Chapter 59: Falling Out!

"Master Xuan, grievances are best resolved rather than perpetuated. If you accompany me to the Prefecture Lord's Manor now to confess, the Prefecture Lord is a magnanimous and benevolent man who holds great appreciation for talent. Your arrival brings boundless honor to Man City, and he will surely forgive your transgressions."

Chen Kun explained with infinite patience, his entire expression virtually spelling out the words, "I am only doing this for your own good."

"You mean to say that I was barred from entering the city, his men attempted to assassinate me, and because I killed them in self-defense, I must now go and offer my apologies?"

Chen Xuan let out a cold laugh.

Chen Kun had long since anticipated that Chen Xuan would never go to the Prefecture Lord's Manor to confess.

Would someone who dared to publicly slaughter a chiliarch—and nearly butchered the Prefecture Lord's son into the bargain—ever stoop to confessing?

Even a fool knew such a thing was impossible!

His deliberate urging for Chen Xuan to confess was merely a tactical provocation. Naturally, the target of this provocation was not Chen Xuan, but Prefecture Lord Zhang Tao!

"Master Xuan, that may be true, but in times like these, there are moments when one must simply bow one's head. This Man City is the realm of the Prefecture Lord. Although our Chen family is considered a prominent clan here with vast resources, the moment we offend the Prefecture Lord, even I might not be able to protect you!"

Chen Kun heaved a soft sigh, feigning a look of profound helplessness.

In any case, he had already spoken the appropriate words. Should Chen Xuan end up dead and investigators from the capital arrive later, he could repeat this exact speech word for word to the people from the capital.

*Look here, I did try to advise him, but he refused to listen and insisted on courting death. You cannot blame me.*

"Esteemed Family Head, if my husband goes to the Prefecture Lord's Manor to confess, will the Prefecture Lord arrest him and throw him in prison?"

Xu Ruolan suddenly asked with a look of genuine concern.

"Uh..."

Chen Kun was momentarily stunned by this bizarre question.

Seeing him hesitate, Xu Ruolan instantly sensed something was amiss and launched into a bitter tirade, "You fat bastard, what kind of malicious scheme are you hatching? If confessing still leads to imprisonment, then what is the point of confessing at all?"

"Now I understand! You treated us to fine wine and lavish dishes—did you intend for this meal to be the final banquet before sending my husband off to his execution?"

"You fat bastard, you are no good man! You harbor evil intentions!"

At this moment, Chen Xuan was her sole reliance in the world.

Moreover, Chen Xuan had treated her remarkably well. If something were to happen to such a fine man, she shuddered to imagine the fate that awaited her afterward!

"Impudent!"

"Who gave you permission to speak to the Family Head in such a manner?"

"Slap her across the face!"

Behind Chen Kun, someone immediately stepped forward to reprimand her.

Simultaneously, another person strode forward, preparing to deliver a pair of heavy slaps to Xu Ruolan's face.

This time, the smiling Chen Kun did not intervene.

In his view, he could afford to show courtesy to Chen Xuan.

But what was Chen Xuan's woman? Was she worthy of sitting at the table and speaking?

Furthermore, she had actually dared to curse him as a fat bastard.

Throughout the entirety of Man City, not a single soul had ever dared to address him in such a manner!

A subordinate of the Chen family swung his arm back and lashed out with a vicious palm strike aimed straight at Xu Ruolan's face. He put his full strength into the blow; had it connected with her delicate face, it would have undoubtedly swollen her features to the size of a pig's head.

The expressions of Li Xiuning and the other women shifted dramatically. They never expected that the Chen family members, who had been so amicable just moments prior, would flip their faces so ruthlessly and resort to physical violence without warning!

An Muxue and Liu Jinyu both prepared to hurl themselves in front of Xu Ruolan to intercept the descending blow.

However, both of them were somewhat distant from her position, and the strike had been launched with such suddenness that no one could have anticipated it.

There was simply no time for them to intervene and block the blow.

"Ah!"

Before the palm could even land, seeing that no one could save her, Xu Ruolan clutched her face and shrieked in terror.

Boom!

Suddenly, a deafening crash reverberated through the air.

Aside from Xu Ruolan's piercing screams, the only sound filling the courtyard was the thunderous impact of a collision.

Xu Ruolan's shrieks continued for a moment longer. After an indeterminate passage of time, feeling none of the expected agony of the blow, her screams finally trailed off. She lowered her hands from her face and blinked her almond-shaped eyes, casting a gaze to the left and right.

To her astonishment, every single person present wore an expression of utter bewilderment.

As for the subordinate who had just moved to strike her, he had completely vanished.

Chen Xuan was standing beside her, though no one had seen when or how he got there.

Without needing to think, she knew it must have been Chen Xuan who saved her.

Xu Ruolan rolled her eyes, instantly threw her arms around Chen Xuan's waist, and let loose a flood of tears that fell like broken pearls: "Husband, that nearly frightened me to death! I genuinely thought I would never see you again, wuwuwu!"

Chen Xuan gently patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Rest easy, it is over now. With me here, no one can ever harm any of you."

[Ding! Xu Ruolan's favorability +5]

"Mm, mm! I knew my husband was the best to me."

Xu Ruolan coquettishly batted her eyelashes before a sudden thought struck her, and she asked, "Husband, where is the man who tried to hit me just now?"

Chen Xuan replied, "Gone."

"Gone?" Xu Ruolan blinked in confusion.

"Look over there." Chen Xuan raised a hand and pointed.

The direction he indicated was an artificial rockery situated within the courtyard.

At that very moment, a human figure was plastered flat against the face of that rockery.

Indeed, the man was stuck completely flat against the stone, unmoving, and bereft of any breath of life.

It was precisely the subordinate who had attempted to strike Xu Ruolan!

At the exact microsecond before his palm was about to connect with Xu Ruolan's face, Chen Xuan had made his move, executing the Earth-grade low-tier martial art known as *The Mighty Vajra Kick*.

The terror of that single kick was beyond description!

His speed had been so blindingly fast that not a single person present could track his movement. The subordinate had been kicked away like a cannonball, slamming into the rockery where his flesh and bones had instantly mashed into a bloody pulp.

He was embedded so deeply into the stone that he could not even be pried loose!

"Ah, how did he fly all the way over there?"

Xu Ruolan feigned ignorance, wearing a look of exaggerated astonishment.

This affected, dramatic posturing made An Muxue feel nauseous; she could not help but roll her eyes inwardly at what kind of person this truly was.

"You!"

"Audacious!"

"This is the Chen Estate! Your lawlessness knows no bounds!"

Behind Chen Kun, all the subordinates glared with fury burning in their eyes.

Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that within the safety of their own estate, an outsider would dare to kill one of their ownmen!

Chen Kun's expression darkened as well.

Chen Xuan's kick was, without a shadow of a doubt, a direct, unvarnished slap across his face!

Standing behind him, Chen Qing saw this and let a flicker of vicious intent flash through the depths of his eyes. He hastily urged, "Father, this matter is too heinous! He must be severely punished without leniency!"

Inside, he was practically bursting with wild elation, believing that he could finally exact his revenge immediately.

As for whether the Beijing branch of the Chen family would send investigators, that was utterly irrelevant. The priority was to kill Chen Xuan and wash away his humiliation first!

A surge of genuine fury contorted Chen Kun's face, making his folds of fat quiver violently.

Fixing his gaze squarely on Chen Xuan, he ground out each word through clenched teeth, "Master Xuan, to slaughter my subordinate over a mere disagreement... isn't this going a bit too far?"

Swish, swish, swish!

From all directions, a massive horde of Chen estate guards suddenly emerged, sealing off every exit and surrounding them completely.

"Damn it! Have all you brothers eaten your fill? If you're full, get on your feet!"

Liu Jinyu slammed his palm down hard onto the table and roared at the top of his lungs.

"Chief, we're stuffed!"

"Motherfucker! I knew this was a damn Feast at Hong Gate! Let's tear these bastards apart!"

The group of bandits instantly overturned their tables, howling and roaring as they sprang into action!