Chapter 1415 — Grandfather, I'm Sorry!
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"All right. But if it doesn't work out, don't force it," Chen Yuxuan said. "Lingshan, I'd like to rest a while..."
"Very well... then I'll be going..." Qiu Lingshan nodded, and without disturbing Chen Yuxuan further, turned and took her leave.
Only after Qiu Lingshan had gone out did Chen Yuxuan take out his phone and dial his grandfather's number.
"Yutian, calling your grandfather again so soon? Have you made another breakthrough?" Old Master Chen had been overjoyed these past few days — truly, as the saying goes, smiling even in his dreams! Chen Yuxuan had broken through to the early Profound rank; the Chen family had hope again, and would no longer need that betrothal to the ancient sect to uphold its standing.
So when he picked up, Old Master Chen tossed a joke at Chen Yuxuan. He knew perfectly well that in so short a time Chen Yuxuan could not possibly have broken through again — but a little joke did no harm!
Hearing his grandfather's voice, Chen Yuxuan's heart clenched, and he nearly burst into tears.
He did not know how to begin. He could not bear to shatter his grandfather's good mood; at this moment, surely his grandfather's mind was filled with visions of a glorious future for the Chen family!
Old Master Chen finished laughing, and when for a long while he heard nothing from Chen Yuxuan, he was startled. "Yutian, what's the matter with you?"
"Grandfather... I..." The words stuck in Chen Yuxuan's throat like fishbones; he could not get them out.
"Yutian, what on earth is wrong? Don't frighten your grandfather!" Old Master Chen had caught the odd note in his voice and asked urgently.
"Grandfather... my strength is gone... I was beaten, my meridians are all severed!" Chen Yuxuan gritted his teeth and finally forced it out in one breath. "I'm lying in a hospital right now, and both my legs are broken..."
"What!" Old Master Chen leapt up from his chair in shock, nearly flinging the phone from his hand! But once he was on his feet, his head swam as though struck by thunder, his legs would not hold him, and he dropped back into the chair. "Yutian... what did you say? You were beaten? Who did this to you? So vicious?"
Old Master Chen was a man who had weathered great storms; shocked as he was, he did not lose his head. He had to get to the bottom of this.
"Grandfather... don't get worked up yet..." Chen Yuxuan sighed. "It happened like this..."
Chen Yuxuan told his grandfather the whole sequence of events, concealing nothing. His feelings for Qiu Lingshan were no secret to Old Master Chen, so what he had done was nothing surprising in his grandfather's eyes...
"You mean you did all this for the sake of Qiu Lingshan and Wei Zhao, is that it?" Old Master Chen sighed after hearing him out. "By reason, you did nothing wrong. A true man does some things and refrains from others. It was Wei Zhao who raised your strength, so it is only right that you should relieve his troubles. But you should know the saying: measure your strength before you act... You... were far too impulsive..."
Now that Old Master Chen knew the whole story, he did not much blame Chen Yuxuan — after all, there was nothing in his conduct one could fault. Only, the consequences were too vast. Chen Yuxuan had been the Chen family's hope, and now that hope was utterly dashed — and on top of it all, they had made an enemy of the Yu family!
With Old Master Chen's shrewdness, it was not hard to guess how Yu Shuixing would react. In this affair, Yu Shuixing would likely turn around and bite back! Old Master Chen also knew of Qiu Lingshan's betrothal to Yu Feng; he had called Chen Yuxuan about it at the time, but hearing that Chen Yuxuan had already given up, he had asked no more.
But who would have thought there were such hidden depths to it all! What Qiu Lingshan loved was Wei Zhao!
The name Wei Zhao was naturally no stranger to Old Master Chen.