Chen Feng and Zhao Hai walked slowly. It wasn't that they didn't want to walk fast, it was just that they simply couldn't. This was because there were too many people on the street.
For the Long Family, today might be the most lively day of the year. Even festivals weren't as lively as today. This was because today was the birthday of the Long Family's Patriarch.
On this day, countless people squeezed into the small town. Although Chen Feng was a shopkeeper, he was only a shopkeeper in one of the businesses under the Long Family. When it came to power, he really didn't have any number in the Long Family.
Each of these people would have the opportunity to meet the Patriarch alone. At the same time, they would present their gift. Then the Patriarch would arrange a seat for them. This seat wasn't randomly arranged. If your gift was very ordinary, then you can only sit in the outer rooms and eat. You can only meet the Patriarch once before you have to leave the main hall.
If your gift was very good and the Patriarch liked it, then he would let you eat in the main hall. This meant that you would be valued by the Patriarch. You might even be promoted soon.
Chen Feng's current position wasn't very good. It was slightly below average. This also represented Chen Feng's position in the Long Family. In a situation like this where you're queuing up to see the Patriarch, your position can't be messed around. If you accidentally stand in front of someone with a higher position than you, then you can only wait to be suppressed.
The Long Family was free to compete. As long as the competition was allowed, then they wouldn't interfere. However, there was a prerequisite, and that was that the Long Family's interests couldn't be damaged.
Speaking of this, Zhao Hai really admired the Patriarch of the Long Family. Generally, the Patriarch or Patriarch of a large force wouldn't be very strong. At the very least, they weren't at the top of their force. This was because the top group of people were generally the Supreme Elders. The Supreme Elders had a lot of power, but they wouldn't come out and meddle in other people's affairs, unless the person at the helm was too outrageous. Zhao Hai didn't know that the Patriarch of the Long Family was a Patriarch. Patriarchs had a lot of power, but they wouldn't come out and meddle in other people's affairs.
However, the Long Family was different. The Patriarch of the Long Family was very powerful. Even if he wasn't the strongest expert in the Long Family, he was definitely one of the top experts in the Long Family. Such a great expert actually didn't go into seclusion. Instead, he was in charge of the Long Family, dealing with worldly matters. This was really puzzling.
However, regardless of whether you thought it through or not, the Long family's situation was like this. The old family head had always been the stabilizing force of the Long family. Therefore, his birthday every year was a big event for the Long family.
Zhao Hai looked at the long line of people in front of him. After some time, he said, "Although I haven't joined the Long Family yet, to be honest, I can see from the number of people that the Long Family is very strong. Moreover, this is just the strength that they're showing. Nobody knows how much strength they're hiding."
Chen Feng looked at Zhao Hai and said, "What's wrong? Are you surprised that you haven't heard of the Long Family? "
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "There are a lot of things that we don't know about in this world. Although I don't know if there are any hidden clans like the Long Family, I'm sure that for the Long Family to exist until now, they certainly have their own strengths. Therefore, it's not strange that we haven't heard of them."
When Chen Feng heard Zhao Hai, he couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "It's good that you think this way. In a while, we'll be able to see the Patriarch. I'm sure that you'll be able to join the Long Family this time."
Zhao Hai smiled but didn't say anything. Then a cold snort was heard from not too far away. Zhao Hai and Chen Feng looked over and saw Lu Fang standing in front of them.
When the two spoke, they didn't deliberately lower their voices. Therefore, the people around them were able to hear them. Although these people found the conversation strange, they didn't say anything. After all, they were all people of the Long Family. They didn't have any disloyalty towards the Long Family.
However, they were still skeptical about the two's claim that Zhao Hai would be able to join the Long Family. However, nobody said anything. This was because they knew that if they were to speak at this time, they would be offending Chen Feng. Even those with higher status than Chen Feng wouldn't easily offend Chen Feng. After all, Chen Feng's influence in the Long Family wasn't small.
Chen Feng could be said to be a newcomer in the Long Family's system. However, this newcomer was a very capable one. Although the gifts that Chen Feng had given to the Patriarch over the past few years weren't anything outstanding, the performance of the Full Moon Pavilion that Chen Feng was in charge of had been improving year after year. This was something that no one in the Long Family would deny.
Because of this, there were a lot of people in the Long Family who were optimistic about Chen Feng. Because of this, Chen Feng had a lot of backers in the Long Family. If one wanted to deal with Chen Feng, it wouldn't be easy.
This cold snort was noticed by Chen Feng and Zhao Hai. Not only did the two of them notice it, the others also noticed it. Everyone's gaze turned towards Lu Fang.
When Lu Fang saw Chen Feng and Zhao Hai looking at him, he coldly snorted and said, "Chen Feng, who do you think you are in the Long Family? Do you think that just because you want someone to join the Long Family, you can just let them join the Long Family? You're really an idiot. "
Chen Feng looked at Lu Fang with a gloomy expression, then he coldly snorted and said, "Lu Fang, I don't want to quarrel with you. We can only know what happened after the event. Today is the Patriarch's birthday. If we quarrel here, then it would be too shameful."
Lu Fang looked at Chen Feng and coldly snorted, "Chen Feng, you're still as disappointing as before. You need to think so much just to quarrel. How could an incompetent person like you become the Long Family's Shopkeeper? It's really shameful. "
Chen Feng coldly snorted and said, "I'm not like a brainless person who doesn't think about anything. I heard that his shop's performance today was the same as last year's. That's an amazing result. I can't do that."
Upon hearing Chen Feng, Lu Fang's face turned green. His shop's performance had been flat for several years. Just thinking about this made his face turn red. Now that Chen Feng was talking about it, it was equal to slapping his face in front of so many people. If Lu Fang could still maintain a good expression, then he would be a saint or an idiot.
Naturally, Lu Fang wasn't a saint, nor was he an idiot. He and Chen Feng were enemies. Although it wasn't to the point where they would fight to the death, the entire Long Family knew about the conflict between the two. However, Lu Fang didn't have the strength to completely suppress Chen Feng.
Moreover, Chen Feng's performance was something that Lu Fang was jealous of. Because of this, Lu Fang targeted Chen Feng. In the end, the two of them ended up in this situation.
When the surrounding people heard the tit for tat between the two, they couldn't help but laugh. Naturally, the two of them weren't polite. However, compared to Lu Fang, Chen Feng seemed to be more imposing.
However, just as Chen Feng said, this was Coiling Dragon City, the Long Family's domain. If they were to cause trouble here, then the Long Family would look down on them. Therefore, they wouldn't do such a thing.
Zhao Hai didn't interject. He just looked at Lu Fang and then treated him as air. Zhao Hai's silence made some people think that he was too disappointing. This was because the quarrel between Lu Fang and Chen Feng started because of him. His silence made people look down on him.
However, only those who were close to Zhao Hai understood what Zhao Hai meant. They were close to Zhao Hai and could see the expression on Zhao Hai's face. They could also see Zhao Hai's eyes.
The reason why Zhao Hai didn't bicker with Lu Fang wasn't because he was afraid of him, but because he felt that it wasn't necessary. In other words, Zhao Hai simply didn't put Lu Fang in his eyes. In his eyes, Lu Fang was just a nobody. Such a person wasn't worthy of being his enemy.
Everyone who saw Zhao Hai's expression understood that Zhao Hai simply didn't put Lu Fang in his eyes. Lu Fang wasn't worthy of being his opponent. It was just like how a king wouldn't treat a beggar as his opponent. This was a difference in status, as well as a difference in strength.
Chen Feng looked at Zhao Hai and said, "What's wrong? You're not angry at all? "
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "There's no need for that. Facts will prove everything." At this time, the procession began to slowly move forward. In this procession, except for those who had status in the beginning who would talk to the Patriarch, the others could only go in, present their gifts, and then leave. There was almost no way for them to talk to the Patriarch, so the speed of the procession was not slow.
Everyone was empty-handed, they didn't want to show their gifts right now. The only way to know how they presented their gifts was by looking at their seats.
As time passed by, around 10 o 'clock in the morning, Chen Feng finally arrived in front of the main residence. This residence couldn't be considered a residence anymore, it was a huge palace complex. Naturally, this palace complex wasn't the same as the palaces of the secular world. Although the Patriarch was the one in charge here, there were no eunuchs here, only some maids serving the Patriarch.
Moreover, there were a lot of people living in this palace. Some of the Long Family's Supreme Elders, as well as their direct descendants, lived here. It can be said that the people living in this palace were the core of the Long Family's power.
And those who wanted to see the Patriarch needed to wait in front of the palace. Once the previous person was done, the next person could go in.
Chen Feng was now waiting in front of the palace. In other words, as long as the previous person was done, Chen Feng could go in and see the Patriarch.
For people like Chen Feng, when he went to see the Patriarch, he could bring one person with him. However, the other person could only wait in the square. If Chen Feng's gift was appreciated by the Patriarch, then he could stay in the main hall for a meal. Then Zhao Hai would also be given a good seat. If Chen Feng's gift was ordinary, then Zhao Hai could only sit in a corner and eat a decent meal before leaving. This was how the Long Family did things.
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