The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 359 Now that someone's backing him up, he dares to be arrogant again?
"Lin Chen!"

Standing at the door were Zhu Chong'an and Pei Shanming. Pei Shanming stared intently at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise.

He never expected that Lin Chen would dare to attend the Southwest Conference!
Although many sects participate in the Southwest Conference, only the three sects and four clans truly have the final say, and among them is the Divine Cloud Sect!
The one representing the Divine Cloud Sect at the Southwest Conference this time is Elder Zhang, a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm!
With her around, how could she not crush Lin Chen?
"You have a path to heaven but choose not to take it, and you barge into hell when there's no way out. You've got some nerve!"

Lin Chen looked at Pei Shanming, whose eyes were filled with resentment, and chuckled: "Do you think you can be arrogant again now that you're back on your own turf and have people from the sect backing you up?"

Pei Shanming's face suddenly flushed red. The sarcasm in Lin Chen's words was like a fierce slap across his face.

Zhu Chong'an couldn't help but chime in, "Lin Chen, don't be so arrogant. Even if you are a Grandmaster, here, a Grandmaster is nothing!"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Grandmaster is nothing, huh? Not much skill, but plenty of bravado. But whether he's really that good or not is another matter. As long as he can beat you up, that's enough."

Zhu Chong'an was speechless for a moment.

Pei Shanming sneered, "Keep being arrogant, let's see how long you can stay so arrogant!"

Lin Chen smiled faintly and said, "What, Pei Shanming, are you counting on your Grandmaster Zhang? She's probably in dire straits herself right now, and she probably doesn't have the energy to stand up for you."

Pei Shanming's expression changed: "What did you say?"

Lin Chen smiled but didn't say anything more.

Lin Chen and Zhang Yun had met twice at close range. Zhang Yun was a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, yet she still needed the middle-aged woman to help her when she went out. This was certainly due to her high status, but the bigger reason was that she was sick and her body was severely weakened. Otherwise, as a powerful cultivator, who would want to be so weak and need someone to help them walk?

For this reason, even though the Divine Cloud Sect had Zhang Yun, a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, Lin Chen was not afraid.

Pei Shanming looked at Lin Chen's calm expression and suddenly felt a little panicked. Zhang Yun was his biggest source of confidence in making his arrogant and threatening remarks, but Lin Chen said that she was in trouble herself.
Go see him right away!
Pei Shanming sneered, "Just you wait!"

Pei Shanming took two steps forward, saw the Zuo family, gave an arrogant snort, and walked straight away. Zhu Chong'an quickly followed.

Zuo Wenxuan was terrified when he saw Lin Chen's sharp rebuttal to Pei Shanming.

This is the Southwest Gathering, where people from the three sects and four clans are all present, including the Grandmaster of the Divine Cloud Sect. Lin Chen actually dared to confront the young sect master of the Divine Cloud Sect so directly, showing no respect whatsoever. Isn't this just asking for trouble?
He suddenly wanted to get away from Lin Chen.

To avoid ending up covered in blood.

He even regretted that he shouldn't have greeted Lin Chen earlier. Instead of making friends with Lin Chen, he ended up in the eyes of Pei Shanming and Zhu Chong'an. In their eyes, Lin Chen and Zuo Yingying's relationship meant that the Zuo family and Lin Chen were in cahoots.
Lin Chen is in trouble, so will the Zuo family be next?

How unlucky! Zuo Wenxuan quickly made a decision: since you want to keep your distance from us, then we will keep our distance from you. That's perfectly reasonable, isn't it?

Zuo Wenxuan picked up his phone, glanced at it, and smiled, "Mr. Lin, a friend is waiting for me, so we'll be going now. We'll talk again later."

Lin Chen smiled slightly: "Okay, Mr. Zuo, see you later."

Lin Chen noticed Zuo Wenxuan's subtle reaction, but he didn't care.

He didn't want to involve the Zuo family in his relationship with Zuo Yingying, because once a relationship involves a wealthy family, it often becomes incredibly complicated and no longer simple.

He helped Zuo Yingying simply because she was his woman, and it had nothing to do with her family background.

Lin Chen returned to his hotel room, where Hou Jihu was packing his suitcase, which contained individual wild ginseng roots packaged in small boxes.

This is a gift he prepared for his clients during a visit.

When Hou Jihu saw Lin Chen, he casually asked while tidying up, "Where did you go?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "I'll just wander around. Hey, Lao Hou, I'll go and change a room myself."

Hou Jihu was taken aback: "What, not used to living together?"

Lin Chen answered frankly, "I just ran into a few more friends. It seems I'm going to have some trouble. You kindly brought me here, and I don't want to drag you into this."

Hou Jihu frowned: "Then you should leave now. What are you doing here? Safety first. As long as you leave, they won't chase after you..."

Lin Chen shook his head: "I'm not afraid of them, I'm just afraid of implicating you."

Hou Jihu looked at Lin Chen with concern: "Shenyun Sect?"

Lin Chen nodded: "I originally planned to avoid those women and not cause trouble, but I just ran into Pei Shanming, the young sect leader of the Divine Cloud Sect. I beat him up a few days ago..."

"What the hell?"

Hou Jihu stared wide-eyed at Lin Chen in shock, his face filled with disbelief: "You beat up the young sect master of the Divine Cloud Sect?"

(End of this chapter)