The Mysterious Man in Black Appears!

The funeral was held at a public cemetery on the outskirts of the county town.

Pingzhuang Public Cemetery.

The sky was clear, and a gentle breeze drifted by.

White wreaths and mourning couplets filled both sides of the gravestone as relatives and friends observed a collective moment of silence.

Chu Guozhong's children knelt before the gravestone. His eldest son, Chu Anfu, had already reddened his eyes as he wailed at the portrait:

"Dad, rest in peace! Leave this family and the relocation funds to me without worry!"

"What?"

The moment Chu Anlu heard that, he refused to stand for it and immediately retorted:

"Why should they go to you? Does your name say so on the relocation funds? You think they're yours just because you say so?"

Chu Anxin, standing nearby, hurriedly chimed in:

"Exactly! Dad never left a will saying he wanted to give that money to you! As long as I'm here, neither of you will get a single cent!"

"I'm the eldest son of the Chu Family. If the money doesn't go to me, who should it go to? You two?"

Chu Anfu's tears vanished in an instant as he glared viciously at his younger brother and sister.

Right there before the gravestone, the three looked at each other like enemies. Where was the bond of blood between them?

At that moment, Chu Guozhong could no longer hear his children's quarrel.

Seeing this, an elder of the Chu Family directly shouted them down:

"Enough! Take a look at where you are! You three are siblings, yet you act like this before his grave. Aren't you afraid of breaking your father's heart?! What a disgrace!"

Even after hearing that, the three siblings continued arguing until their faces were red, seemingly ready to start fighting right in front of the cemetery plot.

The relatives and friends around them watched the scene with complicated expressions, sighing inwardly.

The occasional people who tried to mediate only wanted to say a few good words now so that, once the three became rich, they could borrow money from them. After all, the relocation funds would sooner or later belong to the three siblings. They could not possibly escape that.

Just then, several cars suddenly drove into the cemetery.

"Huh? Didn't they just say cars weren't allowed in?"

"Yeah, I was stopped outside too. How did this car get in?"

"This isn't simple. Who exactly are they?"

The lead car was a Mercedes.

It came to a steady stop ten meters in front of Chu Guozhong's grave.

The driver got out and opened the door.

"Sir, we've arrived!"

A white-haired old man wrapped in an Old Military Uniform tremblingly extended a hand from the car. The driver hurried forward to support him, treating him with great respect.

Only after the old man got out did everyone notice that several gleaming military medals hung from his chest. He was clearly a veteran with distinguished service.

The instant the old man saw Chu Guozhong's gravestone, tears slid from the corners of his eyes.

Everyone's expressions changed at once.

"Th-this is Guozhong's comrade-in-arms?"

"Probably. Look at what he's wearing—it's the same military uniform Guozhong wore before he passed!"

"I remember Guozhong had one of those medals on his chest too!"

While everyone was still wondering, three more elderly men soon stepped out of the other vehicles.

They all wore the same Old Military Uniforms, with medals hanging from their chests. One particular medal seemed to be shared by all three veterans.

"They're my dad's comrades. I thought they wouldn't come."

Chu Anfu immediately recognized the veterans and explained to everyone.

He had seen them in his father's phone before.

According to his father, these comrades were not particularly important people. They were merely ordinary veterans.

They had not kept in touch much over the years.

After he informed their relatives and friends of his father's death, he only then notified the three old men.

He had only sent the message as a formality and never expected them to come.

But reality proved that he had underestimated the bond between comrades.

Seeing the old man's unsteady steps, Chu Anfu hurried forward out of courtesy to support him.

Unexpectedly,

the old man glared at him and shoved him away.

"Get lost! How could Old Brother Chu have raised such unfilial children? You ungrateful brats!"

The old man had been hot-tempered in his youth. His blunt scolding left Chu Anfu stunned.

At least save him some face. How could he reject him so ruthlessly?

Chu Anfu's expression darkened as he backed away several steps, with everyone watching.

Out of respect for the veteran's status, even if the man cursed or hit him, he could only endure it silently and did not dare lose his temper on the spot.

Behind them, two more old men stepped forward.

One of them looked at Chu Anfu and his siblings, shaking his head with a sigh.

"Old Chu raised three children all by himself. It wasn't easy!"

Before Chu Guozhong's grave,

"Old Chu, how could you leave so suddenly?"

"You even lied to us, saying it was only a minor illness. Yet you were the one who left first!"

"Old Brother Chu!!"

The three old men stepped forward and wept bitterly. Their withered hands stroked the portrait as if they were touching their old comrade once more. These three veterans had never even frowned in the face of bullets and artillery fire, yet now they could not stop crying.

The medals in the most prominent positions on their chests were identical to the one on Chu Guozhong's gravestone, as though they were the same kind of medal.

The leading old man picked up the medal. Seemingly recalling the experiences he had shared with his comrades, he was overcome with grief.

"The first medal our squad ever earned was this military medal. You old bastard, you were leaving, and you still didn't even tell us!!"

Seeing this,

the onlookers curiously asked Chu Anfu:

"Wasn't Old Chu just an ordinary veteran? How did he know these men? They don't look like ordinary people!"

"Exactly! Those medals don't seem ordinary either!"

"Heh, they're just a bunch of old men. What status could they possibly have?"

Chu Anfu was still upset about having been rejected earlier, so he replied irritably.

He understood his father well enough.

His father had no special abilities. Apart from fighting the Japanese back then, he had never done anything earth-shattering. Besides, his old comrades were all elderly men with no value to exploit.

Hearing that, everyone lost much of their interest in the three veterans.

After all, Chu Guozhong had always kept a low profile. Everyone knew he was an ordinary veteran.

At the same time,

one relative pointed into the distance.

"Who's that?"

Su Chen wore a black suit, black sunglasses, and a Bluetooth earpiece. He stood out sharply in the cemetery, his figure radiating an air of mystery.

He stood there silently, staring at Chu Guozhong's gravestone.

The Chu Family's relatives and friends were all stunned.

There seemed to be no other funerals nearby, nor were there any graves being visited.

That meant he had come to attend Chu Guozhong's funeral?

"Is he a relative of the Chu Family?"

"Does anyone know him? Could he be some distant relative?"

"Never heard of him. Could he be Guozhong's friend?"

"A friend that young? Just look at how he's dressed—he's no ordinary person!"

One of Chu Guozhong's old friends frowned and analyzed the situation.

"Maybe he's only passing by. Guozhong lived an ordinary life. How could he possibly have known an important figure?"

Despite the distance between them,

Su Chen stood there with a calm expression, yet the aura he gave off made everyone feel an unusual pressure.

A faint sense of intimidation told strangers to keep away!

Feeling his gaze upon them, Chu Anfu grew nervous and fell silent as a cicada.

"Why does this man keep staring at us?"

Under Su Chen's gaze, no one even dared breathe too loudly.

That piercing stare seemed to pass straight through his black sunglasses, shocking everyone!

Chu Anlu broke out in a cold sweat and asked quietly:

"Could Dad have hidden something from us? Even standing before a boss worth hundreds of millions wouldn't make me this nervous!"

"That shouldn't be possible. Don't you know what Dad was like? If he knew important people, why would he have spent his whole life in such frustration?"

"That's true. Dad was just an ordinary veteran! With Dad's status, he couldn't possibly have connections with someone like that!"

"Dressed like that and carrying such a domineering aura, he must have an enormous background!"

Chu Anfu, Chu Anlu, and Chu Anxin whispered among themselves, none of them daring to raise their voices.

Other than the three veterans weeping bitterly before the grave, the many relatives and friends were all guessing Su Chen's identity, yet none could figure out his background.

The sky was clear, and the weather was pleasant.

However,

in the next moment, Su Chen opened the black umbrella he held in his hand!

The umbrella was pitch-black from top to bottom, even its ribs black.

It was terrifyingly mysterious!

The sight instantly made everyone's hair stand on end!

It clearly was not raining, yet he held a black umbrella while dressed so mysteriously. With an aura that shocked the entire crowd, what kind of person was he?

One relative asked fearfully:

"Do you think Guozhong might not have been as simple as we imagined?"