Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 282: Chapter 281 Zhao Xuefen’s Relatives

Zhao Kai pecked his head like a chick pecking at grains of rice, repeatedly saying, ”Brother Su, I, from now on... I really won’t dare to do it again, I know I was wrong...”

Su Yang did not speak again. In fact, he did not have a good impression of either Xie Min or Zhao Kai. However, Dongzi was different; this man brought reassurance to Su Yang. He was truly a kind-hearted person, which was the main reason for Su Yang’s intervention in teaching Zhao Kai a lesson.

In the afternoon, Su Yang and his companions left Zhongchang City and headed straight back to Nanluo City.

Qi’er had fulfilled a wish in her heart and was extraordinarily happy along the way.

Fatty was carefree, sitting beside them and continually laughing and joking.

Only Su Yang leaned against the window, still thinking about what Xie Tianlang had said. Old Lin was not having a good time now, indeed, how could an army veteran who had lost a leg ever be content?

Su Yang had always wanted to visit this former team leader, and now it seemed like the right time to do so.

Although Su Yang had fainted early in that last battle, he knew that it was because of him that the team leader had lost his leg. In the end, it was the team leader who, despite his severed leg, had tied the unconscious Su Yang with a rope and dragged him out of the minefield.

How could Su Yang ever forget such camaraderie between soldiers?

Upon returning to Nanluo City, Su Yang immediately contacted Master Fang to find Old Lin.

Su Yang only knew that Old Lin’s hometown was in Zifeng City, Pingbei Province, but as to where exactly, he really had no idea. This matter required Master Fang to personally investigate.

A city is not small, and it would probably not be easy for Master Fang to find Old Lin. However, Master Fang was quite skilled in these matters, and it was more fitting for him to handle it.

Before leaving, Su Yang gave Master Fang a few Purple Lightning Divine Thunders and entrusted the Kirin Jade to him for safety.

Five days later, Ling Zi called; their progress in Zhongchang City was remarkably fast, and they had already seized control of nearly seventy percent of Chen Biao’s assets.

After the death of Chen Biao, his subordinates were leaderless and instantly became disorganized. Once Ling Zi arrived, half of them immediately defected to his side.

Some wanted to resist and were dealt with by Ling Zi. The rest, who were Chen Biao’s loyalists, clamored for vengeance for Chen Biao. During this time, Ling Zi started preparations to deal with these men once and for all. Once they were taken care of, Zhongchang City would be secured.

Once Zhongchang City was taken, Ling Zi would become the only one among the Seven Dragon Heads to control two cities. His position among the seven would then be second only to Eight-Faced Yama. Naturally, Ling Zi was very pleased with this development.

Su Yang casually mentioned Zhao Lu of Beizun Entertainment to Ling Zi, asking him to look after her. After all, she was Qi’er’s childhood friend.

To Ling Zi, Su Yang’s words were no different than an imperial edict. That very day, Ling Zi announced Zhao Lu’s promotion to manager of Beizun Entertainment, giving her control over the entire operation. As for the previous manager, Ling Zi took care of him as well.

This little girl, who previously had almost no status in Beizun Entertainment, suddenly shot up in the ranks. Of course, she did not have the experience to manage, but this was no longer important. As long as Ling Zi kept a firm hand on the general direction, no one would dare to cause trouble at Beizun Entertainment.

Furthermore, after the incident Su Yang caused previously, everyone knew he was someone not to be messed with. Therefore, after Zhao Lu got promoted to manager, things went smoothly at Beizun Entertainment, and business had even improved a lot. Many rich second-generation kids started coming here to show their faces, just to make Zhao Lu remember them and leave a good impression for potential future interactions with Su Yang—an unexpected turn of events!

Because of this, Zhao Lu and her parents made many calls to Auntie Wu and Qi’er to express their gratitude to Su Yang. They knew the gap between themselves and Su Yang, so they didn’t dare to call him directly.

Su Yang didn’t mind, though. He found Zhao Lu to be quite a simple girl, and since she treated Qi’er so well, why not give her the chance?

A week later, coinciding with the weekend, Su Ping and Zhao Xuefen took a break at home, and Su Xia didn’t go out either.

That day Su Yang was at home, and during lunch, Zhao Xuefen suddenly said, ”Oh, Old Su, tomorrow our second uncle’s son is getting married. In the afternoon, aunt and uncle will be coming back. Do you think we should make some arrangements?”

Su Ping had just finished eating, and upon hearing this, he put down his chopsticks and slightly furrowed his brows, ”They come back every year, and we always make arrangements, but they never show up. There’s no need, right?”

”It’s different this time!” Zhao Xuefen said, ”In the past, we were poor, and to be honest, even we weren’t comfortable inviting people over to our house. Now it’s different, we live in such a nice place, and our living conditions have improved dramatically. It’s about time we had people over.”

”Hmph, I think it’s more or less the same!” Su Ping snorted, ”Oh, when we were poor they didn’t come, but now that we have money they will? What kind of relatives are these?”

Zhao Xuefen also looked a bit embarrassed. Her aunt’s family lived in the provincial city, had married into a good household, and had always looked down on them. Over the years, they had hardly ever visited.

”Regardless, they are our elders, and we must receive them if they come.” Zhao Xuefen said.

”Then you handle it,” Su Ping said with a dismissive wave of his hand, not wanting to deal with these matters.

Zhao Xuefen nodded, her heart was actually holding some resentment. Throughout these years, her status in her maternal family was particularly low, and she wanted to use this opportunity to make a statement in front of them.

Su Yang sat beside and didn’t speak; he could actually understand Zhao Xuefen’s feelings.

Zhao Xuefen’s family was also quite a large clan, with three uncles and two aunts. Among all these relatives, her side of the family was the poorest.

In fact, the reason Su Ping and Zhao Xuefen got jobs at the machinery factory in the first place was that Zhao Xuefen pleaded with an uncle to arrange it. Later, this uncle told all the relatives about it, subjecting them to ridicule for a long time.

To be honest, over the past years, Zhao Xuefen’s position within the Zhao Family was very low; she wasn’t well-regarded by these relatives at all. Su Yang remembered most clearly the time when Zhao Xuefen went to the provincial city for New Year’s and wanted to visit her eldest aunt to pay her respects. However, the aunt directly told her there was no need to come and wouldn’t even let her through the door.

That was during New Year’s, her own aunt, and yet such an incident could still occur. Su Yang was quite young then, but he could sense the discrimination from her side of the family.

Throughout the years, Zhao Xuefen and these relatives hardly interacted. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to, but they simply ignored her. The only occasional encounters were during the annual Qingming festival visits to the ancestors’ graves, and even then, they were full of mockery and disdain.

As a child, Su Yang’s most hated time was Qingming festival because that was when he would have to see these people. And Zhao Xuefen’s relatives always treated Su Yang poorly, especially since he was brought by Su Ping and had no blood relation to Zhao Xuefen.

Over the years, Zhao Xuefen had always had resentment in her heart. Now that their home conditions had finally improved, she naturally wanted to invite these relatives over and let them know that her choice back then was not wrong!