Hero! Please Accept Me as Your Disciple!

"Seriously injured after being hit by a car? Shouldn't he have easily dodged it with his martial arts skills?"

"Could the video be fake? Or was he just lucky? Or did his potential just suddenly explode?"

"I knew it! How could an octogenarian be so amazing!"

"Does Martial Arts Master mean you won't get into car accidents? How fast can a human go? No matter how strong you are, it's only about ten meters per second. And a car? Thirty or forty meters per second is easy for them! Get this straight, this is reality, not a martial arts novel!"

"He was seriously injured and became a vegetable, but he woke up in just a few months and recovered so well. I'm even more convinced that the old man has martial arts skills, and they must be unparalleled! I'm going to wait outside the police station! As soon as the old man is released, I'll go and become his disciple!"

"The old man is able to recover so quickly because he has a good physical foundation, strong recovery ability, and the strong will of a martial artist."

"The fact that others don't know only shows that they are low-key. They possess unparalleled martial arts skills but don't flaunt them. This is what a reclusive martial arts family should be like! See you at the police station, let's become disciples together!"

After news broke that Chen Jingde had been hit by a car and was left in a vegetative state, it did not raise any doubts about Chen Jingde abilities. Instead, his rapid recovery made people more convinced of the "fact" that he possessed martial arts skills!

People became even more interested in Chen Jingde's family martial arts. Many martial arts enthusiasts even went to the police station to wait for Chen Jingde and become his disciples!

With the attention of the entire nation, the case was processed much faster than usual.

Three days later, while An Ran completed the advertising shoot for the luxury car "Lord," the "Old Man Righteous Defense Homicide Case" case, which had attracted nationwide attention, finally came to an end in China. The local public security bureau and procuratorate issued announcements one after another, determining that Chen Jingde's actions constituted acting bravely and self-defense, and that he was not criminally liable. The public security organs withdrew the case against Chen Jingde in accordance with the law, and Chen Jingde, who had stayed in the police station for three days, was finally released.

At the entrance of the police station, reporters, cameramen, martial arts enthusiasts who came to welcome Chen Jingde as a disciple, and onlookers who had seen the news and wanted to watch the excitement crowded the entrance. At the front of the crowd, Chen Weiguo and his wife Zhang Huilan were waiting expectantly.

It wasn't that no reporters wanted to take this opportunity to interview Chen Weiguo, but he ignored everyone, standing there with his eyes fixed straight ahead at the police station entrance, waiting for his father, Chen Jingde, to come out. To the onlookers, this scene was seen as the demeanor of a master. Many people watching were amazed, thinking, "He truly is a master; his composure is different." Unlike those so-called masters who treat a reporter interview as a golden opportunity to become famous, talking for hours on end, this man treats fame and fortune like dirt. He doesn't even bother with interview opportunities that many people would kill for.

Not only reporters, but everyone who tried to get close to him, including those who wanted to become his apprentices, were completely ignored by Chen Weiguo. It wasn't that he regarded fame and fortune as dirt as everyone thought, but rather that he was afraid that if the old man didn't greet him properly when he came out, or if he didn't have a proper attitude, he would be beaten up again, and he would lose face big time!

After a while, Chen Jingde finally came out amidst everyone's eager anticipation. He looked to be in very good spirits and did not seem like he had been locked up for three days. In fact, Chen Jingde had indeed been doing quite well, as he had not been mistreated in terms of food or other aspects. He was just not allowed to move around freely.

As the old man slowly walked out, camera flashes went off everywhere, and the reporters and onlookers became excited, pushing and shoving forward. Chen Jingde's online exposure and popularity had been extremely high recently, even surpassing several celebrities and topping the trending topics and Weibo hashtags. He had become an overnight sensation. The reporters hoped to interview Chen Jingde newly minted "internet celebrity," while the onlookers wanted to see up close what this 84-year-old man who had single-handedly taken down a knife-wielding robber in the video looked like.

However, just before they could act, someone rushed ahead of everyone else and charged towards Chen Jingde, who was walking out of the gate.

He quickly ran up to Chen Jingde and stopped. Under everyone's gaze, he knelt down with a thud and shouted loudly at the astonished Chen Jingde.

"Hero! Please take me as your disciple!"

The previously noisy police station entrance fell silent instantly after that shout.

The scenes and lines look so familiar; it seems like they were learned from a period martial arts drama.

Some were astonished by the young man's actions, some were puzzled, some were contemptuous, and others looked regretful. "Why didn't I think of that? This guy beat me to it! He's so cunning!"

After Chen Jingde realized what was happening, he glanced at the young man kneeling in front of him with a determined look on his face, then took a step and walked past him!

The young man kneeling on the ground didn't turn around and look at Chen Jingde with a bewildered expression until Chen Jingde walked away a while later. "You just ignored me like that?"

Where is the masterful demeanor I was promised?

This isn't how the script should have gone! Shouldn't you have refused first, then I had to reiterate my determination, and finally you would have accepted me? That's how it's always done on TV! Why don't you follow the script, old man? My carefully prepared apprenticeship plan has failed just like that?

Chen Jingde walked around the kneeling young man and stood in front of Chen Weiguo.

"Father!"

Chen Weiguo shouted.

Chen Jingde nodded but didn't speak. He glanced at the dense crowd around him and found that the entrance to the police station was blocked by layers of reporters and people. Chen Jingde frowned slightly before speaking to Chen Weiguo and his wife.

"Let's go home!"

After Chen Jingde finished speaking, he strode forward, and Chen Weiguo and the other man quickly followed.

Seeing that the three were about to leave, the surrounding reporters disregarded their manners and hurriedly stretched out their microphones to ask Chen Jingde questions.

"Sir, what are your thoughts on this matter?"

"Master Chen, what kind of kung fu do you practice? Could you tell me?"

"Old hero..."

When faced with reporters' questions, Chen Jingde remained silent. Just like Chen Weiguo before him, he walked directly into the crowd. A reporter who was blocking his way was about to ask a question when Chen Jingde gently pushed him on the shoulder. The reporter involuntarily moved aside to make way for Chen Jingde then walked past him.

Chen Weiguo then protected his wife and followed closely behind Chen Jingde, walking into the crowd.