Chapter 9: Important Discoveries

The unexpected figure standing in the parking lot was none other than Chen Fan's former cousin, Chen Haoyu.

As soon as Chen Fan spotted him, Chen Haoyu's eyes lit up with mischief. "Hey, I didn't want to bump into you here," he said with a playful smirk. He and his friends had just returned to school, planning to follow their grandfather's orders to trouble Chen Fan. This encounter was serendipitous—it saved them the trouble of searching.

"Brother, do you know who this is?" Chen Haoyu asked his friends, looking back at them with a grin.

"Is this Chen Fan?" one of them replied, recognition dawning on their faces.

"Yeah, he's Brother Yu's cousin," another chimed in.

"You're wrong," Chen Haoyu said loudly, puffing out his chest. "My former cousin, Chen Fan, has severed ties with our Chen family. He has no relationship with me at all."

The boys looked at Chen Fan as if he had lost his mind. "What? Is he crazy for severing ties with the Chen family?" one of them exclaimed. "That's just… insane!"

"Exactly! Who in their right mind would do that?" another added, shaking his head.

"How about it, Chen Fan? It's been three days since you severed ties with us. Are you regretting it yet?" Chen Haoyu asked with a smug expression.

"Regret? Ha! Severing ties with your Chen family was the best decision I've ever made," Chen Fan replied with an unwavering smile.

In the few days since breaking off ties, his net worth had skyrocketed by over three billion. He felt confident that, in the near future, he would surpass both the Chen family and even the Xu family in Jinling.

Chen Haoyu scoffed, dismissing Chen Fan's words. "Just keep pretending. You're just fooling yourself," he said, a disdainful tone in his voice. "You've really fallen, haven't you? Now you probably can't even spend five hundred yuan. How pitiful."

"By the way, thanks to you, Grandpa got me a new car! Check it out—my Maserati GranTurismo. It's worth more than two million! Aren't you jealous?" Chen Haoyu boasted, pointing to the sleek sports car parked next to him.

Chen Fan glanced at the Maserati but didn't say a word as he turned to walk deeper into the parking lot.

"Is Chen Fan really so foolish to sever ties with our family?" one of the younger boys whispered to Chen Haoyu.

"Definitely," Chen Haoyu replied. "He's a total idiot."

The boys nodded in agreement, adding their own mockery. "If anyone is that foolish, they're bound to fail."

Just as Chen Haoyu continued to ridicule him, Chen Fan slid into his Lamborghini, a car worth over ten million yuan, parked at the back of the lot.

As the engine roared to life, Chen Haoyu froze, disbelief washing over him. "This… this is a Lamborghini?!" he stammered.

Realization hit him hard. This was a top-tier luxury car, and compared to his Maserati, it was a whole different league.

Overcome with shock, Chen Haoyu slapped his own face, trying to wake up from this bizarre dream. "Snap!" The sound echoed, and he felt a sharp pain, grounding him in reality.

"Is this really happening?!" His mind raced, grappling with the shocking revelation. How could this be? He had expected Chen Fan to decline after severing ties with the Chen family, not to flourish and drive a luxury car that outshined his own.

Under Chen Haoyu's horrified gaze, Chen Fan drove past him in the Lamborghini, leaving him speechless. The sight was a stark contrast to what he had imagined—he had expected Chen Fan to be miserable, not thriving.

As Chen Fan left the parking lot and headed to the school gate to pick up Xia Mengmeng, his phone buzzed with an incoming call from Zheng Xingde, the president of Tengfei Group.

"Congratulations on becoming the third largest shareholder of Tengfei Group, Chen Fan!" Zheng began enthusiastically. "I'd like to invite you to visit the group when you have time so we can get to know each other better."

"Thank you, Mr. Zheng. I'll make time to come by tomorrow," Chen Fan replied, excitement building within him.

"Great! Looking forward to meeting you," Zheng said before they hung up.

After a half-hour drive, Chen Fan arrived at Yujing Villa. Xia Mengmeng waved goodbye before heading to her sister Xia Ruoshui's villa next door. Chen Fan parked the Lamborghini and returned to his own villa.

With some free time on his hands, Chen Fan decided it was the perfect opportunity to study the system more closely, eager to uncover its secrets and potential.

Ten minutes later, Chen Fan made an extremely important discovery.