Chapter 1097 — A Visitor to the Pi Family
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"Whatever happens, life must go on! Tomorrow I'll go out and have a look around. If the worst comes to the worst, I'll open a tavern or some other small business to keep the Xiao family's expenses covered, and we'll look for opportunities as they come," Xiao Ben said. He felt he was now the real head of the Xiao family, yet at this moment he took no joy in it—he was worried to death.
Just then, however, the doorbell of the villa rang.
"Who would come calling at this hour?" Xiao Ji was taken aback.
The Xiao household was now so deserted one could set a net for sparrows at the gate—no one would come to visit at all. And Xiao Wangdao and Xiao Wangba both had keys; they would not ring the bell on entering.
"Could Wei Zhao have come looking for us again?" Startled, Xiao Ben rose and went out.
Wei Zhao or not, he would have to face them head-on. But the people at the villa gate took Xiao Ben quite by surprise—two strange men he had never seen before!
"You are..." Not knowing who the visitors were, Xiao Ben asked in some puzzlement.
"This is the Xiao family's place, isn't it?" one of the young men spoke up, though his bearing was downright arrogant.
"Yes. And you are?" Seeing the young man's insolent manner, a flicker of displeasure passed through Xiao Ben's eyes. But there was truth in the old saying — a tiger fallen to the flatlands is bullied by dogs. The Xiao family today was not what it once was, and it was no time to be making new enemies. So Xiao Ben held his temper and asked with patient courtesy.
"Where's Uncle Pi?" Having confirmed this was indeed the Xiao residence, the young man asked point-blank.
"Uncle Pi?" Xiao Ben was briefly taken aback, but he caught on quickly, and his heart tightened. "You mean Uncle Pi — Pi Bo?"
"That's the one. So where is he? I hear he was beaten into a vegetative state?" A flash of fury crossed the young man's eyes. Uncle Pi might have been driven out of the Pi family by Grandfather back then, but he was still of the Pi blood. Now that he had been beaten into a vegetative state, the Pi family could not possibly leave the matter alone!
Of course, this was not the young man's own decision, but the result of a family council among the Pis — and one that Grandfather had approved.
The young man was called Pi Zhifeng, eldest son of the eldest son of the Pi family. The silent man beside him was his cousin Pi Zhitao, son of his second uncle. Zhihai had come chiefly to see the world; the one who called the shots was still Pi Zhifeng.
In truth, he had never once met Uncle Pi. And when all was said and done, Uncle Pi was no more than a steward of the Pi family who had once erred. Even so, the Pi younger generation had been proud and high-spirited since childhood — how could they suffer others to bully one of their own?
And this time he had come not only to help Uncle Pi settle the score — he had come bearing another task as well!
"You... you're Uncle Pi's family?" Astonishment at once spread across Xiao Ben's face, and in his heart hope kindled. Perhaps this time the Xiao family really could be saved!