Chapter 30 Making Enemies (2/2)
“You may leave if you wish but leave a leg behind like him.”
Zhou Donghuang turned to glance at Ma Jin, who was still lying unconscious and said indifferently, “Everyone has to pay the price for their actions. You should have prepared yourselves from the moment you thought of seizing my Yunxuan Restaurant. I don’t have time to waste with you here. After ten breaths, if you don’t do something, I’ll send you to keep Lu Gang company!”
A murderous look flashed across Zhou Donghuang’s eyes, and his tone was cold and resolute.
Fang Tianyi and Lu Yuan’s expressions changed completely.
“Zhou Donghuang, if only you let us leave, I will not only guarantee the Fang Family will not make trouble for you but also, I will beg my father to guarantee your life in front of the Ma Family.”
Fang Tianyi was scared out of his wits and hastily began making guarantees to ensure his safety, not doubting at all that Zhou Donghuang dared to harm him.
After all, Ma Jin had been maimed by Zhou Donghuang.
“Zhou Donghuang, do you really want to offend our three elite lesser families at once?” Lu Yuan asked icily, staring coldly at Zhou Donghuang.
Between them, Lu Yuan and Fang Tianyi were playing the good cop and bad cop, hoping that Zhou Donghuang would stay his hand.
Right then, they regretted not establishing all the details about Zhou Donghuang before coming to Qingshan Town to seize Yunxuan Restaurant.
“You still have five breaths’ time.”
Zhou Donghuang spoke with the same indifferent tone.
From Zhou Donghuang’s demeanor, both Lu Yuan and Fang Tianyi could see that Zhou Donghuang would not be placated, and their expressions grew uglier and uglier.
“Zhou Donghuang, you watch out!”
Lu Yuan stared furiously at Zhou Donghuang, and with a chilling roar, sprinted to Lu Gang’s corpse and took the sword from his hand.
Taking a deep breath, his body trembling, Lu Yuan shut his eyes tightly and swung the sword downwards.
“Ahhhh——”
Lu Yuan let out a shrill, piteous scream and fainted.
“You still have three breaths’ time.”
Zhou Donghuang stared intently at Fang Tianyi.
Immediately, Fang Tianyi moved beside the unconscious Lu Yuan, his face pale, and raised the sword with trembling hands, and only when Zhou Donghuang said there was one breath remaining did he swing the sword down, following in Lu Yuan’s footsteps.
“Fu, help them staunch the flow of blood then find a carriage and send them back to the prefecture capital.”
From start to end, Zhou Donghuang’s expression did not change much, and after instructing Fu, he departed under the shocked and reverent gaze of the crowd.
“Young Master Donghuang is leaving himself no path of retreat by doing this, and also his relatives, and those around him as well!” many people sighed, with bitter smiles.
“But wasn’t Young Master Donghuang too ruthless?”
“I, however, feel that Young Master Donghuang cannot be considered ruthless, if he was really ruthless, he would have killed them all, and possibly even kill all of us, cover up the evidence, and not let anyone from the three elite lesser families of the prefecture capital know about this.”
“Young Master Donghuang really cannot be considered ruthless. If today, Young Master Donghuang’s ability could not match theirs, what kind of fate would he have had? Frankly speaking, they aren’t saints, they came to seize Yunxuan Restaurants; they are robbers!”
No matter what was said, on the last day of the year 1227 in the Ziyun Era, the actions of Zhou Donghuang made him famous once more in Qingshan Town.
At the same time, the vast majority of people felt that Zhou Donghuang was as good as dead. And Zhou Donghuang’s relatives and those close to him were also as good as dead.
The news reached the ears of the three elite lesser families of Qingshan Town very quickly.
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In the Wang Family mansion.
“That Zhou Donghuang maimed the scions of the three elite lesser families of the prefecture capital?”
Hearing the news, the patriarch of the Wang Family Red Crane Wang laughed heartily.
“He’s dead for sure! He’s dead for sure!”
“Father, your son is useless and unable to avenge you, but now, there will be someone to avenge you!”
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In the Zhong Family mansion.
“This time, that Zhou Donghuang is dead for sure!” one of the three people sitting around a stone table, laughed coldly. It was Second Young Master, Zhong Yi of the Zhong Family.
The third young mistress of the Zhong Family Zhong Xiu also had a cold smile on her face.
“He dares provoke even the three elite lesser families of the prefecture capital? That Zhou Donghuang is trying to get himself killed!”
“Disaster is looming over Zhou Donghuang. The grand patriarch of the Qin Family should go back on his word and cancel that banquet to celebrate his adoption of Qin Xiaoyu Qin Fei. At least he will be relieved that he doesn’t have to call an eleven-year-old girl, ‘Aunty.’” First Young Master Zhong Gang of the Zhong Family laughed mockingly.
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In the Qin Family mansion.
“Grandfather, that Zhou Donghuang has offended the three elite lesser families of the prefecture capital; he must surely be dead! Since he is going to die, you no longer need to adopt Xiaoyu as your daughter,” Qin Fei told Qin Yi in his private compound.
“Father, if you still adopt Xiaoyu as your daughter I’m afraid the three elite lesser families of the prefecture capital will find you guilty by association and bring their wrath down on the rest of the Qin Family,” Qin Long, the patriarch of the Qin Family, warned Qin Yi as well.
“In this life, I, Qin Yi, will not do anything in bad faith.” Evidently, Qin Yi was resolute on this. “Since I have already decided to take Xiaoyu as my adopted daughter, I will do it! No matter if Zhou Donghuang is still alive or even if he is dead, this decision will not change!”