfully deceive Lu Chennong and his wife. After all, Baby Tongtong had been with him for only two days but had been completely bewitched. It seemed that Xu Fan was quite adept at manipulating people.
“No, I can’t let Uncle Lu and Auntie Zhang be deceived by him. I must expose his true colors myself,” Xu Yixue thought to herself, deciding to stay and see how things unfolded.
If Xu Fan was to play tricks and deceive Uncle Lu, then Xu Yixue had to step in and stop it.
Xu Fan, of course, was unaware of all the drama Xu Yixue had concocted in her mind. After the small talk between Lu Chennong and Xu Yixue had finished, he reached out and took the two sandalwood boxes from Lu Chennong’s hands.
“Master Xu, would you like to verify the quality of the herbs first?” Lu Chennong asked somewhat nervously after handing over the boxes to Xu Fan.
“No need, I can tell the authenticity of these herbs just by smelling them,” Xu Fan replied indifferently, as he gently placed the boxes down, speaking to Lu Chennong.
When Lu Chennong and his wife heard this, they could only feel that Master Xu was unfathomably profound, but in the ears of Xu Yixue, it felt like Xu Fan was just being ostentatiously mysterious.
Little Tongtong also curiously brought her head close to the wooden box, blinked her big eyes, and asked Xu Fan, “Daddy, what’s inside here?”
“My treasure, there are medicines inside,” Xu Fan gently pinched his daughter’s little nose and softly said.
“Yuck, so it’s medicine, medicine is so bitter, Tongtong doesn’t like it,” Little Tongtong heard there was medicine inside, immediately scurried away on her little legs to a spot far from the box.
The little guy must have had a bitter experience with medicine before, which was why she was so scared of it.
Xu Fan, from the storage cabinet, took out a plastic bag left over from a trip to the supermarket, then opened the box, peeled away the several layers of valuable silk, revealing the true nature of the medicinal herbs inside.
Xu Fan casually tossed the herbs, each worth millions, into the plastic bag, which made Lu Chennong’s heart pound with anxiety.
When he had arrived, he had instructed his driver to drive extra slow and steady, for fear of damaging the precious roots and fibers of the medicinal herbs. He had no idea Xu Fan would be so bold, tossing tens of millions worth of herbs into the plastic bag like bunches of green onions from a market.
“Xu Yixue, take Tongtong up to the bedroom on the second floor. I’m going to make medicine now, and I won’t have time to look after my daughter,” Xu Fan picked up the bag and said to Xu Yixue.
Hearing Xu Fan’s words, Xu Yixue snorted and said, “Who are you to order me around?”
After speaking, she turned around, leaving only an elegant view of her back for Xu Fan.
Xu Fan shook his head and sighed to himself, truly, women are the most unreasonable creatures.
Then, Xu Fan put down the bag, walked over, and gently lifted Tongtong, whispering in her ear, “Baby Tongtong, Daddy’s going to lift you high now.”
“Okay!” Tongtong excitedly covered her eyes.
With a push of his feet, Xu Fan leaped up, astonishingly without using the spiral staircase, and jumped to the second floor.
Both Lu Chennong and Zhang Lijuan caught sight of Xu Fan’s agility and a spark of admiration flashed in their eyes.
Master Xu indeed possessed genuine skills; they instantly filled with confidence for Xu Fan’s upcoming alchemy.
Meanwhile, Xu Yixue, watching Xu Fan leap upward, had a huge question mark rising in her heart.
Could this be the legendary lightness skill? Perhaps Xu Fan had received the true transmission of a martial arts master.
After placing Tongtong onto the small bed in the bedroom and making sure his daughter was settled, Xu Fan repeated his feat, leaping gracefully from the second-floor staircase to the crowd below, agile and fluid as if skimming across water.
Lu Chennong couldn’t help but exclaim, “Master Xu truly has great skill!”
Xu Fan smiled slightly and said, “Lu big brother, just call me Xiao Xu. If you keep calling me Master Xu, it feels like I’ve become a charlatan.”
“You do seem like a charlatan!” Xu Yixue silently shouted in her heart, then suddenly her eyes flickered.
If Xu Fan called Lu Chennong ‘big brother’ and she called Lu Chennong ‘Uncle,’ wouldn’t her own standing have been directly lowered by an entire generation?