Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 174: Chapter 174 Trouble at the Hou Family

Fang Cui stood by the table, spitting furiously as she cursed, ”Zhao Xuefen, have you forgotten your days laboring to death as a pieceworker at the machinery factory? Su Ping, have you healed only to forget your pain, huh? Remember being cornered on the streets and beaten by a few youngsters until you were crying for daddy and howling for mommy, and now you strut around in front of us? Don’t you see what you’re worth?”

”Fang Cui!” Lin Ze Ping burst out in anger, ”Shut your mouth!”

”Why should I shut up? Why should I?” Fang Cui retorted angrily, ”Just look at this family. A wolf of the pack, once in power, becomes wild and arrogant. A little bit of money, and you think you’re up in the clouds. Do you really think my daughter has to marry into your family? I’ll tell you, you’re not worthy of her!”

”And what’s this about some girl, serving Su Yang in his daily life? Looks like a vixen, what else can she do besides seducing men? Taking care of Su Yang’s daily needs—isn’t that just raising a child bride? Oh, you’re not even married yet, and you’re planning to have my daughter as a concubine? Do you really think so highly of yourselves?”

”I tell you, this marriage is off. As long as I, Fang Cui, am alive, my daughter will never marry Su Yang. If she marries Su Yang, I’d die just to show her!”

Lin Qingru followed behind and quickly said, ”Mom, what are you saying? How could I possibly marry Su Yang!”

”That’s my good daughter!” Fang Cui said, looking proud.

Lin Ze Ping trembled with rage and bellowed, ”Fang Cui, get out!”

”Old Lin, don’t twist my arm here. How many years have we been together, and when have I not accommodated you? But with this matter, it’s impossible!” Fang Cui shouted loudly, ”You don’t want me to stay, fine, we’ll go. Qingru, let’s leave. I can’t stand this dump for another minute!”

Fang Cui, leading Lin Qingru, stormed out aggressively, leaving behind a few people in the room exchanging awkward glances; the scene became extremely uncomfortable for a moment.

”Xiao Yang, Uncle Lin is sorry for what happened, I will definitely give them a good lesson when I get back!” Lin Ze Ping said.

”Uncle Lin...” Su Yang sighed softly and said, ”A melon forcefully twisted off the vine is not sweet.”

Lin Ze Ping was stunned, falling into silence.

Su Yang said, ”Uncle Lin, please sit for a while. I need to step out for a bit, we can talk more later.”

Stepping out of the house, Su Yang immediately tried to contact Ling Zi, but the phone was unreachable. With no other choice, Su Yang reached out to Fang Ziyu.

Before long, Fang Ziyu personally sped over in a car to pick up Su Yang.

”We also just got the news about the Hou Family incident,” Fang Ziyu said while driving.

”The incident has had a wide impact. Hou Xiaolian and Hou Xiaozhi have been taken in for investigation, and most of the Hou Family’s assets have been frozen. Old Master Hou has gone to Capital City, likely seeking help from old friends.”

”However, the situation for the Hou Family right now is extremely critical. Qingyun Clubhouse has been sealed, Ling Zi has been arrested, and his close followers have been taken away as well.”

”Furthermore, I’ve received word through the grapevine that the Xue Family has sent some people over, planning an assassination on Hou Shilin.”

”An assassination on Hou Shilin!?” Su Yang’s expression changed, and he asked urgently, ”Why assassinate Hou Shilin?”

Fang Ziyu replied, ”During that incident when Xue Tianzhuo died, Hou Shilin had a conflict with the Xue Family. Unable to find the specific circumstances, the Xue Family has implicated everything on Hou Shilin. Killing him is also a way to avenge Xue Tianzhuo!”

Su Yang frowned; he did not expect the previous incident to escalate to this extent.

The Xue Family, one of the Ten Great Families in the provincial capital, had much stronger roots than the Hou Family and had fully turned against them, leaving the Hou Family struggling to resist at this moment.

To Su Yang, figures like Hou Xiaolian and Hou Xiaozhi were unimportant. What mattered was Hou Shilin’s situation, since he was a friend Su Yang acknowledged.

Su Yang hurriedly took out his phone, dialed Hou Shilin’s number, but no one answered.

Su Yang’s brow furrowed; had Hou Shilin already encountered danger?

After a moment of thought, Su Yang suddenly said in a deep voice, ”Do you have a good laptop available?”

”What kind do you need?” Fang Ziyu asked, ”If it’s just a common brand with decent performance, you can buy it anywhere in the city. If you want one with really good performance, we’d have to order it from outside.”

”A generic brand will do,” Su Yang said.

Fang Ziyu turned the steering wheel sharply and quickly drove to the entrance of a computer store.

Just as a clerk came out, he immediately said, ”Sorry, miss, we’re closed. Please come tomorrow!”

Fang Ziyu took out two bundles of money from the car and handed them over: ”Open up!”

”No problem!” The clerk immediately opened the store, his smile blooming like a flower: ”Miss, let me introduce you to...”

Fang Ziyu cut him off: ”No need, just pick the best-performing, most expensive one for me!”

The clerk’s eyes lit up instantly, and he picked up the most expensive computer inside: ”This is the one, let me tell you about its capabilities...”

”Is it the best performing one?” Fang Ziyu asked directly.

The clerk responded promptly: ”Definitely the best, but the price...”

Fang Ziyu handed the computer to Su Yang and then said, ”How much? I’ll grab it from the car.”

The clerk was stunned. To buy such an expensive item without bargaining?

Fang Ziyu paid the bill, not caring about how much the clerk might have inflated the price; such things were no longer important.

Back in the car, Fang Ziyu noticed that Su Yang had already connected the computer.

”What do you need the computer for?” Fang Ziyu asked.

”Tracking,” Su Yang replied.

”Tracking?” Fang Ziyu was taken aback: ”How can you track with this?”

”Tracking Hou Shilin’s cellphone, pinpointing his location,” Su Yang said.

”Is that even possible?” Fang Ziyu was dumbfounded; this skill wasn’t something ordinary people had.

”I trained a lot for this kind of thing when I was in the army.”

...

Late at night, at the northern corner of Qingyun Mountain, Hou Shilin ran out from the mountain in a panic.

He had originally led a group of men to check out the situation at Qingyun Clubhouse, but before they even got to the entrance, they were ambushed.

Hou Shilin’s subordinates fought desperately to protect him, allowing him to escape with his life. However, he lost his cellphone, and the pursuers were still searching for him in Qingyun Mountain; he was utterly helpless and in extreme danger.

Just as he hadn’t run far, Hou Shilin heard a cold voice from behind: ”Young Master Hou, in such a hurry, where are you planning to go?”

Hou Shilin turned to look and saw about a dozen people slowly walking towards him. There were several groups encircling him, making it impossible for him to break through.

He sighed deeply and gave up. Turning to the man, he said in a heavy voice, ”Who exactly are you? Why are you targeting the Hou Family?”

”Hehe...” The leader chuckled and said, ”I’m called Du Xinyu. You must have heard of me, right?”

”Xueshou Du Xinyu...” Hou Shilin’s face changed drastically, he said solemnly, ”You... you are the top general under the Eight-Faced Yama of the provincial city?”