Volume One, Chapter 19: The Stylish Sunglasses

After leaving, Chen Fei headed to the blacksmith’s shop. When he initially commissioned the mask, he had also requested a pair of glasses to be made.

Glasses were unheard of in this world, so the blacksmith needed time to find the appropriate materials.

Especially the translucent jet, which was quite rare.

After so many days, Chen Fei felt it should be ready by now.

As he pretended to be blind and walked toward the blacksmith’s shop, a furtive figure suddenly appeared behind him.

“Hm?”

Chen Fei was quite surprised. Ever since he appeared in Huangwu City as Chen Yang and single-handedly subdued the entire Qin family, no one should dare to make a move against his “blind and useless” younger brother.

After all, everyone feared the wrath of an elder brother.

Chen Fei deliberately walked into a deserted alley, wanting to see if this sneaky man intended to attack him.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the alley, the man accelerated his pace, drew a dagger, and moved closer.

Seeing this, Chen Fei furrowed his brows, instantly acted, snatched the dagger, and pressed it to the ground.

“You were supposed to have your dantian destroyed...” The man looked at Chen Fei’s hollow, somewhat terrifying eyes in disbelief.

“Who sent you?” Chen Fei asked coldly.

“Su Ran is such a prodigy; how could she marry a blind cripple like you? If you have the guts, kill me.” The man spoke with a death-defying resolve.

Chen Fei frowned again. This was clearly a death soldier. Only a few major powers in Huangwu City had the capital to send assassins to kill on the streets.

“You think I have no way without you talking?” Chen Fei sneered, then opened his spiritual sea, guiding his hazy spiritual energy into the Void Heaven Cauldron.

“Spirit control!”

With a light shout, invisible spiritual energy surged from the cauldron, striking the man’s forehead.

Before he could react, the man became dazed, as if afflicted with a soul-loss syndrome.

“Who sent you?” Chen Fei asked again.

“The young city lord, Ye Bufan.” The man answered blankly.

“Why come to kill a cripple like me? Isn’t he afraid of my elder brother Chen Yang?” Chen Fei pressed on.

“I am a death soldier. Whether I succeed or fail, I won’t implicate the young city lord...” The man continued.

Under the spirit control, the death soldier answered all questions without hesitation, revealing Ye Bufan’s entire plot.

“Tongxin Gu poison?” Chen Fei’s expression darkened upon hearing this.

“Yes, this is a precious poison the young city lord painstakingly obtained. The plan is to make Su Ran kneel publicly and plead for the young city lord’s love at tomorrow’s capital establishment ceremony, forcing her to become his concubine from then on.” The death soldier responded emotionlessly.

“Ye Bufan... such a vicious scheme!”

Chen Fei felt a chill run down his spine. If he hadn’t learned of this in advance, the consequences of going to the city lord’s mansion with Su Ran tomorrow would be unthinkable.

After ensuring there were no loose ends, Chen Fei killed the death soldier and destroyed all traces of his body.

As long as Ye Bufan didn’t learn of the death soldier’s demise immediately, he would remain unaware. Who would have guessed that a blind cripple could defeat a city lord’s assassin and extract Ye Bufan’s conspiracy by controlling his soul?

Afterwards, Chen Fei went to the blacksmith’s shop and successfully retrieved the sunglasses he had designed.

Wearing them, he looked far more stylish than with the eye patch Miao Yue had purchased.

When he reunited with Miao Yue, she was astonished upon seeing Chen Fei with the sunglasses. Excitedly she exclaimed, “Young master, what is that? With those on, you look like a completely different person—so handsome!”

“Handsome, right?” Chen Fei smiled. “They cost me over a thousand spirit stones.”

“That expensive?” Miao Yue was surprised. Over a thousand spirit stones could cover an ordinary family’s expenses for a year.

“But worth every bit!” Chen Fei added.

Returning to the Su family estate, they found Qin Shuang’s parents and her younger brother Qin Cheng standing guard at the gate.

“Sis’ husband...”

“Please save me!”

As Chen Fei and Miao Yue dismounted the carriage, Qin Cheng knelt shamelessly at Chen Fei’s feet, clutching them desperately and begging.

Chen Fei couldn’t believe the Qin family had the nerve to plead with him.

Miao Yue quickly pulled Qin Cheng away, frowning as she scolded, “Chen Fei is the young master of the Su family now, and this is their estate.”

“What are you waiting for? Drive them away!” she shouted at the Su family guards.

“Miao Yue, the Su family never agreed to your marriage with Miss Su,” the guards sneered, refusing to help and instead enjoying the spectacle.

“Chen Fei, although you and Shuang’er have misunderstandings and aren’t together, your child is innocent.”

“Do you intend to watch your Qin family be utterly destroyed, leaving your child to bear the hatred of their mother’s family being wiped out by their father’s family?”

Qin Shuang’s parents stepped forward, threatening Chen Fei with the unborn child.

With Qin Shuang missing and the Qin family elders arrested by Chen Yang, they had no choice but to beg Chen Fei.

“Shameless!” Miao Yue snorted coldly, stepping in front of Chen Fei. “Isn’t it disgraceful to say such things now?”

Qin Cheng and the others ignored Miao Yue, surrounding Chen Fei stubbornly. This was their Qin family’s only hope.

Seeing this, Chen Fei removed his sunglasses, revealing his hollow, intimidating eyes as he stared at Qin Cheng clinging to his feet.

“Qin Cheng, who gouged out these eyes?”

“Who destroyed my dantian?”

“If you want to save your patriarch and the Qin elders,”

“Then how do I avenge my grievances?”

Chen Fei said to Qin Cheng and Qin Shuang’s parents.

“It was Elder Four who did all this. Kill him and that’s it,” Qin Cheng replied. “Brother-in-law, though you and sister are apart, you share a child. It doesn’t have to be life or death.”

“Talking to me is useless. I’m not the one who captured your Qin family members,” Chen Fei said coldly. “You want your sister back—only she can save the Qin family.”

“Even if she returns, she needs time. Isn’t Chen Yang your elder brother? Your words must carry weight.” Qin Shuang’s parents cried as they knelt, begging Chen Fei.

However, Chen Fei was already heartbroken and detached from the Qin family. If not for the unborn child, the Qin family would have been wiped out long ago.

Finally, Miao Yue found reinforcements and forcibly drove Qin Cheng and the others away, then led Chen Fei into the Su family.

“If I had known this would happen, why bother in the first place!” Miao Yue snarled fiercely at the Qin family. “If you dare disturb my young master again, it won’t just be driving you away—it will be kill without mercy!”

The Qin family wailed and cried out, but only made themselves a laughingstock. No one pitied the Qin family, who had brought ruin upon themselves.

From this ordeal, Chen Fei realized that Su Ran was not well regarded within the Su family either. Even the gate guards ignored Miao Yue and her young master’s commands.