The President’s Man - Chapter 322

A man and a woman were cuddled together in a huge bed, with a small toddler sleeping on top of them.

Brrrr!

The sound of something vibrating for the last five minutes finally woke the sleeping man up. He cursed softly under his breath before reaching over his wife’s sleeping body and picking up his phone. When he answered it, he said in a low voice, “This better be something important to wake me up at this hour…”

He then looked at his stepson, whose feet were ono his body, and he smiled. Using his shoulder to hold the phone in place, he whispered, “Gimme a second”, as he carried his young stepson and positioned the boy in his mother’s arms.

“What’s wrong?” his wife asked in a soft voice, having been awoken by his movement. As she hugged her son, she looked at her husband with sleepy eyes and asked in a whisper, “Is everything alright?”

“I’ll handle this…” the man replied. He got out of the bed and walked to the balcony, so as to not wake his stepson up from his sleep with the sound of him talking. Then, with a stern expression, he asked, “You can speak now.”

“Young Master Yuan, Young Master Xun is back… I tried to call Old Master Shenlong and Master Feihuang, but none of them answered my call,” the man on the other side of the phone said nervously. He didn’t add the fact that he was more afraid of the two than Shenlong Yuan, and hence, that was why he kept calling Shenlong Yuan.

“So? This is his house, he can come back anytime he wants…” Shenlong Yuan said in an annoyed tone. Even if it was odd for that man to return at this hour, surely this wasn’t something to wake him up for?

“He came with President Du,” the man over the phone said. He then gulped before adding, “And he brought a lot of people with him.”

That last sentence caught his attention, and he snapped, “What do you mean? What people? The Du Family?”

“No…” the man answered nervously. “They looked like soldiers…”

The man on the phone was one of the guards at the front gate, and when he saw those people through the semi-tinted mirrors, he knew that trouble was coming. “We aren’t sure what to do since Young Master Xun was the one who brought them back, but I thought I should notify you. They just passed through the last checkpoint and they should be arriving at any minute now…”

“Shit!” Shenlong Yuan cursed. He looked out from the balcony and saw the car lights from a distance, and he immediately ordered, “Inform everyone and tell them to be on alert! Du XiAn is in the house, so make sure that everyone knows what to do!”

“And send someone to get my father and grandfather!” he added as an afterthought.

Since his father was the current master of the house, it was right for him to send someone to notify him. As for his grandfather… Shenlong Yuan had a feeling that this had something to do with the old man. After all, the only one that could piss Shenlong Xun off in this entire household was that old man.

Once he had given his instructions to his men, Shenlong Yuan then hung up the call and went back into the room.

As he was changing into his Shenlong Family’s attire, which was mainly black clothes with the Shenlong Family emblem embroidered on the sleeve of his shirt and a silver dragon embroidered on the legs of his pants, his wife asked worriedly, “Is everything alright?”

“It’s Xun, that idiot…” Shenlong Yuan replied. Once he was done changing, he picked up his sleeping stepson gently and with his hand reaching out for his wife, he said, “Come, you guys need to go to the safe room.”

His wife took his hand and got out of the bed. As they walked to the safe room, she asked nervously, “What’s wrong? It’s only Xun. Why do we have to go to the safe room?”

“That idiot brought a group of men here. At this hour… It’s probably nothing good.”

She gasped. “You don’t think that he would…”

Shenlong Yuan shook his head. “It’s probably nothing since Du XiAn is with him, but I don’t want you guys to get caught in the line of fire, should it get to that level.”

DX’s safety was paramount to everyone in the Du Mansion. And no one would simply shoot when that man was in their sight.

When they got to the safe room, Shenlong Yuan placed his stepson on the bed and covered him up. He then looked at his wife and smiled. “I’ll see you shortly.”

“Stay safe, alright?” his wife said with a worried tone before placing a kiss on his lips. “Don’t get hurt, and don’t hurt Xun as well.”

She and Callum were old friends, and it was through Callum that she met her husband, so she naturally didn’t want any of them to get hurt.

“I won’t,” Shenlong Yuan said with a gentle smile. He gave his wife a quick hug. Before leaving, he said, “Remember the protocol. Don’t open the door for anyone.”

After he watched his wife nod, he then closed the door behind him. He then pushed the bookcase that was built to hide the existence of the safe room. He knew that he was being paranoid, but he wasn’t about to take any risks with his wife and stepson. Accidents happened, and they happened all the time.

“Where are they now?” he asked when he met with the leader of his men.

“The main hall,” the man replied.

Once everything was ready, Shenlong Yuan went to the main hall with some of his men, and the first thing he saw was Callum, who had seated himself in the master seat. Surrounding him was a group of masked men who had their guns pointed in all directions, facing off the Shenlong Family’s men.

“Xun, what’s the meaning of this?” Shenlong Yuan asked with a smile as he stepped forward, ignoring his men’s warning to stay back.

“A warning…” Callum replied with a smile as he looked at his older cousin. The master of the Shenlong Family was considered to be extremely important, and other than his grandfather, who was now retired, no one else could sit on this seat other than the current master.

Shenlong Yuan then looked at DX, who was enjoying a cup of tea while reading a newspaper. There were even more people surrounding him than Callum, and Shenlong Yuan could barely see him. “Erm, President Du, do you mind telling me what’s going on?”

“I’m just here to make sure that he doesn’t accidentally get himself killed. Other than that, just pretend that I’m not here,” DX said nonchalantly. “Oh, and I want to get home in time for breakfast, so… If you guys are going to kill each other, make it quick.”

Shenlong Yuan sighed. He then looked at Callum and said, “Callum, that’s father’s seat. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind, but it’s inappropriate for you to sit there.”

“Inappropriate?” Callum laughed. “I think you’ve forgotten something, my dear cousin. This is my seat, and Uncle Feihuang has only been guarding it for me. According to ranks, I’m the true master of Shenlong Family, no?”

“Errr…” Shenlong Yuan could not refute that. Callum had never officially rejected his claim. He then sighed and nodded. “Yes, you’re master of the family.”

Callum nodded. As he stared down at his cousin, he said with an emotionless tone, “So, as master of the family, I hereby order you guys… Bring me the things that my grandfather treasured most.”

“His antiques?” Shenlong Yuan mumbled. “What for?”

“Just bring it. Stop asking questions!” Callum snapped.

Shenlong Yuan did not understand it, but he ordered his men to go and do according to Callum’s instruction. A few minutes later, the men returned with some antiqued vases. These vases were placed around the mansion, and they were some of their grandfather’s favorites. The old man wanted to look at them all the time, so he could not be bothered to put them in the safe.

“Line them up there,” Callum ordered while pointing toward an area. And when the men did as what they were told, he snapped, “Get away unless you want to get hurt.”

The Shenlong Family’s soldiers glanced at each other before taking a few steps away from the vases. They were confused. On one hand, they were supposed to protect the house, including the people and things in the house, under the leadership of Shenlong Feihuang. On the other hand, the one ordering them was the rightful heir to Shenlong Family.

Just as Shenlong Yuan was wondering what his cousin was about to do, he saw DX put on a pair of wireless earphones.

BANG!