Chapter 1098 — The Living Punishment Is Hard to Escape
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Please come in, both of you, come in quickly!" Xiao Ben was not angered. Pi Zhifeng might be cold and haughty, but in Xiao Ben's eyes, if they really were Uncle Pi's family, then their strength could hardly be weak, and a little arrogance was nothing improper.
Xiao Ben hurriedly opened the villa's gate and ushered Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao inside.
"If Uncle Pi had not had ties to you, I would have kicked this iron gate off its hinges long ago!" Pi Zhifeng said with a cold snort.
His chief purpose in coming this time was also to show off, to put his strength on display, so that the Xiao family would be willing to work with them. So Pi Zhifeng kept up this air of superiority at every moment.
"This..." A flicker of displeasure crossed Xiao Ben's face. Even if you are Uncle Pi's family, isn't that a bit too overbearing? Coming to someone's house and threatening to kick the door down? Besides, the villa's iron gate was made of fine steel — could it really be kicked off its hinges?
"What, you don't believe me?" Pi Zhifeng sneered and turned his head.
"I... of course I believe you!" Xiao Ben knew that if the Xiao family wanted to rise again, they might well need the help of Uncle Pi's family, so he did not dare contradict Pi Zhifeng's words.
"Hmph!" Pi Zhifeng glanced at the stone lions set in the courtyard and said to Pi Zhitao, "Zhihai, smash that lion. It's an eyesore sitting there!"
"Yes, big brother!" Pi Zhitao answered, walked over to the stone lion, and with a casual wave of his hand shattered it into a heap of rubble.
"Sss—" Xiao Ben sucked in a breath of cold air! He had been rather irritated by Pi Zhifeng's attitude, because Pi Zhifeng was so young; he had taken him for no more than a messenger sent by the Pi family and had not regarded him seriously. But now it seemed he had misjudged him!
Worth does not wait on years. These two young men's skills and strength were no weaker than Uncle Pi's. In other words, these two were experts as well!
At that thought, a fawning look at once spread over Xiao Ben's face: "You two are truly formidable. That lion really was an eyesore. This villa is a second-hand house we bought; when we moved in we wanted to throw the lion out, but it was too heavy, and none of us could move it, so we had to let it be. Today we have you two experts to thank!"
Xiao Ben said this against his own conscience. The lion had been bought only when they moved in, to guard the house. But now, to curry favor with Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao, he could only say such a thing.
"It was a trifle." Pi Zhifeng finished speaking lightly, then went into the villa with Pi Zhitao and sat himself down with great swagger on the living room sofa.
As for Xiao Ji, though he had not gone out, he could see everything outside perfectly clearly from the living room. At first, like his younger brother Xiao Ben, he had been somewhat displeased by the two young men's arrogance, but once he saw their overbearing strength, his temper vanished at once, and like his brother, his face was covered in fawning flattery.
"You two experts, by what names should we call you? I am Xiao Ji, head of the Xiao family. Uncle Pi watched me grow up..." Xiao Ji spoke somewhat clumsily; the attempt to cozy up to them came out rather forced.
But Pi Zhifeng did not mind. This was exactly the effect he wanted. Only by shocking the Xiao family could the next step of the plan go smoothly.
"I am Pi Zhifeng, and this is my younger brother Pi Zhitao. To be frank with you both, gentlemen of the Xiao family, we are of the hidden Pi family!" Only after settling himself on the sofa did Pi Zhifeng make his unhurried self-introduction.