Chapter 88 The Hou Palace (1/2)
The next day, Su Xiaoxiao and Yezi had another day of tests. Xiao Bing called Ye Bancheng. Ye Bancheng didn't seem to feel any surprise when he picked up Xiao Bing's call. He smiled and said, ”Lil Bin, I'm afraid you have something to say. You want me to help you contact Master Hou? You know, Master Hou can't be visited easily, and I think you probably don't know his contact information.”
Xiao Bing laughed, ”Indeed, Uncle Ye can see through everything. In fact, it is easy for me to find out Master Hou's number. But, it is not polite after all. So, I still have to bother Uncle Ye.”
”Well, what are you going to say to Master Hou?” Ye Bancheng said bluntly, ”To be honest, your performance in the challenge arena that day was really shocking. With your strength, once the performance that night is known by others, all forces are going to draw you in and even risk offending the North Heaven Queen.”
Xiao Bing laughed, ”Uncle Ye, you should know that I don't have that kind of interest. Otherwise, why would I run a small noodle house here?”
”I know. I'm just reminding you. There are some things you have to face sooner or later. I'll tell you Master Hou's number. You have offended the North Heaven Queen. As long as you can make Master Hou feel embarrassed to deal with you, it won't get worse. Even though the North Heaven Queen is difficult to deal with, at least you won't offend Master Hou.”
Xiao Bing laughed, ”I am not just calling to express my goodwill to Master Hou.”
”Oh?” Ye Bancheng asked curiously, ”Do you have another purpose?”
Xiao Bing smiled, ”Yezi had a great talk with me. Her opinion is the same as yours. She thinks that I must have a good relationship with Master Hou before I can hold off the North Heaven Queen's next attack.”
Ye Bancheng sighed with emotion, ”I still underestimate my little daughter. I have always regarded her as a child. In fact, she is as good as her brother and sister.”
Xiao Bing said, ”Yes.”
”Then are you calling Master Hou for other purposes?”
”Exactly.” Xiao Bing's eyes sparkled with wisdom and a bit of cunning. He smiled and said, ”I need to lower my figure and ask Master Hou to help me to make peace with the North Heaven Queen.”
Ye Bancheng quieted down for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing. Xiao Bing also wore a cunning smile..
”Well, well, my daughter didn't pick the wrong person. Lil Bin, you not only have courage but also have plans. You are really a person who will do great things. The plan you made is not for ordinary people. Since you want to talk to Master Hou, you can go. I'll tell you his phone number. It is… ”
After Xiao Bing wrote it down, he smiled and said, ”Thank you, Uncle Ye. I'll visit you when I have time.”
”Sure. Sure.”
Xiao Bing hung up the phone. There was a smile at the corner of his mouth. Of course, he knew what Ye Bancheng had been laughing at. He also knew why Ye Bancheng had called him cunning. The idea of Yezi was to let Xiao Bing make peace with Master Hou first. So that he could defeat the North Heaven Queen with one strike when he got the chance. By that time, it would be too late for Master Hou to help the North Heaven Queen.
However, Xiao Bing's idea was to take the initiative and show weakness and enough respect to Master Hou so that Master Hou would on his behalf. In Xiao Bing's view, there was not a single chance that the North Heaven Queen would let him go. At that time, when Master Hou saw that his trump card wouldn't listen to him, would there be any bad feelings in his heart?
Perhaps this bad feeling may not play any role, but after all, it would provoke the relationship between them.
Ye Bancheng clearly understood Xiao Bing's intentions, so he would say those words and laugh happily.
Ye Bancheng called back not long after they had hung up and told Xiao Bing that Master Hou had promised to meet and invited Xiao Bing to have dinner tonight. He also told Xiao Bing where Master Hou lives.
After thanking Ye Bancheng, Xiao Bing went to the noodle house to check the decoration progress. Then he began shopping and tried to pick out the gifts that he could bring to the party. Since it was to ease the relationship, it was better to satisfy Master Hou.
It was difficult to judge what Master Hou would like, but that wasn't important. The important thing was for the gift to be expensive so that it could show Xiao Bing's sincerity. According to the status of Master Hou, he definitely didn't need the gift but rather the respect.
Xiao Bing specifically bought a piece of calligraphy at the antique market, which cost about 100,000 yuan. It was not too expensive. However, according to Xiao Bing's current status that he showed to others, more than 100,000 yuan was a lot of money for him. People like Master Hou would know that a million yuan was nothing for a billionaire, but ten thousand yuan is a huge sum in the eyes of an ordinary salaryman. Xiao Bing's status was just a shopkeeper and a cook, and 100,000 yuan was a big sum for him. It would be said that he had shown enough sincerity.