Because Wang Dong had said this after the Li Family Chamber of Commerce had put pressure on the Chen Family.
It was on the eve of the Chen Family's impending collapse, with disaster bearing down on them, that he had arrived in a manner no one could have foreseen, yet with irresistible force. Like a direct strike at the enemy's heart, he had used the cleanest, swiftest, most decisive means—
to resolve the Chen Family's immediate crisis and even eliminate every threat they might face in the future. He had toppled the uncrowned king of the Zhongli River System—the Li Family Chamber of Commerce—and the Death Starship Hanchuan Simida behind them.
He had already made a great name for himself in the Zhongli River System, and was destined to leave behind a resounding legacy.
Then, just as he arrived at the Chen Family and revealed the final answer, he had said those words!
So, with everything that had happened as an indisputable fact—
no one would question the sincerity behind Wang Dong's words. It wasn't that they didn't dare; they simply wouldn't.
And so—
the head of the Chen Family, who had expressed his gratitude to Wang Dong so many times for similar words, fell silent.
By all rights, he should have expressed his regret, offered his thanks, and comforted Wang Dong.
But he simply couldn't say it.
A mere word of thanks and comfort was as insubstantial as the average density of matter in a vacuum, utterly incomparable to what Wang Dong had done!
The Chen Family head's silence didn't affect Wang Dong.
At his current position and with his achievements—
he could easily ignore far too many reactions from the outside world.
"Fortunately, I arrived before it was too late. The fact that those scoundrels didn't get the