Chapter 135 A Stepping Stone
Chen Xuan chuckled and waved his hand, "Talking about fighting and killing at such a young age, go on, go somewhere cooler."
"You look down on people..." Wei Linlin puffed out her small chest and said indignantly, "If you don't go, I'll have someone else handle it!"
"As you wish."
Chen Xuan crossed his legs and sat on the sofa, ignoring Wei Linlin.
Seeing that Chen Xuan wasn't cooperating, Wei Linlin got bored after a few minutes and said, "Tsk, so boring. Forget it, I trust Yunxi sister's judgment, so I'll let you two be together."
Chen Xuan felt like laughing.
Did he need her approval to be with Yunxi?
This marriage had been decided by Su Qian himself.
"I heard you're challenging Gu Feng?" Wei Linlin remembered something she often heard, her eyes rolling.
"It's not that I'm challenging him, he's causing trouble for me," Chen Xuan said calmly.
Wei Linlin waved her hand, "I don't care about the conflict between you two. Gu Feng is one of the Four Prodigies of the Yanhuang Iron Brigade. I don't want Yunxi sister to become a widow before she's even married. How about this, you be my follower, and I'll guarantee your safety."
"You'll guarantee my safety? You have quite the audacity," Chen Xuan said with a smile.
"My dad is Wei Changgeng. He works under my dad, and unless he wants to quit his job, I have some influence." Wei Linlin said proudly.
"I appreciate your kindness, but it's not necessary," Chen Xuan said with a smile.
He didn't need anyone's protection when he was a master of the half-step inner force realm.
"A dog biting its benefactor, ungrateful. Ptooey, bragging again, so shameless." Wei Linlin glanced at Chen Xuan with disdain.
Chen Xuan's mind stirred, "How about this, we make a bet."
"A bet? I love making bets!" Wei Linlin's spirits immediately lifted, her big eyes blinking as she stared at Chen Xuan with an expression that said, "You're playing along nicely."
"How do we bet?"
"If I win against Gu Feng, you'll be my maid and call me master from now on," Chen Xuan said faintly.
"Ptooey, you won't win. What if you lose?"
"As you wish."
Wei Linlin grinned sinisterly, "If you lose, you'll be my follower. You'll go east when I tell you to go east, and west when I tell you to go west, and you'll sign a death waiver."
Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow and still said, "Alright."
Wei Linlin immediately beamed.
She turned and walked away, muttering as she went, "Hahaha, this is great, another follower. I hope this one is tough and doesn't get crippled before it's even over."
Just then, Su Yunxi came downstairs, looking at Chen Xuan strangely, "What did you say to Linlin? She seems to have become strange?"
Chen Xuan then told Su Yunxi about the bet with Wei Linlin.
Su Yunxi was surprised, "Why would you bet with her? Wei Linlin is known as the little devil of the provincial capital. She's arrogant and overbearing, relying on Uncle Wei's status as the head of the Yanhuang Iron Brigade."
"I heard that last time, a young master from a big family was willing to be Wei Linlin's follower just to curry favor with Uncle Wei. Wei Linlin made him do dangerous things, almost killing the young master. Uncle Wei had to use his personal connections to get the young master's brother into the Yanhuang Iron Brigade to resolve the matter."
Chen Xuan hadn't expected Wei Linlin to have such a dark side.
"Didn't expect you to know all that," Chen Xuan said with a smile.
"You'd better not bet with her. Gu Feng is not easy to deal with. Dad will probably ask you about this later," Su Yunxi said seriously.
Chen Xuan understood. Su Qian probably called him over today to ask about this matter.
At that moment, Su Qian came downstairs, chatting and laughing, with Wei Changgeng walking alongside him.
He hadn't expected Wei Changgeng to be visiting the Su family.
Then, Su Qian and Wei Changgeng also sat on the sofa. Wei Linlin sat obediently beside Wei Changgeng, completely different from the little devil who talked about fighting and killing earlier.
Su Qian looked at Chen Xuan and got straight to the point:
"Chen Xuan, Yi Shen Pharmaceutical is worth 30 billion, pays hundreds of millions in taxes to Jiangzhou annually, creates tens of thousands of jobs, and has given many shares to wealthy individuals to secure this spot in Jiangzhou. Now you're saying you're not going. You owe me an explanation. Also, why did you agree to fight Gu Feng?"
Chen Xuan fell silent.
Wei Changgeng smiled, "I heard that Chen Xuan defeated Bloody Hand Butcher in one move back then. He should be qualified to join the Yanhuang Iron Brigade. If you're willing, I can intervene to cancel this duel."
Chen Xuan had to say, "Now that I'm entering the Yanhuang Iron Brigade through connections, it will inevitably attract gossip. It might be better to..."
Wei Changgeng looked at Chen Xuan strangely and interrupted him, "You're not planning to use Gu Feng as a stepping stone to prove that you, the live-in son-in-law of the Su family, are not useless, are you?"
Chen Xuan was originally going to say, "It might be better not to join the Yanhuang Iron Brigade," but Wei Changgeng had clearly misunderstood his intentions, so he went along with it, "You could say that."
"You should think carefully?" Wei Changgeng chuckled and reminded him.
"Gu Feng is nothing to me. I'll defeat him then," Chen Xuan said casually as he took a sip of water.
Wei Changgeng was stunned, then shook his head inwardly.
This son-in-law of the Su family was simply too arrogant and conceited. Gu Feng was one of the Four Prodigies of Yanhuang. To use such a master as a stepping stone and claim to be able to defeat him easily was simply a pipe dream.
Su Qian, who had always been known for his sharp judgment and discerning eye, had found an arrogant man to be his son-in-law this time. He had clearly misjudged him.
"Brother Su, it seems your son-in-law has made up his mind. I have nothing more to say," Wei Changgeng said to Su Qian.
Su Qian nodded expressionlessly.
"Then we won't disturb you any further. We'll meet again another day," Wei Changgeng said hello, took Wei Linlin, and turned to leave.
"Bye, Yunxi sister, Uncle Su!"
Wei Linlin waved goodbye to Su Yunxi and Su Qian.
She walked up to Chen Xuan, waved her phone, her sly eyes twinkling, and whispered, "Hehe, you wait to be my follower!"
With that, Wei Linlin skipped away, following Wei Changgeng.
Chen Xuan frowned, wondering why Wei Linlin was waving her phone at him.
At the same time.
Martial Alliance.
Gu Feng sat in the lounge drinking tea.
Just then, a young man in white training clothes walked in quickly from outside. He greeted Gu Feng with a smile, "Brother Feng, why did you come here in person? I'll send you the death waiver documents later."
His name was Wen Xuan. He was from the provincial capital and had been following Gu Feng. His family owned mines and was very wealthy, but they lacked martial power and had suffered many losses. Therefore, his family had taught Wen Xuan martial arts from a young age, hoping he would protect the family with his strength.
Now he was a member of the Martial Alliance, and his greatest wish was to train further in the Yanhuang Iron Brigade.
Gu Feng looked up at the young man, "Wen Xuan, how is the matter going?"
"What Brother Feng instructed, I definitely kept in mind. I went early this morning to get it done. Here, these are the documents."
Wen Xuan gave a sheepish smile and placed the documents in front of Gu Feng.
In civilian martial arts competitions, death waivers needed to be applied for in advance at the Martial Alliance. If both parties signed the document and someone died during the match, they would not be held legally responsible.
Gu Feng's eyes lit up when he saw the documents.
"Brother Feng, what about the matter of entering the Yanhuang Iron Brigade? What are my chances?" Wen Xuan asked, scratching his head.
Gu Feng looked at Wen Xuan, "The Yanhuang Iron Brigade has a special quota in the Jiangnan Provincial Martial Alliance this year. If you perform well in the future, I'll try to secure a spot for you."
"Thank you, Young Master Feng! I will definitely treat you with great respect!" Wen Xuan nodded repeatedly.
Just then, Gu Feng suddenly received a video from Wei Linlin. The video content was from the Su family, showing the conversation between Chen Xuan and Wei Changgeng.
"You're not planning to use Gu Feng as a stepping stone to prove that you, the live-in son-in-law of the Su family, are not useless, are you?"
"You could say that."
"You should think carefully?"
"Gu Feng is nothing to me. I'll defeat him then."