Just as the three of them were boasting, the sound of footsteps approached, and Shen Xiaoqin came over, carrying two fruit plates. She had just gone to wash the fruits.

"Second Brother, how come you're here? How has the family been recently?" Shen Xiaoqin put down the fruit plates and sat on the sofa, smiling as she looked at Shen Mingqiang.

Shen Mingqiang replied indifferently, "Everything at home is pretty good. This time we came because Yugang is going to undertake a Martial Alliance assessment, and Xiaoqian has gotten into university, she's going to study at Dingjing University."

"Xiaoqian got into university? That's great news! So impressive! Wait for me, okay?" Shen Xiaoqin didn't know what the Martial Alliance was, but when she heard that Shen Xiaoqian had been admitted to university, she immediately beamed with joy and excused herself before heading upstairs.

At that moment, the door opened and Jiang Chen entered with Xuan Long.

"Xiao Chen is back." The impression Jiang Chen had left back in his hometown was so fierce that Shen Mingqiang still felt somewhat uneasy seeing him now.

"Second uncle is here, what brings you?" Jiang Chen replied casually as he walked over and sat on the sofa, while Xuan Long stood at the door, staring at Shen Mingqiang and his companions.

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's nonchalant response, Shen Yugang's face hardened, and he snapped, "Jiang Chen, what, you've made some money and now you look down on us poor relatives, is that it?"

Shen Yugang wanted to strike first verbally, seeing how wealthy Jiang Chen was, his family of three had already harbored ulterior motives, wanting to morally pressure Jiang Chen into feeling embarrassed so that they could then make their demands. Even if they couldn't dominate him, they wanted to have the moral high ground.

But was Jiang Chen that easy to push around? If it had been before, perhaps there would have been a discussion, but ever since his psychological changes, Jiang Chen was no longer the person who would endure everything silently.

"If you want people to respect you, you need to have qualities that command respect. You come into my house making all this noise, and you still expect me to respect you? What are you thinking?" Jiang Chen retorted unceremoniously.

Shen Yugang was taken aback and fell momentarily speechless.

"Haha, you're right, Jiang Chen."

Shen Mingqiang laughed out loud, bragging as he began, "We actually came because Xiaoqian got into Dingjing University, and Yugang is about to undergo the Martial Alliance assessment. Once he passes, he'll be a member of the Martial Alliance. Oh, right, Jiang Chen, do you know about the Martial Alliance? It's a gathering place for Martial Artists, much stronger than ordinary people. Later on, Yugang will also become a powerful Martial Artist!"

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, so they were planning to use the Martial Alliance to intimidate him, huh!

Seeing Jiang Chen silent, Shen Mingqiang and company thought he was unaware of the existence of Martial Artists, and looking down on him internally, Shen Mingqiang turned his head and gestured to Shen Yugang, "Yugang, why don't you educate your cousin about Martial Artists and the Martial Alliance!"

"Alright, cousin, let me give you a brief overview so you won't go out there looking like a parvenu who knows nothing!"

Shen Yugang sneered disdainfully, "The so-called Martial Artists, you know about Martial Arts, right? Not those fake routines, but real Martial Arts. Martial Artists are the people who know the real Martial Arts, and the powerful ones can punch through walls! As for the Martial Alliance, it's an organization formed by a group of Martial Artists, the strongest force of Martial Artists in the world!

And me, I'm about to become a member of the Martial Alliance!"

"The Martial Alliance is indeed an organization formed by a group of Martial Artists, but who told you that it's the strongest force of Martial Artists in the world? By saying that, where do you place the other Sects? Where do you place the other Martial Arts families?" Jiang Chen smiled slyly, looking at Shen Yugang provocatively.

Shen Yugang was slightly startled, and chuckled, "What major Sects? What Martial Artist families? Do you think this is a novel? The strongest force of Martial Artists in the world is the Martial Alliance, any Sects, any world, they're all under the jurisdiction of the Martial Alliance!"

"Heh." Xuan Long, standing at the door, let out a cold laugh upon hearing this.

A look of disdain flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes; they knew nothing, yet here they were, pretending to know everything. This whole family was really all the same.

And at this moment, Shen Xiaoqin came downstairs, holding two stacks of banknotes in her hand.

"Jiang Chen is back!" Shen Xiaoqin greeted Jiang Chen and came over with money in hand to Shen Xiaoqian, "Xiaoqian, these are the 20,000 yuan Auntie has saved up for you. Take it and buy some study materials or something when you go to school!"

"Auntie, what is this, charity for a beggar?" Shen Xiaoqian knocked Shen Xiaoqin's hand away with dissatisfaction and spoke up.

Shen Xiaoqin was stunned, and her hand holding the money froze.

Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed, his cold gaze fixating directly on Shen Xiaoqian.

"Now listen here, little sister, my daughter's university education costs at least 200,000 a year. You're giving 20,000; are you serious right now?" Shen Mingqiang rebuked discontentedly.

Jiang Chen scoffed, "How does going to university suddenly cost 200,000 a year?"

"How could it not? Jiang Chen, are you joking?

We're from the countryside making the move to the city for education, shouldn't we dress ourselves up a bit? Don't we need to buy some nice clothes and jewelry? Aren't we supposed to rent a place to live? When eating out with classmates, don't we have to treat them and spend money? To get along with classmates, and for regular activities, don't we need money?

When you add it all up, 200,000 a year is even on the low side!

Let's do this. Xiaoqian is going to be there for four years, 200,000 a year, which makes it 800,000 for the four years. We're all relatives here, so let's make it a round figure. Just give us a million yuan!"

Shen Mingqiang spoke with a grandiosity, as if he was doing Jiang Chen and the family a huge favor by settling for a million yuan!

Jiang Chen was amused by the anger, took the 20,000 yuan from Shen Xiaoqin's hand, and waved it in front of Shen Mingqiang, "You don't want it? If you don't want this, you get nothing!"

With that, Jiang Chen took the money and went upstairs to his room, truly not wanting to deal anymore with these jerk relatives.

After a while, Jiang Chen came out to see if Shen Mingqiang and the others had left.

"This one's nice!"

"This looks good! So pretty!"

Two voices discussing caught Jiang Chen's attention. Who was in his study?

He arrived at the study to see the door wide open, with Shen Yugang and Shen Xiaoqian rummaging through something at the cabinet.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Chen asked with a frown, entering the study, and immediately noticed the box in Shen Xiaoqian's hands.

It was an exquisite jewelry box, inside which was a dazzling pink diamond, the one Gong Lin initially gave to Jiang Chen, and which Jiang Chen later gave to Ye Jingyi. It was the first gift Jiang Chen gave to Ye Jingyi.

And after Ye Jingyi fell into a coma, Jiang Chen had always treasured it here.

"Who allowed you to mess with my things?" Jiang Chen's heart flared up with rage as he saw his beloved object being handled by the two.

"What's the problem? You're so wealthy, what's the issue if we take a diamond? You live in such a nice house, earn so much money, shouldn't you share some with us?"

Shen Yugang spoke righteously, taking the pink diamond from Shen Xiaoqian's hand and attempting to pocket it, "It would be the perfect gift for my girlfriend."

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