Chapter 68: Liuxiang Restaurant
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Bang! Bang! Boom! Boom!
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After the wall had been penetrated, the broken bricks fell to the floor, and the loud cras.h.i.+ng sounds shocking the stunned Wu Wentao and the rest.
“Uncle Fan!” The expression of Wu Wentao, governor of Guangling prefecture and Wu family chief, changed entirely. He would never have expected that the youngster could cause Liu Yifan to fly away even after he had displayed the third-grade defense technique, Cold Iron Jacket. Even a level-seven adept could not have such ability.
Wu Second Elder Wu Jingtao, Head Elder Wu Chong and First Young Master Wu Nanxun were all in disbelief as well.
Soon, the four of them walked through the collapsed wall and found the collapsed Liu Yifan more than ten meters away. The robe on his chest was entirely torn, revealing a huge eye-catching bruise. After confirming that Liu Yifan had just been severely injured and not killed, the four others breathed a sigh of relief.
“Head Elder, please bring Uncle Fan downstairs to recuperate,” Wu Wentao instructed Wu Chong. He turned to Wu Nanxun and said sadly, “Xun’er, you saw for yourself… the Wu family is not able to avenge you.”
“Father, it is me who has implicated all of you,” responded Wu Nanxun with a bitter smile. When he witnessed Zhou Donghuang cause Liu Yifan to fly with just a stroke of his weapon, he had realized that the Wu family could not avenge him.
There was simply no one who was Zhou Donghuang’s match. Furthermore, after all that he had seen, he realized that he was incredibly lucky to have survived at Zhou Donghuang’s hands.
“Now, I just hope that he will forgive our disrespect… with his strength, he can easily decimate our whole Wu family,” sighed Wu Wentao.
When the three of them returned to the hall and found that Zhou Donghuang had already left, they all heaved a sigh of relief. This showed that Zhou Donghuang had no intention to continue the dispute with the Wu family.
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To Zhou Donghuang, he had only one aim in going to the Wu family, which was to scare them and not allow them to have any thoughts of revenge. He was not afraid of their revenge, but he had to consider his mother.
“Fu, find a restaurant, we’ll begin our journey after having our meal.” After leaving the Wu household and boarding the horse-drawn carriage, Zhou Donghuang instructed Fu. He did not plan to stay long in Guangling prefecture; he planned to go straight to the Chu royal city. There, he could increase his level of gathered qi more quickly… to him, that was the priority. The resources in even the superior prefecture capitals could not compare to those in the royal cities.
“Yes, Young Master,” responded Fu. He directed the horse carriage to a decent restaurant nearby. As the governor’s household, the Wu family household was in the city center of the capital of Guangling prefecture. Fu found a nearby restaurant in the most prosperous city center of Guangling prefecture capital. It was furnished lavishly and had a huge crowd.
Liuxiang Restaurant was the largest restaurant in the whole of Guangling prefecture and one of the businesses owned by the Wu family. Even Zhou Donghuang’s Yunxuan Restaurant was far inferior to this Liuxiang Restaurant.
The restaurant had a dedicated s.p.a.ce for leaving carriages. After Fu stopped the carriage there, he called to Zhou Donghuang, “Young Master, we’re here.”
“Mm.” Zhou Donghuang led Fu into the restaurant and asked if there were any private rooms available. The waiter replied, “Sir, the people’s dining booth, and the earthly dining booths are all not available… though there is one heavenly dining booth remaining, would you like that?”
Right after, he added, “Sir, the heavenly dining booth here at Liuxiang Restaurant come at a minimum of a thousand liang.”
“A thousand liang?” Zhou Donghuang’s eyes flashed. Even in his Yunxuan Restaurant in Qingshan Town of Yunfeng prefecture, the best heavenly dining booth cost only a hundred liang. But to him now, there was no difference between a hundred and a thousand liang.
“Lead the way,” said Zhou Donghuang flatly.
“This way please, sir.” The waiter led Zhou Donghuang and Fu to the last available heavenly dining booth in Liuxiang Restaurant. As the heavenly dining booth of Liuxiang Restaurant, the furniture and decor were all extremely particular. Not only were they elaborate, but they gave one a rare sense of the warmth of home.
“Sir, this is our menu, please take a look.” The waiter had just prepared to hand the menu to Zhou Donghuang, but he already shook his head and said, “No need for that… just bring us the best dishes you have at this restaurant. Make it quick, we still have a long way to go after eating.”
“Yes, sir,” replied the waiter as he left.
“Fu, take a seat. In the past month, so much has happened, but we have not yet had a good meal… we’ll have a good meal here before we make our way to the Chu royal city.”
“Yes, Young Master.” Having served Zhou Donghuang for a while, Fu knew Zhou Donghuang would not take ‘no’ for an answer. When Zhou Donghuang asked him to take a seat, he did not dare to decline at all and sat down immediately. He knew that if he declined, his young master would be even more unhappy. His young master was unlike others: he never treated him as a slave but as a member of his family.
Just as Zhou Donghuang and Fu were seated in the heavenly dining booth and waiting for the food to be served, two figures walked in through the front door of Liuxiang Restaurant. It looked like a 19-year-old teenager with a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young girl.
The teenager wore a long grey robe, with a decently handsome, but arrogant, face. The young girl wore a yellow s.h.i.+rt, looking prim and proper with pretty features and beautifully defined brows. Although there was a childish air about her, it was clear that she was a beauty.
“Cousin, you haven’t been to Guangling prefecture capital in five years?” asked the teenager as he smiled.
“Mhm,” replied the girl as she nodded. “Almost six years.”
“You’ll be leaving early tomorrow morning… today afternoon’s lunch, take it as my farewell to you.” The teenager smiled.
“Thank you, Cousin,” said the girl.
“Shop Manager Huang!” Walking into Liuxiang Restaurant, the teenager brought the girl to the counter and said to the man who was accounting behind the counter, “Give us a heavenly dining booth.”
“There are no more heavenly dining booths.” The man was the shop manager of Liuxiang Restaurant. He replied to the teenager while keeping his head buried in his accounting books.
Seeing this, the teenager impatiently said in a low voice, “Huang Xiong, take a look at who I am.”
The man, who was the shop manager of the restaurant, Huang Xiong, raised his head and took a look at the teenager. His expression changed slightly and said awkwardly, “Young Master Ping, it’s you… sorry, I was too focused on my bookkeeping just now.”
“Are you paying attention now?” The teenager glanced coldly at Huang Xiong and said, “Quickly arrange a heavenly dining booth for me. This afternoon, I want to treat my cousin to a good meal.”
“Young Master Ping,” said Huang Xiong. “There really are no more heavenly dining booths available… just now, the last one was just taken by two guests. They only just entered a while ago. You also know how good the business is here… even the heavenly dining booths are always fully occupied.”
“Just a while ago?” The teenager’s brows raised and said flippantly, “That means their first dish has not even been served yet? Alright, ask them to leave and just tell them that I, Lian Ping, want it.”
Huang Xiong’s expression slipped. “Young Master Ping, this… that wouldn’t be too nice, would it?”
“What’s wrong? Do I have to ask them to scram myself?” Lian Ping’s expression darkened. “Tell them, it is me who wants them to leave, Lian Ping, the first young master of the grand Lian family.”
The Lian family was a grand family in Guangling prefecture. Of course, despite also being a grand family, the power of the Lian family was far from the governor’s Wu family. The Wu family had many level-six adepts, while the Lian family had just one, who had just achieved that level a few years ago. The Lian family only became a grand family a few years ago.
Seeing as Huang Xiong was hesitant, Lian Ping’s eyes flashed coldly and said, “Huang Xiong, if you still do not go… trust me, I’ll tell my uncle to make you leave!”
“Young Master Ping, I’ll go right away.” Huang Xiong’s expression changed. He then remembered that the teenager before him was not only the first young master of the Lian family, but also the nephew of his boss.
With that, Huang Xiong left the counter hurriedly and rushed towards the heavenly dining booth.
After Huang Xiong had left, the girl beside him shook her head gently. “Cousin, actually there is no need for so much trouble. It’s fine if there are no more dining booths, we can eat in the common hall… I’m not that precious.”
“Cousin, don’t bother about it, just leave it to me,” Lian Ping said with a laugh. “Just wait a moment, we’ll go to the heavenly dining booth right away.”
To Lian Ping, few people dared to offend him in Guangling prefecture capital. But after a while, Huang Xiong returned with a bitter smile. Immediately, Lian Ping’s expression darkened again. “What’s wrong? They refused to leave?”
Huang Xiong said with a forced smile. “Young Master Ping, they said they would leave once they were done eating and asked you to wait.”
“Did you not tell them I’m the one who wants that booth?” Lian Ping asked coldly.
“I did… but they still asked you to wait.” Huang Xiong forced out a smile, feeling that he had been put in a tight spot.
“Did you not tell them that… the owner of this restaurant, the second master of the Wu governor’s household, Wu Jingtao, is my uncle?” asked Lian Ping again.
“I did… he said, let Second Master tell him himself,” Huang Xiong replied as he shook his head in resignation.
“What arrogance!” Lian Ping’s eyes flashed coldly. “Bring me there, I want to see for myself who this man is!”