Back home, Chen Wenlin ran into his daughter, Chen Yuanyuan, who was about to head out.
"Dad, what happened to you?" Chen Yuanyuan noticed the dust on Chen Wenlin's body. He had clearly fallen down so she hurried over to ask.
Chen Yuanyuan had been living a comfortable life lately. Due to the Chen family's influence, she was extremely pleased with herself. Especially when she learned that the Chen family could surpass the Shi family and become one of Maple City's major families, she was even more pleased with herself.
Her current state of mind was different from before.
In the past, her heart had always been Yang Jie, but these days, Chen Yuanyuan was always with Chen Chen. This cousin of hers had a sweet mouth and many tricks up his sleeve. More importantly, he always made Chen Yuanyuan feel a sense of superiority from being doted on.
In fact, the two of them had been secretly hooking up. But Chen Yuanyuan didn't mind. If she and Chen Cheng didn't say anything, who would know?
Moreover, after getting together with Chen Cheng, she realized that her cousin wasn't that bad after all. At least, he was better than that 'trash' Lin Jin.
In the future, the Chen family would become Maple City's number one family and her status would rise as well. If her cousin became stronger and achieved a breakthrough, it wouldn't be a big deal to be with him. But if that didn't work out, with her status as the Chen family's young lady, she could find any man she wanted.
This young lady of the Chen family was clearly getting ahead of herself.
Of course, Chen Yuanyuan still behaved obediently in front of Chen Wenlin.
Chen Wenlin's face was covered in dust but he didn't mind. He didn't even pay attention to Chen Yuanyuan.
He was now thinking about how to deal with the Shi family's counterattack.
The Chen family had lowered their prices to crush the Shi family. Now that it seemed like the Shi family wouldn't die, Chen Wenlin had to change his strategy.
If he didn't, the Chen family couldn't afford to drag it out.
Their top priority now was to cut their losses and stop lowering their prices. Although they couldn't destroy the Shi family for now, they had plenty of time. They could always find a chance to fight again.
After summoning the Chen family's medicine hall managers, Chen Wenlin immediately announced his decision.
The shopkeepers were astonished. After all, they had joined forces to crush the Shi family to death before recovering their losses. However, if they were to stop now that the Shi family was still alive, then all their previous efforts would be for naught.
"Boss, if we do this, we'll be incurring a lot of losses. We'll be losing more than a year's worth of profits."
"It's not just one year. It won't stop even for two or three years."
These shopkeepers clearly didn't know about the Shi family's counterattack. Chen Wenlin wasn't in the mood to explain it to them, so he said, "Don't ask so many questions. Just do as I say and hurry."
Hearing this, everyone could only do as they were told.
Soon, news came that the City Lord Manor and the Beast Appraisal Association were planning to purchase medicinal herbs and pills from the Shi family. Upon hearing this, Chen Wenlin slumped into his chair, unable to get up for a long time.
He knew that he had lost this battle.
Although the Chen family wouldn't be finished after losing the fruits of the past few years, it would take at least a few years for them to recover.
Based on the Shi family's current growth rate, they would grow even stronger.
"Why? Where did the Shi family get their hands on those pill formulas? "
Naturally, Chen Wenlin knew that the key to their failure this time was the Shi family's inexplicable possession of the pill formula. He couldn't accept it. After preparing for so long, victory was within their grasp. Who would've thought that they would fail at the last moment?
Chen Wenlin immediately sent someone to gather information. It was only when night fell that he received news.
Rumor had it that the Shi family's rare pill formulas were given by Appraiser Lin of the Beast Appraisal Association. The Shi family had even signed a contract with Appraiser Lin to split the profits fifty-fifty.
Appraiser Lin?
Chen Wenlin didn't know how to react.
The informant simply said, "It was Lin Jin from the Beast Appraisal Association!"
Ah!
Chen Wenlin's eyes widened. His heart was filled with bitterness, as if a hundred flavors had been overturned. His first reaction was disbelief.
"Impossible. How could Lin Jin have these pill formulas? There must be a mistake. Go and find out more, "Chen Wenlin said through gritted teeth.
However, the informant shook his head. "Old Master Chen, this is the truth. The Shi family's pill formulas were indeed given by Appraiser Lin."
Chen Wenlin had mixed feelings. He knew very well that if Lin Jin had given them the pill formulas, the Chen family would have no chance at all. If it was someone else, he could still think of a way to buy them or beg for their help. But Lin Jin and the Chen family would never reconcile.
At the thought of the Chen family's future, Chen Wenlin lost his breath and fainted.
The entire Chen family was in a state of chaos.
At this time, Chen Yuanyuan was fooling around with Chen Cheng in a private residence. Just as the two of them were indulging in a sensual activity, one of her personal maidservants hurriedly came knocking on the door, almost scaring Chen Cheng into impotence.
Enraged, Chen Cheng slapped the maidservant and started scolding her. Before the maidservant could say a word, her head was already bleeding. If Chen Yuanyuan hadn't come to stop him, she might have been beaten to death.
After asking around, they found out that something serious had happened at home.
Chen Yuanyuan and Chen Cheng didn't dare to dawdle. They hurriedly put on their clothes and rushed back, not caring whether the maidservant was still alive or not. After all, Chen Cheng was an expert with a third realm blood contract. In a fit of rage, he didn't hold back and the maidservant was severely injured. If she hadn't struggled to crawl out of the residence, she would have been found by the night patrol and sent to the clinic.
She had been beaten to such a state, so naturally, she had reported it to the authorities. When the officials came to question her, the servant girl's words were incoherent. She had originally wanted to hide the matter between her master and Chen Chen, but in the end, she had made a mistake with a few questions. As a result, the matter of the Chen Family's Eldest Miss and Chen Chen's adultery was exposed to the public.
At this moment, Chen Yuanyuan and Chen Cheng were still in the dark about this.
After they returned, they entered the house one after another. Inside, Chen Wenlin had just woken up. Chen Yuanyuan burst into tears at the sight of him and quickly went over to ask about him.
Chen Cheng was startled when he entered.
He had just seen Chen Wenlin this morning. Back then, the man was still in high spirits. How did he end up like this after just a day?
When everyone found out what had happened, they were dumbfounded.
Chen Yuanyuan was furious. "I think that piece of trash did this on purpose. Dad, we can just stop fighting with the Shi family for now. We're one of the top families in Maple City now anyway."
Chen Yuanyuan had been pampered since she was young so how could she know the dangers involved?
Chen Wenlin vented his anger on Chen Yuanyuan as he scolded, "What do you know? Do you think everyone will be happy just because we stop fighting? Do you think the Shi family won't kick us when we're down? Let me tell you, the Shi family will use Lin Jin's strength to take a breather, but when the time comes, they will surely seek revenge on our Chen family. Their methods will be even more vicious than what we did to them. The family business that I, Chen Wenlin, have built up over the past decade will be destroyed. "
How could Chen Yuanyuan understand this? She was crying from the scolding, feeling wronged.
Chen Cheng, on the other hand, was much calmer.
"Uncle, the only thing we can do now is to reduce our losses and recuperate. As long as the Chen family doesn't fall, we'll have a chance to make a comeback."
While this was true, Chen Wenlin knew very well that the Shi family wouldn't give them that chance.
Just like how he dealt with the Shi family previously, how could a smart person like Shi Wenjun let go of an opportunity to destroy the Chen family?
Unless the Shi family showed mercy.
But would they?
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