Chapter 69 Back Again (1/2)
Lian Ping was the first young master of the grand Lian family of Guangling prefecture capital. His aunt was married to the second master of the governor Wu family, Wu Jingtao. As Wu Jingtao and his wife had no children, they doted fondly on their nephew. Whenever Lian Ping got into any trouble that the Lian family could not solve, they were always the ones who cleaned up the mess. Soon, to Lian Ping, there were few people whom he could not offend in Guangling prefecture. And even if there were, he knew all of them, and the shop manager of Liuxiang Restaurant, Huang Xiong, would definitely recognize them as well.
“Cousin, since they came first and do not wish to give up their booth, we do not have to force them to as well. Let’s just eat in the common hall,” persuaded the girl, seeing Lian Ping ask Huang Xiong to bring him to the heavenly dining booth.
“Cousin,” Lian Ping said with a serious face. “Now, this is not about the booth… I want to see who dares to disrespect me in Guangling prefecture capital!”
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Knock! Knock!
Inside the heavenly dining booth, Zhou Donghuang heard a knock and thought it was the food being served. But when the door opened, he saw the shopkeeper who had left just a while ago, Huang Xiong. Beside him stood two other people, a teenager and a young girl.
“Your Liuxiang Restaurant does business like this?” Zhou Donghuang looked calm, but his voice was stone-cold. Without a doubt, he knew that the person who had requested for him to give up the heavenly dining booth was the two people standing before him.
“So it is the two of you who dare to disrespect me, Lian Ping, and refuse to give up the heavenly dining booth?” As he walked in, Lian Ping glanced at Zhou Donghuang and Fu with fury in his eyes.
“You are the nephew of Wu Jingtao?” asked Zhou Donghuang as he glanced at Lian Ping. Wu Jingtao? Second master of the governor’s household, the Wu family? The skinny man whom he had severely injured with a flick of his weapon in the hall of the governor’s household just now?
“That’s right!” Lian Ping raised his head proudly. “Wu Jingtao, second master of the Wu family, governor’s household of Guangling prefecture, is my uncle. He is also the owner of this Liuxiang Restaurant.” With that, he looked at Zhou Donghuang with disdain. “Now, I’m sure you understand the situation here? Today, you must give up this heavenly dining booth regardless of your choice… because you simply don’t have a choice!” His gaze was condescending and arrogant.
“Hmph!” Fu stood up and stared furiously at Lian Ping. “Even if your uncle, Wu Jingtao was here, he would not dare to treat my young master so disrespectfully! Who are you?”
“Hahaha…” Hearing Fu’s words, Lian Ping was first taken aback, then could not help but break into laughter. With tears flying out of his eyes, he said, “You think that just based on that, I’ll believe you and leave quietly? Ridiculous!” Lian Ping did not believe Fu at all, thinking that he was just putting on a front. In Guangling prefecture, there was nobody his uncle feared.
“Fu, throw him out.” At Zhou Donghuang’s command, Fu immediately stretched out with his pincer-like hands. As his hands landed on Lian Ping, he could hardly struggle and was thrown out easily.
Hong!Before he could react, Lian Ping was already thrown out of the booth by Fu. Initially, after having used the potion concocted from the thousand-year red fruit, Fu had achieved level-three of the gathered qi. Additionally, he was trained in the premier Fiery Thunder Training Regimen, and upon entering level-three of the gathered qi, his internal strength was fully realized, not needing the Nerve-Easing, Marrow-Cleansing Needle like Freezing Wind to stimulate all the strength within him.
Now, Fu’s qi was stronger than most level-three adepts. Furthermore, with his internal strength and the techniques that Zhou Donghuang had taught him, he could easily defeat any adepts below level-five of the gathered qi.
Although Lian Ping was the first young master of the grand Lian family and had talent, at his young age of 20 years, he had not even achieved level-three of the gathered qi. Needless to say, he was hardly Fu’s rival.
“Tss…” the scene before him made Huang Xiong draw a sharp gasp of air. As the shop manager of Liuxiang Restaurant, he was also a level-four adept, but he knew that even though he had the power to throw Lian Ping out of the booth, he could definitely not do it as easily as the honest young man in front of him.
“So powerful!” The young girl’s expression turned serious. The honest young man who looked harmless looked even younger than her cousin but was undeniably stronger than him. Although she was just from the side family of a tycoon family with a low level of qi, her insight was no less than Huang Xiong’s.
“Sir, allow me to apologise on behalf of my cousin,” said the young girl as she bowed to Zhou Donghuang. “My cousin just wanted to give me a farewell treat in this heavenly dining booth, so he had asked you to leave.”
Zhou Donghuang only glanced at the young girl and turned to look at Huang Xiong and said flatly, “If I do not receive my food soon… you’ll bear the consequences!” As he said this, a murderous glint flashed across his eyes. He never thought that they would encounter such a thing on the rare chance they had a meal outside.