Lin Yuan observed the scene.
Although this man walked straight in a military uniform, he is a little bit fat, and his eyes are a bit small like mung beans.
Lin Yuan has never seen this man in military uniform.
According to his outfit and appearance, the man’s rank is that of a lieutenant colonel. Lin Yuan looked at the happy expressions of Ye Feng, Gu Qingshan, and Wang Sheng as he heard some discussions from the people around him.
Lin Yuan knew who this person was.
The man is Chen Zheng, the cousin of Chen Meng, the head of the Chen family.
In the original novel, Chen Zheng did not appear in the banquet of the Mei family.
But now he has appeared obviously because the plot has changed because of him.
Lin Yuan could guess roughly why Chen Zheng has appeared, and he thinks that it is probably because of his existence.
Because of his interruptions, Ye Feng was embarrassed in the banquet when this occasion should have revealed his good side to the influential people and gain their trust and confidence in him.
So Chen Meng, the head of the Chen family, wanted to help Ye Feng by sending Chen Zheng to the banquet to help Ye Feng reclaim his reputation.
Chen Zheng is not only Chen Meng’s cousin, but he has also served in the army.
Originally, he was not famous in Yanjing. At that time, the Chen family was in a better position than it is now. In military, political, and business circles, they are powerful in all aspects.
And so there is no need for him to work hard to be someone worthy, and can just eat and wait for his death.
However, after the conflict between the Chen family and the Ning family, the Chen family left Yanjing and came to Jiangbei to start anew.
The Chen family lost their connections and they have only recently recovered.
And if you want to restore your connections, you have to get help from all the members of the family to earn the trust and confidence of people from military, political, and business circles.
Chen Zheng, as Chen Meng’s cousin, has been in the army, and with the support of the Chen family, he has easily climbed the military ranks.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})At the age of around 40 or 50, he became a lieutenant colonel in Kyushu which is a pretty good achievement in Jiangbei.
Having an influence in the military can help the Chen family in so many ways.
Most of the guests present also knew Chen Zheng.
Chen Meng sent Chen Zheng to help Ye Feng.
This is the protagonist’s halo, Lin Yuan thought.
Chen Zheng’s character is someone who likes to show off.
In the past, he was the hopeless one among the members of the Chen family and if it weren’t for the help of the Chen family he would not even make it into the military.
And even if he was able to come up the ladder, Chen Zheng is still the same, and his nature is hard to change.
Regardless of how he walked, it looked deliberate that he wanted to appear as someone of great importance.
And this epaulet costume must have been worn everywhere, for fear that others will not recognize his position.
True enough, as soon as he entered the second-floor banquet, Chen Zheng coughed vigorously as if announcing his arrival.
“Ahem! Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I saw you.” Chen Zheng smiled and walked towards the people.
As soon as he walked over, he called Brother Tang and Sister Li to whom he seemed to have a very good relationship.
At the same time, he pushed his shoulders up vigorously, revealing his lieutenant colonel badge.
Most people don’t like his behavior, but due to his status and since he is backed up by the Chen family.
They still pretended to be enthusiastic and greeted him.
But according to Lin Yuan’s observation, Mei Yuxian was expressionless when she saw Chen Zheng’s arrival and didn’t see the slightest welcoming appearance.
Lin Yuan knew why.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})In the original novel, Chen Zheng toyed with many women when he was young and was stunned when he met Mei Yuxian.
Chen Zheng has always been interested in Mei Yuxian and until now, he still feels the same.
But Mei Yuxian has always looked down on people like Chen Zheng and even dislikes him to the extreme.
After Chen Zheng greeted some more people, he went to Mei Yuxian.
Chen Zheng looked at Mei Yuxian’s sexy figure under the purple dress and an ulterior motive can be seen in his eyes.
Deliberately showing off his shoulders, Chen Zheng smiled and said: “Xiao Xian, why won’t you call me during big events like your birthday? Call me and I will definitely come. Happy birthday.”
Mei Yuxian heard Chen Zheng’s words, but Mei Yuxian didn’t even look at him and didn’t say anything to him.
Mei Yuxian who was drinking slowly a glass of wine alone pretended to have not seen Chen Zheng.
Seeing that Mei Yuxian ignored him, Chen Zheng looked angry.
Lin Yuan who was watching knew why Mei Yuxian didn’t look at Chen Zheng at all.
The first reason is that Mei Yuxian is disgusted with him.
The second is that Mei Yuxian extremely hates Chen Zheng’s acting and feeling close.
So, as long as he calls her, she would ignore it.
Only if he calls her Patriarch Mei, will she look at him.
Chen Zheng was helpless.
Although his background is great, he is still not the head of the Chen family after all.
His status is still inferior to Mei Yuxian so even if she ignores him, he can’t do anything about it and only curse secretly.
Chen Zheng put on a smile and said, “Master Mei, happy birthday.” (T/N: 家主 = jiazhu = master of the house / patriarch)
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Mei Yuxian slowly made several sips of the wine and then replied: “Yeah.”
Chen Zheng gritted his teeth.
Chen Zheng can’t wait to rush towards Mei Yuxian now.
But he knew that he would definitely be pushed to the ground by Mei Yuxian’s bodyguard.
Mei Yuxian had ordered her bodyguard to be ready to attack at any time if Chen Zheng does something stupid or threatening.
If he did, Chen Zheng would be beaten and crippled without even having touched her hair.
He is already at a loss. The Chen family is still inferior to the Mei family, so no one could stand up for him to defend him.
Seeing Mei Yuxian being so cold, Chen Zheng is not interested in being humiliated and still wants to save face.
And his brother Chen Meng sent him today to help Ye Feng.
Chen Zheng turned around and left and went to find Ye Feng.
He doesn’t need to do anything but chat with Ye Feng and make it look like they have a good relationship with him so that the eyes of the people around them would look at Ye Feng differently.
Many of them knew that Ye Feng has a good relationship with Chen Meng, head of the Chen Family.
They just don’t know how good it is.
And with Chen Zheng’s actions just now, the people are not stupid to conclude that he is supporting Ye Feng.
Chen Meng and Chen Zheng support Ye Feng which makes him look important.
Ye Feng’s farting at the banquet was too loud and stinky, but it was just a minor issue compared to the real benefits of being associated with him.
So at this time, many people looked at Ye Feng differently.
Their impression of him became better.
Many people took the initiative to come up to Ye Feng and talk to him.
This is not just because of Chen Zheng but because they know that Chen Meng is behind him and the entire Chen family.
