fynovel Chapter 5 Chen Gequn
Chapter 5 Chen Gequn
At the dinner table, Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao were adding rice to their bowls. Feng Yuelan also added a bowl of rice to her own bowl, then slowly sat down and announced something.
"Chen Lie, Yao Yao, your father just called me and said that your Uncle Lu wants to treat our family to dinner at the Starlight Hotel in the provincial capital tomorrow."
"Huh? Why is Uncle Lu inviting us to dinner?" Chen Xingyao couldn't help but ask.
"It's your Uncle Lu's daughter Qingchan's birthday, so he invited our family to have a small gathering. If you've bought any gifts, please prepare them in advance."
As she spoke, Feng Yuelan gave her son Chen Lie a meaningful look.
It's no secret in their family that their son likes Lu Qingchan.
Although she felt there was a gap between her son and Lu Qingchan, she supported her son in pursuing Lu Qingchan because of Lu Qingchan's father's support. After all, young people should be brave enough to try, and in her opinion, there was still a possibility between her son and Lu Qingchan.
However, Chen Lie remained somewhat calm under Feng Yuelan's meaningful gaze.
This puzzled Feng Yuelan.
When Lu Qingchan was mentioned, Chen Lie paused his eating for a moment as an image of a beautiful, aloof, and proud girl slowly appeared in his mind.
In his previous life, during the latter half of his first year of high school, a cool, sweet, and exceptionally talented girl named Lu Qingchan transferred to his school.
As soon as Lu Qingchan transferred here, she entered the school's key class. Because of her outstanding martial arts talent, she entered the elite class in a short time.
From then on, Lu Qingchan's name resounded throughout the entire school, and she rose to fame and became sought after by many.
Originally, Chen Lie, who was of mediocre talent, and Lu Qingchan, a genius, should not have had any interaction. However, one day, Lu Qidong, a comrade-in-arms of Chen Lie's father during his military service, came to visit with his daughter Lu Qingchan.
When Chen Lie first came into close contact with Lu Qingchan, his heart raced, and he felt that she was even more beautiful than the rumors suggested.
Even though Lu Qingchan was the daughter of his father's comrade-in-arms, Chen Lie still dared not harbor any unrealistic thoughts, because he was well aware of the gap between himself and Lu Qingchan.
Until one day, Lu Qingchan's father, Lu Qidong, solemnly proposed to match Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan together.
Chen Lie was overjoyed. He believed that since Lu's father was willing to bring them together, the so-called difference in talent was not insurmountable.
What he didn't know was that the real difference between him and Lu Qingchan was never talent, but the difference in class and Lu Qingchan's proud spirit.
Lu Qingchan's family is a behemoth that dominates the entire eastern Sichuan province; the Lu family of eastern Sichuan.
Lu Qidong moved to Changdong City because he lost the family struggle. The reason he said he wanted to matchmake Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan was because he was disheartened and wanted Lu Qingchan to get out of the vortex of the Lu family struggle.
Lu Qingchan remained noncommittal about her father's attempt to match her with Chen Lie, which led Chen Lie to mistakenly believe that Lu Qingchan had tacitly approved of it. Later, he realized that Lu Qingchan simply did not take him seriously.
If Chen Lie hadn't spent fifty years wandering in the starry sky in his previous life, he might have hoped that something would happen between him and Lu Qingchan, but now, he felt only peace.
"Will Daddy come to pick us up tomorrow?" Chen Xingyao asked.
"Of course, you've all been training all day, so make sure you get some rest after dinner. Don't sleep in tomorrow," Feng Yuelan instructed.
When his father was mentioned, Chen Lie immediately raised his head.
His father, Chen Gequn, joined the army in his early years and fought on the front lines. Due to his outstanding military achievements, he was promoted to the rank of colonel at a young age and led a battalion of several hundred men. He should have had a bright future, but he was injured in both legs during an attack by a strange beast and was forced to retire from the army. After being demobilized, he became the security minister of a large enterprise in a neighboring province.
In Chen Lie's memory, he and his father were always separated. Chen's father spent no more than twenty days a year at most, but he still struggled to support the huge expenses of Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao, two martial arts students.
Chen Gequn is a retired military officer, a fourth-level martial artist, and the position of security minister in a large enterprise has an annual salary of up to one million star coins. At present, he can fully support Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao, but once Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao's blood energy value exceeds 1, the Chen family will start to be unable to make ends meet.
If Chen Lie wanted to catch up with the geniuses of the Central Galaxy Empire in the Qi and Blood stage, even if he emptied their house, it would be of no use.
In his previous life, he had already squeezed almost all of his family's wealth out of them after breaking through to the Martial Artist realm. Even Chen Gequn, a high-income earner on Earth, was forced into mounting debts.
"It seems... I'll have to rely on myself in this life."
Chen Lie whispered to himself, but in this life, he feared nothing.
The next morning, Chen Lie woke up early.
Because he suddenly gained 0.4 calories of energy and blood yesterday, which caused a nutritional deficiency, he felt hungry as soon as he opened his eyes.
After washing up, Chen Lie went to the kitchen and found some highly nutritious crops to eat.
He possesses a wondrous body-forging technique from the Central Galaxy Empire, and as long as he has sufficient nutrition, he has no worries about increasing his health and vitality.
As soon as Chen Lie entered the living room, he heard two voices talking.
"Yaoyao and Chen Lie's Qi and Blood values are almost up to 1. We need to order two bottles of Qi and Blood Essence in advance, and also purchase some training equipment."
"Yes, I know. I've already asked someone to order the two bottles of Blood Essence. They're produced by the Sunrise Group. Although they're 20,000 Star Coins more expensive than other brands, they have a higher absorption rate. My colleague's child also uses this one."
"Twenty thousand star coins more expensive? Wouldn't a bottle of Sunrise Blood Essence cost one hundred thousand star coins?"
"It's from the Sunrise Group, a big brand. There's a reason it's expensive. As long as it's beneficial to the child's future cultivation, it's worth it, even if it's 200,000 star coins."
Upon seeing two figures sitting and talking on the living room sofa, Chen Lie stopped in his tracks.
Without a doubt, the slightly tall figure was his father, Chen Gequn, whom he hadn't seen for seventy years, and the person speaking to Chen Gequn was his mother, Feng Yuelan.
The two people having their conversation clearly did not notice Chen Lie approaching and continued their dialogue.
Chen Gequn suddenly asked, "By the way, hasn't Chen Lie's Qi and Blood value broken 1 yet? I remember he had 0.9 three months ago."
Feng Yuelan shook her head, her face full of worry, and said, "No, I've hit a bottleneck. My Qi and Blood value is 0.93 calories, and I haven't broken through for over a month. I was thinking, could I give Chen Lie some exotic beast meat ahead of time?"
Chen Gequn shook his head and said, "The meat of the exotic beast can only exert its greatest effect when the blood and qi value exceeds 3, and the effect is best the first time it is consumed. If it is used in advance, what will happen when the blood and qi value exceeds 3? Giving it to him now is prematurely overdrawing his potential."
These kinds of things are all produced at fixed times and in fixed quantities.
"What can we do? The college entrance exam is just around the corner. If we keep delaying like this, it will be difficult to even get into an ordinary martial arts university." Feng Yuelan shook her head and sighed.
Chen Gequn said, "Don't rush. If Chen Lie's Qi and Blood values are still stuck at a bottleneck next month, I'll ask a friend if there are any other supplements that can help him."
Feng Yuelan nodded and said, "That's the only way."
Chen Gequn then asked, "Let's not talk about Chen Lie anymore. What about Yao Yao? How's her progress?"
"Yaoyao, don't worry. She's progressing very quickly. It's a sure thing that she'll be in the elite class before the second year of high school. Maybe she'll even surpass Chen Lie in terms of Qi and Blood value breaking 1."
Therefore, once your Qi and Blood value exceeds 1, you should purchase the necessary equipment for training as soon as possible. You can't go to the martial arts gym every time you train.
"Okay, I'll take care of it later." Chen Gequn nodded.
At this moment, Chen Lie walked towards the sofa in the living room.
"Dad, Mom, let's not rush to buy the exercise equipment."
Upon hearing Chen Lie's voice, Chen Gequn and his wife Feng Yuelan instinctively turned around.
"Chen Lie? You trained all day yesterday, why didn't you sleep in a little longer today?" Feng Yuelan asked immediately when she saw Chen Lie suddenly appear.
Chen Lie said, "I went to bed early yesterday and have had enough rest."
"You little rascal, you're so excited you can't sleep because you know you're going to meet your Uncle Lu's daughter today, aren't you?"
Chen Gequn stood up from the sofa, came to Chen Lie, and gently patted Chen Lie's shoulder and arm.
Chen Lie shook his head slightly. He didn't care who he saw, but seeing his father, whom he hadn't seen for seventy years, made him feel happy.