Chapter 2112 — The Fifth Contest
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
That evening, the Hidden Zhao family's disciple again delivered exquisite dishes. In these trivial matters, the Hidden Zhao family had never made things difficult for Wei Zhao, nor created trouble over his food and lodging.
It was plain that although the Hidden Zhao family hated Wei Zhao to the bone, they took great care to keep up appearances on the surface, which put Wei Zhao considerably more at ease.
At least the Hidden Zhao family did not wish to tear off all pretense at this Hidden World Family Summit. Even today they had worked their tricks in secret rather than move against Wei Zhao openly—and that was enough. Once the contests were over, Wei Zhao would be gone anyway. What could the Hidden Zhao family do to him?
After dinner, the same Hidden Zhao disciple appeared once more. "Is the venerable head of the Han family present? Today's third contest—the poison identification contest—is about to begin. Please, venerable head of the Han family, bring your participating disciple and your wagers to the council hall!"
"Let us go," Han Tianba nodded, and went out of the room together with Wei Zhao and Han Xiaohu.
"Boss, do you feel confident about this contest?" Han Xiaohu asked in a low voice.
"Poison identification? I do know a little of that," Wei Zhao smiled and said mildly. "It should not be a problem."
"Good, then go take another first place and let those Hidden World family people see for themselves—with the boss here, our Hidden Han family is the finest of all!"
"Good, then go take another first place and let those Hidden World family people see for themselves—with the boss here, our Hidden Han family is the finest of all!" Han Xiaohu was even more confident than Wei Zhao himself.
Han Tianba shook his head, feeling as though he were in a dream. Barely half a month ago he had still been fretting over the Hidden Han family's future and over this Hidden World Family Summit; yet now the Hidden Han family had become a dark horse charging to the front.
Most laughable of all was that those Hidden World families, though they hated Wei Zhao to death, dared not touch him openly and could only scheme in the shadows—and in the end, trying to steal a chicken, they lost the rice. Exposed by Wei Zhao, they had needlessly offended the Fire Wolf Gang's people. Truly, the loss outweighed the gain.
"Xiaopo, the reason I can help your Hidden Han family this time, and the reason those other Hidden World families dare not act, is simply that they fear me, that they dread the cards I hold, that they dread whether there is some backing behind me!" Wei Zhao saw it all clearly, and said to Han Xiaohu, "So after this Hidden World Family Summit ends, your Hidden Han family must remain as low-key as ever. Do not let those Hidden World families catch hold of anything against you! Out of regard for me, they dare not move against you openly, but in secret they certainly will not let it rest. That pressure directed at me in the last contest is proof enough!"
"Yes!" Han Xiaohu's heart gave a slight start. Indeed, he had nearly let victory go to his head; only when Wei Zhao said this did the gravity of the situation become clear to him. The outlook was truly not very favorable! (To be continued)