Chapter 140 — Guan Xuewen, the Student
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"Ha, it's a promise, then! I'll be looking forward to it!" Wei Zhao nodded and went downstairs with Yang Huaijun.
Guan Xuewen wanted to see them off downstairs, but Wei Zhao stopped him. "Grandpa Guan, if you keep being so polite, I won't dare come next time."
"All right, then I won't see you out..." Guan Xuewen knew Wei Zhao was joking, but he was still startled and quickly halted in his tracks.
As they were getting into the car, a black Audi A6 pulled up and came to a stop before the villa's gate.
Ha... In the car's rearview mirror, Wei Zhao caught sight of a few familiar faces. Weren't these the old man and his son and daughter-in-law whom he had met that day on the commercial street? They had come to see Guan Xuewen for treatment too?
But Wei Zhao had no intention of greeting them. The old man himself was decent enough; it was his daughter-in-law who was so dreadful, and his son a spineless fool, meek as a lamb before his wife. If he hadn't at least been able to blow up in the end, Wei Zhao would have held him in utter contempt...
"You know them?" Yang Huaijun asked, seeing Wei Zhao watching the group behind them in the rearview mirror.
"No. I've only met them once — you know them?" Wei Zhao did not mention the business on the commercial street; there was nothing worth saying about it.
"I've only met them once myself. The Liu family of Yanjing — a very prominent clan. The old man is Liu Zhenhu; the middle-aged man with him is Liu Tianyi, a big official in Yanjing. The woman is his wife, and her family is formidable too!" Yang Huaijun held nothing back, telling Wei Zhao everything he knew. "The Liu family has strong connections in both business and politics; their power runs deep." "Is that so?" Wei Zhao smiled faintly at this. No wonder the woman had been so overbearing on the commercial street that day, demanding to see the mayor and threatening to have the head of the health bureau sacked. "And your Yang family?"
"Our family is a notch below the Lius. After all, theirs is a Yanjing family, and Liu Tianyi holds real power..." Yang Huaijun said. "My family's old master retired years ago and there's been no one to carry on after him; we only have some influence in the military... Originally, the plan was for me to train a few years in the special forces, build up some merits, and then rise smoothly. Who would have thought..."
Wei Zhao nodded. For all Yang Huaijun's talk, his family's strength still far surpassed that of ordinary clans, though it fell somewhat short of the top-tier ones.
"Take me back to school. Find yourself somewhere to eat." Wei Zhao glanced at the time; if they hurried, he could still make it back for the first afternoon class.
"You're not going to eat?" Yang Huaijun asked, puzzled.
"I wasn't that hungry to begin with. I ate too much this morning, so I'll just grab a bite at school," Wei Zhao said.
"All right then." Yang Huaijun had always followed Wei Zhao's lead in all things; since Wei Zhao said so, he naturally did not insist. He turned the car around and drove off in the direction of First High School.