You got your marriage certificate and then abandoned me? I'll feed the richest woman in the wor

A clear, innocent child's voice echoed in the quiet, empty second-floor corridor.

It was pressed down to an extremely low level.

Like two little mice afraid of being caught by the old cat, they hid behind the door frame, rustling and stealing food.

Chen Xinghe hid half of his face behind his sister's cartoon pajama hood.

She covered her mouth tightly with both little hands.

A few hissing sounds still escaped uncontrollably from between his fingers.

She laughed so hard that her soft-soled cotton slippers were rubbing restlessly against the carpet.

He thought his rant was flawless.

In addition, there was a distance of more than ten meters between them, and then they turned a corner.

The old man in front of us, who has to use a cane to walk and is so hard of hearing that he has to turn up the volume to watch the news, how could he possibly hear us?

however.

He miscalculated one thing.

The figure carrying the black walnut tray, though bent a little by the years, was still there.

But what's hidden inside that body?

He was a top-tier Asura who had fought his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the dark web.

Chen Yuan's hearing has indeed deteriorated significantly.

When Shen Wanzhou calls him for dinner downstairs, he often has to hear it a second time before he responds.

But in the face of those special, low-frequency sound waves that resemble hostility or lurking threats.

He possessed a muscular memory honed through years of navigating the edge of life and death.

It is more sensitive than any sophisticated radar.

"Yes."

A sandalwood cane rested on the thick Persian carpet.

The previously steady and rhythmic footsteps stopped abruptly without warning.

Chen Yuan's left hand, holding the tray, remained completely still.

In the deep white porcelain bowl, the clear scallion oil soup did not even ripple.

The golden-yellow poached egg rested steadily on the noodles.

The air in the corridor seemed to have been paused for a second.

Chen Yuan turned his head slightly.

Beneath that head of short, frosty white hair.

A pair of unfathomable black eyes, as if a slit had suddenly opened in the deep sea where it had been sleeping.

A flash of cold light passed by.

Even through the dim light of more than ten meters away.

That kind of chilling, oppressive feeling.

It was still like an invisible net, instantly enveloping us.

Chen Xinghe and Chen Xingyue are hiding behind the door frame.

I suddenly felt a chill run down the back of my neck.

The laughter was abruptly stuck in his throat.

As if electrocuted, the two of them yanked back behind the door.

My back was pressed tightly against the cold wall.

The two little ones stared at each other, their hearts pounding like drums in their chests.

"Brother... Grandpa seems to have found out..."

Chen Xingyue bit her lip, her voice trembling like leaves in the cold wind.

She gripped the hem of her brother's pajamas tightly with both hands.

"Impossible! We're so far away!"

Chen Xinghe forced himself to swallow a mouthful of dry saliva.

Despite his tough talk, his legs had already started to tremble uncontrollably.

He clearly remembered the last time he secretly hacked into Star Venture Capital's internal network to play games.

After Grandpa found out, he hit my buttocks so hard with that sandalwood cane.

At the other end of the corridor.

Chen Yuan neither turned around nor put down the tray in his hand.

He stood still, his right hand gripping the cane with a slight exertion.

The fingers with distinct knuckles rubbed the sandalwood handle twice.

Those two little rascals.

Instead of sleeping in the middle of the night, he hid in a corner and started gossiping about this old man.

He even said he'd been a kept man his whole life?

A cold, emotionless smile appeared on Chen Yuan's lips.

The cold, icy edge in his eyes returned when he recalled the contents of that sentence.

Yet, for some reason, it melted away a bit, acquiring a layer of pride and indulgence unique to the elderly.

He didn't get angry.

If it were when I was younger, working in the Star Ventures building...

Anyone who dares to gossip like that behind your back, the eagle would have already tied them up and thrown them into the Huangpu River to feed the fish.

But now.

In the warm and inviting home of Genting Manor.

He was just an old man who got up in the middle of the night to cook noodles for his wife.

Chen Yuan picked up the sandalwood cane in his hand.

It didn't crash to the ground, nor did it let out an angry roar.

He simply placed the bottom of the cane on the solid wood wainscoting.

He tapped it twice, neither too hard nor too softly.

Thump. Thump.

The sound wasn't loud, but it echoed clearly in the empty corridor.

It was like a small hammer, striking the hearts of those two eavesdropping kids with unerring accuracy.

Chen Xinghe and Chen Xingyue were so frightened that they trembled all over and even stopped breathing.

"Gossiping about your elders behind their backs—is this how your parents taught you manners?"

Chen Yuan's voice was deep and resonant.

Although bearing the marks of time, it still exudes the aura of authority that commands respect without anger.

It still sends chills down your spine.

He stood there, without even turning around.

But it was as if it had eyes in the back of its head, and it could see the reactions of the two little ones behind the door very clearly.

"Tomorrow's morning exercise will involve running two extra laps around the back of the manor."

"If it's even one meter short, lunch is canceled."

The cold, punitive order was issued.

Chen Xinghe behind the door closed his eyes in pain.

Two laps around the back mountain! That's a full ten kilometers!

Grandpa's methods are even harsher than when he punished Dad back then!

But before he could finish wailing in his heart...

Chen Yuan's next words completely stunned the two little ones.

"besides."

Chen Yuan's tone suddenly changed.

That air of authority was surprisingly mixed with a hint of obvious arrogance and defiance.

It's like children competing to see whose toy is prettier.

"What do you two little brats know about living off women?"

He held the tray full of scallion oil noodles with a steady, clanging wrist.

"Back then, your grandmother dared to throw billions at foreign conglomerates to protect me."

"I bought an asteroid that even the Pentagon can't detect in order to celebrate your grandma's birthday."

"Every penny I earn is registered in your grandmother's name."

"This bowl of noodles is made with a secret recipe that she's eaten for most of her life, and no one but me can make it."

Chen Yuan snorted coldly.

Those weathered eyes churned with an unyielding affection and a touch of pride.

He didn't even bother to hide it.

He could let down all his guard and armor in front of the only woman in the world.

The joy of willingly being a "housekeeper" who serves others.

This is something these young kids who have never even been in a relationship will never understand in their lifetime.

Chen Xinghe and Chen Xingyue hid behind the door.

Listening to Grandpa's self-righteous "declaration of being a kept man".

Both of their jaws nearly dropped to the floor.

Is this still the same grandfather who was known as the "cold-blooded killer" in financial magazines?

This is clearly an old man bragging about how much his wife dotes on him!

This dog food has actually crossed three generation gaps.

In the middle of the night, in the corridor, it was forcibly stuffed into their mouths.

They were so full that their stomachs were churning with acid.

Chen Yuan ignored the two little ones in the corner whose worldviews had been shattered.

He glanced down at the steaming noodles on the tray.

Two bright green scallions are stuck to the golden fried egg.

We need to take it inside quickly.

If Wanzhou gets impatient, that old cat with its increasingly bad temper will start getting teary-eyed again.

He gripped his cane tightly and started walking again.

The leather shoes clicked on the carpet, and the steps were a little lighter than before.

Chen Yuan glared at him, then turned around arrogantly with the bowl of egg noodles in his hand: "What do you know, brat? I've lived off women my whole life, this is what love tastes like!"