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Chapter 529 - 512: So Handsome

Chapter 529: Chapter 512: So Handsome

Whoosh...

A sudden burst of cheers and applause erupted from the crowd, and the excitement was evident in everyone’s eyes. Ye Chen emerged, dressed in a white suit that made him look incredibly handsome. His hair was perfectly tousled, and his chiseled face was striking. With one hand casually in his pocket and the other gesturing to the crowd, he walked forward.

"Wow, so handsome!" Gongsun Yue, Lin Xue’er, and some of the girls in the audience exclaimed in admiration. Ye Chen headed backstage, where the Governor of Hong Kong personally presented him with an expensive Armani suit. They were worried that Ye Chen’s attire might be too casual, so they specially prepared a suit for him. Once he put it on, the effect was indeed remarkable, eliciting exclamations from a group of infatuated young ladies.

Liang Yingqi crossed her arms and pondered, watching Ye Chen on stage—clothes make the man, indeed. Ye Chen’s handsome and dashing appearance, when complemented by fitting and noble attire, seemed utterly transformed into an aristocrat of high society, and no one could discern a hint of regularity. After all, Ye Chen was an aristocrat, and not just any aristocrat, but one of the most esteemed in the world.

"Hello, everyone!" As Ye Chen took the stage, he immediately attracted a barrage of camera flashes. The intense flashing lights nearly blinded him, causing him to blink fiercely. Shit, the firepower was too strong, almost making it impossible for him to keep his eyes open. After the barrage of lights, Ye Chen finally understood why some Chinese leaders, while speaking, look up to the sky or down at the ground. He used to think they were just showing off, but today, he found himself doing the same.

Ye Chen looked up to the sky and said, "I thank my motherland, I thank the party, I thank the Central..."

"Mr. Ye, no need for thanks, please get to the point!" the spokesperson hurriedly reminded from the side. Ye Chen immediately snapped out of it and realized, oh right, this isn’t Mainland China, he needed to follow Hong Kong’s protocol. Ye Chen cleared his throat and said, "Well, the reason I’m standing here is simply that I happened to encounter such unfortunate events. In such an urgent situation, if I didn’t take action, who would?"

Whoosh...

The audience burst into acclaim. Applause followed, and then came time for the reporters’ questions. The first was from Phoenix TV’s Lu Yu, who looked at Ye Chen with a warm smile and asked, "Mr. Ye, you’re now not only a hero of Hong Kong but also of the entire China. The rumors about you on the internet are quite colorful. May I ask, are you really a super Special Forces soldier as the internet claims?"

"Uh..." Ye Chen was taken aback, turning to look at the spokesperson beside him, who nodded slightly at him. Ye Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I used to be a Special Forces soldier, but I’m discharged now. According to the confidentiality rules, I’m not allowed to disclose any details about my unit!"

"Thank you!" Lu Yu nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Ye, how did you manage to pull a three-ton roller coaster back on track?" a reporter from a Hong Kong TV station asked curiously.

"That question..." Ye Chen scratched his head, momentarily unsure how to respond. After all, he couldn’t possibly tell them about his Innate Divine Strength, could he? After thinking for a bit, Ye Chen smiled and said, "That’s a difficult question to answer. I can only explain it with a story. When a mother saw her child pinned under a car, she rushed to the scene without a second thought and lifted a car that weighed nearly two tons. If you were to ask that great mother how she managed to lift the car, she would probably face the same difficulty as I am facing right now!"

Whoosh...

The venue erupted in thunderous applause, and everyone was energetically cheering and clapping. Although Ye Chen didn’t provide a direct answer, his story told them everything they needed to know, and this answer moved everyone.

"Mr. Ye, are you implying to all of us here that when you saw everyone in trouble, you saw them as your brothers and sisters, flesh and blood?" the reporter cleverly followed up on Ye Chen’s statement.

"Yes!" Ye Chen nodded and said, "Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan have always been territories of China since ancient times. We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, all flowing with the same blood, heirs of the Chinese nation. Seeing my compatriots in danger, how could I just stand by and watch? I believe that if it hadn’t been me there, any other conscientious Chinese person would have stepped in to help, even if it meant sacrificing themselves..."

Whoosh...

Once again, the crowd broke out in vigorous applause, and tears welled up in the eyes of some of the girls. Everyone present was Chinese, and although Hong Kong had been colonized by the UK for a hundred years, their blood was still Chinese. They loved their country and their people just as much. Ye Chen’s speech ignited their patriotic spirit in an instant.

"Well said!" many people exclaimed.

"Spoken so well!" the crowd clapped enthusiastically.

Afterward, the Governor of Hong Kong personally awarded Ye Chen the Hong Kong Hero Medal—a delicate and exquisite medal, along with a gilded statue and a hero certificate. Ye Chen held these three items high.

Click, click...

A flurry of flashbulbs fired once again, and this time, Ye Chen didn’t close his eyes.

At the same moment, far away in Beijing, inside Zhongnanhai. A few elders gathered in the middle of Beihai, enjoying this rare moment. Several of them were fishing by the shore, guarded by guards clutching submachine guns.

The man in the Zhongshan suit, holding a fishing rod and sitting leisurely in a chair, said, "Have you heard that little Ye Chen caused quite a stir in Hong Kong?"

"What happened?" Elder Pang, who had been sitting in an armchair all this while, squinted his eyes. He was very interested in news about Ye Chen and had been sitting motionless for a long time. Even though a fish was already hooked, he didn’t react. But as soon as he heard about Ye Chen, he perked up immediately.

"Oh, Elder Pang, you don’t know?" The man in the Zhongshan suit smiled faintly and said, "This kid Ye Chen is pretty impressive. He rescued someone in midair, over forty meters high."

"Eh, what exactly went on?" Elder Pang asked, immediately sitting upright, his eyes wide with astonishment.

"Haha, Old Pang, you really are out of the loop!" The grey-haired elder next to him laughed heartily and said, "It was like this, a few days ago, Ye Chen went to Hong Kong, and then he took Gongsun Family’s young lady to Disney..."

The grey-haired elder quickly recounted what had happened, depicting all the thrilling details, which left Elder Pang on the edge of his seat, almost toppling into the lake a few times as he listened. After hearing the story, Elder Pang furiously said, "Nonsense, this Little Yezi needs a stern lesson from me. Should he be rescuing people? Doesn’t he consider who he is? How could he be so reckless?"

"Don’t get too worked up, Elder; Ye Chen had good intentions," the grey-haired elder quickly tried to appease him.

"Bullshit, they are good intentions, what if he had died?" Elder Pang fumed, his face puffing up with anger: "His deceased parents are still waiting for him to avenge them, the Rothschild family is waiting for him to inherit, the Church Court, Dark Abyss, so many evil forces, what would they do without him?"

Elder Pang seemed to know something, and not only Elder Pang, those Chinese big shots present, heads of departments, all knew about these hidden matters to some extent. After all, as national leaders, they must know something about these secretive issues.

"Hehe, Elder Pang, don’t be angry. I guess the Hong Kong Government is probably awarding Ye Chen right now?" said the grey-haired elder with a chuckle.

"Damn it, why didn’t you say so earlier? I’m going to check the news!" Elder Pang immediately threw down his fishing rod and turned to leave, his guards hurriedly following behind. The other elders laughed and the man in the Zhongshan suit said, "Elder Liu, Elder Zhang, you keep fishing, I’m going to see what’s happening!"

"Alright, if you all are leaving, we should go too!" The remaining elders also tossed aside their fishing rods and followed the man in the Zhongshan suit toward the building.

They entered the conference room, turned on the large screen, and immediately locked onto a local Hong Kong channel. They managed to catch the moment Ye Chen appeared, dressed in a splendid white suit. Seeing Ye Chen emerge, Elder Pang remarked wistfully, "This kid, he’s grown up so much. He wasn’t this tall back then, nor this dashing. Now it seems he’s even overshadowed me!"

Although Elder Pang said this, everyone could feel the twinge of pride in his voice, his eyes reddening slightly.

"Come on, Elder Pang, with the heartache you’re showing!" Elder Liu laughed out loud. The others in the office joined in the laughter.

Later, as Ye Chen answered the reporters’ questions, the elders couldn’t hold back their enthusiasm. Elder Pang clapped and exclaimed, "Good lad, he is indeed still Chinese. I was worried that becoming the heir to the Rothschild family meant he had abandoned his own country!"

"Don’t worry, Xiao Ye is not that kind of person!" The man in the Zhongshan suit laughed heartily.