Chapter 2560 — Visitors from the Zhuang Family
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"That... I'll have a word with her," Kang said with a bitter smile, nodding.
Wei Zhao did not press the matter further. Since the woman was not Kang's lover, it made no difference to him, and he could not be bothered with her. A company grown this large was bound to have a few people hired on connections; Lai the Fatso was no saint, and when friends and relatives came begging, he could hardly turn them away. Wei Zhao understood that well enough.
"Let's drop it. When you get the chance, come out to Donghai City—bring Little Fen along, and the three of us will have a meal together," Wei Zhao said.
"Sure, I'd like that, but the group's business has been expanding at a furious pace lately, and I haven't a spare moment," Kang said with a rueful laugh. "It should ease up before long, though."
As they were talking, the phone on Kang's desk rang. Kang answered, spoke a few words, then turned to Wei Zhao with an apologetic look. "Sorry, Boss—something else has come up. A client's here and wants me to join him for tea to discuss business..."
"Ha, go on, you're busy. You're working for me, aren't you? Why would I mind?" Wei Zhao laughed. "I've got nothing pressing anyway; I just stopped by on my way past to see you."
"All right, then. Once things settle down on my end, I'll come to Donghai City and find you, Boss..." Kang nodded.
Wei Zhao and Kang left the company together and parted ways in the parking lot. Wei Zhao checked the time—there was still a while before school let out—so he drove back to the villa where he had lived before. He had not been back in a long time and meant to clean and tidy the place up. Winter vacation was almost here, and he guessed Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu would still return to Songshan City for the holidays; after all, it was the place they had lived in for more than ten years, and a change of scenery was not something one adjusted to overnight.
In a deluxe private room of the Starlight Brilliant Grand Hotel in Songshan City sat two men—Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao of the hidden Zhuang family.
"Second Brother, are you sure you saw it clearly? That girl beside Ying Ziyu is a first-rate vessel for cultivation?" A flicker of shock and greed passed through Zhuang Niaopao's eyes.
"Absolutely. There's no mistaking it," Zhuang Niaoqiang said with a nod. "Who would have thought this trip would bring such an unexpected prize?"
The two brothers had come to Songshan City at the Chen family's invitation, in truth, to hold the fort for them. Chen Xiaoba had taken a fancy to Ying Ziyu and meant to carry her off as his wife, but Li Cihua stood in his way. Unwilling to let it go, Chen Xiaoba had his father summon the two brothers of the hidden Zhuang family to back him up.
However formidable Li Cihua might be, he was no more than a dog of the hidden Zhao family. The Zhuang brothers were another matter entirely—these two were the very pillars of the hidden Zhuang family, second only to their eldest brother, Zhuang Niaodao.
Moreover, though Zhuang Niaodao was nominally the future head of the family and oversaw the hidden Zhuang family's affairs, plainly speaking, if the hidden Zhuang family was to stand unshaken, the brothers Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao mattered more. Zhuang Niaodao was unsuited to cultivation, so he had abandoned the martial for the scholarly, studying business management at Donghai City Engineering University—which was, in truth, training to manage the family's affairs. The brothers Zhuang Niaoqiang and Zhuang Niaopao, by contrast, cultivated a joint-strike martial art. Though each was only a peak early-stage Earth-rank expert, fighting in tandem they could defeat early-mid or even peak mid-stage Earth-rank experts, and at their best they could give even late-stage Earth-rank experts a run for their money.