【048】 The madman of the Xia family
As soon as he entered the kitchen, Lin Ronghua asked, "Alang, how are your affairs going?"
Xi Lang helped her cut the potatoes into pieces and pretended to be confused. "Mom, what's going on?"
Lin Ronghua patted him lightly, "Are you still pretending to be confused in front of Mom? I heard from your eldest brother that you met a boy named..."
"Call me Gu Juan."
Xi Cong's sudden words startled Lin Ronghua. She turned around and saw him standing there quietly eavesdropping. She punched her eldest son in anger, "You kid!
"Mom, I'm here to help too." Xi Cong came over and seriously picked up a handful of celery and picked off the leaves.
"Why are you everywhere?" Xi Lang glanced at him.
Xi Cong held up the celery and said righteously, "Can't you see I'm helping?"
"Don't interrupt." Lin Ronghua glared at him and asked Xi Lang, "How are you and that kid doing? When are you going to bring him back to show us?"
Xi Cong had his back to them, but his ears were actually perked up.
Lin Ronghua sighed softly and continued, "Mom once said that I don't mind you liking men, as long as that person is someone you like and he is sincere to you."
Xi Lang explained: "He and I don't have that kind of relationship."
Xi Cong interrupted again, "Really? How come I heard that someone not only often brings someone home for dinner, but is also worried that someone is studying too hard and is exhausted, so they often ask the driver to bring them food? Moreover, someone who never wears jewelry now has a jade pendant around his neck that someone gave him."
Lin Ronghua immediately glanced at Xi Lang's neck and, as expected, saw a piece of jade. Having seen many jade artifacts, she knew at a glance that this piece was exceptional, and she was delighted. This, to some extent, showed that the boy cared deeply about his son.
Xi Lang turned to look at Xi Cong and asked in surprise, "You're still here?"
Xi Cong: “…”
"Pfft..." Lin Ronghua was amused by the two brothers, "Your eldest brother also cares about you. Well, since you don't want to say more, Mom won't ask. But don't blame Mom for not reminding you. I heard from Ah Cong that the child is also very good. If you keep taking it so slowly, be careful that he will be snatched away by someone else!"
Xi Lang paused while cutting vegetables.
There is a way!
Lin Ronghua and Xi Cong looked at each other and laughed silently.
The ingredients were all prepared by the servants in advance, and lunch was quickly ready. The family sat together, not rigidly adhering to the rule of not talking while eating or sleeping, but chatting and laughing, the atmosphere lively and warm.
When Xi Lang's cell phone rang, Lin Ronghua and Xi Cong both turned their heads to look over, leaving Xi Lang with a helpless expression.
"Mu Heng...Okay, see you tonight." After hanging up the phone, he said to his family, "Mu Heng and the others asked me to get together tonight."
Xi Yongming nodded and said, "Since they asked you out, you should have a good time with them."
At 7 p.m., a fleet of luxury cars—Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Bentleys, Wonderfuls, Maseratis, Ferraris, and more—drove up to the entrance of Happy Bar, attracting a crowd of passersby who took photos and watched. A group of young people dressed in designer clothes emerged from the cars and entered the bar, chatting and laughing.
Xi Lang looked at the row of flashy luxury cars and wanted to pretend that he didn't know the owners of those cars.
Li Ruicheng spotted him with his sharp eyes and walked over to greet him, "You're the only one missing."
"What's going on?" Xi Lang gestured toward the cars. Even if Li Ruicheng and his friends drove luxury cars, they wouldn't show off at such an event.
Li Ruicheng shrugged. "It's nothing, actually. Brother Mu Heng said it's a rare opportunity to take a photo or something."
Xi Lang raised an eyebrow and asked, "A photo? Does he think the Zhang family isn't high-profile enough?"
"Uh..." Li Ruicheng was speechless for a moment. He himself found it strange. Xi Lang seemed fine, but sometimes he was afraid of him. He felt like a primary school student standing in front of the principal. Suddenly remembering Gu Juan calling Xi Lang "old man", he suddenly wanted to laugh, but quickly suppressed it, saying helplessly: "I don't dare to say anything to him. He seems to be in a bad mood."
Xi Lang signaled him to go in with his eyes.
The music in the bar was blaring. Xi Lang frowned and looked around, noticing that Zhang Muheng and the others were already drinking. He glanced at them, pretending not to notice, and walked over to a nearby sofa, sat down, and ordered a glass of water.
The waiter thought this man was strange, coming to the bar but only drinking water, but he didn't dare show it on his face. They had seen the line of luxury cars just now, and knew that this man was not an ordinary person, so he politely brought him a glass of water.
Li Ruicheng secretly waved to Zhang Muheng and Han Lin, and secretly pointed at Xi Lang.
Zhang Muheng coughed dryly, walked over to sit next to Xi Lang, consciously separating one person's seat, and took another sip of wine.
"What's going on?" Xi Lang asked.
Han Lin burst out laughing.
"Your laugh is so ugly, just like a fart!" Zhang Muheng glanced at him lazily.
Li Ruicheng suppressed his laughter and gave a hypocritical compliment, "Brother Mu Heng is really good at Chinese. This metaphor is so vivid! Thumbs up!"
Han Lin's face darkened. He kicked Li Ruicheng and said to Zhang Muheng, "Brother, if you're in a bad mood, don't take it out on me. It's not me who asked that woman to pester you."
"What's going on?" Li Ruicheng asked with great interest when he heard the gossip.
There were a few other young men who had come with them. They were all part of the same circle, but within that circle there were smaller circles. Seeing Xi Lang and the others had something to say, they tactfully avoided approaching and went to the dance floor to dance, or rather, to flirt with the girls.
Han Lin ignored Zhang Muheng's attempts to stop him and explained the reason behind Zhang Muheng's abnormal behavior. It turned out that Zhang Muheng had recently been entangled with a very attractive woman, who was trying every possible means to marry him. If she were a good person, it would be fine, but who in this circle didn't know that she was a famous socialite? And Zhang Muheng's mother, swayed by her sweet talk, also pressured Zhang Muheng to marry her. How could Zhang Muheng not feel aggrieved?
Xi Lang immediately understood the problem, "Who is that person?" In the imperial capital, most people would not dare to provoke Zhang Muheng.
Li Ruicheng rushed to say, "Now that you've mentioned it, I know who she is. Is she He Wanting, the second daughter of the He family?"
Han Lin nodded.
Xi Lang understood. The He family was also one of the aristocratic families in the imperial capital, on par with the Zhang family.
"You all know my father. He is ambitious and has always wanted to form an alliance with the He family." Zhang Muheng said calmly, "Our family is not like your Xi family. We don't need to consolidate our family's status through marriage." There was a hint of envy in his tone.
"This is not going to be easy," Han Lin analyzed. "The most crucial issue right now isn't the woman, but the fact that both my uncle and aunt are tacitly agreeing to this. Brother Mu Heng is in a bad spot!"
Li Ruicheng shook his head in a feigned deep voice, "Not really. Linzi, you've been away from the capital for too long, so there are some things you might not know. There are people with unique tastes."
"What do you mean?" Han Lin was puzzled.
Li Ruicheng whispered, "As far as I know, the eldest young master of the Xia family has admired Miss He for a long time!"
Han Lin showed a trace of disdain on his face, "That lunatic from the Xia family?"
Li Ruicheng nodded in agreement and rubbed his arms. "You're absolutely right! I don't know if I'm overthinking it, but I always feel like he's a psychopath. But I can't really put my finger on what's wrong with him. Anyway, every time I see him, I get scared. My whole body is covered in hair, and I can see shadows everywhere.
"Stop!" Han Lin couldn't bear it anymore and raised his hands to surrender.
"No future." Zhang Muheng glanced at Li Ruicheng, but a hint of deep thought flashed in his eyes.
Xi Lang said, "If you don't want to get entangled with her, explain it clearly to her. Talk to your parents as well."
Zhang Muheng nodded.
A few people started talking about other things.
When they came out of the bar, Zhang Muheng, Han Lin and Li Ruicheng were all drunk.
Xi Lang said, "Take my car and I'll take you back. As for your car, leave it here for now and come back tomorrow to pick it up."
Zhang Muheng and the other two were more than happy to have him. In the eyes of their parents, the Xi brothers were all very stable, and Xi Lang in particular came across as the most reliable. With Xi Lang around, they could easily explain themselves to their families.
They drank a little too much, but not enough to be drunk. After getting in the car, they chatted with Xi Lang from time to time.
Han Lin was sitting in the passenger seat. He noticed Xi Lang occasionally glancing at the rearview mirror, so he glanced back as well. "What's wrong?"
Xi Lang frowned. "Those three cars have been following us for far too long, and they don't seem to be trying to hide their intentions."
Li Ruicheng turned around and saw three cars following closely behind them in a triangle. He was shocked. "Oh my god! That BMW in the front belongs to Xia Zhili! What does he want to do?"
"Xia Zhili?" Zhang Muheng expressed his doubt. "If he wanted to do something bad, would he drive his own car?"
"He's a madman! What can't a madman do?" Li Ruicheng stared at the three cars behind nervously.
Han Lin said coldly: "Do they want to surround and kill us?"
Li Ruicheng broke out in a cold sweat, "No, no way?"
Han Lin sneered and said calmly, "Didn't you just say there's nothing a madman can't do?"
Zhang Muheng and Li Ruicheng quickly took out their cell phones and made a few calls.
As they reached a sparsely populated section of the road, the BMW drew ever closer. The roar of its engine sounded like a death knell to Han Lin and the others. Needless to say, it was about to crash into them!
"Damn, that car has been modified!" Zhang Muheng said affirmatively.
Although Xi Lang's car was also a luxury car, it couldn't speed up at all. After a while, the distance between the two cars was less than two meters!
"Hold on tight!" Xi Lang said in a deep voice and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
Han Lin sat up and said angrily, "How ridiculous! It's bad enough that he killed Mu Heng, but he wants the three of us to be buried with him?"
Zhang Muheng's mouth twitched as he looked at him affectionately, "Linzi, aren't we brothers? We don't ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, but we ask to die on the same day, month, and year. Isn't that right, Ruicheng?"
[Dear ones, today is the last time I'll send you an olive branch this month. Tomorrow, the olive branches will be cleared. I'm begging for an olive branch, one by one. (*^__^*)]
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