Chapter 3186 — Feng Shihua Pleads for Mercy
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At the entrance of Liuwei Ju stood a Grand Cherokee SUV. It was the personal vehicle Tang's mother had ordered Xue Gu to buy for her—in truth, she had seen Wei Zhao driving one, decided she liked it, and bought an identical model for herself.
Xue Gu had money to spare and was hardly going to haggle over trifles and offend Tang's mother, so when she wanted it, he simply bought it.
"You must be Lingshan!" Tang's mother had met Qiu Lingshan before and remembered her somewhat. Now, seeing a pretty girl walking over with a young man beside her who bore a certain resemblance to Tang Jucheng, she guessed this must be Tang Yuqi.
Tang Jucheng had gotten out of the car after Tang's mother. Qiu Lingshan was perfectly composed, but Tang Yuqi beside her was visibly agitated; the moment he saw Tang Jucheng, he hurried over at a near run—for in Tang Jucheng's face he saw the outline of his father's. This man was unquestionably his second uncle, and Tang Jucheng felt an innate warmth toward him.
"Second Uncle!" Tang Yuqi blurted out instinctively.
"You... you must be Yuqi!" Tang Jucheng was overcome with emotion as well. "My elder brother—your father—is he well?"
"Second Uncle, my father's health is still sound enough. It's just that as a man grows old, he begins to reminisce, to long for his homeland, to long for you, Second Uncle. That's why he sent me back to the country to seek out kin across a thousand li—and I never imagined that with Lingshan's help, I'd actually find you!" Tang Yuqi said. "Second Uncle, what are you and Auntie doing these days? Lingshan mentioned it's supposed to be confidential?"
"That... let's talk about it once we're inside!" Tang Jucheng glanced at Tang's mother, unsure how to answer.
"Of course, Second Uncle, Auntie—look at me, the moment we start talking I forget we're standing at the restaurant's front door. Please, after you!" Tang Yuqi gestured them in, a little embarrassed.
Liuwei Ju was one of the most popular restaurants in Donghai City. Large as it was, it had no private rooms; tables could only be reserved by guests holding VIP cards. Ordinary customers could not book ahead—they could only wait for a table.
Fortunately, the Song family, to which Qiu Lingshan belonged, was a major clan in the secular world as well, and obtaining a membership card was no difficulty for them.
The group entered Liuwei Ju, but the disciple who had driven Xue Gu's car did not follow them in. He knew his place well enough—how would he dare behave presumptuously in front of Auntie Wang? These days, everyone in Xue Gu knew that Auntie Wang was the one really in charge.
Once the dishes were ordered, Tang Jucheng and Tang Yuqi fell back into conversation. Though the two had never met before, Tang Yuqi had been entrusted by his father with a great many stories of his father's childhood, and as he recounted them now with Tang Jucheng, the latter could not help but be swept up in emotion.
Qiu Lingshan and Wang Yujie tacitly refrained from interrupting, letting the two men discuss family matters as they pleased.
Afterward, Tang Yuqi spoke at length about his life overseas with his father, and in an instant the ties between the two families drew considerably closer. By then the food had arrived, and everyone ate and chatted, the atmosphere thoroughly harmonious.
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Word of Wei Zhao's instant kill of two experts at the peak of the late Heaven-Rank spread quietly through the circles of the ancient orders. Every faction that had opposed Wei Zhao was gripped by fear for its own survival; other factions with no quarrel with Wei Zhao now wavered over whether to extend an olive branch to him; and those on good terms with Wei Zhao were delighted beyond measure.
Yet Feng Shihua, who served as Wei Zhao's underling, was anything but happy. Dongfang Xiaocui had laid out her schemes to him in full detail, hoping he would plead with Wei Zhao to spare her.