The Scum is A ***

11: The Scum Is Casual

The Chen Mansion is a big complex. It is almost the size of a palace. All the family branches, even to the smallest unit, lives in this complex. The Chen Clan is known for having close-knit ties. Their motto is 'family first, other matters later'. That is why the Chen Mansion, despite being called a mansion, is as big as a palace. On the other hand, the Wu Clan has only a small size of family members. Despite that, they are as strong as the Chen Clan.

The Chen Mansion was bustling when they arrived. It was because their second young master finally came home after 10 years of being apart from them. "Yesterday, you arrived, but due to the pressing matters..." Chen Jing said as they went inside the reception hall. "You only managed to come home now. We can't even hug you for an hour yesterday – " he sighed in regret.

Goosebumps appeared all over Cheng Sheng's face as he took a step back away from Chen Jing who didn't notice his reaction. Doing so, Cheng Sheng's back bumped Fei Yin who was standing behind him. He turned and raised his head, only to see Fei Yin's face is so close to his, their nose almost touching each other. "Da shixiong." Cheng Sheng called.

Fei Yin stared at Cheng Sheng's face before he spoke. "Are you uncomfortable?" he asked. "For meeting your family again." He added.

Cheng Sheng nodded and lowered his head. Yes. Since they are not my family, but of this body's. He thought, but didn't voice it out. "Mn." He answered.

Chen Jing finally noticed that Cheng Sheng was not on his side. He saw Cheng Sheng talking to Fei Yin. He smiled. He already heard Cheng Sheng being 'close' to his da shixiong so he didn't think anything wrong of their closeness. He left and made the maids tend to the guests. He went to call the other family members.

They already have heard of their second young master's return. Some were happy while some have mixed feelings. Before their second young master left, they knew him as being low-key and doesn't speak much. Now, they heard of him being a prodigy and saving the Xiwang by creating a new type of Cleansing Talisman. They are aware that Cheng Sheng was the creator of the Cleansing Talisman, but they still had a hard time accepting it. The second young master has always been an average person in the past. However, he now became a prodigy. It was a shock. But, despite their shock, they could only calmly accept this fact. After all, their second young master greatly contributed on the crisis of their land. Thus, a grand celebration was held on the wide courtyard of the Chen Mansion. Countless long tables filled with food occupied the courtyard. There were also musicians and an opera for entertainment.

Feng Mo's eyes are as round as saucers as he looked at the sumptuous food before him. "What's with you?" Fei Yin asked. He and Feng Mo are seated beside each other and Sun Yi. He can't sit beside Cheng Sheng since Cheng Sheng were with the Chen family across them.

Cheng Sheng's proclamation of cutting ties with the Chen family is like a paper tiger in front of the Chen family. They clearly didn't take it seriously and treated it as a teenage rebellion. Seriously, they knew this term? Cheng Sheng thought as he ate the food fed by Chen Qing, Chen Han and this body's mother.

"Really, that Wu Fan." One of the Chen Clan members said. He was not far from them so the main table can hear him. "He's such a hypocrite. He wants the sect leader seat yet feeling resentful when it was given to him. Now, the patriarch invited him to eat yet he refused." He said.

The faces of the people on the main table darkened. Suddenly, the noisy courtyard fell into a silence when they noticed the oppressive aura around them. "Cheng-shidi." Fei Yin spoke for Cheng Sheng to hear. "Are you alright?" he asked when he heard something broke.

Hearing this and the main family suppressed their aura. They also heard the jade talisman broke. They immediately looked at Cheng Sheng and when they saw his face looked normal, they sighed in relief. "I'm fine." Cheng Sheng said and took out his fifth jade talisman. The other four talismans broke after the main family released their aura. "But... I only have few talismans left – "