My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 579 - 0579: The Powerful Chen Family

Chapter 579: Chapter 0579: The Powerful Chen Family

"Chen Family’s Chen Cang?"

Zhou Zhen and Ma Tong were slightly stunned. They knew of the Chen Family, which did not seem like a martial arts family. How could it be possible for a Half-step Martial Master to suffer a loss from them?

"Yes, because I had a conflict with his younger brother Tang Ming, he stepped in for Tang Ming, and we had a clash."

Hu Weiqiang squeezed out a smile, but did not mention the fact that he had been beaten by Chen Cang.

"Pfft!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhen spat out the drink he had just sipped.

Both he and Ma Tong knew who Tang Ming was. How could Chen Cang be capable enough to make Tang Ming his subordinate?

After a brief thought, they understood—surely Hu Wei had offended Tang Ming, and somehow Tang Ming had used Chen Cang to teach Hu Wei a lesson.

Although puzzled, thinking about Tang Ming having two Five-star Martial Master bodyguards, controlling an ordinary person to beat a Half-step Martial Master was nothing difficult, so they were reassured.

Seeing the expression on Zhou Zhen’s face, along with Ma Tong’s peculiar look, Hu Zheng’s face grew stern. Could it be that the Chen Family had grown so powerful as to make the Zhou and Ma Families apprehensive?

"Brothers, what exactly has happened with this Chen Family? How could a mere offspring of a business family become so powerful?" Hu Zheng tentatively asked:

"Could it be that during our absence, the power dynamics among the martial arts families in Songlan City were reshuffled?"

"Yes, yes, I only heard that the Qin Family has been rising rapidly these last few years. Why is this Chen Family so formidable?"

Hu Wei quickly added.

Zhou Zhen and Ma Tong exchanged glances, their eyes filled with questions. The matter seemed to be getting more interesting, and since it was Tang Ming’s arrangement, they dared not easily disclose the truth.

"Ah, younger brother Hu, you are unaware. In the time you were gone, not only did the Qin Family rise but the Chen Family became the biggest dark horse," Ma Tong sighed, cautiously saying:

"Especially this Chen Cang, he’s truly an against-the-heaven existence. The slum redevelopment project that my Ma Family was in charge of, he snatched it right away from us."

"Yes, the Chen Family must have received some mysterious inheritance; they’ve become extremely fearsome," Zhou Zhen also continually shook his head, painfully saying:

"I originally had three sons, but because they offended the Chen Family, now all three sons and their children are all dead and gone, leaving behind just one concubine’s son and his illegitimate child to support the Zhou Family. How ruthless is the Chen Family?"

"Hiss, hiss."

The Hu Family father and son took a sharp breath. They originally thought the Chen Family had merely advanced to become a martial arts family, but they didn’t expect it to be this powerful.

Just Chen Cang alone was already capable of brutally abusing a Half-step Martial Master, so how much more powerful must the seniors or backers of the Chen Family be?

"Cough, cough, brothers, is the Chen Family really that terrifying?"

Hu Zheng coughed twice, asking skeptically.

"Terrifying? You should know about the Qin Family, right?" Zhou Zhen cheerfully asked.

"I know, before we left, the rise of the Qin Family was very strong, seemingly backed by a sect."

Hu Zheng nodded again and again.

"Good to know. The Qin Family, because they offended the Chen Family, ended up completely ruined," Zhou Zhen said sympathetically, in a serious manner.

"Gosh, isn’t that a bit exaggerated? Didn’t the sect behind the Qin Family step in to help them?"

Hu Zheng was truly terrified and hastily asked.

"Useless!"

Ma Tong drank a glass of wine and continued to explain, "Qin Aotian is from a sect. After being bullied, he had his sect come over for revenge, but their sect leader and several martial masters were all killed."

"That’s nothing!" Zhou Zhen continued:

"Flowing Cloud Sect is the major support of the Qin Family. To stand up for the Qin Family, they dispatched a four-star martial master to help, but that martial master was beaten into a eunuch and slunk away from the Qin Family, not daring to confront them directly."

Listening to the two elders sing in harmony, Hu Zheng’s face turned terribly pale, and Hu Wei was trembling.

Back in the day, Hu Wei often bullied Chen Cang. Now that the Chen Family had become so impressive, would he still have good days ahead?

"Fellow elders, my son and Chen Cang had only a small misunderstanding. Surely, the Chen Family wouldn’t go so far as to be enemies with us, right?"

Hu Zheng forced a reluctant smile and uncertainly asked.

"That’s hard to say." Zhou Zhen stroked his chin and looked towards Ma Tong:

"Brother Ma, how did the Ma Family offend him originally?"

"Ah, it was my grandson, Ma Gangqiang, who out of jealousy over a girl..."

Ma Tong helplessly shook his head, looking bitterly at Zhou Zhen: "How did the Zhou Family offend him again?"

"My Zhou Family was even more wronged. At that time, my grandson Zhou Haotian took his younger brother’s fiancée, just over such a small matter, and we almost ended up destroyed."

Zhou Zhen took a fierce drink, visibly distressed and sad.

Hu Zheng swallowed hard, looking at Hu Wei with eyes that almost wished to strangle him to death, having just returned to Songlan City and already provoked such a fierce entity.

Hearing all this, Hu Wei was near tears, now aware that Chen Cang was pursuing Liu Mengting, and it was because he harassed Liu Mengting that he clashed with Chen Cang’s younger brother Tang Ming. Damn it, he had the exact reasons the Ma Family and Zhou Family were dealt with.

Seeing the Hu father and son scared out of their wits, Zhou Zhen and Ma Tong couldn’t help but snicker internally. However, what they said was ninety percent true, the only false thing was that the protagonist was not Chen Cang, but Tang Ming.

Fortunately, they had already reconciled with Tang Ming and their relations had improved from before. As for those who went against Tang Ming... just think of the Qin Family and Sun Family to know.

"Fellow elders, we have just returned to Songlan and were unaware of these matters. What should we do now?" Hu Zheng asked anxiously, not wanting to offend such a terrifying family over this trivial matter.

"I’m not quite sure how to put it, but I think you guys really need to make an apology visit," Zhou Zhen considered earnestly, suggesting sincerely.

"Yes, yes, yes, a hand extended in friendship deserves one in return. If you take the initiative, they probably won’t make it difficult for you."

Ma Tong nodded repeatedly, remorsefully stating, "If only we hadn’t thought ourselves high and mighty as a martial arts family and refused to bow down. We paid a heavy price and regretted it too late."

"Thank you, elder brothers, for your guidance. I will prepare gifts and go to apologize right away."

Hu Zheng gratefully raised his glass and downed it in one gulp.

After finishing the meal, the Hu father and son returned home, and Hu Zheng immediately scolded Hu Wei.

"Father, stop scolding. If I had known the Chen Family would become so powerful, I’d never have bullied Chen Cang. What’s done is done. Even without that day’s incident, Chen Cang would never let me off, especially considering how badly I bullied him back then. Don’t you agree?"

Hu Wei looked at Hu Zheng with a wronged expression, explaining.