But they could also see that Chen Dongxing was gradually falling into a disadvantage.
It would not be long before he was defeated.
Seeing this, everyone could not help but sigh.
How many years had it been? Yet Chen Xinghe had already become this terrifying.
Most importantly, only now did they realize belatedly that the Chen Clan's line of geniuses had never been broken.
First came Chen Xinghe, then Chen Wen.
And each was more frightening than the last.
At this thought, the fists hidden beneath the sleeves of many major powerholders clenched tighter and tighter.
To be honest, they truly resented it.
Why was the Chen Clan always so fortunate?
As for Gu Lingyuan, when she saw Chen Dongxing being suppressed and beaten, the faint spark of hope she had barely kindled was completely extinguished.
Chen Wen, meanwhile, quietly watched everything unfold, his eyes lacking the imagined ripples of emotion.
At this moment, he also understood the entire sequence of events.
The Chen Clan had begun planning all of this from the very moment he returned.
As for Gu Lingyuan's later move against him, that too had been entirely within the Chen Clan's plans.
Of course, apart from uprooting the traitors and those targeting the Chen Clan, the source of all this was also to protect him.
After all, constantly guarding against danger with one's heart in one's throat was inferior to cutting out the root of the problem.
His parents must have known about all this in advance as well.
He could understand it all, and he knew how to be grateful.
But to simply accept it like this, he still could not get past that hurdle in his heart.
Perhaps he needed time to digest it.
Still, he truly felt deeply moved.
So his own grandmother had