Chapter 167
Outside the Li family's gate
Xu Heming knocked on the door anxiously.
"Who are you looking for?" the gatekeeper asked, frowning as he looked at Xu Heming, who was dressed in a disheveled state.
"I'm looking for Li Zhiwei." Xu Heming had barely escaped Kong Meng'er's clutches, so he rushed to Li'an County as quickly as possible. He was eager to see Li Zhiwei and make sure she was alright before he could feel at ease.
"Who are you? Do you have an invitation? My young lady isn't someone just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can see." The gatekeeper looked Xu Heming up and down with disdain.
"Go and tell her that Xu Heming has arrived, and she will naturally see me." Xu Heming frowned. In the capital, no one dared to look at him like that. If this were not Li Zhiwei's family home, this gatekeeper would not have survived past tomorrow.
"No, no." The doorman said, then slammed the door shut.
Xu Heming's veins bulged; this was truly a case of a tiger fallen into the plains being bullied by dogs.
Even a lowly gatekeeper in the Li family dares to disregard him.
Thinking that he had just arrived in Li'an County and had already released a smokescreen, he wondered how long it would take for Qingsong and the others to arrive.
Thinking of this, Xu Heming knocked on the Li family's door again.
"You! I've already told you, my young lady won't see you. Why are you still going on and on?" The doorman shouted angrily as he opened a small window by the door.
"I want to see Xu Qingshi!" Xu Heming said helplessly.
"You've got the wrong person. There's no one named Xu Qingshi in this manor." The gatekeeper assumed he was one of the people who had tried to cause trouble for young master Qingshi a few days ago and said without thinking.
Xu Heming frowned. Xu Qingshi wasn't at the Li family's house.
Where is it?
Surely something couldn't have happened to Li Zhiwei and Xu Qingshi?
Thinking of this, Xu Heming became even more anxious.
"Qinghua and Qingyue must still be here, right?" After thinking it over, Xu Heming could only think of these two people.
"You're so strange. I've already said there are no such people. Go look for them elsewhere!" The doorman said, then turned to close the window, no longer wanting to talk to Xu Heming.
Xu Heming felt a lump in his throat. Were all the servants of the Li family this arrogant?
"I advise you to be sensible and let me see the master of the manor, otherwise, this sword of mine is not to be trifled with!" Xu Heming's patience ran out, and he pointed his sword at the gatehouse and said.
"My lord, let's talk this out. My young lady is really not in the manor. Why don't you go to the Huo family to look for her?" the gatekeeper said cautiously.
She thought to herself, "The Huo family is so wealthy and powerful, their guards must be even more formidable, and they'll definitely be able to protect the young lady."
"Which Huo family?" Xu Heming had a bad feeling as soon as he heard the name Huo family.
That bastard Huo Yunxuan actually cheated me out of three thousand taels of silver and sold me a pot of fake wine.
Not only did he cheat him out of his money, but he also gave him a pot of poisoned fake wine, which almost killed his future father-in-law, making Li Tianyou look down on him.
Suddenly, Xu Heming seemed to understand why the Li family's gatekeeper dared to boss him around.
Feelings are about holding grudges!
Thinking of this, Xu Heming's attitude softened a bit.
"It's the Huo family of Jiyun Village, which is on par with the Li family." The gatekeeper was already trembling with fear.
She was afraid that Li Zhiwei would get hurt, but she didn't dare not say anything.
Xu Heming sheathed his sword and left without looking back.
The doorman was so frightened that he fell to the ground and remained stunned for a long time.
That person had an incredibly strong presence.
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