Chapter 216: Too Formidable to Provoke [7th Day, 6th Update]
In the eyes of the Four Great Families and the Seven Small Families of Huadu, they represent the pinnacle of power.
Should any young master or young miss appear, they would be obliged to receive them with utmost hospitality.
But now, a seemingly insignificant young man had managed to offend nearly all of them!
Moreover, what was even more unimaginable was that he was still jumping around unharmed, without a scratch on him.
As one of the victims, Sun Hanren, the young master of the Sun Family, kept complaining non-stop, just like a wronged little wife.
Xu Hao himself could barely stand listening anymore and said indifferently, "Sun Hanren, that's enough, tell Chang Wande to take his people back. I'll let bygones be bygones. I don't have so much free time to play with them."
Over the phone, Sun Hanren, upon hearing Xu Hao's words, immediately stopped his relentless whining and instead said, "Brother Xu, my dad said I should stick with you and learn well. When will you come to Huadu? My dad said he must treat you to a meal then."
Xu Hao replied with a faint smile, "Please thank the Patriarch of the Sun Family for me."
The two exchanged a few more words before hanging up the phone.
At that moment, Chang Wande no longer harbored any contempt for Xu Hao; even the young master of the main family showed such respect for Xu Hao, who was he to act otherwise?
He hurriedly said with a flattering smile, "Young Master Xu, the previous incident was all a misunderstanding. It turns out we were attacking our own people... "
Xu Hao slightly raised his hand and said, "Stop, I can't climb that high. I hope not to see your people in Jing'an City tomorrow, otherwise... "
Chang Wande hastily replied, "Young Master Xu, please rest assured, that definitely won't happen again. I'll have them roll back immediately!"
After saying that, he promptly called Wang Wei and the others.
Since Xu Hao had ordered the release of his control over them, the call could go through.
Zou Shirong sighed inwardly; he could not have imagined the extent of Xu Hao's power.
He had thought that Xu Hao was relying on Elder Chen and Chen Hai, but now it seemed that certainly wasn't the case, as the Chen family's power was not enough to instill such fear in the young master of the Sun Family, and even the Old Master of the Sun Family didn't dare to cross Xu Hao.
Seeing that the matter was nearly resolved, he hurriedly said, "Young Master Xu, it's getting late. Let me take you to our exclusive hotel for lodging. Since you are new here, I can introduce you to the local customs and practices along the way."
Xu Hao looked at Anna, who was becoming sleepy again, and thinking that if he didn't agree to Zou Shirong's request, Zou might have a hard night, nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll have to trouble Uncle Zou."
"Not at all, it's our honor to have Young Master Xu visit Lin'an," Zou Shirong replied.
When Xu Hao referred to him as "Uncle Zou," Zou Shirong was shocked. Considering the age-old friendship between Elder Chen and Xu Hao, he didn't dare to presume seniority over Xu Hao.
As they had just gotten into Zou Shirong's car, Chang Wande suddenly followed them in. Seeing everyone looking at him, he chuckled and said, "My car tire is busted, I'm just hitching a ride, just hitching a ride, haha."
He sat down with a laugh, and Xu Hao and the others didn't say much.
Chang Wande had arrived with an entire convoy of cars; even if a tire really was flat, he could just switch cars.
His actions were clearly motivated by witnessing Xu Hao's power and wanting to latch onto his coattails.
Unfortunately, Xu Hao had no interest in him, and he hardly managed to chime in during the whole ride.
Upon reaching the exclusive hotel that Zou Shirong mentioned, Xu Hao put the now-sleeping Anna into bed before finally managing to send her father a message, letting him know all was well.
Anthony was immensely grateful; although Anna had run away to play with Xu Hao, the fault did not lie with Xu Hao but with the people who were supposed to protect Anna and had failed to do so.
...
On the rooftop of the twenty-eight-story hotel.
The same dark figure was there, still drinking from a wine gourd.
What was different, however, was that underneath him was a white blanket.
Looking at the label on it, it seemed to belong to the hotel—only the white blanket had been stained colorful by his clothing.
He wiped his mouth with his greasy sleeve and grumbled discontentedly, "Damn it, what's with the kid tonight? Not fighting back at all? Here I was all prepped for a good show, and I've finished all the chicken legs. It's not easy for an old man like me to make a little money, you know? But this hotel's blanket is pretty soft; after all, it was bought by this old man with two hundred yuan bills."
After taking another drink, he mumbled to himself, "Tomorrow that kid should be going after that thing, and then there should be some good entertainment. Gonna get a good night's sleep; I've come such a long way, my aging legs are nearly worn out!"
With his head tossed back, he fell asleep on the blanket.
Early the next morning.
A female hotel employee opened a room to perform the routine cleaning and was shocked to find that the blanket was missing from the bed!
"Who stole the blanket?" she exclaimed.
She shouted, only to discover two hundred yuan bills left on the bed, with a few big, scrawled characters saying, "The blanket was nice, took it for use."
Up on the rooftop.
The old man curled his lips and said disdainfully, "The old man here did pay for it, didn't he? What's with all the shouting? I never take anything for free! Off to enjoy the show!"
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