Chapter 918 — The Stirring of the Various Factions
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"All right. So you'll be leaving from the villa, then?" Gu Mengyao asked.
"I expect so." Wei Zhao nodded.
"Then tell me and Xiaoshu — we'll see you off," Gu Mengyao said.
"All right." Wei Zhao gave her a rather strange look. The young lady's mood seemed a little too calm — different from yesterday, somehow?
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In the villa district, the Xiao family had already moved into their newly purchased villa.
Xiao Jizheng glared at his wife Gou Huli: "Look at the fine mess you've made. Just who have you gone and offended? Thank goodness I didn't listen to you and send Uncle Pi out to make trouble for Gu Pengzhan — otherwise it would be the Xiao family in trouble!"
"What are you blaming me for? Wasn't it the second brother's idea? How did it end up on my head?" Gou Huli sounded aggrieved. "Didn't we investigate it thoroughly? In Gu Pengzhan's household there's only one external-school expert called Uncle Qing, at the peak of the late Yellow rank! Our Uncle Pi is an external-school expert at the mid Profound rank!"
"Hmph — but besides Uncle Qing, there's another expert at Gu Pengzhan's side! An internal-school expert at the peak of the early Profound rank!" Xiao Ji said. "It's a good thing I paid a visit to that local power, Young Master Bing — otherwise I'd still be in the dark! An internal-school expert at the peak of the early Profound rank and an external-school expert at the mid Profound rank are about evenly matched. And if it really came to a fight, they'd have an external-school expert at the peak of the late Yellow rank lending a hand as well — the Xiao family would be the ones to suffer!"
"What? That can't be. This Gu Pengzhan — a petty merchant — is actually that formidable? How is that possible? Are you sure you didn't get it wrong?" Gou Huli was startled, her mouth hanging open in disbelief.
"Hmph! How could Young Master Bing possibly be wrong?" Xiao Ji gave a cold sniff. "That internal-school expert at the peak of the early Profound rank is called Wei Zhao. He broke Young Master Bing's leg — tell me, was that a mistake? Right now Young Master Bing hates him with gnashing teeth. How could he be wrong even about his strength?"
"You're joking? He even dared to hit Young Master Bing? Must be tired of living!" Gou Huli blurted out in shock. "Then what am I supposed to do? Am I to just swallow this loss for nothing?"
"And what else did you have in mind? They have two experts — are we supposed to bang our heads against theirs? Only a fool with nothing better to do would try that." Xiao Ji was in fact deeply frustrated. He had meant to squeeze a large sum of money out of Gu Pengzhan, which would have made the Xiao family's business in Songshan City far more comfortable!
But he had never imagined that a few inquiries would reveal Gu Pengzhan to be no simple man — that hidden dragons and crouching tigers lurked at his side!
Just then Xiao Ben, the second son of the Xiao family, walked in. Seeing Xiao Ji fuming, he merely smiled: "Elder Brother, there's no need to scold Sister-in-law so anxiously. I've heard of a rather important matter!"