Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City
Chapter 97 Fault lies on one’s own head

Chapter 97: Chapter 97 Fault lies on one’s own head

Chen Fan handed the cell phone over to Director Zhang, "It’s for you."

Director Zhang, with a face full of suspicion, took the phone and said impatiently, "Who are you?"

"Who am I? Zhang Changlin, you really do carry quite the air of authority! At this rate, should the entire Chu Family start changing our surnames to Zhang?" Chu Yunkuo roared.

Director Zhang’s pupils shrank sharply, his back tensed as if struck by lightning, "Young... Young Master?"

Chu Yunkuo snorted coldly, "You can actually recognize my voice."

Cold sweat instantly covered Director Zhang’s forehead as he looked at Chen Fan, filled with fear, "Young Master, this... this isn’t what you think. I..."

"No need for excuses. Master Chen would never lie to me." Chu Yunkuo spoke coldly. "As of now, you are fired. I will have the company investigate the evidence of the bribes you took over the years as project director and submit them to the judiciary bureau. You better watch out for yourself!"

Director Zhang’s face turned ashen, his lips trembling, "Young Master, please give me a chance, I... I won’t dare to do it again!"

Chu Yunkuo didn’t want to waste words, "Give the phone back to Master Chen!"

Director Zhang shakily stood up, walked over to Chen Fan, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground, presenting the phone, "Sir, I was blind, please plead for me. If the Young Master submits the evidence to the judiciary bureau, I’ll be in jail for life!"

Chen Fan curled his lip, "This is a mess of your own making."

After finishing, he took back the phone.

Jian Wanrong and Su Qingyan were both dumbfounded, not expecting Director Zhang’s attitude to shift so drastically.

"This Chen Fan..." Jian Wanrong stared blankly at Chen Fan, finding herself unable to understand this young man.

Su Qingyan quickly recovered, guessing that after she left, Chen Fan must have done something else in Provincial City that made the Chu Family start to suck up to him.

She was not surprised by this kind of situation.

"What do you plan to do with my mother-in-law’s business?" Chen Fan asked Chu Yunkuo.

Chu Yunkuo replied with a smile, "Rest assured, Master Chen, I will specify that the Su Family takes on this project. I will have someone deliver the specialized contract later. In light of Master Chen’s influence, the Chu Family will even relinquish a portion of the profits."

"Then I thank you." Chen Fan answered indifferently, then hung up the phone.

He turned to Jian Wanrong, "The Chu Family’s young master will send new staff to collaborate. He has already designated the Su Family for this project and they will even give up a part of the profits."

Jian Wanrong was incredulous, "How... how did you do it?"

Chen Fan laughed lightly, humbly saying, "Perhaps the Chu Family wishes to curry favor with me."

Jian Wanrong was speechless, thinking that the Chu Family is a powerful and prominent family in the Provincial City, what merits does Chen Fan have to make them want to curry favor with him?

She rolled her eyes, guessing that the Chu Family young master probably owed Chen Fan a favor, which is why he helped Chen Fan.

"Favors are just one-time consumables, once they’re used, they’re gone. In the end, you, Chen Fan, still fail to catch my eye," Jian Wanrong thought to herself.

Her attitude toward Chen Fan softened quite a bit, "We owe you a lot this time. On behalf of the Su Family, I thank you."

Chen Fan asked with a smile, "Does this mean I am now eligible to be with Qingyan?"

Jian Wanrong answered definitively, "No."

Chen Fan frowned.

Jian Wanrong gave him a glance, feeling a little too harsh considering Chen Fan had just helped her, so she continued, "However, I can agree to let you attend Qingyan’s birthday party, but that’s it."

After speaking, she stood up, glanced at Su Qingyan, "I’m going back now, will you come with me?"

Su Qingyan turned her head away, ignoring Jian Wanrong.

Jian Wanrong didn’t say anything more and left Mingfeng Tower.

Chen Fan sighed, "It seems your mother is very dissatisfied with me."

Su Qingyan comforted, "She is always like that, you shouldn’t pay her any mind."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "On your birthday, I’ll make her look at me in a new light."

"Let’s go."

Two left Mingfeng Tower together.

That evening, Chen Fan returned to Hillside Villa.

He took out the remaining piece of Thunder God Wood, "There isn’t much time left before Qingyan’s birthday, I need to refine her birthday gift as soon as possible."

"Calculating the time, Qingyan’s birthday happens to be the last deadline for returning my life essence. I wonder if I’ll be able to win her over by then," Chen Fan pondered another troubling issue.

"Let’s just take things one step at a time. If all else fails, I’ll have to resort to some unscrupulous methods. The priority is to ensure Qingyan’s life is saved."

Without much hesitation, Chen Fan sat cross-legged and began the refinement of the magic artifact.

...

On the day of Su Qingyan’s birthday.

Inside Hillside Villa.

Chen Fan sat in the center of the Five Elements Fusion Spirit Formation, surrounded by visible streams of Spiritual Energy swirling around him with great force.

After a long time, Chen Fan suddenly opened his eyes, shooting out a sharp light as the streams of Spiritual Energy began to surge crazily into his body.

This process lasted for an hour.

Chen Fan’s whole body shone brightly, his aura climbing layer by layer until it reached its peak!

It was only after a barrier inside Chen Fan was broken through that the light around him began to recede, inch by inch, disappearing into his meridians and out of sight.

Whew~

Chen Fan took a long breath and curved a smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Qi Refinement Ninth Level, just one more step and I can step into the Foundation Establishment Stage."

That’s when he suddenly felt some fuzzy information appear in the inherited memories in his mind, information he had never seen before.

He concentrated, trying to make out what this fuzzy information was.

But after carefully studying for a while, he realized that this information seemed to be restricted as if he couldn’t decipher it unless he reached a certain realm.

"Could it be that I have to break through to Foundation Establishment Realm to know the content of this information?"

Chen Fan felt puzzled.

Just then, his phone rang—it was Su Qingyan calling.

"Hello, it’s my birthday today, and you haven’t given me any sign?" Su Qingyan sounded sullen.

Chen Fan immediately cast aside those fuzzy pieces of information and said with a smile, "I was just about to head your way."

"Hmph, then hurry up. If you keep me waiting, I won’t pay you any attention," Su Qingyan spoke.

"All right, all right. I’m on my way," Chen Fan quickly assured her.

After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and neatly arranged his hair.

Then he walked over to the table in the living room and picked up a lotus flower carved from wood.

The lotus flower was small and exquisitely detailed, with massive amounts of Spell Inscriptions on every petal, occasionally shrouded in circulating light, incredibly mystical.

This was precisely the birthday gift Chen Fan had prepared for Su Qingyan.

A top-grade Magic Artifact, the Holy Heart Lotus.

After securing the Holy Heart Lotus, Chen Fan picked up a jade bottle.

This was the Potent Medicine he had concocted when he found the time recently.

Just one drop would make a person lose their senses, with only pleasure remaining in their heart.

"Today, I must win Qingyan over by any means necessary!"

Chen Fan carefully stowed the medicine and left the villa, heading towards the Su Family.