"Miss Chu Mei, this... " Chu Feng was speechless for a moment.
"This what, this? It's not something I gave you. It's this year's family subsidy." Chu Mei said while putting the fairy grass into Chu Feng's hand.
"If so, I can't take it anymore. You forgot that I still owe you two fairy grass plants." Chu Feng pushed the fairy grass back into her hand and, while speaking, took out another fairy grass from his pocket.
"Chu Feng younger brother, this fairy grass plant, you haven't refined it yet?" Seeing the complete fairy grass plant in Chu Feng's hand, Chu Mei thought it must be the one she gave to Chu Feng.
"Yes, I have already surpassed the limit, so I don't need it right now. It's just that I'm returning it to you at the same time."
"No, I can't accept your fairy grass plants. They are yours. Please take them back."
"Miss Chu Mei, Chu Feng said he would return two fairy grass plants, so he will return two. You also promised, right? Now, you're doing this, it makes me very troubled."
"However, you didn't use the fairy grass plant I gave you. Instead, you gave me your own. Am I not taking advantage of you for free?"
"Miss Chu Mei, I accepted your kindness. In the entire Chu family, except for my father and elder brother, you are the one who treats me the best. This can be regarded as my brother's act of filial piety to you, right?"
Chu Feng spoke from the bottom of his heart. When everyone in the Chu family was excluding him, Chu Mei could treat him like this. He was truly touched.
Seeing Chu Feng insisting on this, Chu Mei's face turned ashamed. She whispered:
"Chu Feng younger brother, your doing really makes me feel ashamed. Actually... This fairy grass plant wasn't given to you by me. It was ordered by Chu Guyu for me to give to you on your behalf."
"My elder brother?" Chu Feng was startled.
Chu Guyu was the biological son of Chu Yuan and was Chu Feng's elder brother.
Now he is training in the first sect in Qingzhou, "Lingyun Sect", at the age of seventeen, he has already reached the sixth level of spiritual power. He is the first among the younger generation of the Chu family.
Chu Guyu, although knowing that Chu Feng was not his biological son, treated Chu Feng as his younger brother and was one of Chu Feng's most beloved people.
"He was afraid that you might have emotional burdens, so he instructed me not to say it was he who gave it to you. But now, I must tell the truth."
Chu Mei's face turned red. It showed that she was really ashamed.
"Miss Chu Mei, even so, I still want to thank you. Whether the fairy grass plant is yours or not, your feelings for me Chu Feng over the years were real. As I said before, these two fairy grass plants can be regarded as my brother's act of filial piety to you."
"Besides, you are about to reach the sixth level of spiritual power. This fairy grass plant is even more important to you. Don't refuse."
Chu Feng still firmly placed the fairy grass into Chu Mei's hand.
"Then, the fairy grass can be regarded as something I borrowed from you. But I can only borrow one plant because I can only repay one plant."
Seeing Chu Feng insisting on this, Chu Mei gritted her teeth and only took one fairy grass plant back.
In fact, as Chu Feng said, Chu Mei is about to reach the sixth level of spiritual power. This is a crucial period. This fairy grass plant is indeed very important to her.
"Alright." Chu Feng smiled.
"By the way, Chu Feng younger brother, Guyu brother has a letter for you. He left it here for me to give you." Chu Mei took out another letter from her waist.
Taking the letter, Chu Feng felt a wave of emotion. He hadn't returned to the Chu family for five years and hadn't seen his elder brother and father for five years. Because he felt he had no face to see them.
But during these five years, his elder brother and father almost sent him a letter every month. It shows how much they missed Chu Feng.
"Alright, keep the letter for now. Come with me quickly. Today is a good day." Chu Mei grabbed Chu Feng's arm and pulled him towards the mansion.
But before they got close, Chu Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly. He heard many familiar voices coming from the mansion. Those were people he didn't like.
Sure enough, when the mansion door opened, there were thirty-two figures in the main hall. Most of them were familiar faces. Almost all the Chu family members who trained in the Qinglong Sect were present. As for those strangers, Chu Feng could figure out their background. They must be members of Chu Mei's group.
"Look, everyone! Who's here?" Chu Yue shouted happily.
However, when everyone turned their gazes towards her, what Chu Feng could sense was disdain and disgust.
"Hey, who do you think it is? Isn't this one of Chu Family's heroes?" A young man walked towards Chu Feng.
His name was Chu Cheng, he was Chu Zhen's elder brother, and together with Chu Yue, they had joined the Blue Dragon Sect. Now he was at the fourth level of Spirit Martial.
"Chu Feng, you've achieved a feat, right?" Chu Cheng pointed at Chu Feng and his gaze was very unfriendly.
"Chu Cheng, what are you saying? Today is a happy occasion, don't talk nonsense," Chu Yue hurriedly spoke.
"What's wrong, Chu Yue? He achieved a great feat and yet you won't let me speak?" Chu Cheng glanced at Chu Yue and then looked at Chu Feng: "Chu Feng, you know you've achieved a great feat, don't you? You really achieved a great feat."
"Having been an external student of the Blue Dragon Sect for five years, you have disgraced the Chu Family's reputation. Now you still have the nerve to attend the Chu Mei gathering. How thick is your skin?"
"Chu Cheng, shut up," Chu Yue was somewhat angry, but before she could say anything more, Chu Feng grabbed her.
Chu Feng's expression remained unchanged, always wearing a smile, and he chuckled softly: "You've overthought it. Chu Feng has no interest in your gathering. Today, I'm here to settle a debt."
"Settle a debt? What debt?" When he heard this, Chu Cheng's face immediately changed.
"It's so funny. A person adopted by our Chu Family actually dares to come and ask us Chu Family members for a debt. Don't you know that all the food and supplies we've had over the years were given by someone?"
"Right, so shameless." At the same time, those Chu Family members also began to criticize Chu Feng.
However, Chu Feng ignored everyone's words and walked towards the hall while saying:
"A few days ago, someone bet with me that Chu Feng couldn't pass the internal examination. They said if I lost, they would give me this year's family subsidy of spirit herbs."
"Chu Zhen, don't you forget this?" Chu Feng stopped in front of Chu Zhen.
Chu Zhen was sitting on a chair, chewing on some fruit, but at this moment, his mouth twitched and his face was very ugly.
Of course, Chu Zhen didn't forget what happened that day. Because he was afraid that Chu Feng would mention it, he remained here obediently. Otherwise, with his personality, he would have gone to trouble Chu Feng long ago.
"Chu Feng, you need to provide evidence when you speak," at this moment, a young man beside Chu Zhen spoke.
Everyone present, whether male or female, were of the same age as Chu Feng, but this person was young-looking. He was Chu Wei.
"Big Brother Chu Wei is right. Since you said Chu Zhen challenged you to a bet, then you must provide evidence. Otherwise, you are just spreading false rumors." As Chu Cheng, the elder brother of Chu Zhen, he was the first to speak.
"Exactly. Provide evidence. Otherwise, you won't be able to walk out of here today." After Chu Cheng, almost all the Chu family members in the hall shouted.
Even the members of the Chu Men group joined in the commotion. Although they were not members of the Chu family, they could see that Chu Feng's status in the Chu family was very low. Even their own family members looked down upon Chu Feng so much, and they naturally wouldn't look down upon him either.
"I can testify for Chu Feng's younger brother." But just then, Chu Yue, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.