Xiao Zhi solemnly rose from his seat. "Mr. Lu, if I hadn't coincidentally received your message upon my return, revealing this hidden truth, I wouldn't have known for how long I was being kept in the dark."
"Ruixing'er Restaurant truly owes you a great debt of gratitude."
Chen Fan had not expected there to be so many twists and turns involved.
Things had gone surprisingly smoothly, and in the end, he hadn't said anything himself, but had instead enjoyed a feast from all corners of the world within Tongtian Tower.
As he saw them off, Xiao Zhi promised Chen Fan that he would strictly discipline his subordinates from now on, and that the matters he was worried about would never happen again.
Only Xiao Zhi and his secretary, Xiao Lu, remained in Tongtian Tower.
Secretary Lu frowned at Xiao Zhi's attentive demeanor towards Chen Fan all evening. "Mr. Xiao, didn't you review Chen Fan's information yesterday?"
"He's just a bit stronger; he has no ties to those families. Why be so apprehensive?"
Xiao Zhi's face no longer held the solicitous and honest expression from before. He said sternly, "That's not just a bit stronger."
"Elder Zhao was personally invited by me to leave seclusion."
"At the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, even the experts from those European families might not be able to achieve a swift kill, but this Chen Fan—"
"Do you remember the Victors family that collapsed violently a few days ago?"
How could Secretary Lu not know?
That incident had caused an uproar in Europe, and people were still discussing it to this day. However, what did that have to do with Chen Fan?
Xiao Zhi chuckled and nodded. "The Victors family had previously placed a heavy bounty on Chen Fan's head in Europe."
"Connecting it with what happened yesterday, the one who single-handedly infiltrated the Victors family and annihilated them with a single punch was very likely this Chen Fan."
Xiao Zhi shook his head. "With such terrifying strength, we at Ruixing'er cannot afford to offend him."
"What about the Second Boss—"
Xiao Zhi sneered. "If I hadn't returned in time! My life's work would have been ruined by his hands!"
"I've been in Europe for some time now, and it's time to uproot those rotten roots."
—
No one knew the turmoil that Ruixing'er Restaurant would soon face.
After all, with only a few days left until the Luo Sect's assessment.
Luo Sect.
Enforcement Hall.
"There are only five days left until the Luo Sect assessment! Young Master still hasn't shown up in the training room today. What is he planning?"
"Young Master is too fond of playing. I subtly mentioned it to Luo Yi yesterday, and he said Young Master has been with Chen Fan these past few days."
"Alas! I'm afraid he won't achieve any results in the assessment five days from now!"
"Moreover, with Cheng Ji having left the Enforcement Hall, if we don't achieve a good ranking this time..."
Chu Feng frowned, tossing aside the newspaper he was holding. "What do you people know! Young Master has been undergoing intensive training with Mr. Chen these past few days!"
"Intensive training?"
This was the first time they had heard of it.
But...
"Although Mr. Chen's personal abilities are strong, teaching others..."
"Heh!"
A cold laugh suddenly echoed from outside the hall.
Everyone looked at the person who had arrived, their faces instantly turning grim.
It was Cheng Ji.
Chu Feng frowned and stood up from his seat. "Those who have left the Enforcement Hall still have the right to enter?"
Cheng Ji cast a cold glance at everyone. "Do you think I want to associate with a mob like you?"
"I've come to collect my things."
Saying that, Cheng Ji walked past everyone and retrieved a box from his usual resting place. Of course, before leaving, he did not forget to glance at the person he had interrupted not long ago. "No matter how powerful Chen Fan is, does he think he can train an incapable person like Ah Dou into a Nascent Soul expert within ten days?"
"Instead of placing your hopes on Luo Sheng, you should pray that heaven is merciful on the day of the assessment and allows Luo Er to last two moves against me, to preserve some dignity for your Enforcement Hall."
With that, he didn't even deign to look at them.
He strode away.
"He's going too far!"
"This man's true nature has been fully exposed after leaving the Enforcement Hall. He's actually such a hypocritical scoundrel inside!"
"Exactly! To think we respected him so much in the past. This is simply a disgrace to our Enforcement Hall!"
Chu Feng chuckled. "Instead of getting angry here, why don't you all go back and practice diligently!"
"Five days from now, let those who look down on our Enforcement Hall see what it means to never underestimate a poor young man!"
...
And at the same time as the indignation within the Enforcement Hall, a figure ran into Dai Wei's room in a dishevelled state.
"Miss Dai Wei! Save me!"
The newcomer knelt directly in Dai Wei's room without any preamble.
If Xiao Zhi were here now, he would undoubtedly recognize this man as Cheng Si, the Second Boss who had been completely sidelined by him recently.
Dai Wei, who had been leisurely sipping her tea, raised an eyebrow at his wretched appearance. "Who made you look like this?"
One must remember that Cheng Si was currently the undisputed second-in-command of Ruixing'er.
In all of Europe, the number of people who dared to treat him like this could be counted on one hand.
Cheng Si seemed to have lost his backbone.
Everything had been going smoothly, but after Xiao Zhi returned, everything changed!
He suddenly spoke of purging the organization.
A group of his cronies were ruthlessly expelled from Ruixing'er, causing everyone to live in fear. Cheng Si was bewildered, and then unexpectedly, Xiao Zhi found him.