Chapter 2548 — Chen Xiaoba's Resentment
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"I understand, Boss Li. I'll leave right away." Chen Xiaoba was unwilling, but he did not dare defy Li Cihua openly. This was Li Cihua's territory, after all. Even if Chen Xiaoba's father was Chen Bawang, provoking Li Cihua here would do him no good.
Of course, he had no intention of giving up. If the open route was blocked, he would take the covert one. Li Cihua was merely passing along someone else's warning; there was no way he could keep watch over Ying Ziyu at all times. Once the storm had passed, Chen Xiaoba could simply make his move in secret.
Chen Xiaoba did not believe Ying Ziyu had any particularly powerful background. Most likely, her brother happened to know the person behind Li Cihua and had begged everyone he could to pass along a word. After all, Ying Ziyu did not look like a girl from a wealthy family. Her food and clothing were ordinary, and she had even attended the notoriously poor Fushan Middle School.
"Heh. Very good, then." Li Cihua nodded.
After leaving Li Cihua's vehicle, Chen Xiaoba departed Songshan City that very day. Though he was seething with resentment, he did not let it show. He refused to believe that because Li Cihua had interfered this time, he would interfere again the next.
Chen Xiaoba was not truly afraid of Li Cihua, either. He knew that Li Cihua's backer was the Hidden Zhao Family, but behind his own father, Chen Bawang, stood the Hidden Zhuang Family. In this day and age, who among those making their way in the underworld had no backing? A high-level crime lord like Chen Bawang, capable of controlling an entire city's underworld, would have been swallowed up by rival gangs long ago without a powerful force behind him.
But with the enormous Hidden Zhuang Family standing behind him, and all of them cultivators, what gang would be bold enough to oppose them? That would be nothing less than suicide.
Chen Xiaoba's retreat was merely a gesture of respect toward Li Cihua—or, more accurately, toward the Hidden Zhao Family. He would not cause trouble on their turf. Whether he made a move against Ying Ziyu afterward, however, would depend entirely on the Hidden Zhuang Family's attitude.
Shortly after Chen Xiaoba left Songshan City, Wei Zhao received a jubilant text from Zhao Qibing: "Leader Wei, Li Cihua has already spoken with Chen Xiaoba and told him to get the hell out of here. Please rest assured! It was my pleasure to serve you. I hope you won't refuse me the next time I come to you to have both legs broken. Thank you!"
"..." Wei Zhao read Zhao Qibing's text with a helpless look. He truly could not understand why Zhao Qibing was so obsessed with having his legs broken. Had the man found some unorthodox cultivation method as well, much like Zhang Naipao?
Shaking his head, Wei Zhao continued cultivating as he breathed in the fragrance of Wang Xinyan's body. He was now racing against time, pushing his strength higher with every passing moment. It was no longer merely for Xiaoxiao. It was for himself as well.
His enemies were growing stronger and stronger. Although the ancient clans had, for the most part, fallen in behind Wei Zhao, the majority of the Hidden Families still had poor relations with him—or were outright hostile.