In another luxurious villa in Jiangzhou, two elderly men in their sixties or seventies were having a conversation.
One of them was none other than Old Master Chen Shanhai, patriarch of the Chen family, and the other was Kong Baisheng, the current chairman of Baisheng Group.
"Old Chen, I heard a disgraceful brat from your family publicly severed ties with you?"
Kong Baisheng spoke with an amused tone, clearly enjoying the gossip.
"Hmph, that little bastard will regret it,"Old Master Chen replied with a dark expression.
"If it's inconvenient for you to act personally, do you want me to step in and teach that ungrateful grandson a lesson?"Kong Baisheng offered.
"No need. If I can't even handle something like this, I'm not worthy of being the head of the Chen family."Old Master Chen rejected him outright.
He figured that in no more than seven days, Chen Fan would come crawling back on his knees in tears, begging for forgiveness.
Unfortunately, if it hadn't been for that young lady from the Xia family interfering, it would've only taken three days.
"Tomorrow, Chen Fan's relationship with that school beauty will fall apart. That little bastard is going to suffer a double blow!"Thinking of his previous plan and the instructions he gave to Chen Haoyu, Old Master Chen was full of confidence.
Seeing him so self-assured, Kong Baisheng said no more. He had only brought it up to tease and had no real intention of getting involved.
After all, someone like Chen Fan—just a junior—wasn't worth his time.
"What a fool. Being the legitimate heir to a wealthy family, and he chose to cut ties? I wonder if your grandson got kicked in the head by a donkey."
Kong Baisheng sneered.
If it were his own grandson, he'd have broken the boy's legs!
Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
Kong Baisheng picked it up, puzzled.
"Chairman, the plan to suppress Xia Group has been compromised. They've already found a new supplier!"
His general manager reported anxiously.
"What?!""How is that possible?!"
Kong Baisheng looked like he had seen a ghost. Gone was his earlier smug demeanor.
He had expected the Xia Group to eventually resolve the issue—after all, it was just a supplier problem, not some insurmountable crisis.
But he had only just dealt with SouthTrade Company—their original partner—a few hours ago! And Xia Group had already resolved it?
That was insane.
He had assumed it would take ten days, maybe at least a week, and that the Xia Group would have to make serious concessions to pull it off.
But not even seven hours had passed—and the problem was already solved.
"Didn't you inform the other suppliers not to work with Xia Group?"Kong Baisheng asked sharply.
"We did. But Tengfei Group refused to comply."
The GM was also frustrated.
"How dare they go against us? It's time we taught that Tengfei Group a lesson and showed them the price of crossing Baisheng Group."Kong Baisheng ordered coldly.
His face was pale with anger.
Now that the plan against Xia Group had failed, he would have to devise a new one.
"What's wrong, Old Kong? Something happen on your end? Need me to lend a hand?"
Old Master Chen spoke up this time.
"No need. I don't believe I can't deal with something as small as the Xia Group."
Kong Baisheng's face was grim—he was prepared to take harsher measures now.
"Seriously though, if you do need help, just say the word. I'm not fond of that Xia Group either,"Old Master Chen added. After all, they were allies—united in prosperity and ruin alike.
After that, Kong Baisheng went off to make arrangements, and Old Master Chen left the villa.
Time flew by. The next day at noon, just as Chen Fan stepped out of class, the system's voice rang out:
[Ding][Day 4 after severing ties: Reward – 100% ownership of Jiangzhou's top luxury restaurant, Wangjiang Pavilion (Total estimated value: approx. 1.1 billion yuan)][You are now the sole owner of Wangjiang Pavilion]
"Huh?!"
Chen Fan froze.
No way—was the system reading his mind?
Just yesterday, he had thought about acquiring Wangjiang Pavilion, and today, the system handed him the entire place.
Instantly, an overwhelming joy surged through Chen Fan.
Amazing!
The system was truly godlike.
Now that he owned Wangjiang Pavilion, his net worth had instantly increased by over one billion—putting him at 4.6 billion yuan.
If you added in his supercars, luxury villa, and that globally limited-edition Patek Philippe, his assets were probably around 4.7 to 4.8 billion.
Just a bit more—2 to 3 billion more—and he'd officially break the 5-billion mark!
But more importantly, according to Zhao Linyong, the true value of Wangjiang Pavilion lay in the powerful network of connections it had built over the years.
Now that Chen Fan was the owner, he could inherit this invaluable web of influence—precisely the piece he had been missing.
Today's reward was absolutely perfect.
Smiling, Chen Fan walked out of the teaching building—only to unexpectedly run into Xia Mengmeng.
"Senior Chen, you were looking for me?"
Xia Mengmeng approached him on her own.
"Huh?"
Chen Fan was confused. He hadn't been looking for her.
"No, I wasn't."
He shook his head.
"Really? But someone told me you were. They said you had something to talk to me about and asked me to come to this building to find you."
Xia Mengmeng was confused too.
As the two stood there puzzled, Chen Haoyu arrived with a group of people.
It was he who had sent someone to deliver a fake message to Xia Mengmeng—his goal was to publicly expose Chen Fan's "heartless betrayal" right in front of her!
"Xia Mengmeng, you've been deceived by Chen Fan."Chen Haoyu declared dramatically.
"Huh?"
Xia Mengmeng looked baffled.
"Chen Fan is a scumbag. He's been deceiving your feelings. He's not a good man!"
Chen Haoyu continued.
Xia Mengmeng glanced at Chen Fan, as if to say: Who is this lunatic?
"Just let him perform,"Chen Fan whispered to her."Treat it like watching a clown."
He was curious to see what act Chen Haoyu could put on.
"So you say I'm heartless? Alright, go ahead—tell me, how exactly am I heartless?"
Chen Fan challenged calmly.
Chen Haoyu, following his mental script, replied without hesitation:
"You sacrificed our Chen family's interests for your own personal gain! You've driven the family into a dangerous situation without caring about kinship or loyalty. If that's not heartless, what is?!"