Chapter 1033
“Something’s come up, I’ll be home later tonight.”
Leng Chenmo must really have something to do as he did not chit-chat on the phone, and hung up right after speaking.
“This kid actually hung up on me!” Tang Zhou got annoyed: “He actually tells me he has something to do, he’s not even a member of Leng’s Family anymore, yet he goes back there, could he be getting bullied at Leng’s Family, brother, you take another car, I’m going to drive to Leng’s Family and check on him.”
“Why join the commotion?”
“How can this be called joining the commotion! Leng Chenmo is under my protection, if something happens to him, how can I not be there to defend him, get out of the car already, take Nian Bai’s car!”
With no regard for anyone else, Tang Zhou directly shooed his own brother out of the car, then drove his eye-blindingly flashy sports car, roaring off towards Leng’s Family.
Tang Zhou drove up to the entrance of Leng’s Family estate, saw the guards standing watch by the gate, and he honked the horn madly, rolling down the window and shouting, “Open the gate for me!”
The guards recognized Tang Zhou and hesitated for a moment, as if making a call to someone. It seemed like the person on the phone reassured them, and then the tall iron gates were opened for Tang Zhou, who stepped on the gas and zoomed right in.
Ever since Leng’s Family fell into trouble, what was once a bustling and well-visited grand household, everyone recently seemed to prefer staying as far away as possible. Thus, Leng’s Family, usually bustling during the New Year, now seemed somewhat desolate with even the roadside greenery looking lackluster.
Actually, Tang Zhou hadn’t visited Leng’s Family often, so driving around the estate, he didn’t even know where to go. He could only drive aimlessly along the roads for a while, until finally, he saw a villa with dozens of people huddled in the courtyard, all kneeling down. Kneeling so casually, as if it were a matter of dignity, was not the norm these days, so Tang Zhou’s curiosity was thoroughly piqued.
He didn’t drive straight there, instead, he parked at a distance, then snuck out of the car, stealthily making his way over.
There was a wall around the villa with a big tree next to it, and Tang Zhou directly climbed the tree, reaching the top of the wall, using the leaves as cover for his head to spy on the secrets in the yard.
Looking down, he saw Leng Chenmo seated in the courtyard, leisurely playing chess with his foster father.
Both were sitting on stone benches, with Leng Chenmo holding a black chess piece, seemingly relaxed in his game.
But with a crowd of people kneeling beside them, his relaxed chess playing did seem a bit detestable to others.
What’s the deal here, Tang Zhou perched on the tree and looked on, but annoyingly, no one spoke for quite a while. Bored out of his mind after nearly ten minutes, he finally heard a man in his forties or fifties speak up from the kneeling crowd: “Leng Chenmo, am I qualified to speak with you now?”
Leng Chenmo didn’t even glance at the man, but the young man standing beside Leng Chenmo, whom Tang Zhou recognized as Chen Yi, often hanging out with Leng Chenmo, checked the watch on his wrist and said, “Leng bro, it’s been half an hour.”
It turns out, Leng Chenmo did not wish to speak to these people so he threw out a condition, if you want to talk to me, kneel for half an hour.
This statement was meant to drive these people away, yet to their credit, they actually knelt for half an hour just to have a word with Leng Chenmo, truly bearing humiliation and heavy burdens.noveldrama
Leng Chenmo was a man of his word, and it was only as if at that moment he noticed people kneeling in front of him. He turned his head, with a look of disapproval: “Uncle, I am the junior here, I can’t bear to have you kneeling in front of me, please stand up and speak.”