Not every peak of Lotus Peak has been developed. There are many areas that are currently off-limits to tourists because they are undeveloped and dangerous for visitors. Only professional mountaineering teams might choose to go there.
Zhuo Lu didn't think that Xing Zhicheng, a pampered big shot, would be a professional mountaineer. Besides, they only brought some water and dry food, and they didn't seem like people who could overcome undeveloped areas.
"I admire you more and more."
Suddenly, just as Zhuo Lu was filled with doubt, Xing Zhicheng finally spoke.
"You are very smart. I realized you were smart the first time I saw you, but now it seems I underestimated you. You are smarter than I thought."
Xing Zhicheng's eyes were full of approval, and a strange gentleness appeared on his sinister face.
"...Thank you for the compliment. I was just doing what a secretary should do."
Zhuo Lu was overjoyed, but she knew when to advance and when to retreat, and did not become arrogant because of a few words of praise.
"Remaining humble and composed in the face of praise...very good."
Xing Zhicheng looked up at the lush tree canopy and said calmly, "You must be very curious as to why I brought you hiking when I had just arrived in Jiang City and needed to be on the safe side and deal with all sorts of trivial matters."
"There is only one reason, which is absurd but true."
"My Xing family has come to Jiang City. If we don't pay a visit to this person in time, I'm afraid... the Xing family will be in danger of destruction."
"And the one who accomplished all this is a highly skilled woman who lives in seclusion on Lotus Peak. Her name is Su Miaorou. Of course... we are not of a high enough level to call her by her real name. When we meet her, remember to address her as Master Su."
Xing Zhicheng let out a deep breath, his expression somewhat apprehensive, as if just mentioning that name could bring him immense pressure.
"What?! The consequences are so severe? And... and such a powerful expert is a woman?"
Zhuo Lu's eyes widened instantly. Although she had prepared herself mentally, hearing all of this still sent shockwaves through her heart.
Is the Xing family in danger of destruction simply because they didn't come to pay their respects?
Was all of this done by a woman?
Is this for real...?
Do such people really exist in the world?
Is she some kind of superhero?
"Don't disbelieve it, reality has already taught everyone a painful lesson to believe this."
Xing Zhicheng took a deep breath, and scenes gradually surfaced in his mind. Recalling these painful moments, even with his deep cunning and firm will, a deep sense of lingering fear couldn't help but appear in his eyes.
The Xing family's headquarters are in Zhe City, specifically in the northern part of Zhe City, which happens to border the Xia family in the southern part of Jiang City. As a result, the two families have some contact with each other. At first, everyone was very friendly and wanted to do business together without wanting to cause any conflict.
Therefore, even though the two companies are very close, they have always been tolerant of each other and there has never been any friction.
However, as time went on, the frictions grew, and they gradually became irreconcilable. The number of people advocating war within the Xing family increased, and the same was true for the Xia family.
Just as making friends doesn't guarantee you'll make many close friends, making enemies doesn't mean you'll only make one.
There was a family that took action against the Xia family before the Xing family did.
Which family is it?
Zhuo Lu listened with great interest, making a mental note of all the information Xing Zhicheng was sharing—information she couldn't access before, in case it came in handy someday.
After all, there's no way she could have access to these things on her own.
"The Zhao family..."
Xing Zhicheng murmured the name of this once-prosperous family, his expression filled with even more lingering fear.
"The Zhao family? Is that the family that went bankrupt overnight, and whose entire core members, like the Xia family, moved abroad overnight?"
Zhuo Lu clearly knew something about it. Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed as she secretly wondered if the Zhao family's sudden departure was related to this mysterious expert.
"Yes, on the very day the Zhao family decided to take action against the Xia family, they accidentally offended Master Su, who was visiting Jiang City, so... the Zhao family was gone."
Xing Zhicheng swallowed hard, still feeling lingering fear.
Whether it was from the heat of climbing the mountain or from lingering fear, his forehead gradually became covered with beads of sweat. Zhuo Lu, being very perceptive, stepped forward and handed him a tissue. Xing Zhicheng thanked her and then wiped away his cold sweat.
The Zhao family is not in Jiang City, but like the Xing family, they are in Zhejiang City.
Faced with the threat from the Xia family, the two families temporarily joined forces to fight against the outside world. However, they did not expect that the Zhao family, which had acted first, would be destroyed so quickly.
The Xing family was lucky; they unexpectedly gained a chance to survive. This is also what Xing Zhicheng fears. If the Zhao family hadn't acted first, or if the Xing family had happened to have the opportunity to act together with the Zhao family, then…
Every family that is destroyed will inevitably have another Xing family.
Having already destroyed one super family, why would we care about destroying another one?
It seems impossible to even think about it.
After all, before this incident, no one in the entire country knew that Master Su possessed such terrifying strength, and no one knew how she did it. Yet, right before everyone's eyes, she effortlessly destroyed the Zhao family, which was on par with the Xing family.
At that moment, Xing Zhicheng put himself in her shoes. Even if he were in her shoes, without knowing Master Su's strength, he would most likely have treated her as an ordinary person. So, since the Zhao family could offend her, he would most likely have inadvertently offended her as well...
Who would have thought that an ordinary-looking person would actually be a top expert?
Who would have thought?
The Xing family couldn't have imagined it, and neither could any other prominent family.
The Zhao family, which was wiped out, clearly did not expect this.
Time has passed, and the Xing family's strength has improved significantly compared to before. But to say that they could destroy the Zhao family of the past? That would be absolutely impossible, yet Su Miaorou did just that.
This is enough to show how terrifying the other party is.
Because of the Zhao family tragedy, the major families secretly agreed that no matter which family made any move, if they passed through Huizhou, they must visit Master Su to make an impression.
Do not seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes.
"Is it possible that the Xia family's sudden departure is also related to this woman? Did they offend her as well?"
Zhuo Lu suddenly realized something. Xing Zhicheng had just suffered a loss at the hands of the Xia family, so he came to visit this expert today because he guessed that this matter was mostly related to the expert.
"It's hard to say, and... the Xia family and the Zhao family are in different situations."
Xing Zhicheng let out a long sigh and looked up. Before he knew it, they had almost arrived while they were chatting.
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