"What's going on?"
Seeing this, Lin Chen was momentarily stunned.
Given the Shangguan family's current status in Hangzhou, no one should dare to snatch food from a tiger's mouth, right?
Unable to understand the truth, Lin Chen walked directly towards them.
However, as soon as he entered the main gate, a bodyguard in black stepped forward and blocked Lin Chen.
"Sorry sir, this is private property, you are not welcome here. Please leave."
The bodyguard in black looked serious. They had all seen it just now; this young man arrived by taxi, so he couldn't be someone of importance.
Who among those who usually visit the Shangguan family didn't arrive in a convoy of luxury cars with a large entourage of bodyguards?
"I'm here to visit Old Master Shangguan. Who are you?"
Hearing the bodyguard's words, Lin Chen directly retorted.
His intuition told him that these people were not here to protect Old Master Shangguan.
Could it be that something had happened to the Shangguan family?
"Sorry, the Shangguan family is currently dealing with matters and cannot receive visitors. Please return!"
However, even though Lin Chen mentioned Old Master Shangguan's name, the bodyguard in front of him did not move aside at all.
"Cannot receive visitors?"
Hearing the bodyguard's statement, Lin Chen's suspicion grew even stronger. Given Old Master Shangguan's personality, he would never have bodyguards turn everyone away.
More importantly, when Lin Chen left Hangzhou back then, he had left Jiang Liang as a bodyguard at the Shangguan residence.
But now, with so many bodyguards surrounding the entrance to the Shangguan residence, Jiang Liang was nowhere to be seen. Something must have happened.
Otherwise, with Jiang Liang's Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, even with a large number of these bodyguards, they would be mere ants in front of a cultivator.
They would be incapable of causing any harm to the Shangguan family!
The only possibility was that perhaps even Jiang Liang had met with misfortune!
"Then what if I insist on going in?"
Having understood the criticality of the situation, Lin Chen decided to force his way in.
No matter what, the people in front of him were definitely not Old Master Shangguan's subordinates, and he had to go in and get to the bottom of this.
He needed to see what exactly had happened to the Shangguan family.
After all, Old Master Shangguan and Shangguan Ling'er had shown him great kindness.
If Shangguan Ling'er hadn't found him back then to treat Shangguan Xiong, none of this would have happened.
Even when he had provoked the He family, the Shangguan family had tried their best to protect him.
The bond forged in times of adversity was definitely not comparable to anyone else.
No matter who was trying to make things difficult for the Shangguan family now, Lin Chen was determined to see it through to the end, without any hesitation.
"Is that so? Brothers, come over here, someone is trying to force their way in."
Seeing Lin Chen's resolute expression, the bodyguard wasted no time and waved his hand, summoning a large group of his companions.
More than a dozen bodyguards in black, holding batons, surrounded Lin Chen.
"I advise you not to lay a hand on me, or you will all meet your deaths."
Seeing that these bodyguards were just ordinary people, Lin Chen shook his head slightly, his expression filled with disdain.
Even if there were hundreds or thousands of such ordinary people, they would be no match for him.
If they attacked him now, it would only be seeking their own doom.
"Hahahaha, what arrogance!"
"Brothers, go and cripple his legs! I want to see if his bones are as hard as his mouth!"
Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, these bodyguards were even more scornful. They had been hired at a high price this time, and each of them had received special training.
Any one of them could easily handle four or five ordinary people.
Let alone this pretty boy in front of them!
This pretty boy looked thin and weak, with no fighting ability whatsoever.
Yet, to think that he dared to speak so boastfully in front of them! This was simply courting death.
"Charge!"
At the command of the leading bodyguard, more than a dozen men rushed towards Lin Chen.
"Alas, a bunch of fools."
Seeing the bodyguards' movements, Lin Chen shook his head slightly, his expression filled with contempt.
With a slight shift of his feet, he charged forward.
"Boom!"
At this moment, Lin Chen didn't even lift a hand. He directly rushed to the entrance of the Shangguan residence, and the more than a dozen bodyguards who had surrounded him were sent flying by the gust of his aura. Not a single one of them could touch his clothes!
"What... what is this? How can he be so fast?"
The group of bodyguards lay on the ground, looking at each other, none of them understanding what had just happened.
But at this moment, they all knew clearly that they had truly kicked a steel plate this time.
If this person hadn't held back his strength just now, all of them would likely have become corpses by now.
Lin Chen ignored these bodyguards and instead turned to walk into the residence.
However, as Lin Chen approached the living room, he heard voices arguing from inside.
"Shangguan Wei, you're going too far!"
"Don't think that just because you're my younger brother, you can do whatever you want!"
"I've already told you very clearly, the Shangguan family is no longer in my hands. I'm just a steward now, so I can't possibly distribute the Shangguan family's assets to you!"
The person speaking first was Shangguan Xiong, but his tone was filled with anger and helplessness.
The person in front of him was his own younger brother, Shangguan Wei.
Shangguan Wei had disliked Hangzhou as a small place and had gone out to make his fortune years ago, with no news returning.
As for himself, he had managed to build the Shangguan family to its current state with the help of his old comrades.
For Shangguan Xiong, if Lin Chen hadn't invested in the Shangguan family, he might not have refused if Shangguan Wei had returned to demand an equal share of the family fortune.
But regardless, the Shangguan family had been on the verge of collapse due to his poor management back then.
It was only with Lin Chen's help that the Shangguan family was revived, so he had already stated back then that he would place the Shangguan family's assets under Lin Chen's name.
Therefore, all the property of the Shangguan family now belonged to Lin Chen and Shangguan Ling'er.
It had nothing to do with him anymore!
At this point, Shangguan Wei returning to demand an equal share of the family fortune was something he truly couldn't do!
"Who are you trying to fool?"
"Do you really think I'm a three-year-old child?"
"No matter what, you must give me half of the Shangguan family's assets, otherwise, neither of us will have a good time!"
Upon hearing Shangguan Xiong's words, Shangguan Wei showed no sign of being reasonable.