Chapter 915 - A Mountain With Two Tigers (1/2)
Chapter 915: A Mountain With Two Tigers
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
On the wide and flat road, two taxis were heading fast towards the Miao Family Manor. The taxi in front was driven by a chubby driver. He glanced at the rearview mirror to see Tang Xiu and Xue Ye sitting in the back seat. He then turned off the music in the car and let out a dry smile as he said, “We’ll soon arrive at the road outside the Miao Family’s manor, so I’m going to drop you at the intersection. You just need to walk about a kilometer to get to the gate of the Miao Family’s manor.”
Tang Xiu raised his brows and said, “Just drive us directly to the Miao Family’s manor.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to drop you there, Little Brother,” said the fat driver with a bitter smile. “It’s just the road outside the Miao Family’s manor is impassable for outsiders. Everyone in Ning City who’s still sane knows about this.”
“Ehh? Why does it sound like the Miao Family is some kind of brigand that occupies the road and doesn’t allow anyone to pass through it?” asked Tang Xiu with a weird expression.
“No. The Miaos in Ning City are not bandits!” sighed the fat driver while shaking his head. “The family is a very famous philanthropist family. It’s just that this road belongs to them since they built it and they are the only ones living in the vicinity. Nobody else lives there. Certainly, it was also because of some other matters many years ago.”
The revelation piqued Tang Xiu’s curiosity and he asked, “A matter in the past? Can you tell me about it?”
“About this…” the fat driver hesitated.
Mo Awu, who sat in the front seat, took out a few hundred-yuan bills and placed them on the dashboard. “My Boss told you to speak; now tell the story!”
The chubby driver was inwardly shaken and smilingly narrated, “It wasn’t a big deal actually. It’s just that the Miao Family was robbed many years ago. I remember the news that some thieves stole a very precious heirloom of the Miaos that had been passed down for generations; thus, their whole residence was installed with surveillance instruments, along with many security guards posted around the vicinity. That is why people gradually avoid passing the road built by them.”
Tang Xiu quickly understood and smilingly said, “I see. Then, Uncle, just directly drop us at the gate of the Miao Family’s manor! It’s fine, I assure you.”
“Little Brother, please don’t harm me, alright?” said the fat driver helplessly. “There was an incident when someone drove down that road. He’s just like me—a cab driver, too. But he got smacked by those security guards. Although the Miao Family did give him compensation for his medical and supplement expenses, I…”
“Though you didn’t speak it out loud, if those Miao’s security guards dare to do something to you, I’ll be the one smashing the door of their houses, regardless,” said Tang Xiu with a chuckle. “Hahaha… I’m just kidding you, though. I’m a friend of Miao Wentang actually and he knows that I’m coming over to his place. I phoned him before and told him that I’d take a cab to his family’s manor.”
“Don’t make fun of me, Little Brother,” said the fat driver with a bitter smile. “Miao Wentang is the Head of the Miao Family and is also the Big Boss of Miao Group—the person with the highest status in the family. You and he are… well, please don’t misunderstand me, Little Brother. I don’t mean to despise you or anything. Giving you a ride and dropping you at the gate of the Miao Family’s manor is not a funny joke. Please spare me and don’t put me in a difficult situation.”
Tang Xiu raised his brows yet again.
Mo Awu, who was looking towards the backseat, noticed Tang Xiu’s expression. He instantly pulled out his dagger and placed it on the fat driver’s neck. He coldly said, “My Boss told you to drive there, so you’re going to go there—else, it won’t be the Miao Family’s security guard who’s gonna kill you, but me instead.”
The chubby driver was trembling. He hurriedly nodded and said, “Yes, yes… could you please put away the knife? I’ll do as you say and go there.”
Mo Awu snorted and put the dagger away.
The chubby driver glanced at Tang Xiu through the rearview mirror again, yet harbored his disdain inwardly. Although he knew that this young man brought several bodyguards with him this time, what kind of existence was the Miao Family? They were literally the largest and strongest House in the Haiqing Province. Tang Xiu was nothing but a young man; how big of a face does he think he has?
Shortly after, he communicated with the driver of the taxi behind him through the intercom and drove the car into the West road from the east—straight to the Miao Family’s gate.
“Huh?”
As he drove about a kilometer ahead, the chubby driver suddenly looked astonished. He might have never seen most of the top members of the Miaos, but he had seen Miao Wentang on TV and in the newspaper numerous times.
‘This is so strange! Did my eyes fail and I’m just seeing things? How come I see the Miao’s Head, Miao Wentang, there? Why is he standing at the gate? Why does it seem like he’s going to greet someone important?’
The fat driver subconsciously turned his head to glance at Tang Xiu and was secretly shocked inside.
‘Don’t tell me the Miao Family’s Patriarch, Miao Wentang, and those people beside him are going to greet my passengers?’
Creak….
The taxi then stopped at the gate of the Miao Family’s residence.
Miao Wentang, who had been waiting for a long time, strode over to the first taxi and quickly opened the rear seat’s door. He slightly gawked after seeing a breathtaking beauty inside before he immediately bowed as he looked at the woman and said with a beaming smile and voice, “You truly just scared me, Brother Tang. I thought I just greeted the wrong person, you know!”
After Xue Yu got off, Tang Xiu also came out the other side. He smiled and looked at Miao Wentang, then walked around to the front of the cab and gave him a big hug. He smiled and said, “Brother Miao, you may not know anyone else, but you should know about Xue Yu, right?”