All eyes turned to Chu Fan.
There were only a few people in the room.
Shangguan Wushuang had naturally noticed Chu Fan long ago.
Like Ju Yue, she saw him as Ji Ningyue's bodyguard and didn't take him seriously.
Did a bodyguard dare to interrupt her words?
Shangguan Wushuang's face immediately turned grim.
He had a habit: when he spoke, others were not allowed to interrupt.
His subordinates who didn't know this habit before were now all mute.
If it weren't for Ji Ningyue's presence, he would have cut Chu Fan's tongue off on the spot, letting him know the consequence of interrupting his speech.
Despite his anger.
To leave a good impression on Ji Ningyue, Shangguan Wushuang secretly clenched his fist, suppressing the anger in his heart, and continued to say to Ji Ningyue, "Miss Ji, there are too many people here. Shall we go somewhere else to talk?"
Knowing that Chu Fan had no patience to waste more time, Ji Ningyue's gaze fixed on the wooden box.
"Young Master Wushuang, I still have matters to attend to at the company and need to return."
"My purpose for coming today is to find this item!"
"Why don't you give me the item first, and we can sit down and talk properly another day?"
Shangguan Wushuang's smile gradually became stiff.
He wasn't a fool, how could he not know that Ji Ningyue's words were just an excuse?
If he handed over the item, he probably wouldn't even be able to see her face another day.
Shangguan Wushuang didn't want the duck that was almost in his grasp to fly away like this.
He calmed himself.
"Miss Ji, there's no need to be so hasty."
"The item is right here, it's not going anywhere!"
"Let's go, we'll find another place to talk properly, and after we finish talking, Miss Ji can take the item and leave."
Shangguan Wushuang's intention was clear: if Miss Ji wanted this item, she had to obey him today.
Otherwise, she shouldn't think about taking it away.
Just then, Chu Fan moved.
Shangguan Wushuang only felt a gust of wind blow past him, his vision blurred, and his hand felt lighter.
The wooden box finally landed in Chu Fan's hand.
He gave it a slight shake and confirmed his guess was correct.
There was indeed something hidden inside the wooden box.
The item used to threaten Ji Ningyue was snatched away, and not only that, it was taken from his hand, on his own territory.
And the perpetrator was a mere bodyguard.
Shangguan Wushuang was completely enraged.
He felt that Chu Fan's action was completely provoking him.
Seeing this, Ju Yue, thinking of Chu Fan's skills, was about to stop him when Shangguan Wushuang roared at the three thugs he had brought in, "Kill him for me!"
Bang…
Bang…
Bang…
The three thugs hadn't even landed their fists on Chu Fan before they were struck by an invisible force.
As they fell, they immediately lost their lives.
What?
Shangguan Wushuang was stunned.
These three thugs were bodyguards that his father had spent a huge sum of money to find and train.
The strength of the bodyguards guarding Langya Pavilion was already quite formidable, but they still had to treat these three with respect.
These three could easily fight thirty ordinary bodyguards.
It was under the protection of these three that he dared to act with impunity in Shanhai City, taking whatever he liked, without fear of retaliation or assassination.
His proud guards, however, died without even touching Chu Fan's body?
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Shangguan Wushuang found it hard to believe.
Ju Yue was also completely shocked.
When Chu Fan had dealt with the bodyguards outside earlier, she had already felt that this person's strength was not ordinary.
Now, it seemed she had underestimated him greatly.
"Come…"
Before Ju Yue could even utter the word "come," her voice was gone.
It wasn't that she didn't want to shout, but a wave of coldness instantly enveloped her entire body, freezing her throat, rendering her unable to make a sound.
The source of the coldness was Chu Fan's merciless eyes.
When he looked at Shangguan Wushuang.
Shangguan Wushuang trembled all over and staggered backward.
"You, what do you want to do?"
"This is Shangguan territory. If you dare to harm me, there will be no place for you to hide in Shanhai City."
His only reliance at this moment was his family background.
Whoosh…
Crack…
A crisp sound followed the sound of the wind.
Shangguan Wushuang didn't even see Chu Fan move clearly before he was slapped to his knees with a fierce force.
Immediately after, the wooden box was lifted to his chin, forcing him to look up and meet Chu Fan's gaze.
"You're threatening me?"
"Heh, if I harm you, there will be no place for me to hide in Shanhai City?"
"Do you believe me when I say that within half an hour, there will be no one named Shangguan left in Shanhai City?"
His calm words contained an irresistible deterrence.
Being looked down upon by Chu Fan, Shangguan Wushuang trembled internally and his body went weak.
His intuition told him that this person was not exaggerating.
Thump.
Ju Yue also knelt on the ground.
"Young man, we know we were wrong. Please, spare us and don't hurt my son!"
"Take whatever you want!"
Having personally witnessed Chu Fan kill without blinking an eye and possess invincible strength, Ju Yue knew that if he wanted to kill Shangguan Wushuang, it would be no different from crushing an ant.
She only had one son.
She didn't want to be a white-haired person sending off a black-haired one.
Ji Ningyue wanted to speak but stopped.
She was merely a subordinate secretary arranged by Qinglong for Chu Fan and had no right to suggest what her young master should do.
Killing innocent people had never been Chu Fan's habit.
Although, the moment the wooden box was in his possession, he had sensed a hidden compartment at the bottom.
However, whether the item hidden inside was the dragon-shaped jade pendant still needed to be confirmed after opening it.
Therefore, Chu Fan didn't waste any more time here and turned to leave.
"Still not leaving?"
"Do you want to stay for lunch?"
Hearing the reminder, Ji Ningyue suddenly snapped back to reality.
"Young Master, I'm sorry, I was distracted!"
Ji Ningyue said as she caught up with Chu Fan.
Young… Young Master?
Ju Yue and Shangguan Wushuang exchanged glances instinctively.
"Mom, did I hear that correctly? Miss Ji called him Young Master?"
Ju Yue, who had gradually recovered, shook her head, "No, son, you didn't mishear. Ji Ningyue called him Young Master."
From beginning to end, the mother and son had thought Chu Fan was Ji Ningyue's bodyguard.
They never expected him to be Ji Ningyue's master.
Ji Ningyue was already the person in charge of the Qinglong Consortium in the Dragon God Kingdom.
If even she respectfully called Chu Fan Young Master, wasn't Chu Fan the true person in charge of the Qinglong Consortium?
Even if he wasn't, his status was likely not much lower than the true person in charge.
At such a young age, what was his background?
Ju Yue immediately mobilized the Shangguan family's intelligence network to investigate Chu Fan.
Soon, a piece of information was placed before the mother and son.
It was this person who had beaten the underground prince Hong Kun to the brink of death.
It was this person who had challenged the underground emperor Hong Batian.
Since then, Hong Batian and his tens of thousands of subordinates had all died.
Rumor had it that this person had a close relationship with the Five War Emperors.
Upon seeing this information, Ju Yue and her son's scalps tingled with fear. They were fortunate that Chu Fan had not deliberately targeted the Shangguan family.
Otherwise, as he had said earlier, within half an hour, there would be no one named Shangguan left in Shanhai City.
Shangguan Hongyu arrived late.
He had been full of rage before entering, but after seeing the incidents related to Chu Fan, his anger completely dissipated.
He had worked hard to build this small business, and Shangguan Hongyu did not want to follow in Hong Batian's footsteps.
"Block the news and pretend this never happened!"
After causing a disturbance in Langya Pavilion, Shangguan Hongyu chose to act as if nothing had happened.
In the car.
Chu Fan did not immediately open the wooden box.
He first examined it carefully in his hand, confirmed the clasp, and then with a slight force of his arm, he skillfully opened the clasp.
Snap…
The dragon-shaped jade pendant fell out.
Chu Fan picked up the jade pendant and examined it back and forth, his brows furrowed.
He couldn't decipher anything special about this item, nor could he sense any unusual power.
It was just a simple jade pendant.
If it was just a simple jade pendant, why would his mother hide it in such a manner?
Chu Fan couldn't figure it out.