Chapter 36: No Qualifications

"Uncle Lang, Yanyan, are you two alright?"

Xu Baifeng burst into the room, his hands braced against his knees, panting heavily, looking extremely anxious and worried.

"Oh, Xiaofeng, why are you here? Sit down quickly!"

Fu Lang greeted Xu Baifeng as he sat down, offering him his own water, "Why did you run so fast? Drink some water quickly."

Xu Baifeng gulped down the water in the cup in one go and said, "Uncle, today is the day Dr. Lin comes for Auntie's regular treatment, so I thought I'd come to see you all. I didn't expect to see the people who came to collect debts earlier outside. I was worried about you, so I ran over immediately!"

"It's already fine, you don't need to worry," Fu Lang said with a relieved smile.

Xu Baifeng wore a resentful expression and brought up the old matter again: "Uncle, wouldn't it be fine if you had just let me help you pay off the debt earlier? That would save you from being hounded for debt every few days."

"You're saying that again!" Fu Lang's expression was chiding, but his tone was very kind, "You've already helped me a lot. The money I owe, I will pay back myself. Your uncle has his pride, and besides, if your father knew you were helping me, it wouldn't be good for your father-son relationship."

"I'm not afraid of him!" Xu Baifeng said.

Fu Lang's smile was warm and sincere; in his eyes, Xu Baifeng was truly becoming more and more agreeable, unlike his father, Xu Songbai, who was so mercenary.

But if he knew Xu Baifeng's true face, he would surely regret his own foolishness at this moment!

"Oh right, look who this is?" Fu Lang smiled, "Thanks to Little Che, if it weren't for him, we really wouldn't have known what to do."

Hearing this, Xu Baifeng looked up and saw a person who was both familiar and strange sitting on the sofa opposite, smiling at him.

"Xu Baifeng, long time no see."

Chen Che stood up and took the initiative to reach out his hand.

"Chen Che!"

After a brief moment of daze, Xu Baifeng recognized Chen Che, and for a moment, he was incomparably shocked in his heart.

He actually didn't die?!

Wait!

Could it be that the Martial Artist who injured Yu Long and the others was Chen Che?!

Thinking of this, a trace of anger rose in Xu Baifeng's heart. The stage he had worked so hard to build, and the lead role had actually been usurped by Chen Che!

Moreover, he remembered very clearly that when they were young, Fu Yanyan liked Chen Che more than she liked him.

"How are you still alive?!"

Xu Baifeng blurted out, his words carrying a hint of regret and hatred.

Chen Che naturally heard the malice in Xu Baifeng's tone, but he didn't mind, assuming he was just too shocked.

"My life is tough; Yama Hall refuses to take me," Chen Che smiled.

Seeing the children who grew up together gathered again, Fu Lang felt emotional and said, "The three of you are finally together again; this is truly wonderful!"

Xu Baifeng, however, suddenly furrowed his brows and questioned, "Why are you here?"

Hm?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

"Little Feng, why are you speaking like that? This is Little Che," Fu Lang asked with a frown.

Chen Che lowered his hand that hadn't received a response and asked, "I came to see Uncle Lang and the others, what's wrong?"

Xu Baifeng snorted coldly, "I think you have ill intentions!"

Xu Baifeng's hatred for Chen Che was not a matter of a day or two; when they were young, because Fu Yanyan liked Chen Che, he grew jealous and hateful. Now that Chen Che had suddenly appeared, he had made a mess of his plans.

Added to that was the matter of Xu Songbai betraying Chen Xin earlier, and Xu Baifeng concluded that Chen Che had returned to collect debts.

But the situation was different now; he, Xu Baifeng, was the crown prince of Jinhai Group, while Chen Che was just a stray dog!

"Brother Baifeng, is there some kind of misunderstanding between you two?"

Seeing the two of them at each other's throats the moment they met, Fu Yanyan felt a bit uneasy.

"There is no misunderstanding!"

Xu Baifeng shouted, "Chen Che, I don't care why you didn't die, but things are different now! There is no place for you in Shanghai anymore. Jinhai Group is surnamed Xu now, not Chen; it hasn't been surnamed Chen for a long time! And I don't owe you anything."

Chen Che said with a calm expression, "I didn't say you owed me anything. What your father did has nothing to do with you."

"I did indeed intend to settle accounts with your father, but just now Uncle Fu Lang and Yanyan both said you have been good to them, so I decided not to look for him."

"Ha!"

Xu Baifeng sneered, "Settle accounts? Do you think you're still the crown prince of Jinhai Group? Do you think that just because you've become a Martial Artist, you can look down on everyone? You don't have any capital or qualifications to stand before me now!"

Chen Che narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Xu Baifeng.

How did he know he had become a Martial Artist? Fu Lang and the others knew because he had exposed his True Qi when he taught Yu Long and the others a lesson.

Now, his True Qi was hidden within his body; unless one was a Martial Artist of the Ninth Grade or higher, it was impossible to detect the faint True Qi fluctuations within him.

"How did you know I am a Martial Artist?"

Chen Che frowned, carefully observing the changes in Xu Baifeng's expression.

Xu Baifeng was startled, realizing he had let something slip.

"I... I guessed!"

Xu Baifeng explained in a panic, "When I arrived, I saw that those debt collectors were all injured, so I guessed the person who did it was a Martial Artist. Is there a problem with that?"

Of course there was a problem!

An ordinary person with high combat power could also beat those people into that state; it didn't necessarily have to be a Martial Artist.

"Stop changing the subject!"

Xu Baifeng continued, his momentum aggressive, "In any case, if you want revenge, I advise you to drop it right here. We are all acquaintances; I don't want you to become a stray dog again. Also, my father never betrayed your father. When your father died back then, it was my father who was busy running around for everything. Yang Wanqing is your stepmother; what is wrong with my father supporting her?"

"I know your parents' deaths have something to do with that woman, but seeking advantages and avoiding harm is human nature. My father followed your father for thirty years, working hard, and in the end, he got nothing. In the final analysis, that is also your father's fault!"

Chen Che's expression turned gloomy, and he questioned aloud, "The sole Vice Chairman of Jinhai Group, a position second only to the Chairman—does this count as getting nothing?"

Xu Baifeng ignored the question: "I'm not going to argue about this with you. In any case, leave here immediately, and don't try to use Uncle Fu Lang and the others to fish for information. Uncle Fu Lang is a benefactor who saved your life; you are actually using them—you are truly despicable."

These words were spoken as if Chen Che had actually done something, and in an instant, he had become an ungrateful villain.

"Brother Baifeng, don't say that, Brother Chen Che is not that kind of person..."

Fu Yanyan subconsciously defended Chen Che, but her tone became increasingly unconfident.

Xu Baifeng's words successfully manipulated Fu Yanyan, and she began to imagine things.

Chen Che killed Yang Wanqing and has friends in the Justice Patrol Department, so he must have also found out that Xu Baifeng has been in contact with them all along.

He came here today just to use her to scout for information to deal with Xu Songbai and his son.

She knew Chen Che wanted revenge, but she still felt sad and uncomfortable about Chen Che using her.

Fu Lang was an old hand in the world, so he naturally heard the subtext in Xu Baifeng's words.

He began to re-examine Xu Baifeng, starting to wonder if all the previous things had been an act by Xu Baifeng.

However, Xu Baifeng's words still served as a reminder to him. He was not clear on how Chen Che managed to kill Yang Wanqing and then retreat unscathed.

But if Chen Che still wanted to cause trouble for Xu Songbai and take back Jinhai Group.

This was not something that could be accomplished by force alone.

Xu Baifeng's words were harsh, but they were a cruel fact; the current Chen Che truly lacked the qualifications and capital.

"Xiao Che, Yang Wanqing is already dead. What Xiaofeng said is also correct; people are all inclined to seek advantages and avoid harm, and Xu Songbai hasn't really done anything wrong."

Worried that Chen Che would disregard his own safety for the sake of revenge, Fu Lang advised, "It's all in the past, you shouldn't keep thinking about things from before."

Upon hearing this, Xu Baifeng revealed a subtle, treacherous smile.

However—

If they knew Chen Che's true strength today, what kind of attitude and thoughts would they have?