“What the hell? Why do I want to kill you? I don’t have a grudge against you either!” Tang Hao was exasperated.
At that moment, Zhao Qingxue on the couch mumbled and slowly woke up.
Chapter 247 - An Invitation From the Luo Family
On the couch, Zhao Qingxue gradually woke up.
She opened her eyes and was surprised when she saw the two people. “Why are you here, Big Bro?”
Then, she furrowed her brows and pressed her head with her hands. Her head ached.
“Are you OK, Qingxue?” Zhao Wuyang said urgently. “Did this bastard do anything to you?”
“Bastard?” Zhao Qingxue was confused. “What are you saying, Big Bro? I was drunk earlier, and he brought me back home. What happened to your face, Big Bro? Did you fall and hit something?”
Zhao Wuyang immediately blushed. “Y… Yes! I accidentally tripped while I was outside!” He stammered.
Then, he looked at Tang Hao and said incredulously, “Do you know him, Qingxue?”
“Of course I do!”
Zhao Wuyang was stunned. Then, his face turned bright red.
It was a misunderstanding!
He felt ashamed of himself as he rubbed the bruise on his face.
He did not expect that the kid was Zhao Qingxue’s friend, and he was not a mere acquaintance.
Zhao Qingxue would not have allowed him to bring her home if they were only acquaintances.
“Hey, Tang kid, did you take advantage of my younger sister?” Zhao Wuyang glared sternly at Tang Hao.
“What are you saying, Big Bro?” Zhao Qingxue said angrily with a red face. “By the way, why are you here?”
“Hmph! It’s all thanks to this guy! I’ve been suspended from my job. I got bored and that’s why I came to visit you!” Zhao Wuyang said angrily.
Zhao Qingxue was shocked as she looked at the two people.
Then, she immediately understood. The bruises on her brother’s face were not caused by him tripping and falling, but he was beaten by Tang Hao.
She could not hold back her laughter.
“You’re laughing at me?” Zhao Wuyang said indignantly.
“You never change, Big Bro! Why did you have to cross him? He’s very strong!” Zhao Qingxue said, still laughing.
“You’re speaking up for him?” Zhao Wuyang was confused. “I’m your elder brother!”
“You ought to keep your fiery temper in check!” Zhao Qingxue said.
“How are you feeling now, Officer Zhao? Does your head still hurt?” Tang Hao said.
Zhao Qingxue was surprised. She finally noticed that there was something weird about her condition.
She remembered that she drank a lot of alcohol at lunch and had lost consciousness, but now she felt incredibly sober, as though she had not drunk any alcohol.
“I feel good! What did you give me earlier, Tang Hao?” She vaguely recalled Tang Hao feeding something into her mouth.
“I’ve given you a sobriety potion. Remember, don’t drink too much next time! I’ll be going off. Enjoy catching up with each other!”
After he spoke, Tang Hao turned around and exited the door.
He drove out of the residential area and went toward Tang Village.
That morning, Liu Dajun’s property company had sent their personnel to Tang Village to discuss setting up a plantation there.
Tang Hao was going there to keep up with the latest developments.
Tang Village was his hometown. He was eager to see the place thrive.
The meeting went smoothly. All that was left was for the construction crew to move in and start laying the foundations.
The villagers were ecstatic with the rapid development of the village. They enthusiastically held Tang Hao back for dinner.
Three uneventful days passed in the blink of an eye.
That morning, Tang Hao went to his secret plantation in Dragonrock Village. When he came out of the mountains, he noticed a car driving past the village entrance.
That car was a BMW. It was considered an extravagant car in the eyes of the villagers.
It attracted many people’s gazes as it drove across the bridge.
Many women who were doing their laundry next to the stream lifted their heads to look at the car.
“Oh, I wonder who that is. That’s a nice car!” They talked among themselves.
The car parked on some vacant land after it drove past the bridge. Four people came out of the car. It was Shi Xuebin and his family.
The women’s faces immediately became unfriendly when they saw who they were.
Shi Xuebin’s family was unpopular in Dragonrock Village.
“Oh! What rare guests!”
“I’m surprised that this family still remembers their roots! I thought I’d never see them again in my life!”
“Old Man Jianyun is unlucky to have such an unfilial son!”
They talked loudly among themselves with no attempt to hide their mockery.
Shi Xuebin and his family members lowered their heads in shame.
Then, they walked into the village.
As Shi Xuebin looked around the place, he became more and more surprised.
He had not returned to the village for many years, and it was different from how he remembered it.
Back then, all the houses were shabby and run-down. It was a great contrast to what it was now. The road leading into the village was newly paved, and many new houses were under construction.
‘Everything has changed!
‘I can’t recognize this place!’
Wang Guifen was also quietly shocked by how the village had changed.
She could not imagine the village changing by so much in a few years.
As they walked along the road, some villagers came out of their houses and pointed at them with unfriendly expressions on their faces.
Shi Xuebin walked past his elder brother’s house and saw First Uncle and his wife standing by the door. He felt guiltier than ever.
“Brother! Sister-in-law!” He greeted them with a red face.
“Hmph!” First Uncle grunted angrily. “Have you finally remembered to come back? Where have you been in the past few years? Don’t you know that Dad and Mom miss you?”
“I…” Shi Xuebin was at a loss for a reply.
“I was wrong, Brother! I’m here to apologize to you all!” Shi Xuebin said regretfully.
First Uncle grunted again, but his expression was a lot gentler.
“Come with me. Let’s visit Dad and Mom!” He said while he started walking.
“Brother! How have Dad and Mom been lately?” Shi Xuebin asked timidly.
“Dad and Mom are healthy, all thanks to Lil Hao,” First Uncle replied.
Shi Xuebin was shocked. “Brother, so Lil Hao is now…?”
“Lil Hao has been doing incredibly well. Have you seen the changes in the village? It’s all thanks to Lil Hao. He’s also the one who built the road,” First Uncle said.
“It’s all thanks to Lil Hao that the village is developed now. Even though he struck a fortune, he did not forget his roots, unlike some people who don’t even return to visit their parents!”
Shi Xuebin and Wang Guifen felt more ashamed of themselves than ever.
Meanwhile, they were also fearful of what they had done to Tang Hao back at the wedding banquet.
At the wedding banquet, they found out that Tang Hao was connected to Vice Governor He’s son. Now that they found out that Tang Hao had brought development to Dragonrock Village, their admiration toward him grew.
“Sigh! Looks like Lil Hao has grown to be a fine young man!” Shi Xuebin lamented.
Wang Guifen was not too happy when she heard that.
At the elders’ house, Grandpa and Grandma were already waiting at the door. They had heard the commotion earlier.
They had a complicated mix of feelings when they saw their second son.
“Dad! Mom! I’m sorry that I’ve neglected you!” Shi Xuebin walked ahead and
kneeled on the ground.
The elders immediately felt sorry for him. “You don’t have to do that. Stand up!”
The elders were willing to forgive their son if he truly repented.
“Dad, Mom, look, she’s your granddaughter-in-law,” Shi Xuebin stood up, then introduced Shi Zelei’s wife to them.
The two elders smiled happily.
Tang Hao saw all that from afar and smiled.
Then, he quietly left.
He went back to his company and dealt with some matters. In the afternoon, he received a call from Old Master Luo.
Chapter 248 - Get Luo Wei Out Here
“Is there anything, Old Master Luo?” Tang Hao answered the call.
“Are you free tomorrow night, Grandmaster Tang?” Old Master Luo asked, “I’m hosting a dinner party at my house tomorrow night. I hope that you can grace the event with your presence.”
Tang Hao was a little taken aback.
‘The Luo family, inviting me to a dinner party?’
He felt that it was a little strange. One needed to know that his relationship with the Luo family was rather delicate. He had turned the Second Young Master into a dummy after all.
“There will be a lot of wealthy and powerful figures in attendance, Grandmaster Tang. It will be good for your business if you can acquaint yourself with some of the guests tomorrow,” Old Master Luo said with a smile.
Tang Hao thought about it for a bit and agreed to it.
Luo Enterprises was one of the bigwigs in the business world, and the guests to their dinner parties would be on another level compared to the Han family.
After the call ended, Tang Hao reviewed his schedule.
The dinner party was tomorrow night, which meant that he needed to be in Provincial City by tomorrow afternoon. It was also a good opportunity to attend university and get to know his classmates better.
Tang Hao arrived at Provincial City by noon the next day.
At six o’clock, he changed into a suit and styled his hair. He looked like a different person.
Then, he rode in his car and drove toward the Luo family mansion.
The Luo family house was more like a manor than a mansion. It was situated in the countryside and occupied a vast area. The house was built in a classic style and was extremely lavish.
Many luxury cars arrived at the front of the manor. Tang Hao’s Audi A8 did not stand out in their midst.
The manor was bustling with activity.
People got out of their cars, and each one of them was dressed extravagantly. They walked up the stairs and toward the front door of the house.
Tang Hao drove his car into the manor grounds, got out of it, and walked toward the front entrance.
He reached the base of the stairs. A servant stood on each side of the stairs. The other guests took out a golden invitation card from their pockets and handed it to them.
Tang Hao was stunned.
“May I have your invitation card please, Sir?” One of the servants spoke to Tang Hao with a smile.
Tang Hao opened his mouth and did not know what to say.
He did not have an invitation card. Old Master Luo did not give him one when he invited him over the phone yesterday.
He felt incredibly awkward. How was he going in without an invitation card?
‘Did Old Master Luo just prank me?’
He thought about it carefully and figured that the president of Luo Enterprises should not have been so petty!
“May I have your invitation card please, Sir?” The servant repeated, seeing that Tang Hao had no response.
“Well… I don’t have one!” Tang Hao said awkwardly.
The servant was taken aback. “Did you leave it in the car, Sir?”
“I really don’t have one!” Tang Hao said again.
The servant looked confusedly at Tang Hao.
It was the first time he encountered such a situation.
‘Is he planning to gatecrash the party? Who does he think he is?’
The servant’s expression and tone of voice became cold. “I’m sorry, Sir! This is the Luo family manor. You cannot enter without an invitation. Please leave now!”
“But… I was invited!” Tang Hao said.
The servant began to show condescension on his face.
‘This guy has such a thick skin! How can he lie so brazenly?
‘If he was invited, why doesn’t he have an invitation card?
‘This guy probably doesn’t qualify for an invitation, and that’s why he’s trying to bluff his way through.’
“Please leave, Sir!” The servant said coldly, his voice louder than before.
The people nearby turned to look.
Their gazes were either full of condescension, mockery, or disgust.
In their eyes, someone who did not receive an invitation card from the Luo family was on a lower level. They were the elite of society, and that guy was a nobody.
At that time, a person who had gotten out of his car happened to come close and overhear the commotion.
He was going to ignore it, but when his eyes fell on Tang Hao, his eyes widened in shock. Then, he narrowed his eyes.
“It’s the filthy kid!” His face twitched and became vicious.
He could not forget that kid!
It was that kid who had slapped him in public and humiliated him.
It was also that kid who snatched the woman he loved!
Then, he became a little suspicious.
As far as he knew, that kid was a windfall tycoon from a backwater district. The kid had a company named Haotian Co. Ltd. It did quite well, but it was not big enough for its boss to earn an invitation to one of the Luo family’s dinner parties.
He observed the scene for a while and understood what happened.
‘This kid has a thick skin! How dare he attend a Luo family party without an invitation card?’ He thought. Then, his mouth widened into a mocking grin.
“Hey, aren’t you Tang Hao?” He shouted as he walked over.
Tang Hao turned to see who it was and furrowed his brows.
That person was Zhao Changfeng, and Tang Hao remembered him very well.
“I say, Tang Hao, don’t you have any shame? How dare you attend the party without an invitation card? I, Zhao Changfeng, haven’t seen someone as shameless as you.”
Zhao Changfeng deliberately said it loudly.
Then, he smugly took out a golden invitation card from his coat and handed it to the servant.
The servant took the card and inspected it, then greeted him respectfully. “Please enter, Mr. Zhao!”
“See that?” Zhao Changfeng laughed.
“This is the Luo family, and not the backwater place that you’re from. A windfall tycoon from a mountain village like you has no chance of stepping inside. How about you leave now to save you from further humiliation?” Zhao Changfeng chided.
More people crowded around them. Their gaze on Tang Hao was full of condescension.
The terms ‘windfall tycoon’ and ‘village’ made them look down upon Tang Hao.
Only the elite of the Province Z society could attend Luo family dinner parties. A windfall tycoon from some mountain village was not qualified.
That would have lowered the quality of the party!
“Sir, please leave immediately!” The servant said again. This time, his tone of voice was ice-cold.
Tang Hao’s face darkened. “Where’s Luo Wei? Get him out here!”
Everyone was surprised when they heard that, though they did not remember who Luo Wei was at that moment.
Then, they remembered who Luo Wei was and exclaimed in utter shock.
Everyone looked at Tang Hao as though they were looking at a lunatic.
‘This guy is insane!’
Who was Luo Wei?
He was Old Master Luo, the president of Luo Enterprises, and one of the most powerful people in Province Z.
That kid stood in front of the Luo family manor and addressed Old Maste
r Luo by his name, and even requested that he come out to the door to meet him. He must be insane!
Chapter 249 - Who Is He?
Zhao Changfeng was momentarily stunned.
Then, he laughed out loud.
‘The kid must have lost his mind!
‘Otherwise, why would he do something so crazy?
‘He’s finished now!
‘He stood in front of the Luo family manor, shouted the Old Master’s full name, and ordered him to come out and meet him. That was like a brazen challenge to the Luo family’s honor!
‘How could the Luo family tolerate that?’
He knew how the Luo family got back at their enemies. He would not be surprised if that kid ended up dead.
‘You’re finished, Tang kid!’ Zhao Changfeng thought gleefully.
The servant was instantly furious.
“What did you say?” He said angrily, “I dare you to say that one more time!”
“Get Luo Wei out here!” Tang Hao said coldly, spitting out each syllable.
The servant smirked. “What a brazen guy. Are you at a level where you can address Old Master Luo by his full name? You must be out of your mind!
“Get lost immediately. If you don’t go away, I can’t guarantee what will happen to you!”
Then, he picked up his walkie-talkie and radioed the bodyguards.
Half a minute later, several burly men in black business suits came out of the house.
“That’s him! This guy is a lunatic. He’s asking the Old Master to come out and meet him!” The servant shouted while pointing at Tang Hao.
The bodyguards immediately looked hostile as they crowded around Tang Hao.
Meanwhile, Zhao Changfeng looked incredibly pleased.
‘The kid will know what true pain is once the bodyguards lay their hands on him!’
Suddenly, they heard someone shout from within the house. “Hold it right there! What are you doing?”
A tall and well-built youth came out of the house.
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