Changes in the Shen Family

Zhang Chen was ultimately a man with his own thoughts and had no desire to get mixed up in the Shen family's mess.

Zhang Chen made his way to the academy gates and saw Shen Ling and Zhang Gaoqiu approaching hand in hand. Shen Ling wore red, her face full of yearning as she looked at Zhang Gaoqiu, her eyes brimming with admiration.

Behind them, Jiang Nan and Shen Qiu walked side by side as well, their manner intimate as they conversed softly.

Zhang Chen glanced at the Shen family group from afar, secretly sighing over how much longer the calm before him could last. Once the Shen family's grand edifice began to topple, many matters and many people would face the greatest upheaval of their lives.

The group headed one after another toward the Exquisite Pagoda. Zhang Chen trailed far behind them. When they reached the entrance, Zhang Gaoqiu and Jiang Nan entered the building, leaving only the siblings Shen Qiu and Shen Ling standing silently outside.

As Zhang Chen passed by them, Shen Ling suddenly sneered, "Good thing I wasn't blind enough to miss who the true dragon was and marry a mere mortal like you."

Zhang Chen stopped and turned to look at Shen Ling, unable to understand why this woman was attacking him for no reason.

"You're worlds apart from Brother Zhang Gaoqiu. You think you're worthy of marrying me? The two of you are simply incomparable." Shen Ling extended a slender finger and pointed at Zhang Chen's head.

"Oh?" Zhang Chen gave Shen Ling an indifferent look, a trace of pity in his eyes. Yet he could not be bothered to argue with her and turned to walk into the Treasure Pagoda. Who would bicker with a pitiful creature whose family was about to be