ushernet Chapter 998 - 2945
Chapter 998 - 2945
Chapter 998: Chapter 2945
Chapter 2944
In the end, all the members of the Han Family were thrown out, their home seized by others, and the Han Family changed hands and was renamed...
The Han Family was truly a prestigious family in Crownless City, and such a significant event as the change of ownership caused an earth-shattering sensation in the city...
The entire Crownless City exploded with chatter!
The Liu Family naturally received the news as well, and their family was shocked. Even Patriarch Liu Ran instructed the Liu Family members to be more reserved when going out, to avoid provoking any formidable beings...
Just look at what happened to the Han Family; they must have provoked a formidable being, which led to such a disaster...
It’s just that, after the Han Family people were driven out, it’s said they were unexpectedly joyful, as if they had been compensated. It seems the one who seized their home isn’t completely unreasonable. However, even so, people couldn’t help but sigh...
After all, not many people wish to leave their homes, right?
However, very soon, Patriarch Liu realized that his initial shock was not nearly enough!
The Liu Family resided on Paulownia Street, just next to Phoenix Street...
Originally, the Liu Family members naturally kept their distance from those living on Phoenix Street, as those who lived there came from the top families of Crownless City...
But, at dusk on this day, as Patriarch Liu returned from a banquet, he saw a familiar figure heading towards Phoenix Street...
This figure, Liu Ran had seen before...
"Liu Jin?"
Upon encountering Liu Ran, Liu Jin was taken aback.
"Patriarch Liu..." In the end, "Patriarch Liu" was the only title Liu Jin managed to utter...
Having left the Liu Family, calling Liu Ran "Patriarch" seemed somewhat inappropriate...
Yet, any other form of address was equally impossible for Liu Jin. To call him by his name directly was something Liu Jin simply couldn’t do...
"What are you doing here so late?" Liu Ran looked around and frowned.
"Gu Changsheng was a bit hungry and asked me to get some snacks..." Liu Jin glanced at the food box in his hand, noticing that it had cooled down. "I need to head back; if I delay any longer, the snacks will get cold..."
Having said this, Liu Jin picked up the food box and left briskly...
Though Liu Jin was plump, he was a decisive person. Since he had decided to leave the Liu Family and had already done so, further entanglement would only cause unnecessary trouble. The best way was to keep a respectful distance and let them each live their own lives...
"You..." Liu Ran was stunned at this.
He had originally thought that, leaving the Liu Family destitute, Liu Jin would certainly end up sleeping rough on the streets...
But unexpectedly...
Liu Jin was indeed heading towards Phoenix Street, wasn’t he?
Liu Ran kept gazing toward the direction where Liu Jin disappeared, his expression flickering...
"That’s definitely Phoenix Street, right?" Finally, Liu Ran asked his trusted aide behind him.
"Yes, Patriarch, that’s Phoenix Street," the trusted aide replied.
This trusted aide was also a direct descendant of the Liu Family, unlike Liu Jin who was a collateral member, and naturally, he knew Liu Jin too...
"Patriarch, you really overestimate Liu Jin. Someone like him is nothing outside the Liu Family. Who knows where he belongs? He couldn’t possibly stand on his own on Phoenix Street, let alone in the slums outside the city!"
"Indeed," Liu Ran responded with an indefinable expression...
For some reason, whenever Liu Ran thought of the woman named Gu Changsheng who was with Liu Jin, his heart felt a bit apprehensive...
That woman gave Liu Ran an extremely eerie feeling...
Although she seemed just like an empty beauty at a glance, there was inexplicably an aura about her that made people hesitate to approach. Her beauty was such that one dared not harbor any disrespect...
Even though Liu Ran had seen much in his time, this was the first time he had encountered such a woman...
"Let’s go..." Finally, Liu Ran took a deep breath and turned to leave...
Liu Jin leaving the Liu Family was actually a relief; it spared the Liu Family quite a bit of trouble!
After all, the treasures Liu Jin brought to the Liu Family were too valuable, and if he stayed, distribution of the family’s resources would undoubtedly cause some ripples...
Now, it was perfect. The Liu Family gained tangible benefits from Liu Jin without having to allocate their best resources to a collateral member like Liu Jin, which was a perfect situation!
Thinking this, Liu Ran’s mood immediately improved...
However, this good mood did not last long...
The next day, Patriarch Liu received an invitation...
The invitation was for him to attend a banquet at the former Han Family, now called the "Liu Family"...
"Liu Family? How did another Liu Family suddenly spring up in Crownless City?" Liu Ran hesitated for quite a while, looking at the invitation before finally asking, "Could it be Liu Jin?"
There was only one Liu Family in Crownless City, his family on Paulownia Street; how could there be a second Liu-named family?
In the whole of Crownless City, all people with the surname Liu originated from their family, whether direct or collateral. Now, suddenly a Liu Family appeared on Phoenix Street, which couldn’t help but make Liu Ran think of the encounter with Liu Jin on Phoenix Street last night...
"Patriarch, you overestimate Liu Jin. A person like him, outside the Liu Family? Who knows where he belongs? There’s no way he could sustain a family on Phoenix Street, nor even in the slums outside the city!"
"Exactly, what kind of place is the Crownless City? How much Silver Coin is needed to buy a residence in Crownless City? Not to mention Phoenix Street, a place where only the top families of Crownless City, true noble families, can settle down. Liu Jin is not even worthy to carry the shoes for those people, let alone set up a household there..."
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Hearing Liu Ran’s words, the people of the Liu Family burst into laughter.
They were not unaware of the news that the Han Family of Phoenix Street had a new owner, but they certainly would not associate it with Liu Jin...
Liu Jin...
In their impression, he was just a nameless side branch, and once he left the Liu Family, he was worth even less than that...
"But... The Han Family has become the Liu Family, a household with the surname Liu..." Liu Ran heard this and still spoke with some apprehension...
The surname Liu, throughout the Middle Realm, is not a very common one...
Moreover, this is the Crownless City...
And last night, Liu Jin indeed appeared on Phoenix Street...
"Family Head, you shouldn’t overthink it. Once we attend the banquet, everything will be clear, won’t it?"
"Exactly, Family Head, you really overestimate Liu Jin. That’s Phoenix Street, a place our Liu Family cannot even squeeze into..."
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The surrounding conversations eventually helped Liu Ran relax...
Shaking his head, Liu Ran thought he must have been overthinking. What kind of place is Phoenix Street?
For Liu Jin to appear there must have been a coincidence, let alone setting up a household there. That place is filled with prestigious families, a place only true noble families of Crownless City can enter...
Attending a banquet at a Phoenix Street mansion, Liu Ran took it very seriously; after receiving the invitation, he hurried off to bathe and change his clothes...
Before noon, after tidying up, Liu Ran, accompanied by two Liu Family juniors, appeared on Phoenix Street...
Along the way, whenever he encountered other family heads who were obviously also here to attend the banquet, Liu Ran was very courteous, his posture quite humble...
There was no other choice; circumstances were stronger than people. This was Phoenix Street, where any family that could be pulled out was far stronger than their Liu Family...
Phoenix Street, Liu Family.
Liu Ran stood at the doorstep, staring at the signboard with the flamboyant "Liu Family" characters, his eyes filled with disbelief...
Yesterday, Gu Changsheng had someone remake the signboard...
But why was the signboard "Liu Family" and not "Gu Family"?
Liu Jin asked himself, he did not have the ability to set up a household in a place like Phoenix Street...
However, how could a person as forceful as Gu Changsheng pay heed to his trepidation?
He simply pushed him out to host guests, didn’t he?
As for what Gu Changsheng was doing?
Ha ha!
Returning to his sleep...
Standing in front of the door adorned with his surname, Liu Jin’s plump body was as rigid as a stick; this feeling of being pushed onto the stage unready was really...
Especially facing each family head arriving...
Liu Jin always felt his stance was somewhat unstable...
God knows, these family heads, once upon a time, he didn’t even dare to look straight at them...
"Liu Jin? What are you doing here?"
Finally, Liu Ran’s group of three arrived...
There was no choice; along the whole Phoenix Street, the family heads he encountered were all prominent figures; Liu Ran didn’t dare to walk ahead of them...
Seeing Liu Jin standing at the door, Liu Ran and the two Liu Family juniors were taken aback.
"What are you doing here?" Seeing the Liu Family Head, Liu Jin was also taken aback.
He did not expect Gu Changsheng would actually invite people from the Liu Family...
This...
"We naturally came here for the banquet, but you, what are you doing here?" The Liu Family junior named Liu Su looked Liu Jin up and down, seeing he was not dressed well, was immediately relieved, sneered at Liu Jin, and then turned to Liu Ran, saying, "Family Head, see, I wasn’t wrong. Liu Jin really found a gatekeeper job here on Phoenix Street..."
"Exactly, you’d better believe it, Liu Jin, with your build, you really are suited to be a watchdog; if you block the entrance with yourself, who could get past?" Another Liu Family junior, Liu Yang, couldn’t help but join the mockery upon hearing this.
"..." Liu Ran remained silent upon hearing this but imperceptibly let out a sigh of relief...
And Liu Jin...