Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 376 The Chen Family Arrives, Airport Conflict

In the old building, the lonely room 201 welcomes a new visitor.

At Beijing Capital International Airport, the red-haired little witch returned home after many days.

Nono sat in first class, propping her head up with her hand and looking down at the scenery of the capital.

The capital city in the height of summer is slightly distorted by the heatwave, like an oil painting soaked in water.

She remembered that when she was a child, her mother took her to the Summer Palace. It was the same weather, and the surface of Kunming Lake was so bright that it was like a mirror, so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.

The cabin announcement was playing landing instructions, followed by a clear and articulate English retelling after the Chinese version.

She was prepared never to return to the capital unless absolutely necessary, but since Lu Mingfei had said he was going to cause trouble for the Chen family, she had no choice but to come.

Of course, comforting her boyfriend, who had only played a minor role in two games, was also part of the reason.

Thinking of Caesar, Nono's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.

That blond nobleman always appeared harmless in front of her, and was even willing to lower himself to accommodate all her whims.

But Nono knew better than anyone that Caesar Gattuso was as proud as a lion at heart, and being relegated to the background in two consecutive dragon-slaying battles was tantamount to public execution for him.

Even setting aside Lu Mingfei, who was out of the loop, he paled in comparison to his future nemesis, Chu Zihang.

In the Japanese God-Slaying Plan, he risked his life to dive deep into the Abyss and take photos of the ruins that could be used to update and iterate the research data of the Dragon Clan. However, because the principal and the S-class executive officer accompanied him, Chu Zihang was left alone to guard the nightclub, demonstrating the ultimate individual heroism of fighting against the high-ranking members of the Kanto branch.

The battle against the King of Bronze and Fire the day before yesterday was even more dismal. His role was roughly equivalent to Ye Sheng's underwater locator and bodyguard. Although he fired a few shots and hit the dragon servant, it was not as shocking as Zhou Minhao's desperate rescue in the face of death.

Eastern mixed-race people have always been very mysterious. Even though Nono comes from a mixed-race family, she knows very little about them. They seem to be ancient turtles, each one more secret than the last.

However, this time she witnessed the extraordinary nature of the mixed-race people in China; they were truly willing to risk their lives to perish together with the next generation.

The Zhou family is one of the top mixed-race families in the country, but it's unclear where the Chen family ranks in the country.

On the surface, the Chen family holds a very prominent position in China, possessing great strength and substantial assets, with the patriarch being a highly influential figure worldwide.

I just hope he can follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and end up like the previous head of the Japanese yakuza.

As the plane began its descent, Nono's heart jumped into her throat.

This is the Chen family's stronghold. She can keep the news of her return to China a secret from others, but not from her "family."

If the Chen family arrives at the airport first and takes her away, then even if Caesar wants to see her later, it might take several days.

Fortunately, Caesar always held himself to the highest standards of gentlemanly conduct and would certainly arrive at the airport early to pick her up.

With him around, even if those lunatics really come to join the fun, they probably won't dare to go too far.

Thinking of those repulsive "brothers and sisters" who occupied a large part of my childhood, I suddenly felt my teeth itch and my fists harden.

She and her siblings never got along. She was outstanding from a young age and was highly regarded by her father. She was the little princess of the family and always acted arrogantly and recklessly.

But later her mother died, and her relationship with her father became very strained.

Her father was like an emperor in the Chen family, but she destroyed her own defenses and lost the emperor's favor. Her brothers and sisters, who were originally wary of her father's favoritism and always tolerated her, no longer had any scruples and always looked for opportunities to target her, or even created opportunities to target her if there were none.

But she would never be willing to be bullied by a group of defeated opponents, and she would always fight back with all her might.

If one fight doesn't work, she'll fight twice; if two fights don't work, she'll fight three times. This internal strife continued until she left the Chen family to study at Kassel College, finally escaping the arena called "home".

The vibration of the plane's wheels hitting the runway brought Nono back to reality: "Please turn on your phone after landing."

The seatbelt indicator light went out, and Nono picked up her bag, grabbed her luggage, and got up.

The moment the cabin door opened, a wave of summer heat, along with the dry air unique to Beijing, rushed out.

The phone screen lit up, and several unread messages popped up one after another. The top one was from Caesar, with just three simple words: "I've arrived."

She arrived at the immigration hall with her bag and small suitcase and completed the formalities. She didn't even need to look for it—the most eye-catching spot in the crowd, Kai, the most handsome guy in the crowd, was leaning against the railing and smiling at her. His white suit shone like a unicorn under a spotlight in the crowd.

The overhead lights shone on him, giving his blond hair a flowing halo, making him look like a prince from a story, just short of holding a red rose in his mouth and saying, "Welcome back, my princess."

Still as flamboyant as ever.

It seems the impact isn't significant, at least not on the surface.

Nono muttered to herself, but the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. She slowly swayed over, dragging her suitcase, her red hair swaying gently in the air conditioning breeze.

Caesar had clearly noticed her long ago; his icy blue eyes hadn't left her sight since she appeared, and the joy within them was so intense it was almost overflowing.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Nono stopped half a step away from him, her crimson eyes narrowing slightly.

She noticed that many fashionable women in the waiting hall were casting envious and jealous glances at her. It was obvious that they were probably unwilling to give up after their attempts to flirt with her had failed, and wanted to see who was worth a handsome foreign man waiting there.

These past few years have seen the rise of the "Shamate" subculture, and given her full head of red hair, she was probably mistaken for a member of the "Funeral Love Family."

"Twenty minutes, I guess." Caesar smiled, taking the suitcase from the red-haired girl under the watchful eyes of passersby, and as usual, inquired about his girlfriend whom he hadn't seen in a long time: "Are you tired?"

His voice was magnetic, and the cologne he wore, mixed with the metallic coolness unique to the airport, smelled quite nice.

"It's alright." Nono shrugged, not rushing into her boyfriend's arms like most girls would. She simply walked naturally beside him, maintaining a perfect distance, not even holding hands.
"I've flown so many times, I'm used to it."

She attended kindergarten abroad as a child, and after joining Kassel College, she traveled around with Guderian, so she was well-adapted to life.

Especially since he had just been to China last month and messed up the task assigned by the principal.

Professor Guderian must have felt like the sky was falling at the time; it's said he even muttered someone's name while dozing off.

"And you, are you getting used to life in China?" Nono turned her head with ill intent, sizing up Caesar's Italian-style pert buttocks.

Caesar seems to have been enjoying Sichuan cuisine quite a bit these past few days; I wonder if he can handle the spiciness of the Sichuan region.

"Not bad, I can probably handle spicier food than you think."

"Is that so?" Nono nodded noncommittally. "Where are Lu Mingfei and the others now?"

"Is this all you care about your boyfriend?" Caesar pretended to be a little hurt, but the smile he couldn't suppress betrayed his true feelings.

He's a proud Caesar, he doesn't need his girlfriend's comforting words, and Nono isn't the type to soothe people gently; at most, she'll just say a few words of praise like "good attitude," or "coming from the ashes." We've been bombarded with too much PDA these past few days, and now that Nono's here, he's back in the PDA bandwagon.

"They're at a hotel on Chang'an Avenue, but I don't know if they've left yet."

“That Uesugi family head…” Caesar would chat with her every night, but they didn’t have much personal stuff to talk about. Nono was about to ask about her distant relative when she suddenly stopped.

Not far ahead, four figures stood silently at the entrance of the passage, like four drawn swords, sharp and cold.

Three men and one woman. The men were all dressed in suits and ties, while the woman was dressed in a black and red gothic Lolita dress, looking like she was about to walk the red carpet.

Four imposing, handsome men and beautiful women blocked the entrance to the passageway, and passing travelers unconsciously walked around them, like a stream avoiding a reef in its riverbed.

Many people looked around, wondering which film crew was shooting a movie.

But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find any cameras or the directing crew.

Caesar frowned as he looked at the four uninvited guests. He recognized their demeanor—the arrogant aura of the second generation.

Although he didn't look much like Nuonuo, he knew that the only people who would come out to block his way at this time were probably Nuonuo's family.

Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped.

Nono's lips curled into a cold smile, and a hint of mockery flashed in her crimson eyes: "So that's why my right eyelid has been twitching all day. It turns out it's the Chen family's watchdogs on patrol."

"What, dog food prices have gone up lately, so you need to perform acrobatics to beg for food?"

Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone within a ten-meter radius to hear clearly.

The ground staff pushing the luggage cart stumbled, and the white-collar worker in the coffee shop holding a latte almost choked. Caesar also had a hint of surprise in his eyes. He had seen many sides of Nuonuo, but this was the first time he had seen her so sharp and assertive.

"Nono, it's been so long. It seems you still haven't learned what politeness is." The man standing at the front wasn't angry. He had a refined appearance, raised his hand to push up his gold-rimmed glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses were like two stagnant pools, but a standard social smile was on his lips.

Chen Sicheng is Nuonuo's seventh brother by seniority, but it is clear that their relationship is not good.

"Don't call me that so intimately." Nono looked disgusted, as if she had found a fly in her food: "I'm more familiar with the cockroaches in the trash can than with you."

The implication was that he was less than a cockroach to her.

Nuonuo cursed, but inwardly she was rolling her eyes. She knew she would encounter something evil when she returned to the capital, but she didn't expect it to be one of the most hated things.

When she was a child, those four bastards always tried to disgust her, and they never repented even after being beaten black and blue.

Fine, I'll just follow Lu Mingfei's example and enjoy the ultimate in bad breath.

Nono's unusual arrogance amused Caesar, who wasn't in a hurry to act as her protector and interrupt her fighting spirit. Instead, he quietly watched his girlfriend unleash her power.

"What, you went abroad, learned some Western ways, picked up some social skills, and now even your own family looks down on you?" Old Ninth Chen Yixuan said, hands in his pockets, a flippant smile on his face.
"It's a pity that no matter how high a sparrow flies, it will eventually have to return to its cage."

The remaining pair, presumably twins, also spoke up at the opportune moment:
"Your father sent us to pick you up and take you home."

"Yes, Sister Mo Tong, Father misses you very much, and we miss you too."

The twin brother spoke in a cold tone, as if he were performing official duties, while the younger sister, dressed in a Lolita dress, tilted her head and blinked innocently, seemingly trying to convince Nono with her harmless expression that they had genuinely come to invite her.

However, Nono just scoffed: "It seems you haven't made any progress this year. You can't even be bothered to come up with a decent excuse. Is your brain completely underdeveloped or is your cerebellum underdeveloped?"

These four were her childhood nemesis: a smiling tiger, a megalomaniac, a biting dog, and a sneaky dog.

They say they're here to pick her up, but are they really planning to kidnap her at the slightest provocation?
Nono herself doesn't have any magical words, but her brothers and sisters do. The magical word of that cold-faced, biting dog is a mandala that can create illusions, which fits his gloomy nature perfectly.

"Say what you will, but you have to come with us today." Chen Yixuan cracked his neck, looking like he was ready to fight if they couldn't reach an agreement.

Seeing this, Caesar narrowed his icy blue eyes slightly, placed his fingers lightly on Nono's shoulder, and said in a low and dangerous voice, "Sorry, she has an appointment today."

Chen Sicheng then turned his gaze to him, a slight smile playing on his lips, revealing a polite yet elegant demeanor: "Young Master Caesar of the Gattuso family? I've long admired your name, and meeting you today, you truly possess an extraordinary bearing."

However, this is a family matter for the Chen family, and it's best for outsiders not to interfere.

"Of course, if Young Master Caesar is interested, he can also return to the Chen family with us." The twin sister bit her lip, revealing a charming smile:

"Father will surely welcome you with great pleasure."

Upon hearing this, Nuonuo understood that her father must have given them a strict order to bring her home.

But how could she possibly cooperate obediently? Although at first glance it seemed like she was just going home instead of getting married, the saying "once you enter the gates of a noble family, it's like entering a deep sea, and from then on, your lover is just a stranger" still applies here.

Once you arrive at that place filled with childhood trauma, anything can happen.

She's no longer that helpless brat.

She wants to take control of her own life!
Just as she was about to dismiss the rebuttal, she felt the hand that was on her shoulder suddenly move away and instead wrap around her waist.

Turning his head, he saw Caesar, expressionless, his icy blue eyes flashing with a chilling light, speaking each word clearly:

"I'm taking her away today, let's see who dares to stop me."

With that, he took a suitcase in one hand and Nuonuo in the other, and strode toward the four people blocking his way, his steps as steady as a king on a pilgrimage.

The two sides closed the distance, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the air seemed to freeze.

Seeing this, the twin brother's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness. He was about to use his words of power to force Nuonuo to submit when his sister held him back.

Looking to the side, I saw her shake her head, so I could only suppress my restless heart.

The four men remained stubbornly in place, like a black wall, but Caesar ignored them.

Just as the two were about to collide, Chen Sicheng suddenly stepped aside, this tiny concession like the first domino, followed by Chen Yixuan, and finally the twins.

Nono was led by Caesar through the human wall to the outside of the airport. She finally couldn't help but let out a sneer, turning back to look at the four people whose faces were grim.
"Stop making a fool of yourself here. Hurry up and think about how you're going to wag your tail and beg for mercy later."

The girl's red hair danced like flames in the sunlight, just like her joyful heart at that moment.

Chen Sicheng's smiling mask finally cracked. He stared at their clasped hands for two seconds and said threateningly, "I hope you can still be this optimistic when we meet next time."

Upon hearing this, Nono gave a meaningful smile: "Likewise."

(End of this chapter)