A great emperor master every day—the good-for-nothing young master is having a blast!

After leaving the Chen Family Hall, we walked through a narrow path.

For the group, the narrow path was too narrow, allowing only two people to walk side by side at most.

Moreover, the ground was overgrown with weeds, which occasionally blocked their progress.

After passing through this narrow path, a dilapidated old courtyard comes into view.

The courtyard gate was dilapidated, like rotten wood that hadn't been replaced in decades.

The deep cracks on it give it a strong sense of age.

The group was shocked by the scene before them.

It wasn't the dilapidated state of the old courtyard that surprised me, but rather the fact that the Chen family actually owned such a place.

No kidding, their toilets are hundreds or thousands of times better than this.

Chen Zhaowu raised his right hand heavily and gently knocked on the door twice, afraid that if he used even a little force, he would smash the wooden door to pieces.

Knock, knock, knock, three times in a row.

Inside the courtyard, Su Yi and Xiao Xuan sat on the stone benches and immediately heard a knock on the door from outside.

The relaxed and cheerful expression on his face instantly turned serious.

The knocking sound in Chen Yue's courtyard seemed rather inappropriate.

They've never heard this knocking sound in the years since they moved here.

Xiao Xuan commanded, "Xiao Yi, go."

Su Yi shook her head and said reluctantly, "Sister Xiaoxuan, you go."

Xiao Xuan raised her hand, pretending to slap Su Yi.

"I give up, I'll go."

Su Yi looked unwilling, but she couldn't resist Sister Xiao Xuan.

"Who!"

Su Yi walked to the door, called out, and slowly opened the courtyard gate.

After just one glance, Su Yi felt goosebumps all over his body and slammed the door shut again.

"I must be seeing things. Let me take another look."

When I opened the courtyard gate again, the scene was no different from before.

"Su..." Chen Zhaowu hadn't finished speaking.

With a bang, Su Yi slammed the courtyard gate shut again.

This happened twice in a row, which caught Xiaoxuan's attention, and she walked over to Su Yi's side.

"Xiao Yi, what are you doing? What's that outside the door?"

Su Yi said, "Sister Xiaoxuan, there's a bunch of dirty stuff outside the door."

"Dirty thing? How dirty?" Xiaoxuan didn't believe it and reached out to open the door.

The first thing you see is Chen Zhaowu's serious face.

This startled Xiaoxuan, who was completely unprepared.

His subconscious action was exactly the same as Su Yi's earlier.

With another bang, the courtyard gate slammed shut.

Xiaoxuan needs enough time to calm down.

Chen Zhaowu stood outside the courtyard, his face ashen. He wanted to vent his anger but couldn't. He could only suppress his rage and knock on the door once more.

Knock, knock, knock—it was the familiar sound of three knocks on the door.

This time, however, the sound was a bit louder than before.

Xiao Xuan and Su Yi kept declining, neither of them willing to open the courtyard gate again.

"Xiao Xuan, Xiao Su Yi, do we have guests today?" Chen Yue's voice came from inside.

Before the two could say who the person outside was, Chen Yue said again, "Never mind, let him in."

"Yes, young master!" the two replied in unison.

After hesitating for a moment, the two finally decided to open the courtyard gate together.

When the courtyard gate opened, it was accompanied by a creaking, jarring sound.

Chen Yue stood inside the courtyard, facing off against Chen Zhaowu outside.

"Xiao Yue," Chen Zhaowu called softly, his tone no longer carrying the previous authority.

It was as if that one day had aged him decades.

Chen Yue said with a smile, "I wondered who would be knocking on the gate. It turns out to be the head of the Chen family who personally drove our family to this dilapidated courtyard back then!"

These words were not meant to be veiled; they were simply sarcastic remarks.

Chen Zhaowu didn't offer much explanation, but there wasn't much to explain anyway.

After all, he did indeed harbor a deep loathing for Chen Yue's family back then.

This messy wasteland and dilapidated houses were all arranged by him back then.

Chen Yue looked at the people behind Chen Zhaowu, and each one of them filled him with disgust.

It could be said that in Chen Yue's eyes, none of the people who came were good people.

Chen Zhaowu stood at the courtyard gate, and since Chen Yue didn't speak, he didn't dare to go in rashly.

The stalemate lasted for a long time, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

Su Yi and Xiao Xuan silently returned to Chen Yue's side, feeling extremely nervous.

It's unclear what Chen Zhaowu and his group of high-ranking members of the Chen family intend to do here.

Their thoughts gradually began to drift in a negative direction.

"Could they be here to silence us?!" Xiaoxuan whispered, her eyes wide open like two bells.

Su Yi dared not speak, and tightly gripped Chen Yue's clothes.

"Come in, what's the dignified head of the Chen family doing standing at the door?"

Chen Yue turned his back, walked slowly to the stone bench in the courtyard, and sat down.

Chen Zhaowu stepped into Chen Yue’s residence and sat on a stone bench facing Chen Yue.

This teenage nephew gave him an indescribable sense of composure.

Luan Xinying heard the noise outside and opened the door.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Chen Zhaowu, his previously smiling expression immediately fell.

"So it's the patriarch. What brings you to our humble abode today?"

Chen Zhaowu's lips twitched when he heard this voice. Even his gentle third sister-in-law had said such harsh words to him.

He slowly looked up and was speechless with surprise at Luan Xinying's physical condition.

For more than a decade, his impression of his third sister-in-law had always been that she was sickly.

A few years ago, his condition worsened, and even walking became a problem.

His third brother, who had previously held the position of Holy Son in the Xuan Yun Holy Land, was also helpless in treating his sister-in-law's illness.

The illness should have continued to worsen until death.

But Luan Xinying's current physical condition doesn't look like she's sick at all.

Chen Zhaowu forced a smile, "Third sister-in-law's health has improved a lot."

Luan Xinying coldly replied, "What's it to you?"

Chen Zhaowu was speechless, utterly at a loss for words.

Chen Yue couldn't help but laugh. His mother always had a good temper and was very gentle with strangers.

The only person who could elicit such harsh words and a look of disgust from his mother was Chen Zhaowu.

Both Chen Yue and Luan Xinying felt genuine disgust for him.

"What brings you here today, Master?"

"It couldn't have been just to come and take a look at your good-for-nothing nephew and your chronically ill brother and sister-in-law, could it?"

Chen Yue's words were incisive and sharp, like a dagger piercing Chen Zhaowu.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, before today's Chen family competition, Chen Yue's image in his mind was indeed that of a good-for-nothing.

Chen Zhaowu took a deep breath, intending to get straight to the point and state the purpose of his visit.

"Xiao Yue, Third Sister-in-law, I have come here today for only one thing."

“I intend to step down as head of the Chen family and hand over the position to my nephew Chen Yue.”

Upon hearing this, the group of high-ranking members of the Chen family standing behind Chen Zhaowu exclaimed in disbelief.

Chen Zhaowu did not blame Chen Yue for Chen Ming's matter.

He even offered to step down as the head of the Chen family and wanted Chen Yue to succeed him as the next head of the Chen family.

These words were utterly incomprehensible to Chen Yue and Luan Xinying.